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ARIFURETA FROM COMMONPLACE LIGHT NOVEL #8
(W) Ryo Shirakome (A) Takaya-ki (CA) Takaya-ki
Seventeen-year-old Hajime Nagumo is your average, everyday otaku. However, his simple life of pulling all-nighters and sleeping in school is suddenly turned upside down when he, along with the rest of his class, is summoned to a fantasy world! They're treated like heroes and tasked with the duty of saving the human race from utter extinction. But while the rest of his class are blessed with godlike powers, Hajime's job, Synergist, only has a single transmutation skill. Ridiculed and bullied by his classmates for being weak, he soon finds himself in despair. Will he be able to survive in this dangerous world of monsters and demons with only a glorified blacksmith's level of strength?
CERTAIN SCIENTIFIC RAILGUN ASTRAL BUDDY GN #3
(W) Kazuma Kamachi (A) Yasuhito Nogi (CA) Yasuhito Nogi
A particular young woman who attends Tokiwadai Middle School has been quietly participating in the events of A Certain Scientific Railgun. Her time in the background is over; this is her story.
CERTAIN SCIENTIFIC RAILGUN GN #15
(W) Kazuma Kamachi (A) Motoi Fuyukawa (CA) Motoi Fuyukawa
Welcome to a world where mysticism and science collide, and supernatural powers are derived from either science or religion. At the heart of this world is Academy City, an advanced metropolis whose population is comprised mostly of students. The majority of students are enrolled in the city's "Power Curriculum Program," where they must learn to master their latent psychic powers. Out of several million students, only seven are deemed powerful enough to have Level 5 status.
CLASSROOM OF ELITE LIGHT NOVEL SC
(W) Syougo Kinugasa (A) Shunsaku Tomose (CA) Shunsaku Tomose
The cutthroat school drama light novels that inspired an anime! Students of the prestigious Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School are given remarkable freedom - if they can win, barter, or save enough points to work their way up the ranks! Ayanokoji Kiyotaka has landed at the bottom in the scorned Class D, where he meets Horikita Suzune, who's determined to rise up the ladder to Class A. Can they beat the system in a school where cutthroat competition is the name of the game?
DUNGEON BUILDER LABYRINTH MODERN CITY GN #2
(W) Rui Tsukiyo (A) Yoshikawa Hideaki (CA) Yoshikawa Hideaki
A demon lord decides to break from the evil mold when building his dungeon, and develops a pleasant city instead! In a world where demon lords build dungeons and devour human emotions, one rookie demon lord, Procel, has a new idea. Procel seeks to build a revolutionary new dungeon where humans and monsters can coexist. But first, Procel must defeat the Wind Demon Lord. Based on the light novel series in Japan, this sexy fantasy tale has built something truly special!
DUNGEON OF BLACK COMPANY GN #5
(W) Youhei Yasumura (A) Youhei Yasumura (CA) Youhei Yasumura
A corporate dungeon fantasy where our hero is a slave to his work, literally! Kinji, who lacks any kind of work ethic, is a layabout in his modern life. One day, he finds himself transported to another world--but not in a grand fantasy of a hero welcomed with open arms. He's immediately shoved into a terrible job! Now enslaved by the corporate evil of a fantasy mining company, Kinji's about to really learn the meaning of hard work!
GRIMGAR OF FANTASY & ASH LIGHT NOVEL #13
(W) Ao Jyumonji (A) Eiri Shirai (CA) Eiri Shirai
Haruhiro awakens to darkness and amnesia, among a group of strangers who can only remember their own names. When they make it into the light, they discover Grimgar, a fantasy world that's like something out of an RPG game. Without apparent skills or knowledge of their surroundings, Haruhiro and his newfound friends band together to form an adventuring party. Only by cooperating, using their wits, and learning new skills can they hope to survive in this dangerous land of monsters and magic.
HAGANAI I DONT HAVE MANY FRIENDS GN #18
(W) Yomi Hirasaka (A) Itachi (CA) Itachi
Recent high school transfer student Hasegawa Kodaka is pathetically inept at making friends. When he comes across the brash loner Mikazuki Yozora, who typically chats with her imaginary friend, the two outsiders become the unlikeliest of allies. Realizing that they have no hope of a normal social life, the two rejects decide to form a group called "The Neighbor's Club" in order to make friends and maybe even learn a thing or two about social skills. Will these quirky misfits ever make normal friends or are they all doomed to social failure?
HOW HEAVY ARE DUMBBELLS YOU LIFT GN #3
(W) Sandrovich Yabako (A) MAAM (CA) MAAM
Sakura is a teenage girl who loves to eat, but when she notices her waistline expanding, she decides to check out the local gym. The gym is full of buff dudes... and Akemi, the student council president?! When Akemi tries to convince Sakura to take up weight training, Sakura resists - until she meets pretty-boy trainer Machio. Now, Sakura is willing to do whatever it takes to bulk up!
I HAD THAT SAME DREAM AGAIN LIGHT NOVEL SC
(W) Yoru Sumino (A) Yoru Sumino
A layered coming-of-age story from the author of I Want to Eat Your Pancreas and At Night, I Become a Monster. An unhappy girl who engages in self-harm, a high schooler ostracized by her classmates, and an old woman looking to live out her twilight years in peace. What could three such different people have in common? That's what grade schooler Nanoka Koyanagi is trying to find out. Assigned by her teacher to define what "happiness" means to her, Nanoka tries to find her place in the world by exploring her relationships with these three strangers, and through them, comes to know herself.
INVINCIBLE SHOVEL LIGHT NOVEL SC #1
(W) Tsuchise Yasohachi (A) Yuuki Hagure
A legendary miner teams up with a runaway princess to combat demons and track down cursed jewels in this hot new light novel series, known in Japan as Scoop Musou! Alan is the strongest miner in the world, able to reduce mountains to rubble with simply a swing of his trusty shovel. But when Princess Letitia begs him to escort her on a quest to save her kingdom from an invading demon force, he agrees to leave his solitary mountain abode and venture forth, on one condition: she must help him find a successor to train. In this hilarious fantasy tale for fans of RPGs, evil doesn't stand a chance against the mighty power of the shovel!
KUMA KUMA KUMA BEAR GN #1
(W) Kumanano (A) Sergei (CA) Sergei
A light-hearted manga about a girl transported to her favorite video game world with her magical bearsuit equipped. based on the original light novel series! Fifteen-year-old Yuna prefers staying home and obsessively playing her favorite VRMMO game to doing anything else, including going to school. When a strange new update gives her a one-of-a-kind bear outfit that comes with overpowered abilities, Yuna is torn: the outfit is unbearably cute, but too embarrassing to wear in-game. But then she suddenly finds herself transported into the world of the game, facing down monsters and magic for real, and the bear suit becomes the best weapon she has!
MAGIC USER REBORN MAX LEVEL WIZARD LIGHT NOVEL #2
(W) Mikawa Souhel (A) Ryota-H
A man in his forties, who was once a tabletop RPG fanatic, has settled into the ordinary job (and life) of a salaryman. All of that changes when he's tossed into a parallel world by a mysterious entity and finds himself in the form of Gio Margils, his max-level wizard character from the classic tabletop RPG Dungeons & Brave! Roll the dice with this new isekai light novel series for gaming fans, both new and old.
MAGICAL GIRL SITE GN #12
(W) Sato Kentaro (A) Sato Kentaro (CA) Sato Kentaro
Asagiri Aya is a young girl who has fallen victim to bullies at her school. Looking for a way to escape her troubles, she looks to the Internet for distraction, when a mysterious website called "Magical Girl Site" appears. Simply viewing the page is all it takes to hurtle Aya headlong into the deadly world of the Magical Girl Apocalypse. There, it's fight or die, against a seemingly endless array of savagely adorable, frilly-skirted killing machines, each armed with magical powers and an unquenchable thirst for blood and chaos.
MAGICAL GIRL SPECIAL OPS ASUKA GN #9
(W) Makoto Fukami (A) Seigo Tokiya (CA) Seigo Tokiya
When the Earth was threatened by the sudden appearance of undead creatures, a group of young women blessed with powers from a mysterious source rose to defeat them. Now, after three years of apparent peace, the same malevolent creatures have resurfaced. Five magical girls are once again conscripted to war as the Magical Girl Special Ops force, to defend mankind from an unholy nemesis!
MAKEUP IS NOT JUST MAGIC MANGA GUIDE TO SKIN CARE GN
(W) Ikumi Rotta (A) Ikumi Rotta (CA) Ikumi Rotta
An easy-breezy makeup tutorial in manga form! A young woman feels intimidated by the world of makeup, but she's in luck--a glam friend is willing to walk her through it. Join these two women as they explore the fundamentals of makeup, which will help you develop your own signature style! The perfect how-to book for fans of makeup tutorials online.
MASAMUNE KUNS REVENGE GN #11
(W) Takeoka Hazuki (A) Tiv (CA) Tiv
As an overweight child, Makabe Masamune was mercilessly teased and bullied by one particular girl, Adagaki Aki. Determined to one day exact his revenge upon her, Makabe begins a rigorous regimen of self-improvement and personal transformation. Years later, Masamune reemerges as a new man. Handsome, popular, athletic, and with perfect grades, Masamune-kun transfers to Aki's school and is unrecognizable to her. Now, Masamune-kun is ready to confront the girl who bullied him so many years ago and humiliate her at last. Revenge is sweet!
MISS KOBAYASHIS DRAGON MAID GN #9
(W) Coolkyoushinja (A) Coolkyoushinja (CA) Coolkyoushinja
Miss Kobayashi is your average office worker who lives a boring life, alone in her small apartment, until she saves the life of a female dragon in distress. The dragon, named Tohru, has the ability to magically transform into an adorable human girl (albeit with horns and a long tail!), who will do anything to pay off her debt of gratitude, whether Miss Kobayashi likes it or not. With a very persistent and amorous dragon as a roommate, nothing comes easy, and Miss Kobayashi's normal life is about to go off the deep end!
MY SENPAI IS ANNOYING GN #1
(W) Shiro Manta (A) Shiro Manta (CA) Shiro Manta
A full-color workplace romcom that started as a popular webcomic! Igarashi is a hardworking young office lady. Takeda, the senpai above her at work, annoys her constantly, and yet she finds herself growing closer to him. Every day is filled with comic mishaps and romantic moments as Igarashi tries to balance work, life, and love. This full-color manga, which started its life as a webcomic, is sure to charm audiences of workplace comedies like Aggretsuko and The Office!
NEW GAME GN #9
(W) Shoutarou Tokunou (A) Shoutarou Tokunou (CA) Shoutarou Tokunou
The original manga about making it in the video game industry that inspired the hit anime! Aoba Suzukaze may look like a middle schooler, but she's actually a character designer fresh out of high school. Not only is she working for the company that put out one of her favorite games, she also gets to spend her days modeling and creating characters. Follow her adorable shenanigans in this 4-panel slice-of-life as she learns the ropes of the industry and gets to know her co-workers.
PENGUINDRUM LIGHT NOVEL SC #1
(W) Kunihiko Ikuhara (A) Lily Hoshino
The novels for the supernatural anime by acclaimed director Kunihiko Ikuhara. Twins Kanba and Shoma live with their terminally ill little sister, Himari. One day, they visit the aquarium, a place full of warm memories for Himari, but she suddenly falls ill-and dies! At that very moment, a voice cries out, "Survival Tactic!" and Himari, wearing a penguin hat, comes back to life...?!
SAINT SEIYA SAINTIA SHO GN #10
(W) Masami Kurumada (A) Masami Kurumada (CA) Masami Kurumada
The newest iteration of the genre defining Saint Seiya series, now with an anime adaptation! In the wake of a space-wide civil war, instigated by Saga, the Gemini Gold Saint, a new team of Saints comes together with the goal of protecting their goddess Athena. This first all-women team of armored warriors, powered by the Zodiac, will use all their cunning, strength, and compassion to defend their worlds and oppose their very destinies.
SARAZANMAI REO & MABU GN
(W) Kunihiko Ikuhara (A) Misaki Saitoh (CA) Yu Aida
The hilarious spin-off manga to the anime by acclaimed director Kunihiko Ikuhara! Reo and Mabu, supernatural cops and agents of a certain empire, are surprised to find a baby lying on a plate in the street! They take her in as they search for her parents, but their bizarre lives keep leading them in wild directions. Strangely, this baby, whom they name Sara, seems to have supernatural powers as well... and these two men are starting to think they love her as if she were their own daughter!
TOMO CHAN IS A GIRL GN #7
(W) Fumita Yanagida (A) Fumita Yanagida (CA) Fumita Yanagida
High school tomboy Aizawa Tomo finally manages to tell her childhood friend Jun that she's got a crush on him. Unfortunately, her confession goes right over his head-he didn't even realize she was a girl until middle school, and even now, Jun still thinks of her as a bro! How can Tomo-chan possibly convince Jun otherwise to win his heart?