VERTICAL COMICS
AFTER RAIN GN #3
(W) Jun Mayuzuki (A) Jun Mayuzuki (CA) Jun Mayuzuki
Akira Tachibana is a soft-spoken high school student who used to be a part of the track and field club but, due to an injury, she is no longer able to run as fast as she once could. Working part-time at a family restaurant as a recourse, she finds herself inexplicably falling in love with her manager Masami Kondo, a divorced 45-year-old man with a young son. Despite the age gap, Akira wholeheartedly embraces his mannerisms and kind nature, which is seen as spinelessness by the other employees, and little by little, the two begin to understand each other. Although unable to explain why exactly she is attracted to him, Akira believes that a concrete reason is not needed to truly love someone. On a rainy day, she decides to finally tell her manager about how she feels...but just how will he react?
CITY GN #5
(W) Keiichi Arawi (A) Keiichi Arawi (CA) Keiichi Arawi
From the creator of nichijou comes a new slapstick comedy series about a penniless college student who moves to a town filled with bizarre people. Nagumo is in a bit of a bind. She's a college student, and like many people in her situation, is struggling with money. She is in debt and her landlord is trying to shake her down for rent. Asking her friends no longer works! They know her deal and they do not have the cash to prop her up, even temporarily. So what is she supposed to do under these circumstances?
DELINQUENT HOUSEWIFE GN #4
(W) Nemu Yoko (A) Nemu Yoko (CA) Nemu Yoko
A family comedy manga about a high school boy and his sister in law who moves in, who has a big secret from her past. High School sophomore, Dai Komukai meets his sister-in-law Komugi, who moves into the Komukai household. After his brother leaves for a business trip, Dai senses something weird with his sister in law. Outwardly nice and cute but Dai finds out that she actually can't cook or do laundry! And then one night he finds out another big secret!
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM WING GLORY OF THE LOSERS GN #11
(W) Katsuyuki Sumizawa (A) Tomofumi Ogasawara (CA) Usamaru Furuya
One of the biggest anime/manga properties of all time returns with the release of Mobile Suit Gundam Wing. A longtime hit of the Cartoon Network, Gundam Wing remains one of the most recognized Japanese titles in recent history spinning off a number of movie, books, and model kit collections. The Glory of Losers retells the original WING story by incorporating elements of the anime and its recent light novel adaptations. Following the actions of five fighters and their mobile suits (large robots made for destruction), Gundam Wing is a heavily political, dramatic action work that is centered around a war between Earth and its surrounding colonies in space.