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ALICE & ZOROKU GN #8

(W) Tetsuya Imai (A) Tetsuya Imai (CA) Tetsuya Imai

A group of young girls possesses a mysterious power known as "Alice's Dream," which gives them the ability to turn their thoughts into reality. Detained and experimented upon, these youths are locked away in secret until one of them manages to escape. Her name is Sana - a girl with the power to ignore the very laws of physics. When this willful powerhouse crosses paths with a stubborn old man named Zoroku, his carefully-ordered life will never be the same again!

ANCIENT MAGUS BRIDE GN #14

(W) Kore Yamazaki (A) Kore Yamazaki (CA) Kore Yamazaki

Hatori Chise has lived a life full of neglect and abuse, devoid of anything resembling love. Far from the warmth of family, she has had her share of troubles and pitfalls. Just when all hope seems lost, a fated encounter awaits her. When a man with the head of a beast, wielding strange powers, obtains her through a slave auction, Chise's life will never be the same again. The man is a "magus," a sorcerer of great power, who decides to free Chise from the bonds of captivity. The magus then makes a bold statement: Chise will become his apprentice - and his wife!

ARIFURETA COMMONPLACE TO STRONGEST ZERO GN #4

(W) Ryo Shirakome (A) Ataru Kamichi (CA) Ataru Kamichi

Before Hajime was transported to Tortus, the Synergist Oscar Orcus was having his own adventure - but not willingly! Oscar is a simple working man, keeping his head down to earn his money and support an orphanage, until Miledi Reisen bursts into his life. She wants Oscar to join her in a quest to defeat the gods. Oscar refuses to chase after that kind of danger... until that kind of danger finds its way to him.

ARIFURETA FROM COMMONPLACE LIGHT NOVEL #11

(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 what should have been any otaku's paradise quickly turns into Hajime's nightmare. While the rest of his class are blessed with godlike powers, Hajime's job, Synergist, only has a single transmutation skill. Will he be able to survive in this dangerous world of monsters and demons with only a glorified blacksmith's level of strength?

BERSERK OF GLUTTONY LIGHT NOVEL #2

(W) Isshiki Ichika (A) fame

Fate Graphite has never tasted real power. Born with the magical skill Gluttony, he has been shunned and looked down upon his entire life, and constantly hungers in a way that can't be satiated. One day, while working as a gatekeeper for a noble family and fighting a trespassing thief, he discovers Gluttony's true power: when he kills someone, he devours their skills and feeds his gnawing hunger at last. In that grisly realization, Fate is awakened to his true potential. How many lives will he feed on to satisfy this hunger, and is the world ready for the terrifying warrior he'll become?

DAI DARK GN #1

(W) Q. Hayashida (A) Q. Hayashida (CA) Q. Hayashida

Necromancy, space action, and dark humor collide in this wildly creative new series from the creator of Dorohedoro! Zaha Sanko's body has great and terrible powerssay that possessing his bones will grant you any wish, even the desire to become ruler of the universe. But Sanko is still a teenage dude with his own life, and he isn't about to let every monstrous lowlife in the galaxy rip him limb from limb. He and his skeletal buddy Avakian will use their dark powers to fend off any murder attempts while they search space for whomever put this curse on Sanko's bones... because killing them might end the madness. (And then Sanko can celebrate with his favorite spaghetti.) Don't miss this hilariously twisted and gruesome new series!

DEMON GIRL NEXT DOOR GN #2

(W) Izumo Ito (A) Izumo Ito

Yoshida Yuko was living a perfectly normal (if poverty-stricken) life, but at the age of fifteen, she suddenly sprouts demon horns and a tail! Her mother explains that she's actually a demon named Shadow Mistress Yuko, once sealed away and cursed so that her family would remain poor for generations. Now Yuko can break that very curse if she defeats Chiyoda Momo, a magical girl who goes to her school... but Momo is stronger than she is, knows how to manage magical powers, and is so freaking nice that she's actually helping Yuko out of scrapes! Yuko's too weak and uncoordinated to straight-up kill Momo, even if she wanted to, but she can't just be buddies with this generous magical girl, either - she has to break the curse on her family somehow!

FAILURE FRAME GN #1

(W) Kaoru Shinozaki (A) Uchiuchi Keyaki

Mimori Touka and his classmates are abruptly catapulted into a fantasy world, summoned by the world's resident goddess to serve as heroes. The good news? Most of the students display amazing skills upon arrival! The bad? Mimori is the worst of the lot, bottoming out at a measly E-rank. Incensed, the goddess tosses him in a dungeon to die - but, it turns out, Mimori's skills aren't so much worthless as they are abnormal. Abnormally powerful, perhaps!

GAL GOHAN GN #7

(W) Marii Taiyou (A) Marii Taiyou (CA) Marii Taiyou

What will Yabe Shinji do when the school president and a Gal both propose to him at the school festival beauty contest? A secret sleepover and a school trip lead to all the sexy times a guy could want!

GIRL FROM OTHER SIDE SIUIL RUN GN #10

(W) Nagabe (A) Nagabe (CA) Nagabe

In a land far away, there were two kingdoms: the Outside, where twisted beasts roamed that could curse with a touch, and the Inside, where humans lived in safety and peace. The girl and the beast should never have met, but when they do, a quiet fairytale begins. This is a story of two people - one human, one inhuman - who linger in the hazy twilight that separates night from day.

HARUKANA RECEIVE GN #7

(W) Kei Murayama (A) Kei Murayama (CA) Kei Murayama

In order to grow as beach volleyball players, Haruka and Kanata decide to participate in a local tournament - with different partners! Haruka teams up with Emily, while Kanata pairs up with Claire. It's friend vs. friend and sister vs. sister in the latest volume!

HOW HEAVY ARE DUMBBELLS YOU LIFT GN #6

(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!

HOW REALIST HERO REBUILT KINGDOM LIGHT NOVEL #11

(W) Dojyomaru (A) Fuyuyuki (CA) Fuyuyuki

When the aggressively pragmatic Kazuya Souma is summoned to another world as a hero, he's not given a quest, he's given a kingdom to rule. On top of that, he's betrothed to the previous king's daughter! To get the country back in order, Souma gathers a group of gifted individuals to his side. Will their impressive talents and his own knack for logistics be enough to get the country on its feet again?

HOW TO BUILD DUNGEON BOOK OF DEMON KING GN #7

(W) Yakan Warau (A) Toshimasa Komiya (CA) Toshimasa Komiya

At the end of his life, after decades of painstaking research, Aur has finally achieved his dream of ascending to the role of Demon King. Using his newfound abilities, he summons an alluring succubus known as Lilu to serve him and immediately begins the task of creating a dungeon - an underground kingdom in his own vision filled with all manner of fantastical creatures. As he weaves the intricate and dangerous world of his dungeon, he'll learn what it takes to become a true Demon King and all the troubles, trials, and titillation that come with it. His enemies will cower in fear!

LEGEND OF DORORO & HYAKKIMARU GN #3

(W) Osamu Tezuka (A) Satoshi Shiki (CA) Satoshi Shiki

During Japan's tumultuous Sengoku period, one man sells his son to a pack of devils in exchange for the power to rule. Forty-eight devils take forty-eight pieces of young Hyakkimaru, and the boy is left for dead. But through the assistance of a sage and a series of inventive prosthetics, Hyakkimaru survives. Together with the young thief Dororo, the now-grown Hyakkimaru embarks upon a quest to slay all the demons and retrieve the stolen pieces of his body.

LOVE ME FOR WHO I AM GN #3

(W) Kata Konayama (A) Kata Konayama (CA) Kata Konayama

Mogumo is a cute but lonely high school student who just wants a few loving friends. Fellow student Iwaoka Tetsu invites Mogumo to work at his family's café for "cross-dressing boys," but he makes an incorrect assumption: Mogumo is non-binary and doesn't identify as a boy or a girl. However, Mogumo soon finds out that the café is run by LGBT+ folks of all stripes, all with their own reasons for congregating there. This touching manga explores gender, gender presentation, and sexuality from many different angles, including the ways people are pushed to conform in a world that doesn't understand them... until the world begins to learn, one person at a time.

MAGICAL GIRL SITE GN #14

(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 #11

(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!

MAGIKA SWORDSMAN & SUMMONER GN #14

(W) Mitsuki Mihara (A) MonRin (CA) MonRin

Parallel to our dimension is a world filled with magic, home to a host of mystical beings and fantastical powers. Humanity has learned to harness these forces and bring forth that world's entities to do their bidding through the power of "summoners." Fifteen years later, Kazuki Hayashizaki is chosen as the first male summoner. His attendance at an all-female summoner school, however, is met with opposition from his own sister, who is the school's most skilled swordsman. Can he overcome adversity and learn to become a first rate summoner?

MISS KOBAYASHIS DRAGON MAID KANNA DAILY LIFE GN #8

(W) Coolkyoushinja (A) Mitsuhiro Kimura (CA) Mitsuhiro Kimura

After leaving her otherworldly home to find her fellow dragon, Tohru, young Kanna found herself unofficially adopted by Tohru and her human companion, Miss Kobayashi. From attending elementary school to making new friends, Kanna learns to adjust to the human world with the curiosity and cuteness that only a young dragon could have!

MUSCLES ARE BETTER THAN MAGIC GN #1

(W) Doraneko (A) Kouji Onodera

A comedic fantasy romp where one man's amazing muscles overcome every magical challenge! For ten years, Yuri has lived alone in the forest, training his muscles day and night to hone his body into the ultimate fighting machine. But when the beautiful elf Filia stumbles upon his home, she begs him to help her escape the forest. There's just one problem: Yuri's never left the woods, and besides, this odd couple can't seem to agree on anything. It's the beginning of a wacky journey through strange lands and stranger adventures!

MUSHOKU TENSEI JOBLESS REINCARNATION LIGHT NOVEL SC #10

(W) Rifujin na Magonote (A) ShiroTaka (CA) ShiroTaka

A new chapter of Rudeus' life beckons as he throws himself into his research, house-hunting, and planning a wedding. But then an unexpected letter, bearing shocking news, arrives to interrupt the young couple's domestic dreams. It seems the past still isn't done with Rudeus, and neither is a certain mysterious white-masked girl!

MY ALCOHOLIC ESCAPE FROM REALITY GN

(W) Kabi Nagata (A) Kabi Nagata (CA) Kabi Nagata

An emotional new diary comic from Nagata Kabi, creator of My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness. Nagata Kabi's downward spiral is getting out of control, and she can't stop drinking to soothe the ache of reality. After suffering from unbearable stomach pains, she goes to the hospital, where she is diagnosed with pancreatitis - and is immediately hospitalized. A new chapter unfolds in Nagata Kabi's life, as she struggles to find her way back to reality and manga creation in the wake of her breakdown.

MY NEXT LIFE AS A VILLAINESS GN #5

(W) Satoru Yamaguchi (A) Nami Hidaka (CA) Nami Hidaka

When a woman is reborn into an otome video game as the villainess, how can she play to win? At the age of eight, Katarina, a girl of noble birth in another world, has an accident that unlocks her memories - of playing an otome game that's exactly like the life she's living now. There's one problem: she realizes that she's playing the role of the villainess, and only bad endings await her! What will it take for her to "break the game" and live a happy life?

MY ROOM IS DUNGEON REST STOP GN #4

(W) Tougoku Hudou (A) Takoyakiyoshi

There has to be a catch when a deluxe rental property is this cheap - and this one connects to a perilous dungeon in another world! Far from being dissuaded, Tooru jumps at the chance to sign the lease, hoping to go from high school dropout to big-time adventurer. He soon encounters a stranded knight: a gorgeous young woman named Ria. Tooru rescues her and takes her back to Earth, where she promptly mistakes him for a Great Sage, seeing normal things like running water for evidence of his powerful magic. Tooru may dreams of heroism, but first he has to figure out how to share an apartment with a cute girl from another world!