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ANCIENT MAGUS BRIDE GN #15

(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 I HEART ISEKAI GN #4

(W) Ryo Shirakome (A) Misaki Mori (CA) Misaki Mori

Hajime and the beautiful women around him pause their epic fantasy adventures for some slice-of-life comedy. Follow the everyday antics of the crew in this new collection of 4-panel comics!

BL METAMORPHOSIS GN #5

(W) Kaori Tsurutani (A) Kaori Tsurutani (CA) Kaori Tsurutani

Ichinoi, a 75-year-old woman living a peaceful life, unwittingly buys a Boy's Love manga one day... and is fascinated by what she finds inside. When she returns to the bookstore to buy the next volume, the high school girl working there - Urara, a seasoned BL fan - notices a budding fangirl when she sees one. When Urara offers to help Ichinoi explore this whole new world of fiction, the two dive into BL fandom together, and form an unlikely friendship along the way.

BLOOM INTO YOU ANTHOLOGY GN #1

(W) Nakatani Nio (A) Nakatani Nio (CA) Nakatani Nio

Experience the world of this beloved yuri romance through the perspectives of other creators! Yuu has always loved shoujo manga and awaits the day she gets a love confession that sends her heart aflutter with bubbles and hearts, and yet when a junior high classmate confesses his feelings to her... she feels nothing. Disappointed and confused, Yuu enters high school still unsure how to respond. That's when Yuu sees the beautiful student council president Nanami turn down a suitor with such maturity that she's inspired to ask her for help. But when the next person to confess to Yuu is Nanami herself, has her shoujo romance finally begun? Explore this tale like never before in this collection of all-new short manga by various creators!

CITRUS PLUS GN #3

(W) Saburouta (A) Saburouta (CA) Saburouta

The hit yuri manga and anime series continues with this new spin-off manga! Follow Yuzu and Mei's relationship past the end of Citrus in this all-new series by creator Saburouta!

DANGERS IN MY HEART GN #2

(W) Norio Sakurai (A) Norio Sakurai

Ichikawa Kyotaro, a boy barely clinging to the bottom rung of his school's social ladder, secretly believes he's the tortured lead in some psychological thriller. He spends his days dreaming up ways to disrupt his classmates' peaceful lives and pining after Anna Yamada, the class idol. But Kyotaro's not nearly the troubled teen he pretends to be... and it turns out Anna's a bit odd herself!

DEMON GIRL NEXT DOOR GN #4

(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. What's a demon girl to do?

DUNGEON DIVE AIM FOR DEEPEST LEVEL GN #1

(W) Yomu Mishima (A) Jun Shiosato

A compelling isekai fantasy adventure based on the light novels in Japan! One moment Kanami is visiting his sister in the hospital, and the next he wakes up in a dark corridor full of cutthroat warriors and bloodthirsty monsters. Kanami quickly learns that he is in the "labyrinth," a deadly 100-floor dungeon in a fantasy world-and for those able to reach the deepest level, a wish will be granted. Kanami seems to have received magic powers and a special unnamed skill that kicks in whenever he is overwhelmed, which helps him stabilize but has a disturbing effect on his emotions and mind. After attracting the attention of a mysterious girl, Kanami may have the power he needs to return home to his ailing sister... but at what price?

DUNGEON TOILET GN #2

(W) Roots (A) Roots (CA) Roots

People are often reincarnated into fantasy worlds to answer a higher calling. In this case, that means a quest to find the perfect toilet. Behold as dragon scales are converted into toilet seats and slimes are used as moist wipes in this unique adventure about heroes who truly give a crap.

HEADHUNTED TO ANOTHER WORLD SALARYMAN GN #1

(W) Muramitsu (A) Benigashira

An ordinary salaryman is recruited by the Demon King to become one of his Four Heavenly Kings in another world. What could possibly go wrong? Uchimura Dennosuke is just an ordinary Japanese salaryman, until he's sent to work in Vietnam where he dies in a hit-and-run accident. Uchimura is reincarnated and summoned to another world by the Demon King, who offers him a new job - as one of the Four Heavenly Kings of his army! Uchimura is faced with an offer he can't refuse, but can he do the job?

HIGH RISE INVASION GN #10

(W) Tsuina Miura (A) Takahiro Oba (CA) Takahiro Oba

On the roof of a high-rise building, a young girl named Yuri witnesses a masked figure split a man's head open with an axe! It's not exactly an everyday occurrence for a high schooler, but things only get weirder from there. Yuri soon finds herself in a strange world of skyscrapers with only two options for escape - fight past the mysterious masked figures or leap to her death!

HOW NOT TO SUMMON DEMON LORD GN #12

(W) Yukiya Murasaki (A) Naoto Fukuda (CA) Naoto Fukuda

An elite but socially-stunted gamer finds himself in another world, inhabiting the body of his character Diablo! But despite his powers, his awkwardness keeps getting in the way - so he decides to pretend to be a Demon Lord and soon finds himself with a pair of slaves: a well-endowed elf and a cat girl. Together, they struggle with everything from interpersonal relationships to diabolical beast battles!

IDEAL SPONGER LIFE GN #9

(W) Tsunehiko Watanabe (A) Neko Hinotsuki (CA) Neko Hinotsuki

One day, average salaryman Yamai Zenjirou has an out-of-this-world experience - literally! He's pulled from Earth and dragged to another world where magic thrives and a gorgeous, powerful queen needs a consort. Now he's being pressured to marry that very monarch and help her bear a child. Will Zenjirou accept this life of lazy, luxurious love at the cost of leaving his home behind?

KAGEKI SHOJO GN #2

(W) Kumiko Saiki (A) Kumiko Saiki

Watanabe Sarasa has a dream: she wants to play the role of Oscar as part of the Kouka Acting Troupe, an all-female acting troupe similar to Takarazuka Revue. But before she can do that, she has to attend two years at the Kouka School of Musical and Theatrical Arts. As Sarasa practices singing, dancing, and acting, she grows closer to the other girls in her year, including her roommate, the stoic former J-idol Ai. But though Sarasa is great at making friends, her outspoken nature and grand ambitions earn her lots of enemies as well. Can Sarasa keep her upbeat attitude and achieve her dream of stardom?

KARATE SURVIVOR IN ANOTHER WORLD GN #1

(W) Yazin (A) Takahito Kobayashi

When 34-year-old Nozaki Hitoshi is hit by a truck, he is sent to a fantasy world by a dismissive god and dropped into a harsh wilderness without even the clothes on his back. His only salvation is a newly granted karate skill and his general survival instincts. Luckily, Hitoshi is up for the challenge - he'll weave clothes out of tree bark, test fruit for poison, and crawl through the mud to test his kicks and punches against goblins and other creatures. No matter how much he levels up in this world, he still longs to find other humans to share his solitude. An engrossing fantasy that pits karate technique against swords and sorcery in another world!

KINGDOM OF Z GN #4

(W) Saizo Harawata (A) Ron Watanuki (CA) Ron Watanuki

Five days after a sudden and devastating zombie attack, Masaru is barely managing to survive by hiding out at his high school. Suddenly, he is rescued by two beautiful high school girls: Sekigahara Miki and Nagiri Karin. But what are their real motives...?

LEVEL 1 DEMON LORD AND ONE ROOM HERO GN #2

(W) Toufu (A) Toufu (CA) Nozomu Tamaki

Ten years ago, the hero Max defeated the Demon Lord. In order to regain his power, the Demon Lord went into a deep slumber... but when he awakens, his body is only a chibi version of its fearsome form. Now curious to see what his enemy is up to, the Demon Lord visits Max, only to discover the mighty hero living in a dirty one-room apartment. The Demon Lord decides to move in with Max and help his old enemy become a formidable opponent once more!

LIFE OF MELODY

(W) Mari Costa (A) Mari Costa

In this charming and full-color LGBT+ graphic novel first released as a webcomic, a fairy godfather and a beast man raise a human baby together. A human child abandoned in the woods is discovered by an unlikely pair: Razzmatazz, a fairy godfather, and Bon, a beast man. After quarreling over the best way to handle the child, they finally agree to co-parent in the human world - for now, at least. What the two men don't expect is this little arrangement will push them to discover more about themselves...and more about each other, which might result in love. In this charming LGBT+ romcom, one "temporary" magical family might just become real!

MACHIMAHO MADE WRONG PERSON MAGICAL GIRL GN #8

(W) Souryuu (A) Souryuu (CA) Souryuu

While searching for a brave candidate to become a magical girl and defend the world from evil, a mythical creature finds Kayo Majiba, a cute young lady who seems like the perfect fit. But when this newly turned magical girl proves to be a crude delinquent who goes berserk in a conflict, it becomes clear that this may have been a terrible mistake. Now evil-and any innocent bystanders-will face the rage of a magical girl gone wrong!

MAGICAL GIRL SPECIAL OPS ASUKA GN #12

(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!

MASTERFUL CAT DEPRESSED AGAIN TODAY GN #1

(W) Hitsuji Yamada (A) Hitsuji Yamada

When Saku took in a stray black cat, she never expected that he would become the equivalent of a housekeeping life partner. But Yukichi, a giant cat who towers over Saku, is not your ordinary feline. He takes great pride in his culinary skills, and a good sale at the supermarket always gets his whiskers twitching. Saku may not have her act together yet, but at least she has Yukichi!

MONSTER GUILD DARK LORDS NO GOOD COMEBACK GN #1

(W) Tourou (A) Tourou (CA) Tourou

A comedic and (anti)heroic fantasy in which a defeated villain builds a motley crew for his monstrous comeback! It's hard to defeat a mighty hero when he keeps coming back to life. In fact, it's impossible. The Dark Lord, stuck in a loop of battling a good guy who won't stay dead, finally loses the fight and meets his own end... or so it would seem. The Dark Lord saved himself by putting his soul into an empty vessel, and now he's about to stage his own comeback. He may be weak now, but along with his newly formed fellowship of misfits-a slime, an orc, an ifrit, and a dark elf - he's convinced he can rebuild his evil empire, one bumbling step at a time.

MUSHOKU TENSEI ROXY GETS SERIOUS GN #6

(W) Rifujin na Magonote (A) Yuka Fujikawa (CA) Yuka Fujikawa

Roxy's life is a lonely one - out of all her tribe, she's the only one without the power of telepathy. Her days pass in silence, while people speak words she can never hear. But when she saves the life of a wandering witch, Roxy gets the chance of a lifetime: the opportunity to study as a magician's apprentice, and leave her strange home behind! Don't miss this brand-new tale in the Mushoku Tensei universe: the journey of Roxy, fated to be a star among magicians!

MY ANDROGYNOUS BOYFRIEND GN #3

(W) Tamekou (A) Tamekou (CA) Tamekou

Wako and her androgynous boyfriend don't exactly have the most traditional of relationships. She spends her days working hard in the world of publishing, while he spends his time obsessing over fashion and makeup - all with the goal of making himself beautiful just for her. This romantic slice-of-life story is about love, relationships, and breaking with tradition!

NPCS IN THIS VILLAGE SIM GAME MUST BE REAL GN #1

(W) Hirukuma (A) Kazuhiko Morita (CA) Kazuhiko Morita

Yoshio is 30 years old, with no job and a shut-in lifestyle. His mundane days and nights are suddenly interrupted when he receives a copy of The Village of Fate, an experimental game with graphics like nothing he's ever seen before. In the game, he takes on the role of a guardian deity who watches over the people of a new village... but he finds that the game characters are so intelligent, reactive, and human that he starts wondering if they could be real people somehow. Through his connection to their strangely vivid lives, Yoshio begins to discover the brightness that had been missing from his own existence.