KODANSHA COMICS
CAGE OF EDEN GN #21 (OF 21)
(W) Yoshinobu Yamada (A) Yoshinobu Yamada (CA) Yoshinobu Yamada
Final Volume! Akira and his classmates are on a plane heading back home after a field trip abroad. Suddenly the plane crashes on a mysterious island. Akira is somehow still alive despite the crash, but soon discovers that he's not exactly safe and sound when enromous supposedly extinct beasts begin chasing him. Akira begins to find other classmates who have also survived the crash. Some work together and some work against each other in an effort to survive on the strange island.
CLOCKWORK PLANET GN #2
(W) Yuu Kamiya (A) Kuro (CA) Kuro
Naoto's a high school dropout and brilliant amateur tinkerer. He lives in a world that has been so over-exploited that the entire surface has become one vast machine. When a box crashes into his home containing a female automaton, it's a harbinger of change that will rock the entire globe, and give Naoto his chance to be a hero.
DESCENDING STORIES GN #1
SHOWA GENROKU RAKUGO SHINJU
(W) Haruko Kumota (A) Haruko Kumota (CA) Haruko Kumota
A hapless young man is released from prison with nothing to his name, but he knows exactly what he wants: to train in the art of rakugo comedic storytelling. After seeing an unforgettable performance from one of Japan's greatest masters, Yakumo Yurakutei VIII, during his time in jail, he will settle for nothing less than to become apprentice to the best. Yakumo, notorious for taking no students, is persuaded to take him on, and nicknames him Yotaro - the fool. Yotaro has no formal training or elegance, but something about his charisma reminds Yakumo of someone from his past. The saga of a generation of love, art, and storytelling begins here.
FAIRY TAIL GN #60
(W) Hiro Mashima (A) Hiro Mashima (CA) Hiro Mashima
Lucy is an attractive mage-in-training who wants to join a magician's guild so that she can become a full-fledged magician. The guild she dreams about joining is the most famous in the world, and it is known as the Fairy Tail. One day she meets Natsu, a boy raised by a Dragon who mysteriously left him when he was young. Natsu has devoted his life to finding his Dragon father. When Natsu helps Lucy out of a tricky situation, she discovers that he is a member of the Fairy Tail magician's guild, and our heroes' adventure together begins.
HEROIC LEGEND OF ARSLAN GN #7
(W) Yoshiki Tanaka (A) Hiromu Arakawa (CA) Hiromu Arakawa
The fantasy epic from the creator of Fullmetal Alchemist! Backed by only a few companions, including the philosopher/swordsman/tactician Narsus and his young servant, Elam; Pharangese, an aloof, cold priestess; and Gieve, a travelling musician and con-man, Arslan must stand against overwhelming odds to assemble an army strong enough to liberate his nation from the Lusitanian army which is led by the elusive warrior known as "Silvermask."
IN SPECTRE GN #4
(W) Kyo Shirodaira (A) Chasiba Katase (CA) Chasiba Katase
When she was still just a girl, Kotoko was kidnapped by yokai (spirits). They made her into a powerful intermediary between spirits and humans, but this power came with a price: one eye, and one leg. Now she's falling in love with a young man named Kuro, who is also special: an incident with a yokai has given him healing powers. He's surprised when Kotoko asks him to team up to handle renegade yokai, preserving the thin line between the human world and the spirit world.
INTERVIEWS WITH MONSTER GIRLS GN #4
(W) Petos (A) Petos (CA) Petos
As high school Biology teacher Tetsuo Takahashi has gotten to know each of his demi students (and succubus colleague), he's realizing more and more how many unique challenges these girls face. How can a vampire get ready in the morning if she can't see herself in a mirror? Do dullahans hold the secrets to quantum physics? Testuo learns something surprising every day, but he has a huge challenge ahead of him: with summer coming, he wants to make sure the vampire Hikari and snow-woman Yuki get to join in the sunny adventures. With new problems arising, Tetsuo also starts to wonder if his help is keeping the girls from growing on their own. Can he strike the right balance with the demis before summer break?
MAGATSUKI GN #7
(W) Hoshino Taguchi (A) Hoshino Taguchi (CA) Hoshino Taguchi
Yasuke, 15 years old, is about to build up the courage to confess his love to his childhood friend Akari, who's fallen for him, too. There's just one problem: Yasuke's family lives in a Japanese shrine, and when he breaks the shrine's sacred mirror, it triggers a curse, releasing the cute and well-endowed goddess of misfortune, Orihime, into the real world! Now Yasuke can't ever be out of Orihime's sight; if he gets too far away, he dies, and can only be brought back to life with a quick kiss from Orihime!
SEVEN DEADLY SINS GN #20
(W) Nakaba Suzuki (A) Nakaba Suzuki (CA) Nakaba Suzuki
Separated from the rest of The Seven Deadly Sins and with her memories still erased, Diane heads to Vaizel for the Fighting Festival - and winds up in The Ten Commandments's Death Trap Maze! The Seven Deadly Sins soon unite within the maze's walls, but the reunion is short lived. Just when they think they've reached the end, the real Fighting Festival begins - and the group is split once more. With The Sins's now divided into teams of two, which pair will prove victorious - and whose wish will come true?
SWEETNESS & LIGHTNING GN #6
(W) Gido Amagakure (A) Gido Amagakure (CA) Gido Amagakure
Having lost his wife, math teacher Kouhei Inuzuka is doing his best to raise his young daughter Tsumugi as a single father. He's pretty bad at cooking and doesn't have a huge appetite to begin with, but chance brings his little family and one of his students, Kotori Iida, together for homemade adventures. With those three cooks in the kitchen, it's no wonder this dinner table drama is so delicious.
TOPPU GP GN #2
(W) Kosuke Fujishima (A) Kosuke Fujishima (CA) Kosuke Fujishima
Toppu Uno never wanted to race motorcycles. He was perfectly content watching his sister ride; with his eagle eyes, he knew her lap times before the the stopwatch did. When he's convinced to take a ride on a minibike for the first time, his hours of observation translate into instant skill on the track. But turning a quick lap and winning a race are two very different things, and Toppu's got a long way to go before he's ready for the big leagues - MotoGP, the highest level of two-wheeled road racing.
WELCOME TO BALLROOM GN #5
(W) Tomo Takeuchi (A) Tomo Takeuchi (CA) Tomo Takeuchi
Fujita has drifted through middle school aimlessly, unable to find friends or anything that can hold his attention. Then, one day, he's attacked by a gang and saved by a mysterious man. But this isn't a karate master. Fujita's Mr. Miyagi is a ballroom dance instructor! Reluctantly, Fujita takes a few beginner's classes, only to find his inspiration - an entrancing, teenage dance prodigy named Shizuku. It's Fujita's first step into the high-octane world of competitive dance!