VERTICAL COMICS
CARDFIGHT VANGUARD GN #8
(W) Akira Itou (A) Akira Itou (CA) Akira Itou
The basis of the hit trading card game and animation franchise, Cardfight!! Vanguard is a modern fantasy tale of trading card playing and making friends through gaming. Aichi Sendo competes in the winner take all world of trading card battles with his new found friends.
MY NEIGHBOR SEKI GN #9
(W) Takuma Morishige (A) Takuma Morishige (CA) Takuma Morishige
My Neighbor Seki is a collection of short stories that revolve around two classmates who sit at the back of their high school homeroom. In each chapter Seki devises a new way to kill time in his school desk, to best avoid boredom. And along the way, he ends up distracting the girl who sits next to him, Rumi, whose mind goes wild as Seki pushes the limits of his disobediance.
NICHIJOU GN #8
(W) Keiichi Arawi (A) Keiichi Arawi (CA) Keiichi Arawi
A witty surreal all-ages manga which revolves around the day-to-day lives of the young inhabitants of Tokisadame- city. Funny and heartwarming, Nichijou is a humorous look at modern day Japanese life in comic form. Set in a strange school where you may see the principal wrestle a deer or a robot's arm hide a rollcake the days that transpire through the course of Nichijou are curious and hilarious, if not downright bizzare. However admist all the chaos and comedy Arawi still takes time to share everyday slice of life stories giving readers an insight to modern Japanese youth culture.
NINJA SLAYER GN #8
(W) Bradley Bond (A) Yuuki Yogo (CA) Yuuki Yogo
Ninja Slayer is the latest project from the team behind mega-hits such as Neon Genesis Evangelion, Gurren Lagaan, and the new Cartoon Network hit Kill la Kill. A futuristic sci-fi action tale of ninja on ninja warfare in the hard-knocks Tokyo suburb of Neo-Saitama. Rogue ninja, Ninja Slayer, fights criminals and other ninjas to maintain order in this lawless region of Japan.