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AHO GIRL (CLUELESS GIRL) GN #4

(W) Hiroyuki (A) Hiroyuki (CA) Hiroyuki

Yoshiko is a hopefully clueless high school girl. Her rock-paper-scissors strategy is "rock." She somehow gets zeroes on multiple-choice tests. And she has an often-nearly-fatal weakness for bananas. Her devoted friends have no choice but to hang around and make sure nobody takes advantage of her. (Of course, the entertainment value might have something to do with it, too.) Cute characters, weird gags, and lots and lots of bananas!

ATTACK ON TITAN BEFORE THE FALL GN #12

(W) Isayama Hajime (A) Satoshi Shiki (CA) Satoshi Shiki

The Diamond Gem Award-winning prequel to Attack on Titan! Humanity has learned to live in complacency behind its high walls, protected from the giant Titans. But when a Titan-worshipping cult opens one of the gates, a Titan wreaks havoc, consuming the cultists. How will humanity learn to cope with the Titan threat?

ATTACK ON TITAN GN #23

(W) Isayama Hajime (A) Isayama Hajime (CA) Isayama Hajime

The blockbuster manga edges closer to its thrilling conclusions. The mysteries of the Titans are being revealed; who will escape death at the hands of giants and human beings?

ATTACK ON TITAN JUNIOR HIGH GN #5

(W) Isayama Hajime (A) Saki Nakagawa (CA) Saki Nakagawa

Eren and Mikasa enter a new school - Titan Junior High! However, Eren's hated Titans for years; can he now get along with his (harmless?) classmates? Featuring fan favorite characters as you've never seen them before, this series is sure to delight, with a human-Titan volleyball match, a Titan rock band, and more! A spin-off to the series that spawned the hottest anime of the past decade!

ATTACK ON TITAN NO REGRETS COMP COLOR HC

(W) Isayama Hajime (A) Gan Sunaaku (CA) Yoshinobu Yamada

The story of Captain Levi, Attack on Titan's most beloved character, collected in a single, 400-page hardcover in glorious full color! In Attack on Titan, Erwin Smith and Captain Levi are an inseparable duo, the calculating brain and pumping heart of the Survey Corps. Years earlier, the young Erwin was an ambitious military ladder-climber and political prodigy, while Levi lived in another world under the elite's feet, the Underground. Under a fierce exterior, Levi longs for a life of dignity for himself and his friends, while Erwin's lifelong obsession with the Titans drives him to depths of moral ambiguity. The two men's collision course will lead to tension, tragedy, and the greatest team of Titan-fighters humanity will ever know.

CLOCKWORK PLANET GN #6

(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.

FAIRY TAIL S GN #1 (OF 2)

TALES FROM FAIRY TAIL

(W) Hiro Mashima (A) Hiro Mashima (CA) Hiro Mashima

The world of Fairy Tail is too big to be contained by one manga! From the pen of creator Hiro Mashima, this two-volume series contains the lost tales of Fairy Tail, where wizards Natsu, Lucy, and Erza get into crazy situations, and your favorite supporting characters get a chance to shine. For the members of Fairy Tail, a guild member's work is never done. While they may not always be away on missions, that doesn't mean our magic-wielding heroes can rest easy at home. What happens when a copycat thief begins to soil the good name of Fairy Tail, or when a seemingly unstoppable virus threatens the citizens of Magnolia Town? And when a bet after the Grand Magic Games goes sour, can Natsu, Lucy, Gray, Erza turn the tables in their favor?

FIRE FORCE GN #7

(W) Atsushi Ohkubo (A) Atsushi Ohkubo (CA) Atsushi Ohkubo

The city of Tokyo is in the grip of a reign of terror! Possessed by demons, people have begun to burst into flame, leading to the establishment of a special firefighting team: the Fire Force, ready to roll on a moment's notice to fight spontaneous combustion anywhere it might break out. But the team is about to get a very unique addition: Shinra, a boy who possesses the unique power to run at the speed of a rocket, leaving behind the famous "devil's footprints" (and destroying his shoes in the process). Can the Fire Force discover the source of this strange phenomenon and put a stop to it? Or will the city burn to ashes first?

HAPPINESS GN #6

(W) Shuzo Oshimi (A) Shuzo Oshimi (CA) Shuzo Oshimi

A supernatural story of sexual awakening, growing up, and suburban vampirism, Happiness follows a dorky boy who is attacked by a girl in an alley. She sucks his blood and gives him a choice: life or death. He chooses life, but finds himself nearly overwhelmed by a new thirst and a fascination with the necks of his classmates.

INUYASHIKI GN #9

(W) Hiroya Oku (A) Hiroya Oku (CA) Hiroya Oku

An pulse-pounding action story starring an unlikely superhero from Hiroya Oku, bestselling creator of the cult favorite manga series, Gantz. When a special person in Hiro Shishigami's life causes him to turn over a new leaf, he decides to use his powers for good. But before long, Hiro's sins catch up with him and he finally loses the last shred of hope for his humanity. Now Hiro will fight all who oppose him, and this time, it's war.

INUYASHIKI GN #10

(W) Hiroya Oku (A) Hiroya Oku (CA) Hiroya Oku

An pulse-pounding action story starring an unlikely superhero from Hiroya Oku, bestselling creator of the cult favorite manga series, Gantz. When a special person in Hiro Shishigami's life causes him to turn over a new leaf, he decides to use his powers for good. But before long, Hiro's sins catch up with him and he finally loses the last shred of hope for his humanity. Now Hiro will fight all who oppose him, and this time, it's war.

KIGURUMI GUARDIANS GN #3

(W) Lily Hoshino (A) Lily Hoshino (CA) Lily Hoshino

Hakka's second year of middle school was dull as it could be, until a suspicious cow mascot ("kigurumi") shows up in her room, holding a sign that reads, "My Name Is Ginger." But this isn't (just?) a stalker, it's a magical being that's come to convince Hakka (and her friends) to become Guardians, and save the world! Hakka is understandably confused, until she's suddenly attacked, and a beautiful young man leaps in to save her. Can this handsome knight and the weird kigurumi be one and the same?

LAND OF THE LUSTROUS GN #4

(W) Haruko Ichikawa (A) Haruko Ichikawa (CA) Haruko Ichikawa

Spring has sprung, and the all the other gems are awake to see Phosphophyllite's transformation. They are impressed with Phos's new arms, and our hero can hardly stand the newfound popularity, especially when it attracts the scariest gem of all. Bort now wishes to be Phos's partner in battle.

LOVE AND LIES GN #3

(W) Musao Tsumugi (A) Musao Tsumugi (CA) Musao Tsumugi

Yukari is dull. He doesn't even stand out enough to be bullied; he's just a generally lower-middle-class kid. He's in love with Misaki, the most popular girl in school. There's just one problem: He's 15, one year away from receiving his government-assigned marriage partner. He normally wouldn't have the courage to defy the law, but his sickly classmate Ririna still believes in love, and won't stop goading him into confessing his feelings!

MAGATSUKI GN #9

(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!

PRINCESS JELLYFISH GN #7

(W) Akiko Higashimura (A) Akiko Higashimura (CA) Akiko Higashimura

Tsukimi Kurashita has loved jellyfish from a young age. She resides in Amamizukan, a fangirl only-dorm. One evening, at the local pet store, Tsukimi sees a lovely jellyfish in danger! Thankfully, a beautiful - and, most frighteningly, "stylish" - woman comes to the rescue.

SAY I LOVE YOU GN #18

(W) Kanae Hazuki (A) Kanae Hazuki (CA) Kanae Hazuki

Since her "friends" framed her for the death of the class rabbit in elementary school, Mei Tachibana has given up on other people. But when Mei kicks Yamato, the most popular boy at her high school, in the head (she was aiming for someone else), she becomes enemy No. 1 among the student body while Yamato himself grows more and more fascinated with her! How long can Mei keep her heart closed off? How long will she refuse to say, "I love you"?

THAT TIME I GOT REINCARNATED AS A SLIME GN #3

(W) Fuse (A) Taiki Kawakami (CA) Taiki Kawakami

Mikami's middle age hasn't gone as he planned: He never found a girlfriend, he got stuck in a dead-end job, and he was abruptly stabbed to death in the street at 37. So when he wakes up in a new world straight out of a fantasy RPG, he's disappointed but not exactly surprised to find that he's not a knight or a wizard but a blind slime demon. But there are chances for even a slime to become a hero.

TO YOUR ETERNITY GN #1

(W) Yoshitoki Oima (A) Yoshitoki Oima (CA) Yoshitoki Oima

A lonely boy wandering the Arctic regions of North America meets a wolf, and the two become fast friends, depending on each other to survive the harsh environment. But the boy has a history, and the wolf is more than meets the eye as well. To Your Eternity is a totally unique and moving manga about death, life, reincarnation, and the nature of love.

TO YOUR ETERNITY GN #2

(W) Yoshitoki Oima (A) Yoshitoki Oima (CA) Yoshitoki Oima

A lonely boy wandering the Arctic regions of North America meets a wolf, and the two become fast friends, depending on each other to survive the harsh environment. But the boy has a history, and the wolf is more than meets the eye as well. To Your Eternity is a totally unique and moving manga about death, life, reincarnation, and the nature of love.