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KODANSHA COMICS

10 DANCE GN #1

(W) Inouesatoh (A) Inouesatoh (CA) Inouesatoh

Yaoi fans, dip into your new obsession! The beautifully-detailed, lithe bodies of the two "kings of the ballroom" fly across the dance floor as rivals build a volatile bond in this red-hot romance! Shinya Sugiki, the dashing lord of Standard Ballroom, and Shinya Suzuki, passionate king of Latin Dance: The two share more than just a first name and a love of the sport. They each want to become champion of the 10-Dance Competition, which means they'll need to learn the other's specialty dances, and who better to learn from than the best? But old rivalries die hard, and things get complicated even further when they realize there might be more between them than an uneasy partnership!

AGAIN GN #6

(W) Mitsurou Kubo (A) Mitsurou Kubo (CA) Mitsurou Kubo

Kinichiro isn't even that bad. It's just that on the first day of high school, his narrow eyes made him look shifty, so people assumed he was trouble. Now it's graduation, and he's looking back on three years with no friends. He never even joined a club. But after a bloody collision and an accidental fall, he wakes up a high school freshman, with the chance to try it all over... again!

AHO GIRL (CLUELESS GIRL) GN #10

(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 #15

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

The prequel to the number one bestselling Attack on Titan and winner of the Diamond Gem Award for best manga continues! 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. After the rampage is over, two young Survey Corps members are shocked to discover a pregnant woman's partially digested corpse - with her baby still alive inside it! What will the fate of this "child of the Titans" be? And how will humanity learn to cope with the Titan threat?

ATTACK ON TITAN GN #26

(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 SEASON THREE BOX SET #2

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

Continue your journey outside the walls with the manga that inspired the second half of season 3 of the hit anime Attack on Titan! Includes five books (Vols. 18-22), plus an exclusive book of Attack on Titan short stories never published in English! The Survey Corps has overthrown the Royal Government and swept away the tyranny of the king. The next step: Move to retake Wall Maria, with the help of a newly-discovered metallic ore and Eren's miraculous Titan hardening powers. But as humanity pulls together, its enemies also unite beyond the Walls; now that the Beast Titan has joined Reiner and Bertolt, what havoc will they wreak?

BATTLE ANGEL ALITA MARS CHRONICLE GN #5

(W) Yukito Kishiro (A) Yukito Kishiro (CA) Yukito Kishiro

The cyber-martial arts saga that has spanned a solar system and over two decades in print returns, with creator Yukito Kishiro's new sequel that reveals the true story of Alita's childhood on Mars, and the mind-bending adventures that still await her. For centuries, war has raged on the dusty, red surface of Mars. This apocalyptic crucible will produce the solar system's most fearsome warrior, Alita. But for now that warrior is just a little girl named Yoko. The future and past of the battle angel fan out across the reaches of space in the final chapter of one of the greatest sci-fi epics of all time!

BOARDING SCHOOL JULIET GN #3

(W) Yousuke Kaneda (A) Yousuke Kaneda (CA) Yousuke Kaneda

On the fair island campus of Dahlia, the student body is split into two rival dorms: The Black Dog House of the eastern nation of Touwa, and the White Cats House of the West. Despite his doting childhood friend and a loyal posse, the first-year leader of the Black Dogs, Romeo Inuzuka, has one big teenage problem: He has a crush on Juliet Persia, the first-year leader of the White Cats! With her own brainiac right-hand man and a powerful crew behind her, the cutthroat Juliet thinks she has no time for misadventures with a hopeless romantic like Romeo. When Romeo meets Juliet one fateful twilight, he thinks he has a shot at love... but is this secret affair really worth dying for?

CELLS AT WORK GN #6

(W) Akane Shimizu (A) Akane Shimizu (CA) Akane Shimizu

Strep throat! Hay fever! Influenza! The world is a dangerous place for a red blood cell just trying to get her deliveries finished. Fortunately, she's not alone... she's got a whole human body's worth of cells ready to help out! The mysterious white blood cell, the buff and brash killer T cell, the nerdy neuron, even the cute little platelets; everyone's got to come together if they want to keep you healthy!

CLOCKWORK PLANET GN #9

(W) Yuu Kamiya (A) Kuro (CA) Kuro

The science fiction mystery that's now a major anime, from the creator of No Game, No Life! 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 #10

(W) Haruko Kumota (A) Haruko Kumota (CA) Haruko Kumota

Small-time crook Yotaro has never forgotten the rakugo tale "Shinigami," which the master Yurakutei Yakumo performed for Yotaro during his time in prison. After his release, he goes to Yakumo's theater and pleads to be made his apprentice. Yakumo reluctantly accepts, but Yotaro quckly finds the world of rakugo is complex, and grapples with a growing bond with Yakumo's ward, Konatsu, and reminders from his own inescapable past.

FIRE FORCE GN #13

(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 Pyrofighters, 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 Pyrofighters discover the source of this strange phenomenon and put a stop to it? Or will the city burn to ashes first?

GHOST IN SHELL GLOBAL NEURAL NETWORK HC BM ED

This historic collaboration with legendary creator Shirow Masamune based on the classic manga features four all-new stories by some of the world's most innovative comics writers and artists. A covert mission in Shanghai reunites Kusanagi with a wartime rival amid shifting loyalties. The infiltration of an anti-cyberization cult calls for Section 9's most "human" members to do things the old-fashioned way. A deep dive into the mind of a criminal forces Kusanagi to question the nature of imagination - and her own identity. The stories in Global Neural Network bring a 21st-century perspective to its questions of human identity and the border between mind and machine and unleash top Western comics artists on eye-popping action scenes!

HITORIJIME MY HERO GN #1

(W) Memeko Arii (A) Memeko Arii (CA) Memeko Arii

A yaoi romance between a good boy who didn't know he was waiting for a hero, and a bad boy who comes to his rescue! Now a hit anime on Amazon Prime! Masahiro Setagawa doesn't believe in heroes, but wishes he could: He's found himself in a gang of small-time street bullies who use him to run errands. But when high school teacher (and scourge of the streets) Kousuke Ohshiba comes to his rescue, he finds he may need to start believing after all... and as their relationship deepens, he realizes a hero might be just what he was looking for this whole time.

IN SPECTRE GN #9

(W) Kyo Shirodaira (A) Chasiba Katase (CA) Chasiba Katase

Both touched by spirits called yokai, Kotoko and Kuro have gained unique superhuman powers. But to gain her powers Kotoko has given up an eye and a leg, and Kuro's personal life is in shambles. So when Kotoko suggests they team up to deal with renegades from the spirit world, Kuro doesn't have many other choices, but Kotoko might just have a few ulterior motives!

KISS ME AT STROKE OF MIDNIGHT GN #8

(W) Rin Mikimoto (A) Rin Mikimoto (CA) Rin Mikimoto

Hinana prizes her reputation as a serious high school student, too focused on getting into college to pay attention to boys. But she's a secret fairytale romance freak, sneaking away from her studies to see A Roman Holiday and tucking pop idol magazines into her textbooks. When her celebrity crush comes to her school to film a TV episode, she has to pretend to be totally uninterested even as she desperately tries to get close to him. However, she's not the only one who's not what she appears; her dreamboat isn't just a pretty face either!

MISSIONS OF LOVE GN #16

(W) Ema Toyama (A) Ema Toyama (CA) Ema Toyama

Romantic hijinx and sexual tension are rampant in this funny and dramatic shojo series. Can a girl blackmail a boy to teach her about love, just so she can write a new novel?

NORAGAMI STRAY GOD GN #19

(W) Adachitoka (A) Adachitoka (CA) Adachitoka

Yato is a homeless god. He doesn't even have a shrine, not to mention worshippers! So to achieve his ambitious goals, he's set up a service to help those in need (for a small fee), hoping he'll eventually raise enough money to build himself the lavish temple of his dreams. Of course, he can't afford to be picky, so Yato accepts all kinds of jobs, from finding lost kittens to helping a student overcome bullies at school.

QUINTESSENTIAL QUINTUPLETS GN #1

(W) Negi Haruba (A) Negi Haruba (CA) Negi Haruba

A high school romantic comedy with five times the cute girls! A high school boy must work part-time to help five sisters study so they can graduate, but the only thing these quintuplets have in common is that they all hate studying! Futaro Uesugi is a second-year in high school, scraping to get by and pay off his family's debt. The only thing he can do is study, so when Futaro receives a part-time job offer to tutor the five daughters of a wealthy businessman, he can't pass it up. Little does he know, these five beautiful sisters are quintuplets, but the only thing they have in common is that they're all terrible at studying! At this rate, the sisters can't graduate, and Futaro must think of a plan that suits each of them, which feels hopeless when five-out-of-five of these girls think he's a loser!

SAILOR MOON ETERNAL ED #3

(W) Naoko Takeuchi (A) Naoko Takeuchi (CA) Naoko Takeuchi

The guardians in sailor suits return in this definitive edition of the greatest magical girl manga of all time! Features all-new cover illustrations by creator Naoko Takeuchi, a glittering holographic coating, an extra-large size, premium paper, French flaps, and a newly-revised translation! Teenager Usagi is not the best athlete, she's never gotten good grades, and, well, she's a bit of a crybaby. But when she meets a talking cat, she begins a journey that will teach her she has a well of great strength just beneath the surface and the heart to inspire and stand up for her friends as Sailor Moon!

SEVEN DEADLY SINS SEVEN DAYS GN #2

(W) Nakaba Suzuki (A) You Kokikuj (CA) You Kokikuj

Ban is a young, opportunistic thief, drawn to The Fairy King's Forest by the rumor that it holds the most splendid, invaluable treasure of all: The Fountain of Youth. But when he meets the guardian Saint of the Fountain, a young Fairy named Elaine, he finds the treasure he most desires may not be the one he originally came to seek. The fateful meeting behind the epic romance of Elaine, the Fairy King's sister, and Ban of The Seven Deadly Sins!

SWEETNESS & LIGHTNING GN #11

(W) Gido Amagakure (A) Gido Amagakure (CA) Gido Amagakure

Teacher Kouhei is a single father who is terrible at cooking. His adorable little daughter Tsumugi barely remembers the cooking of her mother, who's passed away. But, then, the pair comes across a teenage girl eating rice balls and crying (in joy?) at the park. She takes Kouhei and Tsumugi to her mother's restaurant, where they taste their first home-cooked meal in ages. A tribute to the power of food to bind people together.

TO YOUR ETERNITY GN #8

(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.

TOKYO TARAREBA GIRLS GN #4

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

"I spent all my time wondering 'What if?' Then one day I woke up and I was 33." Rinko has hustled her whole life, but one day she wakes up and finds herself a writer of a cheap online soap opera with only two friends (with whom she goes drinking most nights). In a booze-fueled delusion, she swears to get married by the time the Tokyo Olympics roll around in 2020, but it's not going to be a straight line... and there won't be any fairy tale endings!

YURI IS MY JOB GN #1

(W) Miman (A) Miman (CA) Miman

The new, hilarious yuri comedy! Hime is a picture-perfect high school princess; she's admired by all and never trips up! So when she accidentally injures a café manager named Mai, she's willing to cover some shifts to keep her facade intact. To Hime's surprise, the café is themed after a private school where the all-female staff always puts on their best act for their loyal customers. She's strangely taken with her partner Mitsuki, who's so kind to her in front of the customers. However, under the guidance of the most graceful girl there, Hime can't help but blush and blunder! Beneath all the frills and laughter, Hime feels tension brewing as she finds out more about her new job and her budding feelings. There's just one problem... Mitsuki really can't stand her!