Forest of Piano

This is a story about a piano, pitifully abandoned in the woods, and a young boy, Kai, who grew up playing it as his favorite toy. While Kai cannot even read sheet music, one day, he meets Shuhei Amamiya, an aspiring child pianist who transfers schools from Tokyo, and their music teacher, Sosuke Ajino. Ajino was also once a gifted pianist until a tragic accident stole his promising future from him forever. Each from a different background, the trio’s personalities gravitate to one another and rebound. All the while, the piano sits patiently, awaiting a hand to play it.

November 8, 2023

ISSHIKI Makoto

Kodansha Ltd.

Shonen/Seinen

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R16+ Profanity Violence Use of Illicit Substances/Goods Mild Sexual Content

Heaven's Design Team

In Heaven’s Animal Design Department, designers create a variety of new animals daily while contending with the unreasonable requests of their client: God. Funny, interesting, and full of useful information, this series answers questions such as, “Why can’t unicorns exist?” “What makes an animal taste delicious?” “What’s the most powerful creature in the ocean?”, and “Bird versus snake: who would win?” You won’t believe it’s a manga series when you read up on the featured animals in the included encyclopedia entries. Heavenly Design Team will make your next trip to the zoo or aquarium 100 times more fun!

November 8, 2023

Tarako

Kodansha Ltd.

Shonen/Seinen

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R16+ Profanity

Land of the Lustrous

In a world inhabited by crystalline lifeforms called The Lustrous, every unique gem must fight for their way of life against the threat of lunarians who would turn them into decorations. Phosphophyllite, the most fragile and brittle of gems, longs to join the battle. When Phos is instead assigned to complete a natural history of their world, it sounds like a dull and pointless task. But this new job brings Phos into contact with Cinnabar, a gem forced to live in isolation. Can Phos’s seemingly mundane assignment lead both Phos and Cinnabar to the fulfillment they desire?

November 8, 2023

ICHIKAWA Haruko

Kodansha Ltd.

Shonen/Seinen

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R16+ Violence Mild Sexual Content

Space Brothers

The year is 2025, the older brother decides to trust himself just one last time. It’s the start of an adventure that aims for Mars via JAXA in the town of Tsukuba! The official Space Brothers manga is ready to launch! Two brothers looked to the starry skies as children and made a promise. And now, in the year 2025, the younger brother, Hibito, is carrying out his promise. He is an astronaut who has been selected as a crew member for mankind’s first longterm base on the moon. Meanwhile, the older brother, Mutta, has just been fired from his job and is unemployed. A text message from Hibito sends him applying to be an astronaut and shooting for the stars!

November 8, 2023

KOYAMA Chuya

Kodansha Ltd.

Shonen/Seinen

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Descending Stories

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.

November 1, 2023

KUMOTA Haruko

Kodansha Ltd.

Shonen/Seinen

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Genshiken Omnibus

It's the spring of the first year, and Kanji Sasahara has a dilemma. Should he declare his love for manga and anime fandom by joining an otaku club, like he has always wanted to? Is he prepared to deal with the social stigma of being an otaku? Meanwhile, Saki Kasakabe has her otaku conundrum. How can she turn her boyfriend, anime fanboy Makoto, into a normal guy? Kanji follows his heart, as does Saki. When Kanji and Makoto join Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture, Saki chases Makoto through the club's various activities, from costume playing and comic conventions to video gaming and anime model figures. Saki finds otaku to be more than she imagined, but not necessarily in a good way. Includes special extras after the story!

November 1, 2023

KIO Shimoku

Kodansha Ltd.

Shonen/Seinen

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Genshiken: Second Season

The new academic year means new members for the lovable misfit Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture! Club president Chika Ogiue now has to manage a fresh-faced trio of yaoi fans (one of whom dabbles in cross-dressing), a surly American transfer student with a penchant for obscure anime quotes, and her own rising career as a professional manga artist. Can she actually find time to draw her own vanity project for ComicFest? This volume of Genshiken: Second Season includes special extras after the story!

November 1, 2023

KIO Shimoku

Kodansha Ltd.

Shonen/Seinen

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Noragami: Stray God

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. From the Trade Paperback edition.

November 1, 2023

ADACHI Toka

Kodansha Ltd.

Shonen/Seinen

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Noragami: Stray Stories

In a tale as epic as Noragami, sometimes details get overlooked, like how Shinki normally finds employment? Is Yato ever useful? What happens when a serial killer targets a god? Find the answers to these questions and more in this collection of short stories from Noragami creator Adachitoka!

November 1, 2023

ADACHI Toka

Kodansha Ltd.

Shonen/Seinen

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She and Her Cat

This is the story of Miyu, a woman who lives alone with her cat, Chobi. As Miyu navigates the world of adulthood, she discovers both the freedom and loneliness that come with living independently, and Chobi learns of the outside world through her actions. Time drifts slowly for Miyu and her cat, but the harsh realities of the world soon catch up…

November 1, 2023

YAMAGUCHI Tsubasa

Kodansha Ltd.

Shonen/Seinen

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R16+ Use of Illicit Substances/Goods Mild Sexual Content

Gakuen Prince

Joshi High is an elite school that most girls in Japan only dream of attending. Then one day everything changes–the allgirl school goes coed. There’s just one catch: The girls outnumber the boys. So begins a wild, noholdsbarred competition for the boys of the school. Which smart and independentminded girl will rise above the fray?

October 25, 2023

YUZUKI Jun

Kodansha Ltd.

Shojo/Josei

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I'm in Love and It's the End of the World

Mahiru Yanase’s twin sister, Mayo, has it all—she’s popular, cute and sweet. Mahiru, on the other hand, has always been the other Yanase. All her life, Mahiru’s reminded herself that every time something good happens to her, something bad comes along to balance it out. She never gets her hopes up…but no sooner does she arrive for her first day of high school than Aoi Satomi, her handsome, mysterious classmate, takes an interest in her—and by the end of the day, he’s already asked her out! If things don’t balance out for Mahiru soon, the world’s going to come to an end! From Taamo, the author of the multi-million-selling smash hit House of the Sun, comes this story of a young girl who’s always seen herself as the negative to her twin sister’s beautiful photograph, and the handsome boy who just won’t give up on her.

October 25, 2023

Taamo

Kodansha Ltd.

Shojo/Josei

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All Ages

Inuyashiki

Ichiro Inuyashiki is down on his luck. While only 58 years old, his geriatric looks often have him written off as a pathetic old man by the world around him and he’s constantly ignored and disrespected by his family despite all that he’s done to support them. On top of everything else, his doctor has revealed that he has cancer and it appears that he has little time left in this world. But just when it seems things couldn’t get any worse, a blinding light in the night sky strikes the earth where Ichiro stands. He later wakes up to find himself unscathed, but he soon starts to notice that there’s something…different about himself. However, it turns out that these strange, new changes are just what Ichiro needs to take a new lease on life and now it seems like there’s nothing to stop him from being a hero worthy of the respect that he never had before…unless, that is, there was someone else out there with these same “changes”…

October 25, 2023

OKU Hiroya

Kodansha Ltd.

Shonen/Seinen

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Kamikamikaeshi

Ema Toyama's Japanese fantasy!! You see, there are Kamisama, a deity, in her hair. A Shinto ritual called kamigamigaeshi allows kamisama to rest in a girl's hair to heal themselves... One day, Mashiro who has been confined in a small room meets Hinokagu, a kamisama who had been sealed inside her hair...?! Super Kamigami Fantasy!!

October 25, 2023

TOYAMA Ema

Kodansha Ltd.

Shojo/Josei

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Let's Dance a Waltz

Homely and shy, Hime is burdened by the name her mother gave her, "Princess." Wanting nothing more than to be unnoticed and live a modest life, Hime gets a jolt of inspiration when she tries a dance class where she meets Tango. Her teacher/dance partner, Tango happens to also be her classmate at school. Unfortunately, Tango is desperate to keep his ballroom dancing a secret, believing it will ruin his cool image if anyone at school finds out. Will Tango quit teaching Hime in order to keep his secret or will he be the partner Hime believes he's destined to be?

October 25, 2023

ANDO Natsumi

Kodansha Ltd.

Shojo/Josei

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All Ages

Love in Focus

Shiho's job is going fine, but she has no lover or friends to hang out with. In the middle of all this, she's been calling for in-home massages as a means to fill the void, when one day she meets a handsome masseur named Toudou. With his delicate touch, he makes her body and mind melt. However, the very next day he shows up at her company ... ? Here's a sexy story of a single office worker and a handsome masseur who fall in love!

October 25, 2023

NOGIRI Yoko

Kodansha Ltd.

Shojo/Josei

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R16+ Mild Sexual Content

Manga Dogs

Kanna Tezuka is a serious 15 year old manga artist, already being published as a pro. So when she finds out her high school is starting a manga drawing course, even she gets excited. But it's a fiasco! The teacher is useless, and the only other students, three prettyboy artist wannabes, quickly adopt Kanna as their (unwilling) sensei. But they all have ridiculous delusions about being an artist, and if Kanna can't bring them back down to Earth, she'll never get any work done! A sharp witted satire of the manga world from the creator of I Am Here! and Missions of Love!

October 25, 2023

TOYAMA Ema

Kodansha Ltd.

Shojo/Josei

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R16+ Mild Sexual Content

My Little Monster

Mizutani is a self-absorbed overachiever, concerned only with maintaining the highest grades in school. Haru is an impulsive short tempered brute, who scares everyone with his explosive bursts of violence. Haru gets suspended on the first day of school when he encounters some bullies harassing a student and dispatches the bullies with great bloody violence. Mizutani is tasked with delivering school materials to Haru who interprets this as an act of friendship and latches on to Mizutani, much to her dismay. And so begins a strange and potentially combustible relationship!

October 25, 2023

ROBICO

Kodansha Ltd.

Shojo/Josei

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R16+ Violence

O Maidens In Your Savage Season

When Kazusa enters high school, she joins the Literature Club, where she leaps from reading innocent fiction to diving into the literary classics. But these novels are a bit more…adult than she was prepared for. Between euphemisms like fresh dewy grass and pork stew, crushing on the boy next door, and knowing you want to do that one thing before you die–discovering your budding sexuality is no easy feat! As if puberty wasn’t awkward enough, the club consists of a brooding writer, the prettiest girl in school, an agreeable comrade, and an outspoken prude. Fumbling over their own discomforts, these five teens get thrown into chaos over three little letters: S…E…X…!

October 25, 2023

OKADA Mari

EMOTO Nao

Kodansha Ltd.

Shonen/Seinen

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R16+ Mild Sexual Content

SHAMAN KING & a garden

The women of Shaman King are no pushovers, and the trio of Canna, Matilda, and Marion are no exception! Find out about the origins of this team in SHAMAN KING & a garden!

October 25, 2023

NUESAWA Kyo

JET Kusamura

Kodansha Ltd.

Shonen/Seinen

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Manga Completed

R18+ Violence Antisocial Behavior