“I wanted to die in battle.” There once was a great hero, capable of killing a god, who longed to fight even at the brink of death. What awaited her was her reincarnation as Nia Liston, a beautiful but sickly daughter of nobles in a future world. Now in her second life, she gets another chance to rampage in fights, dabble in broadcasting, and even experience academy life! Thus begin the epic battle records of a heroine who will one day be called the “The Merciless Maiden, Nia Liston”! *Source: Manga UP! Global*

The epic and foreboding world of the award-winning video game Elden Ring gets turned on its head in this absurd comedy adventure! Follow Aseo the Tarnished as he begins his journey through the Lands Between on the long, looong road to becoming the next Elden Lord. What Aseo lacks in strength, speed, intelligence, charisma, skill, experience, intuition, and common sense, he makes up for in...uhhh… (Source: Yen Press)

Faerie-born Jack Flash and her human-born brother, Larry, run a detective agency in New York City specializing in crimes committed in the hazy boundary between the human and faerie realms. They never expected to receive a letter from an ancient magus of the Old World, but Echos, caretaker of dragons, has a task for them. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Joe Tazuna has always been the most selfless person Sara Chidouin has ever known, someone she could count on to take a bullet for her. But that trust is put to the test when they wake up restrained to some strange tables and discover Joe holds a key that can set only one of them free. Thus begins a mysterious and sadistic game that will require all of their wits and faith in each other to survive…! (Source: Yen Press)

From Ponent Mon: Seventeen authors (nine from France or French-speaking countries, eight from Japan) brought together in the same book, a succession of freely created short stories about the same universe: Japan. The French, of course, journeyed to Japan for the occasion. Each cartoonist was sent for two weeks to a different city in the archipelago (Joann Sfar in Tôkyô, Emmanuel Guibert in Kyôto, Nicolas de Crécy in Nagoya, etc.) to bring back an original creation. The Japanese tell us about their district, the city where they live or where they originally come from (Kazuichi Hanawa's story being about the northern island of Hokkaido, Jiro Taniguchi's about the town of Tottori, etc.) The result is often inspired, always surprising: Japan through new eyes. "Japan" will appear simultaneously in French, Japanese, Spanish, Italian and English. Along with "A Patch Of Dreams" by Hideji Oda, it is the first step in a series of international creations with left-to-right reading direction, created for us by some of the best European and Japanese comic book artists. List of included short stories: At the Seaside - [TAKAHAMA Kan](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=4331) The Gateway - David Prudhomme Summer Sky - [TANIGUCHI Jiro](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=714) Now I Can Die! - Aurélia Aurita Osaka 2034 - François Schuiten & Benoît Peeters Shin.Ichi. - Emmanual Guibert The New Gods - Nicolas de Crécy *Kankichi* - [MATSUMOTO Taiyou](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=361) The Tokyo of Qualtérou - Joann Sfar The Sunflower - [Little Fish](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=19995) The Song of the Crickets - [ANNO Moyoco](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=152) In Love Alley - [Frédéric Boilet](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=6069) The City of Trees - Fabrice Neaud The Festival of the Bell-Horses - [IGARASHI Daisuke](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=2216) In the Deep Forest - [HANAWA Kazuichi](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=2080) Sapporo Fiction - Étienne Davodeau

Takumi Satsuki (Early 20s, Male - Female in-game) became friends with Goro-san (Male) on Dragon Quest X, and they decide to become roommates. When he goes to meet up with Goro-san though, who he finds standing there is someone who doesn’t resemble their character in game one bit—a gyaru…?! This unintentionally catfished couple has a lot in store for them in this fun romantic comedy! *Source: Manga UP! Global*

Even the comrades he's shared good times and bad times with look down on and make fun of him. Lore, who's been treated like a useless nobody meets a wise and sagacious merchant, Coraldo. Coraldo sees potential and a hidden talent in Lore. Together with the mystical animals that are devoted to Lore and a group of foreign adventurers, Lore begins a new journey. (Source: Alpha Manga)

A sublimely eerie manga adaptation of classic Kafka stories, with a starkly beautiful illustration style – part of Pushkin's second series of Japanese novellas. Nine of Franz Kafka's most memorable tales are here given fresh life with dazzling graphic renderings by the brother-and sister manga creators Nishioka Kyodai . With their distinctive, surreal style of illustration, they have reimagined the fantastic, the imperceptible and the bizarre in Kafka's work, creating a hauntingly powerful visual world. These stories of enigmatic figures and uncanny transformations are stripped to their core, offering profound new understandings. 1. The Cares of a Family Man 2. The Metamorphosis 3. The Bucket Rider 4. Jackals and Arabs 5. A Fratricide 6. The Vulture 7. A Country Doctor 8. A Hunger Artist 9. In the Penal Colony

Yu Xiang transmigrates into a book and becomes the Marquis's unfavored sister, plagued by a disability and branded an ill-omen. Moreover, she is an imposter, left with no choice but to rely on her elder brother for protection, planning to step aside quietly once his biological sister comes home. However, when his real sister finally returns years later, the Marquis forbids her from leaving… (Source: WebComics)

From Vertical: In a single day and night of fierce fighting, the Archduchy of Mongaul has overrun its elegant neighbor, Parros. The lost priest kingdom's surviving royalty, the young twins Rinda and Remus, hide in a forest in the forbidding wild Marches. There they are saved by a mysterious creature with a man's body and a leopard's head who has just emerged from a deep sleep and only remembers his name. Guin. Was continued under Yu Godai and Yume Yohino after the death of Kaoru Kurimoto in 2009. Vol 130 was her last. The longest single-writer's novel series in the world. The artists: Naoyuki Kato Vol 1-19 Yoshitaka Amano Vol 20-57 Jun Suemi Vol 58-87 Shinobu Tanno Vol 88-147

Neo Kiseijuu f is a collection of short stories set in the world of Kiseijuu, by a delicious mix of superstar and up-and-coming shojo artists. Yes, you read that right—this is a Kiseijuu shojo horror anthology. A parasite keeps a house of mysteries that is full of twisted exhibits. Another kills an entire family, only to get stuck infecting a teenage daughter obsessed with fairy tale romance manga. These and 13 more stories, from some of the greatest shojo manga artists alive today, make up a chilling, funny, and entertaining tribute to an all-time classic series! (Source: Kodansha USA)