“I want to kill you.” Taku Kamishiro’s crush on Mika Hanazono had always been one sided, until one fateful day, his feelings turn into murderous impulse instead … You won’t be able to predict what each new page will bring! (Source: Kodansha USA)

Wim Strauss is a “granting caster”—a support mage who can increase the strength of his allies through the power of his spells. It’s a useful talent, but since it can’t be used directly in battle, it gets zero respect from the other members of his party. As far as they’re concerned, support magic is dead weight. It isn’t long before they toss him out on his ear, leaving Wim to wonder if his career as an adventurer is over. Lucky for Wim, he has one big chance: his childhood friend Heidemarie is able to get him an audition with her elite A-rank party, Nachtlibelle. The two of them know his magic is good for more than just menial backup, but now he’ll have to prove it. It’s time to show the world that support mages can do more than just stand on the back lines! (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Thirteen-year-old Anna was raised in a noble household, yet she looks nothing like the rest of her family and lacks her lineage’s aptitude for magic. There’s a very good reason for that, though—a mischievous fairy switched her with another baby at birth! When this detail comes to light, Anna’s family kicks her out and ends her long-standing engagement to Edmund, a young nobleman who has always treated her with disdain. With her sheltered, privileged days behind her, how will Anna learn to adapt to life as a commoner with her new family? *Source: Yen Press, Vol. 1*

What would you do if your crush had ear-splitting farts? For Aimi and Nami, the answer is to cry tears of joy for being able to pinpoint at a distance the object of their affections, Kirio, from a single toot. These are the kinds of deep, philosophical questions the two friends/rivals in romance pose to each other to prove their love for this boy who hardly seems to know they exist. That won’t stop them from conducting nightly rituals to entice him into their dreams, though, or listing out what exactly they like about him, down to the very last organ. But when push comes to shove, will they choose their hilarious friendship over a shot at love? Get ready for a rip-roaring romcom about the friendship behind what is fair in love and war! (Source: Kodansha USA)

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

Shou Takahata is stuck between a rock and a hard place. Facing imminent death having stumbled across the world of magician's, she's struck a bargain with one such magician: to befriend his apprentice and become "dear" to him. The main problem with this arrangement? The apprentice in question can only feel emotion when he slaughters those he holds "dear"! (Source: Yen Press)

Therese, the daughter of an impoverished marquis, works hard day and night to save every penny she can just to scrape by. One day, she's offered a chance to change her status and situation—by competing to become the next royal consort. Therese hesitates, unsure that someone as poor as herself could ever be a consort, and decides to decline the opportunity. That is until she learns that just being a candidate could lead to a high-paying position as a lady-in-waiting! Determined to take the chance, she decides to go for it. But when she arrives at the castle, she realizes that this competition is way more cut-throat than she anticipated! Can Therese's down-to-earth attitude keep her safe and above the fray? Or will this contest cost her everything? (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Mizuno Iruka is a high school girl who spends her every day perfectly peacefully and ordinarily. She has someone she likes, but she always looks at him from afar only. Then one day, Moriyama-kun, the one she's always admired, asked her out out of the blue, and they're suddenly getting closer!! But there's a deep reason behind it...?! *Notes: \- Includes the one-shot "Maigo no Kokoro wo Tsukamaete". \- Includes the one-shot "Koi no Ashioto".*

Yamamuro Yuuki is a talented star who has caught the eyes of many people. He's been toying with a young and seemingly innocent actor named Sawaki Mitsuru, who stars opposite him in a drama. To make matters worse, Ootaki, the producer of "Casual Lover", is also after Sawaki. The curtains have lifted on the game of love between these proud men! (Source: Dangerous Pleasure)

Healer Carol is an E-rank... even among adventurers, it's the absolute weakest. Even though I was told that I’d be useless... I tried my best for my comrades and continued creating medicines but… in the end, I was still thrown out of the party! I don’t have enough money to get back home and the future looks bleak in this strange town. In the meantime, Carol met a dying adventurer, Kaido, by chance. She treated him with the medicine which she had created for free. While doing that, for some reason, the medicine received extremely high praise---!?

Alfred, the head of the Duc de Besculey family, is known as the "Bandaged Duke" and is feared by everyone for the mummy-like wrappings all over his body. One day, the king suddenly orders him to get married. Even more shocking—his blind bride-to-be, Sierra, is somehow head-over-heels for him! The story of the marriage between a lonely duke and a songstress with the blessing of a goddess begins! (Source: Manga UP!)

Twin sisters Himari and Mio are perfect copies on the outside, but their personalities couldn't be any more different. When Himari decides to stay home from school due to an unfortunate incident, Mio decides the best way to convince her to return is to take her place! (Source: Yen Press)