A typical summer night turns hotter than usual at the Obinata household when a stranger named Shuu Asuou turns up and announces that he’ll be living with them from now on! Shuu explains that he has married their sister Shima and that he shall stay at the house while awaiting her return. But when she doesn’t turn up, he proclaims that he is there to stay for good! What is Shuu's motive for wanting to be with Obinata family? (Source: Juné)

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

Subaru is an average guy--a loser, in fact. Becoming a Player who enters mysterious gates and slays creatures to defend humanity is a far-fetched dream. But after several years of constant bullying and abuse, a Door of Trials appears before him, and he finally becomes a Player. But his brother is out to get him, and Subaru is completely outmatched. Furthermore, the Sky Clock is ticking down, which could mean the end of the world when it hits zero. Can Subaru overcome his brother and uncover the truth behind the gates that plague the world? (Source: WEBTOON)

A really unfashionable working class girl, Chen Xin Yi, desires to tie down her handsome boyfriend to be with her. during a trip on a love cruise, but ends up sick and drowsy due to the medicine, which causes her to enter Ji Cun Xi's room instead of her own. Cun Xi is the sole male heir to his family's company and has been in love with his girlfriend, Anna, for a long time. He planned to propose to Anna on the boat, but she didn't turn up. An island owner added drugs into Cun Xi's drink, and Cun Xi became disoriented and returned to his room. Xin Yi and Cun Xi end up having a one night stand. Xin Yi later finds out that she's pregnant, and Cun Xi's grandmother forces them to get married. Will a couple forced to marry for the sake of their unborn child find love with each other?

You know how they say “never meet your heroes”? Well, what if you’re literally about to die? Failed hunter Minato spent his entire life dreaming of becoming just like the 106 Progenitors, a heroic band of transcendents who defeated the Tower of Monsters three centuries ago, but he never expected to meet them in his dying moments when his high-school bully tries to kill and scapegoat him for looting their tomb. The Progenitors offer him a second lease on life by letting one of them take over his body, but that’s not enough for Minato: he wants them all! (Source: WEBTOON)

The series revolves around the Mizuki Diving Club (MDC), which is on the verge of closing down after having financial troubles. The club's new coach persuades the club's parent company to stay open on one condition: that the club sends one of its members to next year's olympics as part of Japan's olympic team.

"Beatrice used her family's influence to impose herself as my fiance. It's not what I wanted." Beatrice is the daughter of an influential Duke in the Kingdom, and has just overheard some of the girls saying that her intended, Prince Ernest, said those exact words. Beatrice has been despised by others in the academy for her relationship with the popular Prince Ernest but is determined to turn that around and live the way she wants to live! "I've been so occupied with trying to please Prince Ernest, I've never taken the time to get to know those around me. What have I been doing all this time?" However, when she starts to get to make some friends, talk to some handsome gentlemen, and finally enjoy her life at the academy... her salty fiance seems to become more and more assertive...! (Source: MangaPlaza)

Shuichi Toriga, a junior high school student with a knack for electronics repair and an interest in UFOs, has met the girl of his dreams. Manami has the voice of an angel or at least the voice of a distant race! After attracting the attention of some friendly aliens, Manami will rely on Shuichi's help to uncover whatever mysteries lie hidden behind the stars and inside her CD player. This must be a match made in heaven, or at least in a different galaxy! (mangaupdates.com)

Men stink. Inah Jung can literally smell a sour man from a mile away. Inah follows her nose past brutal enemies who want her new boo, a sarcastic CEO and boozy roommate with an unstoppable sense of humor. Will Inah finally know career and romantic success? (Source: TOPTOON+)

Taiga works at a publishing company, and thanks to his sister's sudden marriage, author and Taiga's best high school friend Shu has become his brother-in-law. But then his sister suddenly disappears! Left behind, Taiga ends up taking care of his little brothers and living against his will with Shu. Their lively and raucous lives filled with trials accidentally draw them closer together. And actually, for Taiga, there's a certain feeling he had long ago that just won't disappear... A sensitive love story. (Source: DMP)

For two years, Anne Frank and her family lived in hiding from the Nazis in a secret annex. During this time of fear and oppression, one young girl kept a record of her life. In the midst of the tragedy of war, Anne kept her hopes for peace alive and her indomitable spirit lives on in the words of her Diary.