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Homura wants to set something, anything, on fire. She may finally get her chance when she's summoned to another world that's desperate enough to ask her for help! Along with a group of similarly offbeat high school girls who all have their own powers, Homura incinerates evildoers and reins in the chaos caused by the Demon Lord's resurrection. What's going to happen when she inevitably gets a little carried away? Will her flames of justice burn down the whole world? (Source: Yen Press) *Note: Winner of the 27th Sneaker Awards Grand Prize.*
59Six years ago, Ye Lingxi fled from the world of Sheng Nanheng without a word. Six years after, they meet again. Ye Lingxi insists that they have broken up, while Sheng Nanheng refuses to let her go. "We haven't officially broken up yet!" What is Ye's secret buried six years ago? Could they solve their misunderstandings and get back together? Breakup Loading 99%... The 1% remained stands for I love you. (Source: Mangatoon)
Carter's relationships get complicated one after another and his one night stand turns out to be the father of one of his troublesome student... or is he the father? (Source: Toomics)
During the Saint’s Ceremony, Lady Margaret, the duke’s daughter, fails to show any power and is promptly dumped by her fiance, the prince. Soon after, rumors spread that her stepsister might be the true Saint…but Margaret is hiding a secret power of her own: she can speak with fairies. Finally free from the obnoxious prince and her scheming stepsister, she looks forward to a peaceful life chatting with the fairies at the academy… until the serious Count’s son, Lord Lewis, happens to catch her in the act!? *Source: KADOKAWA Global*
Soseki Natsume's comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat, satirizes the foolishness of upper-middle-class Japanese society in early 20th century Tokyo. Written with biting wit and sardonic perspective, it follows the whimsical adventures of a rather cynical stray kitten. He finds his way into the home of an English teacher, where his running commentary on the follies and foibles of the people around him has been making readers laugh for more than a century. Beautifully illustrated by Japanese artist Chiroru Kobato, this edition provides a visual, entertaining look at a unique period in Japan's history—filled with cultural and societal changes, rapid modernization and a feeling of limitless possibility—through the eyes of an unlikely narrator. (Source: Tuttle Publishing)
Yorozu Genkurou, wandering warrior, possesses an huge sword which makes him redoubtable to his enemies. While he crosses a dark forest, he suddenly sees the fall of what looks very much like a spaceship. Since, he is constantly being attacked by strange ninjas and ambitous fighters. Indeed, he will soon realize that his assailants are nothing else than aliens landed on Earth to find 3 artifacts made of Orichalcum, an alien substance with powerful mystical virtues. And one of the artifacts is the sword he wears. The hunt begins. (Source: Manga news, translated)
A brilliant surgeon meets a tragic end during an earthquake while operating on his only sibling. Reborn into a mysterious otherworld as a deadly assassin, he must reconcile his past vocation with a new, morally fraught existence as a “revenger.” Just as he contemplates his shattered identity, a girl who mirrors his sister appears before him --–an uncanny echo that pulls him into a labyrinth of fate, duty, and supernatural suspense. (Source: Titan Manga)
Walker, a man reincarnated as an adventurer, is suddenly attacked in a dungeon by a high-level monster and realizes he's in the dark fantasy world of a manga he read in his previous life. Not only that, but he also isn't the protagonist—he's an ill-fated side character meant to die alongside his party to establish the setting's grim tone! Walker fights tooth and nail for his friends, and although he loses a leg and an eye in the process, he manages to prevent everyone's terrible fates. But as he adjusts to a new life with an injured body, his female comrades begin to act strangely toward him! (Source: Yen Press)
One day, a Japanese professor on a field expedition to Australia has the surprise of a lifetime when a wallaby suddenly falls on him from the trees above. The wallaby is slightly put out (as he explains quite calmly) because, you see, he was distracted while reading a book about one of his favorite subjects—bushido. He's a bit of an otaku and has always dreamed of going to Japan. The professor is instantly charmed, of course, and whisks Mr. Wallaby off to Japan. Mr. Wallaby, inspired by the professor, says he also wants to become a teacher... (Source: Kodansha USA)
This project was formed as part of the celebrations of the 120th anniversary of Franco-Korean diplomatic relations with the support of the French Embassy in Seoul. In the very heart of Seoul, close to the Central Station and a stone's throw from the hotel where the French authors of this collection stayed, a huge billboard illustrates a visionary picture. The French high-speed TGV train route (KTX in Korean) links Seoul to Paris and Paris to Seoul with just a single line. For the Koreans it is not a joke, nor wild imagination, it is a project! So while you are waiting to travel to Seoul by land, here is the magic of the graphic novel with twelve Korean and French stories: escape to Korea for a while.
