**In this isekai fantasy, a modern man is reincarnated into a game world as a doomed background character…who can help save the world as the hero’s shadow.** Someday, the hero Mazel will battle the Demon Lord with the fate of the realm at stake. But until that day…he better be carrying plenty of potions! While the hero is off saving the kingdom, it’s up to Lord Werner—a Japanese office worker reincarnated into the world of a classic RPG—to keep the rest of the world from becoming collateral damage. There’s no hero, luminary, or warrior of light who doesn’t need a friend like Werner! But can he truly defy the flames of fate and change the bittersweet ending of the game? *Source: Seven Seas Entertainment, Vol. 1*

*"Keep winning and we'll be able to see each other at nationals!"* In order to keep his promise with the girl next door who moved away, Keiki aims to be a basketball champion! But he quickly quits after getting his butt handed to him by a real basketball prodigy. As the seasons pass and his wounds heal, Keiki is once again drawn to basketball by an unlikely new arrival. (Source: MANGA Plus)

The triennial Candy Star competition is coming again. In order to fulfill his mother's last wish to obtain the Candy Star honor, Meng Tai, the owner of MR. CANDY, asked his childhood partner Ning Te to develop new candy together. However, the process of developing the new candy was not as smooth as expected. Meng Tai was frustrated for a while and ran out of the store. Just when Meng Tai was in distress, a fairy appeared in front of him, claiming that he could use magic to help him make delicious candies. In order to prove that "you can make delicious candies without relying on Ning Te", will the angry Meng Tai agree to the temptation of the fairy...? (Source: Bilibili Comics)

Unaware of her apartment's tragic history, Kana finds herself tormented by mysterious sounds that exploit the fractures in her crumbling marriage and her struggles with motherhood... (Source: MANGA Plus)

A young woman awakes in the body of Guinevere, a princess in an obscure book who is to become queen of the Twilight Kingdom. However, the wretched King sentences her to death, which should have put an end to her story. But an unknown man rescues Guinevere and gives her the chance to rewrite the book's entire plot. This poor little princess won't take the abuse any longer - Guinevere is determined to take the throne that she deserves! But who is this mysterious "prince charming" who saved her? And could he be the key to Guinevere's quest to become queen? (Source: Pocket Comics)

Aoi Nanamori had been trapped for a long time in Himari Momochi's ancestorial house as its spiritual guardian, the Omamori-sama. Several years later, Aoi has returned to Himari as a human, and the couple is living together—though strangely the two are now farther apart in age... As before, shikigami and yokai cluster to Aoi's side. Things are lively at Himari's newly purchased "Momochi House," and mysterious beings from the spiritual realm have already found their way there! (Source: VIZ Media)

"I've always felt this discomfort with my own body. I wondered why my penis never grew on my body even though I always hanged out with the boys in the class. I was scolded for asking Santa for a penis. In elementary school, boys teased my by undressing me. I never wore the uniform, but only the school jersey. I never made a friend. When I had my first period, the shock was excruciating. My mind lied to my own body, and I just wanted to die. I began to worry if I was a freak... But when I found out that I was not the only one through the internet, my world opened up. Even so, my own freedom was nowhere to be found at home."

Short stories taking a critical view of the modern Japanese society.

Return to Japari Park and the lovable world of Kemono Friends in this manga anthology! Kaban, Serval, and the rest of the Friends are having a wonderful time! (Source: Yen Press)

Ozunu is the top student at Kusanagi School of Magical Architecture, a national polytechnic high school dedicated to raising professional magical architects of the future. Their job is to apply feng shui and other spiritual methods in architecture to exterminate fiends and demons in Tokyo, where the protective feng shui seal has been broken due to wars and urban development. Being raised by a spider fiend, Ozunu has always tried to purify or return monsters to where they came from. He clashes with his rival Tsugaru, the heir to a magical architecture corporation, who believes strength is the key to everything.