Yawara Inokuma is a talented judoka raised and trained by her grandfather Jigoro. Her grandfather says she's supposed to become the hope of Japan's judo team in Seoul in 1988, but she has different plans: to finish high school and find a boyfriend... like all her friends. But being a normal girl and an Olympic champion are two different things. Which path will she choose to follow? **Note:** Won the 35th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga in 1990.

A member of the marketing department of a movie company, Kanna, meets a famous actor.

After losing her mother to a terrible illness, Yuki, a 16-year-old Japanese girl, thought she would be left all alone in the world. But she was wrong. Before passing away, her mother gave her a photograph of a boy Yuki had never seen before and told her that he was the brother she had never met. By a twist of fate, Yuki spots a boy who looks exactly like the one in the photo her mother gave her, participating in a video game development contest in Spain. So she wastes no time and asks Enishi, her childhood friend who was studying to become a programmer, to help her out so they can enter the contest together. The problem is that Yuki knows nothing about video games, and that starting a brotherly relationship with someone she doesn’t know at all won’t be easy. *Source: Blanca Mira website, translated*

Humanity, in its hubris, has precipitated a devastating environmental disaster. Flourishing industrial civilizations have been swallowed up by the Sea of Corruption, an enormous forest of fungi releases a miasma of poisonous spores into the air. Nausicaa, a compassionate young princess, and her allies battle to heal a wounded world and its inhabitants... (Source: VIZ Media) *Note: Won the 26th Seiun Award for Best Comic (1995).*

**NOT YOUR GARDEN VARIETY YURI LOVE STORY!** Yamada may be shy and rather clumsy, but the flower gardens at her school have always brought her happiness. Suddenly, a different sort of beauty catches her eye–the vivacious track star, Kase-san. Although the two girls don’t seem to have much in common, they soon start a romance where each must learn an important lesson in tending their budding relationship. Can the two girls, so different from each other, learn how to make their first love blossom? *Source: Seven Seas Entertainment, Morning Glories* Release Order (Seven Seas / Native Title): - Vol. 1: Kase-san and Morning Glories (あさがおと加瀬さん。) - Vol. 2: Kase-san and Bento (おべんとうと加瀬さん。) - Vol. 3: Kase-san and Shortcake (ショートケーキと加瀬さん。) - Vol. 4: Kase-san and an Apron (エプロンと加瀬さん。) - Vol. 5: Kase-san and Cherry Blossoms (さくらと加瀬さん。)

A chance encounter. A handsome soldier. A beautiful woman. A tentative love affair smolders on the snowy cobblestone streets, out of sight of those that might keep them apart. *Veil* is a beautifully illustrated full-color romance manga, told in stylish short vignettes, beautiful illustrations, and secret moments. (Source: Udon Entertainment, edited)

Shizuku is a shy girl who hardly talks to other people. Instead, she loses herself in creative writing, crafting a novel that she never plans to show anyone. But when Kaori–Shizuku’s cute, popular classmate–gets her hands on Shizuku’s manuscript, everything changes. Kaori is a huge fan, and suggests that Shizuku can get inspiration for her writing if the two of them start dating! Can these very different young ladies create their own love story together? (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Taiki Inomata loves badminton, but he has a long way to go before he can reach nationals. When Taiki sees upperclassman Chinatsu Kano practicing her heart out on the girls’ basketball team, he falls for her hard. After an unexpected turn of events brings the two closer together, sports might not be the first thing on their minds anymore! *Source: VIZ Media*

*"There's no way to beat this game. The only difference is when and where you die..."* One month has passed since Akihiko Kayaba's deadly game began, and the body count continues to rise. Two thousand players are already dead. Kirito and Asuna are two very different people, but they both desire to fight alone. Nonetheless, they find themselves drawn together to face challenges from both within and without. Given that the entire virtual world they now live in has been created as a deathtrap, the surviving players of Sword Art Online are starting to get desperate, and desperation makes them dangerous to loners like Kirito and Asuna. As it becomes clear that solitude equals suicide, will the two be able to overcome their differences to find the strength to believe in each other, and in doing so, survive? *Sword Art Online: Progressive* is a new version of the Sword Art Online tale that starts at the beginning of Kirito and Asuna's epic adventure—on the very first level of the deadly world of Aincrad! (Source: Yen Press)

In a brand-new high school of only first-years, Midori, a girl who gives her all, runs for a spot on the student council alongside Akira, a guy who sees things through. Once elected, they start a new legacy at the school while also falling in love. Midori has had a crush on Akira ever since she saw him stop to rescue an abandoned cat. She hopes to become closer to Akira now that they’re working together on the student council, but his heart may still belong to someone else… (Source: VIZ Media)

Kaboku Kotani is starting high school, and he plans to do what he’s always done: go along with his friends, keep quiet, and not draw too much attention to himself. After all, it’s hard enough to get by with a stutter like his— why make things worse by standing out from the crowd? But then he sees another first-year, Hikari Wanda, dancing like no one is watching—or like she doesn’t care who sees her. It makes Kaboku wonder: Could he reach that same freedom? To find his way to Wanda, he does something he never thought he could: He joins the dance club. After all, every routine begins with a single step, right? Join Kaboku and Wanda as they freestyle their way to life and love! (Source: Kodansha USA) *Note: Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category.*

Seishiro Nagi, a second-year high schooler, thought everything was a pain and lived his life in an apathetic fog. That is, until he met Reo Mikage and they entered the mysterious striker training center, Blue Lock... A new spin-off from Blue Lock's author, Muneyuki Kaneshiro, telling the story from Nagi's point of view! (Source: K-Manga)