After her distraught sister told her that her fiancé’s older brother, Santos, wouldn’t give them his blessing to marry, Georgina decided to speak with Santos herself. The brothers’ father left a will saying the first son to marry would inherit the family business, which is why Santos won’t support their marriage. Georgina asked Santos to allow her sister’s marriage anyway, but Santos turned her down flat. That’s when she decided to propose to him. “Why don’t you and I get married so that you can inherit your father’s business? Then we can get divorced.”
From Kodansha: The manga megahit Attack on Titan, reinterpreted by some of comics’ top talent! Featuring original stories by a long roster of comic superstars such as Scott Snyder (Batman, American Vampire), Gail Simone (Batgirl), Michael Avon Oeming (Powers), Paolo Rivera (Daredevil, Amazing Spider-Man), Cameron Stewart (Fight Club 2, Batgirl) and Faith Erin Hicks (The Adventures of Superhero Girl)! This unprecedented, full-color collaboration between East and West will be released first in English, making it indispensable for Attack on Titan fans and curious comic fans. [Official English](https://comics.inkr.com/title/1088-attack-on-titan-anthology?utm_source=mud)
Official English: INKR Based on volume 1 from TokyoPop: At PRIVATE SCHOOL, the future of our nation is under fire! Baby-faced government killers are bused into a top secret military training facility which has been disguised as a high school in order to receive federal education funds. The nation's Black Ops budget is over-burdened and the best way to secretly re-allocate money is to do it in the open and exploit legitimate channels: your school taxes. But for this charade to succeed, the cadets will not only have to look like ordinary high school students, but act like them as well. Now they're being ordered to get really good at goofing off and to camouflage themselves as stereotypical jocks, bullies, nerds, and prom queens! PRIVATE SCHOOL is wild action comedy that never quits and shows off the hottest girls that you never met in class!
Handsome and mysterious transfer student Hiroto Nakadai arrives at Maunaloa Academy, but he holds a secret far deeper than anyone can guess. Hiroto is actually a prince from another world, on the run from the evil Lord Kumagai and his dimension-hopping foot soldiers. Together with his newfound friends, Hiroto must journey through space and time, into the realms of the imagination, and beyond death itself in order to escape. But first he’ll have to make it out of high school alive.
Since arriving in London, Eleanor has fantasized about a life with her fairy-tale prince, Lord Nicholas Buckland. When a trip with her pregnant sister brings them to an old run-down inn, Eleanor is dumbfounded to learn that her very own fairy-tale prince is also a guest at this dreary establishment. After a dream-filled night, Eleanor wakes up to her sister's shrieking and finds herself in bed with a naked Lord Buckland. [English version via Renta!](https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/75273/)
A CONVENIENT AFFAIR from fictiondb: From their first encounter, Cooper Winston has known Hannah Lowe is trouble. On that occasion her smart business brain cost him 15-million dollars! But it hasn't been her mind that's been driving him to distraction ever since. So when Hannah asks him to pretend they are a couple, Cooper agrees -- on condition that she move into his penthouse apartment! That way she'll be conveniently close for him to make their pretend affair into a real one....
1. Ichiya no Koi Kaimasu (The Billionaire Date) Kit has been put in charge of the PR for a charity fashion show. Two models disappear right before the show, and although she fills in for them at the last minute, the show ends in utter failure. The chairman of the event, Jarrett, arrogantly demands that she fundraise fifty thousand dollars in one month to make up for the lost donations. Jarrett is the owner of one of the biggest lingerie companies in America, and he is sexy enough to appear in advertisements with his models. “I know!” Kit has an idea. “I’ll plan a bachelor auction and make him join, too! If it’s successful, I’ll be able to raise the funds and get my revenge!” 2. Namida no Suu dake Aishite (The Playboy Assignment) Susannah has been put in charge of PR for an art museum. Things get hectic when a wealthy man who was supposed to donate his collection meets an unexpected death. Of all people, his heir turns out to be Marc, Susannah’s past lover. Although they had once been deeply in love, their difference in status had pulled them apart. Susannah is worried: “I can’t believe I have to negotiate with him now.” Marc almost seems to sense Susannah’s desperate feelings, for he makes an astonishing announcement at a party. “I’ll donate one painting for every time she goes to bed with me.” 3. Dokushin Saigo no Project (The Husband Project) After seeing her two best friends at her public relations agency get married, Alison feels that something is missing in her single life. She wants to love someone but has no interest in marriage. She just wants a baby to give all her love to. After suddenly landing herself in the emergency room, Alison meets Dr. Logan, a competent doctor with a sarcastic tongue, who, upon her request, agrees to help her make a baby. However, she must marry him in exchange!
From Marvel: In darkness there lurks Kaiju – terrifying and unfathomable monsters. Between Kaiju and the rest of us stands the United Science Patrol! But who are these enigmatic defenders, and how do they perform their miracles? Shin Hayata and Kiki Fuji have spent half a lifetime trying to find out – and their quest is about to drive them toward a decades-old dark secret and put them on a collision course with a mysterious warrior from beyond the stars! Kyle Higgins (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), Mat Groom (Self/Made) and Francesco Manna (AVENGERS) reimagine the classic origin of a pop culture icon as THE RISE OF ULTRAMAN begins.
From the back cover of volume 1: When the Blackthorn group learns that the evil Simon Blankenship is trying to track down one of the ancient Mithrian artifacts in Japan, Rachel and the gang get on the next flight to Tokyo to beat him to it. But will the fate of mankind get overshadowed by the weird tension growing between Alex and Rachel, or how Pilar--Rachel's best friend and Alex's girlfriend--is going to deal with it? And when Rachel's mysterious powers begin popping up, will she finally face the fact that she is indeed the reincarnation of the Goddess Etherea? Packed with deception, adventure and--of course--shopping, the first Spy Goddess manga will make any teen girl want to go into international espionage.
This graphic novel version of The Book of Five Rings, the iconic book of confrontation and victory by the famed seventeenth-century duelist and undefeated samurai Miyamoto Musashi, illuminates this brilliant manifesto, which has long inspired martial artists and anyone interested in cultivating a strategic mind. With evocative drawings and a distilled but faithful text adapted by acclaimed manga writer Sean Michael Wilson, The Book of Five Rings comes alive both as a guide to swordsmanship and strategy, and as a view into Musashi’s world.
Based on William Scott Wilson's definitive translation, adapted by scriptwriter and comic book/manga author Sean Wilson, and with lively drawings by well-known illustrator Chie Kutsuwada, this first-ever graphic treatment of what's considered the most influential of all samurai treatises is sure to delight manga fans, martial arts enthusiasts, and students of Japanese culture. Reminiscent of The Arabian Nights in structure, Hagakure is a collection of tales and anecdotes that offer instruction and insight into the philosophy and code of behavior that foster the true spirit of Bushido - the Way of the Warrior. A young, upcoming samurai seeks the advice of an older, seasoned warrior who has become a Zen monk. The ambitious young samurai humbly begs to learn from the old master, who consents. So begins a series of eventful meetings. At each sitting. the master tells his young student tales of samurai past. Tales of famous warriors are recited, as well as ignoble gaffs. With brutal, unrelenting samurai justice, wrongs are righted and judgment is enacted. With each incident, the young novice learns what it means to be a samurai. Learns what courage and right thought are. Learns the harsh realities and subtle wisdom of his age. Writer Sean Wilson and illustrator Chie Kutsuwada both bring ample experience in the genre to this project. And, as an added bonus, William Scott Wilson, the translator of the original Kodansha International version of the book, provides an illuminating Afterword.
