**“Being a guardsman isn’t so bad. It’s a job where you get to defend people’s smiles firsthand. I’m going to enjoy the peaceful atmosphere… and my life in the countryside!”** Alfred Rindt is the strongest wizard. After taking a cursed arrow to the knee, he just wants some peace and quiet to heal. But, being a famous hero has its downsides. Everyone in the royal capital is demanding his assistance! Alfred decides he needs to get away from the hustle and bustle of the big city, so he takes a job as a village guard in the countryside. Will Alfred finally get the rest he so desires, or will the countryside prove to be just as lively as the city he left behind? *Source: Comikey Media*

In the world of Sarai, mass flooding has wiped out Japan. Due to an abnormal genetic trait people in this land rarely live past 16, and when they do, they become hideous monsters. Order in this world is almost non-existant. One of the last forms of protection left are the warrior maids, bodyguards for hire. They will do literally anything for the client, and are hired as protective slaves. Sarai Kannagi and her partner, Flicker, are two of these. In their adventures they fight humans-transformed-into-giant-rock monsters, hairy arctic people, and other abominations of the future barren world. (Source: Anime News Network)

The 4th Lupin III manga series.

Hida Kizuna possesses the HHG (Heart Hybrid Gear) ability, but it is not strong enough to make him particularly important. His older sister calls him to transfer to a strategic defense school, where many of the students (many of which are large-breasted girls) use their HHG abilities to fight invaders from another world while wearing extremely skimpy pilot outfits. Kizuna's fighting ability doesn't measure up, but his sister has another plan—apparently having erotic experiences with Kizuna will allow the girls to replenish their energy or power-up. It looks like his new school life is going to be full of embarrassment. *Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.*

While pursuing a criminal, the pretty but reckless interplanetary police officer Birdy Cephon Altera accidentally kills Tsutomu, an Earthling high school student. To make amends, Birdy is forced to share her own body with Tsutomu's spirit so that he can continue his own life. At first, Tsutomu knows nothing about his situation, but he soon discovers that his body is starting to take certain actions without his mind ordering it. In times of action, Birdy takes full control of their shared body, transforming it back into her original female form.

Disowned by his elite celebrity family for being “useless,” Atsumu spent his youth in his sisters’ shadow—unbeknownst to everyone, he was the hidden genius behind their success all along! Now free from his family’s control, he’s swept into the entertainment world, catching the eye of top idols, models, and Vtubers who all recognize his true talent. But as he rises through the ranks—and finds himself surrounded by beautiful admirers—can this former backstage prodigy handle the spotlight AND live a normal high school life?! *Source: Manga UP! Global*

A shared cigarette offers a momentary connection. A closet hides the evidence of an embarrassed bachelor's laziness. A single woman, not getting any younger, sifts through letters from would-be husbands. A new couple buys two train tickets to anywhere. Here are the quiet, evocative urban dramas of Masahiko Matsumoto, one of the leading lights of the Japanese alternative-comics movement known as "gekiga." Originally published in 1972-1974, these eleven stories now form the first English-language collection of Matsumoto's mature work. His shy, uncertain heroes face broken hearts, changing families, money troubles, sexual anxiety, and the pressures of tradition, but with a whimsy and lightness of touch that is Matsumoto's trademark. (Source: Top Shelf Productions)

Manga adaptation by Masako Watanabe, based on Kay Thorpe's novel "Master of Morley." He wanted an heir more than a wife! The rigid conventions of Morley Grange had driven Emma's grandmother into exile when she had dared love a man beneath her social station. Now Emma had returned to her ancestral home and found love with the present master of Morley. Only Emma wasn't at all sure her grandmother would have approved! For although Emma loved Craig Stafford deeply, he had proposed to her only because he wanted a son and she satisfied his family's standards. Would marrying him be the worst mistake of her life? (Source: fictiondb)

A deformed female human goes out with a pumpkin on her head to kill all those who bullied her in the past after escaping from a mental hospital.

In the future, a man named Sakura is destined to create the technology for eternal life which, due to Sakura's lolicon tendencies, freezes all women's aging once they turn twelve. God refuses to allow this, so he sends his angels to the past to kill Sakura. However, one angel, Dokuro-chan, decides to try to change the future without killing him. The problem is that Dokuro is very temperamental, and is constantly killing Sakura (along with many others) in incredibly bloody ways with her giant spiked club. Good thing she can bring people back to life… if only to gruesomely kill them again the next time she loses her temper.

The peaceful lives of many are taken away as a freak meteor shower destroys the Kanto area of Japan. However, the lives of the victims aren't lost, as they start to awaken one by one into a strange pre-historic world. A girl named Kyoka awakens into this world, and is attacked by a monster, however she is saved by Shinma Shingo, another monster. She joins Shinma and his companion as they search to find a way back home. (Source: TOKYOPOP)

An anthology of stories about ordinary high school guys and their relationships...or lack thereof. Boys Be...takes a look at the trials of love and loss from a refreshing point of view and often adds interesting insight into what a relationship is like from an average guys point of view! (Source: TOKYOPOP)