Itou, a socially awkward teenager, finds herself jealous of her classmate Takahashi, who seems to get along with everyone. However, one day, she witnesses Takahashi...eat someone whole!? That's amazing! A monster who knows how to blend right in with humans? Itou definitely needs to be her friend now! (Source: Yen Press)

Tomo has always been stuck with the dependent Miyako ever since she was born. For half of his life, he had been forced to look out for her due to her clumsiness and unreliability. Simply put, he "hates" her. But there is something that completely prevents him from telling her his real feelings. When she is about to move to the United States, will he be able to love and let go, all before it's too late? A lovely, touching story about a boy and the one most important to him. *Note: Included in volume 2 of Last Game.*

From Vertical: In a single day and night of fierce fighting, the Archduchy of Mongaul has overrun its elegant neighbor, Parros. The lost priest kingdom's surviving royalty, the young twins Rinda and Remus, hide in a forest in the forbidding wild Marches. There they are saved by a mysterious creature with a man's body and a leopard's head who has just emerged from a deep sleep and only remembers his name. Guin. Was continued under Yu Godai and Yume Yohino after the death of Kaoru Kurimoto in 2009. Vol 130 was her last. The longest single-writer's novel series in the world. The artists: Naoyuki Kato Vol 1-19 Yoshitaka Amano Vol 20-57 Jun Suemi Vol 58-87 Shinobu Tanno Vol 88-147

Poor as dirt, lacking talent and magical abilities, Mel Lislis is an unfortunate elf. To make money for her family, she joins Enoch's Royal Order of Chivalry. She is stationed as a medic with Enoch's Second Expeditionary Corps, tasked with subduing demons and providing disaster relief. Mel is constantly at the mercy of her unique cohort and grueling expeditions, and the absolutely yucky preserved rations only add insult to injury. Shocked that her compatriots can stomach such horrid provisions, Mel decides to put her Elven knowledge to use and fix this food fiasco! The curtains rise on this culinary adventure fantasy! (Source: Manga Mirai)

“My second chance at life was never meant to turn out this way!” To save her formerly illustrious family from destitution, Lady Lucetta Ambridge accepts a political marriage to Mister Kyle Wisley, a new-money businessman aiming for her noble title. On the day that their loveless marriage is set to start, Lucetta is killed by a gunman with a grudge against Kyle, and she is sent back in time by two years! Now equipped with knowledge of the future, Lucetta is determined to pay off her family’s debts alone by secretly becoming a fortune-teller renowned for her accuracy, so that she can break off her engagement, and finally marry for love. However, Kyle himself suddenly comes to seek her prophetic advice, on none other than…his secret, decades-long love for Lucetta?! Who will win out in the end – the besotted Kyle, or the determined-to-run Lucetta? Are they both too hard-headed to get along? Will this end up being more of a comedy or a romance? The show’s about to begin! *Source: Comikey Media*

Noted in Manga! Manga! by Frederik Schodt as one of the first manga published in an American publication with "its original artwork intact", "Violence Becomes Tranquility" is a short and colorful 10-page story about a yakuza on a search for the ultimate weapon.

Talk about a grind! Aoi Kousaka is a gamer extraordinaire who’s a little down on his luck in the poorly balanced game called real life. When he finds a curious wanted ad for a “facilities management” position seeking people proficient in games, he jumps at the chance to carve out a niche for himself. Little does he know he’ll be carving out a whole lot more than that when he suddenly winds up at the bottom of a ravine—in a game world! Can Aoi navigate the mechanics and challenges of this strange new place with all the finesse of a master gamer? You bet he can! (Source: J-Novel Club)

A priest and a young warrior with mysterious pasts happen to cross paths when they save a seer-in-training from an attacking monster during their separate journeys to visit the oracle. Each seeks advice to help find someone very important, but once they reach the oracle's residence, trouble meets them there as well. Thus begins a fantastic tale that involves humans, dragons, phoenixes, and an ancient kingdom caught in the middle of an attempted revolution. Note: Volume 1 contains a one-shot titled "Seiju no Kajitsu" about a young witch who seeks the legendary "fruit of the holy tree" in order to save her fiance's life. Another Note: The series ends at volume 4, but volume 5 contains 2 side stories related to the main characters.

The top firefighter of Edo, known as the "Fire-Eating Bird," Matsunaga Gengo retired from firefighting due to a certain incident and lived in poverty as a ronin with his wife, Miyuki. Suddenly, an offer for an official position arrives from the Dewa Shinjo Domain. They plead, "As the chief firefighter, please save Edo once again." To protect lives from the numerous "suspicious fires" plaguing Edo, Gengo resolves to become a firefighter again. He takes on the daunting task of reviving a nearly-defunct fire brigade, mockingly called the "Ragged Fire Hawk Group," and confronts the raging flames to protect Edo and its people!!

Traveling to another world, either by accident, magic summoning, death, cruel twist of fate, on a research assignment, or just on vacation, means dealing with a whole lot of change all at once. In this compilation, the authors of the SAKKA KEIHAN writing circle explore the ins and outs of what to expect when you’ve been transported to another plane of existence. Six different short stories cover the authors’ ruminations on how to get by in these other worlds, whether you’re headed over voluntarily or finding yourself just trying to survive. You’ll probably want to bring a towel; things are going to get slimy. Don’t think it’ll save you from a fireball, however.

A collection of short stories that look to mankind's exploration of space, and examine the possibilities that we could face when we decide to take those first fateful steps into the unknown.

Munakata is an anthropology professor that studies the relationship between folklore or fairy tales and real historical events. He believes that many of these stories that most presume to be entirely fictional are actually based on real events. This manga tells the story of Professor Munakata as he follows the clues left from both the imaginary world of fairy tales and the real world historical evidence.