The bond between Yoshiki and Hikaru is a welcome escape from their isolated village. But one day when the two boys meet up, Yoshiki can immediately tell something is off. Though the person standing before him looks and acts exactly like Hikaru, Yoshiki knows that his friend is…gone. Someone—no, something has taken Hikaru’s place. And with so many eerie incidents happening in town lately, Yoshiki is becoming increasingly conflicted. Although things will never be as they once were, he would prefer this Hikaru to no Hikaru at all. (Source: Yen Press)
A collection of one-shots: 1. **Futaribocchi no Ever After** (ふたりぼっちのエバーアフター); Magazine BE x BOY 2019-03 A fairy tale about a mysterious young man and a child living deep in an enchanted forest. 2. **Kaeru no Ouji-sama** (蛙の王子様, The Frog Prince); Magazine BE x BOY 2019-11 Features a young man named Yui Nishino who has remarkable features. However, he feels that his good looks are more of a curse rather than a blessing because everyone close to him is jealous of his beauty. While working as a museum mascot, he spots one of his classmates, who is into prehistoric animals. Will he be the one to discover Yui's inner beauty? 3. **Hate no Kouya de Vacances wo** (果ての荒野でバカンスを, The World's End); Magazine BE x BOY 2020-04 Shin is on a terraforming mission and keeps in contact with Rukiya, an engineer who is on Earth. Shin feels quite lonesome in outer space, but luckily for him, he has a highly developed A.I. to keep him company. Shin's mission is just about over and when he's scheduled to return to Earth, Rukiya has some terrible news for him. (Source: Animate International) 4. **End roll** (エンドロール, Credits Roll)
Deep within the isolated Great Elior Forest, a freezing land covered in snow and ice, lives a girl feared for her resemblance to the legendary Witch of Jealousy. She is the half-elf Emilia, her only company a cat-like spirit named Puck. Both are similarly spurred by duty and guilt, yet the two never grow closer. In this world, the days seem as if they’re an unchanging eternity, but the trials awaiting them are merciless like hellfire… (Source: Yen Press)
In this new autobiographical manga following *My Wandering Warrior Existence*, Nagata Kabi has quit drinking in an attempt to get healthier–or she’s trying to, anyway. Her former struggles with alcohol led to pancreatitis and a serious hospitalization, and now she has no choice but to give it up. Follow the author as she details the quest to improve her health during a global pandemic. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment) *Note: Includes three extra chapters.*
Genius-level freshman Tomoe Tatsumi was smart enough to get accepted into a private college in Tokyo, but too naive to realize there wouldn't be enough money left over for rent. So, how is it that he's living in a fabulous apartment for less than most people pay for a single room? It is thanks to white-collar worker Mitsugu Kurokawa, a good Samaritan with an ulterior motive: to love, honor, and cherish this irresistibly charming student until his dying days! ...Which may come sooner than not if Tomoe's violently homophobic older brother Souichi has any say in the matter. (Source: DramaQueen)
Long ago, the gods granted a few animals great powers... but not all those animals used their magical abilities for good! Senzou the Fox Spirit in particular grew too brash and arrogant, abusing his strength until he was imprisoned for his bad behavior. After 300 years he's finally been released, but only on one condition — no more powers until he successfully helps a tanuki cub named Manpachi become an assistant to the gods. And so... Senzou the once-great Fox Spirit must now figure out how to be an actually-great babysitter to a mischievous little tanuki or risk being stuck without his powers forever! (Source: TOKYOPOP)
Koizumi Nene is bored by the mundane quality of her life, every day being the same, until she has a chance encounter with college student Sakuraba Hajime. And now he's her neighbor too! Were they fated to meet one another? Source: My Anime List
Baek Jooin is a smart, diligent student and has a crush on Ham Sobok, another elite student. However, things start to go downhill when Jooin's twin brother, Jooyul, turns up to meet Sobok while pretending to be Jooin. What's worse, Sobok's best friend, Lisa, doesn't seem to like Jooin one bit. How will it all play out? (Source: Lezhin)
Mai Yashiro (22) was an average office worker until the day a video game console arrived in her mailbox. The game she is forced to play, “Nightmare,” is a dangerous game in which one risks both the lives of the ones they love and their own body!! If you refuse to play, those dear to you die. If you lose battles in the game, parts of your body (your arms or legs, your voice, etc.) cease functioning. The horror of this game spreads throughout society in a flash, and, to fight it, Mai’s company creates a “Nightmare” Strategy Team. After being assigned to this team, Mai and her dependable comrades boldly rise up against this hellish game. Adapted from the super-popular novel which has received over 40,000,000 hits online!! (Source: MangaBox)
They call them Devolved—strange alien creatures that attack our world through distortions in space. Tragedy has always haunted Ryouma, and when his high school comes under alien attack, he figures it's just the latest chapter in a long history of suffering. Yet beneath the monster's deadly glare, a strange professor steps forth with an offer of power. Ryouma is touched by the Getter Rays, a mysterious cosmic force that grants the power to pilot the ultimate fighting machine: Getter Robo! (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment) *Note: This is a full remake of the original Getter Robo series and the sequel to the Getter Robo Saga. Includes a prologue that was published in the October 2015 issue of Bessatsu Shounen Champion but not present in the volume release.*
After fleeing Tokyo, trying to escape a personal crisis, hapless Itaru winds up drunk and passed out on a neighborhood trash heap. His misery is documented by prickly cameraman, Kouki, who works for a local cable station, and soon the two end up roommates and co-workers. But with a company full of quirky characters, including a perky, winsome cross-dresser, and their own personalities to contend with, will Itaru and Kouki ever truly understand one another? (Source: Blu)
Shamisen is a traditional Japanese musical instrument that looks similar to a guitar. Teenager Sawamura Setsu's grandfather who raised him and his older brother Wakana, recently passed away. His grandfather was one of the greatest Shamisen players and the two siblings grew up listening to him play and learning to play the instrument. Since the grandfather's death, Setsu dropped out of high school, moved to Tokyo and has been drifting, not knowing what to do besides play his Shamisen. That's when his successful and rich mother, Umeko storms into his life and tries to shape Setsu up. She enrolls him back into high school but little does Setsu know that he is about to rediscover his passion for Shamisen. *Notes: \- Won the Kodansha Manga Award for Shounen (2012). \- Nominated to the 23rd Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.*

