The Belair family's acting skills are famous worldwide, but Lucilla Belair has a problem. She thought it would only be natural for her to pick a career in acting, since she grew up in Hollywood, but she's lost one audition after another. Panicking, she decides she'll go to any length to get the role of her dreams, so she breaks into the hotel room of a famous director! But the man she meets there isn't the director at all...Lucilla wants to run away, but she's too intrigued by this stranger. It's as if he can see right through her... (Source: Renta!)

On the surface, Jiro appears to be a normal teenage boy — he's riddled with self-doubt, has trouble making friends, and owns a guitar he doesn't know how to play. But he's really Kikaider, a super-powered android with a secret "Gemini" device implanted in his brain to help simulate human qualities. Professor Gill, a former associate of Kikaider's creator, is hunting for the Gemini device… and he'll go to any lengths to recover it! (Source: CMX)

One night, under a blood red moon glimmering with demonic beauty, a group of devilish creatures armed with axes and spears came riding into a quiet city on horseback. One by one, they loaded the villagers up into cages and carried them off without any explanation... I barely managed to escape alive. (Source: Star Fruit Books)

Tsugumi doesn't have a boyfriend, but she's enjoying her life, blessed with a fun job and lots of friends. However, after spending her 30th birthday alone, she decides to start searching for a husband!! At a speed-dating party, she meets a mysterious, shaggy man named Taro Ohji. Tsugumi has no taste for handsome men, and this guy is funny and easy to talk to... or so she thought, until a disturbance cuts the party short. Days later, a handsome stranger greets her as if he knows her. How can this guy be Taro!? Tsugumi can't believe his abrupt transformation! Furthermore, he asks her to marry him! To get away, Tsugumi confesses her inability to handle handsome men, but Taro says he won't give up... Could this be destiny? Or, is it just a misunderstanding? Can Tsugumi escape from this smitten declaration of love!? (Source: Renta!)

Reiji wants two things in life: a black belt in karate and Misa, the girl of his dreams. Luckily, Misa's big brother is the captain of the university karate club and is ready to strike a deal: Reiji can join the club if he tutors Misa in linear algebra. Follow along in The Manga Guide to Linear Algebra as Reiji takes Misa from the absolute basics of this tricky subject through mind-bending operations like performing linear transformations, calculating determinants, and finding eigenvectors and eigenvalues. With memorable examples like miniature golf games and karate tournaments, Reiji transforms abstract concepts into something concrete, understandable, and even fun. As you follow Misa through her linear algebra crash course, you'll learn about: \-Basic vector and matrix operations such as addition, subtraction, and multiplication \-Linear dependence, independence, and bases \-Using Gaussian elimination to calculate inverse matrices \-Subspaces, dimension, and linear span \-Practical applications of linear algebra in fields like computer graphics, cryptography, and engineering But Misa's brother may get more than he bargained for as sparks start to fly between student and tutor. Will Reiji end up with the girl—or just a pummeling from her oversized brother? Real math, real romance, and real action come together like never before in The Manga Guide to Linear Algebra. (Source: No Starch Press)

When her parents passed away six years ago, Beatrice gave up on her dreams to raise her brothers and sisters. Not only is she self-conscious about her appearance, but her family treats her like a servant. One night, while helping her sister with a party, she reunites with Elliot Chalmers, who tells her the painful truth-she isn't being treated right. She tries to argue with him. She just can't stand being around the man. If only she knew how Elliot really feels and that he and only wants what's best for her. (Source: Renta!)

Visions of discarded dolls plague Chika's nights, following a foreboding encounter with a possessed doll resting among a collection of occult curiosities... (Source: Glacier Bay Books)

Hanako Nakamura, apprentice chef who worked at the famous restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown, Manten restaurant, aspires to be number one chef in her village. One day he meets the ghost of a concubine, concubine of Emperor Xuanzong's favorite, who taught her to make delicious fried rice. How is the taste of the fried rice that was created by a concubine who knew her tastes and girl that are always full of spirit?

Short stories that continue to frighten and fascinate generations of fans all over the world. (Source: Dark Horse)

Follows the case files of weapons expert Kiryuuin Luna & psychic Kamizono Saiko, detectives for hire who specialize in cases that involve the supernatural.

Two years ago, Edie lost her husband , and since then she had been distracting herself by keeping busy with her actress mother and her sister's manager business. One day, she mes Nick, a famous architect, at a party and has a strange feeling for him. However, when she rebuked an approaching Nick and left him, she realized her mother's intentions. I have vowed to never fall in love again, but she's trying to introduce a man to me... Edie approached Nick again. And now he makes me an offer, acting like he understands my feelings? (Source: Renta!)