"Beatrice used her family's influence to impose herself as my fiance. It's not what I wanted." Beatrice is the daughter of an influential Duke in the Kingdom, and has just overheard some of the girls saying that her intended, Prince Ernest, said those exact words. Beatrice has been despised by others in the academy for her relationship with the popular Prince Ernest but is determined to turn that around and live the way she wants to live! "I've been so occupied with trying to please Prince Ernest, I've never taken the time to get to know those around me. What have I been doing all this time?" However, when she starts to get to make some friends, talk to some handsome gentlemen, and finally enjoy her life at the academy... her salty fiance seems to become more and more assertive...! (Source: MangaPlaza)
A tumor shaped like a man’s face slowly moves across a woman’s body. The sea shoots glowing balls into the sky, much to the distress of beachgoers. And a girl dressed up for a holiday has no eyes, no nose, nothing—her face is a total blank. Hirokatsu Kihara pens true stories of unsolved mysteries, stitched together with page after page of Junji Ito’s original illustrations in this collection of nine eerie tales and a bonus manga story. (Source: VIZ Media) 1. **Kao** (顔) 2. **Toshoshitsu** (図書室) 3. **Umi kara...** (海から…) 4. **O-Bon** (お盆) 5. **Engeki Happyoukai** (演劇発表会) 6. **Folk Dance** (フォークダンス) 7. **Shichigosan** (七五三) 8. **Yuki no Futta Hi** (雪の降った日) 9. **Kuchibiru** (唇) 10. **Natsu no Sotsugyou Ryouko** (夏の卒業旅行, The Summer Time Graduation Trip)
With the power bestowed upon them by the Gods, the Agents of the Four Seasons bring the seasons to the world. It is their duty to traverse mountains and valleys to bring the blessings to every corner of the world. Each Agent has a special guard for if anything happens to them the seasons stop to cycle. Sakura Himedaka is the guard of Hinagiku Kayo, Agent of Spring. Ayame Hazakura guards Ruri Hazakura, Agent of Summer. Rindo Azami guards Nadeshiko Iwaiduki, Agent of Autumn. Itecho Kangetsu is the guard of Rosei Kantsubaki, Agent of Winter. They have just gone through battles with those who aim to destroy the system. This is a vivid story of four Agents and four guards who wish to protect the world but are also individuals who fall in love. (Source: BookWalker)
Jurei, a royal concubine nicknamed "Snow White Sow," was banished to the red-light district after being falsely accused of a crime. Four years pass, and she’s kidnapped and makes a return to the harem. Getting recognized will only spell out death for her! But because of her slimmed down figure and the newfound shining determination in her eyes, she gives off the air of a completely different, astounding beauty! Her attempts at escaping backfire, and the skills she developed in the red-light district prove so useful that she ends up becoming a consort candidate to the emperor. Can Jurei escape the harem without anyone discovering her true identity?! (Source: Manga UP!)
After just starting high school, Yuri catches the eye of a “pack of wolves.” Yuri, a first-year high school student, finally enrolls at Hibari Technical High School with the dream of someday building “a really cool bike.” But on the very first day, she gets dragged into the fight of one of the four notorious second-year troublemakers, Roa Akamatsu…! What’s more, Yuri seems to be hiding something…! A coming-of-age romance about a tomboy heroine who gets tangled up with four boys with sketchy reputations!! *Source: K Manga*
*"That does it; my life is over now, for sure...!"* Though he's good at his job, due to a stubborn streak and an overly serious attitude, office worker Sakura tends to take on too much. But he has a secret - after sunset on the weekends, he becomes "someone else." However, his junior coworker Arima sees him in this other form, and Sakura even gets stuck sharing his secret with the guy...!! Can straight-laced, earnest, bespectacled Sakura handle the onslaught from his blank-faced, pushy junior on top of all the rest of his stress?! (Source: MangaPlaza)
Cecily is a romantic who dreams of finding true love—the only problem is that she's a witch! Scorned by society, she gives up on meeting her very own Prince Charming until a chance encounter with the gruff but gallant knight Zeke reignites her dream. She concocts a love potion in secret and brings it to him, but before she can get a word in edgewise, he accidentally drinks the whole thing! Will Cecily manage to come clean about the whole affair? And will this slipup lead to the happily ever after she's always wanted? (Source: J-Novel Club)
The year is 2160, and the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union has not yet ended. Cyborg soldiers returning from war roam about, their cybernetic enhancements monitored by the authorities. Behind the scenes, government-affiliated organizations, Western spies, and mafiosos hunt each other down. This is Moscow, a city where freedom, truth, and prosperity have long since disappeared. Danila Kragin, a disposable asset called a "janitor," is a flesh-and-blood mercenary. He now sprints down alleyways, submachine gun in hand. He must make it home—not only for his beloved Stasia, but for his younger siblings waiting for his return. (Source: Yen Press)
Mayuzumi Asahi is a university student in Economics who lives alone and from time to time cooks for his two buddies. He also is a Otaku for a magical girls show called "Ikai no Majoko" (t/n: "Magical Girl from another World") and collects figurines, posters and other merchandise of it. This show has a twist that reveals that the Attackers from another world are actually from 10000 years in the past, which makes him consider the show a masterpiece. One day a girl with a black cat on her shoulder breaks into his apartment and attacks him with a stun gun while he is doing the dishes. He accidentally cuts himself on a knife in the process. After that ordeal he goes to work at his in a shop for Anime-related goods. In the process of going after a female costumer who'd forgotten something he saves her from harassment, but gets beaten up by the harasser for his troubles. Luckily he suddenly summons a flaming car that runs the Attacker over? He understandably gets taken into police custody afterwards, who decide to drug and kidnap him to a remote location. After getting questioned by masked figures in black uniforms they decide that he is a Witch and burn him alive accordingly.
Before she reunited with Red in the frontier town of Zoltan, Rit was renowned as the brave warrior who helped the Hero's party save her country from the demon king's forces and the second princess of the Duchy of Loggervia, Rizlet. But after being suddenly exiled, Rit must embrace her new, untethered life as an adventurer traveling wherever the wind blows…though who knows where that journey will take her?! This is the story of Rit's exploits across the continent of Avalon prior to finding Red!! (Source: Yen Press)
In the midst of a crowded ballroom, the Countess Sherazade is overcome by a flood of memories. Memories of a past life as an ordinary girl in another world, reading a Teen Love novel about a meek, but kind-hearted young woman from an impoverished noble family who catches the Prince's eye, and then attracts his love. A novel that recounts the story of her own life... or what it will soon become. The only problem is... this story ends with Sherazade as a traumatized and broken shell of herself, and there's no way she's going to sit back and let that happen. At that moment, Shera makes a promise to herself— to do whatever it takes to make sure she will never, ever marry the prince! (Source: Tokyopop)

