Chaos reigns as the curtain descends on the age of the samurai. Atsuhime, born to the Satsuma branch of the Shimazu clan is to wed Iesada Tokugawa, the 13th shogun. However, soon after their marriage, Atsuhime’s beloved husband dies, leaving her to defend the clan as she is tossed about by the waves of history. Watch as this exceptional woman from Satsuma lives out a trouble-filled life while resolutely moving forward no matter what in this moving historical comic! (Source: Jmanga)

Kurogane Naoto was a mostly ordinary high schooler who lived a peaceful life with his childhood friend Hayami Haruka. What wasn't ordinary with Naoto is that his right eye is a little special, it possesses a special ability, "Hunter's Eye", that make it possible for Naoto to see other people's Life Force in numerical values. But his ordinary days ended when he met a girl with such high Life Force that she couldn't possibly be human. The girl introduced herself as Raquel Alucard, a vampire. She ordered him to get the hold of the Azure. And so Naoto was dragged into a bloody battle surrounding the Azure.

A sweet Japanese-style place where beautiful men gather, "Rokuhoudou". You'll definitely want to go to this store! A heartful Japanese cafe story newly spun by Yuu Shimizu! (Source: Mag Garden, translated)

The sequel picks up the plot two years after the end of the battle with Dr. Quaser, and a think tank named At Random is attempting to apply robots to daily use for the public. The setting is in Singapore. The new story focuses on three characters: Lantse, a successor unit to Pulse; Maria Maria, a girl who is depressed after she suffers from an accident; and Shiruto, a boy who wants to become a robot. A 13-year-old Nobuhiko, a 19-year-old Chris, and Signal will also appear in the story. (Source: Anime News Network)

*The Silver Case: Case #4.5: Face* is a spin-off of The Silver Case, taking place (as the title indicates) between *case #4:kamuidrome* and *case #5: life cut* of the main game. The story starts with Sakura Natsume and portrays a case she and the Heinous Crimes Unit investigated separately prior to her joining them.

"If I don’t draw this, my life can’t end." Up until now, the author has created many heartwarming essay manga with the theme of “family.” However, there was one family member who had never appeared in any of those works — his older brother. That brother has been a recluse, shut away in their family home for 30 years. And the one who triggered his withdrawal from society… was none other than the author himself. While wanting nothing to do with his brother, he’s tormented daily by guilt for leaving a family member behind in a decaying home. Even after the loss of their parents, the family issues between the brothers continue endlessly — a story depicted quietly, yet vividly and raw. “If I don’t draw this, my life can’t end.” A new creative frontier for Satoshi Miyagawa, as he himself describes it. Winner of the 1st Superior Document Comic Award Grand Prize.

A story about the travels of a small robot and an android maiden in the search for their roots and the secret place.

‘Iwai! Dekichatta kekkon’, which roughly translates into 'Let's celebrate! Shotgun marriage', is a semi-educational manga drawn by Unita Yumi (Usagi Drop etc.). The title basically gives the whole story away: Yuki (25, office worker) finds out that she is pregnant, breaks the news to her happy-go-lucky boyfriend, Raita (25, eternal part-timer), and the two start planning their future together. From then on, on the first level of story, we are following the everyday adventures (apartment hunting, planning the wedding, choosing a hospital) and hardships (mainly money problems) the young couple must overcome. On the second level, as the manga foretells us in the Preface, this romantic comedy has another ‘motive’ besides the entertainment of the reader: it wants to teach those who are in the same situation and those who might get into one in the future (so all of us, readers). Thus, the author frequently comments on the current events, gives thoroughly precise, almost medical-level explanations (at other times just within the boundary of common sense) of the terms mentioned in the conversations, and presents the reader with the results of a short survey on the topic at the end of each chapter. The latter attributes to the lack of drama (parents are pretty understanding); however, this manga is a good read: a heartwarming and lighthearted story.