Sasakura Ryuu is a college student who authors a particularly bloody series of light novels. One day, he meets a mysterious boy named Mikato. Since "Mikato" is also a character in Ryuu's novels -- not to mention one he's been planning to kill off in the next installment of his story -- Ryuu begins to question himself about what, if any, responsibility he has towards his fans and how they might influence his work. These questions only grow more pressing and difficult to answer when a string of murders that blatantly copy his novels begins to take place. Worse yet, a "fan" who might well be the perpetrator has taken to sending him 'updates' in the form of photo texts... (Adapted from [tethysdust]'s synopsis at [MangaHelpers](https://www.mangaupdates.com/groups.html?id=1011))

**HE’LL PROTECT HER SECRETS BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY…** The Dungeon City is a wicked place filled with crime, debauchery, and death. Its one shining light is Arwin, the beautiful Crimson Princess Knight. She and her brave party of adventurers descend into the dungeon at the city’s center, seeking a legendary treasure with the power to rebuild the princess’s fallen kingdom. Many yearn to be by her side, but that spot is already taken by Matthew, a man despised by all in town as a cowardly weakling. Everyone thinks he is scum who just spends her hard-earned money on booze, women, and gambling. No one in the city—not even the princess knight— knows what Matthew is truly capable of. *Source: Yen Press, Vol. 1*

2/3 Ai no Kyoukaisen revolves around a young man who is a hikikomori, NEET, and 2D-girls otaku. Instead of going to school, he spends his time playing bishōjo games. His childhood friend Hime Takanayagi, and his family, attempt to try to bring the young man back to normal society. The protagonist is torn between his love of the girls in his games, or the girls in reality, which results in a struggle within himself to decide which girls he loves the most: those from the digital world, or from the real world. (from Manga-Updates)

Stylistically intermingling themes of gentrification and rebirth within the setting of a classic yakuza crime drama, Children of Mu-Town follows the course charted by youths of an aging residential housing complex who are struggling for their lives: burdened by financial issues, peer pressure, and uncertain futures, ensnared in the clutches of organized crime, they are searching for a way to survive. When a municipal renovation project seems to offer a future of stability for their dilapidated town, the mysterious and far-reaching consequences that their actions set into motion may leave Juichi and his friends with no option but annihilation….. A stunning modern “tenement masterpiece” work of manga, Mu-Town is a story of small-town gang intimidation, escalating immigration tensions, political intrigue, and the yearning desperation of youth.

The happy daily life of Muco, a not-too-bright Akita dog, and her owner Komatsu-san the glass-blower.

After the sudden death of a high-ranking player, he crossed over into the game and became the villainous young master that had died after being cursed and stabbed. Within the dark coffin, the pretty System gave him a starter pack and bestowed 10,000 Spiritual Power upon him! The same tragic life, but a chance to turn the tables! He kicked away the cover of his coffin, then used the power of words to romance all the beautiful girls! In this script filled with death flags, he will overcome all challenges to spite that damned game designer! (Source: Bilibili Comics)

An amazing baseball player by the name of Keijirou Okamoto enters a high school that cancelled its baseball club 3 years ago due to its lack of success. After hearing this, Keijirou is determined to revive the baseball club by gathering students from other clubs including the tennis and track and field club. He not only wants to make a team, but wants to make it to the Koushien.

Zip up and get your robot on! A new type of robot-action series! World-famous handsome mechanical engineer Koshiro Tatara and scary-looking musclehead Kaname, these polar opposite twins both fell in love with the same girl's smile. Since then, they compete daily to see which of them can make her smile more. But one day, tragedy suddenly strikes Koshiro... A new robot battle action manga with a totally unlikely duo from Yusaku Shibata, creator of Yoakemono! (Source: Manga Plus)

When a young girl enters the forest, she finds the platoon of demi-human creatures to all be dead. At the center, amongst the army of corpses which remained still, a young man claiming to be a ninja stood. Who was he, and how could a mere human do this?

Broke and recently homeless, fledgling wandmaker Ix leaves his isolated village in search of employment only to run into Yuui, a girl with a contract entitling her to a free wand repair from his late instructor. But when Ix decides to honor the guarantee and complete the job in his teacher’s stead, he quickly realizes that this is no routine tune-up. Against all odds, Yuui’s wand is powered by the heart of a mythical creature thought to have gone extinct over a thousand years ago—a dragon. To complete the restoration and put both their pasts to rest, the pair must now uncover the truth behind the dragons’ disappearance from the world… (Source: Yen Press)

Goths Cage is an enchanting manga-esque picture book series of three short stories with a malicious twist of love and romance. It is based on Yasushi Suzuki's art series that was previously released online in Japan under the name Phantoms KADAN. Suzuki-san re-adapts his art series and transforms it into a bewitching picture book with entrancing grace and charm. Each of his gothic tales is exquisitely crafted with elegant detailed illustrations that transport readers into an enchanted world of gothic glory. In his first story, Glass Magic, Suzuki-san does a twisted take on the classic Cinderella tale. An ugly corpse-like servant girl wishes to fall in love with a prince and become a beautiful princess. Then a sinister old witch offers her a magic potion that can grant her heart's desires, but in order for the magic to work, she must abandon her soul. She gets rid of her memories, her face, and her master to become a cruelly beautiful glass princess. In another of Suzuki's splendidly dark tales, the shop keeper of an enchanted barbershop attends to his beautiful victim under the moonlight. He snips away at her thoughts and memories, mystically cutting away all her painful memories that scar her heart. However, because she is sapped of her thoughts and memories, all that is left is her pitiful vacuous body. Prepare to be mesmerized by Yasushi Suzuki's spine-chilling tales of love and entrancement this fall 2008, because this enchanting collection of spellbinding illustrations and twisted tales is a must-have!

Alice Kagami is an ordinary high school girl who doesn't really get her friend Tamami's obsession with idol games. There's more to life than handsome digital boys, dating sims, and mini-games, right? But then, Tamami is "chosen" as one of the top idol fangirls in the country and gets drawn into the game — and hapless Alice gets pulled in too! Between dealing with the mismatched members of her idol group to intense pressure to spend real money on gachas, how is a total idol game newbie supposed to take them to the top? (Source: TOKYOPOP)