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The Meiji Era (1868-1912) was probably the most defining period in Japanese history. It was a time of massive change from the more traditional; Tokugawa era to a positioning of Japan in the modern world. Contemporary writer, Soseki Natsume, suffered due to all the social and cultural changes and expressed his feelings through his character Botchan, a classic in the vein of Mark Twain or Charles Dickens. This massive work over 10 volumes could, in other hands, have been but an informed text book. However, the solid script by Sekigawa explores the period through an adult story whilst the art by Taniguchi portrays the material with exquisite and elegant detail. (Source: Ponent Mon)
As graduation gradually approaches, Miyoshi, a high school student, finally gets a chance to talk to a fellow classmate alone for the first time since they met. Due to the other student, Arai, always sleeping after arriving to school early, he's never really had a chance to meet him until now when their time together is limited to the short period before graduation. Meanwhile he realizes his latent feelings for Arai. Arai, however, has never had an interest in school or friends, and he only really had one joy in life... (from Psycho Pandas)
On an April night in Tokyo, still too early for fireworks, university student Kakeru Sorano meets a woman named Koharu Fuyutsuki. She is a beautiful girl who stands out from the crowd, laughs a lot, and exudes a warmth that contrasts sharply with Kakeru's own introversion. But there was something Kakeru didn't know at first—she can't see. Unlike Kakeru, Koharu hasn't given up on anything, even with her blindness. She attends university daily, shows interest in clubs, makes friends—and dreams of launching fireworks one day. Kakeru wonders why, when she can't see them...but maybe it doesn't matter. And maybe he can start moving forward, too, for the girl who's always been by his side (Source: Yen Press) *Note: Winner of the Grand Prize award in the 15th GA Bunko Taisho.*
Our favorite trio takes center stage, as Shigure and Ayame descend on Hatori for an impromptu Three Musketeers' banquet and hijinks ensue! (Source: Yen Press)
Having forced her husband, Alfonso, into a loveless marriage, Charlotte accepted when he sought solace from another woman. So when she wakes up in the past with a second chance, Charlotte hopes to sever ties while uniting him with his true love. To her dismay, however, any attempt to guide him away leads him right back to her! With Alfonso's gaze shifted to her, Charlotte is stuck between fixing her past regrets and shaping this new present into the future she had once hoped for with Alfonso. (Source: Tapas)
In the world of “Reas Love,” a spinoff otome game, the villainess Charlotte Cocoriara’s engagement to the prince of Farblume Kingdom is suddenly broken off. The reason? The Prince finds her job as Dark Mage ill-suited for his future queen. He’d rather be with a Healer, and there is no such thing as a job change. But Charlotte has a secret...memories of her past life playing “Reas Life Online,” the original MMORPG! Armed with her cheat knowledge, Charlotte immediately takes off to the Sacred Land of Erenzi where she uses information no one else in “Reas Love” knows to change her job—to a Healer! Except she has no intention of going back to the Prince. What she really wants is to see the world and live a life full of adventure! (Source: J-Novel Club)
Akira Sasagawa is a typical high school girl: cute, bubbly... and completely obsessed with BL. One day, she spots her fellow classmate, Mabuchi-kun, at her favorite bookstore, in her favorite aisle, and her fervor is ignited: could a rough-and-tumble, mean-eyed guy like him possibly love BL too? Her quest to find out leads her to a conclusion even she can't believe, and their otaku romantic comedy of errors begins! (Source: Kodansha USA)
A rootless mercenary meets the Crown Prince of a certain country. This meeting just might be a ray of light in the darkness for the supernatural war that will soon begin to tear the land apart.
Kamoda will do anything to earn a quick buck, even if it means skipping out on his taxes to take his wife on a luxury cruise. But when a random tax audit bankrupts his family, Kamoda soon discovers his wife has taken that cruise after all—only without Kamoda or their daughter Kasumi. Desperate to provide, Kamoda invests in a scheme to mass-produce masks of controversial American presidential candidate Beverly Duncan. But a lackluster election kills their sales potential, burying Kamoda under a mountain of masks and debt. On the verge of despair, Kamoda discovers a sign that leads him to the Director, an art fanatic who vows he can make all of Kamoda and Kasumi’s dreams come true. (Source: VIZ Media)
All Cheol-Su ever wanted was a home, preferably one with a lovely little garden. But inflation is at an all-time high thanks to the zombie apocalypse, and Cheol-Su must now slash his way through 7,900 zombies to earn just enough for the house of his dreams. Will Cheol-Su rise from the slums and beat the zombie housing crisis? (Source: WEBTOON, edited)
This is the tale of a man who had mastered how to “parry.” *“I have no talent at all…”* At the age of 12, a young boy named Noru had decided to train himself in the mountains after being rejected by the capital’s official training centers for being “talentless.” He believed that, with enough hard work and effort, he could one day become like the protagonists that populate his childhood stories. Full of determination, he would practice every day with his makeshift wooden sword, endlessly repeating the only sword technique he knew—“parry.” The hours turned into days, the days turned into months, and the months turned into years. Eventually, he had trained this one skill to such an extreme that he could snap a thousand branches with it. However, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t get the desired result, he couldn’t learn any new skills required to become a real adventurer. It may be time to let go of his dream. But he couldn’t. Not just yet. Knowing this, he returned to the capital again. This was a man of endless dedication, a man who used that dedication to become one of the strongest in the world. The only problem is, he didn’t know it yet.