**A chaotic and ecchi romantic comedy about a goddess out to curse a family and the unfortunate guy who falls for her!** Kuro, a black cat, is a god of fortune down on her luck. She’s turned into a “vengeful god” against her will, and the only way to return to her former status is to curse seven generations of the Nishikori bloodline. She’s close to being free, but to get there, she needs to make sure the seventh generation actually gets born. That means finding a match for Nishikori Kotaro…which is harder than you might think, because Kotaro is tragically unpopular. Not only that, he insists that the only woman he wants…is cat-eared Kuro herself! *Source: Seven Seas Entertainment, Vol. 1*

**A beautiful collection of sweet and provocative yuri romances!** Want a little spice with your sugar? Cats and Sugar Bowls delivers with nine bite-sized stories about love between women. Rena and Sanae are like a pair of naughty kitties who act far more innocent than they really are. Touka, while looking for a lover willing to indulge her more extreme BDSM fantasies, runs into her boss at a bondage club. All these delights and more await! _Source: Seven Seas Entertainment_ ___ Collects nine stories: 1. Watchful Cat (猫に離人, Neko ni Rijin) 2. Crying of the Cat (猫と囀り, Neko to Saezuri) 3. The Phone and the Cat (猫に電話, Neko ni Denwa) 4. Unbreakable Sugar Bowl (シュガーポットは壊れない, Sugar Pot wa Kowarenai) 5. Silky (つるつる, Tsurutsuru) 6. My Childhood Friend (私の幼なじみは…, Watashi no Osanajimi wa…) 7. One AM at the Laundromat (午前１時のコインランドリー, Gozen Ichiji no Coin Laundry) 8. Killing Time of the Butterfly (蝶々の暇つぶし, Chouchou no Himatsubushi) 9. The Ogre and the Mountain God (鬼と山神, Oni to Yamagami)

Assassins—they are humans that have exceptional skills which they use in killing people. The most dangerous among them is the Assassin of Crimson—the former leader of the Assassin guild Yuuyami, and the one who killed the country's leader, King Mars. Due to this, the country's princess has declared that whoever captures her will obtain fortune and become the princess' husband, essentially becoming the next king. Virgil is a guy who has red hair and looks like a girl. He is travelling with a performing troupe while searching for his twin brother Serge. His peculiar features seem to have matched the known characteristics of the Assassin of Crimson. The following events will lead him to discover the mystery behind the death of the king—and the identity of the Assassin of Crimson. Source: MAL

A shared cigarette offers a momentary connection. A closet hides the evidence of an embarrassed bachelor's laziness. A single woman, not getting any younger, sifts through letters from would-be husbands. A new couple buys two train tickets to anywhere. Here are the quiet, evocative urban dramas of Masahiko Matsumoto, one of the leading lights of the Japanese alternative-comics movement known as "gekiga." Originally published in 1972-1974, these eleven stories now form the first English-language collection of Matsumoto's mature work. His shy, uncertain heroes face broken hearts, changing families, money troubles, sexual anxiety, and the pressures of tradition, but with a whimsy and lightness of touch that is Matsumoto's trademark. (Source: Top Shelf Productions)

"I just want an easy life, even as some rich person's dog..." As corporate slave Routa Okami keels over in the middle of his busy office, he imagines how nice it would have been to live as the pet of some rich family instead of working himself to death. But when a goddess actually grants that wish and brings him back to life as a pampered pooch, Routa realizes he may have gotten more than he bargained for... (Source: Yen Press)

Class president Nijou is a talented athlete, popular honor student... and a total people-pleaser who can't stop living up to others' smothering expectations of him. When his teacher asks him to check on Toomi, a classmate who's stopped coming to school, that chance meeting leads to an unexpected connection that neither young man expects. Toomi sees right through his diligent facade, and Nijou can't forget the cool comfort of Toomi's undemanding touch. But when Nijou discovers the reason behind Toomi's frequent absences — that he's been working as an online cam "girl" — he doesn't know how to react. How can he bring up what he knows? And how will it change their relationship? (Source: TOKYOPOP) *Note: Includes the one-shot "Soujikei no Koi (Similar Figures of Love)"*

What if the person you liked was the same gender? A beautiful girl suddenly appeared in front of the main character, Yuji! But what's her real identity...!? A new generation love comedy that questions “true love” in between tales of laughter and sadness. (Source: Manga Box)

Crueler Than Dead features fast paced and extremely graphic violence concealing none of the absolute horror…and requiring a strong heart and stomach! No one knows where it started…but when the world finally realized what was going on, it was already too late. When Maki Akagi wakes up in a lab full of corpses, she learns from a dying soldier that she is the result of a last-ditch experiment to cure humans of a virus turning them into zombies. Accompanied by a young boy who also miraculously escaped, she will have to try to get to the very center of a devastated Tokyo filled with bloodthirsty monsters. The dome located there contains the last survivors of mankind. And humanity's very survival depends solely on a few drops of this miraculous vaccine… Inspired by Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira), The Walking Dead, Romero classics, and new zombie films like 28 Days Later, Crueler Than Dead delights in the meticulous gory details of decomposed flesh, with a wicked and hungry eye...evoking a modern vision of a zombie world that is terrifying, tension filled and unsettling! (Source: INKR)

Speaking of passionate love, Ginkawa who swings at foul balls. The serious, bespectacled Haguri who typically responds to that idiocy by ignoring/yelling at him or quickly striking out at him every day (swinging at fouls). He is angry, surprised, and irritated that Ginkawa is not discouraged... However, sometimes, silly men are controlled by their hearts, and there are moments where they can't swing at that foul... A new author with a rumored excellent reputation gives us an omnibus of awkward school-days love, with an additional chapter which takes them into their futures! (Source: Jmanga)

An anthology of romantic stories which was later adapted to a live action TV drama. Bunkoban edition: Volume 1: Aki no Shou Volume 2: Haru no Shou Volume 3: Natsu no Shou Volume 4: Fuyu no Shou

Yamashita, somewhat neurotic, and hates ants for a certain reason. His neighbor, Shimabara (expressionless bug-lover) invites himself in to “watch over the ants”... Wait, is this a little bit like living together!? “How could you go into the place where a person is most vulnerable...?” Unperturbed and air-headed, Shimabara who he depends on enters Yamashita's heart... ♥ A collection of a hot author's interesting and lovable characters and love stories. ♥ (Source: Jmanga)

It follows the life of the conqueror and first great unifier of Japan, Oda Nobunaga, starting from his rambunctious childhood and first experience with a European.