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Freya thinks of herself as a simple village girl, but her idyllic life is shattered when she is caught up in the aftermath of a treacherous Sigurdian plot. She bears a striking resemblance to her country’s beloved Prince Edvard, who lays dying from poison. Without its ruler, all of Tyr will quickly be engulfed by Sigurdian violence. Now Freya must take Prince Edvard’s place and lead his valiant knights in defending the realm! (Source: VIZ Media) *Note: Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category.*
Seven years since the rare solar eclipse occurred, Adashino continues to assist those in medical need. After visiting a patient at a beachside home, the tactful doctor notices a shadow resembling a bird. This spontaneous sighting leads Adashino to reminisce about a story Ginko once told him about a Mushi that assumes the same form. Such a revelation, however, may lead to false optimism. (Source: MAL Rewrite)
After a freak accident involving some lightning winds up zapping him dead, 15-year-old Mochizuki Touya wakes up to find himself face-to-face with God. “I am afraid to say that I have made a bit of a blunder...” laments the old coot. But all is not lost! God says that he can reincarnate Touya into a world of fantasy, and as a bonus, he gets to bring his smartphone along with! So begins Touya's adventure in a new, anachronistic pseudo-medieval world. Friends! Laughs! Tears! Inexplicable Deus ex Machina! He sets off on a journey full of wonder as he absentmindedly travels from place to place, following whatever goal catches his fancy. The curtains lift on an epic tale of swords, sorcery, and smartphone apps! (Source: J-Novel Club)
A cyber-punkish collection of stories revolving around the theme of the "DOLL." 1. **Gum no Iranai Kodomo-tachi** (Keep Those Condoms Away From Our Kids) The tale of boys and girls who have lost their sexual desire. 2. **Rissa no Tetsu no Hitsugi** (The Iron Maiden) The tale of the strain a girl experiences from having grown up in a home without love. 3. **Shuuseki Kairo no Himawari** (The Sunflower Quality Of An Integrated Circuit) Vanilla is a maidroid in the home of an elderly master and his younger wife. The atmosphere in the house is cold and stiff because the wife is having an affair with a younger man. The lonely master comes to look upon Vanilla as his own dear child. He suggests that when the sunflowers bloom, they go outside together to watch them. "Is that a command, sir?" asks Vanilla. "It is not a command," he replies. "It is a promise." And so forms the piercing and painful integrated circuit—the alternating current of intercourse—between a lonely old man and the emotionless Vanilla. 4. **Bara Tessen no Mukougawa** (The Other Side of the Rose Wire) What was the thing a girl like an angel endlessly carried? 5. **Kago no Sakana** (Fish Out of Water) A mermaid is brought out of her dream. 6. **Koubutsu-kun** (Mister Mineral) Inside the body of a cute girl who's just like a doll... are internal organs, and blood, and... 7. **Anata wa Ikiteiru** (Alive) The sad tale of a human and a clone who pass right by each other.
Blinded in a freak accident, Kai's vision is restored years later through a corneal transplant. His new eyes, however, can't seem to focus on his family or girlfriend. They are instead drawn to Hizuki, the surgeon who performed the operation. Is it because of the doctor's alluring scent, which Kai finds strangely familiar? Or could it be because the transplanted corneas last belonged to Hizuki's lover...? (Source: DramaQueen)
Centuries in the future, in the year After Colony 195, Earth is surrounded by orbiting space colonies. The colonists are cruelly oppressed by the Earth Alliance, which uses huge humanoid fighting machines called "mobile suits" to control the populace. Behind this tyranny is the secret society called "Oz," which has infiltrated the Alliance military and steered it towards its repressive course. Now, the space colonies are ready to strike back. Five young pilots, equipped with advanced mobile suits called "Gundams," are sent to Earth to wage guerilla war against Oz and its Alliance puppets. The war to decide humanity's destiny begins.
A virus researcher was reincarnated into another world...as the virus itself? The virus holds incredible power, but it's transmission may just be a matter of life or death! (Source: Kodansha USA)
The main character, Ayase Yuuto is your average boy without any special traits. He attends a private high school where he is one of the many and doesn't stand out, until, one day, he happens to discover the secret of the school princess Nogizaka Haruka, and his life changes drastically from there on. Haruka, the school's most unattainable girl, is so idolized in the school for both, her looks and intelligence, that her classmates nickname her Nuit Étoile (The Silver Star of the Night) and Lumière du Clavier (The Shining Princess on the Piano). However, nobody knows that it is only a fake role she assumes to hide her true nature. In reality she is a die-hard fan of anime, manga, and otaku culture.
Born powerless in a family of water awakeners, Riarte Elheim was sacrificed for her twin brother and met an untimely death. Reborn three years before her tragic end, she vows to abandon the family that betrayed her. With Mikhail Virche, the cunning heir of the Virche family, by her side, Riarte begins a new life—but will her second chance lead to freedom or ruin? (Source: Tapas)
In Round 3 of the Kuzu series, Hanaura and Tsuzuki have started university. After moving in together, every day is sunshine and rainbows… Until the pretty-boy Matsuri appears, determined to take Tsuzuki for himself?! When the interloper declares war on Hanaura, will he take the bait and throw himself into a catfight over Tsuzuki?! (Source: Houbunsha, translated and edited)
Mi-A was Tae-Su's first love, who suddenly disappeared one day. After five years of silence, she reappears as a freshman at his university. But she's not the girl he remembers. He plays it cool, trying to ignore her, but can first love truly be forgotten? Or will fate give them a second chance? (Source: WEBTOON, edited)