60Forty-five of Japan’s leading manga artists illustrate Star Wars! Explore the galaxy through the beautiful artwork of 45 outstanding Japanese manga artists and illustrators, including Akira Himekawa, Kamome Shirahama, and Taiyo Matsumoto. Celebrating the universal appeal of these iconic characters and their timeless stories, this collection presents each artist’s unique tribute to the Star Wars universe and is a must-have for fans of Star Wars and manga alike!
Masaru is a hoodlum with a big heart, but he's not so sharp when it comes to school. Yu, his next-door neighbor, agrees to tutor him. Yu marvels at his pupil's foolish antics, but when Masaru falls asleep, Yu can't help but reach out and... from Renta! Table of Contents: 1) Don't Mess with Me! 2) Secret School Days 3) Secret Sleepover 4) To Heaven with You! 5) Legally Yours 6) Keep on Smiling 7) When our Paths Cross 8) Lil Mermaid Jo **Official English Translation**: [BookWalker](https://bookwalker.com/volume/0P9M9Q9A7M20/dont-mess-with-me?srsltid=AfmBOor9tDPBXCutxXadetLobqJ9uVy_wleXHSfXQJqVOSzbWOc7d9kD)
58Musica Nostra is a collaborative work where various mangaka draw and/ or write about music and bands that inspire them, published in the Grand Jump. It includes Urasawa's musings about guitarists and playing guitar; his traveling to Sunset Sound in Los Angeles to record a song with Mike Viola and Jim Keltner, the latter of which sends a picture of Urasawa's The Beatles manga to Ringo Starr, and why their performance is credited to "Monaka"; Urasawa seeing Neil Young and Paul McCartney perform at Desert Trip; his meeting with Jack Oliver and depicting how the English record executive started working at Apple Records. *Note: this manga includes written chapters and drawn chapters, and never got a total volume release. This entry includes only the manga chapters.*
Hatsume is a kunoichi -- a female ninja -- sent by Ieyasu Tokugawa to assassinate Mitsunari Ishida, whose small fiefdom is all that stands in the way of total domination of Japan by Tokugawa. However, after taking resourceful steps to get close to Ishida by becoming his concubine, Hatsume inadvertently finds herself in love with the straight-minded Ishida, and goes from assassin to protector as Tokugawa sends a new ninja squad to Ishida’s castle to finish the job. Will Hatsume and Ishida live to fight the crucial battle for Japan's future that lies ahead? from G2Comix
Royal Exclusive: "Perfect" princess goes AWOL! Frustrated with the merry–go–round of political dinners and enforced good behavior, Lotty's determined to try a normal life on for size. However, she's completely unprepared for her sexy new boss, Corran McKenna. Bored with people bowing and scraping, Lotty doesn't mind Corran's frowns, but his wicked grin causes trouble! A no–strings fling with the only man who's ever seen the real—rather than the royal—her is irresistible, but what will happen when her real identity becomes headline news?
Anna Stockton never dreamed she’d find love on her trip to Italy, let alone be proposed to by the handsome and rich Lucio Ventressi. Then, just as her life seems to be going perfectly, it’s suddenly ruined when she wakes up in the bed of her fiancé ’s brother. Anna has no memory of what happened, but she knows she couldn’t have betrayed her beloved. Unfortunately, Lucio takes his brother’s word over hers. After leaving Italy, heart-broken and riddled with guilt, she finds that she’s pregnant.Four years later, her son is ill and his life-saving surgery is unaffordable. Lucio offers to pay for the surgery, but in return Anna must become his mistress. [English version via Renta!](https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/99026/)
Kira is the illegitimate child of a billionaire, and her relationship to her father is kept a tight secret. Her sole inheritance from him is a hotel in Las Vegas. However, a man named André is trying to buy out the hotel. Kira goes to the Caribbean to try and negotiate with him directly regarding the hotel, but the moment Kira and André meet, they both forget business entirely and spend a passionate night together. As a result of that night, Kira becomes pregnant. But when she contacts André about it afterward, instead of replying to her email, he comes all the way to Vegas in person without warning. But it wasn't her email that summoned him... He came because he wants revenge against her family.
Contains 2 stories: **Story 1: Hajimete Shitta Koi Dakara (based on Jessica Steele's *The Bachelor's Bargain*)** It was Jarad Montgomery who picked Merren up and dusted her down after she'd been mugged. He even offered to replace her stolen money. Merren was determined to repay Jarad, and he was happy to suggest a solution: be his steady girlfriend for a year! At first, Merren reckoned she'd got the better part of their bargain -- being escorted by Jarad was no hardship -- until he decided that their deal included other duties as well! **Story 2: Hisho no Kokuhaku (based on Beverly Barton's *Getting Personal*)** Marianne Bennet, or "Bennie," has fallen in love with her boss, Holt Jackson. Five years have passed since she began working as his secretary, but she can't seem to get him to notice her in a romantic way. In order to get him to look her direction, Bennie takes some drastic measures...?
After being suddenly dumped by her ex simply because he "found another woman," Haruka officially swore off men and love in general. It is little surprise, then, that her job at a marriage counseling center is getting on her nerves more and more with each passing day. One day, Haruka finds herself with a brand-new boss - a handsome but insufferable guy who suddenly calls her "ugly" to her face! It isn't long before Haruka and her new boss are at each other's throats every day, until finally, when on the verge of deciding she's had enough, she commits herself to showing him what's she's really made of! The hard part is that she has to act in the part of a "stand-in" at a matchmaking party to do it! [from Renta!](https://en-renta.papy.co.jp/)
Togashi, an animator, was looking forward to spending the incredibly short holiday period absorbed in his nerdy, otaku interests. But on his way home, he just had to go and slam into a weird guy wearing a hat of his hometown, Nerima. Vowing to 'compensate"" him for his dirtied clothes, the guy forcibly takes Togashi around town, and well, they more or less go shopping... As Togashi brushes up against the man accidentally, he panics. This man is... a crazy hot, famous idol. A refreshing romantic comedy to make you laugh starring two lovers who barely mesh well at all.
This anthology presents the first English translation of a selection of twelve short stories from the comics anthology popocomi (vol 1—5 + one special edition), published irregularly by Japanese bookstore and gallery Popotame. Each of the twelve different artists offer their own unique perspective on manga in these original works. 1. Winter Break 2029 by [MISSISSIPPI](https://mangabaka.org/author/wt6wmo5/mississippi) 2. The Spirit of the Beehive by [YOKOYAMA Yu](https://mangabaka.org/author/nnm7klg/yokoyama-yuu) 3. Desucha on the Road: Shank's Mare by [FUJIMURA Izumi](https://mangabaka.org/author/2nlxq5n/fujimura-izumi) 4. In a Worm-Eaten Town by [NAKADA Ikumi](https://mangabaka.org/author/x25uipu/nakada-ikumi) 5. ILLNESS by [MASCO Eri](https://mangabaka.org/author/ls9epc6/masco-eri) 6. Playing with a Weirdo by [KAYA Hiroya](https://mangabaka.org/author/yfl3he9/kaya-hiroya) 7. The Month of May and Outer Space and Light and Women by [FURUGORI Kanako](https://mangabaka.org/author/a63mo43/furugori-kanako) 8. News from the Smelting Furnace by [YOSHIDA Waka](https://mangabaka.org/author/n9te57s/yoshida-waka) 9. The Passion of the Workshop by [Nerunodaisuki](https://mangabaka.org/author/asiehi3/neruno-daisuki) 10. Neutral by [TAKAHASHI Yuki (II)](https://mangabaka.org/author/ejypdh1/takahashi-yuki-ii) 11. From the Book Shop by [DAKE Maiko](https://mangabaka.org/author/a5lugyk/dake-maiko) 12. Outdoor Lights by [SAKATA Kiyoko](https://mangabaka.org/author/myjptxj/sakata-kiyoko) For vol. 2: Anthology of thirteen Japanese and Korean artists. The subtitle is “Some world somewhere, somewhere in the world”. We all live in our own different worlds, but we can feel like we're living in the same world by liking the same artist, reading the same comic. A5, paperback, glossy cover, b/w 98 pages. Artists: Younggeun Byun, Maiko Dake, Imjina, Sayaka Ishiyama, Heny Kim, Inori Kito, Yoonhee Lee, merry-mj, MISSISSIPPI, Akiko Miyakoshi, Ikumi Nakada, Tsuchika Nishimura, OOO Note: A Japanese 2-in-1 volume also came out.
Kanade Yano is admired as the prettiest and smartest girl at school—but she's hiding a dark secret… Once she's home, she's completely obsessed with her brother, Nao! But when Nao gets his first girlfriend, Kanade's world is turned upside down. To make things worse, the girlfriend's brother shows up—and he's just as obsessed with his own sister as Kanade is with Nao?! The two of them decide to join forces to break up their siblings in this twisted love comedy! [Original Webtoon](https://www.comico.jp/comic/7454) **Official Translations:** [English](https://coolmic.me/titles/4779)