Arkham city is a bustling hub of commerce and industry, however Arkham is also a center of eldrich lore: home to Miskatonic University, an institution of higher learning with one of the most complete libraries of arcane literature in the world. In the span of two generations the town was built up to the status of prestige it now commands, an expansion helmed by the Hadou Group, an industrial complex and family dynasty currently run by the young Hadou Ruri. She pursues the peace and prosperity of Arkham diligently, against the forces of darkness threatening to plunge the city, and the world, back into a second dark age. Among the most sinister threats to Arkham City is the evil Black Lodge syndicate. Led by the charismatic Master Therion, his nihilistic outlook shapes the group's destructive goals: with a circle of powerful sorcerers at his command, the potential for sowing chaos in the city is unmatched. Former Miskatonic University Magic Academy student Daijuuji Kurou knows little of grimoires, but what he does know terrifies him - enough that he left his university life behind, and now practices a failing detective business in the shelter of an orphanage in a quiet corner of Arkham. But just when he thought his Academy past was buried, it catches up with him and pulls him back into the dark shadows of the occult: Hadou Ruri herself appears at his door with an offer he can't refuse. The only way to combat the Black Lodge's growing magical power is to find, and retrieve, a grimoire with the power to activate the mightiest Machina of all: Demonbane. The quest to find this forbidden tome will change Kurou's destiny... forever.

The Pretty Boy Detective Club, a mysterious organisation that's rumoured to solve problems at Yubiwa Academy... Manabu the Aesthete Michiru the Epicure Hyouta the Adonis Nagahiro the Orator Sousaku the Artiste To search for a star she glimpsed 10 years ago, second-year student Mayumi Doujima calls on these five Pretty Boys to help her solve the case! Which Pretty Boy is your favorite!? (Source: Kodansha USA)

What? Need to have dragon babies with each other so that we can go back to heaven? But we're all male!!! (Source: Webnovel)

Calendar Tale, narrated by our titular hero, sends us to various earlier points in the story where certain events had yet to occur—when, for instance, the shady “expert” Oshino was still in town, and the ex-legendary vampire Shinobu hadn’t tired of sulking in a corner. After revisiting with a “case files” feel of the series’ origins, we will start to catch up to the present moment until we are violently spliced back into the overarching plot. Weaving in a motif of ways, paths, roads, and streets—walks of life—the nostalgic vignettes hark back to the “case files” feel of the series-launching Monster Tale, but with a twist. Not all oddities are supernatural: stones and flowers; sand and water; the wind and the tree can just be plain weird without being aberrations. The vignettes for the months of October to March deal with six ladies who are either not quite human or older than titular narrator Koyomi Araragi, bless his bantering soul. In this instalment, say hello from the future to class president among class presidents Hanekawa, acid-tongued girlfriend Senjogahara, cheeky lost child Hachikuji, smutty athlete Kanbaru, pathologically shy Sengoku, and justice-loving martial artist Karen, young ladies who love to make our young man sweat. See how he handles—or is handled by—aberration of a little sister Tsukihi, enigma of a freshman or -woman Ougi, shadow of a legendary vampire Shinobu, corpse of a tween girl Ononoki, psychopath of a monster expert Kagenui, and know-it-all of a Machiavellian fixer Izuko Gaen. (Source: Kodansha USA, edited) *Note: The English release was split across two volumes, instead of the original singular volume.*

To prove whether he was a homosexual, Qiu Zinan decided to dress like a woman and go to a bar. There he “was seduced to the bedroom” by a handsome stranger. Feeling reluctant on the bed, Zinan revealed his true identity, but all they could hear later were the hard breath of one another, and that was how the game began!! (Source: Webnovel)

When the playboy Lin Xiu transmigrated to another world, he gained the power to copy other people's abilities just by making physical contact? That's so cool! So starts his adventure to get touchy-feely with all kinds of people… Wait… please don't hit me so hard, dear sister-in-law! I'm not cheating on my fiancee, I'm just trying to cultivate! (Source: Tencent, translated)

An anthology of oneshots. Story 1: Promise by NISHI Keiko Story 2: They Were Eleven by HAGIO Moto Story 3: The Changeling by SATO Shio Story 4: Since You've Been Gone by NISHI Keiko The two stories by NISHI Keiko were also published as a separate book in English called "Promise." Those stories were originally taken from "[Mizu ga Kooru ni Naru Toki](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=18906)." Read this to find out why the book was pulled off the shelves.

Koutarou Izumi, a love story novelist, has a secret weapon for when he runs out of ideas: the bittersweet diary of his one-sided love for Takaaki Yamamoto, a classmate back in college. When a friend mentions to Koutarou that Takaaki's gotten married, he decides to try out a dating app in order to find a new love, to find new tropes for his novels... and to forget about Takaaki... On his first date using the app, Koutarou's nervous walking to the meeting point, and who does he see there, waiting for him...!? This must be fate... (Source: Renta!) *Note: Includes one extra chapter.*

Chen Huan used to be a top agent in China who recently got out of prison and is broke. He refused to come back to the organization to investigate an accident 13 years ago. This is a former agent's life out of prison as he saves and woos many girls around Nanhai City! (Source: INKR)

As far as the public is concerned, Rocopon—earth’s only alien—hasn’t done much but loaf around in the 8 years since he crash-landed in Tokyo with no memory of his past. Granted, that is what he likes to do, and he does spend a lot of time playing video games. But as an alien to whom earth laws technically do not apply, he’s been hard at work in a top-secret capacity: government-sanctioned extrajudicial assassin, cleaning up the worst of society that the law is either too slow or too powerless to confront. After years of dispatching hapless crime lords and their goons, things have gotten comfortable. But Rocopon is about to meet his match in more ways than one—fed up with his sloppy ways, headquarters has assigned him a straight-laced partner, and the criminal underground has enlisted the help of those who are a little more than human… (Source: Kodansha USA)

An alternative to the original Juuni Taisen light novel that plays out differently from the original. Now including western Astrology signs, which battle against the eastern Zodiac fighters.

**Love At First Mushroom** As a result of the divine spirits’ protection, Agnes has an unusual and often embarrassing power: whenever she experiences strong emotions, she makes mushrooms sprout on people! One day, her royal fiancé, who claims to have dragon’s blood, breaks off his engagement to Agnes claiming to have found his true soulmate. Her reputation tarnished, Agnes vows to return to commoner life, when she’s unexpectedly summoned to a ball by her ex-fiancé’s cousin, a prince who is far from horrified by her mushrooming him. “This is fate! I promise you, it’s no spore-of-the-moment decision! My morels are not questionable! You and I would make the mushiest couple imaginable! Would you marry me?” Agnes has a lot to deal with: her personal “flaws”, an endless onslaught of mushrooms, and the attentions of a prince with a serious fungal fetish. Can Agnes get through this and face up to her true self, or will it all prove just a little too mush? *Source: Cross Infinite World, Vol. 1*