Because of a hearing disability, Kouhei is often misunderstood and has trouble integrating into life on campus, so he learns to keep his distance. That is until he meets the outspoken and cheerful Taichi. He tells Kouhei that his hearing loss is not his fault. Taichi’s words cut through Kouhei’s usual defense mechanisms and open his heart. More than friends, less than lovers, their relationship changes Kouhei forever. (Source: One Peace Books)

After stumbling across a haunted Go board, irresponsible Hikaru Shindo discovers that the spirit of a master player has taken up residence in his consciousness. In his pursuit of the "Divine Move," Fujiwara-no-Sai awakens in Hikaru an untapped interest and genius for the game, and soon the schoolboy is chasing his own dream--defeating the famed Go prodigy Akira Toya! (Source: VIZ Media) *Note: There are 197 chapters total in the original release.*

Eijun Sawamura had his heart set on the middle-school national baseball championships. But his team is eliminated thanks to a wild pitch thrown by Eijun himself. He’s planning to go to high school with his teammates and try again next year when he’s scouted by the famous Seido High School baseball team. When he goes for a campus visit, he finds himself on the receiving end of a baptism by fire! His experience forming a battery with up-and-coming catcher Miyuki rekindles his passion for baseball!! (Source: Kodansha USA) *Note: Includes six extra chapters.*

The year is 1926 in this retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid”, and Joseon (present-day Korea), is under colonial Japanese rule. Su-A Heo is a handmaiden who spends her days working and swimming in the sea. Her work is her whole life, until one day, when she discovers a wounded independence fighter named Ui-Hyeon Kang washed up on the shore. She nurses him back to health, only to lose her ability to speak in a botched murder attempt by Ui-Hyeon’s comrade, Hae-Su Song. As she travels to the capital, Gyeongseong (present-day Seoul), to get revenge, she finds herself growing more and more intertwined with a strange, brave new world and the people within it. (Source: WEBTOONS) *Note: Chapter count includes prologue.*

**The original light novel that inspired the hit manga and anime series!** Takasu Ryuuji might look like a thug, but he’s actually a nice guy. Making friends when you’ve got an unintentionally scary face is tough–and don’t even get him started on girlfriends. But with his secret crush in his class, the start of his second year of high school is off to a good start…until he crosses paths with Aisaka Taiga. Beautiful, frightening, and not quite five feet tall, the girl known as the Palmtop Tiger is the one person in school even scarier than Ryuuji himself–and he’s just made the mistake of making her very, very angry. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

The Social Welfare Agency in Italy is not what it seems. Yes, it rescues young girls who have been brutalized, but it then brainwashes them and turns them into ruthless killers for an elite and secret counter-terrorism unit for the Italian government. Enter a young girl named Henrietta. After witnessing the savage murder of her family and barely surviving, the Agency takes her in and repairs her injuries using the latest in cybernetic technology. All traces of Henrietta's past are wiped from her mind, as she becomes one of the Agency's most lethal assassins. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Rakugo--the ultimate form of storytelling, where everything in a story is expressed with just your body and words. Shinta and his daughter Akane have been seduced by this wonderful form of classical entertainment. Having observed her father strive to pass the shin'uchi rakugo test, Akane will take her own steps into this unique world! (Source: MANGA Plus) *Notes: \- Ranked 3rd in the 8th Next Manga Awards print manga category in 2022. \- Ranked 4th in the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2023 guidebook for male readers. \- Ranked 3rd in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2023. \- Ranked 2nd in the 16th Manga Taisho in 2023. \- Nominated for the 47th Kodansha Manga Award in the shounen category in 2023. \- Included in the New York Public Library's 2023 Best Books for Teens. \- Included in YALSA's 2024 Great Graphic Novels for Teens.*

Travel back to the mystical *Universe of the Four Gods* in this prequel to the hit series *Fushigi Yûgi*! When schoolgirl Takiko Okuda attempts to destroy her father's translation of *The Universe of the Four Gods*, she is instead sucked into the story, becoming the Priestess of Genbu in an epic journey to find the seven Celestial Warriors! In her first encounter, she meets the mysterious outlaw Limdo, a Celestial Warrior with a tattoo of the Chinese character for "woman" on his chest. Limdo can not only summon the wind as one of his special powers, but he can also transform into a woman! Takiko meets up with the bowman Chamka, who is hunting Limdo. It seems Chamka is one of the seven Celestial Warriors as well... (Source: VIZ Media) *Note: Volume 6 includes the one-shot "Ayashi no Ceres Gaiden" (Ceres: Celestial Legend Another Story).*

Taro Sakamoto was the ultimate assassin, feared by villains and admired by hitmen. But one day...he fell in love! Retirement, marriage, fatherhood and then... Sakamoto gained weight! The chubby guy who runs the neighborhood store is actually a former legendary hitman! Can he protect his family from danger? Get ready to experience a new kind of action comedy series! (Source: MANGA Plus)

Thousands of years ago, Vampire King Akabara “Red Rose” Strauss lost both his kingdom and his queen. Since humans were unable to kill the queen, they sealed her away, erecting thousands of fake seals so that the king would never find her true location. Despite being pursued by relentless dhampires, Akabara continues to search for his queen to this day… Akabara’s quest takes a sinister turn when an entity called the Black Swan appears. The Black Swan inhabits the body of a young human girl every 50 years, giving her the power to destroy the Vampire King and his queen. With each incarnation the Black Swan grows stronger—will the 49th Black Swan mean the end of Akabara? *Source: Viz Media*

A collection of stories that all relate to the events, accidents, and happenings of the mens' club, Blue Boy, that offers companionship and services for homosexual men at very professional and high class levels. Most of the stories are about the blossoming love relationships of two couples, Izumi Sakashita & Takamiya Katsura, and Shirakawa Naoya & Reiji Aoe. However, it's not unusual for entire storylines/volumes to feature different couples. (Source: AnimeNewsNetwork) *Notes: \- Volume 1 includes one extra kakioroshi chapter \- Volume 2 includes the extra "Another C-Children" \- Volume 2 includes the extra "Parallel Sweet Valentine (パラレルスィートバレンタイン)" \- Volume 3 includes the extra "and a Happy New Year" \- Volume 3 of the old edition by Biblos includes one omake chapter \- Volume 4 includes the extra "FOUR MEN" \- Volume 4 of the original print edition includes the one-shot "Yagate, Natsu ga Owaru Hi (やがて、夏が終る日 | The Last Day of Summer Comes Before Long), published in Magazine BE×BOY 1994-09" \- Volume 4 of the kanzen edition includes the extra "Mou Hitotsu no... (もう一つの…。)" \- Volume 5 of the old edition includes one omake chapter \- Volume 6 includes the extra "Itami Agari no Yozora ni (病ミ上ガリノ夜空ニ)" \- Includes the extra "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" \- Includes the extra "CRAZY FOR YOU" \- Includes the extra "Nakushita Mono. Nokotta Mono. Te ni Aru Mono. (失くしたもの。残ったもの。この手にあるもの。)" \- Volume 10 of the original print edition includes the one-shot "Sensei ni Fureta Riyuu (先生にふれた理由 | The Reason I Touched Teacher )", published in b-BOY Zips Vol. 9: Sensei Tokushuu \- Includes an epilogue \- Volume 11 includes the side story "LOVE UNLIMITED" \- Volume 11 includes the side story "LOVERS MODE"*

After spending nine years on Dungeon and Stone, the role-playing game that no player has ever beaten, Han-Su Lee finally reaches the dungeon of the final boss. As soon as he opens the gate, however, he suddenly sees a message that says his tutorial has been completed and finds himself in the body of Bjorn Yandel, a real barbarian within the game. An exciting adventure awaits him as he endeavors to abide by the laws of the fictional world! (Source: WEBTOON, edited)