Akira Tachibana. 17 years old, high school junior. Akira, awkward when it comes to expressing her feelings, finds herself secretly falling for the manager of the family restaurant where she works, one Masami Kondo, age 45. The curtain rises on the small love story that begins to unfold between Akira, stuck standing on the crossroads of adolescence, and Kondo, at the turning point of his own life… (Source: Kodansha USA) *Notes: \- Includes one extra chapter. \- Won the 63rd Shogakukan Manga Award in the General Category. \- The publishing rights of the manga got acquired by Shueisha on 2025, and the first volume of its Shinsouban got published on April 17th, 2025.*

In this juicy yuri manga, the goody-goody high school girl Sakurai meets a lonely girl—and ends up entangled in a web of blackmail that might just lead to romance. It’s hard to keep up with school when you can never say no to a devious classmate! If you crave the latest yuri trending now in Japan, you need this Lonely Girl! *Source: Kodansha USA*

Kenji Koiso is a high school student with a crush on a kendo club beauty, Natsuki Shinohara, and a knack for mathematics. His aptitude with numbers earns him a part-time working maintenance on the global virtual reality world, OZ. One day, right before summer vacation, Natsuki asks Kenji to do her a favor -accompany her to her great-grandmother's 90th birthday celebration deep in the Japanese countryside. As Kenji tries to find his footing amongst the boisterous and tightly-knit Jinnouchi clan, receives a mysterious email with a long code and the message: "Solve me." Little does Kenji know what solving that code could lead to... (Source: Kodansha USA)

Aoyagi Ritsuka is one troubled 6th grader. Two years ago, he mysteriously lost his memory and developed an alternate personality. His mother constantly berates (and occasionally beats) him, asking what happened to the "real" Ritsuka, and his only defender and friend, his older brother Seimei, was recently killed. Suddenly, Seimei's apparent "friend," Soubi, appears. Soubi tells him that Ritsuka's true name is "Loveless," and that Soubi was assigned by Seimei to take care of Ritsuka and protect him. Ritsuka soon gets sucked into a bizzare underground society where teams of people, a "Fighter Unit," and a "Sacrifice," battle using elaborate and beautifully-phrased spells. He seeks both acceptance of himself, and the answer to the mystery of who killed his brother and why. (Source: TOKYOPOP)

This one shot is composed of four separate side stories for Battle Angel Alita, known in Japan as Gunnm. Before being compiled as one single volume in 2007, the short stories were first published in Ultra Jump in 1997 and 2006. Three of them ("Furusato", "Seiyakyoku" and "Sonic Finger") had also been included in the Japanese Gunnm: Complete Edition. In 2018, all four stories were published in English in the Battle Angel Alita Deluxe Edition box set. Several characters who appear in the side stories do not appear in the regular manga. The side stories also provide more background on the Factory and motorball. (Source: Wikipedia)

Before the fall, and before the trials of “the Titan’s son” Kuklo, a young smith by the name of Angel Aaltonen grappled with the giants as only a craftsman could … This story predates where the *Attack on Titan: Before the Fall* manga series begins. 1) Anheru works at a workshop creating protective gear/weapons for the scouting legion (the story is set before the 3D maneuver gear was invented). Anheru is a first class weapons craftsman, and therefore has direct access and also is involved in the ongoings within the scouting legion. In the story, people still didn't know about the weak points of the titans; the story is about Anheru beginning to work on the ultimate weapon/gear to fight the titans. So essentially we learn about how the 3D maneuver gear came about. 2) A baby is found crying in a mass of Titan vomit, amidst the dead titan flames. The child is called "child of titan" and is essentially hated by the people inside the walls. He also seems to grow unnaturally fast. Named Kyukuro, he parts himself from his past/upbringing and gambles on the fate of humanity by enlisting in the scouting legion. 3) Kyukuro has survived from the outside wall: in order to defeat the titans, he gets his hands on the 3D manuever gear. Although the gear is still imperfect and causes a troublesome incident for Kyukuro, he fights the titans. Whether it is because it is his fate to fight them, or it is because of his past, he fights against them.

Two high school classmates, Sakura Miyazen and Sota Matsubayashi, are polar opposites: Miyazen is a prim and proper young lady, while Matsubayashi is a brusque former troublemaker. They’re secretly dying to talk to each other, but their backgrounds are so different, they can’t seem to strike up a conversation! And why does a simple greeting make the both of them turn red?! A cute and light-hearted romantic comedy that will have you rooting for the pair to get closer! (Source: Kodansha USA) *Notes: \- Placed 12th in the print manga category for the 2020 Tsugi ni Kuru Manga award. \- Includes 1 extra chapter.*

“Indulging in the **naughty,** you see…is **terribly fun.**” Allen, a powerful sorcerer feared as the “Demon Lord” by all in town, wants nothing more than to enjoy his solitary existence deep in the forest—that is, until the day he discovers a young woman lying unconscious in his neck of the woods and saves her from a band of knights. He soon learns the girl, Charlotte, once betrothed to the prince of the neighboring kingdom, was framed by her fiancé for vicious crimes and forced to flee her home. Moved by her pitiful plight, Allen stakes his own life on a promise: to give Charlotte a crash course in all that is naughty, and make her the happiest woman in the world! *Source: Kodansha USA, Vol. 1*

After a battle with an evil demon, an entire village is laid waste. All perish, except for one boy. Keeping his master’s teachings close to his heart, this lone survivor sets out on a journey westwards in search of new sights and unimaginable power. The boy’s name: Gray Fullbuster. For the first time, experience Gray’s childhood adventures, and follow him down the path that will lead him to Fairy Tail! (Source: Kodansha USA)

In a village where all residents die upon reaching fifty lives a girl named An, whose older twin sister was sacrificed to the "other world" that lies beyond the mountains. This village, called "our world" and governed by people wearing animal skins, is watched over by deities. When An seeks the truth about the mysterious inhabitants of the mountains, hope and despair await her. (Source: Yen Press) *Note: It won the Grand Prize at the 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize awards in 2021.*

What would you do if money could be exchanged for life? Sell ten years of life for a fortune, or give up everything to buy one more year. At the age of 17, a high school boy who has it all together meets a man with superpowers that are both godly and demonic. Through a deadly struggle for his life, he stumbles upon a world “on the other side”! Take a cold look at the fixation on human life in this sharply illustrated dark fantasy!

Hikaru Takabe may not be the most social of teens. Always sporting her headphones, she gives off an aloof aura that rubs her classmates the wrong way. But her not being part of the crowd takes on a different dimension when she becomes involved in an intergalactic game of cat and mouse. Inspired by *Needle*, the Golden Age hard sci-fi classic by the late Hal Clement, Nobuaki Tadano's debut work brings a unique take on alien invasion up to date and into the maelstrom that is the Japanese high school girl. (Source: Kodansha USA)