When two gal pals go on a road trip, anything can happen! Sayumi and Hide are two friends cursed with the same fate: they're both stuck in dead-end relationships, and neither can find her way out. When they decide to hit the road and go to Hide's country home for the summer, they learn loads about love, life, and each other. 'The Aromatic Bitters' follows the lives of two women with nothing left to lose but their inhibitions. (Source: TOKYOPOP)

The story about the living legend of fighting games, Daigo Umehara is now in comic form! The year is 1996. Shinya Oonuki is another gifted gamer living in the same era as Umehara. This man encounters the glamor of fighting games which leads him towards the path of obsession. This story covers the raging battles between Umehara and Nuki, two players who have carved their names into the history of fighting games! (Source: Batoto)

A collection of sketches, studies, and schematics, Appleseed ID is a must-have companion book for fans of the cyberpunk saga Appleseed and its legendary creator, Shirow Masamune, the manga mastermind behind such classics as Appleseed, Dominion, and Ghost in the Shell. Sit back and relax as Shirow takes you on a guided tour of one of his most beloved worlds, exploring the people, places, organizations and, of course, technology that make the universe of Appleseed the sci-fi hotspot that it is. Feel like taking a break from Shirowís examination and explanation of his creations, and of his own creative process? Then take a browse through this book's beautiful color galleries, or follow Deunan and Briareos on a high-stakes adventure with the short story "Called Game." • Shirow is well-known and critically acclaimed internationally, and is responsible for numerous classic anime/manga titles, such as Appleseed, Dominion, Ghost in the Shell, Orion, and Black Magic. • Produced in the authentic right-to-left reading format, as originally published in Japan. *Source: Dark Horse Comics*

An 18-year-old orphan named Susumu Arisaka returns to the town where he was born and raised only to discover that his five teachers have moved in with him to become his mothers!

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there was a small kingdom. However, a wicked witch suddenly appeared and the kingdom that was once beautiful grew ever poorer. After 300 years of living in terror of the witch, the king decided to capture the witch. This task was given to one peasant boy, Len... (Source: MANGA Plus)

Yuka, writer of platonic romances, is asked to write an erotic love story. Nursing a broken arm, she ends up accepting the help of a transcriptionist in the form of her dentist, Mr. Hasegawa. Describing the desires of the flesh isn't exactly Yuka's forte, but led by Mr. Hasegawa’s guiding hand, the words begin flowing out of her. Alone with him, Yuka bares all! An invigorating and sensual love story! (Source: Kodansha USA)

Gina Leighton is liked by all of her coworkers, but it’s the love of her boss, Harry Breedon, that she craves more than anything. The unrequited love has driven her to move away to England, but Harry has decided to drive her to dinner before she goes. A box of puppies on the side of the road may sideline their plans for the night but bring their lives crashing together in unexpected ways. Will Harry realize he’s the one who droveGina away before it’s too late? (Source: Harlequin)

Welcome to the future of vast bio-constructed cities with crime so severe that the cops drive tanks! For top tank-cop Leona Ozaki (and her trusty tank, Bonaparte), the day-to-day is a tall order already, but when the villainous and sexy (and super-powered androids!) Puma sisters become duly deputized officers of the law and are assigned to "help" Leona catch Urushi-Maru, "The Skyscraper Pirate," things are bound to get out of hand, especially in the midst of a full-on, tank-on-tank streetfight between Leona and a corrupt arms manufacturer bent on getting the city's police tank contract! (Source: Dark Horse) *Notes: \- The series is not considered to be part of the same continuity as the original Dominion stories. \- Contains a prologue chapter.*

A high school student named Yu Komori is bitten by a radioactive spider, which gave him spider-like powers.

The last surviving member of the Yurendal clan, Ufemia has the ability to connect with spirits. After running away from the family who has forsaken her, she is employed by the Duchy of Peredite as a caregiver and develops a special bond with Sirius, the duke's aide. But she learns of his true identity—Cassius Peredite, the heir to the dukedom that had an ill-fated relationship with her clan. With their relationship hanging by a thread, what fateful choice will Ufemia make? (Source: Lezhin US)

Dark is put to his final test by his master, to determine if he is finally ready to embark on his own. Then we follow Dark’s travels to the forbidden Eastern Territory of the Four Winds where he faces Chao, the beautiful ex-lover of his late master. (Source: Anime News Network)

Sanagi loves nothing more than money—not even love. After all, it's what keeps her small family going. But when a chance encounter with a stranger leads her to push away his offer of riches, she wonders if she's gone crazy...and starts to believe she really has when he reveals that he's a Sheikh, and proposes to her! She rejects him, but soon finds out that a marriage with him might be the only way to keep her family safe...! (Source: Kodansha USA) *Note: Includes 1 extra chapter.*