Misuzu Hara is a quiet, reserved 24-year-old high school teacher whose world is turned upside down after her friend’s fiancé rapes her. Her attempt to connect with one of her students, himself a victim of sexual trauma, results in an unlikely romance, and the repercussions of these events affect everyone around them in often unpredictable ways. (Source: Kodansha USA) *Notes: Nominated to the 22nd Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.*

By chance, Wu Mian obtained a mask that forces absolute obedience on other people. But even then, he couldn't muster up the courage to confess to the girl he had a crush on. Until an incident that turned his life completely upside down... (Source: QQ, translated)

**A story of determination and grit: a young basketball player willing to do whatever it takes to get back on track.** Demian Kawai has been devoting himself to basketball in Japan with the goal of becoming the top scorer in the world’s top professional league, the NBO. However, this promising young player was struck by the tragedy of the yips, a condition that causes his arms to stiffen up whenever he approaches the goal. Can he persevere and realize his dream? *Source: TOKYOPOP, Vol. 1*

Noir is the son of a minor noble with very little to his name other than a job offer–which is canceled before he can even start his first day. He does possess one rare trait, though: the magical ability to consult with a great sage, even if using the skill gives him terrible headaches! Unsure of what his future holds, he accesses the sage for advice on how to move forward and is directed to a secret dungeon filled with rare beasts and magical items. It is here that Noir will train, compiling experience and wealth, until he’s powerful enough to change his fate. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Hisui was happy living her life on Kohaku Island, where she learned to love the sea and the animals there. However, her family moves and she has to leave her old life behind, including her dear dolphin friend Kairi. At her new school, she's seen as a bit of an oddball thanks to her love for swimming; however, when she meets Minato, star of the swim team, they hit it off. Minato reminds Hisui of Kairi, but there might be something more than that in her affection for him.

"Let's go together! To Japan!!" While he was traveling in Central Asia on the Chinese server, Leonardo was dropped into the city of Tekeli that is impossible to escape. Among the worst of circumstances, a savior appeared... From Log Horizon, the story of another one of its heroes, Kanami, now begins!!

A spin-off focusing on Tetsuo's friend, Souma - a specialist in hyperspace theory. *Note: Includes 9 extra chapters.*

13 years ago, an unknown object appeared at Shinjuku. That creature will give birth to a devil creature regularly. Therefore, our world is being eaten clean. The military found a weapon capable of fighting these creatures, a special power known as "exex" that becomes part of the human body. (Source: SMB)

Fiolia is the daughter of a duke, thoughtful of her people and active in her fiefdom. One day, she is poisoned by the heroine of an otome game and falls into a coma. When she wakes up, she regains the memories of a previous life... but finds out twenty years have passed?! She soon learns of the scheming that the game heroine, Anne Rose, had been up to and the damages she's done to the country. In order to return the favor to Anne Rose and save the people, she must act! "Just you wait, Anne Rose. You’ll pay for what you did!” The refreshing revenge fantasy of a handsome lady who is always outside the norm!! *Notes: \- This manga was adapted into a colored webcomic which we include under this entry. \- The chapter count reflects the one from the tankoubons.*

Lady Carolina, the overlooked daughter of a powerful duke, has always believed herself to be the black sheep amid her illustrious kin. Her father is the distinguished prime minister; her elder sister, a prodigious mage destined to become their nation’s next Saint. In comparison, Carolina resigns herself to a quiet existence in their shadows until a sudden and unexpected royal decree alters her destiny, thrusting her into a political marriage with the formidable “Bloodthirsty Prince” of the neighboring Empire of Malcosias. Determined to prove her worth, Carolina takes a bold step into a world fraught with both political and mortal peril. As royal obligations intertwine with hints of true love and the stirrings of her own latent power, Carolina moves ever closer to understanding what it truly means to be exceptional. (Source: J-Novel Club)

Although she was reborn into a duke's family, Etowa was born with almost no magical power. Because of this, she was branded with a "disqualified" mark on her forehead! One day, five children are gathered from branch families. They are to serve as Etowa's guards until she turns 15, and the best one among them will become the heir to the duke's family. However, Etowa has an amazing ability given by a god, that she completely forgot about――?! A heartwarming fantasy about the strongest kids!

Plonked right into the world of a novel she once read, Sophie simply wishes to live out the rest of her quiet life in the background. Who could ask for a better place than the sleepy village of Pellun? And it was wonderful, peaceful... until knights came in searching for Lady Amelia. The Amelia Cedric from the most powerful noble family in the Rohatin Empire? Wait, it can't be... I'm just an extra! (Source: POCKET COMICS) *Note: Includes five extra chapters.*