The Japanese modeling magazine, Model Graphix, began to serialize an original monthly Gundam novel named Gundam Sentinel (ガンダム・センチネル). The series ran from 1987, until its conclusion in the month of August in 1988. Gundam Sentinel became a cult hit, due to its super-detailed mechanical designs of the series and the intricate story by veteran writer and Mobile Suit Gundam fan, Masaya Takahashi. Set during the same timeframe as Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, after the fall of the Titans the Earth Federation sends an expeditionary force called Task Force Alpha, to deal with a group of elite Federation officers who have formed their own Earth-supremacist faction, the New Desides. Gundam Sentinel took on a much more realistic, technical style of thinking and look at the Gundam universe, where mobile suits were seen more as fighter jets or military weapons, rather than as cartoonish robots. They were larger, their weapons more powerful than their predecessors', the characters were older and the plot was on a smaller scale than what is usually found in other Gundam. It also marked the debut of Hajime Katoki, who would become one of the franchise's most prolific mechanical designers. Gundam Sentinel is perhaps the best-known Gundam side-story ever written, and is said to be for the most mature of Gundam fans. The series was never animated (although a short animated television commercial for a Gundam Sentinel model kit was made) or released as a manga. However, the model kits continue to be popular among Gundam fans and new Sentinel designs crop up every now and then. After Gundam Sentinel completed its run, all of the individual articles were compiled by Model Graphix, some new material and artwork was added, and it was published as a 320-page photo-novel, under the title Gundam Wars III. It was released in September of 1989, is highly regarded as one of the best Gundam novels ever written. In July of 1990, the story was again republished as a novel titled Gundam Sentinel: Alice's Confession.

In Academy City, there is a popular next-generation contest. In reality, this is a hand-to-hand battle between gigantic Virtuaroids that appear on the streets. It's formally called as "Computerized War Machine Virtual-On". Since it can be argued that Level 5s and Level 0s are equal given the technique, it has spread with explosive force among the students of Academy City. One day, Index with her white Bal Bados, fights Touma's stock Temjin. "I'm Ririn. Furashina Ririn. I'm not Ririna... Munya..." A seemingly insomniac girl arrives at Academy City. And, Kamijou has an encounter. The usual Virtual-On meets an unavoidable unprecedented accident. That is, the Computerized War Machines fuse with Academy City, a sign of a grand battle about to happen! Misaka Mikoto and her Raiden, Shokuhou Misaki and her Angelan, as well as many others will make appearances! (Source: Toaru Wiki) *Note: Includes a prologue and epilogue.*

Due to her uncle's debt, Mozu is forced to marry someone she hates. So before she has to marry him she runs away to see the world before she is locked away forever. While on her journey she sees a man who goes flying through the air, and then disappears. Left amazed she travels in to town and is pulled in to a mountain guide shop. To her surprise, the man she saw flying through the air is now her guide. To HIS surprise, she is the spitting image of his former lover, Suzume. (Source: Kadokawa Shoten, translated)

Pinky promise. If you lie then you have to swallow a thousand needles and your finger will be chopped off. Kiriko is a little girl who makes pinky promises with various people who expect her to pay for them, looking forward the day they run out of fingers to make promises with or break their promise. An adorable yet creepy 8 page oneshot.

*6-koma Manga: Aobuta* was released on the official Twitter account for the *Seishun Buta Yarou Series* anime, then included as a booklet with the home video release of *Seishun Buta Yarou wa Yumemiru Shoujo no Yume wo Minai*.

Nagaru, an ordinary college student, suddenly confesses to his classmate Fujimoto. How will things turn out?

A cute 4 page color oneshot about a young man who compares his boyfriend to a frog throughout a single day.

Yoshinatsu is a one-shot about a friend that will not be forgotten. (Source: sumomoyumeka.livejournal.com)

The Calamity War that engulfed all of Earth, and the Gundams deployed then which were said to have brought it to an end. 300 years later, some have been hidden, some abandoned... Argie Mirage, a boy who carries the past of his family's death at the hands of a Gundam, meets Volco Warren, a boy who wishes to rebuild the Gundam his family left behind. To destroy a Gundam. To rebuild a Gundam. In the midst of the two boys' intersecting fates, the Astaroth will awaken from its 300 year slumber. Volume 2 contains a side story and a special story.

The August issue of Shogakukan's Pucchigumi magazine revealed on Saturday that Akira Himekawa is drawing the previously announced manga based on Hasbro's My Little Pony ~Tomodachi wa Mahō~ (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) television series. The manga will debut in the next issue on August 12. The two manga creators who go by the name Akira Himekawa have been drawing various Legend of Zelda manga over the years.

A 4 page story about an 8-year-old boy who doesn't understand the difference between life and death and the man who helps him. (from Psycho Pandas)

The characters from both Haganai and Seitokai no Ichizon visit each others' clubroom in this two-part crossover. Strangely enough, the male protagonists from each manga do not make appearances. Chapter One: The Neighbor's Club gets a mysterious message from a certain student council! This chapter was drawn by Itachi, the artist of the Haganai manga. Chapter Two: The Hekiyou Gakuen student council receives an invitation from the Neighbor's Club to visit. This chapter was drawn by 10mo, the artist of the Seitokai no Ichizon manga.