芋虫 \[The Caterpillar\], is an adaptation of the 1929 Edogawa Rampo short story of the same name. The Caterpillar is a haunting psychosexual tale of Lt. Sunaga, a disfigured and limbless veteran of WWI who returns home to his young and beautiful wife. Sunaga initially is given a hero's welcome, but is quickly forgotten and shunned because of his injuries. Unable to speak or care for himself, he is completely at the mercy of his wife as she grows to loathe and toy with him.
A high-speed Turbo Duel through the streets of Satellite brings Yusei Fudo and his friend Sect face-to-face with an urban legend incarnate! Will Yusei lose Sect to the Skeleton Knight? And what sinister plans does Jack Atlas, master of New Domino City, have in store for Yusei? *Source: VIZ Media, Vol. 1*
From Comic Days: Austad, one of the Four Elders of Panzerkunst, plots the unification of Mars and the restoration of the Great Martian Empire, Mawors. Having finally stepped through the gates of Panzerkunst, Yoko and Erika find themselves living through an era of turbulent storms that engulf the entire solar system. [Official Japanese](https://comic-days.com/episode/12207421983615484271)
Meet Snev, a hapless motorballer nicknamed the "Crash King." Ever since a traumatic accident on the racetrack, Snev has been running on the edge of sanity. Only his best friend, a beautiful prostitute, still believes in him. Then, when Snev discovers his employers' ulterior motives for keeping him on the motorball circuit, he must muster the courage to confront both them and his inner demons!
*Sword Art Online*, as reimagined by famed fantasy author Soitiro Watase! Asuka Empire. A Japanese-style VRMMO created by Akihiko Kayaba from a VR engine entitled “The Seed”—a game once played by Yuuki, Ran, and Merida of the Sleeping Knights that hides many stories. Two young women—warrior priestess Nayuta and ninja Koyomi, who became friends in-game—come across a mysterious priest named Yanagi. The elderly man tells them that he's looking for a detective to solve a riddle with a one-million-yen reward. The girls are shocked by the outlandish sum for this peculiar request, and then they meet an equally peculiar young man, who claims to be able to do this job as well as any other detective. With all his stat points invested in Luck, the man is useless in battle, but he does still seem to have some tricks up his sleeve, like that unbeatable drop rate for rare items... The mystery unfolds as two young girls and their dubious detective partner try to solve the case in this cutting-edge VRMMO world! (Source: Yen Press)
The advent of a great cold wave, devastating damage, and a world reset. After awakening from a 500-year-old artificial hibernation, Taro Maizuru realizes that he has lost everything he ever had, including his beloved family and his fortune. Crawling back from the depths of despair in pursuit of an ideal life and purpose, he leaves the distant land he is in, with his sights set on his homeland, Japan. (Source: K Manga)
Susumu Yamaji, a twenty-four-year-old pianist, is arrested for murder and ends up handcuffed to a career criminal on the train that will take them to prison. An avalanche derails the train and the criminal takes the opportunity to escape, dragging a reluctant Susumu with him into the blizzard raging outside. They flee into the mountains to an abandoned ranger station, where they take shelter from the storm. As they sit around the fire they built, Susumu relates how love drove him to become a murderer. A cinematic adventure story, Black Blizzard uncovers an unlikely love story and an even unlikelier friendship. (Source: Drawn & Quarterly)
In Fallen Words, Yoshihiro Tatsumi takes up the oral tradition of rakugo and breathes new life into it by shifting the format from spoken word to manga. Each of the eight stories in the collection is lifted from the Edo-era Japanese storytelling form. As Tatsumi notes in the afterword, the world of rakugo, filled with mystery, emotion, revenge, hope, and, of course, love, overlaps perfectly with the world of Gekiga that he has spent the better part of his life developing. These slice-of-life stories resonate with modern readers thanks to their comedic elements and familiarity with human idiosyncrasies. In one, a father finds his son too bookish and arranges for two workers to take the young man to a brothel on the pretext of visiting a new shrine. In another particularly beloved rakugo tale, a married man falls in love with a prostitute. When his wife finds out, she is enraged and sets a curse on the other woman. The prostitute responds by cursing the wife, and the two escalate in a spiral of voodoo doll cursing. Soon both are dead, but even death can’t extinguish their jealousy. Tatsumi’s love of wordplay shines through in the telling of these whimsical stories, and yet he still offers timeless insight into human nature. (Source: Drawn and Quarterly)
The One Year War between the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon has begun--and the newest Mobile Suits are tested for battle! Captain Matt Healy leads his team into dangerous territory as the leader of a Special Forces Experimental Unit. Ken Bederstadt is a Foreign Legion Lieutenant working in alliance with Zeon. These two heroes are trying to keep everyone alive...for tomorrow! (Source: TOKYOPOP)
Kingdom Hearts III follows Sora as he is joined by Donald, Goofy, King Mickey, and Riku as they search for the seven guardians of light and attempt to thwart Xehanort's plan to bring about a second Keyblade War.
Her favorite novel was set in the imperial harem. Now she gets to solve its mysteries! When Xiao Ling took a job at a bookstore, she had no idea she’d be working with her favorite author. Arriving at the palace she’d only read about in stories, Xiao Ling finds not the seasoned authoress she expected, but…the Crown Prince, Ryuhou?! *Source: Manga UP! Global*
Noble young lady Nicole has had her heart broken more times than she can count. Her fiancé Keios is so devoted to Princess Caroline, his childhood friend and the unrivalled belle of their aristocratic academy, that he seems to forget Nicole even exists. But no longer. Tired of waiting around and conforming to Keios’ needs, Nicole makes a most liberating decision: I’ll give up on love and go it alone. Her arranged marriage may be unavoidable, but that doesn’t mean she can’t enjoy her own life, right? Emboldened and excited, Nicole begins to shine as she never had before—so brightly, in fact, that even the clueless Keios can’t help but notice… (Source: Kodansha USA)

