Meet Mary Albert, daughter of a rich and powerful duke. With her neat silver ringlets and impeccable manners, she’s the perfect young lady. But Mary harbors an unusual ambition—her own downfall! On the day of her school entrance ceremony, Mary realizes she’s living in an otome game she played in her past life. Not only that, but she’s the villainess, destined to torment the heroine, be expelled from noble society, and end her story in ruin. Most would do anything to avoid such a miserable fate, but not Mary! She cheerfully dives into the wicked role she was born to play, setting a course for catastrophe. However, not all goes to plan. Despite her best efforts to bully and harass the heroine, Alicia, the gentle girl seems blind to Mary’s intentions, even coming to see her as a friend. What must our villainess do to achieve her dreams of doom?! (Source: J-Novel Club)

Presenting the first anthology of the popular supernatural action series Bungo Stray Dogs! Featuring a luxurious list of guest authors, these new Bungo stories include everything from gags to heartwarming moments in a charming collection that will leave you begging for more! (Source: Yen Press) Cover illustration: Harukawa35 Color illustrations: Sazanami Misa, Hideki, Chashibu Tam 1. **Tomo wo Eru ni Itsuunaru Nakare.** (友を得るに胃痛なる勿れ。, Don't Get a Stomachache to Gain a Friend.) \[Hideki\] 2. **Kirai na Mono, Suki na Mono** (嫌いなもの、好きなもの, The Things I Hate, the Things I Like) \[Ichi Kotoko\] 3. **Akuma ga Kitarite Sewa wo Suru** (悪魔が来たりて世話をする, The Devil Comes and Takes Care) \[Kanai Neco\] 4. **Kenji 100%** \[Uraki Enya\] 5. **Tanteisha Manjuu Jihen** (探偵社饅頭事変, The Detective Agency's Manju Incident) \[Kashima Ui\] 6. **Shokugyou Ate Quiz** (職業中〈あ〉てクイズ, A Quiz During Work) \[Aoi Mito\] 7. **Karl no Uppun** (カールの鬱憤, Karl's Resentment) \[Nozaki Tsubata\] 8. **Watashi no Suki na Mono** (私の好きなもの, The Things I Like) \[Kitora Con\] 9. **Yatsugare to Cake to Tokidoki Pug** (僕〈やつがれ〉とケーキと時々パグ, Me and the Cake and Sometimes the Pug) \[Togo Kazuki (東郷一貴)\] 10. **Tanizaki Junichirou no Junan** (谷崎潤一郎の受難, Junichirou Tanizaki's Suffering) \[Akamaru\] 11. **Uranai Tenjite Fuku to Nase** (占い転じて福と為せ, Fortune-telling Will Bring Good Luck) \[Masashiro Yuuto (正岸優人)\] 12. **Koori Biyori** (氷日和, Icy Weather) \[Chashibu Tam\] 13. **Aibou, to wa...** (相棒、とは..., What is a Partner...) \[Samamiya Akaza\]

Mai Yashiro (22) was an average office worker until the day a video game console arrived in her mailbox. The game she is forced to play, “Nightmare,” is a dangerous game in which one risks both the lives of the ones they love and their own body!! If you refuse to play, those dear to you die. If you lose battles in the game, parts of your body (your arms or legs, your voice, etc.) cease functioning. The horror of this game spreads throughout society in a flash, and, to fight it, Mai’s company creates a “Nightmare” Strategy Team. After being assigned to this team, Mai and her dependable comrades boldly rise up against this hellish game. Adapted from the super-popular novel which has received over 40,000,000 hits online!! (Source: MangaBox)

Kidnapped and stuffed into a trunk by an unknown assailant, teenager Kazumi bursts forth from the confines of the case to discover that she has been stripped not only of her clothes, but also of the memories of her life before the kidnapping. When she is recovered by a pair of schoolgirls, she doesn't recognize them as her best friends and roommates, Umika and Kaoru. As Kazumi tries to settle back into her normal life, she quickly realizes that her former "normal" was anything but! (Source: Yen Press)

Chihaya, a 3rd year junior high student, is the only daughter of the priest who tends the small shrine dedicated to the Ryujin. One day, while cleaning the shrine, she finds a sleeping boy who is actually the transformed Ryujin. Fantastic love begins. (Source: Ivyscan)

For Yu Suzukaze, reuniting with the childhood friend he adored feels like a dream come true. After ten long years apart, they can finally enjoy high school life together. But it turns out, this girl isn’t exactly “single”! *Source: Manga UP! Global*

Due to family issues, Nanaka starts to stay in the Yoshino household, living together with Yoshiyuki and Sakura. In the same setting as the original D.C.II with a different story that revolves mainly around Nanaka and Koko.

Acting like he's a man of the people, Ryo Aihara's a CEO of his own successful production company. He hasn't been seriously involved with anyone in quite some time, though, and is feeling lonely as a result. One night after dinner with a client, he's drunk and crouched down in an alley when a man in sunglasses approaches him. Behaving as if he were trying to pick up a woman, the man talks to Ryo as if he knows him. A pissed off Ryo decides to mess around with the man a little and kisses him to shut him up. Ryo calls him out for not only having his hair cut to look like a certain actor, but for looking bad in it. The next morning, he wakes up at home and turns on the TV to see the actor Riku Amamiya, the man with the sunglasses from last night...! Secret love in the entertainment industry between a young, attractive, hot-shot actor and a career-oriented CEO who knows how to have a good time. (Source: Renta!) *Note: Includes 1 extra chapter.*

Nice guys finish last—no one knows that better than office worker Akira Yagami, who loses his life after jumping into oncoming traffic to save a child. But death is not the end for our selfless hero, as he is reincarnated in another world—not as a human, but as a goblin! Normally, goblins only live for seven days, but thanks to Akira’s unique skill, he’s got eighty years to leave his mark on the world! Eager to make the most of his time, he starts stocking up on skills left and right, and one fateful day, he comes upon the Archfiend himself, who offers him the power to make anyone he defeats eternally loyal to him! With the world in the palm of his hand, how will he choose to use his newfound powers…? *Source: Yen Press, Vol. 1*

It is the year 526 of the Liturgical calendar. Witches and their sorcery are notorious throughout the land, though knowledge of the existence of magic remains elusive. A half-man, half-beast mercenary, his kind scorned by the populace, dreams day and night of becoming a human. However, his fateful encounter one day with a witch by the name of Zero turns his dreams into reality. She offers to turn him human if he will escort her as her guard on her search for a magical tome, one that possessed powerful knowledge which could wreak havoc in the wrong hands. The two begin their travels with this agreement binding them together, with the mercenary serving as Zero's protector, though he despises her kind. (Source: Wikipedia)

After the legendary elf mage Frieren is forced to confront the cruel passage of time, she sets out on a journey to fulfill the final wishes of her friends and get to know the world a little better. Under the supervision of Kanehito Yamada, writer of the original manga, comes five original short stories! Join Frieren, Fern, Stark, Lawine, Kanne, and Aura in all-new adventures! *Source: Yen Press*

An anthology comic of K-On! by various mangaka.