The club is hopping and Emi isn’t…so she ends up hiding in a corner after her friend ditches her to flirt with a guy! Emi figures the night is a bust, but then someone amazing comes to her rescue. Kei is a DJ, and her effortless self-confidence captivates Emi. Is this just a wonderful night out or the start of the rest of her life? (Source: VIZ Media)

Keyaki no Ki is a collection of eight stories, selected from nearly two hundred of the great storyteller Ryuchiro Utsumi, these are the solid rock on which Taniguchi builds a deep, complex and mature reflection on daily life in Japanese society that has always been dominated by very strict schemes. Another masterpiece by Taniguchi, an author too huge to not be read.

Succumbing to long-simmering jealousy over her younger sister, noblewoman Violette snaps and does something terrible. As she languishes in prison, something unexpected happens: time is rewound, sending her back to the day she first met her sister! Armed with the memories of her disastrous first go-round, Violette is determined to take the script in a different direction this time. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Riko, a twenty-nine-year-old office worker with an obsession for video games, finds her quiet life upended when she takes in a stray cat! Her coworkers can’t quite figure her out - she never talks about her personal life, she never works overtime, and she never joins them for happy hour. Is she antisocial? Nope, she’s rushing home to play video games. One day, a stray cat is found in the office parking lot, and before Riko knows it, the cat has moved in with her. Having no experience with pets, Riko uses lessons drawn from video games to guide her in cat care, while her cute companion tries to understand her behavior through a cat’s worldview. *Source: Dark Horse Comics*

Middle schooler Kon lives in a world with periodic exceptional phenomena, more commonly known as bugs. He works as the unofficial assistant to his landlady Kasane Himesaki, a leading researcher in the field, and they study the effects and impact of these mysterious abnormalities. Some of the bugs bring fun, others intrigue, and still others cause inconveniences to their daily lives. In their ever-changing world, there’s only one thing that’s certain—the most ordinary moments can be the most extraordinary of all! (Source: Yen Press)

Kyon is an ordinary freshman high school student who, self-admittedly, has given up his fantasies of espers, time travelers, and aliens as he left middle school. However, sitting behind him is the beautiful, intelligent, and eccentric girl Haruhi Suzumiya, who in her class introduction blatantly states her singular desire in meeting aliens, time travelers, sliders, or espers. Interested, Kyon starts trying to make small talk with her before class, eventually leading to normal conversations with Haruhi. One day, after making a comment about Haruhi's displeasure with the available school clubs, he finds himself dragged into membership of the newly formed Spreading Excitement All Over the World with the Haruhi Suzumiya (or SOS) Brigade. This is the first of two manga adaptations of the light novel series. Both manga adaptations were published in Shōnen Ace, but the earlier one (this one) was canceled after the first volume. The reasons for this stem from the fact that the manga was considerably different from the novel and had little input from the original author. (Source: Wikipedia)

Christie Holmes is a prodigy. At ten years old, she's as familiar with the sciences and classics as any older student at Cambridge or Oxford. And her facility with logic is reminiscent of her uncle, the eminent Sherlock Holmes himself. So, what's a brilliant young girl to do when her parents are away in India, leaving her behind in the care of maids and servants? Solve mysteries, of course. Along with her giant hound Nelson, Christie's implacable curiosity leads her from one dangerous adventure to another, often joining forces with Uncle Sherlock and Doctor Watson on their famed investigations. Christie may look pint-sized, but her clever mind is never to be underestimated! (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Yoshikawa Hiyo have waited years to finally confess her feelings to her crush. Now that she’s in the same school as him, she decided to bring up the courage to confess. But just as she was building up her nerve, she almost gets hit by an arrow directed at her! With the arrow came a note of invitation to a room of the school. When she got to the room, she was greeted by two gorgeous brothers who introduced their club as the Love Cupid club whose purpose is to help those who have love problems. As the brothers try to help Hiyo to confess, they are besieged with another problem. Whenever Hiyo faces her crush, she becomes extremely clumsy and accidentally hurts people around her, even her crush! Will Hiyo ever be able to confess her feelings? *Note: Includes the one-shot Girl Friend.*

30 year-old Touya has a peaceful life sharing an apartment with his friend Michio. What will become of them when he decides to adopt his 4 year-old niece? Source: My Anime List

Acclaimed manga artist Jiro Taniguchi provides the latest entry in the Louvre collection of graphic novels. After a group trip to Europe, a Japanese artist stops in Paris alone, intent on visiting the museums of the capital. But, bedridden in his hotel room with fever, he faces the absolute solitude of one suffering in a foreign land, deprived of any immediate or familiar recourse. When the fever breaks somewhat, he sets out on his visit and promptly gets lost in the crowded halls of the Louvre. Very soon, he discovers many unsuspected facets to this world in a museum in a journey oscillating between feverish hallucination and reality, actually able to speak with famous painters from various periods of history, led to crossroads between human and personal history by... the Guardians of the Louvre. (Source: Potent Mon)

Nio Nakatani, known for her delicate and heartwarming portrayal of girls’ love, presents a marvelous collection of short stories that span her whole career. With works including her striking debut title Farewell to My Alter, enthralling tales from the Éclair anthologies, and a hauntingly captivating piece penned exclusively for this volume, Nakatani explores the deeper nuances of loss, identity, and matters of the heart. (Source: Yen Press) 1. **Sayonara Alter** (さよならオルタ, Farewell to my Alter) 2. **Yuusha wa San-kai Sekai wo Sukuu** (勇者は三回世界を救, The Hero Saves the World Three Times) 3. **Namida Fuumi Escargot** (なみだ風味エスカルゴ, Tear-Flavored Escargot) 4. **Shiawase wa Kizu no Katachi** (幸せは傷のかたち, Happiness in the Shape of a Scar) 5. **Itsu datte Yokogao** (いつだって横顔, Always in Profile) 6. **Komimication** (こみみけーしょん, Comm-ear-ication) 7. **Watashi Custom Maid** (わたしカスタムメイド, I Am Custom-Made) 8. **Double Bed** (ダブルベッド) 9. **Yasashiku Naritai** (優しくなりたい, I Want to Be Kind)

From the pages of history comes the legend of the Samurai Jubei and the book he was pledged to protect. Now that book has been stolen and Jubei must retrieve it before Japan descends into bloody civil war. (Source: Anime News Network)