With a romantic, supernatural story as good as any TV show, and fabulous, exciting, sensual art by Battle Arena Toshinden artist Takeshi Takebayashi, it’s got everything—romance, action, adventure, and beautiful girls! This great graphic novel tells the story of the love triangle of Yuichiro, a handsome teen, who finds himself swept away by the new student, mysterious blonde Shion, even as he tries to remain true his beautiful brunette girlfriend, Maki. When, while on a student cruise, they’re suddenly shipwrecked by a godlike supernatural, and Shion is revealed to be a charmed one herself!

In a time when giant department stores and supermarkets dominated the Japanese retail industry, two businessmen, Toshifumi Suzuki and Hideo Shimizu, discovered a new type of small retail store flourishing in America - the Seven Eleven. Called a “convenience store,” it was a concept new to the Japanese. Intrigued by this new idea and convinced that it would succeed in Japan as well, the two men put together a project team of fifteen members, all virtual novices to the retail trade, to bring this venture to their land. Staking his entire livelihood, young store owner Kenji Yamamoto volunteered to convert his family-owned liquor store into the first Seven Eleven in Japan. The hardship of negotiations, the oil shock, the struggle to cope with inadequate space were all met with resolve and innovation, culminating in what is now called the retail revolution! (Source: DMP)

What do you get when you mix absurdity, surrealism, and potty humor, and serve it on a bed of wicked satire? The answer is... What's the Answer? That's the answer! Each chapter begins with a set-up question. Then you turn the pages to find out not one, not two, but three three (or five, or sometimes seven) possible punch lines. Can you handle the alternative comic alternatives? (Source: VIZ Media)

Want to learn about databases without the tedium? With its unique combination of Japanese-style comics and serious educational content, The Manga Guide to Databases is just the book for you. Princess Ruruna is stressed out. With the king and queen away, she has to manage the Kingdom of Kod's humongous fruit-selling empire. Overseas departments, scads of inventory, conflicting prices, and so many customers! It's all such a confusing mess. But a mysterious book and a helpful fairy promise to solve her organizational problems—with the practical magic of databases. In The Manga Guide to Databases, Tico the fairy teaches the Princess how to simplify her data management. We follow along as they design a relational database, understand the entity-relationship model, perform basic database operations, and delve into more advanced topics. Once the Princess is familiar with transactions and basic SQL statements, she can keep her data timely and accurate for the entire kingdom. Finally, Tico explains ways to make the database more efficient and secure, and they discuss methods for concurrency and replication. Examples and exercises (with answer keys) help you learn, and an appendix of frequently used SQL statements gives the tools you need to create and maintain full-featured databases. (Of course, it wouldn't be a royal kingdom without some drama, so read on to find out who gets the girl—the arrogant prince or the humble servant.) (Source: No Starch Press)

The year is 2307 A.D. Although fossil fuels have been depleted, humanity has obtained a new source of energy to replace them in the form of a large-scale solar power generation system based on three huge orbital elevators. However, the benefits of this system are available only to a handful of major powers and their allies. The three orbital elevators belong to three superpower blocs. These are the Union, led by the United States of America; the Human Reform League, led by China, Russia, and India; and the AEU, led by Europe. These superpower blocs continue to play a grand zero-sum game for the sake of their own prestige and prosperity. In this world of never-ending conflict, a private armed organization appears, dedicated to the elimination of war through armed force. Its name is Celestial Being, and it is in possession of "Gundam" mobile suits. With these Gundams, it begins armed intervention into all acts of war. Source: TRSI

Once the sole engineer maintaining the systems at her company, Ai Sato is laid off without warning one day. (Apparently, the new CEO doesn’t approve of cosplaying at work… Rude!) Moping won’t pay the bills, so Ai sets out to find a new job—only to bump into an old friend, Kenta Suzuki, who just so happens to need a business partner. Together, they’ll run a coding school for people truly in need. Their first student is of course…a salaryman hoping to improve his relationship with his family? Each new recruit that follows seems to be struggling under modern expectations: from a harried woman determined to prove her worth at work, to a jobless hopeful who wants to fulfill his mother’s dream, and more. If Ai wants to bring out their best, she’ll need to teach them a lesson in not just coding skills but also how to build up their confidence! *Source: J-Novel Club, Vol. 1*

A summarizing story of what happens at the beginning of Metroid Prime 2.

In a world where amplified emotions give rise to "Aberrations," the "Awakened," individuals who wield the same power but can keep their emotions under control, protect the public from them. One day, Hitsuji, who works as an Awakened, encounters a high school girl on the verge of losing control... (Source: MANGA Plus)

Arama's got a passion for exorcising demons, but he's a little short on talent. Making matters worse, he's constantly being judged by another more powerful exorcist, Chiruha Yaso. Can he ever live up to her lofty expectations and actually put away some evil spirits for good? (Source: VIZ Media)

Whatchamacallit Girls' Academy. At this prestigious girls' high school, one student secretly eliminates any ghosts lurking within...! (Source: MANGA Plus)

Submission for the 8th Tetsuya Chiba Awards.