After being arrested and having to transfer to a new high school in Tokyo, Akira Kurusu is given the goal of rehabilitation and awakened to a new power—the power of one’s true self, a Persona. Using his Persona and the mysterious navigation app Momentos, Akira and his friends take on the role of phantom thieves, saving people from the twisted desires of those around them. Akira Kurusu thought he was doing the right thing when he rescued a woman who was being attacked. Expelled from his school and sent away from home, he is reenrolled in Shujin Academy on probation. Trouble finds him again on his first day when he comes across delinquent Ryuji Sakamoto and the two somehow stumble into a castle in an alternate reality. Caught by the castle’s king, the schoolteacher Kamoshida, Akira discovers his will to rebel and awakens the power of his Persona! (Source: VIZ Media)

Chapters 1-3 are the events that occurred between the end of A's and the start of StrikerS. Chapters 4-12 are side stories about the characters. Chapters 13 & 14 are the events that occurred after the end of StrikerS. Chapter 15 is a special from Megami September 2009 (also events after the end of StrikerS).

In the MMORPG Cross Reverie, Takuma Sakamoto is so powerful that he is lauded as the “Demon Lord” by other players. One day, he is summoned to a world outside his own-- but with the same appearance he had in the game! There, he meets two girls who both proclaim themselves to be his Summoner. They perform an Enslavement Ritual to turn him into their Summon... but that’s when Takuma’s passive ability <\> activates! Instead, it is the girls who become enslaved! Though Takuma may be the strongest Sorcerer there is, he has no idea how to talk with other people. It is here he makes his choice: to act based on his persona from the game! “Amazing? But of course... I am Diablo, the being known and feared as the Demon Lord!” So begins a tale of adventure with an earth-shakingly powerful Demon Lord (or at least someone who acts like one) taking on another world! (Source: J-Novel Club)

Massage Research Society's high expectated star Chiaki is normal, quiet high schooler. She falls in love at first sight for the guy with beautiful back who rides her bus every morning. But he just happened to be school's number one good looking guy Yousuke...!? What will happen to them!? *Note: Includes two extra chapters.*

When Kazura Enomoto’s grandfather dies, he leaves her to the son of a rich family, Mizuki Magahara, as payment for his debts. After she goes to live with him, Kazura learns that she’s not going to be working off the debts as a servant—she’s going to be Mizuki’s fiancée! Unless Kazura can repay her debt, she’s got no choice but to learn to live with her new lot in life. But no sooner has Kazura begun to adjust to living with Mizuki and going to his snotty rich school than the dark secret of the Magahara family comes to light. The head of the family has the unique power to bring back the souls of the dead—and right now the head of the family is Mizuki! (Source: TOKYOPOP)

Roxas is the protagonist of this story. Number XIII of the Organisation. He has no memories of the time before he became an Organisation member, and so as he performs missions every day, he has doubts and questions about everything around him. He is able to wield the keyblade.

Two chapter manga release celebrating the two-part live action movie premiere about the battle in Kyoto. The special focus on the meeting of Shishio Makoto and and his significant other, Yumi Komagata. The manga also details how Shishio formed the Juppongatana, his organization of warriors and assassins that he recruits in an attempt to overthrow the Japanese government in the original Rurouni Kenshin manga. 1. **Rurouni Kenshin Uramaku: Honoo wo Suberu** (るろうに剣心・裏幕─炎を統べる─) \[Watsuki Nobuhiro\] 1 2. **Rurouni Kenshin Uramaku: Honoo wo Suberu** (るろうに剣心・裏幕─炎を統べる─) \[Watsuki Nobuhiro\] 2 3. **Sono Kage, Hanaregataku Tsunagitomeru Mono** (その翳、離れがたく繋ぎとめるもの) \[Kurosaki Kaoru\] 1 4. **Sono Kage, Hanaregataku Tsunagitomeru Mono** (その翳、離れがたく繋ぎとめるもの) \[Kurosaki Kaoru\] 2 5. **Sono Kage, Hanaregataku Tsunagitomeru Mono** (その翳、離れがたく繋ぎとめるもの) \[Kurosaki Kaoru\] 3 6. **Sono Kage, Hanaregataku Tsunagitomeru Mono** (その翳、離れがたく繋ぎとめるもの) \[Kurosaki Kaoru\] 4 7. **Sono Kage, Hanaregataku Tsunagitomeru Mono** (その翳、離れがたく繋ぎとめるもの) \[Kurosaki Kaoru\] 5 8. **Sono Kage, Hanaregataku Tsunagitomeru Mono** (その翳、離れがたく繋ぎとめるもの) \[Kurosaki Kaoru\] 6

A celebrated masterwork shimmering with vulnerability from one of alt-manga's most important female artists. "Now that we've woken from the dream, what are we going to do?" Chiharu thinks to herself, rubbing her husband's head affectionately. Set in an apartment complex on the outskirts of Tokyo, Murasaki Yamada's Talk to My Back (1981-84) explores the fraying of Japan's suburban middle-class dreams through a woman's relationship with her two daughters as they mature and assert their independence, and with her husband, who works late and sees his wife as little more than a domestic servant. (Source: Drawn & Quarterly)

When Aileen, the Duke’s daughter, regains her memories of her past life, she realizes she’s barreling toward ruin at full speed. Searching for any way out of her hopeless situation, the method she chooses is to capture the heart of the last boss— the Demon Lord Claude! (Source: Yen Press)

Ten years ago, they took him in. He doesn't even know who. And for ten years, he has been confined in a private prison. He doesn't know why. For ten years, his only contact with the outside world has been a television set and the voices of his jail mates. In time, he lost himself. He changed...transformed himself into something else...something hard...something lethal. Suddenly, one day his incarceration ends, again without explanation. He is sedated, stuffed inside a trunk, and dumped in a park. When he awakes, he is free to reclaim what's left of his life...and what's left is revenge. (Source: Dark Horse) Includes an epilogue in the final volume.

Private Investigator Loki is certainly an extraordinary fellow with an incredibly demanding profession. While his boyish good looks disguise his true nature, no challenge is too tough for Loki. Not only is it Loki's job to solve mysteries, but he must also protect his own interests, namely his family, especially when those who want him rubbed-out enter the picture. Loki must dig up evidence surrounding kidnappings, murders, suicides, and the like. When old adversaries strike too close to home, Loki must prepare, not only to solve the crime, but to survive the vicious attacks! If the action's hot, you can count on Loki being there! (Source: ADV) *Notes: \- Includes eight side stories \- Volume 5 includes an especial one-shot*

Middle-aged Beryl Gardinant has only ever accomplished one thing: running a humble sword-fighting dojo in the quiet countryside. But when he’s paid a visit by his former pupil, Allusia, he discovers that she has become an elite commander—and she’s hardly the only ex-student who’s a renowned warrior! Now forced by Allusia to become a special instructor to the strongest order of knights in the kingdom, can Beryl reach his full potential even though he’s an old man? *Source: Yen Press, Vol. 1*