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Hyakkaou Private Academy. An institution for the privileged with a very peculiar curriculum. You see, when you're the sons and daughters of the wealthiest of the wealthy, it's not athletic prowess or book smarts that keep you ahead. It's reading your opponent-the art of the deal. What better way to hone those skills than with a rigorous curriculum of gambling? At Hyakkaou Private Academy, the winners live like kings, and the losers are put through the wringer. But when Yumeko Jabami enrolls, she's gonna teach these kids what a high roller really looks like! (Source: Yen Press)
Rei Kiriyama is a child prodigy. Rei Kiriyama is also an orphan who lives alone in an empty apartment. Rei Kiriyama is a teen working in an adult's world. Life is complicated for Rei. He's an up-and-coming shogi player on the verge of turning pro, but he has no homelife, or much of a life period, outside his board game, but thankfully with the help of some life-long friends he has an opportunity start all over again. (Source: DENPA) *Notes: \- Winner of the Grand Prize at the 4th Manga Taishou Award in 2011. \- Winner of the 35th Kodansha Manga Award in 2011. \- Winner of the Grand Prize at the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2014. \- Winner of the Grand Prize at the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2021.*
Why is Setsuna so mixed up? Despite his attempts to be noble, he'll fight anyone anytime; he ignores all authority; and he harbors feelings for his sister that can only be described as "incestuous." Why is he such a mess? The reason may be found with two demons from the underworld and their enemy, an insane angel who is distributing an insidious computer game called Angel Santuary. (Source: VIZ Media)
A shrewd, young priestess-in-training is set a murder to solve in this new mystery manga from the creator of *The Apothecary Diaries!*. By day, Chloe lives at a convent. By night, she’s such a card shark, a holy knight ends up believing she has a rare, magical gift. What he doesn’t know is, she just has sharp eyes and a quick wit—which she’ll need when she’s uprooted and dropped in the middle of a round of deadly palace intrigue! *Source: Kodansha USA*
As a first-year student of the renowned Hyakkaou Private Academy, Mary Saotome knows her future is set for a one-way cruise to the top… That is, until an encounter with an old-classmate-turned-housepet throws the newbie princess into the world of gambling! Can a normal girl like Mary make friends and survive debtless through only wit and luck? *Source: Yen Press, Vol. 1*
Chihaya is a girl in the sixth grade, still not old enough to even know the meaning of the word zeal. But one day, she meets Arata, a transfer student from rural Fukui prefecture. Though docile and quiet, he has an unexpected skill: his ability to play competitive karuta, a traditional Japanese card game. Chihaya is struck by his obsession with the game, along with his ability to pick out the right card and swipe it away before any of his opponents. However, Arata is transfixed by her as well, all because of her unbelievable natural talent for the game. Don't miss this story of adolescent lives and emotions playing out in the most dramatic of ways! (Source: Kodansha USA) *Notes: \- It won the 2nd Manga Taisho Award and the 35th annual Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shoujo. \- It was nominated for the 20th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2016.*
A Vampire Cat Serves Only One Master When a stray black cat named Kuro crosses Mahiru Shirota’s path, the high school freshman’s life will never be the same again. Kuro is, in fact, no ordinary feline, but a servamp: a servant vampire. While Mahiru’s personal philosophy is one of non-intervention, he soon becomes embroiled in an ancient, altogether surreal conflict between vampires and humans. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment) *Note: Includes five extra chapters.*
In a world split between the Inside and the Outside, those living in both realms are told never to cross over to the other side, lest they be cursed. A young girl named Shiva lives on the other side, in a vacant village with a demonic guardian known only as “Teacher.” Although the two are forbidden to touch, they seem to share a bond that transcends their disparate appearances. But when Shiva leaves Teacher’s care to seek out her grandmother, the secret behind her mysterious living arrangement comes to light. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
Narumi Momose has had it rough: every boyfriend she’s had dumped her once they found out she was an *otaku*, so she’s gone to great lengths to hide it. When a chance meeting at her new job with childhood friend, fellow *otaku*, and now coworker Hirotaka Nifuji almost gets her secret outed at work, she comes up with a plan to make sure he never speaks up. But he comes up with a counter-proposal: why doesn’t she just date him instead? In love, there are no save points. (Source: Kodansha USA) *Notes: \- Includes 29 extra chapters. \- The English edition combines 2 Japanese volumes into one each (so e.g. the first two Japanese volumes are combined into 1 English volume).*
In a world inhabited by crystalline lifeforms called The Lustrous, every unique gem must fight for their way of life against the threat of lunarians who would turn them into decorations. Phosphophyllite, the most fragile and brittle of gems, longs to join the battle. When Phos is instead assigned to complete a natural history of their world, it sounds like a dull and pointless task. But this new job brings Phos into contact with Cinnabar, a gem forced to live in isolation. Can Phos’s seemingly mundane assignment lead both Phos and Cinnabar to the fulfillment they desire? *Source: Kodansha USA, Vol. 1*
In the harem of the Khan, wisdom is beauty. The time: the thirteenth century. The place: Yeke Mongol Ulus, the greatest empire the world has ever known. The woman: Fatima, hailing from Persia, where medical technique and scientific knowledge have been perfected beyond all precedent. Fatima's desire for a stage where she can put all her knowledge to work has brought her to the palace of the Mongols, where she falls under the wing of Töregene, the sixth wife of Ögedei, the second Great Khan—a mighty woman with complicated feelings about the direction of the empire. These two women are the axle upon which the politics of the palace, and soon the very world, will turn... (Source: Yen Press) *Notes: \- Ranked 1st in the Women's Division of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2023 guidebook. \- Ranked 5th in the 16th Manga Taisho Awards in 2023. \- Ranked 5th in the 17th Manga Taisho Awards in 2024. \- Winner of the Overseas Work Award at the 2024 Bucheon International Comics Festival. \- Nominated for the Best New Manga category at the 2025 American Manga Awards. \- Winner of the Grand Prize in the Comic Division at the 55th Japan Cartoonists Association Awards in 2026.*