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In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Redface Pox has begun to prey on the country's men. Within eighty years of the first outbreak, the male population has fallen by seventy-five percent. Women have taken on all the roles traditionally granted to men, even that of the shogun. The men, precious providers of life, are carefully protected. And the most beautiful of the men are sent to serve in the shogun's Inner Chamber... (Source: VIZ Media) *Notes: \- Won an Excellence Prize at the 2006 Japan Media Arts Festival \- Won a special prize at The Japanese Association of Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy's fifth annual Sense of Gender Awards in 2005. \- Won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural the Grand Prize in 2009 and the 56th Shogakukan Manga Award in Girls' Category in 2011. \- Nominated for the first annual Manga Taishou in 2008.*

Ran and the Gray World
Ran to Haiiro no Sekai· 乱と灰色の世界
manga #841 #558

Ran Uruma can't wait to grow up and become a sorceress like her mother, so with the help of a magical pair of sneakers, she transforms into an adult and sets off! Her father and older brother Jin try to keep her home safe, but Ran is determined to advance her powers and have adventures of her own! (Source: VIZ Media) *Note: Includes six extra chapters.*

Mr Mini Mart
Konbini-kun.· コンビニくん。
manga
#1,447
#957

Shy Nakaba has been a shut-in ever since gossip at school destroyed his reputation. But when his mom snags him a job to help him break out of his shell, he’s forced to face a co-worker who knows a thing or two about courage and commitment! Can Nakaba stand tall and speak up for what he truly wants? Mr. Mini Mart serves up a sweet-and-salty story filled with brave confessions and bold crushes! Will the past catch up to a boy who wants nothing more than to hide away forever? Or will the future finally shine with the promise of brand-new beginnings? (Source: Juné) **Included one-shot:** Shounen Scrub (Youthful Love)

Shonen Note: Boy Soprano
Shounen Note· 少年ノート
manga
#6,698
#4,641

Yutaka Aoi has a talent few boys have: He can sing soprano. But when Yutaka's voice begins to change as he enters puberty, the journey ahead will be one of self-discovery and reflection for not only himself, but also for those around him. (Source: Kodansha USA)

Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare
Shimanami Tasogare· しまなみ誰そ彼
manga #412 #279

Not only is high schooler Tasuku Kaname the new kid in town, he’s also terrified that he’s been outed as gay. Just as he’s contemplating doing the unthinkable, Tasuku meets a mysterious woman who leads him to a group of people dealing with problems not so different from his own. In this realistic, heartfelt depiction of LGBT+ characters from different backgrounds finding their place in the world, a search for inner peace proves to be the most universal experience of all. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Smells Like Green Spirit
スメルズライクグリーンスピリット
manga
#5,495
#3,820

Viciously bullied for being gay, junior high schooler Mishima struggles to belong in his hopelessly rural hometown. In fact, the only time he really feels alive is when he dolls himself up with a stolen tube of his single-mother’s lipstick. But that pocket of joy is forever changed when he loses the lipstick, only to find soccer team ace Kirino, one of Mishima’s worst tormenters, trying it on in secret on their school roof. So begins a bittersweet summer of searching for a place where the two can be their true selves, but Pandora’s box is not always so easily opened… (Source: Kodansha USA)

A White Rose in Bloom
Mejirobana no Saku· メジロバナの咲く
manga
#7,102

Ruby is a student at an elite European boarding school. Things are going pretty well for her until she finds out that she won’t be able to go home at Christmas. Instead, she’ll be stuck at school with only one other student–the aloof and beautiful Steph–for company. As Ruby tries to understand Steph, she becomes more and more interested in the other girl. But can she break through Steph’s icy exterior? (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Little Miss P
Seiri-chan· 生理ちゃん
manga

*Originally published on Omocoro and collated into print by Kadokawa. Serialisation continued in Monthly Comic Beam in the 12/2018 Issue.* It’s that time of month, and you know what that means…a visit from Little Miss P! She always seems to show up at just the wrong time, generally armed with a heavy dose of fatigue and poised to deliver a barrage of beatings that leave her hosts physically and mentally exhausted. Though Little Miss P is often met with dread and resignation, the realities of a woman’s period are widely misunderstood—especially by those who haven’t been subjected to her gut punches on a monthly basis. Join Little Miss P—along with Mr. Libido, Mr. Virginity, and Little Miss PMS—as she visits women in a variety of circumstances, advising, harassing, comforting, and delivering more than one obligatory PERIOD PUNCH in this humorous, heartwarming collection! (Source: Yen Press) *Notes: Winner of the Short Work Prize of the 23rd Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.*

Classmates: dou kyu sei
Doukyuusei· 同級生
manga #643 #438

Hikaru always thought his classmate Rihito was kind of a snob, until he stumbles across Rihito secretly practicing a song in an empty classroom. Hikaru agrees to become Rihito’s music tutor, and with each lesson the two boys grow closer. But when Hikaru realizes that he’s fallen for Rihito, will they stay classmates or become something more? *Source: Seven Seas Entertainment, Vol. 1*

She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat
Tsukuritai Onna to Tabetai Onna· 作りたい女と食べたい女
manga
#3,854
#2,660

Cooking is how Nomoto de-stresses, but one day, she makes way more than she can eat by herself. And so she invites her neighbor Kasuga, who also lives alone. What will come out of this dinner invitation? (Source: Yen Press)

Requiem of the Rose King
Baraou no Souretsu· 薔薇王の葬列
manga
#1,992
#1,336

Richard, the ambitious third son of the House of York, believes he is cursed, damned from birth to eternal darkness. But is it truly fate that sets him on the path to personal destruction? Or his own tormented longings? Based on an early draft of Shakespeare's *Richard III*, Aya Kanno’s dark fantasy finds the man who could be king standing between worlds, between classes, between good and evil. (Source: VIZ Media)

Dissolving Classroom
Youkai Kyoushitsu· 溶解教室
manga
#1,916
#1,279

A pair of twisted siblings-Yuuma, a young man obsessed with the devil, and Chizumi, the worst little sister in recorded history-cause all sorts of tragic and terrifying things to happen wherever they go. These scary short stories will shock you with a literal interpretation of the ills that plague modern society. (Source: Kodansha USA)