The life of a traveling merchant is a lonely one, a fact with which Kraft Lawrence is well acquainted. Wandering from town to town with just his horse, cart, and whatever wares have come his way, the peddler has pretty well settled into his routine—that is, until the night Lawrence finds a wolf goddess asleep in his cart. Taking the form of a fetching girl with wolf ears and a tail, Holo has wearied of tending to harvests in the countryside and strikes up a bargain with the merchant to lend him the cunning of “Holo the Wisewolf” to increase his profits in exchange for taking her along on his travels. What kind of businessman could turn down such an offer? Lawrence soon learns, though, that having an ancient goddess as a traveling companion can be a bit of a mixed blessing. Will this wolf girl turn out to be too wild to tame? (Source: Yen Press)

Welcome to Kowloon Walled City: a dystopian townscape where the people are brimming with nostalgia, and where the past, present, and future converge. Amid the hidden emotions and extraordinary daily lives of the men and women working in its confines, a tale of romance begins to unfold for real estate agent Reiko Kujirai—one that feels as familiar as Kowloon itself… (Source: Yen Press) *Note: \- Nominated for the 14th Manga Taisho Award in 2021. \- Nominated for the 6th Tsugimanga Award in the Print Manga Category in 2020.*

*Mine has been a life of much shame.* *I can’t even guess myself what it must be to live the life of a human being.* Plagued by a maddening anxiety, the terrible disconnect between his own concept of happiness and the joy of the rest of the world, Yozo Oba plays the clown in his dissolute life, holding up a mask for those around him as he spirals ever downward, locked arm-in-arm with death. Osamu Dazai’s immortal—and supposedly autobiographical—work of Japanese literature, is perfectly adapted here into a manga by Junji Itou. The imagery wrenches open the text of the novel one line at a time to sublimate Yozo’s mental landscape into something even more delicate and grotesque. This is the ultimate in art by Itou, proof that nothing can surpass the terror of the human psyche. (Source: VIZ Media)

A new collection of delightfully macabre tales from a master of horror manga. An old wooden mansion that turns on its inhabitants. A dissection class with a most unusual subject. A funeral where the dead are definitely not laid to rest. Ranging from the terrifying to the comedic, from the erotic to the loathsome, these stories showcase Junji Ito’s long-awaited return to the world of horror. (Source: VIZ Media) 1. **Futon** (布団) 2. **Mokuzou no Kai** (木造の怪, Wooden Spirit) 3. **Tomio • Akai Hainekku** (富夫・赤いハイネック, Tomio: Red Turtleneck) 4. **Yuruyakana Wakare** (緩やかな別れ, Gentle Goodbye) 5. **Kaibou-chan** (解剖ちゃん, Dissection Girl) 6. **Kuroi Tori** (黒い鳥, Blackbird) 7. **Nanakuse Magami** (七癖曲美) 8. **Mimikosuri Suru Onna** (耳擦りする女, Whispering Woman)

Sakamoto Ryuuta is an unemployed 22-year-old who lives with his mother. In the real world, there may be nothing really special about him, but online, he's one of the world's top players of the combat game "BTOOOM"! One day, he awakes in what appears to be a tropical island, though he has no memory of how or why he has come to be there. While wandering around, Ryuuta sees someone and calls out for help. The stranger responds by throwing a bomb at him! Now Ryuuta realizes both that his life is in danger, and that he has somehow been trapped in a real-life version of his favorite game! Will Ryuuta be able to survive long enough to figure out how and why he ended up here? (Source: MangaHelpers)

When Regis, a young high school student, dies because of an evil witch, he didn't know it would actually be just the beginning of his adventures. Now immortal and undead, he will quickly have to leave our world for that of Chaos, a parallel universe where magic reigns. Enter the world of Immortal Regis. (Source: ABLAZE)

The path to greatness begins… tomorrow! It’s always a day too early for a great procrastinator like Yeonho Wi to start training. So how did someone as lazy as him become a great warrior renowned for his virtue, benevolence, and might? Follow the historian’s journey to uncover the hidden secrets of the lazy master of martial arts. (Source: WEBTOON)

Yamai Zenjirou is your everyday office worker in modern Japan. One morning, he suddenly finds himself summoned to a tropical world where dinosaurs roam the land. He is told that this is the kingdom of Capua and the person who summoned him - its monarch, Queen Aura - wants him to marry her and leave his old life behind for a life of carefree extravagance as her prince consort. The reasons for her offer are many and varied, but she needs an heir, and she wants him to be the one to provide it! If he accepts, he'll never have to work again, lazing around in luxury with no worries other than securing the kingdom its next monarch. Certainly, sleeping with the buxom beauty is far from a hardship, but is everything really as it seems? He'll also need to give up everything he knows on Earth. Is he ready to drop it all at a moment's notice for her sake? And how well will he be able to navigate the politics, people and culture of this new world if he does? (Source: J-Novel Club)

Would you sacrifice your honor to marry a Duke? In order to save her family from ruin, Chloe Verdier must find a groom for her sister, Alice. She soon runs into the handsome but arrogant Duke Tisse who makes a proposal that could save them. When Alice flees with a mysterious man, Chloe must seek out the Duke in the biggest gamble of her life. (Source: Manta)

A hungry tree, a shapeshifting rat, and a forgotten boy... These are just three of the 100 curses that haunt Illeston Manor. House Illeston thinks they'll be plagued by their curses forever until Simone the necromancer shows up to break them. All she asks for in return is a lavish life and protection from anyone who might harm her. But with every ghoul she defeats, Simone realizes that the true dangers lie within the manor itself. Can Simone save House Illeston? Or will she die trying...? (Source: Tapas)

Cinderalla and her father happily run a yakitori restaurant together until he tragically dies. Luckily for Cinderalla, he returns to her as a zombie, but brings along his new zombie wife Caroline and two new stepsisters. While Cinderalla tries to adapt to her new family, she meets the charming zomibe prince and instantly falls for him. With the help of a small fairy, she turns into a zomibe herself for one night. When she trips and leaves her eyeball behind, the prince searches every zombie maiden until he finds his lost love Cinderalla. (Source: Anime News Network)

**In this fantasy isekai story, a salaryman sent to another world chooses a farming life over adventure–and ends up with a mermaid wife!** A corporate drone is summoned to another world and granted a powerful skill, “Supreme Wielder,” which is invisible to those who summoned him. They’re dismayed to see he’s useless to them, so he asks only for a little plot of land to work for himself. His skill allows him to use any tool to its greatest abilities, including fishing poles, cooking utensils, and construction tools. When he fishes up a mermaid who wants him for her bridegroom, charms a young dragon with his cooking, and excites an undead king with his rare skill, how long can his quiet country life last?! *Source: Seven Seas Entertainment, Vol. 1*