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Must we believe in ancient legends? In mythical tales and characters? As a child, Abe-no-Seimei in the company of his master Kamo Tadayuki walks his first steps on the paths frequented by evil spirits and angry souls of darkness with a thousand spells. Seimei, who can feel an evil entity approaching before anyone else, is taken in by Tadayuki, who sees in him an exceptional talent for the practices of Yin and Yang. From that day on, Seimei was made his disciple and was taught all his secrets.
**In this charming tale, a woman gets transported to a fantasy world and pursues her own quest: opening a book café!** Tsukina is a single, thirty-something office worker whose favorite thing is curling up with a good book. When a god tells her that she must go to another world to become its magical savior, Tsukina isn’t interested. She has zero desire to go on some grand hero’s journey. So when she arrives in this strange new land, she decides to use her magical powers to create a cozy little book café instead. Her first customer is a handsome soldier who loves reading almost as much as she does. But when a fellow “savior” starts causing trouble, Tsukina might have to play the hero after all! *Source: Seven Seas Entertainment, Vol. 1*
Confidential Confessions is a shocking new manga series that deals with many of the hard-hitting issues that teens face today. Using emotionally moving story lines and multi-dimensional characters, each groundbreaking volume tackles such topics as teen prostitution, rape, HIV, stalkers, suicide, and sexual harassment. (Source: TOKYOPOP)
Will a half-mermaid, half-human girl bring an end to the feud between humanity and the mer-people — or bring about the destruction of all life on Earth? As a merman named Shona is returning to his birthplace to spawn, he meets a young human, Jimmy, who suffers from amnesia. Together, Jimmy and Shona set off to find the missing girl. Will they be able to avert a mysterious prophecy, or will finding the secret of Jimmy's identity delay them enough to set Earth on the path to destruction? (Source: CMX)
Welcome to the seedy underbelly of the enormous deai-kei industry, where men pay exorbitant fees to send emails to various girls whom they hope one day to meet in person... Rika is a young teen in need of a job. When the opportunity to join a deai-kei site presents itself, she decides to go for it--the money is good and the interaction seems innocent enough. But the longer Rika works, the more her inhibitions and boundaries are pushed to the limit--and she begins heading down a path from which there is no return. Emotionally moving and brutally honest, "Confidential Confessions: Deai" is an unflinching portrayal of teens in crisis. (Source: TOKYOPOP) *Note: Seventh in the Mondaiteiki (Confidential Confessions) series.*
Ichigo is out on a hot date with her 'crush' when suddenly she's involved in an odd incident in which her DNA is merged with the DNA of an almost extinct wildcat. When four other girls' DNA is merged with the DNA of four other almost extinct animals, it's apparent that they're part of a much bigger plan. Ichigo and her friends have been chosen to become a part of a secret project called the "Mew Project." Their mission: To protect the planet from aliens who are using the planet's animals to attack humans. (Source: TOKYOPOP)
"I want you, Moka..." There's a popular guy in class, and he can't stand the way the other girls look at him. The only girl he wants all for himself... is the plain girl sitting in the seat in front of him?! Moka Asano is your average high school girl, and sitting behind her is Izumi Kurosaki. Kurosaki is the captain of the soccer team, and he's so popular that the neighboring schools have fan clubs for him! The girls always crowd around his desk, so Moka can never get a chance to sit down at her desk in the morning... but everything changes when Moka gets the chance to be close to Kurosaki when they see each other in the old school library. Even though Kurosaki hates being around girls, and tends to give everyone these cold stares, he looks at Moka with a bright smile and asks her "do you wanna date for real?" It's like he's a completely different person! (Source: MangaPlaza)
Clarissa is on a mission. The Kingdom of Marik needs a prince, and it's Clarissa's job to see that Jack Brown takes on his rightful position--even if he doesn't want to. Is it just Marik and the king that need Jack, or will Clarissa get her prince, too? (Source: Amazon)
Thea is the ugly duckling of high society. Shy by nature, Thea has never had a chance to blossom from under her grandmother's thumb. Thea has admired Peter Braddock for years, and agrees to let him escort her to a ball one night, but the two of them get soaked in a sudden downpour on the way home. She lets him in to change and dry off, but when her grandmother sees the two of them undressed in her room, she jumps to conclusions and sets in motion a huge scandal that will shake both of their families to the core! (Source: Renta!)
Her younger brother got beat up in the street, and her grandmother died in a hit-and-run accident. One day, disasters suddenly began to strike her family....... Then, a threatening letter arrived, talking about a "secret from 14 years ago"......! Can you trust your family? A roller-coaster suspense that opens the door to a hidden "family" secret. (Source: Kodansha, translated) *Note: The eighth story in the Mondaiteiki (Confidential Confessions) series.*