Sada is an earnest high school teacher admired by students and colleagues alike. One night while walking through the city, he stumbles upon a student being violently attacked in an alley. As he tries to call for help, Sada finds himself on the end of the attacker's blade, bleeding to death on the ground. When he wakes up on a slab in an unknown laboratory, he comes face-to-face with his savior, a scientist named Mamiya. But Sada quickly realizes that in cheating death, he has become something...inhuman. What's more, he's now fully dependent on Mamiya to survive. What awaits him in this new life of death and deadly secrets? (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment) *Note: Includes two extra chapters.*

Young sorceress Lina Inverse and her dim-witted sidekick Gourry Gabriev travel through a somewhat medieval setting, doing good and fighting evil. Well, by "doing good and fighting evil" I mean "stealing from corrupt rich people and blowing things up". The stories in this volume are occasional tie-ins to the novels and short stories.

Ordinary salaryman Kei has ended up at rock bottom after falling in love with a call girl and spending his life savings trying to pay off her debts. Now living out of his car while hiding from loan sharks, he contemplates ending it all... But when he comes to, Kei finds himself saved by the men of Circus, a brothel that caters only to male clientele. Despite his despair, he clings to the lifeline they offer him, and it becomes more than just an opportunity to pay off his debts, but a strange and unexpected respite. Living and working alongside the other men, each trying to survive in their own way, Kei faces his new chance at life head-on, learning both the sweetness and ugliness of desire and love—for a night and for a lifetime. (Source: TOKYOPOP) *Note: Includes one extra chapter.*

Woo-Hyun is rich, good-looking and popular… but he also happens to be a total bully. His punching bag is Ha-Yan, a stuttering and amenable girl in his class. Woo-Hyun likes nothing more than harassing her… The weird thing is, Ha-Yan actually seems to crave his attention, feeding off it. As they each spin a web of deceit to ensnare the other, who will end up getting caught? And could romance bloom from this tangled, thorny mass of obsession? (Source: Lezhin US)

*“Don’t worry, I won’t harm you.”* Gaeun is enjoying her perfect high school life until she encounters Haeun, her identical twin. Except… she doesn’t have a twin. Things start getting strange when everyone behaves as though Haeun has always existed, including Gaeun’s own family. Now, Gaeun must defend her identity from this imposter. (Source: Manta)

A truck driver picks up a runaway high school boy who wants to go to the sea after his delivery falls through. *Note: Published in Canna Vol. 34.*

Beautiful and brilliant sorcerer girls just can't have nice things, huh? All I wanted to do was swipe a little bit of bandit treasure. Now suddenly I'm being chased around by icky trolls, nasty demons, mean mummies, and brooding golem bad boys. And for what? A tiny little artifact that can bring about the end of the world? Hah! I'll show them there's a reason you don't cross Lina Inverse... (Source: J-Novel Club)

1. **Dear, My God** 1 2. **Dear, My God** 2 3. **Dear, My God** 3 Read this while praying for the fate of two people, a BL that will save your soul. "You will be my other half." Having infiltrated a religious organization to save Lief, who adores the cult leader, Catholic priest Ross is instead captured and held captive. "If you become my other half, we can both be saved," Lief believes blindly. Giving Ross a drug which dulls his senses, Lief then rapes him. Believing in the precepts of his faith, Lief pities Ross and convinces him to resign himself to accept this relationship, but... A dramatic story about a young cult follower x a Virgin Mary type Catholic priest. 4. **Hanabanashi** (はなばなし) 1 5. **Hanabanashi** (はなばなし) 2 6. **Hanabanashi** (はなばなし) 3 Collected together with the following magnificent stories: A discarded houseplant that becomes human... Do I recognize that face? And a mysterious couple.

His only brother disappeared without a trace ten years ago. With no other family to turn to, Tsuzuki ended up spending his days with his less than respectable group of friends. But now his older brother, Hajime, has finally returned. What does this sudden turn of events mean for Tsuzuki?! The incredible debut story collection from one of Canna Comics' most up-and-coming talented new writers! (Source: Manga Club) 1. **Ani no Chuukoku** (Admonition from an Elder Brother) 2. **The Swerve** 3. **Kemushi** (Hairy Caterpillar) 4. **Life in the Park** 5. **Nami no Oto ga Kikoeru** (I Can Hear the Waves) 6. **Ani no Kokuhaku** (An Elder Brother's Confession) 7. **My Home**

High schooler Nina Yamada is serious, studious—and the only girl in her class at a formerly all-boys school. She doesn’t exactly get along with her classmates, but she’ll work her butt off for a good college recommendation no matter what! So one day, when her teacher asks her to get the truant Murata to come back to school, she puts aside her reservations and braves the local arcade…only to find Murata surrounded by girls waiting on him hand and foot! Can Nina get through to this absentee playboy, or will it prove to be the one thing her hard work won’t help with? (Source: Yen Press)

CEO Liam Bian is young, brash, and charismatic. He knows what he wants, and he’ll take it, even if it means rolling up his sleeves and bloodying his knuckles. But he meets his match in Miles Han, the steely heir to a conglomerate that’s out to destroy Liam’s own budding empire. When Liam confronts Miles with a baseball bat, it’s fuel that turns their rivalry into an inferno, sparking an attraction that burns red hot. Now they’ll do anything in business—and in the bedroom—to take the other down. (Source: Tapas)

Haru Miyoshi, a researcher who loves his "alone time," agrees to a blind date just before his 30th birthday. However, his date's younger brother, Kei Akiyoshi, is there to greet him instead. Knowing that his sister stood Haru up, Kei is nice enough to join him for a few drinks. Comforted by Kei's kindness, a drunken Haru admits he's tormented by the urban legend that says "men who don't do it by their 30th birthday become wizards," when Kei leans in and steals his first kiss...! (Source: Renta!)