(W) Nagisa Furuya From the creator of My Summer of You comes a high school romance about two friends who've always been in the same class, but when a new school year separates them, they realize that their feelings for each other might run deeper than friendship. From their first year of middle school to their second year of high school, Kai and Ren have not only always been in the same class-they've also always sat next to each other. But in their last year of high school, the boys are assigned to two separate classes, and with each passing day, Kai feels as if he's slipping further and further away from Ren? One day, when Kai finds Ren sleeping in a classroom after school, he whispers the feelings that he can't bring himself to say out loud? and Ren hears him. Will Kai's confession draw them further and further apart, or will it be the spark that brings them back to each other once more?

(W/A) Jiro Sugiura Takuma and Mina's new rental is a serious upgrade from their previous place, but it also comes with an unwanted houseguest-a ghost that only Mina and Mamoru can see! The ghost seems to like Mina's cooking, so she's doing her best to keep it away from Takuma. As if that weren't enough, there's also new neighbors to deal with, one of whom doesn't accept Mina and Takuma's marriage at all!

(W/A) Jiro Sugiura Takuma is a single guy who does nothing but go to work and come home. Too tired to do chores, he decides to get a robot to cook and keep house. 'Mina-chan' is such a good housekeeper, Takuma jokes that she should become his wife. Mina takes Takuma's joke seriously, and slowly the two start doing more things together, like having a picnic outside. As time goes by, Takuma starts to fall for Mina, but can a human and a robot ever have an equal, loving relationship?

(W/A) Jiro Sugiura There's a whole world outside of Mina and Takuma's apartment, filled with different humans and robots all connected to the happy little family. Now, they're all about to intersect as a man with a serious grudge against robots plans a terrorist attack. Junior high students, stray robots, and even a Martian all have a role to play. Meanwhile, Mina's job, as always, is to protect Takuma-even as he rushes headfirst into the fray!

(W) Tofuro Futsukaichi (A/CA) Kei When the economy collapses in September 2008, an exhausted career woman's fate is left in flux... until she's reincarnated! Now she's Keikan Runa-the villainous daughter of the Keika Group-in an otome game set before the pop of Japan's economic bubble. Keika Group's financial situation isn't great: they're on the verge of ruin if left unchecked. However, Runa is determined to save both Keika Group and Japan through risky, smart investments. Thanks to an interest in cold hard cash, knowledge of future technology, and her awareness of Japan's real-world future doom, Runa might just be able to nip the looming economic collapse in the bud!

(W) Wataru Watari (A/CA) Naomichi Io Hachiman Hikigaya's travails in the Service Club continue! When his younger sister Komachi comes to the Service Club with a problem involving Hachiman's stoic, intimidating classmate Saki, he's faced with a challenge. How's he supposed to break through Saki's unflappable and frankly frightening demeanor? Is it possible that Hachiman's notorious cynicism is actually going to be good for something, for once?

(W) Wataru Watari (A) Naomichi Lo, Ponkan 8 The sports festival comes to a close. Next comes the school trip to Kyoto! There, the Service Club receives an unusual client with an unusual request-to help with a romantic conundrum!

(W) Wataru Watari (A/CA) Naomichi Io, Ponkan 8 The Christmas event has gone off without a hitch thanks to the Service Club. But when a rumor about Hayama and Yukino dating starts going around, Miura asks the Service Club to investigate Hayama's post-high-school plans!

(W) Wataru Watari (A) Ponkan 8 The Service Club is especially busy these days now that they're handling requests via email. Even without the excitement of a major event, sometimes just the day to day is all the drama you need... Ages 13 and Up.

(W) Wataru Watari (A) Naomichi Io, Ponkan 8 (CA) Ponkan 8, Naomichi Io With all three members of the Service Club helping out, the joint-school Christmas event should go smoothly. But thanks to Tamanawa's nonsense meetings, nothing ever moves forward. Hiratsuka-sensei has a suggestion, and it's...a trip to Destiny Land for Hachiman, Yui, Yukino, and Iroha?! And why's Hayama coming along...? For readers ages 13 and up.

(W) Wataru Watari (A/CA) Naomichi Io, Ponkan 8 It's the start of winter, and busy times are ahead for Hachiman, whether it's dealing with Iroha's selfishness or going on a New Year's shrine visit with Komachi. He and Yui are planning to also buy a birthday present for Yukino, but Hachiman somehow ends up on a date (maybe?) with Yukino's sister Haruno?! For readers ages 13 years and up.

(W) Wataru Watari (A/CA) Naomichi Io, Ponkan 8 There's a new student council president, and the Service Club's first job for their new leader is to help set up a Christmas event with another school. The problems keep piling up, but Hachiman keeps taking on task after task by himself! What's going to happen to the relationship between Hachiman, Yui, and Yukino from here? Age 13 and up.

(W) Wataru Watari (A) Ponkan 8 Nothing ever changes. No friends, no girlfriends - nothing but a solitary life at school. So why is Hachiman so uncomfortable? Maybe it's the fact that their club room is one girl short. There's no way Yukino and Hachiman can solve the problems born from this chain of misunderstandings. The bittersweet time with Totsuka, preparing for battle with Zaimokuza, a secret side of Ms. Hiratsuka... and strip poker? Surrounded by characters sprinting headlong in the wrong direction, will the club ever return to normal?

Hachiman's summer break is coming to a close, when Yui suddenly comes to visit his house. Not only that, but Totsuka has an invitation for him, as well as a request from a classmate--he even runs into Yukino's sister at the fireworks festival! Hachiman is determined not to get close to anyone or have any expectations, but even this stubborn loner can't ignore the changes occurring in his relationships with Yukino and Yui...

(W) Wataru Watari (A/CA) Ponkan 8 The class trip-an event rife with potential for love and trauma. The excitement builds as the big trip to Tokyo approaches-for most of the class. Hachiman's status has fallen since the cultural festival, but at least he didn't have far to fall. But then, before they leave, an unexpected visitor to the Service Club comes with a request for romantic advice that creates even more complications...

(W/A/CA) Wataru Watari The school trip has finally ended, albeit with some lingering awkwardness, and life has returned to normal (more or less) for the Service Club. Their next big request has to do with student council elections, but the three members of the club can't agree how to handle it...and the results of their efforts may prove disastrous. Ages 13 And Up, Grades 8 to 17

(W/A/CA) Wataru Watari Christmas is almost here, but everything Hachiman has wanted, everything he might have wished for, is gone. Ever since the student council elections, the Service Club hasn't been the same, and the members only drag themselves to the club room out of obligation. But when they're asked to help out with a Christmas event and Hachiman decides to handle it alone, it looks like the situation is only going to get worse... For readers ages 13 and up.

(W/A) Wataru Watari The calendar reads March, but the buds of new hope are far from blooming. Yukino, Yui, and Hachiman are finally trying to put their feelings into words and act on them?but doing that means ending their relationship as it is now. As much as they wish things could stay like this forever, a new day cannot dawn until the beautiful sunset gives way to night. If they want to move forward, they must put an end to this chapter of their lives. And before they even have time to worry, the credits start to roll? (STL211347) (C: 0-1-2) RES. from Previews Vol. XXXI #11 (NOV211904)

(W) Wataru Watari At long last, spring is here again. Although the routine is much the same, each day is always new. After all the hardships, struggles, and mistakes, all they can do is ask the same question as always and search for new answers. Hachiman has struggled to answer that question truthfully, and his relationships have suffered for it-but it's time for that to change. This romantic comedy has gone wrong enough times. The story may be coming to an end, but youth lives on.

(W) Wataru Watari (A/CA) Ponkan 8 One of the best-selling light novel franchises in Japan brings high school cynicism face-to-face with youthful enthusiasm in this bittersweet comedy of errors! Hachiman Hikigaya is a cynic. 'Youth' is a crock, he believes, a sucker's game, an illusion woven from failure and hypocrisy. But when he turns in an essay for a school assignment espousing this view, he's sentenced to work in the Service Club, an organization dedicated to helping students with problems in their lives! How will Hachiman the Cynic cope with a job that requires - gasp! - optimism?

(W) Sachiko Orihara Introverted otaku Akiyama was perfectly happy living alone, but overly friendly gyaru Nakamura suddenly barged her way into his apartment and his life. Akiyama never imagined finding domestic bliss with a person who is his exact opposite, but now they're cooking for each other, buying furniture together-basically everything a normal couple does. Are they a couple? Before the two can figure it out, a potential rival appears: Utena-san, who plays online games with Akiyama and has far more in common with him. The stakes are heating up in this cute romantic comedy!

(W) Sachiko Orihara Akiyama and Nakamura-san are polar opposites. As an easily flustered otaku, Akiyama can't even imagine a world where an outgoing, flashy gal like Nakamura wants anything to do with him. But after she saves his life, she demands something unbelievable-to live with him! Proud, bold, and unafraid to show off her body, Nakamura is the perfect image of a gyaru. Except, the moment she's apart from Akiyama, she becomes a flustered, blushing mess.

Married off to a man more than twenty years her senior, Koyuki has no idea what her new life has in store for her. She's so in the dark, in fact, that she hasn't even seen her husband's face! But Koyuki isn't alone in fumbling through the intricacies of wedded bliss. Mask-donning Shin might have many years on his young wife, but as it turns out, he's just as na?ve as she is! Will this pair of innocents ever get past their awkwardness (and the age gap)?

(W) MOSCARETO (A) Zec In college, Seunghyun pursued both a master's degree and unrequited love. Now, not only is he single, but he's the oldest intern at AR Creative. Worse, he's been assigned to work under the extremely handsome but super-strict Mr. Kim. Quite unexpectedly, the aloof Mr. Kim develops a soft spot for his subordinate. But before anything becomes serious, Seunghyun nips their romance in the bud when he discovers that the boss's ex is none other than the guy he was pining for during his student days. Are the two just a flash in the pan, or are they headed towards a full-on, steamy office romance?

(W) MOSCARETO (A) Zec Seunghyun spent his twenties following his crush through college and grad school, only to wind up totally single and with no idea where to go in his career. When he manages to land an internship at a competitive marketing company, he's ready for a fresh start without worrying over unrequited love. Except his supervisor is the handsome workaholic Kim Jongchan, whose hot and cold attitude leaves Seunghyun flustered. And worse yet, his crush from school works at the same company too! Will Seunghyun survive his first job and a potential first relationship?

(W/A) Marimo Ragawa After two years of laughter and tears, police officer Kain is finally ready to take the next step with the love of his life, Mel. But although he promised forever, sometimes life itself gets in the way of happily ever after. When Mel gets kidnapped the day after their wedding, Kain's left with few leads and little hope of saving his beloved. Can Kain beat the clock and protect the most important person in his life...or is it already too late...?!

(W/A/CA) RIKACHI Nina had a rough start to life, orphaned and stealing to survive, only to be abducted for her unusual lapis lazuli eyes. But to her surprise, her captor, Prince Azure, ordained that she would live the life of a princess... specifically, that of the recently deceased princess-priestess, Alisha, who had her same eyes. Despite her changing fortune, Nina won't give up her old life without a fight. Azure might just be the one to finally match her wits, but how much can she trust him? And can she stop the feelings budding in her heart, knowing she must eventually marry another?

(W/A/CA) RIKACHI Nina had a rough start to life, orphaned and stealing to survive, only to be abducted for her unusual lapis lazuli eyes. But to her surprise, her captor, Prince Azure, ordained that she would live the life of a princess... specifically, that of the recently deceased princess-priestess, Alisha, who had her same eyes. Despite her changing fortune, Nina won't give up her old life without a fight. Azure might just be the one to finally match her wits, but how much can she trust him? And can she stop the feelings budding in her heart, knowing she must eventually marry another?

(W/A/CA) RIKACHI Nina had a rough start to life, orphaned and stealing to survive, only to be abducted for her unusual lapis lazuli eyes. But to her surprise, her captor, Prince Azure, ordained that she would live the life of a princess... specifically, that of the recently deceased princess-priestess, Alisha, who had her same eyes. Despite her changing fortune, Nina won't give up her old life without a fight. Azure might just be the one to finally match her wits, but how much can she trust him? And can she stop the feelings budding in her heart, knowing she must eventually marry another...?

(W/A/CA) RIKACHI Nina had a rough start to life, orphaned and stealing to survive, only to be abducted for her unusual lapis lazuli eyes. But to her surprise, her captor, Prince Azure, ordained that she would live the life of a princess... specifically, that of the recently deceased princess-priestess, Alisha, who had her same eyes. Despite her changing fortune, Nina won't give up her old life without a fight. Azure might just be the one to finally match her wits, but how much can she trust him? And can she stop the feelings budding in her heart, knowing she must eventually marry another...?

(W/A/CA) RIKACHI Nina had a rough start to life, orphaned and stealing to survive, only to be abducted for her unusual lapis lazuli eyes. But to her surprise, her captor, Prince Azure, ordained that she would live the life of a princess... specifically, that of the recently deceased princess-priestess, Alisha, who had her same eyes. Despite her changing fortune, Nina won't give up her old life without a fight. Azure might just be the one to finally match her wits, but how much can she trust him? And can she stop the feelings budding in her heart, knowing she must eventually marry another...?

(W/A/CA) RIKACHI Nina had a rough start to life, orphaned and stealing to survive, only to be abducted for her unusual lapis lazuli eyes. But to her surprise, her captor, Prince Azure, ordained that she would live the life of a princess... specifically, that of the recently deceased princess-priestess, Alisha, who had her same eyes. Despite her changing fortune, Nina won't give up her old life without a fight. Azure might just be the one to finally match her wits, but how much can she trust him? And can she stop the feelings budding in her heart, knowing she must eventually marry another...?

(W/A/CA) RIKACHI Nina had a rough start to life, orphaned and stealing to survive, only to be abducted for her unusual lapis lazuli eyes. But to her surprise, her captor, Prince Azure, ordained that she would live the life of a princess... specifically, that of the recently deceased princess-priestess, Alisha, who had her same eyes. Despite her changing fortune, Nina won't give up her old life without a fight. Azure might just be the one to finally match her wits, but how much can she trust him? And can she stop the feelings budding in her heart, knowing she must eventually marry another...?

(W/A) Momoko Koda Hatori might still have a long way to go until she cements her spot as Rita's heroine, but now that she's finally confessed (and he's agreed to stop avoiding her), she's back on the playing field! ...Except, hello, who's the hot guy who looks exactly like her favorite pop idol!?

(W/A) Momoko Koda Following her rival-in-love's example, Hatori aims to become a kind and proper heroine. However, Kthe appearance of yet another rival who does everything to seduce Rita ruins her plans as Hatori-full of jealousy-has to take bold measures to stop the two from growing closer.

(W/A) Momoko Koda Summer vacation ended with an unexpected bang, and a tumultuous new semester has begun. Rita's got a choice to make-but with Adachi still in the dark of what really happened between him and Hatori, will it be as simple as choosing one girl over the other?

(W/A) Momoko Koda Hiromitsu may have initially gotten closer to Hatori out of a sense of rivalry with Rita, but he now finds himself genuinely falling for her charms! Hatori is delighted to be Hiromitsu's heroine, but how will Rita take the news?

(W) Kyu Takahata (A/CA) Yuwji Kaba Dweeby high schooler Uehara Yuuki has created the perfect romantic comedy heroine-she's bashful, airheaded, and completely chaste. When an editor at Uehara's dream publisher coldly dismisses his manga story as trite and lacking realism, it sends Uehara into a spiral of despair that pushes him into the path of his bubbly, gorgeous classmate, Miyamoto Niina-an aspiring manga artist herself! Having gotten the similar feedback on her own manga, Miyamoto proposes she and Uehara engage in a fake relationship, since neither of them has any romantic experience. But Miyamoto is far from the perfect heroine Uehara's concocted, and he certainly isn't the cocky hero from her story either. Can their wacky relationship turn their manga dreams into reality, or will it lead to even more comic disasters?

(W) Kyu Takahata (A/CA) Yuwji Kaba Dweeby high schooler Uehara Yuuki has created the perfect romantic comedy heroine-she's bashful, airheaded, and completely chaste. When an editor at Uehara's dream publisher coldly dismisses his manga story as trite and lacking realism, it sends Uehara into a spiral of despair that pushes him into the path of his bubbly, gorgeous classmate, Miyamoto Niina-an aspiring manga artist herself! Having gotten the similar feedback on her own manga, Miyamoto proposes she and Uehara engage in a fake relationship, since neither of them has any romantic experience. But Miyamoto is far from the perfect heroine Uehara's concocted, and he certainly isn't the cocky hero from her story either. Can their wacky relationship turn their manga dreams into reality, or will it lead to even more comic disasters?

(W) Mari Okada (A/CA) Nao Emoto Kazusa was a quiet middle schooler, but she arrived in high school determined to make friends. So (as a huge Harry Potter fan) she decides to join the literature club. When one of the club's icebreakers is 'say one thing you want to do before you die,' one of the girls blurts out 'sex.' The prudish club president, the class beauty, and the other nerdy girls' reactions are wildly different. Far from a typical sex comedy, O Maidens in Your Savage Season depicts how these girls challenge and support one another when that word pushes them onto a variety of clumsy, funny, painful, and emotional paths towards adulthood.