(W/A/CA) Natsumi Ando Following in her mother's footsteps, Nao became a traditional Japanese sweets maker, and at 21, she's about to take the industry by storm. But when she meets the young, handsome owner, she recognizes his cold stare? It's none other than Tsubaki, her childhood friend and first crush-the same boy who stood over his father's bloodied body 15 years ago, and framed Nao's mother for the murder. As the only witness of that fateful night, Nao is eager to chase down the truth and confirm her suspicions. Since Tsubaki has no clue who she is, she seizes her chance to get close to him, but instead of finding any answers, she begins falling deeper for Tsubaki's allure.

(W/A/CA) Natsumi Ando Following in her mother's footsteps, Nao became a traditional Japanese sweets maker, and at 21, she's about to work at a world-class confectionary company. But when she meets the young, handsome owner, she recognizes his cold stare? It's none other than Tsubaki, her childhood friend and first crush, the same boy who stood over his father's bloodied body 15 years ago, and framed Nao's mother for the murder. As the only witness of that fateful night, Nao is eager to chase down the truth and confirm her suspicions. Since Tsubaki has no clue who she is, she seizes her chance to get close to him, but instead of finding any answers, she begins falling deeper for Tsubaki's allure!

(W/A/CA) Natsumi Ando Following in her mother's footsteps, Nao became a traditional Japanese sweets maker, and at 21, she's about to take the industry by storm. She gets an offer to work at a world-class confectionary company, but when she meets the young, handsome owner, she recognizes his cold stare... It's none other than Tsubaki, her childhood friend and first crush-the same boy who stood over his father's bloodied body 15 years ago, and framed Nao's mother for the murder. Since Tsubaki has no clue who she is, she seizes her chance to get close to him, but instead of finding any answers, she begins falling deeper for Tsubaki's allure...

(W) BitterSweet (A) Kei Under the SOTUS system, where freshmen undergo hazing from their seniors, Arthit continues his harsh instruction as the head hazer of the Engineering Department. But Kongpob is starting to figure out that it's all just Arthit's awkward way of showing kindness, and he's charmed by it. Meanwhile, the hazers' final task, 'The Scramble for the Flag,' is soon approaching?

(W/A/CA) tsuke Known throughout the school for her selflessness and perfect grades, there's not a single underclassman who doesn't look up to Yaya Suou-including Ichigo Hinamori. Turned down by her crush because of her childish image, Ichigo idolizes Yaya and wishes nothing more than to be as mature and elegant as her senpai. But Ichigo's perfect image of Yaya is shattered when she comes across her wallowing in self-pity in the nurse's office one day. The real Yaya is clumsy, clingy, and selfishat all like the perfect act she puts on. What's more, she's desperately starved for attention and now she won't leave Ichigo alone.

(W/A/CA) tsuke Known throughout the school for her selflessness and perfect grades, there's not a single underclassman who doesn't look up to Yaya Suou-including Ichigo Hinamori. Turned down by her crush because of her childish image, Hinamori idolizes Yaya and wishes nothing more than to be as mature and elegant as her sempai. But Hinamori's perfect image of Yaya is shattered when she comes across her wallowing in self-pity in the nurse's office one day. The real Yaya is clumsy, clingy, and selfish-not at all like the perfect act she puts on. What's more, she's desperately starved for attention and now she won't leave Hinamori alone.

(W/A/CA) tsuke Known throughout the school for her selflessness and perfect grades, there's not a single underclassman who doesn't look up to Yaya Suou-including Ichigo Hinamori. Turned down by her crush because of her childish image, Ichigo idolizes Yaya and wishes nothing more than to be as mature and elegant as her senpai. But Ichigo's perfect image of Yaya is shattered when she comes across her wallowing in self-pity in the nurse's office one day. The real Yaya is clumsy, clingy, and selfish-not at all like the perfect act she puts on. What's more, she's desperately starved for attention and now she won't leave Ichigo alone.

(W) Riichi Yokomitsu (A) Atsuki Ito A more intimate and romantic entry in the Maiden's Bookshelf series, this tale of doomed romance brings together the so-called 'God of Literature' with the gorgeous artwork of Atsuki Ito, author of A Love-Letter in 26 Characters. Now I can die happy...' A loving husband nurses his ailing wife in a house by the sea. An exploration of love in the face of terminal illness.

When Sumi Kitamura's financial problems become dire, wealthy Soichiro Ashida enters her life with a bizarre proposition: he'll provide her with the money she so desperately needs if she agrees to marry him. But is it worth giving up everything for this sham of a marriage? Sumi becomes torn when Soichiro's childhood friend Nozomu expresses romantic interest in her. While she is drawn to Nozomu, she is also committed to Soichiro as his wife. As Sumi fights off her feelings fo Nozomu, how far will Nozomu go to win Sumi's love? RATING: T+

(W/A/CA) Tsuta Suzuki Tsumugi Shirota is your typical high school student. He's handsome, kind, and for some strange reason, surprisingly adept at household chores. On his sixteenth birthday, a rather unusual but special guest comes to meet him-Master Kurayori, the guardian deity of the Shirota household. Imagine Tsumugi's surprise when he finds out this deity is also his fiancé! For mature audiences.

(W/A/CA) Tsuta Suzuki Tsumugi, a high school student and temporary bride of his family's guardian deity, is slowly breaking through Master Kurayori's crusty exterior with his pure, earnest feelings for him. One day while the two are out together, they happen across a quiet man and his strange companion. Little do Tsumugi and Kurayori know that this odd couple is searching the countryside looking for a certain type of bone, destroying shrines like Kurayori's in the process!

(W/A/CA) Tsuta Suzuki High schooler Tsumugi is the temporary bride of the otherworldy Master Kurayori. Recently, their everyday life has become complicated by the arrival of a strange man named Magawa, who, in his grief over losing his fiancée, is seeking to use beings like Master Kurayori for his own ends. Tsumugi's love for Master Kurayori is so great and pure it overcomes gender, age, and species. But is love enough to save his beloved from the ill fate awaiting him? For mature audiences.

(W/A) Kazura Kinosaki Akira swore she would never have a three dimensional romance, but the feelings of her 'future lover' Pure have slowly worked their way into her heart. Overcoming many obstacles, the two finally begin to walk towards the same future in this moving final volume!

(W/A) Mitsubachi Miyuki Following the death of her father, Tamaki leaves her village to attend high school in the capital. Although she had intended to live alone, when she's offered a place at a stranger's apartment after collapsing in the street, well...did she mention he's pretty hot?!

Suzu Sakura, a shoujo manga artist, is shocked at the news that the editor she's been working with since her debut is leaving her! The good news is that her new editor is a super-hot guy. Bad news? He totally looks down on shoujo manga...

(W) Miri Mikawa (A) Aki It is winter in the Kingdom of Highland, and Anne Halford still aspires to become a Silver Sugar Master...but just making enough to pay for accommodations is already a serious struggle. She is invited by the Silver Sugar Viscount Hugh to train at the castle but Anne refuses, determined to achieve her dream on her own. There's news that the ruler of Phyllax, Duke Aubarn, will award an extraordinary amount of money to whomever makes the best silver sugar candy according to his wishes. Of course, Anne plans to participate. Will this be her way to finally have a roof over her head?

(W) Miri Mikawa (A) Aki The Royal Candy Fair approaches, and Anne Halford is ready to tackle the competition again to win the title of Silver Sugar Master! But Anne is in a bind when she cannot use the year's poor harvest of sugar apples to make the most important ingredient-silver sugar. While on the hunt for better sugar apples, Anne searches for a motif to use for her candy sculpture.

(W) Miri Mikawa (A) Aki Anne has finally attained the title of Silver Sugar Master, but not without paying a price. In exchange for information on the location of Anne's missing silver sugar, Challe sold his freedom to Bridget Paige, the daughter of the maestro of the Paige Workshop. Determined to get him back, Anne travels to the Paige Workshop and learns they'll return Challe if she agrees to work for them. She is assigned the difficult task of saving the debt-ridden business from the verge of ruin and accepts the challenge as she is set on rescuing Challe!

(W/A) Monika Kaname Himari and Mio have traded places during the school festival-but what will Himari do when someone recognizes her? Meanwhile, after hearing a rumor that a confession at the after party will lead to romance, Mio decides to tell Asaka how she feels?

(W/A/CA) sometime When the villainess Honey Trap defeats the superheroine Rapid Rabbit, she sees her nemesis' face for the first time... and falls head over heels in love! Unable to kill Rapid Rabbit, Honey Trap is cast out of her evil organization, her plans for world domination dashed. Now, the two superwomen are teaming up to fight evil together. Can Honey Trap defeat her former colleagues and seduce the heroine at the same time?

(W/A/CA) sometime Thanks to their close bond, superheroine Hayate and the ex-villainess Honey Trap have managed to discover a new power! But that's not all that's new; Hayate has realized she has feelings for Honey but is struggling to sort them out. Meanwhile, a new self-proclaimed superheroine, Mitsuki Moe, takes the stage and is convinced that Hayate and Honey are bad guys!

(W) Makoto Shinkai (A) Amashima Denki High school junior Suzume runs into a handsome stranger, Souta, who tells her he is looking for a door and asks where he can find ruins in her town. She points him toward a resort that has long fallen past all hope of repair, then thinks better of it and races after him to warn him of the danger of trespassing there. While fruitlessly searching for Souta, Suzume opens a door seemingly to nowhere and finds a starry landscape stretch out on the other side of the frame. Later, at school, she realizes she's the only one who can see an ominous, worm-like colossus emerge from the mountains and rushes back to the ruins where she finds Souta struggling to shut the monster back in the door. Suzume helps Souta close the door on the mythical worm, which is revealed to be the cause of massive earthquakes, never knowing that her involvement would soon leave Souta trapped in the three-legged wooden chair Suzume's late mother crafted for her and send them both on a cross-country race to seal all the worms away and save Japan from devastation.

(W) Makoto Shinkai (A) Amashima Denki High school junior Suzume runs into a handsome stranger, Souta, who tells her he is looking for a door and asks where he can find ruins in her town. She points him toward a resort that has long fallen past all hope of repair, then thinks better of it and races after him to warn him of the danger of trespassing there. While fruitlessly searching for Souta, Suzume opens a door seemingly to nowhere and finds a starry landscape stretch out on the other side of the frame. Later, at school, she realizes she's the only one who can see an ominous, worm-like colossus emerge from the mountains and rushes back to the ruins where she finds Souta struggling to shut the monster back in the door. Suzume helps Souta close the door on the mythical worm, which is revealed to be the cause of massive earthquakes, never knowing that her involvement would soon leave Souta trapped in the three-legged wooden chair Suzume's late mother crafted for her and send them both on a cross-country race to seal all the worms away and save Japan from devastation.

(W) Makoto Shinkai (A) Amashima Denki High school junior Suzume runs into a handsome stranger, Souta, who tells her he is looking for a door and asks where he can find ruins in her town. She points him toward a resort that has long fallen past all hope of repair, then thinks better of it and races after him to warn him of the danger of trespassing there. While fruitlessly searching for Souta, Suzume opens a door seemingly to nowhere and finds a starry landscape stretch out on the other side of the frame. Later, at school, she realizes she's the only one who can see an ominous, worm-like colossus emerge from the mountains and rushes back to the ruins where she finds Souta struggling to shut the monster back in the door. Suzume helps Souta close the door on the mythical worm, which is revealed to be the cause of massive earthquakes, never knowing that her involvement would soon leave Souta trapped in the three-legged wooden chair Suzume's late mother crafted for her and send them both on a cross-country race to seal all the worms away and save Japan from devastation.

(W) Makoto Shinkai Suzume Iwato lives with her aunt in a quiet port town in Kyushu, Japan. One day, on her way to school, she runs into a young man searching for a door and follows him to a ruin in the mountains. Standing alone amidst the collapsed walls is a single old, white door. As if pulled by an invisible force, Suzume reaches out her hand to open it... Eventually, doors begin to open up one after another across Japan, and they must be closed before disaster crosses over from the other side. Follow Suzume's journey to do just that in this novelization of Makoto Shinkai's film, written by the director himself.

(W/A/CA) Kintetsu Yamada Collect the acclaimed romance manga between a perfume prodigy and a woman with a unique scent, in the first of two deluxe box sets! In an office romance, there's a fine line between sexy and awkward... and that line is where Asako, a woman who sweats copiusly, met Koutarou, a perfume developer who can't get enough of Asako's, er, scent. Don't miss a romcom manga like no other! Includes volumes 1-6, plus exclusive scented stickers!

(W/A) Kintetsu Yamada In an office romance, there's a fine line between sexy and awkward?and that line is where Asako-a woman who sweats copiusly-met Koutarou-a perfume developer who can't get enough of Asako's, er, scent. Don't miss a romcom manga like no other! LUNCH DREAD Natori and Asako are back from their first trip together, a romantic getaway to Hokkaido. But when Asako returns to the office, her anxiety comes back, too, because it's time to let their secret out and reveal their relationship to their coworkers. Natori sets up a lunch to introduce Asako to his teammates in product development. But this is a far cry from the accounting department, and Natori's coworkers all seem fashionable, ambitious, cool-on a whole different level! Suddenly, those moments spent soaking in the hot spring bath seem so far away! The hilarious ups and downs of an office romance at a personal care products company are the subject of this sexy, strange romp. Sweat and Soap combines the odd-couple chemistry of Wotakoi, the 'too real!' workplace comedy of Aggretsuko, and a heavy dollop of office

(W/A) Kintetsu Yamada Asako's living her dream, working at the toiletry maker Lilia Drop. Little do her coworkers know, the reason she loves the company so much is that she's ashamed of her body odor, and their soap is the only thing that does the trick. So when the company's lead product developer, a perfuming genius, approaches her in the lobby and wonders what 'that smell' is, she's terrified? but could it be? that he likes it? And, even more surprising to Asako? does she like him?

(W/A) Kintetsu Yamada The hilarious ups and downs of an office romance at a personal care products company are the subject of this sexy, strange romp. Asako's living her dream, working at the toiletry maker Lilia Drop. Little do her coworkers know, the reason she loves the company so much is that she's ashamed of her body odor, and their soap is the only thing that does the trick. So when the company's lead product developer, a perfuming genius, approaches her in the lobby and wonders what 'that smell' is, she's terrified? but could it be? that he likes it? And, even more surprising to Asako? does she like him?

(W/A) Kintetsu Yamada Asako's living her dream, working at the toiletry maker Lilia Drop. Little do her coworkers know the reason she loves the company so much is that she's ashamed of her body odor, and their soap is the only thing that does the trick. So when the company's lead product developer, a perfuming genius, approaches her in the lobby and wonders what 'that smell' is, she's terrified? but could it be? that he likes it? And, even more surprising to Asako? does she like him?

(W/A) Owari A one-night stand turns into something more in this spicy Boys' Love manga! Haruto is a man who enjoys a casual fling when traveling for work. He likes the idea of a no-strings-attached night of fun with someone he will never see again. But things change when he meets the handsome Al on a flight to France. At first, he doesn't think Al will be suitable for a fling, but when they reunite at a restaurant, the two wind up spending a fantastic night together. Yet, after they part, Haruto finds himself consumed with thoughts about Al and their night together-to the point he can't even sleep with someone else! Will he ever be able to reunite with the unforgettable Al or will that one night be all they have together?

(W/A) Owari Globetrotting businessman Haruto has achieved the optimal formula for work-life balance-work hard and party harder off-hours. With a hookup in each city, Haruto thinks he has it made. But en route to France, the hotshot meets his match in the genteel, winsome Albrecht. From an invitation to drinks to the best sex ever in a luxury suite, it's as if fate itself brought them together! But now Haruto can't seem to escape that heavenly night and resume his carefully crafted no-strings-attached game plan… especially when Albrecht seems to be plotting to capture Haruto's heart!

(W) Matt Hawkins, Jenni Cheung (A/CA) Linda Sejic Spinning off from the universe of SUNSTONE comes a slice-of-life romantic story about a couple trying to regain the sexual energy from the beginning of their relationship by swinging with other couples. An emotional journey of two people fighting to stay in love.

(W) Matt Hawkins, Jenni Cheung (A/CA) Yishan Li Dan and Cathy's swinging adventures continue in this SUNSTONE spin-off as they explore their love and boundaries-and discover that trust is the key to it all.

(W) Matt Hawkins (A/CA) Yishan Li Dan and Cathy's swinging adventures continue in this SUNSTONE spin-off as their relationship becomes strained, perhaps irreparably. Love conquers all in this stylish slice-of-life take on an ethically non-monogamous couple.

(W/A/CA) Yuki Shiwasu The meeting between Takane and Hana ends in an explosive manner, and Hana is convinced that she'll never have to see that awful Takane again. But Takane actually seems interested in Hana! Exasperated by Takane's immature attitude, yet amused and intrigued despite herself, Hana wonders if her hilarious rivalry with Takane just might lead to love! For teen audiences.

(W/A/CA) Yuki Shiwasu Hana has to continue to pretend to be her sister and Takane's fianc?e after Takane's grandfather expresses his desire to meet Takane's prospective marriage partner! But she's totally out of her element at a party hosted by the Takaba Corporation, the largest conglomerate in Japan! Just how the heck is she supposed to pull this off?! For teen audiences.

(W/A/CA) Yuki Shiwasu Hana's scores on her proficiency test are dismal, and everyone around her, including her teacher, blames her new love life! Hana adamantly denies that to be the cause and vows to study hard to do better on her finals. But when Takane storms in to tutor her, will his help actually prove to be more of a distraction? For teen audiences.

(W/A/CA) Yuki Shiwasu It's summer, but Takane is so busy with work that he doesn't have much time to spend with Hana! Enter Takane's new assistant Eiji Kirigasaki, an efficient helper who gains Takane's trust and allows Takane to have more free time. Despite all the support he's giving, however, Kirigasaki might have an ulterior motive that could lead to Takane's downfall! For teen audiences.

(W/A/CA) Yuki Shiwasu Hana's usual Christmas family celebration gets canceled, so she can't help but feel disappointed at the prospect of spending Christmas Eve alone. Takane decides to ask Hana out to dinner for that night, but then a beautiful medical school student named Rino shows up declaring her love for Takane! Does this mean Hana has a love rival?! For teen audiences.