(W) Kazuma Kamachi (A) Motoi Fuyukawa THE MASTERMIND FINALLY MAKES THEIR MOVE!A new academic year begins at Tokiwadai Middle School, bringing in fresh faces! But just as they dust off their books, a spate of incidents involving abilities occurs in Academy City, and the entire student body falls under suspicion. Meanwhile, Shirai Kuroko, a member of Judgment and a new student at Tokiwadai, begins investigating the incidents, only to find a mysterious message left on an office computer…

(W) HundredBurger ANOTHER HEARTWARMING DAY, ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL JOB!Satoko is a naive ninja who snuck away from her shinobi village only to meet Konoha, a skilled teenage assassin. Somehow, despite everything, their new life together as roommates seems suspiciously full of warm, fuzzy bliss. Don't miss the continuation of this darkly comedic tale of cohabitating killers!

Thirty years after the gods reduced Tokyo to rubble, survivors set out to answer a seemingly impossible question?how do you kill a god? Japan has been invaded by gods?and they?ve left nothing but death and destruction in their wake. With entire cities now classified as uninhabitable danger zones, Anti-God researcher Sachiyuki Tokinaga is determined to find a way to take down the gods and save humanity. When chance leads him to high schooler Waka Kamikura, the two may just end up changing the fate of the world forever. Tokinaga has managed to protect the people around him with his mysterious ability, but that ability comes at a grave cost. So when Wauke decides to attack the Anti-God Research Institute itself, will Tokinaga be able to save the day once again? Or will he end up pushing himself past the point of no return?

(W) Liu Gou Hua A strange thesis becomes one professor's reality when he's transmigrated to the past and awakens as a doomed prince in this hit danmei (Boys' Love)!When an outrageous thesis hits the desk of esteemed history professor Jiang Suizhou, his initial reaction is pure skepticism. Dubiously sourced, this thesis tells the story of the legendary General Huo Wujiu, a man renowned for his valor--that is, until he was captured. Stripped of his rank and incapacitated, the general suffered further humiliation by serving as a gift and concubine to his enemy's brother--the cut-sleeve prince. For three grueling years, Huo Wujiu lived as a prisoner until he finally escaped and sought vengeance against those who dared to torment him.Convinced this story is purely fiction, Jiang Suizhou brands the thesis a failure-does his student think he was born yesterday?! But Jiang Suizhou quickly learns it was no mere tall tale when he wakes up as the cut-sleeve prince himself!Now, stuck lording over his concubine and prisoner, Huo Wujiu, Jiang Suizhou must navigate a treacherous imperial court and

(W/A/CA) Anouk Ricard Pet therapist by day, animal-morphing pet detective by night?fear not, Animan?s on the case! A radioactive mosquito bite as a baby gives Francis the superpower of morphing into any animal at will. Learning to keep his powers secret from an early age, Francis takes up pet therapy as his day job, the perfect cover for his secret identity as Animan. Francis uses his fantastical gift to treat his animal patients, go undercover to solve murders, and battle it out with his nemesis, Objecto, a man capable of transforming into any and every possible object. And to top it all off, in his free time Francis is an avid watercolorist, who enjoys drawing landscapes and risqu? portraits of his frog girlfriend, Fabienne. Veteran cartoonist Anouk Ricard delivers a fresh take on the superhero genre, imbued with her signature slapstick sensibility, preposterous scenarios, and off-the-wall punchlines. Translated by Montana Kane.

(W) Natsu Hyuuga; Nekokurage (CT) Itsuki Nanao After breaking a “curse” on the imperial heirs, a palace servant with training in herbal medicine is promoted up the ranks to food taster...and right into the thick of palace intrigue in this lushly illustrated historical mystery series!Maomao is missing! But she’s not the only one, as it turns out. While her fate plays upon his mind, Jinshi searches for the handsome new eunuch, who is also nowhere to be found. When a lead about the vanished man unearths a connection with someone at the Inner Court, Jinshi stumbles upon yet another disappearance—this time, that of a principal consort! As the threads begin to intertwine, Jinshi may at last be on Maomao’s trail... Meanwhile, as an unwilling guest at the hidden village Shisui calls home, Maomao herself indulges her insatiable curiosity, only for her zeal to lead her into trouble again! Entangled in treacherous schemes, the quirky apothecary starts to grasp that the events transpiring at the hidden village are tied to the recent happenings at the Inner Cou

(W) Lan Pitts (A/CA) Joe Hunter Listen up! This is the fisticuff-filled tale of Princess Helia of Terrager: a natural-born fighter since childhood, Helia must head out into the wider world when her soon-to-be-husband is groom-napped on their wedding day by the atrocious ape, and would-be world conqueror, Gogo. But what does a sheltered princess know of the other realms? Well, not a whole lot. Luckily, Helia is joined by her (only) friend and bodyguard, the ice witch, Sidra. Together, the pair will brave the deserts of Flaterra, the blizzards of Frosterra?uh, you get the idea?until they?ve rescued the wayward prince, thwarted Gogo, and punched every henchman they can find. And maybe, by the end of their journey, Helia and Sidra will realize their connection goes beyond mere friendship? ?find out in BEAT EVERY 1-UP, a young adult graphic novel that will bring a new definition to ?your princess is in another castle?!

(W) Brian Azzarello; Marc Guggenheim; Tim Seeley (A) Ariel Olivetti; Eduardo Risso The hit anthology series BLACK, WHITE & BLOODSHOT is now collected in one EPIC Hardcover for mature readers!Enter the world of Bloodshot in this brand-new Black, White and Blood anthology! Meet Bloodshot, the world's deadliest assassin! A super soldier engineered with Nanites, a versatile nanotechnology that allows Bloodshot to repair the damage inflicted on his body, change his appearance, and control machines.From the brilliant minds of some of the world's most renowned creators like Shintaro Kago, Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso, Ariel Olivetti, Kevin VanHook, Marc Guggenheim, Tim Seeley, Fernando Dagnino, David Baille, Timmy Heague, Luciano Saracino, Guillermo Fajardo, João Azeitona, Renato Guedes, Mico Suayan and many more!Features a special spot-foil treatment and enhanced spot gloss across the front and back covers!

(W) Justin Jordan (A/CA) Tyasseta Justin Jordan and Tyasseta's knockout series Breaklands is back! In a future where history was reshaped by godlike psychics, Kasa Fain is the only girl in the world without a power of her own--or so she thought. After rescuing her brother from bloodthirsty kidnappers, Kasa's problems have only grown. Now they're pursued by the Skypirates, land-bound criminals, and the God King Fask. But Kasa ISN'T powerless, and she's about to discover she's even stronger than she knows. The adventure continues with all the breathtaking art and wild adventure you loved from the first volume! Now with exclusive behind-the-scenes material!

(W) Nyan Nyan Factory NICOTINE NEKOGood friends, a charming little sister, what more could Yani the catgirl ask for? (Apart from more cigarettes.) As she navigates her daily life, she finds herself screwing up in every part-time job she applies for, butting heads with her perverted landlord, and trying not to get herself in trouble with the police.Now she's decided to help out her eromanga artist friend--the only person who can tolerate the amount she smokes. Has Yani finally found her calling?

(W) Bakufu Narayama (A) Ebisushi THE PRICE OF DEVOTIONOut of nowhere, the church has recognized a new saint--a title held by only one person each century. When Claudia is appointed as the saint's assistant, she must purify herself by abstaining from meat and men alike! This makes it much harder for her to placate Prince Sylvester, who's fed up with the delays in both her princess training and their royal wedding. Meanwhile, the church's announcement leads to an influx of people and problems galore, culminating in a conspiracy among the devotees no one saw coming!

(W) Paul Theroux (A/CA) Steve Lafler Money, women, power, and rebelling against the golden years. These are some of the perilous and alluring patterns that weave their way through Crazy for You. In this double feature of love and obsession, two short stories by the acclaimed writer Paul Theroux are adapted by veteran cartoonist Steve Lafler. ?Minor Watt? is a high society satire lampooning the perverse relationship between art and the art market ? and what happens when the joy of owning is outstripped by the thrill of destroying. ?Siamese Nights? is a tale of infidelity, infatuation, and exoticism, blending into an intoxicating, midlife crisis siren song. Little choices and self-betrayals build until a quiet leitmotif rolls into a shattering crescendo. Lafler's bold and expressive style effortlessly captures the pulp exuberance adorning Theroux?s stories and the profound vulnerability underlying his characters. Crazy for You will stop you in your tracks right before it bowls you over.

(W) Brian Azzarello (A) Vanesa Del Rey THE GODS ABOVE, THE CREEPING BELOWVal, an American heavy metal fanatic, is on her dream vacation: attending the Inferno Metal Festival in Oslo, Norway. There she meets a charismatic young band, who take her out to a remote forest to show her the local ?haunts.? Taken by their charm and oblivious to the danger, Val is drugged, beaten, and left for dead...But her story is far from over.She wakes at dawn, haunted by a vision of rain falling from a wolf?s jowls. Stumbling back to Oslo, she finds that the festival has already ended?13 years ago.The world has moved on and the men who brutalized her are long gone, but when moss and roots begin to sprout from her skin? she realizes that everything has changed. Everything except her desire for revenge, that is.In nature, there are gods older than man, and something ancient, something? hungry, has awakened powers in her that will guide her rage as she seeks to exact justice on those that wronged her.Writer Brian Azzarello and Vanesa Del Rey deliver a bloodsoaked feminist revenge saga, blending Norse myth

(W) Toru DOUJINS AND DISGUISE!Between Shuumei actively being nice to him and an unforeseen confession from Mei, Yuuma's world is tipping into chaos. Hana heads to a doujinshi event to escape, but who does she find but a coworker from Café Roman, looking rather…different!

Ice hockey action from the creator of Golden Kamuy! Rou once chased figure-skating glory. Now he chases redemption in the ice hockey rink! Rou and the other Oinokami first-year students have made the cut and survived their first day on the team, but their training has only just begun. Despite the heat of summer, Oinokami forges ahead, practicing in indoor ice rinks. The former team captain, Higuchi, is back to town, but guilt over the team?s loss has taken him down a dark path. Will the new team members follow him? Then it?s time for the rookies to play in their first real game, against the decidedly delinquent players of Sekka High.

(W) Tadashi Agi (A) Shu Okimoto The award-winning comic about wine that has been a hit not just all over Asia but also in France! Apple TV live-action drama series was recent winner of International Emmy Award!Now an Apple Original series The first of the heaven-sent bottles is revealed in these pages. No less gripping: the dramas of memory that unfold as Shizuku helps out an amnesiac painter, Chosuke hears from the French lady of his unrequited longings, and Miyabi meets a former classmate turned newly-rich snob for whom wines are merely brands. “Absolute page-turner… It’s the sweeping two-page illustrations of taste-transporting moments (a shirt-tearing jam by rock band Queen, a maiden fleeing through strawberry fields) that better capture wine’s great allure than a thousand dry scribblings on history and weather conditions.” —Time Out New York“An almost psychedelically beautiful work…It’s like Speed Racer crossed with Wine Spectator.” —The Daily Dish (LA Times)

(W) Mayo Tsurukame FROM A KISS TO A KIDNAPPING?!After a drunk Sentaro kisses Touma, Touma faces Sentaro's past and future feelings. The question is, are those feelings mutual? Before they can reach an answer, things start to get rowdy with Touma's criminal organization, the Aida gang…and little Meguru disappears! As the two men work to get to the bottom of her disappearance, will their true feelings bloom?The final volume!

In a distant future where the sun no longer shines, Toshiro Kamiya gives up his body to a sinister floral metamorphosis for a payday. The earth of the distant future is covered in thick clouds, and the sun no longer shines. Plants wither, and oxygen is thin. To fight extinction, humankind has developed a technology that turns humans into plants, providing a small amount of oxygen. Is this process sustainable? Is it ethical? Toshiro Kamiya must consider these questions as he?s faced with a difficult choice?save his family or save himself. As a pitched battle rages around them, Toshiro and Ivy find themselves in a field of flowers that breathe the feelings and memories of every living thing. In this mysterious place, what strange new understandings will take root between Toshiro and Ivy?

(W) Shirow Masamune; Junichi Fujisaku (A) Yuki Yoshimoto This brand-new chapter fills in the gaps between The Ghost in the Shell: Human-Error Processor and Man-Machine Interface manga with a tense cyberpunk thriller written by Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex script writer Junichi Fujisaku. Just in time for the release of the new Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 anime on Netflix!Togusa and Tsunagi are racing after a fleeing suspect when a van suddenly slams into the suspect’s car, killing the van driver instantly. As Togusa hooks into the man’s cyberbrain, he sees residual images of a group of children and a masked figure who says, “I am a warrior.” Later, an autopsy yields a shocking revelation: the driver was killed not by the collision, but by a neurotoxin derived from the venom of the African black mamba. Section 9 needs answers, so Togusa and Tsunagi get sent halfway across the world to the Sahel Special Economic Zone. What mysteries await them in the “oasis of the Sahara?

Akihiro Ononaka Hiiragi Utena here again! My late-night rendezvous with Sulfur will be moments away from ending in her total defeat when she suddenly unleashes her true form! What could it possibly be?! I just know she?s going to look amazing! Oh, I can?t wait! Hurry up and see it for yourself in this scandalous seventh volume!

Shoyo Hinata is out to prove that in volleyball you don?t need to be tall to fly! Ever since he saw the legendary player known as ?the Little Giant? compete at the national volleyball finals, Shoyo Hinata has been aiming to be the best volleyball player ever! Who says you need to be tall to play volleyball when you can jump higher than anyone else? The semifinals of the Tokyo Area Qualifiers for the Spring Tournament wrap up with Nekoma?s matches against Fukurodani and Nohebi! Will the Cats be able to take down the Owls and Snakes?! Meanwhile, with the Qualifiers out of the way, Kageyama has been invited to participate in the All-Japan Under 19 Youth Training Camp, while Tsukishima has been invited to a prefectural rookie training camp!

(W/A/CA) Jessica Campbell A hilarious send-up of the art world?s patriarchy The history of twentieth century art is filled with men, but one key component has always been missing: Which of these men are boneable? And which are not? Jessica Campbell has created the definitive resource on this very important subject in a hilarious rundown of male artist hotness and notness. From its cheeky scratch-off cover and curator?s statement, Jessica Campbell?s Hot Or Not is a delightful, cheeky exclamation of female desire and utter lack thereof.

(W) Amano Seiju (A) Nanami Narumi (CT) Mosskonbu SPRING AWAKENINGAs their newlywed life slowly takes off, Saito and Akane close the gap between them inch by inch with breezy camaraderie, even conflict resolution. Still, their marriage remains one big secret at school. So, what's Akane to do when her best friend Himari tells Akane about her big crush on Saito? Help her, of course!Yet as Akane gathers intel on behalf of Himari, these sickly sweet feelings start to bubble up. Now what?!

(W) Koume Fujichika SEE YOU IN THE MOVIESIn one year, Shia will leave home to pursue her dreams of becoming a screenwriter. Tasuku, meanwhile, is conflicted. Of course, he wants her to be happy and write movies for a living, but he also doesn't want them to be apart. It's his last chance to express his feelings as the two spend Christmas and usher in the new year together. And hey, it even looks like Tasuku's getting taller! The story of this young junior high kid's first love will finally reach its grand finale...The final volume!

Kafka wants to clean up kaiju, but not literally! Will a sudden metamorphosis stand in the way of his dream? With the highest kaiju-emergence rates in the world, Japan is no stranger to attack by deadly monsters. Enter the Japan Defense Force, a military organization tasked with the neutralization of kaiju. Kafka Hibino, a kaiju-corpse cleanup man, has always dreamed of joining the force. But when he gets another shot at achieving his childhood dream, he undergoes an unexpected transformation. How can he fight kaiju now that he?s become one himself?! Fulfilling his childhood promise, Kafka moves to neutralize Kaiju No. 9 by Mina Ashiro?s side. Amid an extreme back-and-forth battle, No. 8?s berserk mode cracks No. 9?s shield and pierces the core, but it turns out that?s not the source of No. 9?s power!

(W) Sho Aimoto THE WARNING IS DEFIED, AND THEN...Kabane fought alongside Raiden and his team to defeat Yone, the chief of the Kyoto foxes, and obtain the yangstone. But Kaede swallowed the stone, and when Kabane reached out to take it back, the yin and yangstones were drawn together and fused, swallowing the whole area in a bright light. The ancient warning said: The yinstone and the yangstone must never be brought together. Kabane opens his eyes to find himself in a strange land. Where has he been taken?

The journey of young orphan Xin?s rise to glory as a great general in the Qin kingdom?s quest to do what has never been done before?unify China. Xin is a war orphan in a poor village in the kingdom of Qin. He has big dreams of becoming the Greatest General Under the Heavens, and when his best friend?s life is cut short by political machinations, Xin finds himself on a quest to do what no one has ever done before?unify China. With Cheng Jiao?s coup put to rest and Ying Zheng back on the throne, life soon returns to almost normal for Xin and Diao. Having declared his goal of uniting the seven kingdoms under one leader, Ying Zheng commences his conquest, and Xin finally gets his opportunity to fight on a real battlefield, rise in the ranks, and become one of the Greatest Generals Under the Heavens! His first step is starting out as a foot soldier in a war against the Kingdom of Wei. But he quickly learns just what it means to be a mere foot soldier on the front lines against one of the Middle Kingdom?s most terrifying armies.

(W) Paula Block, Terry J Erdmann (A/CA) Various Journey into the depths of the Goblin King?s labyrinth with this visually stunning boxed set celebrating the beloved Jim Henson classic film. Labyrinth has enthralled audiences around the world since its release in 1986 with unforgettable performances from Davide Bowie and Jennifer Connelly, fantastical creatures, and unforgettable music. Designed to look like the original 1987 video home system (VHS) tape, this unique boxed set offers Labyrinth fans an in-depth account of the making of this beloved cult classic, including rare concept art, behind-the-scenes photography, and exclusive interviews with key creatives. Celebrating this masterful work of fantasy, this must-have collectible set is a wonderful way for fans of all ages to experience the world of Labyrinth.