I have no interest in real girls!" So claims Okumura, the president of the school's manga club. He's your typical otaku, obsessed with a sexy (fictional) 2D manga character known as Liliel. Then the new school year starts, and a (real!) 3D girl named Lilysa whose passion is cosplay joins the club. Lilysa convinces Okumura to become her photographer-and guess who her favorite manga character is? Not only that, but Lilysa is into modeling the fetishy stuff! The boundaries between 2D and 3D start to blur as this hot-blooded romantic comedy unfolds.

(W/A) Tamiki Wakaki A sweet 'fake engagement' romance about quiet coworkers by the creator of The World God Only Knows! The J.T.C. travel agency is looking for someone to manage its brand-new branch in Irkutsk. But for employees Oohara Takuya and Honjouji Rika, they'd rather just stay home in Tokyo! Thankfully, they've discovered a way out-their manager has narrowed down the recruits to bachelors, so what if they just... got married? The problem is they barely know each other at all! Can they convince their office they're engaged just long enough for the transfer to finish up?

(W/A) Tamiki Wakaki Oohara Takuya and Honjouji Rika's fake engagement plan seems to have fooled their co-workers-perhaps a bit too well! But they're in hot water yet again when Takuya's father appears at their workplace wondering why they hadn't been given a heads-up to start preparing for the wedding. But before they can decide whether to reveal their lie or not, Oohara is strapped with an assignment of royal importance! Can the two of them survive the pressures of work, marriage, and now family?

(W) Spice&kitty (A/CA) ORKA A full-color fantasy comic/webtoon of romance, drama, and second chances. Also known in English as The Fantasie of a Stepmother on the Tapas Media digital platform, this is the story of a beleaguered young noblewoman raising her stepchildren on her own... until she dies and wakes up in the past with the chance to remake her life! The marchioness Shuri Von Neuschwanstein is no stranger to hardship: her husband dies when she's still a teenager, leaving her to manage his lands and raise his semi-grown children herself. Her stepchildren never warm up to her, and other nobles disparage her behind her back. Years later, however, it seems her efforts have finally paid off: her eldest stepson is to be married and take over the estate, freeing her of many responsibilities. But shortly after learning the cruel truth that she's not invited to his wedding, she dies and wakes up on the day of her husband's funeral seven years earlier! If Shuri is to live these seven difficult years all over again, she's going to do things differently. Can she write her own fairy tal

(W) Spice&kitty (A/CA) ORKA The marchioness Shuri Von Neuschwanstein got the chance to redo the last seven years of her life, and managed to mend her broken relationship with her four stepchildren. Her devotion is tested, however, when the eldest stepchild, Jeremy, commits an act that could be considered treason, and receives a harsh punishment from the Empress. Shuri's only recourse to save Jeremy is to find a way to declare him the head of the household, effectively removing herself from the Neuschwanstein estate entirely. And to do that, she must mend a number of bridges she'd long ago burned, and visit the family of her late husband's first wife. Can Shuri convince them to offer their aid, and, if so, will she ever see her stepchildren again?

(W) Sarah Beattie, Tim Seeley (A/CA) Rebekah Isaacs Just as the XXX-plorers get into the groove of funding science with sex, the man who helped take away all their funding in the first place demands to join the team: THE PRESIDENT OF THE DAMN UNITED STATES. Now saddled with pretty much the worst person in the whole country, the group must overcome interpersonal strife, STD fears, and chainsaw genitalia to convince the universe that we don't deserve to be eradicated.

(W) Touya (A) Chibi Kousuke suddenly wakes up alone in a vast forest that clearly isn't anywhere on Earth. Now he has to find some way to eat, drink, and survive! Luckily, Kousuke also has the power to craft using a special video game menu that allows him to harvest resources and build whatever he can imagine. However, every time he goes to sleep, he's attacked by one of the many non-human races of this world, all of whom despise humankind. Enter Sylphy, the beautiful dark elf who lays claim to Kousuke and vows to protect him-after all, she's taken him as her property!

(W) Kore Yamazaki, Makoto Sanda (A) Isuo Tsukumo An orphaned boy named Ao is taken under the wing of the mage Giselle to explore the artistry of magic in Paris. For readers interested in a gender-swapped take on the original premise of The Ancient Magus' Bride, this beautifully illustrated manga is full of all-new wonder.

(W) Kore Yamazaki, Makoto Sanda (A) Isuo Tsukumo Giselle and her comrades fight to get Ao back, but they struggle to get past Flamme's Albert and Pain's fierce resistance. Meanwhile, Ao wanders the depths of his memories and the past he'd forgotten is finally restored to him. Lost beneath deep, stagnant waters, the black painting Ao created so long ago is trying to blot out the world.

(W) Kore Yamazaki, Makoto Sanda (A) Isuo Tsukumo Blanche's hatred is so great it threatens to blot out even Giselle in her dragon form. Giselle, Ao, and the others are backed into a corner by that overwhelming power, unable to do anything. But then rescue arrives from an unexpected quadrant-the commune that everyone thought was sitting this battle out, Wadjet Biblioth?que!

(W/A) Kore Yamazaki Hatori Chise has lived a life full of neglect and abuse, devoid of anything resembling love. Just when all hope seems lost, a man with the head of a beast and wielding strange powers obtains her through a slave auction-and now Chise's life will never be the same again. The man is a 'magus,' a sorcerer of great power, who decides to free Chise from the bonds of captivity. The magus then makes a bold statement: Chise will become his apprentice... and his bride! Get volumes 1-9 of the original manga, which inspired the first season of the anime, in a beautiful box. Also includes two double-sided posters!

(W/A/CA) Kore Yamazaki Hatori Chise has lived a life full of neglect and abuse, devoid of anything resembling love. Far from the warmth of family, she has had her share of troubles and pitfalls. Just when all hope seems lost, a fateful encounter awaits her. When a man with the head of a beast, wielding strange powers, obtains her through a slave auction, Chise's life will never be the same again. The man is a 'magus,' a sorcerer of great power, who decides to free Chise from the bonds of captivity. The magus then makes a bold statement: Chise will become his apprentice-and his bride!

(W/A) Shoko Hidaka Suou and Ryou have been friends since childhood. The hairstylist and writer have lived together for six years now and, though they definitely aren't dating, their close relationship is hard to define. Will they ever move beyond the nebulous territory of 'more than friends' or will they keep living in a stalemate forever?

(W) Ryo Shirakome (A) RoGa After a touching mother-daughter reunion in the city of Erisen, Hajime and his party resolve to take on the fourth Great Labyrinth, the underwater ruins of Melusine. Every labyrinth presents unique dangers, and this one summons up visions of the past to test those who dare to enter. Separated from the rest of their comrades, Kaori and Hajime will be challenged like never before. Will their relationship change in the fires of hardship?

(W) Ryo Shirakome (A/CA) Takaya-ki The bestselling isekai light novel series continues! Seventeen-year-old Hajime Nagumo is your average, everyday otaku. However, his simple life of pulling all-nighters and sleeping in school is suddenly turned upside down when he, along with the rest of his class, is summoned to a fantasy world! They're treated like heroes and tasked with the duty of saving the human race from utter extinction. But what should have been any otaku's paradise quickly turns into Hajime's nightmare. While the rest of his class are blessed with godlike powers, Hajime's job, Synergist, only has a single transmutation skill. Ridiculed and bullied by his classmates for being weak, he soon finds himself in despair. Will he be able to survive in this dangerous world of monsters and demons with only a glorified blacksmith's level of strength?

(W/A) Kuro Itsuki On the hunt for long-lost love, Asumi has devoted her time to visiting brothel after brothel. She has no idea that her antics are making Nanao more suspicious of her by the minute. Nanao, determined to find out if Asumi is a lesbian call girl herself, makes a booking with a girl to find out the truth. Instead, she opens a door to further misunderstandings. Where exactly is their relationship headed?

(W/A) Kentaro Yabuki A hilarious and sexy tale of ninja exorcists, supernatural battles, and gender-bending romance by the artist of To Love Ru and DARLING in the FRANXX (both also from Seven Seas)-inspired an upcoming anime! Matsuri Kazamaki's job as an exorcist ninja means that his livelihood depends on driving away the ayakashi spirits who endanger humans. He's been protecting his childhood friend, Suzu Kanade, from the shadows for years, as she effortlessly attracts ayakashi. What will happen when Suzu encounters a creature who looks like a simple cat, but who is really Shirogane, the king of ayakashi?

(W) Shisui Meikyou (A) Takashi Ohmae, tef Light and company find their adventuring interrupted by reports of suspicious killings in the very same dungeon they're crawling. Tempted by the prospect of boosting his rank-not to mention the generous reward promised by the Dagas Adventurers' Guild-Light sets off to catch the killers. The hunt takes a personal turn, however, when a party of innocent young adventurers gets slaughtered in the crossfire. Light's quest for vengeance will have to wait as he turns his wrath on a new target!

(W) Shisui Meikyou (A) Takashi Ohmae, tef After bringing the hammer of justice down on the adventurer-slayer Kyto and his fast-talking accomplice Yanaaq, Light receives some excellent news! Ellie reports that preparations for Light's revenge on Sasha the elf are finally complete. The stage is set for Light to storm the Elven Queendom with all the power he's built up over his three years in the Abyss-and another name is about to be crossed off his ever-growing kill list!

(W) Shisui Meikyou (A) Takashi Ohmae, tef Chaos grips the Elven Queendom as a massive, mysterious tower suddenly appears on the horizon. With Light's former ally Sasha as their guide, the White Knights-the queendom's strongest knightly order-march off to quell the threat. Little do they know that within, Light awaits with a fighting force of his own--and he's added the powerful gacha Iceheat, Mera, Jack, and Suzu to his ranks! The battle between sheer numbers and Level 9999 power begins!

(W) Yuki Amemiya (A/CA) Ichihara Yukino Kokuryuu Kaguya was only a little boy when he witnessed his father murdered by a group of demons. Now a teenager, Kaguya still remembers. One day, Kaguya is struck by a mysterious light and meets a young woman named Mao, a skillful warrior wearing bunny ears, who rescues him from a demon attack, then demands to know what planet he's from! Kaguya finds himself inducted into a secret organization of other-worldly individuals whose goal is to defend Earth from monstrous invaders. Reborn as a Battle Rabbit, strange powers awaken within Kaguya which allow him to fight these creatures and seek vengeance for his father's death!

(W) Isshiki Ichika (A) Daisuke Takino His connection to the Vlerick family severed, Fate returns to the royal capital hoping for a peaceful time, but he and Roxy are soon lured out to a nearby forest. There, they fall into an ancient monster's trap that switches Fate and Roxy's bodies! Sealed in Fate's body and subject to Gluttony, Roxy faces death by starvation, while Fate is powerless! How will they survive the spell, and if they do, can they withstand the monster?

(W) Isshiki Ichika (A) fame The final volume! The task ahead is clear: it's time for Fate to go to the floating continent of Galia to close the Door to Distant Lands at last. Libra has prepared a ship to take Fate and his friends there, but after boarding, they find Eris has been taken hostage! Even so, they have no choice but to continue on to Galia. It's time for mysteries to be revealed: What is Fate's father's ultimate goal? What of the lost Greed? And what hides within the Skills of Mortal Sin...?

(W/A/CA) Miwako Sugiyama Nobunaga has finally found Noel, but she's not out of harm's way yet. Just what are Masamune's intentions? Can Nobunaga get Noel off the boat and back to safety? A harrowing death game is about to begin and everyone's lives are on the line.

(W/A/CA) Miwako Sugiyama Nobunaga has won Masamune's game! Now, in a strange turn of events, Nobunaga is trying to convince him to join his team. What will Masamune's warped and obsessive love for Nobunaga lead him to do? Will the most sinister alpha fall before the Absolute King?

(W/A) Hikaru Nakamura Hino Miharu, unable to get into a decent university or land a full-time job, lived a down-on-his-luck life working at a convenience store where both his coworkers and customers treated him like a doormat. That is, until Knecht, a mysterious faceless man dressed in a jet-black Santa suit, whisked him away to the North Pole for a job at his company, the Santa Claus House! With a hefty salary, incredible benefits, and a dorm filled with wonderful coworkers, Miharu works diligently, despite his bizarre manager and the strange nature of his duties. He soon finds out that luck may not be completely on his side when his least favorite person in the world suddenly appears, missing tooth and all.

(W) Peyo An LGBT+ manga exploring love and gender at a high school drama club. Taiga dreams of becoming an actor, so the first thing he does upon entering high school is join the drama club. There, he meets the beautiful, enigmatic Maria and immediately falls in love with her. Not long after, Taiga is told that she is actually a boy - but is that all there is to Maria's story? This beautifully illustrated one-volume tale, the debut work of creator PEYO before their untimely passing in 2020, explores the layered nature of personal expression and the fluidity of the power of love.

(W) Ai Shimizu A talking supernatural cat rescues a man from loneliness as they enjoy a peaceful country life and delicious food. Souichiro's wife wanted to retire to the countryside, but soon after they achieve this dream, she dies. So he won't be left alone, their pet cat Nii turns into a talking nekomata, a two-tailed yokai cat. Together they share a heartwarming slow life, cooking and eating delicious food surrounded by nature. Enjoy freshly baked bread, handmade jam, fluffy omelets, and seasonal vegetables with the members of this unusual household.

(W/A) Tomonori Inoue The head of the European Central Bank, David Falcone, wants to fill the void left by Musou Saburou. To put an end to his ambitions, Miharu and Raizou form an alliance with the so-called Narcotics King of Naples. Their target? A powerful surveillance system-and they'll have to fight through a fortress of foes to shut it down! On the battlefield, Miharu is reunited with her old mentor Rem... but Raizou has his suspicions about their teacher-student relationship.

The original Captain Harlock series, one of the most recognizable characters in SF history - released in English for the first time! After a mysterious sphere collides with Tokyo, legends seemingly born of the ancient Mayan civilization appear. In truth, however, the beings are alien invaders known as the Mazone, plant women who wandered the earth in bygone ages - and have now returned to make it theirs. With a ragtag crew of renegades at his side, only the space pirate Captain Harlock has what it takes to save the planet.

(W/A) Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou Also known as BAB, the newest Chinese danmei/Boys' Love novel series from the blockbuster author of The Husky and His White Cat Shizun! From the outside, He Yu seems to have everything going for him: he's handsome, rich, and smart. But beneath his perfect facade, he harbors a dark secret, one that makes him a slumbering threat to the people around him. After spending years abroad, he enrolls in film school to pursue the girl of his dreams, Xie Xue, but that forces him to deal with her overprotective older brother, the man He Yu hoped he'd never see again. Xie Qingcheng, an icy man of subdued emotion, was once He Yu's doctor, and is the only person who knows He Yu's terrible secret. He Yu swears not to let his past with this man get in the way of his feelings for Xie Xue, but he soon finds himself drawn into a tangled web of intrigue and violence that involves both of the Xie siblings. As a sprawling conspiracy sucks in He Yu, he must confront his own grudges and face new truths-including his own feelings for Xie Qingcheng, which warp into a fixation much dar

(W) Mika Akatsuki (A) Nanako Tsujimura, Utako Yukihiro Back from England, Seigi must deal with the start of his third year of college-and with all his classmates starting to job hunt in earnest! Meanwhile, a familiar customer returns to Jewelry ?tranger with a pale pink cameo he once received from an unrequited love, challenging Seigi and Richard to solve the mystery attached to the gift.

(W) Mika Akatsuki (A) Nanako Tsujimura, Utako Yukihiro One month after arriving in the mountain city of Kandy to begin his studies as a jeweler, Seigi receives a strange e-mail from 'Jeffrey,' with the subject line 'Help Richard.' Within is an itinerary for a luxury cruise? that leaves in three days. What has the beautiful jeweler got himself into now? And can Seigi come to his rescue yet again?

(W) Hiro Kashiwaba In her youth, Jeanne was a powerful witch who vanquished the evil Demon King and saved the world-but over time, the people she rescued have forgotten her. Now she is a lonely old woman living in a secluded forest... until she accidentally summons a cat from Earth to her home! The former city kitty is now gigantic and must acclimate to this new world. Can a cat from another world soothe the loneliness of the forgotten witch?

(W) Kosuke Iijima (A) Shiori In this hilarious fantasy adventure, will the hero triumph against the evil demon king, or face defeat? because he can't fight with a cat on his lap?! Our brave hero, Red, has embarked alongside his companions on a journey to defeat the great demon king. Or at least, that was the plan. But then a cat sat on Red's lap and fell asleep. There's no way he can fight monsters like this! As it turns out, Red's greatest enemy is right on top of him!

(W) Kosuke Iijima (A) Shiori Our heroes have been struggling to make headway in their quest to vanquish the Demon King. Is it because of the cat on the hero's lap? Or is it because Red doesn't have the heart to move the little guy? Meanwhile, a powerful foe awaits the party... a beautiful white cat!

(W) Miya Kinojo (A) Akine Itomachi With his friend Ghozal in danger, Flio calls upon the forbidden time-manipulation magic he once used to save Rys. Even as a voice of warning calls out to him from the Celestial Plane, Flio makes the perhaps fatal decision to protect the peace he's built for his friends. But it's not all gloom and doom for Flio and Rys! At last, their mercantile dreams come true as the store opens for business-offering service with a smile to all, even as the conflict between humanity and demonkind grows ever more bitter. Could Flio's new store be the starting grounds for reconciliation? Will his extraordinary powers finally bring him the ordinary life he craves?

(W) Yashu (A) Nini Having dealt with the crimes committed in Drientl by the bailiff and his cohort, Cain begins to work on improvements to the town, and signs of change can now be seen. Then, Cain visits a slave merchant to talk about transferring custody of some criminals-but finds that some of the captives are innocents. Can Cain help them?

(W) Yashu (A) Nini One day as he leads his busy life as an adventurer, student, and Lord of Drientl, Cain finds that he will be entrusted to guard the Holy Woman, Hinata, of the Holy Kingdom of Marineford. When Cain visits the Gods to find out more about her, he learns that someone or something is after the holy woman's life. Can Cain protect her from this evil intrigue?

(W/A/CA) Fushiashikumo Advice from the cross-dressing fashionista Hikaru helped Haruka gain the confidence she needed, and she's ready to confess her feelings to Kurotaki! But Hikaru has developed romantic feelings for Haruka. Hikaru tries to stay a 'girlfriend' and support Haruka, but Hikaru's emotions are threatening to collide with this goal.