(W/A/CA) Osamu Tezuka A promising young doctor, Kirihito Osanai visits a remote Japanese mountain village to investigate the source of the latest medical mystery. While he ends up traveling the world to discover what it takes to be cured of such a disease, a conspiracy back home attempts to explain away his absence. Hinging upon his fate are those of his loved ones: an unstable childhood friend and colleague trapped between factions of the medical establishment that nurtured him; a fianc?e emotionally transformed by Kirihito's mysterious disappearance; and a stranger who becomes his guardian angel, a sensual circus-act performer with volatile psychological secrets. Riveting our attention on deformity and its acceptance like The Elephant Man by David Lynch, Ode to Kirihito examines the true worth of human beings through and beyond appearances.

(W/A) Boichi From the renowed artist Boichi comes a gorgeous and shocking hard-boiled sci-fi classic! Tokyo, 2048. The northern hemisphere is now connected by the Eurasian Railroad, which deposits all manner of crime and vice here at its eastern terminus. Night after night, the megalopolis is gripped by fear as bodies turn up mutilated in ways unthinkable for a human assailant. Remorseless killers stalk the shadows-but one man stalks them! He is ORIGIN. And he is not what he seems.

(W/A) Boichi From the renowed artist Boichi comes a gorgeous and shocking hard-boiled sci-fi classic! Tokyo, 2048. Japan is now connected to the entire northern hemisphere by the Eurasian Railroad, and all manner of crime and vice pour into the megalopolis at its eastern terminus. Little do the people know that inhuman beings live among us, however-robots with high-level AI, who will kill to survive. Only one 'man' can stop them-their prototype: ORIGIN.

(W/A) Boichi From the renowed artist Boichi comes a gorgeous and shocking hard-boiled sci-fi classic! Tokyo, 2048. Japan is now connected to the entire northern hemisphere by the Eurasian Railroad, and all manner of crime and vice pour into the megalopolis at its eastern terminus. Little do the people know that inhuman beings live among us, however-robots with high-level AI, who will kill to survive. Only one 'man' can stop them-their prototype: ORIGIN.

(W/A) Boichi Tokyo, 2048. Japan is now connected to the entire northern hemisphere by the Eurasian Railroad, and all manner of crime and vice pour into the megalopolis at its eastern terminus. Little do the people know that inhuman beings live among us, however-robots with high-level AI, who will kill to survive. Only one 'man' can stop them-their prototype: ORIGIN.

(W/A) Boichi I know what you really are-! As he demolishes one identical GON-BOT after another, ORIGIN's own body is slowly but surely brought to the brink. But even when the massive GON PRIME bursts onto the scene wielding unimaginable destructive power, ORIGIN exercises his newfound will to prioritize protecting Mai Hirose over his own survival. Physical power isn't everything, though-and the knowledge of GON PRIME's true identity might just give ORIGIN the edge he needs!

(W/A) Boichi With their massive political pull, AEE has managed to thoroughly cover up Gon's assault on the Kyoto facility. Now, assembling a team to analyze the remnants left at the scene, they're well on their way to discovering the truth-that mysterious robots live in secret among the human population. At the same time, Origin has determined that for Mai's own safety he has to reject her affection so harshly that she'll keep her distance from him forever?

(W/A) Boichi From the renowed artist Boichi comes a gorgeous and shocking hard-boiled sci-fi classic! Nothing can change Mai's feelings for Origin-not even the revelation that he's a robot. After a narrow escape from a deadly foe, they go on the run together, Origin pledging to protect Mai no matter the cost. But even in the snowy reaches of Hokkaido, their pursuers are hot on their trail!

(W/A) Boichi From the renowed artist Boichi comes a gorgeous and shocking hard-boiled sci-fi classic! Tokyo, 2048. Japan is now connected to the entire northern hemisphere by the Eurasian Railroad, and all manner of crime and vice pour into the megalopolis at its eastern terminus. Little do the people know that inhuman beings live among us, however-robots with high-level AI, who will kill to survive. Only one 'man' can stop them-their prototype: ORIGIN.

(W/A) Boichi From the renowed artist Boichi comes a gorgeous and shocking hard-boiled sci-fi classic! The final battle awaits... ORIGIN has reached the heart of his enemies' hideout, but one thing stands in the way of his showdown with Masamune-his old sparring partner SON. And what's more, she has transcended reality itself and achieved an unparalleled level of superhuman power. Can ORIGIN find a way to defeat the most powerful being in the world...?!

(W/A/CA) Bkub Okawa A bizarre four-panel manga that centers around two 14 year-old girls, Popuko and Pipimi. Don't be fooled by their cute appearance, though; this is one crazy manga! A cult favorite in Japan, Pop Team Epic parodies other manga and pop culture.

(W/A/CA) Bkub Okawa A bizarre four-panel manga that centers around two 14 year old girls, Popuko and Pipimi. Don't be fooled by their cute appearance though?. this is a $*#! manga! Follows the daily adventures of Popuko and Pipimi In this gag manga that parodies other manga and pop culture!

(W) Nisioisin (A) Suzuka Oda The Pretty Boy Detective Club, a mysterious organization that's rumored to solve problems at Yubiwa Academy: Manabu the Aesthete, lover of beauty; Michiru the Epicure, he of the beautiful palate; Hyota the Adonis, he of the beautiful legs; Nagahiro the Orato, he of the beautiful voice; and Sosaku the Artiste, creator of beauty. To search for a star she glimpsed 10 years ago, second-year student Mayumi Dojima calls on these five Pretty Boys to help her solve the case!

(W/A) Koji Suzuki The latest edition of the RING series is set years after the original Sadako story. Now in a modern age of computers and the internet, the Sadako virus is revitilized and is potentially even more dangerous. 28-year-old image processing specialist Takanori Ando being handed a USB memory stick by the president of the CG production company where he works. Tasked with analyzing its contents, Ando gasps at the graphic images he sees, and quickly concludes that they cannot have been faked or generated by CG software. Assuming the man in the video did indeed kill himself, what could his purpose have been in leaving this footage behind? Ando saves the file to his PC. When he plays it again the next day, the man's body has shifted to a lower position, and in subsequent viewings, the video undergoes further changes. Combining classic Japanese horror and modern themes, S is Koji Suzuki's powerful return to the J-Horror field!

(W) FUNA One day Mitsuha falls off a cliff and is tranported to a medievel Europe type world! After a near death encounter with a pack of wolves, she then realizes that she's able to transport between two worlds- this one and her own. Taking advantage of this ability, Mitsuha decides to live in both worlds and calculates that she'll need 80,000 gold coins to be able to retire! Mitsuha now has to come up with different ways to collect her gold coins!

(W) FUNA One day Mitsuha falls off a cliff and is tranported to a medievel Europe type world! After a near death encounter with a pack of wolves, she then realizes that she's able to transport between two worlds- this one and her own. Taking advantage of this ability, Mitsuha decides to live in both worlds and calculates that she'll need 80,000 gold coins to be able to retire! Mitsuha now has to come up with different ways to collect her gold coins!

(W) FUNA One day Mitsuha falls off a cliff and is tranported to a medievel Europe-type world! After a near death encounter with a pack of wolves, she then realizes that she's able to transport between two worlds- this one and her own. Taking advantage of this ability, Mitsuha decides to live in both worlds and calculates that she'll need 80,000 gold coins to be able to retire! Mitsuha now has to come up with different ways to collect her gold coins!

(W) FUNA Joining forces with the ambitious merchant Lephilia, Mitsuha is on a roll in the New World. But now their inventory's been stolen by a jealous rival! She's not letting them get away, though. It's payback time-with the cunning use of her world-jumping ability, of course. In this volume, our heroine is cooking up even more storms: an exclusive club for young noble girls, a manmade island, and a new kind of weapon that'll knock a boy's socks off?!

(W) FUNA The newly opened gallery caf? Gold Coin is a huge hit with the locals thanks to the savvy manager and waitress running it. Meanwhile, the caf?'s owner Mitsuha is going on an undercover mission to the New World. Disguising herself as a foreign noble/royal, a sweet innocent fan of the navy, and even as the Envoy of the Goddess, Mitsuha gathers intel and spreads disinformation, sowing her seeds for future invasion. Dodging pushy nobles, meeting the King of Vanel, and introducing a new business plan to Yamano County, the world-jumping heroine is on the fast track to becoming... the head of a secret evil economic empire?!

One of Zetsubou-sensei's new students, a genius storyteller, can melt even her teacher's black heart. Meanwhile, Chiri, the obsessive-compulsive girl who longs to marry Zetsubou-sensei, is thrilled when the morose young man actually invites her somewhere. Has he asked Chiri out on a date, or is he planning a murder-suicide? Either option may involve flowers!

(W) Naoshi Arakawa, Mizuki Tsujimura (A) Naoshi Arakawa On a snowy school day like any other, classmates and childhood friends Hiroshi and Mizuki arrive at school to find the campus eerily empty. Before long, they find themselves trapped inside with six other friends, and even stranger, all the clocks have stopped at a very specific moment-the exact time when a former classmate jumped off the school roof to their death three months earlier. It turns out that this departed friend is their way out of their current predicament and may even be among their group?but no one can remember who it was that took their life on that sad day. The students must face themselves and their past memories to piece together the identity of this suicide victim or risk a similar fate-with their lives lost and forgotten inside these frigid school walls.

(W) Naoshi Arakawa, Mizuki Tsujimura (A) Naoshi Arakawa On a snowy school day like any other, childhood friends Hiroshi and Mizuki arrive at school to find the campus eerily empty. Before long, they find themselves trapped inside with six other friends, and even stranger, all the clocks have stopped at a very specific moment - the exact time when a former classmate jumped off the school roof to their death three months earlier. It turns out that this departed friend is their way out of their current predicament and may even be among their group? but no one can remember who it was that took their life on that sad day. The students must face themselves and their past memories to piece together the identity of this suicide victim or risk a similar fate.

(W) Naoshi Arakawa, Mizuki Tsujimura (A) Naoshi Arakawa On a snowy school day like any other, classmates and childhood friends Hiroshi and Mizuki arrive at school to find the campus eerily empty. Before long, they find themselves trapped inside with six other friends, and even stranger, all the clocks have stopped at a very specific moment - the exact time when a former classmate jumped off the school roof to their death three months earlier. It turns out that this departed friend is their way out of their current predicament and may even be among their group? but no one can remember who it was that took their life on that sad day. The students must face themselves and their past memories to piece together the identity of this suicide victim or risk a similar fate.

(W) Yo Asami (A) Takaya Kagami Prequel to the hit manga series, Seraph of the End! Detailing the events before the apocalypse, 15 year old Guren Ichinose enrolls at Daiichi Shibuya High, a magical training school. Witness his trials as he must hide his true strength even as he is trampled on at a school for the insufferably privileged.

(W) Yo Asami (A) Takaya Kagami Prequel to the hit manga series, Seraph of the End! Detailing the events before the apocalypse, 15 year old Guren Ichinose enrolls at Daiichi Shibuya High, a magical training school. Witness his trials as he must hide his true strength even as he is trampled on at a school for the insufferably privileged.

(W) Yo Asami (A) Takaya Kagami Prequel to the original hit manga series, Seraph of the End! Detailing the events before the apocalypse, 15-year-old Guren Ichinose enrolls at Daiichi Shibuya High, a magical training school. Witness his trials as he must hide his true strength even as he is trampled on at a school for the insufferably privileged.

(W) Yo Asami (A) Takaya Kagami Prequel to the hit manga series, Seraph of the End! Detailing the events before the apocalypse, 15 year old Guren Ichinose enrolls at Daiichi Shibuya High, a magical training school. Witness his trials as he must hide his true strength even as he is trampled on at a school for the insufferably privileged.

(W) Yo Asami (A) Takaya Kagami Guren just barely escapes his first encounter with the disturbed product of forbidden experiments and one of the terrifyingly powerful vampires whose ire they've roused, but the battle takes a heavy toll. It leaves him with a permanent stain on his soul and more questions about what exactly his childhood sweetheart, Mahiru Hiragi, is after. And what does her prophecy about the world coming to an end actually mean? Before he can get any real answers, however, Mahiru begs him for an unthinkable favor: to kill her by his own hand.

(W) Takaya Kagami (A) Yo Asami Guren Ichinose has sinned. He broke the taboo on human resurrection. He tried to bring back his fallen friends and family with the Seraph of the End experiment. Now humanity once again faces destruction. The only survivors are demons and children. With the human population less than a tenth of what it was, monsters multiply across the earth and vampires hunt humans as prey. But the humans that remain cling on to the hope that the world will be restored. Keeping the knowledge of his crime to himself, Guren Ichinose must take a step forward once more.

(W) Gouten Hamada (A) Takeshi Seshimo After surviving a terrorist incident as a child, Shingo Shimazaki was forced to join the League for Economic Liberations' revolutionary army. Now, thirty years later, he's back in Japan and trying to assimilate to a normal life. His Japanese may be awkward, and his grasp of ordinary tasks a little weak, but he has all the combat and surveillance training of a green beret. There are many kindhearted souls who want to help him-and a few not so kind ones who will do anything to stop him.

(W) Gouten Hamada (A) Takeshi Seshimo After surviving a terrorist incident as a child, Shingo Shimazaki was forced to join the League for Economic Liberations' revolutionary army. Now, thirty years later, he's back in Japan and trying to assimilate to a normal life. His Japanese may be awkward, and his grasp of ordinary tasks a little weak, but he has all the combat and surveillance training of a green beret. There are many kindhearted souls who want to help him-and a few not so kind ones who will do anything to stop him.

(W) Gouten Hamada (A) Takeshi Seshimo Seamlessly mixing secret agent-type action with slice-of-life vignettes and fish-out-of-water comedy, Shimazaki in the Land of Peace is the charming alternate history political thriller you never knew you were dying to read. After surviving a terrorist incident as a child, Shingo Shimazaki was forced to join the League for Economic Liberations' revolutionary army. Now, thirty years later, he's back in Japan and trying to assimilate to a normal life. His Japanese may be awkward, and his grasp of ordinary tasks a little weak, but he has all the combat and surveillance training of a green beret. There are many kindhearted souls who want to help him-and a few not so kind ones who will do anything to stop him.

(W) Gouten Hamada (A) Takeshi Seshimo After surviving a terrorist incident as a child, Shingo Shimazaki was forced to join the League for Economic Liberations' revolutionary army. Now, thirty years later, he's back in Japan and trying to assimilate to a normal life. His Japanese may be awkward, and his grasp of ordinary tasks a little weak, but he has all the combat and surveillance training of a green beret. There are many kindhearted souls who want to help him-and a few not so kind ones who will do anything to stop him.

Based on the book by Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard, Seguchi's Sickness Unto Death is a modern fictional retelling of his concepts of despair, sin, and self-image. At 18, Futaba Kazuma is going to college to get his certification in clinical psychology. While attending school, he boards at a creepy mansion. Also living there is a strange young woman called Emiru. She suffers from a terminal illness of the heart - despair. This deep psychological problem has eerie physical effects as well: her hair has turned white, her body temperature is well below normal, and her blood pressure is also bizarre. No psychologists or counselors have been able to help cure her of this problem. Will Kazuma be able to determine the cause of Emiru's despair and save her before it's too late?

At 18, Futaba Kazuma is going to college to get his certification in clinical psychology. While attending school, he boards at a creepy mansion, which even has a butler. Also living there is a strange young woman called Emiru. She is suffering from a terminal illness of the heart - despair. This deep psychological problem has eerie physical effects as well: her hair has turned white, her body temperature is well below normal, and her blood pressure is also bizarre. No psychologists or counselors have been able to help cure her of this problem. Will Kazuma be able to determine the cause of Emiru's despair and save her before it's too late?

(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.

(W) Kyouka Izumi (A) Honojirotowoji The Maiden's Bookshelf series continues with this eerie classic from the great Izumi Kyoka. 'But you couldn't have known!' A mysterious encounter in the surgery room leads back down the paths of memory, after a young woman refuses anaesthetic to protect her secret... Izumi Kyoka's 1895 classic is a mysterious, wrenching tale of doomed love.

(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.