(W/A) Junji Ito
'What destiny awaits them after the screaming? After abruptly departing from a train in a small town, a couple encounters a 'weeping woman'-a professional mourner-sobbing inconsolably at a funeral. Mako changes afterward-she can't stop crying! In another tale, having decided to die together, a couple enters Aokigahara, the infamous suicide forest. What is the shocking torrent they discover there? One of horror's greatest talents, Junji Ito beckons readers to join him in an experience of ultimate terror with four new stories.' For older teen audiences.
(W/A) Junji Ito
What fate awaits when death is not the end?A group of four university students stumbles upon a deserted, decaying village deep in the mountains only to find an enormous perpetual motion machine still at work there. Before they can answer the questions of who made it and to what end, the friends begin to disappear, one after the other. Another story sees the return of the strange Hikizuri siblings! A girl weighed down since birth by an invisible burden meets the odd siblings and moves in with them in order to understand the truth about herself. But after a string of bizarre occurrences, the siblings' uncle appears on the scene...
Sixty-two years after human life on Earth was annihilated by rampaging alien invaders, the enigmatic Messenger O is sent back in time with a mission to unite humanity of past eras -during the Second World War and ancient Japan, even back to the dawn of the species itself - to defeat the invasion before it begins. However, in a future shredded by war and genocide, love waits for O. Will O save humanity only to doom himself?
In a world where life is lived online and the government is all-powerful, there should be no serial killers. But then the bodies begin turning up. Three young girls are targeted by the killer-who might just be a werewolf-and learn that there is more to techno-utopia than meets the eye.
(W/A/CA) Io Sakisaka
Fast friends Yuna and Akari are complete opposites-Yuna is an idealist, while Akari is a realist. When lady-killer Rio and the oblivious Kazuomi join their ranks, love and friendship become quite complicated! For teen audiences.
(W/A/CA) Io Sakisaka
Love and friendship have become quite complicated for these four friends. Yuna has fallen in love with Rio, but he has feelings for Akari that he's never been able to express. While Yuna keeps his secret, Akari makes a move on the person she's interested in. For teen audiences.
(W/A/CA) Io Sakisaka
Love and friendship have become quite complicated for these four friends. Rio's kiss is the result of being unable to rein in his feelings after he discovers Akari has fallen for Kazuomi. Akari, who is working to keep the family together, and Yuna, who loves Rio, are shocked. Can Yuna help Rio understand what's at stake?
(W/A) Io Sakisaka
Love and friendship have become quite complicated for these four friends. Inui finds out Akari has confided in Ryosuke about her problems with her parents. Feeling jealous, he tells Akari he wants to hear about her problems too. Ryosuke is moving in quick, and Inui still hasn't told Akari how he feels about her! For teen audiences.
Ritsuka's determination to find answers brings dire consequences. While he's confined to a chair at home by his abusive mother, Soubi uncovers a truth so shocking that it completely shatters his fragile sense of self. *Contains volumes 5 and 6 of the series, along with never-before-seen bonus comics, artist commentary, and interviews.
Before Ritsuka and Soubi can demand answers from Septimal Moon, the organization behind everything, Seimei undergoes a macabre resurrection! Ritsuka fi nally asks what he should have from the start: was Seimei a good person? Age Rating: T
Seimei is very much alive and has torn through the Seven Voices Academy like a whirlwind. As Septimal Moon struggles to right itself and keep its secrets from spilling out, a new enemy takes center stage: the unit named 'Bloodless' wages a crippling psychological war, ending battles without spilling a single drop of blood. Yet Ritsuka and Soubi must emerge victorious against them - or lose Kio.
Although Natsuo and Youji have transferred to Ritsuka's school to monitor him in the wake of his brother's bloody homecoming, the unit named 'Moonless' manages to isolate Ritsuka in order to propose a scheme to turn brother against brother.
(W/A) Uoyama
Morio Kurokawa is the toughest-looking tough guy around. Yukiko Akaza is a self-possessed girl with a vision impairment attending a school for the blind. The whole city fears Morio, but Yukiko sees the real him-he's a soft sweetheart who's just searching for his place in the world! For teen audiences.
(W/A/CA) Uoyama
Yukiko and Morio don't have the most graceful of introductions, but their meeting is one that will change their lives and the lives of their loved ones. However, their awkward budding relationship is soon tested by a stubborn, immovable girl-one of Morio's beloved lackeys, Hachiko Tono! For teen audiences.
(W/A) Uoyama
As Morio and Yukiko continue to grow closer, their friends do too-or try to, at least! Personalities clash between folks leading different lives, but can Yukiko help her best friend, Sora, use her love of running to help the group embrace each other's differences?
(W/A) Uoyama
After an embarrassing conversation about kisses, Yukiko realizes the next major challenge that she and Morio face-when they'll share their first kiss! With Christmas around the corner and loads of disruptions in the way, will they ever experience that magical moment?
(W/A) Uoyama
After running into an old flame, Morio is pressed to reveal more about his past to the jealous Yukiko. But even the happy-go-lucky Morio has a few secrets he can't share! When Yukiko's curiosity gets the better of her, an upset Morio walks out on the conversation. Can these normally lovey-dovey dorks learn the serious art of compromise?
(W/A) Uoyama
Morio faces one of his greatest fears when he learns of a visually impaired person getting into an accident at a train station. He finally relaxes after rushing to Yukiko's side and finding out that she's safe. But his relief soon flips right back to anxiety when they realize the visually impaired person in question is one of Yukiko's best friends!
(W/A) Junji Ito
Ryusuke returns to the town he once lived in because rumors are swirling about girls killing themselves after encountering a bewitchingly handsome young man. Harboring his own secret from time spent in this town, Ryusuke attempts to capture the beautiful boy and close the case, but? Starting with the strikingly bloody 'Lovesickness,' this volume collects ten stories showcasing horror master Junji Ito in peak form, including 'The Strange Hikizuri Siblings' and 'The Rib Woman.' For older teen audiences.
(W) Sekka Iwata (A) Yu Aoki
Kana Sakuragi is an excellent candidate for the job. Any job! She's motivated and organized, and has a fantastic memory. So why has she interviewed at over 15 companies without a single offer? She's trying to keep a positive attitude, but it seems like her bad luck is only getting worse when a monster crashes her latest interview. As havoc ensues, she finds herself helping the magical girl who comes to their rescue and ends up with more than just her life in return. Meet the newest magical girl at Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc.!
(W) Sekka Iwata (A) Yu Aoki
It's Kana's first big assignment as a Magilumiere magical girl, and she's excited to put all the knowledge she's gained from reading piles and piles of books to good use! She and senior Magilumiere magical girl Koshigaya are assigned to a tricky kaii outbreak, but thanks to all her research, Kana is quick to suggest an efficient solution. So why is President Shigemoto rejecting her idea for being against company principles?!
(W) Sekka Iwata (A) Yu Aoki
Kana is shadowing Lily, a magical girl who works for a luxury cosmetics company, in order to learn the full breadth of her new occupation. Seeing how other companies handle kaii outbreaks has been an excellent educational opportunity, but an intruiging assignment quickly becomes a real struggle when a tricky mission brings an agent from the largest magical girl company to the scene. Can Kana handle the combined challenge of mutating kaii and a magical girl with wildly different methods?
(W) Sekka Iwata (A/CA) Yu Aoki
Kana's wins as a magical girl keep piling up! Not only is she impressing the heck out of her coworkers, but she even inspired a prodigy broom engineer to build her a custom rig specially modded to suit all her needs. But while everyone else is singing her praises, Kana is starting to feel a little overwhelmed. Especially when she gets her latest assignment-training the newest Magilumiere hire! For teen audiences.
(W) Sekka Iwata (A) Yu Aoki
Kana isn't the only employee at Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. who can wow an audience-President Shigemoto and magic engineer Nikoyama have developed an amazing new magic system that is poised to revolutionize the industry! But before ALICE can go live, they need to prove the system can handle anything-even a dangerous new type of kaii no one has any intel on!
(W) Sekka Iwata (A) Yu Aoki
A lot is riding on Kana, Koshigaya, and the new ALICE system. But before they can even start the kaii extermination that will prove ALICE is ready to launch, someone calls in the cavalry-Magical Girl Tsuchiba from Ast! How can Magilumiere's magical girls make a good impression on their very important audience when their ruthlessly efficient rival is stepping on their toes?
(W) Sekka Iwata (A) Yu Aoki
Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. is growing! President Shigemoto has finally narrowed down the candidates for the engineer position, and the whole company is going to Kyoto-the birthplace of magical girls-to help with the interviews. Everyone is super excited, but then the meeting with one of the top contenders does not go as expected. Has the president lost his personnel touch?
(W) Sekka Iwata (A) Yu Aoki
The Tonomori Shrine festival was a lot more eventful than any of the Magilumiere employees expected, but by using their gift for teamwork and joining forces with the shrine's security expert, they were able to save the day! Their celebratory mood is dampened, however, when President Shigemoto points out that the kaii outbreak couldn't have been natural-someone did it on purpose! Now, in the midst of ongoing industry upheavals, the magical girls and their stalwart coworkers are racing to discover just who this new foe is!
(W) Sekka Iwata (A) Yu Aoki
There's never a dull day at the office when you're a magical girl! Are you looking for something new? Something challenging? Something very highly paid? Exterminating monsters is an exciting, fast-paced field that will get you out from behind a desk and into the action. With over 500 magical girl companies now in operation, you're sure to find a position-and a uniform-that fits. Start your career as a magical girl today! As the push to deregulate magic power continues, certain factions are willing to go to any extreme to further their agenda-including unleashing an artificial kaii on Tokyo Bay! Magilumiere tries to take on the unnatural beast, but Ast shows up out of the blue with a new device that seems to make short work of the kaii?right up until it comes back to life. With Ast's and her own reputation on the line, Tsuchiba is determined to finish the job no matter the cost. Can Kana and her coworkers keep this unprecedented extermination from turning deadly?
(W/A/CA) Rumiko Takahashi
Yusaku Godai didn't get accepted into college on the first try, so he's studying to retake the entrance exams. But living in a dilapidated building full of eccentric and noisy tenants is making it hard for him to achieve his goals. Now that a beautiful woman has moved in to become the new resident manager, Godai is driven to distraction!
(W/A) Rumiko Takahashi
A year has passed since Kyoko Otonashi became the resident manager of Maison Ikkoku. Yusaku Godai, now a college student, gathers his courage and asks Kyoko out on a date! But the meddling tenants have other ideas about how the two will spend their evening... For older teen audiences.
(W/A) Rumiko Takahashi
Yusaku Godai is suffering because Maison Ikkoku's lovely resident manager, Kyoko Otonashi, is giving him the cold shoulder. He's been dating Kozue Nanao, and as a starving college student Yusaku enjoys the free dinner her family provides him twice a week. Yusaku knows he needs to end things with Kozue if he ever hopes to get back into Kyoko's good graces... For older teen audiences.
(W/A/CA) Rumiko Takahashi
Yusaku Godai has set his heart on Kyoko Otonashi, but he still goes on dates with Kozue Nanao frequently. Kozue senses that Godai is growing emotionally distant, so she asks Kyoko's tennis coach Shun Mitaka for advice. Yet once Mitaka gets involved, misunderstandings abound on all sides! For older teen audiences.
(W/A) Rumiko Takahashi
After Yusaku Godai saves his beloved apartment manager, Kyoko Otonashi, from falling off the roof of Maison Ikkoku, the two argue and Godai falls off the balcony, breaking his leg. Kyoko keeps visiting him during his stay in the hospital, but all their friends are making it difficult for them to find time alone to make up. For older teen audiences.
(W/A) Rumiko Takahashi
Yusaku Godai and apartment manager Kyoko Otonashi take Nozomu Nikaido under their wing when the 18-year-old student moves into Maison Ikkoku. After Nikaido falls victim to Mr. Yotsuya's pranks, he is bent on revenge, but is Nikaido any match for the mysterious trickster? For older teen audiences.
(W) Rumiko Takahashi
Yusaku Godai is in love with his apartment building manager, Kyoko Otonashi, but he's still figuring out his future. He misses his most promising job interview while helping a woman in labor get to the hospital. Although his would-be boss appreciates the decision he made, he no longer has a job for him. Upon hearing the news, Ibuki Yagami decides she'll help Godai by moving in to his room, much to Kyoko's dismay! For older teen audiences.
(W/A) Rumiko Takahashi
Yusaku Godai has started his first job out of college as a teacher at Sweet Acorn Nursery School. Unfortunately he's not making enough money to pay rent, so he starts tutoring again. When Ibuki Yagami finds out, she decides it's the perfect opportunity to get to spend some time with Godai...
(W/A) Rumiko Takahashi
A hostess at Godai's work runs off and leaves her two young children in his care. Not sure what to do, he brings them back to Maison Ikkoku, where Kyoko volunteers to help look after them while Godai tracks down the mother. For older teen audiences.
