New Year?s is here, which means all sorts of new experiences for Maika, like celebrating New Year?s Eve with her cafe coworkers and going bargain hunting. But one thing is certainly not going to change?the manager is surely doomed to another 365 days of embarrassing failed attempts to convey his affections to Maika-chan. Or so one would think! But thanks to a little scheme from Miu-san, the two somehow end up on a date?!

New Year?s is here, which means all sorts of new experiences for Maika, like celebrating New Year?s Eve with her cafe coworkers and going bargain hunting. But one thing is certainly not going to change?the manager is surely doomed to another 365 days of embarrassing failed attempts to convey his affections to Maika-chan. Or so one would think! But thanks to a little scheme from Miu-san, the two somehow end up on a date?!

The vampire Staz is one of the most powerful district bosses in the demon world, fending off everyone who dares challenge him. But secretly, the fearsome Staz is obsessed with human culture, especially video games, manga, and everything that comes from Japan! When a Japanese girl wanders into the demon world, Staz can't wait to meet the human and learn everything he can about her world. Unfortunately, before he's able to ask her anything, the girl is killed by one of his would-be usurpers, leaving just her bare soul behind. Staz vows to help the girl restore her body and return to her former life - especially since it means taking a trip to the human world himself!

In the vein of Soul Eater, demon and human cultures clash in this dark, urban action-comedy! Unwilling to let anyone just waltz away with her little girl, Neyn sends Team Fearless - a crew of vampire slayers - after Staz and Fuyumi as they make their way to Demon World South. Team Fearless has never actually taken down a vampire, but they're looking to make good on their name and 'save' Fuyumi. But for a hostage, the girl seems awfully eager to stay at the vampire's side. Has she fallen for the vampire's charms, or just for his blood?

(W/A) Lee NaRae Thanks to Fetechou, the deep wounds in Naerim's heart finally begin to heal...but it only provokes Jina and her gang even more. Driven to the brink by their relentless bullying, Naerim cries out in desperation...only to be met with silence. Where is her trusty vampire when she needs him the most?

(W/A) NaRae Lee One eerie night, in an old, abandoned church, a girl accidentally breaks the seal of an ancient vampire who...starts following her around like a hyper little puppy! It may not be your typical vampire story, but for Naerim, a victim of school bullying, Vlad's manic energy might be just what she needs to regain her smile!

(W/A) NaRae Lee With the help of those close to her, Naerim was finally able to confront her bullies and move on. Becoming an adult, working as a full-fledged shaman, and falling in love with her vampire...whatever the future holds, she cannot wait to face the next chapter in her life! However, some scars are slow to heal, even after centuries pass. A pair of vampires from Fetechou's dark past have tracked him down, and they are determined to drag him back to the shadows...

Anthology, John Neal The band is getting back together! Another star-packed lineup of guest artists is here to riff on Bocchi and her friends in an all-new collab album, and they aren?t pulling any punches?this anthology of short stories will bring down the house!!

Every rock star must deal with the consequences of their newfound fame, and Kessoku Band is no exception! Whether it?s untold tales of Hitori and Yoyoko?s online debut, the employees of Starry giving Seika a makeover, or Ryou actually doing something nice for her bandmates for once, a team of investigative guest artists are here to show you sides of your favorite Bocchi the Rock characters you?ve never seen before!

Every rock star must deal with the consequences of their newfound fame, and Kessoku Band is no exception! Whether it?s untold tales of Hitori and Yoyoko?s online debut, the employees of Starry giving Seika a makeover, or Ryou actually doing something nice for her bandmates for once, a team of investigative guest artists are here to show you sides of your favorite Bocchi the Rock characters you?ve never seen before!

(W/A) Aki Hamazi Bocchi finally takes the stage in English, and she's brought her best friend-crippling anxiety! Hitori Goto just wants to make friends, but the thought of approaching a stranger on her own makes her so nervous that she's spent the entirety of middle school teaching herself how to shred on the guitar-to moderately successful (albeit anonymous) YouTube fame-in the hopes of seeming cool enough for someone else to reach out to her instead. After bringing her guitar to school provokes zero interest, Hitori's just about ready to shrivel up and die...which is when Nijika Ijichi comes across her moping in a playground and begs her to fill in for her band's flakey guitarist for their first-ever live performance! It's like her wish came true-but does this most antisocial of introverts have what it takes to perform in front of real people?!

(W) Aki Hamazi Hitori 'Bocchi' Gotoh once played guitar in solitude, but ever since Nijika Ijichi roped her into joining Kessoku Band, she's experienced everything from playing live shows to part-time jobs to shopping for instruments. All told, she's having a good time, in her own socially anxious way. But now Bocchi's up against her biggest challenge yet-Performing on stage at her school festival!

(W) Aki Hamazi Things are finally starting to look serious for Hitori 'Bocchi' Gotoh as Kessoku Band sets their sights on participating in the Unidentified Riot teen music festival! Now's the time the group to band together and focus on getting their name out there, but when faced with new venues and new faces, can Bocchi settle her nerves long enough to come out on top?

(W/A) Aki Hamazi Kessoku band's successfully cleared the first stage of the Unidentified Riot music festival! But with more trials yet to come, can Bocchi hold it together and give her all in front of SIDEROS and the other powerhouse bands??!

(W/A/CA) Aki Hamazi Having signed on with the Stray Beat indie label, Kessoku Band is hard at work putting together their first mini-album! To keep their sound fresh, each member of the band is trying their hand at new roles. Faced with the unfamiliar task of arranging their next potential hit, is Hitori 'Bocchi' Gotoh in over her head?!

Aki Hamazi Things are finally getting serious for Hitori ?Bocchi? Gotoh and the rest of Kessoku Band. To celebrate the release of their first album, Stray Beat plans to hold the gang?s biggest show yet alongside Klimt?s Night?a hit musical duo from the same label who pack some real star power! In preparation, they?re introduced to the group?s reclusive songwriter, who?has even worse social anxiety than Bocchi?!

(W) Aki Hamazi, Kumichou Kikuri Hiroi has two passions in life-booze and music. One day she's drinking in Kabukicho, the next day she's drinking at a powerboat racing event, and the following day she's drinking at?a high school festival...? Follow her alcoholic adventures in this second spin-off volume of the smash-hit manga Bocchi the Rock!

The perpetually broke members of Sick Hack are living the dream as Eliza convinces her bandmates to cosplay, Kikuri enjoys a bottle of the good stuff for a change, and Shima has a once-in-a-lifetime chance to get her old friend to give up the booze cold turkey! But will things really go as planned, or are their ambitious schemes destined to fail?

(W) Yuumikan (A) Koin, Jirou Oimoto Now known throughout NewWorld Online as 'the walking fortress,' Maple is joined by her best friend Sally, and the two travel to the second zone to prepare for the upcoming second battle royale event! Faced with the admins nerfing her skills, can Maple find new ways to break the game?

(W) Yuumikan (A) Jirou Oimoto After somehow defeating the boss with the help of Sally, what happens when Maple warms up the egg that dropped!? Even the kimono-clad swordswoman Kasumi gets mixed up as the slapstick event continues!

(W) Yuumikan (A) Jirou Oimoto, Koin Maple and Sally make smooth progress through the second event, but their antics lead to other players fearing them as living legends!! Whatever the fuss is about their being untouchable by swords or disappearing like illusions, the two will continue nonchalantly plowing through their enemies as usual!

(W) Yuumikan, Koin (A) Jirou Oimoto Word is the next event is going to focus on guild-vs-guild PVP, and Maple Tree is worried that six people may not be enough. Maple goes to scout out potential new members, but it seems as if extreme builds are drawn to one another!

(W) Yuumikan (A) Jirou Oimoto, Koin The PvP event begins with guilds falling one by one...and then turns into an all-out assault on Maple Tree! It's a trial by fire for new and inexperienced guild members Mai and Yui, as Maple and her partner Sally take the field by storm, launching an offensive of their own! Will they be able to overcome the odds and seize victory?

(W) Yuumikan (A/CA) Koin A bunch of talented new guilds are ready to give Maple Tree a run for their money. But Maple's not too worried. The thought of chances for more PvP has her fired up! Between scouting out other guilds for info on their rivals and looking for new skills to make themselves even deadlier, Maple Tree has plenty of work to do as the Ninth Event kicks off!

(W) Jirou Oimoto (A/CA) Koin When it comes to the VRMMO NewWorld Online, Kaede Honjou isn't your run-of-the-mill greenhorn gamer. Forgoing a typical stat allocation for her Great Shielder, Maple, she pumps all her points into defense from the get-go! Her reasoning? 'I don't want to get hurt.' With no magic, agility, or strength to speak of, this walking fortress will have to get creative to beat the baddies early on. But little does she know that her pure-stat build will propel her to chaotic new heights that even the game admins couldn't account for!

(W) Yuumikan (A) Koin Maple and Sally finished the treasure hunt event with stunning results, coming in first and second place, respectively. Now they???re off to their next adventure???establishing a new guild! Together with their friends, they???ll be pushing themselves to ever greater heights in Maple Tree! However?Kthis will also birth the most terrifying guild in the game, the one players call the Demon World. It???s time for the invincible, stalwart, no-damage adventurer Maple to cast off her humanity and ascend to godhood!

(W) Yuumikan (A) Koin After forming a guild with her friends, Maple and company set their sights on winning the upcoming Guild War. Although her new allies have plenty of tricks up their sleeves, the server overwhelmingly expects the Flame Empire and the Order of the Holy Sword to crush the competition. To prove them all wrong, Maple concocts a secret plan to topple the game's leading guilds that not even the administrators will see coming!

(W) Yuumikan (A) Koin After crushing the top two guilds in the game, Maple Tree places third in a massive upset during the latest event. Looking to strengthen her ties with the game???s three top Guild Masters, Maple decides to team up with the Order of the Holy Sword and the Flame Empire to take on a newly implemented dungeon. The strongest player is ready for a brand new challenge!

(W) Yuumikan (A) Koin Maple is a beast and her victories over the secret boss on the fifth floor and several tough players prove it. Still, she's going to need more than strength in the next area that opens up because it's a house of horrors filled to the brim with scary critters that absolutely terrify Sally. Looking for a way to repay her partner's kindness, Maple starts exploring this haunted stratum, but things won't be going as planned...

(W) Yuumikan (A) Koin Still feeling a bit sad for Sally, who missed out on the sixth layer, Maple proposes they try something fun for the seventh event. It'll be just the two of them, aiming to complete a no damage run with the odds against them and the difficulty set to max. What could possibly go wrong?

(W) Yuumikan (A) Koin Maple's made it to the seventh stratum. Finally, monster taming's available on a grand scale, and the other Maple Tree members have begun the search for their own pets! As usual, Maple's gone off on her own to find a new skill. She's eaten another monster?and this time she's got tentacles?!

(W) Yuumikan (A) Koin All members of Maple Tree made it through the prelims and are joining forces in the eighth event's main round-a brutal three day survival mission. But they've all tamed monsters that perfectly fit their builds and they are unmatched in combat. They rampage across the perilous fields, annihilating bosses that slew countless other players and are well on their way to becoming a gauntlet that no force on earth can hope to survive!

(W) Yuumikan (A) Koin It's been a while since Maple and Sally enjoyed some adventures with just the two of them. The girls head out to search for a secret dungeon in the sky. They discover some amazing scenery and even take commemorative photos, but then Maple comes across a girl with lightning-based skills. Apparently, she's the guild master of an up-andcoming new guild and intends to knock Maple Tree off their pedestal!

(W) Yuumikan (A) Jirou Oimoto, Koin Maple Tree are duking it out against the Flame Empire, but even after pulling out every secret technique they have, their opponents refuse to go down without a fight! And even if Maple and her guildmates manage to come through, what awaits them is the top-ranked guild in the game-the Order of the Holy Sword. Just how will the fourth event shake out?!

(W) Yuumikan (A) Koin Sunken ships, lost treasure, and underwater adventure! Maple Tree arrives on the eighth stratum to find a whole new world under the sea. They'll have to dive deep to explore and master fighting in the water. Maple's defense build isn't designed for the speed and agility required to swim, but she'll find a way! Thankfully Sally's already a skilled swimmer. With her help, the rest of the guild heads out to find what awaits on the ocean floor-and what lurks in the dark depths...

(W/A) Mizuki Nomura Musubu is a boy who can hear the voices of books. One day, he meets a children's book that wants to go back to someone named Hana, and the search begins. Will he be able to fulfill the book's request...?

(W) Nagaru Tanigawa (A/CA) Noizi Ito This third volume in the Haruhi Suzumiya series is a collection of four exciting short stories that chronologically take place before The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya.The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya:In her latest attempt to give the S.O.S. Brigade more public exposure, Haruhi signs the group up for the city-wide baseball tournament. Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody:It's like Back To the Future! In order to prevent an impending disaster, Mikuru takes Kyon back in time, where he meets Haruhi as a seventh grader. Mysterique Sign:The computer club president at school mysteriously disappears, and it's up to the S.O.S. Brigade to get to the bottom of it!Remote Island Syndrome:It's vacation time when a relative of Itsuki's invites the S.O.S. Brigade to stay at his island villa. But then a dead body turns up, and Haruhi and the gang get mixed up in a thrilling murder mystery.

(W) Yuki Yaku (CA) Fly Fumiya Tomozaki's opinion on the game of 'real life' has been changing ever since he met Aoi Hinami and began training with her-it may not be the greatest, but at least it doesn't suck. Meanwhile, student elections are coming up, and obviously, Hinami will be running for student council president. But when Mimimi decides to run, too, Tomozaki's going to find out if he's leveled up enough to handle the crossfire! For readers ages 16 and up

(W) Yuki Yaku (A/CA) Fly The first semester is over, and summer vacation has begun-although that doesn't mean Tomozaki will get a break from his training with Hinami. His mission this time is a tough one: a coed overnight trip! And not only that, she wants him in a relationship by the end of the summer?! For readers ages 16 years and up.