(W/A/CA) Yui Hara
An adorable four-panel-style comic in the vein of classics like K-ON! Alice's life in Japan continues! What happens when Alice visits a public bathhouse for the first time? And what kind of crazy party does Karen have in store for Christmas?
(W/A/CA) Yui Hara
Shino and friends are about to become third-year high school students! The girls are a little uneasy about their new class, but a field trip to Nara and Kyoto awaits! Alice loves Japanese culture and should be excited about this, but?!?
(W/A/CA) Yui Hara
With the school trip behind them, it's now test-taking season for Shino and the gang. Find out more about Youko and Aya's past, as well as a secret that Kana's been keeping to herself! Don't miss Volume 8 of Kiniro Mosaic!
(W/A/CA) Yui Hara
The girls' last summer as high-schoolers has finally arrived, and Karen's got a great idea-studying and camping at the beach! Sunny days ahead in Volume 9 of Kiniro Mosaic!
(W/A/CA) Yui Hara
With graduation on the horizon and everyone headed in different directions, looking forward can be difficult. But time goes on, and before the girls know it, their last high school festival is upon them. The cross-cultural hijinks continue in the latest volume of Kiniro Mosaic! For readers ages 13 years and up.
(W/A) Yui Hara
Join your favorite fun-loving, international group of girls one last time! Aya, Youko, and Karen are taking their university entrance exams, and everyone's getting ready for their big graduation trip! Don't miss the final volume of Kiniro Mosaic!
(W) Mitsuki Mihara (A/CA) MonRin
Kazuki fights off Ilyaelia with the power of the Three Sacred Treasures. Now, his magic exhausted, must go on a sizzling date to increase his Level of Affection... but with whom? Meanwhile, Kanae seeks to perfect a new sword technique, one that can tip the balance of power between sword and spell! Just in time too, as the attack on the Magical Domain is entering its final stage!
(W) Hirokatsu Kihara, Ichiro Nakayama (A) Junji Ito
University student Mimi and her boyfriend Naoto encounter one chilling mystery after another. There's the enigmatic neighbor woman dressed in black from head to toe-but if she's so odd, why does it seems like there are many others like her? Then, whose eyes track Mimi's movements from the cemetery next door? And why does a bizarre red circle drawn on a basement wall change with each passing day? Nine scary stories that really happened, drawn from the famed collection of urban legends Shin Mimibukuro (New Earmuffs), and adapted into manga by horror genius Junji Ito!
(W/A/CA) Rumi Hara
Ignatz nominated and MoCCA Arts Festival Award-winning cartoonist Rumi Hara invites you to visit her magical world. Nori (short for Noriko) is a spirited three-year-old girl who lives with her parents and grandmother in the suburbs of Osaka during the 1980s. In mesmerizing short stories of black and white artwork with alternating spot color, Hara draws on East Asian folklore and Japanese culture to create an enchanting milieu that Nori tries to make sense of, wrestling between the reality of what she sees and the legends her grandma shares with her.
(W/A/CA) Rumi Hara
The Peanutbutter Sisters is a glorious balance of contradictions, at once escapism and realism, science fiction and slice of life. Two students explore the urban landscape while following Newton Creek, the polluted Queens-Brooklyn border. As they do, they plan a traditional Japanese play with contemporary pop culture. Another story features an intergalactic race of all living things set in the year 2099 and is a dazzling treatise on the environment and journalism. Hara's innate control of the comics language is refreshingly unrivaled.
(W/A/CA) Satoshi Kazunori Aihara
Where is Pikachu? Find Pok?mon in colorful pictures of Pallet Town, Celadon City and other scenic spots from the games! Three Let's Find volumes are collected in one book!
(W/A) Keiko Ishihara
Freya has been granted Tyr's royal jewel and the chance to seek allies in the fight against Sigurd. But the journey to hope is fraught with danger and Freya and her knights will have to survive a voyage across a pirate-infested sea before they can even begin to secure the help her kingdom needs! For older teen audiences.
(W) Keiko Ishihara, Keiko Ishihara
The fate of Nacht hangs in the balance as Freya and Edda confront a cornered Queen Sophie. With the life of the infant crown prince at stake, the only weapon they have left is the truth. But will that be enough to wrest control from Sophie before the Sigurdian reinforcements reach the fort?! For older teen audiences.
(W/A) Keiko Ishihara
After the king of Asha is murdered by Sigurdian forces, Freya and her knights rescue the king's mother and flee with the citizens of Asha to safety. But with Sigurdian retribution still looming and an unexpected betrayal on the path ahead, will Freya be able to protect the people of Asha?
(W/A) Keiko Ishihara
Queen Mariam and the people of Asha have valiantly seized the upper hand against Lord Gleb and his Siguardian troops in the fight for their freedom-but just when it looks as though victory is within their gasp, Emperor Dimitri himself arrives with Siguardian reinforcements. If Freya has any hope of helping her people win this battle, she'll need to escape the clutches of the Indigo Knight before it's too late.
(W) Tail Yuzuhara (A) Sora
On her eighteenth birthday, shut-in Sena Shirai gathers her resolve and steps out into the world for the first time in a long while-only to be hit by a truck! Reborn as a witch in another world, she is only able to master two spells: Explosion and Destruction. With the nearby villagers fearful of her powers, she resigns herself to an isolated life once more...that is, until a mysterious boy collapses on her doorstep!
(W) Tail Yuzuhara (A) Sora
Shut-in witch Sena has discovered that her seemingly useless magic has the power to swiftly put old, berserk dragons out of their misery. She's been asked to accept her Dragon Caller fate and live alongside the new King of Wind, Liskal...but how can she cut ties to the world when Prince Keith is still out there waiting for her?
(W) Tail Yuzuhara (A) Sora
After stopping Liskal the wind dragon's rampage, Sena and Keith descend from mount Ryudo and return to the royal capital of Vekral. There, the pair receive a summons from the neighboring Phondona Empire, which controls the fire dragon, under threat of incurring the wrath of its military if they refuse. But what could the most powerful nation on the continent want with Sena and Keith?!
(W) Kunihiko Ikuhara (A) Misaki Saitoh
The hilarious spin-off manga to the anime by acclaimed director Kunihiko Ikuhara! Reo and Mabu, supernatural cops and agents of a certain empire, are surprised to find a baby lying on a plate in the street! They take her in as they search for her parents, but their bizarre lives keep leading them in wild directions. Strangely, this baby, whom they name Sara, seems to have supernatural powers as well... and these two men are starting to think they love her as if she were their own daughter!
(W) Kazune Kawahara (A) Aiji Yamakawa
A self-contained shojo drama of romance and friendship written by the author of the hit manga series High School Debut. Eiko and her best friend Moe couldn't be more different. While Eiko is a shy, average-looking girl, Moe is beautiful and constantly gets attention from guys. Though their personalities are total opposites, the bond between them is incredibly strong. Moe might have an endless supply of suitors, but when it comes to actually dating them, she has a condition: her boyfriend must value Eiko more than he does Moe. No one has yet been able to meet her condition-not until a boy named Tsuchida appears, at least. What will Eiko do when her relationship with her best friend begins to change?
(W) Hirokatsu Kihara (A) Junji Ito
A tumor shaped like a man's face slowly moves across a woman's body. The sea shoots glowing balls into the sky, much to the distress of beachgoers. And a girl dressed up for a holiday has no eyes, no nose, nothing-her face is a total blank. Hirokatsu Kihara pens true stories of unsolved mysteries, stitched together with page after page of Junji Ito's original illustrations in this collection of nine eerie tales and a bonus manga story.
(W) Reki Kawahara (A/CA) Keiichi Sigsawa
The fact that Kohiruimaki Karen is 183 centimeters tall has always been something she's felt extremely self-conscious about as an introverted high school girl. But in the world of games, she can be whoever she wants to be! In the popular Gun Gale Online game, she's Ren, a short, all pink, P90 wielding bombshell who's aiming to win the next battle royale!
(W) Reki Kawahara, Keiichi Sigsawa (A/CA) Kouhaku Kuroboshi
Karen Kohiruimaki receives a cryptic message from a creepy stalker who informs her that on the night of the next Squad Jam, someone will die. Now, LLENN needs to take up arms and cut through her inexplicable anguish to prevent her worst fears from coming true!
(W) Reki Kawahara, Keiichi Sigsawa (A/CA) Kouhaku Kuroboshi
'The real-world death of Pitohui.' This was the motivator that pushed Llenn into entering the second Squad Jam with her best friend Fukaziroh. Pitohui has the strength of a demon with the mentality to match. On top of that, Llenn isn't the only one hunting her! Will Llenn reach Pitohui in time? Or will one of the 79,408 bullets fired in the second Squad Jam beat P-Chan to the punch?!
(W) Reki Kawahara, Keiichi Sigsawa (A) Kouhaku Kuroboshi
Old frenemies become staunch allies as the strongest team in the history of Gun Gale is born! This time, LPFM will enter the third annual Squad Jam and overcome fierce competition to uncover the mysteries of the UNKNOWN area!
(W) Reki Kawahara, Keiichi Sigsawa (A) Kouhaku Kuroboshi
As the third Squad Jam begins to wind down, the 'special rule' takes effect! 'Your former comrades are now your enemies.' Team LPFM, one of the favorites to win the competition, has been torn apart, and Pitohui couldn't be more delighted! Not looking forward to her rematch with the trigger-happy Pito, Llenn and her new teammates are escorted to the mysterious UNKNOWN area at the center of the sinking map, surrounded by a thick fog. As bullets of betrayal fly past former allies, the fog finally clears to reveal...a luxury cruise ship?! For readers ages 13 and up.
(W) Reki Kawahara, Keiichi Sigsawa (A/CA) Kouhaku Kuroboshi
A month after the end of the third Squad Jam, a mysterious email is sent to former contestants all across the country. The email contains an invitation to brand-new game, and only the top contenders from the past three Squad Jams are allowed to participate! With objective of capturing bases as opposed to an all-out deathmatch, this new game mode has a completely different feel from Squad Jam. A fitting stage for the long-awaited rematch with SHINC! For readers ages 13 and up.
(W) Reki Kawahara, Keiichi Sigsawa (A/CA) Kouhaku Kuroboshi
During any difficult encounter, whether in game or in real life, it's always good to have an exit strategy. So when Karen Kohiruimaki gets completely blindsided by a rogue marriage proposal, she's able to respond with a smooth 'P-Chan is more my type...' But when a handsome man appears before Llenn during her strategy meeting for the 4th Squad Jam, she gets a sinking feeling that this is one battle she'll have to face head on! For readers ages 13 and up.
(W) Reki Kawahara, Keiichi Sigsawa (A) Kouhaku Kuroboshi
Llenn's stuck between a rock and a hard place! With a pesky marriage proposal on one side and her long-awaited rematch with SHINC on the other, the stakes are higher than ever in this fourth Squad Jam! The battle for first place--and Llenn's heart--continues!
(W) Reki Kawahara, Keiichi Sigsawa (A) Kouhaku Kuroboshi
Sparks fly as the fourth Squad Jam barrels towards its pulse-pounding conclusion. But are they the sparks of romance or high-grade explosives? With a marriage on the line, Fire is determined to win by any means necessary, and manages to win SHINC's assistance in overthrowing LPFM. Meanwhile, Llenn's team finally meets up with Boss's crew, but Fire's squad is there and ready to rumble as well! Who will emerge the victor?!
(W/A) Reki Kawahara
The moment Kirito, Asuno, and Alice were dragged into the mysterious VRMMO 'Unital Ring,' Shinon was also thrust into the online world. After numerous setbacks, she finds herself without friends or equipment, and only a few 'Thirst Points' left to her name. Backed against a wall, she'll need to defeat a terrifying boss monster to survive. Meanwhile, Kirito's group splits in order to both search for Shinon and defend their home, unaware that a mysterious assailant lies in wait...
(W) Reki Kawahara, Keiichi Sigsawa (A) Kouhaku Kuroboshi
After clearing the Five Ordeals, LPFM and SHINC scarcely have a moment to rest before the 5th Squad Jam is announced. And this time around, there's a new rule that's sure to disorient the participants: Players can swap gear with any of their teammates during the match. Naturally, Llenn and her squad resolve to take on the challenge and quickly get to strategizing. But soon they catch wind of an additional stipulation that will stack the odds against them: Whoever takes out Llenn in the tournament will receive a bounty of one hundred million credits!
(W) Reki Kawahara, Keiichi Sigsawa (A) Kouhaku Kuroboshi
The Fifth Squad Jam is underway, and Llenn already has a bounty on her head! But this time, the target on her back is sanctioned by the very rules of the tournament! If she wants to have any hope of victory, she's going to need some allies. But with a one-hundred-million credit reward boosting the chances of betrayal to dizzying heights, she'll have to be extra careful with who she chooses to trust?
(W) Reki Kawahara (A) Keiichi Sigsawa, Kouhaku Kuroboshi
It's the fifth squad jam and Llen's valued at one hundred million credits. Thrown out into the fog, she's persisted in looking for other participants and finally managed to team up with someone. However, one hour after the start, the outside field starts to crumble until all that's left is a three-kilometer castle. Llen and friends just barely escape the crumble but Pitohui (?) dies from Shirley's(?) exploding ball. The end is nearing, but there's a newly added special rule.??
(W) Reki Kawahara (A/CA) Keiichi Sigsawa
The Squad Jam is underway, and Llenn and M are already caught in the crossfire! Will they be able to hold their own as a two-man team against squads with actual military training?? Hey, wasn't this supposed to be just a game?!
(W) Reki Kawahara, Keiichi Sigsawa (A) Tadadi Tamori
In the real world, college student Karen Kohiruimaki lived an unhappy life, self-conscious about her considerable height. But inside the VR game Gun Gale Online, her avatar is on the shorter side-just the way she likes it-and each new day brings something exciting! One day, she's invited by her in-game acquaintance Pitohui to join the Squad Jam, a team battle tournament, and after some hesitation, she decides to join, forming a team with M, one of Pito's friends. But when M betrays her, leaving her to fight alone, how will she fare against the final team...?
(W) Reki Kawahara (A/CA) Tsubasa Haduki
The manga adaptation of the bestselling anime and light novel phenomenon! Now veteran players of ALfheim Online, Kirito and his friends set their sights on obtaining the legendary sword, Excalibur! Read the latest volume of Sword Art Online's manga adaptation!
(W) Reki Kawahara (A/CA) Tsubasa Hazuki
Kirito jumps into a new VRMMORPG called ALfheim Online (ALO) in search of Asuna, who still hasn't regained consciousness. On his quest to find the World Tree and reach Asuna, he meets a sylph girl named Leafa. A veteran player experienced with the sword, Leafa recognizes that Kirito is motivated by serious circumstances and decides to help him. But Leafa's identity in the real world is Suguha Kirigaya - Kirito's sister. And it's the glimmer of her beloved brother she sees in Kirito that prompts her to lend him a hand. Now, despite the conflicting interests guiding them on, the pair set off on a journey to the World Tree!
(W) Reki Kawahara (A/CA) Tsubasa Hazuki
Having defeated General Eugene of the Salamanders and having aided the alliance between Sylphs and Cait Siths by protecting their leaders, Kirito and Leafa reach Alne, the town at the foot of the World Tree, at long last. But before they can tackle the tree - and their main objective - server maintenance begins, and they are forced to log out. Back in the real world, Kazuto and Suguha Kirigaya, each unaware of the other's in-game identity, pay a visit to Asuna Yuuki, who still lies asleep in her hospital room. While there, Suguha suffers a terrible shock when she realizes just how strongly her beloved brother cares for Asuna. Meanwhile, Asuna, still imprisoned atop the World Tree within the game world of ALfheim Online, makes a fateful and desperate decision to escape!