TOP MANGA OF THE MONTH

In the modern age where dungeons have appeared...In a world where everything is decided by a player's blessing, Iijima Joji surprisingly gets the lowest aptitude of a G-rank Blessing. He had a terrible start as a player, being forced into debt by his friends and ridiculed for his incompetence. However, by chance, he was forced to participate in an unending tutorial XX years have passed. He reached level 9999, but the endlessly repeating tutorial was about to break him. and then his level increased. When he reached the other side of the countdown, the world was bugged, and he went back in time to the moment he woke up as a player, and he had to start his life over again at an extraordinary level."Who is he? Why is such a monster working as a guild receptionist?" When he swings his arm, buildings disappear. When he casts magic, disasters occur.The overwhelming destructive power of the player's guild receptionist is causing a commotion! The drama of a bored man in his 30s who is trying to turn his life around and get over it all begins here!!

Amidst the chaos of her parents’ bitter divorce, Alaskan teenager Waverly Lyons trades in her textbooks and parka for a summer of suntans and short-shorts with her aunt in Florida. A fish out of water even back in the snow, Waverly is determined to be everything she isn’t back home: cool, fun, dare she even say part of a group? There’s just one problem. She doesn’t know how to swim. Enter Blake—the super-tan, super-hot, super-arrogant boy next door who seems to hate her guts. When he discovers her secret, Waverly is positive that her perfect summer is perfectly over. But then Blake does the unthinkable. He offers to teach her.

She's cold as ice. Can he melt her heart? ??

In the final days of World War II, Japan lay in ruins and the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had been obliterated. A tense drama unfolds in Tokyo as Japan teeters on the edge of Armageddon. Japan's Longest Day tells the true story of the day immediately before the surrender, as a group of fanatical army officers attempt to prevent the Emperor from surrendering—an act of high treason which will inevitably result in Japan's total annihilation.

Lili is a devilish beauty that would make any boy look back at her being a mix of human and succubus. She is a newbie when it comes to love and romance so she can't find anyone from whom she can drain energy and so she is always hungry. However, she finally meets the most delicious man, Mr. Cider!

Noa, born as a second boy to the lord of the manor, was hated by his brother and was locked up in his room for many years. He felt like he wasn't living his life. Then one day, he meets a beautiful girl, Sophia, who is meant for him...but he never expected she was the most skilled assassin in his country. She fell in love with him at first sight, and promises that she will save him from his brother. A love story with lots of battles and conspiracy!

Yoh Yukinaga is a hair stylist dedicated to his craft. So when his scissors start to dull, it's only natural that he'd call a professional to get them sharpened. Finding a sharpener that meets his criteria is tough... until his coworker recommends that he sends his scissors in to the mysterious "Chiyo." Though they only correspond through letters, Yoh finds himself getting more and more interested in the polite and diligent sharpener. He agrees to bring his scissors to them in person one day... only to be met by a sharp-tongued young man who does not match the image portrayed in the letters at all! Yoh is a Highly Sensitive Person, so getting closer with the blunt sharpener may be more of a challenge than he ever imagined...+

Good-Bye is the third in a series of collected short stories from Drawn & Quarterly by the legendary Japanese cartoonist Yoshihiro Tatsumi, whose previous work has been selected for several annual “top 10” lists, including those compiled by Amazon and Time.com. Drawn in 1971 and 1972, these stories expand the prolific artist’s vocabulary for characters contextualized by themes of depravity and disorientation in twentieth-century Japan. Some of the tales focus on the devastation the country felt directly as a result of World War II: a prostitute loses all hope when American GIs go home to their wives; a man devotes twenty years of his life to preserving the memory of those killed at Hiroshima, only to discover a horrible misconception at the heart of his tribute. Yet, while American influence does play a role in the disturbing and bizarre stories contained within this volume, it is hardly the overriding theme. A philanthropic foot fetishist, a rash-ridden retiree, and a lonely public onanist are but a few of the characters etching out darkly nuanced lives in the midst of isolated despair and fleeting pleasure.

In Fallen Words, Yoshihiro Tatsumi takes up the oral tradition of rakugo and breathes new life into it by shifting the format from spoken word to manga. Each of the eight stories in the collection is lifted from the Edo-era Japanese storytelling form. As Tatsumi notes in the afterword, the world of rakugo, filled with mystery, emotion, revenge, hope, and, of course, love, overlaps perfectly with the world of Gekiga that he has spent the better part of his life developing. These slice-of-life stories resonate with modern readers thanks to their comedic elements and familiarity with human idiosyncrasies. In one, a father finds his son too bookish and arranges for two workers to take the young man to a brothel on the pretext of visiting a new shrine. In another particularly beloved rakugo tale, a married man falls in love with a prostitute. When his wife finds out, she is enraged and sets a curse on the other woman. The prostitute responds by cursing the wife, and the two escalate in a spiral of voodoo doll cursing. Soon both are dead, but even death can’t extinguish their jealousy. Tatsumi’s love of wordplay shines through in the telling of these whimsical stories, and yet he still offers timeless insight into human nature.

Here is Richard McGuire's unique graphic novel based on the legendary 1989 comic strip of the same name. Richard McGuire's groundbreaking comic strip Here was published under Art Spiegelman's editorship at RAW in 1989. Built in six pages of interlocking panels, dated by year, it collapsed time and space to tell the story of the corner of a room - and its inhabitants - between the years 500,957,406,073 BC and 2313 AD. The strip remains one of the most influential and widely discussed contributions to the medium, and it has now been developed, expanded and reimagined by the artist into this full-length, full-colour graphic novel - a must for any fan of the genre.

Beautiful, smart and cool...Asane is known as a perfect girl. But she can't let anyone know that she isn't good at talking to men. One day, she meets two guys from dance club of her own university. Their dance is amazing, and she becomes attracted to their performance at first sight. She decides to join the dance club. And...there is one more reason she needs to be close to them. She had accidentally placed a curse on them...they need to find a way to lift the curse or else they will turn into beasts! She can even see their animal ears sticking out of their heads. It looks like they stick out when the two boys get excited. Can they find a way to lift the curse before it's too late, and at the same time win the dance contest "AUDITION!"?

A Gothic Romance Retelling of a Classic Japanese Folktale Graphic Novel featuring 130 anime-style comic pages… In the shadowy halls of Himeji Castle, a love story brews — one of obsession, betrayal, and the supernatural. Okiku, a young servant tasked with caring for ten priceless Delft plates, becomes the center of a deadly game of passion. She serves in the castle by day and feeds the dungeon prisoners by night, unaware of the dark desires and jealous eyes following her every move. Among those captivated by Okiku’s beauty is the ruthless samurai Aoyama Tessan, whose twisted infatuation becomes all-consuming. Obsessed and envious, Aoyama silences the prisoners by ordering their tongues cut out, leaving Okiku to believe none wish to speak to her. But one man breaks through the silence—Shinji, a once-proud samurai now imprisoned in the depths of the dungeon, with powerful o-fuda seals binding him to his cell. Mysterious, resilient, and with a charm that captivates Okiku, he becomes the light in her dark and lonely world. As Okiku and Shinji’s forbidden connection deepens, the key to his freedom dangles from the very chain around Aoyama’s neck. Okiku must risk everything to steal it, but with Keiko, the jealous wife of Aoyama and daughter of the lord, watching closely, every step toward liberation teeters on the brink of tragedy. As jealousy boils over and Aoyama’s obsession spirals, a single missing plate becomes the catalyst for a series of harrowing events that plunge Okiku into darkness. Betrayed and brutally wronged, she transforms into an onryou — a vengeful spirit bound by her love and fury. Now, as a terrifying ghost, Okiku must face the ultimate question: Can love survive even in death?

A vampire hunter learns of a mansion inhabited by a vampire who's rumoured to have kidnapped children and goes there intending to take him down. But then it turns out that the vampire's a wimp who keeps turning into ash at the smallest things... And that the kids aren't being held captive, they're just using the "haunted house" as their personal playground.

In a desolate dystopia, Idols weave a story of love and bonding. In a world devastated by the sudden arrival of a meteorite, countries use Idols as a means of war, plundering resources and territories based on the quality of their performances. In this context, in one of the nations, the "Land of Sand", Idol "Rain" reigns supreme, being feared by other Idols as a "Disaster". Although she is the strongest, she lacks emotions, until she meets "Hana", a girl who longs to be the real "Idol" who used to bring smiles to people. Together, they embark on a new destiny.

Lim Soojung, a devoted fan, is devastated when her beloved male idol is linked to a dating scandal. To her surprise, the rumored girlfriend, Kim Sara, shows up in her life! Their hilarious encounter begins.

A massive, 1200 page anthology gathering one-shots from every Garo mangaka up until 1984.

"The Great Dark Circus descends from a rotten, cursed, demon-related lineage. Every sin, every flaw and every torment from men are represented in our show. Come and watch, meet the tragedy of the ventriloquist mother, the secret of the butterfly princess and the angst of the mist-man Going into the roaming black tent of the Great Dark Circus is acceding to the magic of its phenomena, and that magic will be the source of our misfortune, because we are all of them."

Kaleb Chud, an enigmatic 15 year old who seems to never get shawties discovers his unique Gooning privileges. With his newfound brainrot powers, he enlists the aid of his closest friends to become the King of Ohio.

One-shot manga adaptation of *Sonic Superstars*.

Meet Sue, a good human girl who finds herself in a different world with a mysterious illness. With the help of the kind inhabitants of this new world, she could find hope. Then, suddenly, someone falls from the sky.

Habu Mioh, the son of the Dragon King, gets banished to the human realm as punishment for his lack of interest in living up to his role as successor to the throne. Once there, he finds himself under constant attack by various demon beasts, who mostly are interested in getting their hands on his liver, which is said to hold the secrets to eternal life and youthfulness.

Italo and Erika made a promise: they would become siblings starting from the first day of school. Although it's easy to convince their classmates, the distance between them two grows every day and the gaps of this relationship will give way to dangerous feelings