TOP MANGA OF THE MONTH

[From Anime-Source]:Taking a break from her popular, brilliant, Fullmetal Alchemist; Arakawa-sensei drew up a one-chapter humorous Shounen story about a Frankenstein tournament, for mangazine GX to commerate their 5th year anniversary.

Collection of short stories including:• When Saying Goodbye to Love• Couple´s Temperature ~Lovers´ Moment~• What a Silly Love (Nante Bakana Koi Nanda)He hates girls that cry all the time. The reason why he's my friend is because I don't cry. If I'm his friend, I can stay be his side. Therefore, I absolutely can't cry in front of him.- Intercross• It´s Time to Be in Love• It´s Time to Continue The First Love• Lovers´ Moment

Naoyuki Taira has spent almost his whole life as a superhero fan, so he is beyond excited when he is left in charge of running a hero event at his department store. He even gets to meet Ikishima, who plays the hero Kabutoman Redeye. All is going smoothly, and the show has begun... but Kabutoman Redeye is nowhere to be found! Oh no! Who will come to save the day when Kabutoman Redeye is stuck in a slump before his big performance?! Taira, frantically searching for the star, finds him in the bathroom and... discovers his "stage fright." Now It's up to Taira to save the day and calm the hero's nerves in time.

1-2) Chill OutTakafui manages a gay dance club, and when the owner introduces new hire Tomoya, it's love at first sight for Takafui. Unfortunately, he can't even get Tomoya to look at him, let alone talk to him or see him outside of work. Will Takafui's drinking buddy, Yukihiko, acting as Cupid, be able to bring them together?3-4) Strawberries and ChocolateHaruhiko has been in love with his best friend Jyunya for a long time. It becomes harder and harder for him to sit through the details of Jyunya's sexual exploits. Unable to sit and watch from the sidelines, he bribes his younger brother into seducing Jyunya's latest boyfriend away from him. How can his plan possibly go wrong?5-6) Abortive FlowerUchida thinks that he likes his art teacher, Yoshino-sensei. He struggles with the uncertainty of knowing how deep his "like" really runs, and how he can communicate his feelings to his teacher.7) Apartment ZeroAndou left his hometown following an unsettling "kiss" incident with his best friend Nei-chan. Now, two years later, he finds himself broke and homeless, and breaks into an apparently abandoned apartment building for a place to stay. But he wakes up to find the irate true tenant of the apartment, his old friend Nei-chan, who also fled their hometown about the same time. When will the two friends face the incident that caused their estrangement?8) Pretty in PinkWatabe was dumped by his boyfriend because they had few interests in common. Luckly for Watabe, his dad was transferred about that time, and moving saved him the humiliation of having to run into his former boyfriend every day. All he wanted was someone to share his tastes in designer clothes, trance music and art films. Strangely, the clerk at the video store in his new neighborhood seems to share his tastes in a lot of things, and is just Watabe's type in looks too. So why is Watabe running as fast as he can in the opposite direction?9) Abortive Flower?A short trailer which features a conversation between friends on the permanancy/ impermanancy of gay partnerships.

Here is a war going on between the West T.K. and the East T.K. Both sides have "puppets" who can read other people's minds through touch. Every "keyword" is given by two people. It doesn't work unless there is contact between their bodies. The first one to find out the keyword wins.

1) Honey Pie DebutTwo good friends know they have loved each other and become a couple. But being tired from accommodating one to another, they return to being good friends again...2) Melody MelodyTwo students who enjoy singing in the street: one student, a lyric writer, suffers from one-way love; the other student, a composer, comforts him and asks him to love him instead.3) Kirei KireiOur hero has longed for dormitory life, but his very beautiful roommate can't clean up his room...4) Water Drop SacramentoA mysterious student is rumored to have killed and buried a woman under a cherry tree. But our hero finds out he buries the hero's favorite things which he wrote about on graduation... 5) Dizzy Boys Fruits MilkA students love triangle around the son of a public bathhouse owner.6) Donut LetterWatching video, two boys feel sexual desire. On the next day, one student puts the blame on another and makes him misunderstand.

The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. The epic story of a little girl named Shinju being brought up by an aristocrat. He took care of her, raised her and trained her properly. Only that's not all he wants from her.

Born with an unusual birthmark on her back, Chloe Ardennes was immediately branded a “cursed child” by her superstitious family and locked away in their estate for her entire life. Forced to cook and clean, Chloe’s world shatters one day when an encounter with her mother at knifepoint drives her to flee the only home she’s ever known. Desperately seeking refuge, she escapes to the only sanctuary she knows: the royal capital. But is the big city everything she hoped it would be? Just as she finds herself on the brink of despair, a mysterious, gallant knight rescues her, offering a glimmer of hope and the promise of a new beginning

Exams can be life-changing. Failing one just ended Allen’s promising career at the royal court before it began. Now, to make ends meet, the lowborn sorcerer must help one of the kingdom’s highest-born young ladies pass hers. Duke Howard’s daughter Tina has a brilliant mind, but the prestigious Royal Academy demands magic. Try as she might, she can’t cast a single spell, and her impairment has baffled the kingdom’s finest minds for years. With the all-important entrance exams just three months away, Allen and his unorthodox brand of spellcasting seem like her last hope to realize her dream of learning sorcery in the capital. So why does her father, the duke, want the young tutor to dash her dreams instead?

Deep Black (a superhero reminiscent of Batman) sets out to solve the mystery of the Glory of the Seven Sages paintings. Mystery shrouds the situation and the characters as Deep Black encounters car chases, burglary cases, bomb threats, and meets Ghost, th

The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. From ADV:Buyer beware - when video game obsessed Kaito Suzuki mysteriously receives a game called Gamerz Heaven, he gets a lot more than what he bargained for! Not only is he playing the game, he finds himself being sucked into it! With a boy named Nata

Meet Zen, the human pet of Seiji who is his old high-school senpai. Now living together and without a job, Zen decides to take the role of Seiji's housewife and house pet! Read on to see the progress of Seiji and Zen's master-pet relationship and how they

When Asahi was a young boy, he had a friend named Sakuya who only came out when there was a full moon. One day, she says that she has to leave him, but she gives him a small pendant that she says will protect him in her place. Ten years later, someone wit

Short and sweet oneshot about Gen-san, a self-described "old guy" who drops by Yuu's house on his way elsewhere.-Bakaupdates

Salaryman Miyasaka harbors a secret love for his childhood friend, manga artist Minami. He knows that someday Minami will find a girl and he'll have to say "Congratulations", but so soon?!

Marion is a young schoolboy who prides himself on his adherence to a philosophy he calls "realism". Because of his distain for emotional display, he ignores anything remotely akin to affection. But when Marion is entangled in a romantic affair with an old

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This is a one-shot about a kid who inherited his grandfather’s store, which is filled with special items enchanted/possessed with spirits.

A serialization about the story of a mute transfer girl who uses a sketchbook to talk to people, and a bullish classmate with a special ability who befriends her.

Fujinoki, an ordinary office worker, finds unexpected joy in the irregular calls from his elementary school classmate, Akaiwa. After 20 years without seeing each other, Fujinoki has no clue about Akaiwa's whereabouts or occupation. However, their peculiar phone-only friendship takes an unexpected turn! This edition includes bonus pages appended to the ending, thanks to the overwhelming positive response from the readers! From the talented author Honda, creator of "Honda-san the Skeleton Bookstore Employee."

From Alice Dreams:This is a collection of tied stories of classmates and their love lives revolving around their "cute school uniform".

The prologue/backstory to Sapphire Dew ~Infatuated Gentlemanly Boyfriend Seizes The Initiative~ Seiji, the manager of a Japanese sweets shop, begins to worry about Rio, who goes to the store. The two gradually grow closer and start dating, and his head is gradually filled with only thoughts of Rio... This is a short story of how Seiji and Rio came together.

From Aerandria Scans:A high priestess’ rendezvous with an outwardly ambivalent ruler of a country with an unknown power. Tasked with ascertaining the legitimacy of this mysterious power, our heroine high priestess sneaks in the ruler’s palace to peek around. Unbeknownst to her there is much more than meets the eye to this ruler.

No doctor can cure or figure out the cause behind the the illness of Mii’s older brother.Except for Dr. Psyche.But this mysterious doctor is perverted and even had a criminal record. Can she really trust him?