A futuristic tale of samurai adventure from the creator of Naruto! Becoming a samurai seems like an impossible dream for Hachimaru, a boy who can't even survive without the help of his father. But when a samurai cat appears before him, his whole life changes! A legendary manga creator and a rising star come together to bring you this science fiction samurai epic!

Ghouls live among us, the same as normal people in every way-except their craving for human flesh. Ken Kaneki is an ordinary college student until a violent encounter turns him into the first half-human half-ghoul hybrid. Trapped between two worlds, he must survive Ghoul turf wars, learn more about Ghoul society and master his new powers. Kaneki, Nishio, and Touka struggle to work together to rescue their human friend Kimi while Ghoul Investigator deaths skyrocket in Wards 9 through 12. When reinforcements are called in on both sides, the stakes are suddenly higher than ever.

An adorable new yuri manga for fans of Kase-san and Yamada and Bloom Into You. One day, high school girl Himari sees a girl, Yori, sing in a band, and it awakens feelings she doesn't understand... but Yori does! Bubbly, energetic first-year high school student Himari falls head over heels for her senpai Yori after hearing her band perform on the first day of school. Himari tells Yori she just loves her, and, to Himari's surprise, Yori says she loves Himari back! But when Himari realizes that she and her senpai are feeling two different kinds of love, she begins to ask herself what "love" really means...

As society rises from the ashes of war, cybernetically augmented arena fighters battle for fame and fortune...or die trying. It's the 19th century, and the world has entered the Era of Rebirth, recovering from the devastating flames of war. The sport of mechanical martial arts has galvanized the nations. Cybernetically augmented fighters turn their blood into steam and their bodies into brutal fighting-and killing-machines. Young Levius is one of those arena battlers, hell-bent on winning in order to simply survive. Levius, now a Grade I fighter, must battle the undefeated Emperor on the greatest stage, the Southern Slam. During the preliminaries, A.J. discovers that her younger brother, Balthus, is competing and fighting his way up. His abnormal strength is mysterious and disturbing. What has he done to himself for the sake of competing in Mechanical Martial Arts?!

Since its first publication in 1984, Japanese for Busy People has sold more than 1,000,000 copies worldwide and won acclaim for its effectiveness and ease of understanding. Suitable for both self-study and classroom use, the series enables students and business people to learn naturally spoken Japanese. Now, in this major revision, the series has been updated and redesigned to help students master the language as effectively as possible. While the same highly successful teaching methodology is retained in this 4th Edition, it has been thoroughly and fundamentally revised to bring it up to date with contemporary language usage and speech patterns, as well as to reflect the great changes in modern society and culture in the 16 years since the previous edition. New features include the following: Real-life dialogues that can be used outside the classroom; clear and concise explanations on grammar points; usage notes on expressions used frequently in daily conversation; exercises to maste

A gripping manga based on Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China video game, featuring iconic Assassin Shao Jun. Unveil a tale that will engulf the world. Shao Jun, the last Assassin in China, has returned to her homeland with vengeance on her mind. The Templar Order's machinations must be stopped, and only Shao Jun stands ready for the battle to come. As she eliminates her foes one by one, the Templar Order's plans for the Great Ming Empire begin to come to light... Shao Jun, the last Assassin in China, has returned to her homeland with vengeance on her mind. The Templar Order's machinations must be stopped, and only Shao Jun stands ready for the battle to come. As she eliminates her foes one by one, the Templar Order's plans for the Great Ming Empire begin to come to light...

A gripping manga based on Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China video game, featuring iconic Assassin Shao Jun. Unveil a tale that will engulf the world. Shao Jun, the last Assassin in China, has returned to her homeland with vengeance on her mind. The Templar Order's machinations must be stopped, and only Shao Jun stands ready for the battle to come. As she eliminates her foes one by one, the Templar Order's plans for the Great Ming Empire begin to come to light... 1526 A.D. This is it. This moment is truly Shao Jun's last chance. Her foes lay dead in her wake, her target is just ahead, and her best friend is within arm's reach. Shao Jun was trained by the greatest of the Assassins, and has desperately fought her way toward victory. It will take all her skills to survive this final mission!

The Dragon Keepers are down for the count! The Great Monster Deathmecia's invasion has reached the town. D's former classmates scramble to band together to protect the citizens from the monsters. At the same time, D, now heavily wounded from Aizome's attack, stumbles across Hisui on the ruins of the battlefield. Long-held beliefs are unraveling and trust is thin. At this critical turning point, will foe become friend?

In a world of magic, Asta, a boy with anti-magic powers, will do whatever it takes to become the Wizard King! Asta is a young boy who dreams of becoming the greatest mage in the kingdom. Only one problem-he can't use any magic! Luckily for Asta, he receives the incredibly rare five-leaf clover grimoire that gives him the power of anti-magic. Can someone who can't use magic really become the Wizard King? One thing's for sure-Asta will never give up! In order to form a new powerful team to take down the nefarious Eye of the Midnight Sun, the Clover Kingdom commences the Royal Knights exam. But mages will need to compete as teams and Asta's been assigned a teammate who seems impossible to work with!

What does a pathetic class of misfits have in their arsenal to combat their schoolteacher's alien technology, bizarre powers and...tentacles?! The battle for Koro Sensei's life against a multinational operation's soldiers and weaponry is difficult enough, but now his creator and former protege, mad scientist Yanagisawa and Grim Reaper II, join the battle to destroy him-and they've both had major enhancements! But the stakes abruptly change when a 3-E student is fatally caught in the crossfire... If there's one thing that enrages 3-E's teacher, it's harming-let alone killing-his students! Koro Sensei's fury and ingenuity know no bounds, even as fate inexorably catches up to him... The surprise-hit bizarre action comedy about a tentacled teacher with a heart that is a consistent Bookscan best seller.

If you've never experienced this unique, cute sci-fi romance about what it means to be human, now's your chance! One of the biggest hits from CLAMP, creators of xxxHOLiC and Magic Knight Rayearth, returns in a definitive, hardcover premium collector's edition, featuring a large size, premium paper, color pages, and more. After moving from the countryside into the big city, poor college student Hideki Motosuwa finds himself down on his luck. All he wants is a good job, a girlfriend, and his very own "persocom" - the latest and greatest in humanoid computer technology. Hideki's luck changes one night when he finds Chi - an adorable, but seemingly broken, persocom thrown out in a pile of trash. After taking her home, Hideki discovers that Chi is more responsibility than he expected - and that there's much more to his cute new persocom than meets the eye.

Love triangle! Comedic antics!! Gang warfare?! You won't want to miss out on Shonen Jump's laugh-out-loud feel-good manga series! It's hate at first sight when Raku Ichijo first meets Chitoge Kirisaki. But much to their chagrin, the two are forced into a false love relationship to keep the peace between their feuding gangster families. When Raku gets amnesia from a baseball accident, his friends try to help jog his memory. But even when they try recreating memorable events in their lives, nothing seems to work! Will Raku get his memory back…and remember Chitoge?

Two high school geniuses scheme to get the other to confess their love first. Two geniuses. Two brains. Two hearts. One battle. Who will confess their love first...?! Will Chika agree to train Miyuki one more time to make up for yet another of his surprising deficiencies? Then, Miyuki's sister and father meddle in his (mostly hypothetical) love life. Rumors that plague Yu have serious personal and academic consequences. The much-anticipated, much-dreaded Sports Festival finally arrives! And Chika dreams up a new game for the student council to play together-with literally explosive results. Who cares what other people think?

The next thrilling chapter in Simon Spurrier’s bold Flash saga begins—an electrifying battle across time, space, and the Speed Force itself!

Simon Spurrier’s critically acclaimed Flash run continues as Wally West and the Flash Family face their most cosmic challenge yet. After the devastating events of Absolute Power and their harrowing journey through Skartaris, Wally’s connection to the Speed Force has evolved in ways he never imagined. But when a terrifying new Eclipso emerges, determined to claim ultimate power, Wally is forced to push his abilities to the limit—splitting himself into an army of Temps in a desperate attempt to stop the villain’s lunar conquest. With the fate of the universe at stake, the Fastest Man Alive must find a way to outrun the darkness before it consumes them all.

Collects The Flash #20-25 and The Flash 2025 Annual #1.

STRANGE BEDFELLOWS

Baek Na-kyum, an orphaned painter brought to the powerful aristocrat Yoon Seungho’s estate for the purpose of supplying him with erotic art, is shocked to learn that the man who stole his virginity is none other than Seungho himself. In the days that follow, Na-kyum reluctantly finds himself in Seungho’s embrace again and again. Although unsure how he feels about their sexual encounters, Na-kyum's teacher, Jung In-hun, encourages him to continue sharing Seungho’s bed in the hopes that Na-kyum will dig up dirty secrets In-hun can one day use against the young aristocrat. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, Seungho’s jilted former paramour, Jihwa, is enraged to learn that Na-kyum has taken his place at Seungho’s side. Spurred by his friends and his own wounded pride, Jihwa decides it’s time to make Na-kyum disappear—permanently.

Just in time for the new season of The Walking Dead on AMC, the fan-favorite, New York Times bestseller series returns with its third massive paperback collection! With over 1,000 pages, this volume contains the next chapter of Robert Kirkman's Eisner Award-winning continuing story of survival horror. Rick GrimesaEURO (TM) dream of rebuilding civilization is tested as the people of Alexandria come into contact with other communities that have developed their own methods of survival. Collects The Walking Dead #97-144.

A duke’s daughter, despised and outcast by all. A crown prince, feared by even the emperor.

Juvelian is a villainess so universally hated that when she is accused of jealously poisoning the princess of the Ashet Empire, her own father leaves her to die a traitor’s death. Faced with the threat of interrogation by the infamously tyrannical Crown Prince Maximillian, she takes her own life.

And that’s how the story ends – at least, that’s how it was supposed to end.

Now, a reborn Juvelian has joined the cast, and she is determined to rewrite the finale. But even if she manages to change the ending, she will still need to contend with her father’s feral protégé – a young man who sees Juvelian as an obstacle to his dangerous ambitions.

This volume collects episodes 1–14 of the webcomic Father, I Don’t Want This Marriage.

In the world of Tokyo Ghoul, sometimes the only way to fight monsters is to become one... The Commission of Counter Ghoul is the only organization fighting the Ghoul menace, and they will use every tool at their disposal to protect humanity from its ultimate predator. Their newest weapon in this hidden war is an experimental procedure that implants human investigators with a Ghoul's Kagune, giving them Ghoul powers and abilities. But both the procedure and the newly formed Qs Squad are untested. Will they become heroes...or monsters?! Furuta's new methods have made the CCG deadlier and more efficient than ever, and more than 80 percent of the Ghouls in Tokyo have been eradicated. Kaneki and the rest of Goat have gathered survivors in the stronghold of the 24th Ward. But without access to food, their safety comes at a bitter price.

The second Bleach Box Set. This set features volumes 22-48, along with an exclusive mini-comic containing the pilot story of the series and a full-colour, double-sided poster. After finally rescuing their friend Rukia, Ichigo and friends return to their quiet lives in the world of the living. However, the peace is short-lived as new enemies arrive from the world of the Hollows. Aizen is back, and Ichigo may be the only one who can stop him for good!

The members of the Armed Detective Agency switch bodies, the girls have a special late-night chat, and the twin duos of Twin Dark new and old turn into magical girls (?)… Every day brings a new surprise in this alternate look at Bungo Stray Dogs!

Andalusian shepherd boy Santiago travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a treasure buried in the Pyramids. Along the way he meets a Gypsy woman, a man who calls himself king, and an alchemist, all of whom point Santiago in the direction of his quest. No one knows what the treasure is, or if Santiago will be able to surmount the obstacles along the way. But what starts out as a journey to find worldly goods turns into a discovery of the treasure found within.

Since its first printing "The Alchemist" has been translated into seventy-one languages and sold forty million copies worldwide, establishing itself as a modern classic that will enchant and inspire readers for generations to come. Beautifully rendered, "The Alchemist: A Graphic Novel" is a must have for any collector's library.

Own the manga thrill ride that changed global comics and inspired the James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez's cyberpunk action film Alita: Battle Angel! This new paperback edition features an updated translation in six affordable, 300-page volumes. Contains chapters 10-17 of Battle Angel Alita. In a dump in the lawless settlement of Scrapyard, far beneath the mysterious space city of Zalem, disgraced cyber-doctor Daisuke Ido makes a strange find: the detached head of a cyborg woman who has lost all her memories. He names her Alita and equips her with a powerful new body, the Berserker. While Alita remembers no details of her former life, a moment of desperation reawakens in her nerves the legendary school of martial arts known as Panzer Kunst. In a place where there is no justice but what people make for themselves, Alita decides to become a hunter-killer, tracking down and taking out those who prey on the weak. But can she hold onto her humanity as she begins to revel in her own bloodlust?

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS

With Yuzu admitting to herself that she’s still in love with Minami, the only thing stopping them from spending Christmas together as lovers is the fear of damaging their close friendship. But with the two getting far more touchy-feely than they ever were as best friends, it’s becoming a struggle to keep feelings buried! Maybe Yuzu getting sick could be the chance they both need to get a little bit more honest...

A strong-willed high school girl and a hot, young scion of a business empire can't help trying to outwit each other every chance they get... But could these opposites be conning themselves out of the perfect match?! After her older sister refuses to go to an arranged marriage meeting with Takane Saibara, the heir to a vast business fortune, high schooler Hana Nonomura agrees to be her stand-in to save face for the family. But what happens when Hana meets Takane is an unexpected pairing of utter opposites! Hana has to continue to pretend to be her sister and Takane's fiancee after Takane's grandfather expresses his desire to meet Takane's prospective marriage partner! But she's totally out of her element at a party hosted by the Takaba Corporation, the largest conglomerate in Japan! Just how the heck is she supposed to pull of these high-class hijinks?! A hilarious romance manga about a potential marriage of opposites!

Though Mei Soraike entered college dead set on finding a girlfriend, she’s been getting a little more attention than she can handle! Especially from Karin, who officially confessed to her after their play went off without a hitch. Mei is ecstatic at the prospect of finally having a girlfriend, but in such a complicated situation, saying “yes” isn’t as easy as she thought it’d be…