From BH007: One day, in the middle of (Tokyo), the Hell's Gate appeared. In the area coverd by the gate, the laws of physics do not apply. Furthermore, people living nearby have begun to develop supernatural powers, and are known as contractors. Among these contractors, is BK201, a contractor with power over lightning who is renown as one of the strongest reapers and for some reason, hated and hunted by most major world organizations...

Like Sailor Moon, Minako Aino is a normal 13-year-old schoolgirl until a fateful day when a white cat introduces himself to her and tells her she has the power to transform into the hero, Sailor V. Using a magic pen to transform, Sailor V fights the evil agents of the Dark Agency as she strives to protect the earth.

Fear runs rampant throughout Tokyo with the revelation that demons in fact exist amongst us. Paranoia and the darker side of humanity boils onto the streets as people turn on one another, suspecting that anyone could in fact be a demon hiding in human clothing. Amidst the growing tensions, tragedy strikes Akira causing his mind to snap, retreating into his subconscious, allowing his Devilish alter-ego Amon to break free from Akira's cage of flesh and wreak havoc on both human and demons alike.

A collection of stories: Chapter in order

1. Oboreru Sakana (Drowning Fish)
Living in a house of constant fights, An has learned to drown his feelings in the water. He has never felt love, and doesn't desire it - people call him cold. Usami, the illegitimate son of a wealthy business man, is a player who dumps his girlfriends when they fall in love with him. He doesn't deserve to be loved... How can they love him, when he doesn't love himself? Will the fish be caught by the lonely net, or will each sink to the bottom weighed down by unrequited feelings?

2. Rakuda Tsukai to Ouji no Yoru (Night of the Cameleer and the Prince)
Kamel is the only white skinned boy in the caravan. Because his skin is weak, he often gets fever and feels bad. He has the camel named Sadiku, but still he feels a little lonely. And one day he finds a passed out man in the desert who is...

3. Ibitsu na Kakera (Broken Pieces)
A story about a flame of unexpressed feelings, controlling and eating away into the blood relation. A brothers' forbidden love.

4. Kusatta Rasen (Rotten Spiral)
What is the true relationship between high schooler Ataru Koganei and the famous actor Shuu Kanai?
Koganei appears also in Ienai Itami o Daite Iru.

5. Ayaui Kyouen (Fragile Play)
Chapter extra of characters from Ibitsu na Kakera and Kusatta Rasen.
Features Makino brothers from Ienai Itami o Daite Iru.

6. Rakuda Tsukai ga Kieta Asa (The Morning that the Cameleer was gone)
Chapter extra to Rakuda Tsukai to Ouji no Yoru.

From Viz: When schoolgirl Takiko Okuda attempts to destroy her father's translation of The Universe of the Four Gods, she is instead literally sucked into the story, becoming the Priestess of Genbu in an epic journey to find the seven Celestial Warriors!

1) Secrecy of the shivering night
From Attractive Fascinante:
After getting into high school, Furuya became roommate with the cute Himi. Himi keeps to himself and sleeps real early. A petite boy with a loud voice, Himi is terrified of darkness because of a tremor he suffered when he was a kid. On the other hand, Furuya is afraid of bright lights and gets real nervous when he’s feeling uneasy. How would they help each other to overcome the fears?

2) Only waiting for you
A man going through an unlucky day gives his coat to a sleeping stranger.

3) La-la. Bye bye
A nervous and withdrawn student meets a kouhai on the roof of the school.

4) The innocence of a young bird
The new substitute teacher tries to help out an emotionally distraught student.

5) After that...
Extra from "Secrecy of the shivering night"

6) Afterword from the mangaka

7) Extra from "The innocence of a young bird"


English publication via Renta!

1. Outrageous Men
Mari and younger Eiji work for the same company, and they are secretly in love. Mari feels happy with him, because he is gentle, dependent on her, and cute. When she visits him at home for the first time, she is shocked to know that he is a brother of her former boyfriend Yuichi…! In her college days, she couldn’t get along with Yuichi because he was too pushy. Therefore, she chose to part with him, but...

2. Love Communication
Tanabe Sumire has trouble dealing with her client Haga Takahiko... but when her mom pushes her to go for a match-making session her partner is none other than Takahiko and after a pretening to date him she realized she is falling for him. Will love communication help in solving her problems...?

3. Marriage Pink
Yamashita Riko and Hayashi Ryoji are lovey-dovey couple about to get married. But after her first time staying with Ryoji, Riko realizes that sex with Ryoji is so violent that it drains her out. Worried she might not be able to get wedding preprations done she started avoiding Ryoji's invitations... Is this another case of wedding blues or rather wedding pinks in case of Riko...?

4. Can't Take Away My Treasures
Kondou Miyuki is a host of show "Cooking in 10 Minutes" but a lousy cleaner because she can't throw anything away. The next show that requested herappearance is a Live Broacast called "let's go people's Home!". Panicked Miyuki decides to clean her room. Luckily she runs into Hasegawa Nozomu a pharmaceutical consumer researcher while purchasing cleaning items whom she asks to prove the products use by cleaning her apartment. What will become of her messed-up house and her Live Broadcast...?

5. Calling For Love
Kitou Kazuki after becoming jobless, homeless, and divorced ends up at Shibata Kouichi's place. Kazuki always sees Kouichi as her junior from high school but that changes when he declares his love for her. Will Kazuki respond to his call of love...?

"A" and "B" met at the paradise-like Northern islands; "A" turns "B" into putty in his hands, using honeyed words and an aggressive attitude, but "A" is actually a selfish player! He wants to have both his fiancee and "pig mouth" at the same time, but this causes "B" to fall into an abyss of pain. Caught in this sad three person relationship, will "A's" final decision shock everyone?!
Ch01-03: IT
A free-spirited and flamboyant high-school surfer, Yuuto, is best friends and best enemies with his 'second-in-command' Iusagi. Together with Aminato and Satori, they form a tight, happy-go-lucky clique. Well, until Yuuto discovers, to his bewilderment, that not only is Iusagi gay, but that Iusagi is into HIM! Of course, all it takes is a little encouragement from Iusagi, and timely interfering from the other two nosy sidekicks for Yuuto to see the 'light'. ^.^

Meet Natsu and Hana, the two young women who are the managers of a beat-up apartment building, as they try to find tenants, upkeep the place, and generally have a good time.

Alita is a powerful cyborg with a soft heart and a mysterious past. Her second lease on life isn't easy: her heart is broken, she gains and loses friends to the cruel world of the Scrapyard far below the Utopian city of Tiphares, and she serves many masters in her quest to protect the innocent and create a new life for herself.

The man whose eyes are re-awakening, Yoshiyuki. At the age of 18 years old he lives a life of hopelessness, and thus visits the host club “Platinum” in Shibuya. They all thought it: “Yoshiyuki wouldn’t be suited to a become a host.” At that time, only the number one host Taku looked into his eyes and saw that they were different from those of ordinary men…

Aki Sora revolves around Aki Aoi and Sora Aoi, a pair of close siblings who have shared an intimate bond since childhood. During their coming of age, they each come to realize the true depth of the love they feel for each other and consummate that love in secret. They keep their younger sister, Nami, Sora’s twin in the dark about their new relationship. Nami, clueless of what is happening in her household aims to set her brother up with her best friend, Kana Sumiya. Despite these relationships Nami seems to have feelings for someone near to her too but keeps them secret.

Note: The first and third volumes will no longer be printed following July 2011 due to the Tokyo Youth Development Ordinance bill due to its depictions of incest.

The prince of horror manga, Junji Itou, has released a new horror collection after 8 years of writing. It includes 7 stand-alone stories that are featured in [Nemuki+] and an additional story, Whispering Woman that was published in [Shikan]. This is one book that cannot be missed! Collection includes: Futon Haunted Wood Mansion Tomio: Red Turtleneck Lingering Farewell Dissection Girl Black Bird Nanakuse Kyokumi Whispering Woman

From ADV:

Naoto Saki is a typical young boy. He gets average grades in school, and nothing about him really stands out. His favorite thing to do is sleep - which doesn't exactly endear him to his teachers when he dozes off in class. Whenever he falls asleep, Naoto dreams of the same fantasy world.

Then one day, Naoto gets magically summoned into the very world he had once only seen in dreams! All at once, he's caught up in a battle between the powerful beings called Elphis, and a group of human-like beings called the Sand Dusts. For Naoto, this desert world of Orgos is no longer a dream: he can feel pain here, and possibly even die. He decides he'd rather not risk his life, and would like nothing more than to return home.

But the pretty sorceress who summoned him in the first place has other plans for him.

From MegKF:

"Even though I don't have wings, I can fly."

A Tokyo Ghoul spin-off about the ghoul investigators Arima and Fura during their high school days.

• Kimi ga Waratta
Do you know that one single moment that seems so insignificant, can mean so much to another?

- Ivyscan

• 6000-bun no 1 no Sunao (1/6000 Honesty)
At the age of sixteen, you've lived for about 6000 days... for how many of them were you truly honest? Tomoko regrets that when she was a teen, she didn't confess to the boy she loved and he was taken by another girl. When she gets hit by a car, she gets the chance to watch her past unfold again, and maybe even change it.

From Fantasyshrine:

Passionate love that burns the body!!
Also included raving, popular ninja series “Kirigakure no Koi”!!

Story 1) "Kirigakure no Koi" (Love in the Dense Fog)
Rookie ninja Mozu was entrusted with a dangerous mission-- to assassinate his master's master, the rumored ninja defector, Tobimaru! To help Mozu with this impossible mission, his master, Kirimaru, must teach Mozu how to lure Tobimaru with sex!

Story 2) "Ai no Konseki - Yajuu Gunsou to Aigan Guni" (Scarred with Love)
Army physician, Misono, was stationed in the southern frontline when he first met the wild Sergeant Kizaki. One day, the infirmary was bombed and Misono wouldn’t have survived if not for Kizaki. However, while Misono was delirious with malaria fever and shock, Kizaki preyed on him!

From HaruHime:

A perfect boyfriend that loves Kin erasers and big boobs.
A perfect girlfriend that is average-looking and flat-chested.
Cry, laugh and squeal, because this is a story of passion and unrequited love!
Although Natsu, 16, thought that Ichijou was the perfect boyfriend, it turns out it was only her illusion. When she confesses her feelings for Ichijou only to get the reply “I want a cuter girl than you,” she discovers that what he’s really interested in is Kin erasers and big boobs. Despite Natsu’s disappointment, she still finds herself being drawn to Ichijou more by the day. Where could a loving young lady possibly direct this passion of hers!?

The love story between a blind girl who lives in fairytales and a hard boiled boy who no longer believes. After the accident, Ai Rin is no longer too sure. She cannot see, and she isn't even sure if her 'family' is her real one. She doesn't remember if she had any sisters or even an angry mother. While Lee Su's family was completely destroyed. His father is now drunk, and he doesn't have any money to pay for the surgery his little sister needs. He stopped believing in magic and fairytales long ago. But the two meet by chance, Ai Rin, a fairytale writer, and Lee Su, a hat seller.