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<p>Koushun Takami's notorious high-octane thriller envisions a nightmare scenario: a class of junior high school students is taken to a deserted island where, as part of a ruthless authoritarian programme, they are provided arms and forced to kill until only one survivor is left standing. </p>
<p>Note that this is a new and improved translation, compared to the original translation which is notorious for its amount of errors.</p></div>


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When The Ayakashi Come Out And Play!

When Haruka Kitazawa bumps into the enigmatic Ayako Towada, her life veers down an unexpected course. Ayako introduces Haruka to her nephew, Takumi, a seemingly aloof classmate nursing a unique and uncanny secret. Takumi and his aunt bear an unusual gift—the ability to perceive ayakashi, spectral creatures that straddle the boundary between this realm and the one beyond.

As Haruka and Takumi grapple with their newfound reality and their burgeoning relationship, they must learn to draw strength from each other and those around them to confront their most profound fears and insecurities. Amid the turmoil of adolescence and the mysteries of an unseen world, they strive to chart distinct paths and transform the messiness of youth into their own fairy tale of self-discovery and empowerment.


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<div><p><em>Bakemono</em>, literally “altered thing,” which translates as “monster.” <em>Monogatari</em>, literally “thing narrated,” which translates as “tale.” Combined into a neologism by he of the reversible nom de plume, they yield BAKEMONOGATARI, the monster tale that kicked off a series whose anime adaptations have enjoyed international popularity and critical acclaim.  </p>
<p>A self-described loser, Koyomi Araragi is struggling at a prep school that he should never have gotten into. He has all but quit caring, but as a senior, he faces the chilling scenario of not being able to graduate. It’s time to cram, but the supernatural aberrations that keep on popping up in his provincial town won’t let him be.  </p>
<p>Previously, our hero turned into a vampire and back, gained an acid-tongued girlfriend, and couldn’t find his way home thanks to a lost child. In this second of three parts, which introduces Suruga Kanbaru and Nadeko Sengoku, he becomes embroiled in a case that riffs on a classic English story from 1902.</p>
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Desperate to escape her successful sister’s shadow, Euphemia seeks independence as a biotech researcher fixated on destroying Nightz, a dangerous narcotic sought across the colonies. She never believed her life was in danger until a group of men pulled her from her car at gunpoint.

Euphemia had also never met a Beast Blood, the nonhuman subspecies with animalistic qualities, until she was rescued by one.

Zelaide is a Muta Hunter and a Beast Blood. When his hunt is interrupted by Euphemia’s attackers, he saves her on a whim. Never expecting to see Euphemia again, he’s shocked to receive a job protecting the spunky researcher who just might be his lifelong mate.

Follow Euphemia and Zelaide as they navigate a colony world brimming with peculiar beasts, powerful narcotics, dangerous criminals, and a budding, interspecies romance!


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The Gears Of Fate Are Turning Fast!

After deciding to become her kingdom’s ruler, Alicia takes on her first challenge to establish a wide-area trading company together with her adviser, Clovis. This venture leads them to discover dark connections between the nobles opposing their plans and the neighboring empire which Heilland waged war against in Alicia’s past life…

Six years later, Alicia makes her high society debut and accepts an invitation from the empire. There, she meets her husband from her previous life, makes a promise with the woman he loves, and faces up against the fierce but beautiful empress, all key players leading up to the “Night of the Revolution.” As Alicia struggles to change her fate, feelings for her adviser start to grow within her…


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<p>In the first US novelization of Blood+ we find Saya Otonoshi, a high shcool student, suffering from amneisa. Saya can’t remember anything from her life beyond the last year. Living with a foster family outside a military base in Okinawa, Japan, Saya’s attempts to live a normal life are shattered when a Chiropteran, a horrific vampire-like monster, attacks her. Saved at the last minute by a mysterious man named Hagi, Saya is presented with a sword that awakens in her a warrior’s skills and bloodlust, and sets her on a course that will lead her to the answers of her missing memories, and into battle against a race of creatures intent on destroying the world. </p>
<p>The epic adventure that began in the groundbreaking film Blood: The Last Vampire and continued through the worldwide phenomenon TV series Blood+ is brought to life in this all-new series of novels adapting the hit show. Saya’s journey of horror, magic, romance and mystery will stretch across time and around the world, expanding on the television series with new characters, new adventures, and breathtaking action.</p></div>


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<p>At Yokota Base in Japan, American soldiers stand guard at the brink of the Vietnam War. Although they fear the enemy outside their base, an even more dangerous enemy waits within - bloodthirsty vampires walk among them. Appearing human, the beasts lurk in secret among the soldiers, waiting for the moment to attack. Saya, a fierce and beautiful vampire hunter, is sent to lead a team of undercover agents whose mission is to decide who is human and who is not, and wipe out the vampires before they can wipe out the base. But even though Saya is a powerful warrior whose skill with her Japanese sword is lethal, her ferocity may not be enough.</p></div>


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Changing Fate By Changing Loyalties!

On the night of the Star Festival, an event to celebrate the founding of the proud, illustrious Kingdom of Heilland, Queen Alicia was stabbed through the chest and killed by revolutionary soldiers storming the castle… Or so she thought. Princess Alicia wakes on the morning of her 10th birthday, memories of the “Night of the Revolution” fresh in her mind, and realizes that she has been given a chance to redo her life. It’s not long before she comes face to face with the handsome and mysterious young man who killed her last time… Granted a chance at redemption by the whims of fate, Alicia works to change the disastrous future, this time with revolutionary mastermind turned princess aide Clovis by her side!


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<p>Tokyo Butei High School&#8212;- A special school where armed detectives, also known as "Butei", receive education as well as training. Kinji Tohyama, a sophomore, has a unique body that can initiate an ability called "hysteria mode" when it is stimulated a certain way. He tries to keep it a secret but all his dreams of living the life of an Average Joe get shattered when he becomes a victim of a bombing incident and meets Butei High "Assault" department elite, Aria H. Kanzaki.


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<p>After solving the haunted tree mystery and uncovering the scoop on the killer ice cream, the Paranormal Investigators part ways only to stumble into more mischief and mayhem. During the first annual Clamp School treasure hunt, Mifuyu and Rion discover a long-lost machine with the power to trap souls...while Takayuki finds himself caught in a never-ending space-time continuum loop! With the clock ticking, there's no telling what will happen to the Paranormal fab five. So buckle up and enjoy the ride, over and over again!</p></div>


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<p>It's back-to-school time... CLAMP School that is! In this latest volume, something mysterious is about to happen at Clamp School, and the cause may be out of this world! The school is plagued with a series of mysterious vampire attacks and it is up to an enigmatic boy by the name of Kei to help put a stop to the attacks before the whole school is infected.</p></div>


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<div><p>Alone after his father his hospitalized and his mother attempts suicide, Wataru Mitani ventures from the real world to the land of Vision, where he seeks five magical gemstones representing the qualities of charity, bravery, faith, grace, and the power of light and darkness. With these, perhaps Watari can change his fate and bring his family together again.</p><p>Winner of the 2008 Batchelder Award.</p></div>


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<p>A boy grieving over the loss of his big sister, a high school girl with a dark secret, and an orphaned eleven-year-old trying to escape the harsh world of adults: all three of these individuals are about to have an encounter that will forever change their lives. Will it be Momo's duty as a god of death to reap their souls, or has she come for a different reason? </p>
<p>Meanwhile, a violent encounter with an evil shinigami forces Daniel to question his master's identity. Is this the key that will unlock Momo's mysterious past?</p></div>


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<p>In the spring of 1998, Kouichi Sakakibara transfers to Yomiyama North Middle School. In class, he develops a sense of unease as he notices that the people around him act like they're walking on eggshells, and students and teachers alike seem frightened. As a chain of horrific deaths begin to unfold around him, he comes to discover that he has been placed in the cursed Class 3 in which the student body head count is always one more than expected. Class 3 is haunted by a vengeful spirit responsible for gruesome deaths in an effort to satisfy its spite. To stop the vicious cycle gripping his new school, Kouichi decides to get to the bottom of the curse, but is he prepared for the horror that lies ahead...?


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<p>Kazuhiro Kitase's only hobby is sleeping. Ever since he was young, he would enter a wondrous world within his dreams and go on thrilling adventures. One day, he goes on an adventure with an elf girl he became friends with in his dream world, but it's put to an abrupt halt when they both get scorched with a dragon's breath! As he wakes up from his dream, he notices a familiar figure sleeping next to him...the elf girl from his dreams?! Join Kazuhiro on his new adventures through Japan with Ms. Elf!</p></div>


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The Secret Behind Time Loops! 
Princess Angelina is beloved by the Golden Dragon, an ultra-fluffy Flame Tiger named Ryuho, and her father—the cruel emperor. Yet one day, Emperor Feilong shields Angelina from time-reversal magic aimed at her. As a result, he reverts back into a child! Angelina heads to the ruined nation of Yule with Ryuho and Hisame, hoping to find a means of undoing her father’s curse inside the closed-off castle. Will she also discover the secret behind her time loops? And will Ryuho finally have to decide between living as a human or a tiger?!


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A Fake Isekai, But A Real Saint?!

“Summon a saint from another world.” Thanks to their daydreaming king’s unreasonable demand, the members of the clergy, including Fiona, are at their wit’s end. The country has enjoyed a long stretch of peace in recent years, so it would be a waste of the national budget to spend the astronomical amount required to summon a saint. While turning the problem over in her mind, she realizes something. The saint summoned in the neighboring nation has black hair. And Fiona herself, who for whatever reason finds herself the object of the handsome prince’s affections, also has black hair, an unusual color in their country. The time has finally arrived for her tresses to prove useful.

“Let’s pretend I’m the saint.” The kingdom’s finances and working conditions for her fellow clergymen must be protected at all costs. So in collusion with the prince and the head priest, Fiona resolves to deceive the king by taking on the guise of a cost-effective saint! While she runs hither and fro alongside the overprotective prince with a borderline unhealthy obsession with her hair, where will Fiona’s life as a fake (?) saint lead her?!


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<p>Promised in political marriage to a foreign prince, the soon-to-be Princess Carolina Sanchez has finally made it past her tumultuous debut in Malcosias. After her fairy-tale wedding, a romantic summer escape to the domain of Count Kissinger provides a much-needed respite for the new Prince and Princess of Malcosias. But as Carolina settles into her new life, a magical revelation upends everything she believed about herself. Suddenly identified as a font of holy power, she is now seen as the key to resolving the Malcosian succession crisis. Her miraculous healing abilities bring hope to the royal family, but also usher in unforeseen turmoil. How will the discovery of her new powers affect her relationships with Prince Gilbert, Prince Edward, and even with her homeland, the Kingdom of Celestia?</p></div>


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<p>Widely acknowledged as Yasutaka Tsutsui's masterpiece, <i>Paprika</i> unites his surreal, quirky imagination with a mind-bending narrative about a psychiatric institute that has developed the technology to invade people's dreams.<br><br> When prototype models of a dream-invading device go missing at the Institute for Psychiatric Research, it transpires that someone is using them to drive people insane. Threatened both personally and professionally, brilliant psychotherapist Atsuko Chiba has to journey into the world of fantasy to fight her mysterious opponents. As she delves ever deeper into the imagination, the borderline between dream and reality becomes increasingly blurred, and nightmares begin to leak into the everyday realm. The scene is set for a final showdown between the dream detective and her enemies, with the subconscious as their battleground, and the future of the waking world at stake.


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<p>The vampirization of Demon City Shinjuku is nearly complete.<p>Princess, the legendary evil vampire from ancient China, and her followers Kikiou and Ryuuki have unleashed the plague of vampirism upon the already debauched and depraved city on the edge of the abyss. As more and more of Shinjuku's citizens turn into creatures of the night, a secret government plan is hatched to annihilate Demon City with a nuclear device.<p>As the clock ticks down, beautiful manhunter Setsura Aki enters Princess's kingdom to retrieve Princess's hostage&#8212;the Prime Minister of Japan. There he meets a mysterious mask maker from a bygone era and undergoes a transformation. But will it be in time to save Shinjuku?<p>Meanwhile, the Demon Physician&#8212;Doctor Mephisto&#8212;remains a voluntary prisoner in Princess's camp. To what end&#8212;and whose side is the good doctor truly on?<p>And in Shinjuku's Magic Town, Tonbeau Nuvenberg and the Doll Girl find the portal to Princess's kingdom&#8212;a...


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<div><p>Unlike ne’er-do-well former vampire Araragi, his two younger sisters Karen and Tsukihi, who attend a private junior high, are little balls of energy and charisma that their peers look up to. That the “ka” in Karen and “hi” in Tsukihi are both written with the character for “fire” isn’t the only reason they’ve come to be known as the Fire Sisters.  </p>
<p>Karen is the brawn and Tsukihi the brains of a vigilantism that the pair sees not merely as defending justice but as justice itself. They can’t encounter a harmful fad without trying to hunt down a specific source that had a motive for spreading it. In their big brother’s humble opinion, there is something fake and precarious about it all.  </p>
<p>In this first of two parts, the immediate sequel to the legendary BAKEMONOGATARI plunges us into the middle of summer vacation in the mostly peaceful rural town where the series is set. As our hero and narrator can say from experience, however, teenagers with too much free time on their hands can get stung pretty badly.</p>
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<p>Tokyo Butei High School, the specialized school renowned for training exemplary students to become world class buteis &#8211; military combative detectives with skills ranging from marksmanship, bomb detonation, and even supernatural abilities. Super elite S rank and top performing butei &#8211; Aria, and her chosen partner Kinji Tohyama, are assigned a new mission: to protect the SSR department's star pupil, and Kinji's dear childhood friend, Shirayuki, from Durandal, the same mysterious swordsman responsible for the imprisonment of Aria's mother. Amongst the high tension of guarding against an invisible enemy, Shirayuki has a mission of her own: to rip apart Aria's relationship with Kinji and steal him back! The thrilling, action packed saga and comedic love story continues in Aria the Scarlet Ammo Vol. 2. The dynamic duo take on new mission that leads them closer to the enemy responsible for framing Aria's mother, but can their partnership hold up against the love triangle...


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<div><p>A class president among class presidents, a bespectacled model student who soars to the top of honors lists without fail, Tsubasa Hanekawa also happens to be a decent human being. True, she does have a habit of making single-minded assumptions, but they come from a good place and turn out to be fortuitous as often as not.  </p>
<p>Loser extraordinaire Koyomi Araragi owes her his post of class vice president and a more significant debt of gratitude for her unstinting support during the darkest spring break of his life. All of it has blinded him to the possibility that his saintly classmate’s family situation might be no less adverse than that of his other lady friends.  </p>
<p>Thus, at last, we face Hanekawa’s unlikely aberration in “Tsubasa Cat”—the concluding part of the legendary novel that captured the sensibilities of a new generation in the aught years and spawned an animated series that has won international popularity and acclaim—before the story continues with a Fake Tale...</p>
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In an age where mapmaking is a lost art, Unen hides her skill from the world at large. But when she accepts a local landlord’s request to survey the boundary between his land and that of a neighboring lord’s, her maps accidentally give away her existence to a master swordsman and a cunning mage—a duo who have been hunting down the man who taught her the forbidden knowledge of mapmaking.

As one of the rare few capable of creating maps with bird’s eye precision, Unen’s fate hangs precariously in the balance as she endeavors to survive in a world of people who want to own her or see her dead.


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<p>In the first decade of the 21st century, a supernatural phenomenon called the Devil Quake leveled the city of Shinjuku in three seconds flat. Since then, wrapped in a phantasmal miasma, the accursed place has earned the abhorrent designation of "Demon City." In the blink of an eye, it became a land ruled by the hair-raising and the bizarre. The year is now 2030. A powerful warlock hiding out in Shinjuku attempts to assassinate the secretary general of the Earth Federation, bringing the planet to the brink of disaster. Wielding the fearsome and mysterious martial art of nenpo, high school student Kyoya Izayoi may be the only person capable of resisting the rising forces of evil. The legendary series now springs back to life in this new omnibus edition!


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Zelaide has acknowledged Euphemia as his lifelong mate, but the humans who want to tear them apart and overrun Gothic City with Nightz are on the move. And so are the other Beast Bloods who call Gothic City home. Is the love between a Beast Blood and a human powerful enough to overcome the trials they must face?


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The Book Girl brings a whole new meaning to the phrase ‘devouring a good book’ in this fun, charming fantasy novel series about the wonders of the written word. This series is sure to please fans of YA fantasy and librarians across the board!


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<p>Adventure on the high seas continue in these stories featuring the characters of One Piece! </p>
<p>Get the backstory on Luffy’s brother Ace! ** This volume contains the origin story of Luffy’s adopted brother Ace, and tells of his of his thrilling quest for the legendary One Piece treasure. </p>
<p>Washed up on the shores of a deserted island at the edge of the East Blue Sea, two men from different backgrounds unite in their shared thirst for adventure. One of them, Portgaz D. Ace, will follow in his infamous father’s footsteps as the fearless captain of a pirate crew. The other, Masked Deuce, becomes the reluctant first member of Ace’s Spade Pirates. Survival is not enough for these seafaring buccaneers, as together they seek treasure, excitement, and a route to the New World. **</p></div>


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Just when I thought navigating high school was bad enough, I woke up to a rotting, post-apocalyptic world! I thought that the poisonous swamp surrounding my small island would have protected me from all the drama, but what did I see staggering my way? A nasty, putrid zombie! With nothing left to lose, I shoved it away! To my surprise, it turned into a living, breathing, not-so-dead human!

So, I have the power to purify zombies. And now I’m expected to save this undead world from the zombie apocalypse? Great. This is so NOT my problem!


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During an age of magic, Mia Baumann is born in a prosperous country where the greatest fear is illness. Ever since her sick mother was wrenched away from her and locked behind the walls of the Sanatorium, Mia fought to get accepted by the prestigious Royal Academy as a Pharmacology student in order to find a cure for her disease.

Demon Claw and Angel Tears are the two malevolent diseases that ravaged Isea Kingdom after they conquered the small island nation of Radius. The first is highly infectious and its victims are quarantined; the second drives mages insane.

After admission to the academy, the unthinkable happens—Mia forms a cross-department research team with the nobleman law student Felix, the valedictorian medical student Henrik, and the bear-like mage Mathias. However, there are others who will do anything to stop the team from discovering the dark secrets behind these two diseases.

Find out if Mia will stand her ground despite bullying, isolation, and magic attacks, to unveil the deeply hidden truth in this mystery shoujo light novel!


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<p>A vicious vampire gang four thousand years in the making has awakened from its slumber in order to seize control of Demon City Shinjuku. Princess, Kikiou, Ryuuki and Shuuran are as persistent as they are merciless, especially when the target of their attacks is Setsura Aki.<p>A treacherous house of reptiles built of giant leeches and poisonous snakes&#8212;Ryuuki's ghost koto "Silent Night" and his malevolent demon qi&#8212;Shinjuku's heavily armed police becoming vampires and attacking its own citizens&#8212;<p>Demon City is transforming into Vampire City before their very eyes.<p>To make matter worse, despite his wizardly powers, Setsura is assaulted by Shuuran and is turning himself. His trusted friend and colleague, Doctor Mephisto, shows ominous signs of becoming a slave to their wills. Setsura has never before experienced such dangers in his life!<p>The best-selling Yashakiden series takes the action to another level in this exciting second volume!


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VAMPIRE HUNTER D VOLUME 23: IRIYA THE BERSERKER TPB
She might just look like an ordinary—if beautiful—young woman, but Iriya is anything but ordinary! A ruthless warrior clad in red armor, Iriya is a Hunter determined to exterminate the vampires that were once her parents and siblings. Now, half-vampire, half-human D has to decide to offer his assistance, get out of the way, or have a dangerous battle on his hands!

* A new female action hero joins the Vampire Hunter D mythos!

* The Vampire Hunter D series celebrates its tenth year at Dark Horse!

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Writer:
Hideyuki Kikuchi
Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Cover Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Genre: Horror
Publication Date:
February 17, 2016
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b&w, 180 pages; TP, 5 1/8'' x 7 1/4''
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$11.99
Age range:
14+
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1-61655-706-0
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<p>After the unprecedented raid on the Ghoul detention center by The Aogiri Tree organization, the Commission of Counter Ghoul is working to tighten security across the twenty-three wards. However, some Ghouls begin to cause unrest in the 8th Ward, continuing the cycle of retaliation between human and Ghoul. And what of Kaneki after he left the 20th Ward? This second novel depicts the aftermath six months after the 11th Ward occupation.<p>Rated: T


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<p>When a miner on the industrial planet Chakra is attacked by an unknown animal yet somehow survives trouble consultants Kei and Yuri are called in to investigate. How did the miner survive his wounds, and what are the ulterior motives of the company-town's superiors - the enigmatic religious leader, the town mayor, and the owner of the mining facilities? The answers will shock the two women and embroil them in yet another highly dangerous - and highly destructive - adventure</p></div>


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Sleeping Beauty And Her Fluffy Friends!

Overcome with grief and rage following Dee’s sudden death, Neema unconsciously drew on the fire dragon Sol’s power via the dragon orb and ended the kidnapping incident. After being overwhelmed by that power, Neema fell into a deep slumber and was watched over by the Goddess Cresiolle. When she awoke, unbelievably, two cycles (two years) had passed…! Project Shiana is in full swing! Everything is business as usual in the land of unlimited fluffy snuggles! The long-awaited 5th volume of the popular isekai fluffy fantasy is finally here!


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The time for obscurity has ended. “The Beginning of the End” has begun!

Reincarnated into a world eerily similar to his favorite 4x strategy game, Takuto is ready to take his evil empire of Mynoghra to the next level. To do that, he’ll need to make contact with the outside world. With Atou and the Dark Elves at his side, there’s nothing this normal-teenager-turned-evil-god can’t do!

Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate! A tactical fantasy world is waiting for heroes like you! Join Eternal Nations today!


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Now It’s Vincent’s Turn To Fight The Loop!

After witnessing Oriana’s death and losing consciousness himself, Vincent wakes up to find himself back in his four-year-old body. He does everything he possibly can to prepare for putting an end to this vicious death loop before reentering the magic academy, but this time, it’s Oriana who doesn’t remember him! He’s going to have to start back at square one as friends and hope he can make her fall for him this time. But does this shy boy have what it takes to put the moves on the girl who won his heart and bring a happy end to this third loop?!


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What Secrets Does The Magic Item Shop Hold?

In a kingdom where magic is strictly outlawed, a young sorcerer named Lille finds herself imprisoned in a tower for no reason other than simply existing. After ten years of being locked up, a huge, mythical bird suddenly appears on her windowsill to whisk her away. The bird—a familiar called Ark—takes her to a quaint little house, where he introduces her to his master, a sorcerer named Charles. Charles decides to take Lille on as his apprentice, alongside another young sorcerer named Leo. As her new life begins, Lille discovers what it means to have a family, and even what it means to fall in love. Through her shop-keeping duties at Charles’ Magic Item Shop, she gradually adjusts to life in the outside world. The more she learns, however, the more she finds herself wrapped up in Charles and Leo’s secrets…


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Truly Evil Gods Don’t Roll Dice!

Mynoghra has put an end to the Demon Lord’s Army of RPG monsters for good, but not without great sacrifice. Determined to regain what he’s lost, Takuto starts strengthening his empire with the gold coins obtained from the last battle as his first step toward reaching an Ascension Victory. But his efforts are hindered by the appearance of new enemy forces from yet another game genre—tabletop role-playing games!

How will Takuto’s 4x forces handle the intricate rules of TRPGs? And who is the mysterious Game Master lurking in the shadows?

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Leave everything to the strongest cook of them all!



Backstabbed by those he considered friends, Dennis has been exiled from one of the strongest guilds around: the Silver Wings Battalion. He doesn’t think much of it, though, as he was dying to use his level 99 cooking skills anyway. That’s why he decides to leave the city behind and open up a diner in the countryside.



While pursuing his dream, Dennis meets Atrielle, a girl exiled from her noble household and relegated to slavery until he saves her.



The pair open the diner together, and their first client is... an exiled knight from a different guild? How peculiar. But she is not the only customer; a cocky mage and a drastically overworked yet underpaid sage become regulars as well.



The knight brings trouble to the diner at times, but Dennis’s cooking skills and beloved butcher knives cut through trouble and hunger alike!



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<p>Guin has found the Lagon, but now he must best their mightiest warrior, if he is to have any chance of acquiring the giants' aid. Meanwhile, the tenuous Sem alliance has become unglued, leaving them exposed to the Mongauli scouts, who quickly report their location to Lady Amnelis. Now, it is the Mongauli army's turn to trap the Sem. Guin must return with help in time to save his friends.</p></div>


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The Magic Of The Wilds

It’s official—Mikura and Techi are engaged, and slowly but surely, the pieces of their wedding are coming into place. But some things don’t change, like their peaceful life living under one roof. Becoming more accepted by the Beastly Wilds by the day, Mikura finally has a chance to befriend other beastfolk. He also discovers one of the biggest secrets the beastfolk were hiding—the legendary Fusang trees that make up the Wilds. And of course, Mikura’s preserve obsession is only getting stronger by the day! Jam, sausages, and ninja rations are only the tip of the iceberg. With apprentice chef Kon by his side, he presses forward, enriching their lives with even more mouthwatering food!


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<p>After a devastating earthquake that left most of Japan in ruins, the district ward of Shinjuku in Tokyo has opened up a doorway into another dimension&#8212;becoming the halfway-house suspended between the mortal world and the supernatural.<p>Setsura Aki, undercover P.I., is considered the best "man hunter" in the business. He allies himself with friend and rival, Doctor Mephisto&#8212;a wizard of physical and spiritual surgery. Together, they battle the evil forces that overrun the city.<p>Coming from the deepest and darkest parts of China, four immortal demons, led by the Princess of vampires, have surmounted four thousand years of space and time to seize control of Shinjuku and make it their own.<p>It is up to Setsura and Mephisto to uncover their new formidable foes'dark plans for the city. Can the duo stop them before they plunge the living populace into a new level of fear and slavery none can escape?


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Zombies, cults, mutated animals, and now zombie catgirls and…dragons?

Another world’s zombie apocalypse became my problem, and now I have to deal with what comes next! The kingdom is safe under the protection of the goddess, but the world is still infested with zombies. Now I must set out with my loyal knight to the other human and beast kingdoms to free this infected world. Oh how I wish this world’s zombie apocalypse was not my problem!


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Since the death of her sister, police force newbie Yuri Uguisu has been chasing the notoriously untraceable serial killer Masquerade. When a new corpse turns up in Odaiba, Yuri immediately goes on alert&#8212;only to recognize the victim as an old classmate, the alluring and mysterious Reina Myoko. When the police force calls in long-time consultant psychologist Seiren Higano for assistance in untangling the testimonies of Reina's father, fianc&eacute;, and lover, Yuri meets the riveting, charismatic psychologist for the first time. Little does she know that Higano is none other than Masquerade himself. Faced with Reina's case, Higano promises to get the answers, but no one is prepared for the conclusion reached in the interrogation room...<br>In this cat-and-mouse tale of hunter and hunted, Eiji Mikage has woven a subtle and twisting tale of clashing motives and murky identities, where nothing anyone says can be taken at face value.


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The Ultimate Ability: Nonstop Cuddle Time With White Tigers & Dragons!

My name’s Midori Akitsu, and I died at age 27. After my death, God told me he would give me a special ability and I would be reincarnated into another world! The gift I received was to be adored by all creatures other than humans. I’m an otherwise ordinary girl, but I’m enjoying the heck out of my isekai life and the super elite family I was born into. Every day is an all-you-can-pet fantasy animal cuddling experience. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not all rainbows and unicorns—there are some ominous rumblings on the political scene, and God is basically using me as his puppet—but I’m trying my best with the help of all the companions I’ve gathered using my awesome super power!


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The Gleeful Spin Doctor Is In!

After incorporating some ingenious strategies, Operation Decapitate the Divine Nation of Lenea ended in a resounding success for Mynoghra. Takuto succeeded in defeating the Player controlling the TRPG forces from behind the scenes and rescuing Sludge Atou from his clutches, but at a great cost. With Takuto left unconscious and Mynoghra without a proper Commander, Atou steels herself to summon Gleeful Spin Doctor Vittorio—the most notorious Hero unit in Mynoghra.

Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate! A tactical fantasy world is waiting for heroes like you! Join Eternal Nations today!


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<p>Yashakiden 3: "Demon City Disaster"<p>As the immortal Demon Princess inexorably transforms Demon City Shinjuku into a vampire metropolis, Setsura infiltrates her manor house alone. There he encounters the puppet paramours and "picture soldiers" created by the warlock Kikiou.<p>The witch Galeen Nuvenberg once again comes to the rescue. But that only draws her into Princess's crosshairs as well.<p>Meanwhile, panicked by the growing vampire hordes in Shinjuku, the Japanese government and its American allies resolve to sterilize the city with nuclear weapons. As if taunting the stranded and isolated Setsura, the countdown to disaster has begun.


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Hide & Peak

Once again, two otherworldly friends find themselves in the midst of a strange, supernatural mystery—and this time, demons are involved!

After defeating the inugami, Misato’s team at the Abnormal Disaster Unit entrusts the good-looking onmyoji with the resolution of a new enigma. At the same time, hot-blooded freelance monk Ryouji is discreetly tasked with a missing person case in Izumo: Katsuki Narukami, Misato’s beloved younger brother, has vanished.

As their respective investigations progress, uncanny similarities between the two cases begin to surface and the more it seems like Ryouji and Misato are the latest players in an increasingly sinister game of tag.


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<p>Duan and Olba are on their way to Ruka Island where the dragon's treasure is alledgedly hidden. Their ship is suddenly attacked by a horde of monsters But with the help of the two-head wizard "Gold Eye-Silver Eye," the team is victorious The gang then reaches Ruka Island...</p></div>


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<p>Once an inexperienced Level 3 Adventurer, Duan Surk's skill and expertise have only increased since joining up with formidable fighter, Olba October, and beautiful sorceress, Princess Agnis R. Link. The trio currently quests to find Agnis' friend, Prince Orland, but the royal Black Knights capture Olba and Duan and our heroes suddenly find themselves accused of a crime they did not commit! Check out this third book of the Adventures of Duan Surk!</p></div>


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<p>Reinhard, under his Golden Lion banner, is setting out to bend history and the universe to his will. Meanwhile, with no flag of their own to raise, Yang and his compatriots have escaped the murderous hands of the Free Planets Alliance's government and dubbed themselves the "Irregulars." Yang receives word that an Imperial fleet is closing in on the capital of Heinessen, and in a daring move, recaptures Iserlohn Fortress. In the meantime, Reinhard's invasion of the Free Planets Alliance proceeds steadily apace. Standing in the path of the Imperial fleet is a fleet of FPA Navy vessels commanded by the elderly Admiral Bucock. An old lion roars out a life-or-death challenge, and a young lion answers it&#8212;the final battle of the Free Planets Alliance now begins!<p>Rated: T+


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<p class="description">The alien JAM have been at war with humanity for over thirty years…or have they? Rei Fukai of the FAF's Special Air Force and his intelligent tactical reconnaissance fighter plane Yukikaze have seen endless battles, but after declaring "Humans are unnecessary now," and forcibly ejecting Fukai, Yukikaze is on its own. Is the target of the JAM's hostility really Earth's machines?</p>


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<p class="description">More than thirty years ago a hyper-dimensional passageway suddenly appeared…the first stage of an attempted invasion by an enigmatic alien host. Humanity managed to push the invaders back through the passageway to the strange planet nicknamed "Faery." Now, Second Lieutenant Rei Fukai carries out his missions in the skies over Faery. His only constant companion in this lonely task is his fighter plane, the sentient FFR-31 Super Sylph, call sign: YUKIKAZE.</p>


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Love, Medicine, and Conspiracies at the Royal Academy!

With the military watching their every move, Mia and the boys head to Radius’s former capital with the slim hope they can get to the patient charts first. There Mia not only uncovers a clue toward creating medicine for Demon Claw but is also faced with unexpected love confessions from more than one guy?! What will it take for Mia to survive her second year at the Royal Academy?


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SLG VS. RPG!

Takuto and his empire confront their first true rival in the armies of the Demon Lord, which Takuto recognizes from the RPG Brave Questers. What new strategies will Mynoghra be forced to undertake to overcome the Demon Lord’s army that operates under entirely different game mechanics? Either way, it’s going to be a tough fight with Mynoghra’s forces split between the allied town of Dragontan and the Accursed Lands. Will strategy game elements triumph over RPG mechanics? Takuto’s going to have to find out the hard way!

Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate!


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Little Princess in Fairy Forest is a breathtaking saga of a young princess, Lala, who must fight for her very existence with the last of her royal knights, Gideon Thorn. Her pursuer, the tyrannical Lord Designs Siegfried, will stop at nothing to wed Princess Lala and legitimize his reign—he’s already massacred the rest of the royal family.

Princess Lala and Gideon are doggedly pursued even as they flee into the Forbidden Forest, a land relegated to myth and legend because of dragons—the mortal enemies of knights.Join Lala and Gideon as they flee for their lives in an attempt to survive the traitor’s deadly machinations. Gideon is willing to do anything to protect his princess, even if it means engaging the mighty dragons in combat.


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VAMPIRE HUNTER D VOLUME 20: SCENES OF AN UNHOLY WAR TPB
In a village on the edge of the Frontier, D is among the warriors and mercenaries hired to defend the village from the Black Death, a notorious bandit gang. But the bandits don’t arrive, and the village mayor dismisses the mercenaries. As D leaves the scene, he’s struck by “sunlight syndrome”—the deadly ailment unique to dhampirs!

* The twentieth volume of the series.

* Features gorgeous black-and-white line illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano.

* Presented in English for the first time!

CREATORS
Writer:
Hideyuki Kikuchi, Yoshitaka Amano
Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Publication Date:
December 11, 2013
Format:
b&w, 180 pages; TP, 5 1/8" x 7 1/4"
Price:
$11.99
Age range:
14+
ISBN-10:
1-61655-255-7
ISBN-13:
978-1-61655-255-8


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<p>After helping Prince Charles save his kingdom, Duan sets out on another adventure, this time with Clay Judah, who wants nothing more than to become a warrior sorcerer. But when he accompanies Duan on a visit to his magic master, Opal of Ice and Snow, the journey takes a treacherous turn--waiting in the shadows is a ferocious snow monster that will disrupt the journey. Can Duan and his fellow travellers reach Opal of Ice and Snow safely?</p></div>


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A Mushroom Of A Wedding!

Agnes and Claude have been preparing for their wedding since returning from the Kingdom of Oreille, when they receive troubling news about the Hole in the Wall growing bigger while they were away. Agnes learns this hole is where monsters come from and has been maintained by the Oreillian and Visage royal families for generations. Having learned of the ancient duty of the dragon-blooded Visage Royals, Agnes begins to wonder about her own role as a descendant of Oreillian royalty and what she can do to help. Gathering her courage, Agnes and Claude head to seal the problematic Hole in the Wall before their long-awaited wedding. Overcoming hardships with the power of mushrooms is a staple of this completely mushy-mushroom romantic comedy!


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VAMPIRE HUNTER D VOLUME 4: TALE OF THE DEAD TOWN
When a floating city becomes the target of a rash of vampire attacks, only one man can restore the oasis.

"The City," a tiny metropolis of a few hundred sheltered citizens floating serenely on a seemingly random course a few feet above the ground, has long been thought safe from the predation of marauding monsters. It seemed like a paradise.

A paradise shattered when an invasion of apparent vampires threatens the small haven. While the Vampire Hunter known only as "D" struggles to exterminate the scourge, a former denizen of the city, the attractive Raleigh Knight, and the brash John M. Brassalli Pluto VIII seize control of the city lurching it onto a new and deadly course. D's travails are just beginning.

* The Vampire Hunter D films are two of the most-popular Japanese anime films released in the United States consistently ranking among the top DVDs sold on amazon.com!

Vampire Hunter D is a co-publication of DH Press and Digital Manga Publishing.

FOR MATURE READERS


CREATORS
Writer:
Hideyuki Kikuchi
Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Translator:
Kevin Leahy
Cover Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Genre: Science-Fiction, Manga, Fiction, Action/Adventure
Publication Date:
May 24, 2006
Format:
SC, 300pg, 5" x 7"
Price:
$9.99
ISBN-10:
1-59582-093-0
ISBN-13:
978-1-59582-093-8


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<p>In the marvelous sequel to the novel (and Cartoon Network series) MORIBITO: GUARDIAN OF THE SPIRIT, Balsa returns to her native land to fight a corrupt ruler and face her own demons.<p>Balsa returns to her native Kanbal to clear the name of Jiguro, her dear mentor, who saved her life when she was six years old. But what should be a visit of truth and reconciliation becomes a fight for her life when she learns that Jiguro had been a member of King Rogsam's personal bodyguard. After Jiguro fled Kanbal with her, Rogsam sent the other bodyguards after them one by one&#8212;Jiguro's best friends, whom he had to kill to protect Balsa. Now, with the help of two Kanbalese children, Balsa must unwind the conspiracy surrounding Jiguro and the mystery of the Guardians of the Dark.


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VAMPIRE HUNTER D VOLUME 12: PALE FALLEN ANGEL PARTS 3 AND 4
Baron Byron Balazs nears the end of his arduous journey; his bodyguard-the enigmatic and deadly Vampire Hunter D -- has delivered him to his faraway home in Krauhausen. Having survived the near-epic journey, and many attempts on his life -- ordered by his father, the dread Vampire Noble Lord Vlad -- the baron thinks he is ready for his final battle, whatever the cost. But Lord Vlad is not so easily vanquished, as he unleashes yet another host of nefarious killers on his son, not least of whom is a mad doctor who was enlisted to perform sinister experiments on the young baron's mother years before!

* The epic conclusion of the longest Vampire Hunter D story ever. This book was originally published in four individual novels in Japan. To make this more affordable for fans, we're releasing this mega-novel as two omnibus volumes!

* Features thirteen black-and-white line illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano.

* Awareness of Amano's work will be heightened this year with the release of Shinjuku, Amano's first original book for Dark Horse with film director Mink.
CREATORS
Writer:
Hideyuki Kikuchi
Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Genre: Science-Fiction, Horror, Fiction, Action/Adventure
Publication Date:
March 18, 2009
Format:
B&W, 480 pages, Novel, 5 1/8" x 7 1/4"
Price:
$14.95
ISBN-10:
1-59582-131-7
ISBN-13:
978-1-59582-131-7


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VAMPIRE HUNTER D VOLUME 10: DARK NOCTURNE

In the title story, "Dark Nocturne", D is hired to unlock the secret of a siren's song that is drawing men in their twenties to their deaths in the hills outside Anise Village. In "Notes on Imagined Autumn" D finds himself caught between two lovers during a ritualistic sacrifice in the village of Shirley's Door, but if D can't stop the sacrifice will all in the village be doomed? And in "Legend of the War Demons" two living weapons, genetically engineered creatures who are the last remnants of a war waged hundreds of years in the past, find that battle is not so easily forgotten. It's up to D to stop their unending conflict before it consumes the present as it did the past.

* Popularity in the Vampire Hunter D character is at an all-time high, with a hit manga as well as new merchandise including statues and figurines planned for release throughout 2008.


CREATORS
Writer:
Hideyuki Kikuchi
Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Genre: Action/Adventure, Fiction, Horror, Science-Fiction
Publication Date:
March 26, 2008
Format:
B&W, 224 pages, Novel, 5 1/8" x 7 1/4"
Price:
$8.95
ISBN-10:
1-59582-132-5
ISBN-13:
978-1-59582-132-4


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VAMPIRE HUNTER D VOL. 19: MERCENARY ROAD (NOVEL)
When a quartet of robbers leaves a trail of slaughter through a town, the mayor looks to hire a pair of bounty hunters to bring them to justice. But their path is blocked by an army of soldiers! If they want to survive the journey, they must enlist the help of the Vampire Hunter known only as D.

* All-new volume of the bestselling series.

* Seven line illustrations by Final Fantasy designer Yoshitaka Amano.

CREATORS
Writer:
Hideyuki Kikuchi
Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Cover Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Genre: Graphic Literature
Publication Date:
March 06, 2013
Format:
b&w, 160 pages; Novel, 5 1/8" x 7 1/4"
Price:
$11.99
Age range:
14+
ISBN-10:
1-61655-073-2
ISBN-13:
978-1-61655-073-8


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<div><p>How far does one go to help a lost child? In the case of returning narrator Araragi, the answer is too far, across the veil of time. Dutifully (if unknowingly) following up on Hachikuji’s cheeky foreshadowing, he concerns himself with his young lady friend and her fate in this installment of the cult-hit series, heroically unable, once again, to find his own way home.  </p>
<p>Thus the tale is also, or more so, about the journey itself, the dark honeymoon of a trip he takes into the past with the dweller in his shadow, Shinobu. Even among a cast that routinely disrespects chronology with their meta-commentary, she takes the cake, or the donut, by rewinding the clock for a perverse road movie, one that by and large goes nowhere, spatially.  </p>
<p>It’s Kabuki not as in the theater, but with the character for “tilt”—as in a slanted attitude toward the world, the posture of a bohemian. Or, perhaps, of a legendary vampire who once sought death, and of a high school senior who once tuned out life doing their dandy best to attend to an embarrassing wealth of aberrations in a provincial town.</p>
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<div><p>Our sorry hero, his reformed girlfriend, and the amnesiac class president have all graduated from their high school out in the boondocks, and self-described Sapphist and ex-basketball ace Kanbaru, retired by reason of an “injury,” is starting her senior year and the narrator of this volume—her voice far more introspectivethan the smutty jock’s we thought we knew.  </p>
<p>Bereft of the company of her beloved mentors, the only other person around her with any working knowledge of aberrations the junior Ogi Oshino, apparently a relative of the Hawaiian-shirted folklorist, she feels a bit alone and blue, and sick with dread that the devil residing in her left arm courtesy of the Monkey’s Paw might act up again while she sleeps.  </p>
<p>Investigating a rumor that she fears might lead back to her, the former star ends up peering into an abyss of negativity called Roka—a “wax flower” to take the characters’ meaning. Trapped in a pit the like of which could only be escaped by the one girl who was able to pull off slam-dunks in her basketball nationals, can the penitent Kanbaru, however, still be aggressive?</p>
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Escape Into A World Of Reversed Expectations

High schooler Yura’s world is literally turned upside down when she’s pulled through a mysterious mirror and into the strange land of Tolkinia, a world of magic and fantasy, where opinions of beauty are reversed. Now the girl who was bullied for her looks is beloved and admired for those same traits, while the knight she finds incredibly handsome is abhorred for his. Facing this mysterious new reality, Yura must decide if she wants to return home to normalcy or embrace the distorted views of this new, war-torn world.


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<p>15 years ago, a set of twins - girl and a boy - was born to the king of Linevan. Shortly after their birth, a prophecy foretold that when the girl turned 16, she would bring about the end of humanity. To avoid this fate, the king ordered the princess disposed of. She miraculously survived, and now she has turned 15.</p>


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VAMPIRE HUNTER D VOLUME 1
Co-published by Digital Manga/Hikaru Sasahara
12,090 A.D. It is a dark time for the world. Humanity is just crawling out from under three hundred years of domination by the race of vampires known as the Nobility. The war against the vampires has taken its toll; cities lie in ruin, the countryside is fragmented into small villages and fiefdoms that still struggle against nightly raids by the fallen vampires-and the remnants of their genetically manufactured demons and werewolves.

Every village wants a Hunter-one of the warriors who have pledged their laser guns and their swords to the eradication of the Nobility. But some Hunters are better than others, and some bring their own kind of danger with them...

From creator Hideyuki Kikuchi, one of Japan's leading horror authors with illustrations by renowned Japanese artist, Yoshitaka Amano, best known for his illustrations in Neil Gaiman's Sandman: The Dream Hunters and the Final Fantasy games.

* The series is comprised of 13 novels. Written in 1983, this is the first English language edition ever published.

FOR MATURE READERS



CREATORS
Writer:
Hideyuki Kikuchi
Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Translator:
Kevin Leahy
Cover Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Genre: Manga, Fiction, Action/Adventure, Science-Fiction
Features: 4 Reviews
Publication Date:
May 11, 2005
Format:
b&w novel with eight black and white interior illustrations, 300pg, 5" x 7"
Price:
$8.95
ISBN-10:
1-59582-012-4
ISBN-13:
978-1-59582-012-9


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A Magical Outing With Frosty Archmage Viol!

Since deciding the best way to break off her engagement with the crown prince was to become a High Mage, Seren has devoted all her time and effort to studying magic under Archmage Viol’s black cat familiar. She’s even grown closer to the archmage in the process. Close enough that he has invited her out to practice magic! But will Prince Helios really sit back and let things get cozy between Seren and Viol now that he’s finally realized his true feelings?


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Are Sweets and Cats the Key to Peacefully Calling Off an Engagement?!

Seren, the eldest daughter of a duke, has grown up being teased for her plain looks, nicknamed “Princess Drab” in comparison to her younger sister, who is a real beauty. One day she overhears her fiancé, Prince Helios, and his friends talking about how her sister would make a much better wife.

In order to avoid marriage with the prince, Seren plans to become a top-level magician and gain the freedom that comes with the title. To achieve this, she teams up with a black cat, a familiar lent to her by Viol, leader of the Ice Magicians, after she finds out about his secret weakness to sweets! Together they’re going to do whatever it takes to bring a peaceful end to her unwanted engagement!


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<p>Duan Surk is a Level 2 fighter who gets lost in the spooky Witches' Forest with two other adventurers: Agnis, a beautiful witch, and Olba, a highly skilled fighter. The trio embarks on the quest of a lifetime -- battling mythical creatures, outwitting evil sorceresses, and attempting to rescue Agnis' mother from an evil spell!</p></div>


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Rejected by her first crush, Mashiro finds herself hooked on an unbeatable music-themed otome game. Her high school days are spent learning the wonders of music, obsessively trying to claim the romance ending with the handsome 2D character who stole her broken heart. On the way home from her college entrance exams she gets distracted by a billboard for the game’s remake and unexpectedly falls down a manhole and plunges to her death!

Mashiro finds herself reincarnated in a world bearing similarities to the otome game she was obsessed with. Only this time, she has no idea how to avoid the twists and turns of certain character routes, including the bad endings! Now, as a seven-year-old, she decides to walk the path of a pianist to embrace the musical world to its fullest, but no matter where she turns, she just can’t seem to escape triggering events and getting involved with troublesome yet handsome characters!

Does Mashiro have any choice in where her new life will take her? Or is she en route to a horrifying ending manipulated by the original game world? Find out in this exciting shoujo light novel series that follows Mashiro’s life from elementary through high school. And just like an otome game, it will give readers the chance to choose which hero she ends up with and how their story unfolds in volumes focused on their route!


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After mysterious deaths and misfortune ravages her family and leaves plucky Duchess Sonia de Clare orphaned in the Royal Abbey, Sonia is forced to take matters into her own hands when the king orders her into an arranged marriage to fulfill her duty as the surviving heiress to the massive Clare fortune.

Fully prepared to marry the dashing prince of the kingdom and retake her home, Sonia is only met with disappointment when she discovers who her mysterious groom to be is.

But when her own castle turns against her in a series of horrifying supernatural phenomena, Sonia quickly discovers the noble knight Sir Cristford Cortot is far more capable of protecting his cursed princess than any foppish prince ever could!


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<div><p>A certain middle school girl has a fondness for hats, which serve as a line of defense against eye contact along with the overlong bangs she’s worn ever since she was little. Speaking in fits and starts when she doesn’t fall completely silent, her go-to line is “I’m sorry,” and she’s given to referring to herself in third person. Nadeko Sengoku is pretty, and not just cute.  </p>
<p>When a jealous classmate tried to hex her with a fraudulent charm, Miss Bangs went and got cursed in earnest all by herself, having done her homework wrong and performed a gruesome ritual at a forgotten shrine. Thank goodness Big Brother Koyomi noticed and rescued her that time, but chopping up snakes at a place of worship that was dedicated to a serpent…  </p>
<p>It might come back to bite her again, hmmmm? Hoping to be saved by someone, but unable to ask for help, the shyest member of the cast explores a running theme of these tales in her own halting voice this round: While self-reliance is well and good, beware of its debased counterfeit minted from a mere reluctance to connect with others. You know what I mean?</p>
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<p>The immortal vampire gang led by "Princess"&#8212;Kikiou, Ryuuki and Shuuran&#8212;is slowly but inexorably taking over Demon City Shinjuku. Its citizens and the administration alike are turning into vampires. Mephisto has apparently allied himself with them of his own accord.<p>Setsura Aki stands alone on the brink of extinction, tested by one desperate counterattack after the next. Intending to snuff out his life once and for all, Princess unleashes the self-regenerating Kazikli Bey (better known abroad as Vlad the Impaler, the original Dracula).<p>Meanwhile, concerned about the worsening state of affairs in Shinjuku, a team of foreign legionnaires&#8212;Special Forces Operational Detachment "F"&#8212;is dispatched to Demon City.<p>This Medusa of a supernatural face-off has grown another head. The confusion deepens and Shinjuku's fate hangs in the balance. But what is Mephisto really up to?<p>Hideyuki Kikuchi's long-awaited new chapter in the bestselling Yashakiden fantasy series!


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VAMPIRE HUNTER D VOLUME 18: FORTRESS OF THE ELDER GOD TPB
D, the ageless, supernatural Vampire Hunter, takes charge protecting the survivors of an aircraft that has crash-landed in a deadly zone known as “the Playground.” But before D can assist them, he must first battle a legion of undead warriors swarming from the fortress of the Sacred Ancestor, the oldest vampire in existence!

*Published in conjunction with Digital Manga Publishing.

*Features line illustrations by Final Fantasy designer Yoshitaka Amano.

CREATORS
Writer:
Hideyuki Kikuchi
Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Cover Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Genre: Fiction
Publication Date:
September 05, 2012
Format:
b&w, 192 pages; TP, 5 1/8" x 7 1/4"
Price:
$10.99
Age range:
12+
ISBN-10:
1-59582-976-8
ISBN-13:
978-1-59582-976-4


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VAMPIRE HUNTER D VOLUME 17: TYRANT'S STARS PARTS 3 AND 4
Vampire Hunter D continues his quest to overcome the interstellar evil brought to Earth by the ultimate Noble, the terrifying renegade vampire Valcua! Wielding a sword that can cut through the fabric of space and time, Valcua has a score to settle with the bloodline of humans responsible for his exile. The family has enlisted D to protect them from Valcua's wrath, and the Vampire Hunter might be their only chance at survival.

* Gorgeous black-and-white art by Yoshitaka Amano and a color tip-in plate.
CREATORS
Writer:
Hideyuki Kikuchi
Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Genre: Fiction
Publication Date:
October 05, 2011
Format:
b&w, 300 pages, Novel, 5" x 7"
Price:
$14.99
Age range:
16+
ISBN-10:
1-59582-820-6
ISBN-13:
978-1-59582-820-0


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<div><p>In the land of Reveur there exists a legend of the Silver Siren—a 
monstrous being who with words alone can topple entire civilizations. 
People have long learned the legend, to fear those with silver hair, and
 to flee from those who dare mutter the words of Song!</p>
                    <p>Meet Kanon, a shy everyday high school student 
preparing for her graduation day with a final tour of her school. 
Singing a mysterious sheet music she found in the school music room 
sends her to a fantastic alternate world of adventure, cursed Sorcerers,
 war-torn lands, monsters, and skilled mercenaries. But she soon learns 
that in this strange new world of magic and swordplay, she is perhaps 
the greatest threat of all. Will Kanon survive in this fantasy world 
where people view her as a nightmare made reality? Let the Song begin, 
for nothing else will save her…!</p></div>


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It’s Not Easy To Avoid Death Flags In A Victorian Otome Game!

After narrowly dodging more death flags than she’d like to count, Evil Alice has her hands full trying to clear Dark’s name when he’s accused of being “Jack the Ripper.” But a mysterious Mirror Demon is out to hinder her investigation, and if that isn’t bad enough, she learns a shocking truth about Jack—her devoted butler has been living a double life! How will this villainess survive the next arc of the “Deadliest Game of the Year”?!


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An Elf Fostering a Baby Griffin?!

As Mell and the Second Expeditionary Squadron continue to work tirelessly in fulfilling their various duties, a baby griffin is reported missing on a southern island and Mell’s unit is ordered to ensure its safe return. What adventures and new foods await Mell’s first-ever sea trip to the southern islands?


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Can An Ordinary Aristocrat And A Nouveau Riche Tsundere Find Love In An Unconsummated Marriage?!

Iris, the daughter of a marquess, not only had her fiancé stolen by her younger sister, but she also ended up having to marry Lord Lucas, a nouveau riche merchant who was shouldering her family’s debts. However, this former-commoner-turned-baron’s reason for marrying her was just to have Iris teach him and his servants how to survive in high society!

“I was told that I lack presence and that I’m like air. If someone as plain and dull as myself could be of any use to you, I will be more than happy to help, Lord Lucas,” Iris said with complete seriousness, throwing Lucas off guard. Will Lucas be able to resist being slowly drawn to the dedicated Iris, who strives to support him and the people in her life? A complicated romcom that starts with a mariage blanc begins here!


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VAMPIRE HUNTER D VOLUME 25: UNDEAD ISLAND TPB
On an isolated island, the vampiric Nobility run a mysterious laboratory, continuously pumping out a white mist which compels the inhabitants of a nearby fishing village to become the vampires’ slaves! When the village tries to retaliate, their fighters never return. The Vampire Hunter known only as D has been sighted on the island, but how did he come to be there, whose side is he on, and will any mortals survive the brewing conflict?

* Features six new illustrations by Final Fantasy designer Yoshitaka Amano.

CREATORS
Writer:
Hideyuki Kikuchi
Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Cover Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Genre: Horror
Publication Date:
March 01, 2017
Format:
b&w, 180 pages; TPB, 5 1/8'' x 7 1/4''
Price:
$11.99
Age range:
14+
ISBN-10:
1-50670-163-9
ISBN-13:
978-1-50670-163-9


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<p>In his past life, Chou Sekiei was the undefeated war hero Kou Eihou—no pressure, right? Now, a thousand years later, all he wants is to get a nice, cushy job as a civil official and build a quiet life for himself. Too bad that he still has fighting prowess he can’t explain. Too bad that as a child, he was taken in by a renowned general and trained alongside Chou Hakurei, famed for her talent and beauty. Too bad that he’s gotten into rescuing pretty (and pretty immature) merchant prodigies. Sekiei was really looking forward to some peace and quiet so he could kick back and read, but when the foreign nation of Gen launches an invasion that triggers war, he’s forced to put his books down. With the power of skills he’d hoped never to put to use again, Sekiei will once more have to make a name on the battlefield... Will he and his friends be enough to save their homeland?</p>


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The Flame Tiger & A Foreign Prince Vie For The Princess’s Attention!

During her third time loop, Princess Angelina became friends with the Golden Dragon and the legendary, ultra fluffy Flame Tiger named Ryuho. Even her father—the infamously cold-blooded emperor—began showering her with affection. In the midst of these delightful days, people from various countries visit the palace for her older brother Kyril’s birthday celebration. Thus, North Star Sanctuary becomes the center of festivities for the next two weeks! While enjoying the festival, Angelina meets Hisame—a young, foreign child with a secret. Unfortunately, Angelina and Hisame’s new friendship forces Ryuho to wrestle with his jealousy. What is Hisame’s secret, and could it tear Angelina and Ryuho apart?!


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<p><em>A female pirate, a lost princess and a mysterious gemstone!</em> </p>
<p>Welcome to the <em>Eurastia</em> , a legendary pirate ship whose captain holds a dark secret. Her name is Yuri, and once, she lived in the future. Unable to return until she rights a terrible wrong, she must redeem herself and fulfill her destiny. </p>
<p>Ten year old Princess Noelle is not from another time, but another place -- a land invaded by evil conquerors who killed her parents and kidnapped her younger brother. The Princess herself is taken hostage until Yuri saves her. It is then that they both learn that Noelle holds the key to Captain Yuri's destiny. </p>
<p>Both Yuri and Noelle want nothing more than to return home. But neither can, until Noelle finds her brother, and Yuri vanquishes the sinister forces that she herself accidentally set in motion.</p></div>


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What’s a Priestess to Do with Her Engagement Broken and Reputation in Tatters?!

As the only priestess on the frontlines in the war against monsters, Monica worked hard to fulfill her duties and her incredible power earned her a place by the crown prince’s side as his fiancée. Except that power came with an added nuisance—the ability to rouse the baser instincts of those affected! When the crown prince found out, he cursed her as a wanton priestess and ended their engagement. Naturally, the news of an indecent holy woman spread like wildfire throughout the nation. While Monica struggled to manage the upheaval in her life, Richard, a battle comrade, approached her with an offer.

“Will you come to my country? My elder brother and his wife are in need of a priestess because they’re barren.”

But Monica didn’t know a crucial truth. He was the emperor’s younger brother! An effusive and sparklingly pure love story unfolds between an overly doting imperial prince and a workaholic priestess with an unfortunate talent!


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Satou is a 22-year-old college dropout who has become a hikikomoro, a paranoid recluse. That is, until he meets Misaki, a mysterious young girl who invites him to join her special "project." Satou slowly comes out of his reclusive shell and his hilarious journey begins, filled with mistaken identity, Lolita complexes, and an over-protective mother! -- scanned by anon


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<div><p>Launching into new territory that the author hadn’t mapped out when he embarked on the series, NEKOMONOGATARI (White) tells the tale of heroine Tsubasa Hanekawa from her own perspective, in her own voice—if that can hold true for a damaged soul who, depending on who you’re asking, suffers from a split personality or a supernatural aberration.  </p>
<p>The bone-chilling brokenness of her household, where father and mother and daughter keep three separate sets of cookware in the same kitchen and only ever prepare their own meals, and the profound darkness nurtured in the genius schoolgirl’s heart, come to life, if that is the word, through her self-vivisection.  </p>
<p>As for our customary unreliable narrator, Araragi, we seem to learn revealing tidbits about him now that we have an outside view of him at last, while his lady friends Senjogahara, Hachikuji, et al, freed from his predilection for proudly inane banter, show subtly new faces to us via their female interlocutor. Welcome to the Second Season.</p>
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<p>Rentt Faina, a twenty-five-year-old adventurer, has been hacking away at monsters for a decade. However, without much talent for the job, Rentt finds himself stuck hunting Slimes and Goblins for meager amounts of coin every day. Little does he know, all this is about to change when he comes across a seemingly undiscovered path in the Labyrinth of the Moon's Reflection.</p>
<p>What awaits him at the end of the path, however, is neither treasure nor riches, but a legendary dragon that wastes no time swallowing him whole! Waking up a short time later, Rentt finds himself not quite dead, but not very alive either— He is nothing more than a pile of bones! Armed with nothing but his trusty sword, tool belt, and ghoulish new looks, Rentt sets off on his quest as a newly reborn Skeleton to achieve Existential Evolution, hoping to one day return to civilization with a more human form.</p>
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I’m Tomoki Yuuji—just your standard, run-of-the-mill high school student. I also happen to be faking a relationship with Ike Touka, the school’s newest queen bee. While everyone’s afraid of me and avoid me like the plague, Touka’s always trying to grab their attention whenever possible. It’s so the whole school knows we’re the “real deal,” I guess.

There are people who understand my situation and aren’t scared of me. There’s the actual protagonist of this story, Ike Haruma, or one of my teachers, Makiri Chiaki. But other than them and a few others, my situation hasn’t really changed ever since I started “going out” with Touka.

One of the people who remains very suspicious about my relationship with her is Haruma’s childhood friend, Kana. One day, she suddenly tells me to meet her alone. When I do, she blurts out something totally unexpected:

“I’m so sorry, but could we start as friends and see how things go from there?!”

…Wait a sec, did she just confess her feelings and reject me at the same time?!

Find out what happens to Yuuji in the second volume of ‘There’s no way a side character like me could be popular, right?’!


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Sometimes it’s animals, sometimes it’s humans, but, today too, the person coming to Olivia’s restaurant holds painful memories in their heart.

Olivia, who runs a soup restaurant outside of town on the edge of the forest, has a secret she can’t tell anyone. She can hear animals’ and humans’ inner voices. This ability left her alienated from her family to the point that they sent her away to a convent when she was only five years old. After escaping while en route, she was brought to the restaurant by the people who would become her adoptive grandparents. Twenty years later, Olivia continues to live with her heart closed off to other humans, until, one day, a former mercenary by the name of Arthur stops by on a rainy morning, dripping wet.

And what are those feelings he starts to develop for her?

Soup Forest is a place of meetings and partings, a place filled with the forest’s bounties, a place of gathering for both animals and humans. They come together, share a meal, go their separate ways, and continue on with their lives.


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<p>In a massively multiplayer online game world, player-killer killer Haseo is on a quest to save Shino, whose real-life coma Haseo believes to have been caused by the game, but his mission becomes more difficult when he is mysteriously dropped back to level one.</p></div>


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What It Means To Be The Last Of My Kind

As my nature as Spherit Folk is becoming more difficult to hide, I’m faced with a shocking truth: only one race can produce a Holy Woman that can save the world—and I’m the last remaining descendant of that race! With the human war raging on and traffic to my family’s inn cut off during these tremulous times, I must set off to the Mythical Continent to discover my destiny!


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A Tomboyish Young Woman And An Emperor Tempted To The Dark Side Dramatically Change The Course Of Their Lives!

Jill is a young woman doing her life over again. But when she and her fiancé, Hadis, return to the capital, they find the imperial family’s army waiting for them! After being betrayed by family, can they do nothing to avoid their future of ruin? Yet, Hadis is taking advantage of this and enjoying a life of relaxation…

Jill infiltrates the Order of Knights in place of Hadis, who’s exiled from the country, and she learns the true meaning behind him being called the cursed emperor—

“I will protect you! You’re not all alone anymore!”

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Iris has awoken as the villainess in the world of her favorite otome game. But not just ANY otome game—one with nothing but bittersweet "Happy-Bad" Endings! If the heroine hooks up with one of her problematic love interests, the rest of the world is doomed... but if she fails, it's the villainess who will pay with her life!

Fortunately, Iris has time on her side. All she has to do is set things up so that the heroine won't go down those routes! Be it curing a fatal disease or re-parenting her possessive twin brother, she'll do whatever it takes to reject these Happy-Bad Endings!


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The Villainess Priestess & The Foolish Emperor Rewrite Their Story!

The Wagtail Priestess, Sai, has memories of a previous life, including knowledge about her ill-fated role to be condemned as the “Evil Priestess” in this life. Yet her efforts to resist her cruel destiny as an NPC in an otome game end in vain. Her fiancé is blinded by his love for the Saint, and so is the Order of Holy Knights he commands. Her execution is nigh—until the charming, winged emperor of the neighboring Orient Empire, Haruka, rescues her from the ashes of her former home.

Moved by Haruka’s faith in her, Sai swears to dedicate her life to him and accepts his offer to move to his country, where she takes up residence in an uninhabited, derelict property inside the Imperial Palace: the former inner palace. Armed with her powerful magic, extensive knowledge, and memories from her past life, she happily lines up one achievement after another. Exorcism? Product development? Sacred rituals? Leave it to her! She lives a content life, but there’s just one thing...

“Your Majesty, I think people will misunderstand if you order me to attend you every night. I am merely melting you into a breathless mess with my recovery magic, nothing more!”

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VAMPIRE HUNTER D VOLUME 9: THE ROSE PRINCESS
In Sakuri, a young woman is about to be sacrificed to the vampiric Noblewoman who reigns over the village. But before the princess can drain the life from the woman, a young man tries to slay the vampire. He fails and manages to escape, but in doing so incurs the wrath of the entire town. The citizens of Sakuri have entered into a pact with the Undead princess and her monstrous bodyguards. With the ritual offering disrupted, the vampire's armored bodyguards vow to murder the villagers one by one until the would-be hero is captured.

When Vampire Hunter D learns of the villagers' bargain he knows he faces several almost impossible challenges-can he rid the town of the parasitic demons that plague it? What if Sakuri's inhabitants don't want to be rescued? And can he uncover the secret that even the vampire Noble is afraid to speak?

* The lead character has also been the basis of a best-selling PlayStation console game.


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Writer:
Hideyuki Kikuchi
Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Genre: Fiction, Action/Adventure, Horror, Science-Fiction
Publication Date:
November 14, 2007
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A Wedding In The Wilds!

Mikura and Tokatechi are gradually ticking off all the items on their wedding checklist. Beastfolk weddings are more relaxed than human ones, a bit like a big gathering party where two families unite as one. There aren’t too many preparations left, so once the dress is ready, the couple can start a new chapter in their lives and relationship. Though the wedding is just around the corner, life in the Beastly Wilds is slow and leisurely like always...unless you’re a good cook who’s got hungry mouths to feed! Mikura perseveres in the kitchen, making preserves and whipping up delicious food to satisfy his beastfolk companions. Not to mention that as one of the cooks for the wedding, he’ll have to feed way more than just two gluttons. It’s going to be an uphill battle!


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<div><p>Originally planned to be the series’ conclusion, “final” chapter “Tsukihi Phoenix” invites us back to the seemingly eventless country burg where supernatural afflictions abound and characters change their trademark hairstyles at the drop of a hat. Rest assured, dear reader, that the story continued in Japanese and will do so in translation.  </p>
<p>In the first half of Fake Tale, lost soul Araragi helped resolve his bigger little sister Karen’s feverish run-in with a fraud. In this second half, he must attend to his littler little sister Tsukihi’s issues, but not before staging the Toothbrush Episode that the acclaimed anime adaptation’s viewers find quite memorable—whether they like to or not.  </p>
<p>As fraught with ominousness as a dark empty street, as unexpectedly full of feeling as an acid-tongued girlfriend, as sidesplittingly funny as a horny retired jock, and (maybe even) as educational as college in the best MONOGATARI tradition, this volume also introduces us to “ghostbusters” Yozuru Kagenui and Yotsugi Ononoki.</p>
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<p>After their battle with Glass, Naofumi and the other heroes have a meeting with the queen and Naofumi is shocked to learn about the seven star heroes. Still reeling from this revelation, more drama unfolds on the islands before Naofumi and his party can return to Melromarc. He meets Rishia, who is betrayed by Itsuki and his party members. Naofumi sympathizes with her and invites her to join his party. Eventually, Naofumi discovers that she has a talent for magic, but before they can develop her powers, they are needed elsewhere. A massive monster bearing the appearance of a giant tortoise must be defeated. The monster is so powerful that even the mightiest adventurers cannot defeat himâ€"so what hope is there for Naofumi?


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<div><p>When all the students depart for a school field trip to the mainland, Kojou is delighted to hear that he'll finally get a chance to be free of observation for at least a little while, whereas Yukina has mixed feelings about the whole situation. But events move quickly when an alchemist by the name of Kou Amatsuka appears, with the goal of reviving the holy grail of alchemy--a liquid-metal life-form known as "Wiseman's Blood." As the crisis deepens, even Asagi becomes involved when this alchemist's relic grows more and more uncontrollable. What can the world's strongest vampire do?!</p>
<p>**</p><h3>About the Author</h3>
<p>Manyako is the illustrator behind the <em>Strike the Blood</em> light novel series.   </p>
<p>Gakuto Mikumo is the author behind the light novel series <em>Asura Cryin'</em>, <em>The Mystic Archives of Dantalian</em>, and <em>Strike the Blood</em>. </p></div>


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Magic School Is A Lot Harder When You’re Trying Not To Die!

Life seemed perfect for Oriana after she started dating Vincent in the winter of her fifth year at the academy. Little did she know, her beloved would soon die under suspicious circumstances. Before she can process anything, she wakes up to find herself back in her seven-year-old body with no idea how she died. When she finally returns to the magic academy in hopes of reuniting with her boyfriend, she finds out Vincent has no memory of her! Now she’s back at square one. Can Oriana navigate this second chance at life and change the course of Vincent’s fate? Making her crush work out really is a matter of life and death!


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The Cat’s Out Of The Bag!

With the High Mage exam just around the corner, Seren decides to break the news of her decision to become a High Mage to Crown Prince Helios and her family. She also learns a startling secret about Archmage Viol’s black cat familiar that will change her relationship with Viol. Will her plans to have a satisfying break-up finally come to fruition?


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<p>Jump into the virtual game "The World" in these novels from the hit series ".hack". In ".hack//G.U."'s thrilling third volume, the adventures of Haseo, his friend Shino, and Atoli, an Avatar, continue. Can Haseo unravel the mysteries of The World to save his friends?</p></div>


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<p class="description">Why me? It was to be the last thought a young prostitute, Rune-Balot, would ever have…as a human anyway. Taken in by a devious gambler named Shell, she became a slave to his cruel desires and would have been killed by his hand if not for the self-aware Universal Tool (and little yellow mouse) known as Oeufcoque. Now a cyborg, Balot is not only nigh-invulnerable, but has the ability to disrupt electrical systems of all sorts. But even these powers may not be enough for Balot to deal with Shell, who offloads his memories to remain above the law, the immense assassin Dimsdale-Boiled, or the neon-noir streets of Mardock City itself.</p>


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<p>In the café&#160;Anteiku, where Ghouls gather, danger and the possibility of discovery loom. Yoshimura, the café's owner, is harboring suspicions about a certain someone. What sort of darkness will that person bring to those who hunt and those who are hunted? This book chronicles six all-new stories&#160;from the&#160;Tokyo&#160;Ghoul&#160;universe.<p>Rated: T


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A Future Beyond The Game

Everything is looking up for Sai, but fate has never been kind to the Wagtail Priestess. Knowledge that the Centorian queen is looking for ways to kill the Saint haunts her, yet more than anything, she must decide—what should she do with her forbidden feelings for Emperor Haruka?


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The Eccentric Master becomes a butler?!

Disguising herself as a rich young lady, Nichika infiltrates the hidden ranks at Elminage Academy for Gifted Witches and Wizards to investigate the attacker from Cherry Blossom Kingdom. All too happy to play along, Oswald completely enters Butler Mode, treating Nichika so kindly she starts to miss his teasing! But he’d better watch out if he wants to hold on to his apprentice because an old frenemy is out to win Nichika’s heart!

Life at the magic academy and a love triangle become the least of Nichika’s worries when a fake Spirit Priestess is going around tarnishing her name, and she’s entered into a broom flying competition that turns into a death race! Will she ever have time to gather the rest of the Great Spirits?!


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How To Enjoy The Slow Life At Home!

Mikura is finally starting to get used to his new life in the Beastly Wilds. Things were going great with his Beastfolk neighbors—until one day, he makes a seemingly innocent comment that turns his life completely upside down! Things only get even more interesting when a visit from his parents unearths a mysterious incident from his childhood adventures in the Beastly Wilds! What secrets are the Beastly Wilds keeping and how will they change his relationship with Techi?


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<p>The Shield Hero Naofumi and his allies have been caught up in a strange phenomenon and sent flying back into the past, village and all. Naofumi enters into an uneasy alliance with Mamoru, the Shield Hero of the past, but Naofumi remains unable to completely trust him, suspicious of his actions. One night, one of the orphans under Mamoru's care comes to find Naofumi. The child proceeds to lead him to a chamber below Siltran Castle. "What kind of facility is this?" Just what has Mamoru been gathering up these orphans for? The action continues in the twenty-first volume of this still rising otherworld fantasy!


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<p>Naofumi Iwatani, an uncharismatic Otaku who spends his days on games and manga, suddenly finds himself summoned to a parallel universe! He discovers he is one of four heroes equipped with legendary weapons and tasked with saving the world from its prophesied destruction. As the Shield Hero, the weakest of the heroes, all is not as it seems. Naofumi is soon alone, penniless, and betrayed. With no one to turn to, and nowhere to run, he is left with only his shield. Now, Naofumi must rise to become the legendary Shield Hero and save the world!


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<div><p>No collection of Japanese literature is complete without Natsume Soseki's <em>Kokoro</em>, his most famous novel and the last he complete before his death. Published here in the first new translation in more than fifty years, <em>Kokoro</em>--meaning "heart"--is the story of a subtle and poignant friendship between two unnamed characters, a young man and an enigmatic elder whom he calls "Sensei". Haunted by tragic secrets that have cast a long shadow over his life, Sensei slowly opens up to his young disciple, confessing indiscretions from his own student days that have left him reeling with guilt, and revealing, in the seemingly unbridgeable chasm between his moral anguish and his student's struggle to understand it, the profound cultural shift from one generation to the next that characterized Japan in the early twentieth century.  </p>
<p>For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.</p>
<p>**</p><h3>From Booklist</h3>
<p><em>Starred Review</em> Kokoro is the great Japanese modern novel. The last its author completed, published in 1914, two years before his death at 48, it voices the spiritual desolation of a society that had deliberately transformed itself from quasi-feudal isolation to determinedly modern player on the world stage in little more than 50 years. The never-named narrator-hero of the novel’s first half is a provincial student in Tokyo who befriends a man some 20 years older whom he meets on a beach that is a favorite student getaway site. Well-mannered, educated, comfortable, ostensibly happily married though childless, the man, whom the narrator regularly visits once they’re both back in the city, yet exudes sadness. In the book’s second half, narrated by Sensei (i.e., mentor), as the student calls him, we learn why: he feels he betrayed a friend by first pressing his suit for the woman both love. Translator McKinney, who makes a completely stylistically modern—verbally and syntactically plain, realistic, personally voiced, intimate in tone—English-language novel of this quietly profound masterpiece, imparts in her introduction all that non-Japanese need to know to appreciate why the book is considered a national treasure. It is an international modernist treasure through sharing the aching, regretful sensibility of such works as Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises and Ingmar Bergman’s arguably greatest film, Winter Light. --Ray Olson </p>
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<p>"This elegant novel...suffuses the reader with a sense of old Japan." <br>
-<em>Los Angeles Times</em>   </p>
<p>"Soseki is the representative modern Japanese novelist, a figure of truly national stature." <br>
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A retro-modern romantic fantasy set in the age of the Kotogami!

After a fearsome beast burns down her company lodgings, Akari finds herself homeless and out of a job. Luckily, the handsome yokai who rescued her from the beast offers her a job as a live-in custodian at a manor in the city. Needing a safe place to sleep, Akari accepts Tomohito’s offer but soon finds that living in a house full of eccentric Kotogami spirits isn’t exactly the sweet deal she was hoping for. With no alternative, Akari resigns herself to cohabiting with her idiosyncratic new roommates.

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Finally, the wedding bells are ringing for the kingdom’s most awkward prince!

Several months have passed since the ordeal with the neighboring kingdom of Orion. Vincent, Elizabeth, Harold, and their friends are rapidly approaching graduation—and with it, Vincent’s long-awaited marriage to Elizabeth. The prince prepares to welcome his fiancée to the palace as his wife, but disaster strikes when King Cait Sidhe puts him under a spell! Upon awakening, Vincent finds all memories of his heart’s greatest treasure are gone. The time for one-sided crushes and misunderstandings is over. Will Vincent and Elizabeth finally be united in matrimonial bliss? Only time will tell…


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VAMPIRE HUNTER D VOLUME 14: DARK ROAD PARTS 1 AND 2
D has crossed over the southern border, into the domain of the cruelest and most evil of the royalty, General Gaskell. On the way, he picks up a "victim" -- one of few survivors in the villages-and makes way with her and the Deliverers. Along the way, he is attacked by the Drowned, and fights many more unspeakably horrible enemies. All of this suggests that Gaskell -- who was supposed to have been put to death under the light of the sun -- is still very much alive. But why?

* Dark Horse has sold over 300,000 copies of Vampire Hunter D!

* Vampire Hunter D features twelve black-and-white line illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano.
CREATORS
Writer:
Hideyuki Kikuchi
Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Genre: Science-Fiction, Horror, Fiction, Action/Adventure
Publication Date:
May 19, 2010
Format:
b&w, 480 pages, Novel, 5 1/8" x 7 1/4"
Price:
$14.99
ISBN-10:
1-59582-440-5
ISBN-13:
978-1-59582-440-0


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<p>Kieli sees ghosts. It's an odd ability for a 14-year-old girl, and it makes her a bit of an outcast at her boarding school. Her only friend, in fact, is the (semi-) departed spirit of a girl who used to inhabit her room. That is until the two encounter a young man who appears to share Kieli's "gift." It doesn't take long to discover, though, Harvey is an altogether different sort of creature - one of the infamous Undying, the reanimated corpse of a dead soldier. Could it be that in this cursed fellow Kieli has finally found a kindred spirit? Throwing in her lot with this strange, soulless man and his possessed radio, she means to find out...</p>


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Who Doesn’t Deserve A Second Chance?

Grail Academy’s final year is about to begin when Annabel receives an invitation to attend the crown confirmation ceremony of Prince Daniel, the man she was engaged to and who’d destroyed her kingdom during her past life. Also invited is Princess Karina of Nigren, the cause of Annabel’s imprisonment and Ed’s death. But the Karina Annabel meets this time around couldn’t be more different—she’s bubbly and sweet! But just as Annabel comes to believe she and Karina can actually be friends, the other princess changes for the worse. At the same time, Nigren’s most powerful witch falls ill from unknown magic. Together with Ed, Annabel sets out to solve the mystery and prevent the destruction of her kingdom!


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Another World In The Center of Japan!

Mikura Moriya expected a quiet and peaceful life in the forest when he inherited his great-grandfather’s house and enormous orchard. Someone had to keep the family business running, so he quit his job and decided to live off the land. But the house isn’t in any old forest. It’s deep in the Beastly Wilds, an area off-limits to most humans. For the Wilds are home to the Beastfolk—neither human nor animal, but something in between. It isn’t long before Mikura meets his new neighbors and makes a pact with a girl with chipmunk ears that will change his life forever.

Will Mikura get to live the slow life, or is it more trouble than it’s worth?!


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<p>Finishing the battle with Kyo, Naofumi and his friends return safely to their world. The queen of Melromarc wishes to reward Naofumi for saving the world from the Spirit Tortoise. "Then can I have my own land?" After thinking about what he could do for his friend and partner, Raphtalia, Naofumi decides the best thing for their future would be the establishment of their own settlement&#8211;and he decides to build it on the ruins of Raphtalia's old hometown! The start of a whole new chapter in our hero's life begins here, in volume ten of this otherworld revenge fantasy!


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“At last, I’ve found you, my Bondmate.”

As Flowerfolk, I never dreamed of having a fairy tale romance, but I also didn’t expect to be dumped three days after being confessed to by a dragon knight! Spurned and angry, I decided to devote my life to my work as the human princess’s hairstylist, only to find out that the princess was going off to dragon country to marry the Dragonkin prince and taking me with her. Now I have to serve in the same castle as that jerk who dumped me! The princess can have the fairy tale ending, I’m done with romance.


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<p>THE NOVEL THAT STARTED IT ALL!</p>
<p>Charged with investigating crime among the stars, the Worlds Welfare Work Association is proud of its reputation for safety and regard for life and property. Try telling that to WWWA Agents Kei and Yuri, codename "the Lovely Angels," who—because of their penchant for destruction—are better known as the Dirty Pair. If the Dirty Pair are called in two things are certain: they’ll catch the bad guy but you may not live to tell about it!</p>
<p>In “The Great Adventure of the Dirty Pair" Kei and Yuri are summoned to the planet Dangle when the Gravas Heavy Industries facility is destroyed under mysterious circumstances. But what seems like a simple explosion is masking a far more insidious agenda. Then, in “The Case of the Backwoods Murder,” a simple murder investigation on the secluded pleasure planet Lamier is complicated when Yuri runs into two childhood friends, one of them a handsome adventurer named Thunder who captures Kei’s heart. But what is the secret connection between Thunder and the murder victim?</p>
<p>Created by popular science fiction author Haruka Takachiho in 1979, The Dirty Pair are among the most beloved characters in popular anime and science fiction circles, having been featured in a highly popular television series, several direct-to-video movies, and a best-selling American comic book series. Dark Horse Books is proud to present the long unavailable novel that launched the characters into superstardom!</p></div>


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<p>Naofumi is off to the Cal Mira islands, where he plans to continue leveling up. Soon after arriving he meets a mysterious young man named L'Arc Berg. But how will this curious new character impact Naofumi's adventures? Surrounded by mystery and intrigue, Glass makes her second appearance. Aneko Yusagi's epic fantasy continues in volume 5!


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<p>Naofumi and his friends defeat the Spirit Tortoise after it rampages across the country. They leave in search of the other missing heroes and meet Ost along the way, who says she is one of the Spirit Tortoise's servants. She tells Naofumi that the Spirit Tortoise is still alive and that someone is pulling the strings to use the tortoise to destroy the world! Can Naofumi protect those he loves from this new danger?


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A Second Chance To Follow Your Dreams!

The daughter of a viscount has returned to the past, and she intends to dedicate her second life to waiting on young ladies as the ideal lady’s maid! The day after her engagement is called off, Emma returns to her life at the age of 15, having served her country thus far using her power to travel to the future. And this time around, she won’t be sacrificing herself for the sake of the nation!

She’s determined to fulfill her childhood dream of becoming a lady’s maid when a mysterious duke from the neighboring country appears before her. “I don’t waste my time on nonsense.” But his kindness belies his cold words and Emma finds herself drawn to him. Yet he keeps a secret that could change everything…


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<p>After defeating seemingly immortal invaders from another world, Naofumi finally manages to convince the Sword Hero, Ren Amaki, to reconsider his ways. Having reclaimed their peaceful day-to-day lives, Naofumi and his slaves head back to the colosseum to hone their skills in battle. But once there, they are confronted by an unbelievable sight: the Bow Hero has assumed an alias and is completely absorbed in earning fight purses in blind pursuit of his own sense of justice! With the Bow Hero being manipulated by the wicked Witch and consumed by a curse, will Naofumi be able to bring him to his senses?! Will the quest to reform the heroes finally come to a conclusion?! Find out in volume twelve of this otherworldly revenge fantasy!


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<p>Naofumi Iwatani continues his adventure in this second volume. But his task is not yet complete and obstacles mount as the increasingly ominous waves of destruction approach. He finds a new friend and new powerful abilities that may prove to be too dangerous for the companionship. Will Naofumi live up to his role as the Shield Hero and save the world from its prophesized destruction? Or will his dark side consume him?


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<p>Naofumi and his companions have had their entire village transported to an unfamiliar location. Who should they find waiting for them . . . but the Shield Hero?!The Shield Hero Naofumi and his allies have returned home from Kizuna's world. Paying heed to S'yne's sister's warnings, Naofumi remains alert while dealing with all the reports and incidents from his absence. However, after returning to the village that acts as his base of operations, he is suddenly enveloped in a mysteriously blinding light—and the entire village is transported into unfamiliar surroundings!"You have to decide for yourselves whether our words are true or not. But first, tell me something. Who are you?"A youth appears in front of Naofumi and his friends—a youth claiming to be the Shield Hero!Now the curtain rises on the twentieth volume of the ever-rising otherworld fantasy!


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<p>After being worked quite literally to death, corporate slave Routa Okami's dying wish is to be reborn as the well-loved pet of a rich family. When a compassionate goddess actually grants his wish, Routa commits himself to the lazy, carefree, all-you-can-nap lifestyle of a pampered pup-complete with a beautiful owner and all the delicious food he can eat! But as Routa grows...and grows...and grows...he realizes something is terribly wrong. With his enormous body, razor-sharp teeth, and fierce visage, it's painfully obvious that he was reincarnated not as a dog but as a giant wolf. And not just any wolf-the legendary wolf king Fenrir!</p>


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Oh dear, it seems I was reincarnated into a modern otome game from a fantasy world!

All I ever wanted was to be free of my responsibilities as a countess and I finally got my wish when I was reborn as a commoner in modern Japan. Everything was going perfect, except it turns out this is the world of an otome game and some crazy girl who goes around calling herself the “heroine” is upset at me for stealing all her “events” with the “love interests”… Now she wants me to team up with her against the “villainess”. I’m supposedly just a random NPC, so why am I being dragged into this?!


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A Second Chance At Peace…Or Revenge?!

After being hanged for a crime she didn’t commit, Rosemary entered the annals of history as a villainess. So when she reincarnates as Mary with her memories intact, all she desires is a peaceful existence. And yet she’s forced back into the world of politics against her wishes!

“Now then, dear sister, how would you like to punish those who killed you?”

Mary’s brother—who she loved so much in her past life—has undergone a terrible transformation. Now, he seeks revenge on her behalf.

“Tell me what you desire, my lady.”

Likewise, the knight who swore allegiance to Mary in her past life makes the same vow in the present. Despite all this, Mary doesn’t want vengeance against those who killed her. But will the people surrounding her allow for peace?


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<p>Guin is a mighty warrior, who cannot remember his past. His only clue is a leopard mask mystically attached to his head. Joined by the royal twins of Parros, Remus and Rinda; Suni, the simian-girl; and Istavan, the mercernary; our hero must cross the treacherous River Kes and journey into the badlands of Nospherus, where unthinkable dangers lurk. In hot pursuit is a Mongauli army of 15,000, led by the beautiful and dangerous General Amnelis. </p></div>


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After pushing Kou and Sou away to avoid the bad endings in her future, Mashiro now dedicates herself to perfecting her piano playing in hopes of attending Seio Music Academy. But Kou and Sou aren’t out of her story yet, and they aren’t her only issues. Kon’s secrets are becoming harder to ignore and Sou’s fiancée makes a surprise visit. The otome game world has a script in mind for Mashiro, whether she likes it or not!

In the end, Mashiro must make a choice. Will she choose Kou or Sou?

The decision is yours!


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“You’ll die if you stop ingesting bodily fluids from the opposite sex.”

Nichika’s fate has been foretold by a man claiming to be a witch, and it spells doom. What a thing to be told right after tumbling into another dimension!

Bodily fluids—in other words, tears, spit, blood, and even—yup, kissing.

With the threat of death snapping at her heels every day, Nichika finds a way to beat the arrogant, selfish, and eccentric Witch Oswald at a bet and gets him to take her as his apprentice as a last ditch measure to stay alive. Now bound to him by magical contract, Nichika joins Oswald and his talking wolf on the run from the Witch’s Council as she tries to find her way back to Earth. Though they’re a mismatched master-apprentice duo, they have no choice but to travel across magical lands filled with fantastical creatures to escape the constant danger closing in on them.


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<p>The myth of the Scrapped Princess lives on in volume 2 As Pacifica and her siblings continue on their travels, a stop in a frontier town leads to a confrontation with a ruthless assassin...</p>


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From The Guillotine To Dragon Consort!

Jill is sentenced to death by the crown prince, her fiancé. But just before she dies, she’s sent back in time six years to the party where their engagement had been decided. To avoid this route of ruin, Jill immediately proposes to the person standing behind her…but it’s the man who was her greatest enemy, Emperor Hadis?! Jill knows all about his future descent into evil. She quickly retracts the proposal, but the delighted Hadis takes her back to his castle and makes her a meal. Completely won over by the food, Jill makes a life-changing decision…

“I’m going to reform—no, I’m going to make you happy!”

It’s time to redo this life with the enemy!


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What Comes After The Love Potion?

Witch Rose was delighted to finally end her one-sided crush with Royal Knight Harij after a love potion brought them together. Now their relationship has jumped straight to her living with him as his fiancée?! Things only get more hectic when a young girl shows up asking to become Rose’s apprentice when she already has her hands full being pampered by Harij!

What romantic adventures await in this heartwarming sequel about a former shut-in witch and the arrogant, straitlaced knight who fell in love with her with the help of a love potion?


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Love’s Not A Curse…Unless You’re A Dating Sim Character!

Miku’s relaxing life with her high-tier guild gets interrupted when she comes face to face with the supposed heroine, Laura! Laura’s arrival signals the start of Miku and Claire's happy guild life being pulled back on course toward the original game’s scenario… Will Claire, Ektor, and the rest of Lanakiller’s members be able to stop Miku’s curse from progressing and their lives from playing out like a dating sim?!


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VAMPIRE HUNTER D VOLUME 8: MYSTERIOUS JOURNEY TO THE NORTH SEA, PART 2
The picturesque coastal town of Florence was known for millennia as a pleasure resort for the Nobility. As retribution for their decadence, the cruel and beautiful vampire inhabitants were "punished," driven out more than a thousand years ago by a solitary traveler in black. Only one-Baron Meinster-refused to leave, only to be thrown to the waves by the mysterious assassin.

Summoned to contemporary Florence by Su-in, sister of a murdered village girl, the enigmatic Vampire Hunter D discovers a vampire curse ravaging the town's human inhabitants. The plague apparently originating, impossibly, from the unforgiving sea-could it be Meinster's Revenge?

* More than seventeen million Vampire Hunter D books in print worldwide.

* Cover and six interior illustrations by renowned artist Yoshitaka Amano!


CREATORS
Writer:
Hideyuki Kikuchi
Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Genre: Science-Fiction, Horror, Fiction, Action/Adventure
Publication Date:
August 22, 2007
Format:
b&w, 224 pages, Novel, 5" x 7"
Price:
$8.95
ISBN-10:
1-59582-108-2
ISBN-13:
978-1-59582-108-9


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For Once, The Prince Will Prove The Villainess’ Innocence!

When Crown Prince Vincent announces their engagement is over, Elizabeth faints. What will become of House la Montlivere? Of her entire family? At the prince’s side, the so-called heroine smirks. Elizabeth is doomed to a villainess’ fate… Only for the tables to turn when Vincent suddenly calls out the heroine for her misdeeds!

Jump into the story of an ill-fated but handsome prince as he fights for his darling fiancée, deflecting every attempt to turn her into an evildoer by any means necessary! They’ll have their lovey-dovey happily ever after, even if it kills him!


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My Brother Can't Be Cuter Than ME!

One day, the Demon Lord barged into the palace and, instead of kidnapping the rightful princess Alice, he took Jean, her stunningly gorgeous brother! Alice, alongside her butler Seb and sibling duo Hatta and Haigha set out for the Demon Lord’s castle. Her goal: not to rescue Jean but—in her own words—smack some sense into the Demon Lord for even daring to think Jean was the cuter one! Meanwhile, Jean and the Demon Lord are getting along well...maybe a little too well.

Will Alice be able to defend her feminine pride? Follow her questionable adventures in this gag-filled fantasy novel!


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VAMPIRE HUNTER D VOLUME 16: TYRANT'S STARS PART 1 AND 2
In this chilling adventure, Vampire Hunter D has been dispatched to vanquish the ancient vampiric Noble Count Braujou, guardian of an ancient buried treasure. But when a mysterious object crashes into the earth, destroying half of the northern Frontier, D faces an even more terrifying opponent-the renegade vampire Valcua, the Ultimate Noble! Having been exiled to outer space, Valcua took his entire kingdom of strange and deadly creatures with him, and swore that when the time was right they would return to have their revenge. Unfortunately for D, that time is now . . .

* Dark Horse Books and Digital Manga Publishing are proud to present the classic series for the first time to English- speaking fans everywhere!

* Features gorgeous black-and-white line illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano as well as a color tip-in illustration.

CREATORS
Writer:
Hideyuki Kikuchi
Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Genre: Fiction
Publication Date:
April 13, 2011
Format:
480 pages, TPB 5 1/8" x 7 1/4"
Price:
$14.99
Age range:
16+
ISBN-10:
1-59582-572-X
ISBN-13:
978-1-59582-572-8


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“Well, what do you expect? You’re twenty-seven years old now.”

Saint Marialite can’t believe her ears when her fiancé, the crown prince, breaks off their engagement due to her age. She doesn’t let that get her down, though; considering the hardship she has endured over the past few years, her mental fortitude allows her to calmly accept the prince’s decision and return home. However, when she gets there, she finds…a boy with horns?! The demon prince grows at an unbelievable speed, and in no time at all, he falls head over heels in love with Marialite. Now, he’s determined to bring her back to his own country! What might bloom between the easygoing saint and the naïve demon prince in this romantic fantasy?


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<p>Guin is a mighty warrior, who cannot remember his past. His only clue is a leopard mask mystically attached to his head. Joined by the royal twins of Parros, Remus and Rinda; Suni, the simian-girl; and Istavan, the mercernary; our hero must cross the treacherous River Kes and journey into the badlands of Nospherus, where unthinkable dangers lurk. In hot pursuit is a Mongauli army of 15,000, led by the beautiful and dangerous General Amnelis.</p></div>


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<p>The minor nation of Siltran, with the aid of the Naofumi's village, has managed to drive off the assault of the massive nation of Piensa. But Piensa then begins to invade the nations that have come seeking an alliance with Siltran. Some of Naofumi's allies who are scouting Piensa get caught up in the chaos and are badly injured as a result—and to make matters worse, the injuries as marked as incurable, unable to be treated even by the Shield Hero no matter what Naofumi tries. "I'll do whatever it takes to save my friends!" Could Naofumi's brave determination lead to the discovery of new powers?! The healing begins in the twenty-second volume of this still rising otherworld fantasy!


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Can Two Reincarnates Set Aside Their Differences To Save The Villainess?

After being reincarnated as the villainess of her favorite fantasy otome game, Claire realizes she has to act fast to save her twin sister and favorite character from falling in love because she’s cursed to literally die of a broken heart! But that won’t be easy when another reincarnate and a big fan of the fox twins is determined to save Miku—by making her fall in love with him instead! Which reincarnate will succeed in giving this silver-furred fox girl her happy ending: her sister the villainess or the main hero who wants to make her his waifu?! Will they end up working together to prevent innocent Miku from falling in love with one of the other five eligible bachelors and meeting her inevitable demise?


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<p>I will see to your punishment. Come at me! Yomogi, a female samurai, attacks Naofumi and his team. The Shield Hero, Naofumi, finds himself separated from his companions&#8211;and reduced to level one! With the help of Kizuna, one of the holy heroes from the new world, he is able to reunite with his friends. Naofumi prepares to battle their enemy Kyo, but then Yomogi attacks, declaring she is acting on Kyo's behalf. In the middle of battle, Naofumi notices something strange about her powerful weapon&#8211;but what is it? Find out in volume nine of this otherworldly revenge fantasy!


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A Supernatural Mismatch Made in Heaven

Paranormal incidents heat up when two mysterious men cross paths in Tomoe, a small town in Hiroshima with a long history of supernatural encounters.

Misato Miyazawa is a strikingly beautiful young man with a troubled past. Born to a distinguished family of onmyoji—specialists in divination—Misato is no stranger to the occult. That’s why he jumps at the chance to join the Abnormal Disaster Unit in Tomoe’s Town Hall Crisis Management Division, a unit more commonly known as The Spirit Hunters.

Enter Ryouji Karino, a fiery, handsome man with peculiar green and silver eyes. Working as a freelance monk and raised by a man claiming to be a tengu, Ryouji is by no means an average citizen. When he finds Misato in a sticky situation, he ‘kindly’ steps in, and the mismatched pair end up living together.

What dark mysteries will unravel before them as they attempt to confront paranormal happenings under the constraints of government rules?


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<p>After the successful revolt in Q'ten Lo, Naofumi returns to his village headquarters. Meanwhile, things in Melromarc continue to deteriorate, so he sets out to restore public order before strengthening his village residents. Now, with more allies than ever, Naofumi is faced with deciding who will participate in the battle against the Phoenix. Not everyone agrees with his choices. "I can't guarantee I'll be able to protect all of you. Knowing that, if you're not confident you can make it back alive, then don't come!" A difference of opinion causes friends to butt heads, but their bonds only grow stronger as a result. And then the day that everyone has so painstakingly prepared for arrives—the Phoenix finally appears! But a completely unexpected turn of events awaits. Naofumi is doomed to experience unthinkable grief in volume fifteen of this otherworldly fantasy!


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VAMPIRE HUNTER D VOLUME 22: WHITE DEVIL MOUNTAIN PARTS 1 AND 2
Commissioned by a vampire ancient to recover the coffin containing the body of the demonic Gilzen, hated even by his own kind, D travels to a frightening mountain landscape perennially shrouded in snow. Within a castle piercing the mountainside, D discovers a group of knights tasked to protect Gilzen at any cost. It’s time for D to use all the forces and powers at his command to prevent Gilzen’s resurrection!

• This volume of the long-running series combines two novels and features eleven original illustrations by Final Fantasy designer Yoshitaka Amano.

CREATORS
Writer:
Hideyuki Kikuchi
Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Genre: Horror
Publication Date:
December 24, 2014
Format:
b&w, 180 pages; TPB, 5 1/8" x 7 1/4"
Price:
$11.99
Age range:
14+
ISBN-10:
1-61655-509-2
ISBN-13:
978-1-61655-509-2


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VAMPIRE HUNTER D VOLUME 21: RECORD OF THE BLOOD BATTLE TPB
D accompanies a convoy delivering a vampire Noble to face public trial for his crimes against humanity. However, the Noble’s enemies have targeted the men and women of the convoy, and they are out for vengeance! Can D bring himself to kill humans in order to protect the Noble under his charge?

* Six new original illustrations from Final Fantasy designer Yoshitaka Amano!

* Presented in English for the first time anywhere!

“Vampire Hunter D is a solid mixture of horror, sci-fi and fantasy.” - Otaku USA

CREATORS
Writer:
Hideyuki Kikuchi
Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Cover Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Genre: Horror, Fantasy
Publication Date:
June 25, 2014
Format:
b&w, 160 pages; TP, 5 1/8" x 7 1/4"
Price:
$11.99
Age range:
14+
ISBN-10:
1-61655-437-1
ISBN-13:
978-1-61655-437-8


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I’m The Villainess, So I’ll Just Beat Up My Problems!

After dying in a traffic accident, I wound up in an otome game world. What’s more, I swapped places with a girl named Alexandra. The so-called heroine had already bewitched Alexandra’s fiancé–the second prince–and set her up as the villainess. To make matters worse, I arrived right in the middle of Alexandra’s bogus condemnation. So, what’s a girl to do in a situation like this? Kick her fiancé’s butt and seize the happy ending, of course! But as soon as I did just that, the world collapsed, and I looped back in time to Alexandra’s childhood. Years later, I met the older, incredibly gorgeous first prince. Oh, and he seemed totally into me! Could this be true love?!


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The Arousing Priestess' Pure Love!

Monica’s tremendous power as a saint comes with an unfortunate side effect—the ability to induce heat in herself and others. Even so, she keeps herself busy every day working for the sake of the people and Prince Richard, the man who accepted her as she is. But lately, whenever she sees him, her body grows warm and her heartbeat goes wild despite not using her power. She begins to wonder if there’s something wrong with her. While she wrestles with her emotions, a strange merchant poses a question to her: “What dreams do you have for your life after your service as a priestess ends?” Because a saint’s power comes with a time limit and could disappear at any moment. And when that day arrives, Monica knows she can no longer remain by Richard’s side…

An arousing priestess wracked with worry and an imperial prince whose desire to monopolize her only increases with each passing day. Enjoy the pure river of their overflowing love in volume 2!


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“I don’t care if you are a man, let me court you.”

Rock’s whole life is shaken when a werewolf shows up at her shop in the middle of the night...asking for more than just clothes!

This is a paranormal romantic comedy about a young count (who’s actually a werewolf) passionately wooing a tailor living in the slums (who’s actually a woman disguising herself as a man to survive)! Can two people who live double lives find love and acceptance with each other?


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Struck by a car while saving a kitten, I died and reincarnated as the heroine of Evil Alice’s Lover, my absolute favorite otome game. But before I could even enjoy my new life as Alice, I remembered something important. Even though this is a game about dating, there are so many bad endings, it won the award for “Deadliest Game of the Year”!

I’m not allowed to fall in love if I want to live?! But the death flags just keep coming!

Packed with suspense and romance, this is the story of my gothic romantic comedy!


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VAMPIRE HUNTER D VOLUME 5: THE STUFF OF DREAMS
In a world where even the smallest and most remote village is being terrorized by the monsters that stalk the night, there is a hamlet, prosperous and peaceful, where mortals and vampires have lived in harmony for years. It is there that seventeen-year-old Sheavil Schmidt has slept, neither waking nor aging, for thirty years since first receiving the vampire's immortal kiss. The mysterious Vampire Hunter D is lured to the tranquil oasis by recurrent dreams of the beautiful, undying girl bathed in an eerie blue light and dancing in a ghostly chateau.

* Over 100,000 copies of the Vampire Hunter D novels have been sold.

* The Stuff of Dreams is volume 5 in a seventeen volume series.

Vampire Hunter D is a co-publication of DH Press and Digital Manga Publishing.

FOR MATURE READERS


CREATORS
Writer:
Hideyuki Kikuchi
Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Translator:
Kevin Leahy
Cover Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Genre: Manga, Fiction, Action/Adventure, Science-Fiction
Publication Date:
September 13, 2006
Format:
SC, 280pg, 5" x 7"
Price:
$8.95
ISBN-10:
1-59582-094-9
ISBN-13:
978-1-59582-094-5


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How ironic that I, someone killed by a knight in their past life, am now a prince’s guard.

Selena Violette, a duke’s daughter known for her enchanting beauty and cold personality, carries the memories of her former life as an assassin raised in the slums. Crown Prince Evan has singled her out based on her quick wit and combat capabilities, and she joins him in caring for three international students from a neighboring country. The problem is, these students are half siblings and two are aiming to take the other out. Selena thought she was a merciless assassin, but once she experiences protecting another, can she use her assassin skills to save rather than kill?


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<p>To resolve a clash over succession, the shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa has devised the ultimate contest. Two rival ninja clans, the Kouga and the Iga, will meet in a battle to the death. The victor will rule Japan for the next thousand years. But in the midst of this bloody war, an unlikely romance blooms between Gennosuke of the Kouga clan and Oboro of the Iga clan. Gennosuke and Oboro are the next leaders of their clans and their fates are inextricably bound with that of their families. In the colossal fight, the star-crossed lovers are faced with a fatal choice between true love and destiny. Can romance conquer a four-hundred-year-old rivalry? Or is their love fated to end in death?</p></div>


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VAMPIRE HUNTER D VOLUME 26: BEDEVILED STAGECOACH TPB
In the Wild West wilderness of the Frontier, a government official has been given the task of escorting captured servants of the vampire Nobility. Unfortunately their path to the Capital crosses into the territory of the Noble that is their master! As the convoy rushes toward the safety of the civilized city, monsters lie in wait to attackbut also, with dark and ambiguous reasons of his own, does the half-vampire hunter known only as D. This will be a road trip that none of them will ever forgetif any of them survive, that is. The latest action-packed future-steampunk adventure from Kikuchi and Amano!

CREATORS
Writer:
Hideyuki Kikuchi
Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Colorist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Genre: Horror
Publication Date:
August 23, 2017
Format:
bw, 208 pages; TP, 5 1/8 x 7 1/4
Price:
$11.99
Age range:
14+
ISBN-10:
1-50670-199-X
ISBN-13:
978-1-50670-199-8


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Friend or Foe?

Jill returns to the Kratos Kingdom to receive her family’s approval of her marriage to the Rave Emperor Hadis. But her true motive is actually to prevent the war that happens in the future by negotiating for peace! Awaiting her is the evil mastermind in her previous timeline and her former fiancé, Prince Gerald. Jill’s ecstatic to discover that he unexpectedly wishes for peace, but Hadis isn’t pleased with this arrangement and tries to call off their engagement!

“You’re no longer the Dragon Consort.”

“That idiot husband has got some nerve!”

Jill would never give up on love in her current timeline—the strongest damsel redoes her life her way!


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<p>You've never read a fantasy novel like this one! The deep well of Japanese myth merges with the Western fantasy tradition for a novel that's as rich in place and culture as it is hard to put down.<p>Balsa was a wanderer and warrior for hire. Then she rescued a boy flung into a raging river &#8212; and at that moment, her destiny changed. Now Balsa must protect the boy &#8212; the Prince Chagum &#8212; on his quest to deliver the great egg of the water spirit to its source in the sea. As they travel across the land of Yogo and discover the truth about the spirit, they find themselves hunted by two deadly enemies: the egg-eating monster Rarunga . . . and the prince's own father.


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Things are heating up between the secretary and her hero at long last!

Separated from the rest of their party in the Ancient Ruins, Aki and Elias finally have time to define their relationship. But a deadly trap set by the Shadow Tribe pushes them both to awaken powers that demand a price.

Meanwhile, Leo and Johann are facing an equally dangerous threat that puts everything they believe in to the test. Will the Hero Party be able to regroup before it’s too late?!


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<p>Having claimed his victory at the coliseum tournament, Naofumi successfully frees the demi-human slaves to return to their village. When they arrive back at the village, Naofumi receives news on the whereabouts of Motoyasu, the Spear Hero. In order to capture him, Naofumi organizes a manhunt, but it leads him to a scene of carnage involving the Sword Hero, Motoyasu, and Bitch. "If that's all you can say to your friends that believed in you . . . You're not worthy of being called a hero. You're not even worthy of being called a human!" Faced with an unchanged Sword and Spear Hero, Naofumi completely loses it! In the midst of all of this, assassins after Naofumi's life suddenly appear, and everything spirals out of control! The time to cut past ties has finally come in volume eleven of this otherworld revenge fantasy!?


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The Dragon Consort Takes On The Empress’s Palace!

Well on her way to redoing her life, Jill returns to the imperial capital. Just when she thinks her wedding preparations with Hadis are going smoothly, the three dukes set a condition for the soon-to-be-married couple. “If you want us to approve of your wedding with the emperor, host the Dragon’s Flower Crown Festival and introduce the Dragon Consort to the citizens!” This festival requires the cooperation of the empresses of the previous emperor, but the ladies treat Jill with scorn, constantly getting in the Dragon Consort’s way. What plan does Jill have to win the favor of these scheming ladies?

“You think a Dragon Consort can only be on the receiving end?! Think again, ladies!”

“I’m relying on you, dear wife.”

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<p>For Tohko Amano, a third-year high school student and self-styled "book  girl," being the head of the literary club is more than just an  extracurricular activity. It's her bread and butter...literally! Tohko is  actually a literature-gobbling demon, who can be found at all hours of  the day munching on torn out pages from all kinds of books. But for  Tohko, the real delicacies are hand-written stories. To satisfy her  gourmet tastes, she's employed (rather, browbeaten) one Konoha Inoue,  who scribbles away each day after school to satisfy Tohko's appetite.  But when another student comes knocking on the literary club door for  advice on writing love letters, will Tohko discover a new kind of  delicacy?


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<p>In an alternative future Japan, junior high students are forced to fight to the death! L to R (Western Style). Koushun Takami's notorious high-octane thriller is based on an irresistible premise: a class of junior high school students is taken to a deserted island where, as part of a ruthless authoritarian program, they are provided arms and forced to kill one another until only one survivor is left standing. Criticized as violent exploitation when first published in Japan--where it then proceeded to become a runaway bestseller--<strong><em>Battle Royale</em></strong> is a <strong><em>Lord of the Flies </em></strong>for the 21st century, a potent allegory of what it means to be young and (barely) alive in a dog-eat-dog world. Made into a controversial hit movie of the same name, <strong><em>Battle Royale</em></strong> is already a contemporary Japanese pulp classic, now available for the first time in the English language.</p>


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<p>The Heavenly Emperor of Q'ten Lo is after Raphtalia's life! To ensure her saftey, Naofumi must team up with the country's revolutionaries to overthrow him! But when they go about fixing the problems of the country's misrule, it drives the emperor even further into a corner. Nevertheless, Naofumi decides to add fuel to the fire by capturing the country's former capital! But he learns that someone is pulling the strings from behind the curtain. "Whatever. Our only choice is to keep pushing forward. There's no stopping now." Just before Naofumi's party reaches the former capital, they come face to face with the emperor's ultimate line of defense: Sadeena's sister?! Faced with Q'ten Lo thrown into chaos by family feuds, what will Naofumi do?! Lead its people to revolution!? Join the battle in volume fourteen of this otherworldly revenge fantasy!


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<p><em>The Guin Saga</em> is epic heroic fantasy in the smae vein as Robert E. Howard's <em>Conan, the Barbarian.</em> More than a hundred books strong and growing, the saga has sold more than twenty-five million copies in Japan. Vertical will publish the first five installments that comprise "The Marches Episode" arc. Each paperback edition will feature artwork taken from the original Japanese editions. (see art above).   </p>
<p>In a single day and night of fierce fighting, the Archduchy of Mongaul has overrun its elegant neighbor, Parros. The lost priest kindgom's surviving royalty, the young twins Rinda and Remus, hide in a forest in the forbidding wil marches. There they are saved by a mysterious creature with a man's body and a leopard's heas, who has emerged from a deep sleep and remembers only his name. Guin. </p>


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<p>In 1924 Sauville, a small European country neatly tucked beside the Alps, Kazuya Kujo has been studying abroad at the prestigious Saint Marguerite Academy, where urban legends and horror stories are all the rage, but Kazuya ignores most of them, except for the story of the Queen Berry, a mysterious ghost ship. Original.</p></div>


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<p>After donning the emperor's crown, Reinhard becomes the target of an assassination plot. Knowing that the Church of Terra is behind it, he deploys his troops to the church's holy land: Earth. Meanwhile, Yang's leisurely retirement is tempered by the surveillance networks watching his every move from both sides. And when he is one day visited by a group of men dressed in black, the galaxy, too, relinquishes peace to become embroiled in upheaval once again. Welcome to the turning point in the war for the fate of the galaxy! <p>Rated: T+


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VAMPIRE HUNTER D VOLUME 2: RAISER OF GALES
The adventures of Vampire Hunter D continue!

Vampires: murderous creatures in the shape of humans, they stalk the night feeding on the blood of innocents. Seemingly immortal, they can be destroyed only by the use of a stake through the heart, severing of their heads, or exposure to sunlight. By the year 12, 090 A.D. vampires have ruled the Earth for almost 300 years, and it is only these weaknesses that have kept these foul monsters from totally overrunning the world.

But what happens when those rules no longer apply? The village of Tsepesh sits in the eternal shadow of an abandoned castle, a onetime stronghold of the Nobility, the vampire lords who rule the devastated wasteland of the future. Ten years ago four children disappeared while playing near the castle, only to mysteriously reappear a month later. Now vampires have begun to hunt in the daylight. Are the two events connected? The villagers turn to the vampire hunter known only as D, but as he follows the children, now adults, the answers he finds may be more terrifying than anything he could ever imagine.

Vampire Hunter D is a co-publication of DH Press and Digital Manga Publishing.

FOR MATURE READERS


CREATORS
Writer:
Hideyuki Kikuchi
Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Translator:
Kevin Leahy
Cover Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Genre: Manga, Fiction, Action/Adventure, Science-Fiction
Publication Date:
August 17, 2005
Format:
SC, 300pg, 5" x 7"
Price:
$8.95
ISBN-10:
1-59582-014-0
ISBN-13:
978-1-59582-014-3


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Paralegal Aki Konishi returns to her apartment after work to find a tall, dark, and handsome man claiming her little sister is his bride...before leaping out the window with her in his arms! Aki pursues the kidnapper through a rift he opened in the fabric of reality in a desperate attempt to save her sister.

Along the way, Aki encounters a dashing hero, a manly mage, and a handsome priest who unwittingly drags her into their battle against the Dark Lord, but what can a normal office worker do to help a hero and his team? Become the hero’s secretary, of course! Will Aki ever be able to save her sister from the Dark Lord? Find out in this exciting new fantasy light novel with a secretary twist!


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The Third Time’s The Charm!

Princess That never received an actual name and suffered many years of abuse. Each time she meets her untimely end, she’s sent back into the past, and during her third loop, she restarts as a three-year-old girl. What’s more, the imperial family’s guardian deity—the Golden Dragon—takes notice of her this time. Even the legendary, ultra fluffy Flame Tiger latches onto her! Despite being That’s older brother, the crown prince never showed any interest in her, yet in this loop, he dubs her an angel. Will her father—the infamously cold-blooded emperor—shower her with affection as well?! The nameless princess will fight with all her strength to survive and earn a name of her own!


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Fluffy Friends, Good Food, And Freedom, What More Does A Girl Need?!

When the crown prince unexpectedly breaks off their engagement and abandons her, Duchess Laetitia regains the memories of her past life as an office worker who loved to cook. Finding herself expelled from the kingdom, Laetitia agrees to marry Glenreed, the Silver Wolf King—a man famous for his hatred of women while ironically seeking a queen for political purposes. Laetitia’s new life lets her spend her days cooking and pursuing her hobbies in the royal villa, all while surrounded by furry creatures like wolves, Gardener Cats, and other mythical beasts. One day, after Laetitia offers food to a beautiful silver wolf that appears in the villa, she finds Glenreed’s attitude toward her slowly begins to change…

Say hello to this evil aristocrat and her life of leisure, cooking, and fuzzy companions!


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<p>Having obtained the ability Time Reversal, the Spear Hero Motoyasu Kitamura uses his power to change the past in his quest for world peace and to fulfill the wishes of his beloved Filo. In order to achieve his goal, he must protect the life of Naofumi Iwatani, whose safety is one of the conditions of the time loop. Under the belief that Naofumi's life is in danger in Melromarc, Motoyasu and Naofumi travel to Siltvelt. But even in Siltvelt, what disasters will befall them? Though Motoyasu finds Naofumi's plan to overcome their treacherous circumstances unbearable, he still proclaims: "I, Motoyasu Kitamura, shall guarantee victory no matter the odds!" Let the second chapter of this epic redemption fantasy begin!


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<p>Usato and his friends have arrived at the Wizardry City of Luqvist, a place known for discriminating against its inhabitants based on their magical afﬁnity. Usato meets a young healer, Nack, and discovers that he is bullied for no other reason than his healing magic. Nack's story enrages Usato, and Suzune proposes a contest: Nack versus the leader of the bullies, Mina. To save Nack and defend the honor of healers, Usato makes a bold decision—he's going to teach Nack the Rescue Team training method! It's volume three of the hugely popular The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic, and you won't want to miss the spirit of the Rescue Team in action!


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Age Swap In Wonderland!

With Dum and Dee in opposition to her upcoming marriage to Dark, Alice decides to send the twins to boarding school to receive a proper education. But when suspicious foods labeled “Eat Me” and “Drink Me” prove too tempting to ignore, Dark and Jack end up turning into children while Dum and Dee transform into grown men. The hunt is on for the demon that laid this trap--but why is Dark suddenly giving Alice the cold shoulder? Arc Boarding School is about to become the place where secret feelings are revealed!


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<p>Naofumi Iwatani, still beset by enemies, continues to adventure and battle his way through a fantasy worldâ€"a world he was suddenly thrown into without warning. In the third volume of this epic series, he encounters new friends and foes. A powerful threat revels herself in the midst of an epic battle. A new companion with a penchant for magical birds, and tied to the royal family, appears at his side. And once again we find Naofumi plotted against, set up, and betrayed. Will Naofumi escape his pursuers and help the poor people of this strange world? Or is he forever doomed by the aggression that threatens to overcome him from all sidesâ€"and from within?


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She Slays Monsters and Hearts Alike!

Bernstein, the daughter of a marquess but christened as a boy, attends an all-boys military academy. A knight of idol status, she must hide her gender from everyone—even her friends—to graduate. But she dreams of establishing an order of female knights in a kingdom where knights are exclusively male, hoping that one day she’ll be able to openly serve her nation with honor. When a monster appears, taking down knight after knight, Bernstein sets out to accomplish what no man has done before: vanquish a beast of legend and earn her place in history!

What will become of Bernstein as she prepares to fight this legendary monster that slays every knight that faces it? What will her friends and colleagues think when they discover that the strongest knight is actually a woman?!


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VAMPIRE HUNTER D VOLUME 13: TWIN-SHADOWED KNIGHT PARTS 1 AND 2
When Vampire Hunter D entered the town of Sedoc it was in search of answers to the meaning of a dying vampire's last words: "Find Muma." But when he meets Mia, the daughter of the local fortuneteller, he learns the mists emanating from a smoking crater on the outskirts of Sedoc have reanimated thousands of corpses, compelling them to crawl from their graves and hurl themselves into the smoking chasm. When D goes to investigate, he finds himself split in two: a second Vampire Hunter D, full of passion and lust and hunger for the company of women, is born!

* Features eleven black-and-white line illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano.

"Richly descriptive, filled with bone crushing action and horror aplenty, this is one wild ride down the highway to Hell." - Active Anime


CREATORS
Writer:
Hideyuki Kikuchi
Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Genre: Science-Fiction, Horror, Fiction, Action/Adventure
Publication Date:
December 02, 2009
Format:
b&w, 480 pages, Novel, 5 1/8" x 7 1/4"
Price:
$14.99
ISBN-10:
1-59307-930-3
ISBN-13:
978-1-59307-930-7


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Can Magic Change Her Future?

Days before her marriage to the king of the neighboring Sunruta Kingdom, Princess Annabel of Najir is abruptly betrayed by her fiancé and thrown into prison with her magic knight under suspicion of being a spy. After being held captive for months and informed her kingdom is no more, Annabel passes out in a burst of destructive magic, only to awaken as her twelve-year-old self, six years before her political marriage. Armed with knowledge of the dark future to come, she now has another chance to bring about a new fate.

This is the story of Princess Annabel’s second chance at life, and her drive to stop the destruction of her kingdom.


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“I want you to make a love potion.”

The Good Witch of the Lake’s four-year crush ended in heartbreak with a single request from the object of her affections! Wanting to increase what little time she has with Royal Knight Harij, Rose sends him on a wild-goose chase for the ingredients but gets more than she bargained for when the grumbling knight starts visiting her every day…to feed her?

This is the heartwarming story of a shut-in witch and an arrogant, straitlaced knight whose romance starts from a love potion.


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VAMPIRE HUNTER D VOLUME 6: PILGRIMAGE OF THE SACRED
Granny Viper is a "people finder," a searcher for lost souls along the roads of a forbidding wasteland. Her latest mission: the safe return of a young woman named Tae, kidnapped eight years ago by vampire Nobility and held in Castle Gradinia on the Frontier's far border. But rescuing Tae is only half the battle--Viper knows she and the girl can't cross the formidable expanse to the town of Barnabas alone. After making the fatal mistake of hiring the mercenary Bullow Brothers to help her, Granny turns to the legendary Vampire Hunter D for salvation. As they traverse the bleak desert between the Inner and Outer Frontier, the two women and D find themselves in a race for their lives. And they soon discover how cruel the desert is--and how very ruthless the Bullow Brothers are . . .

* Features six illustrations by the renowned Yoshitaka Amano, illustrator of Neil Gaiman's Sandman: The Dream Hunters.

* Over 100,000 copies sold in DH Press's Vampire Hunter D series!


CREATORS
Writer:
Hideyuki Kikuchi
Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Genre: Science-Fiction, Horror, Fiction, Action/Adventure
Publication Date:
November 22, 2006
Format:
SC, 280 pages, 5" x 7"
Price:
$9.99
ISBN-10:
1-59582-106-6
ISBN-13:
978-1-59582-106-5


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The Mastermind Has Appeared, And You’re The Only One I Can Trust…

Jill, a young woman who had gone back six years into the past, is in the middle of raising the “Dragon King.” One day, Hadis’ beloved older brother, Vissel, appears. Hadis is ecstatic to see him again, but in the future Jill knows, Vissel was the one who betrayed Hadis! As Jill finds herself in a crisis of being suspected of being a spy, Hadis finally takes action…!

“I will make you the Dragon Consort—the real Dragon Consort.”

The strongest heroine starts over to achieve her perfect life!


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Is It Wrong To Seek The Happiness Someone Else Denied You?

Sara, a royal maid in the Kingdom of Saleilles, is ordered by the king to enter a political marriage with the eldest prince of their rival kingdom, Ferrier—but as the body-double of the real princess! But then Sara’s boyfriend cheats on her with the princess she considered a friend and turns on Sara completely! Utterly betrayed by those she trusted most, Sara hits rock bottom, heart shattered…

Farewell, Princess I used to love and respect. Farewell, my once-beloved boyfriend.

So Sara makes a decision—she will find happiness in Ferrier no matter what! But that all hinges on her husband-to-be…a reclusive, misanthropic prince who has a slightly difficult personality and is constantly wearing a mask. To make matters worse, rumors are spreading in Ferrier of a terrifying black beast on the prowl…

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<div><p>Following up on the high note of family ties on which the previous installment concluded, but preceding it chronologically, we find Araragi and his little sister Tsukihi, the heroine of the last volume, in full sibling rivalry mode as they bicker about love. The conversation that cannot end unfolds in its unabashed original glory herein.  </p>
<p>Like KIZUMONOGATARI, which delved into our narrator’s disastrous spring break, Cat Tale (Black) is a prequel about another catastrophe, mentioned often yet never recounted even in a foregoing chapter dedicated to Miss H.: namely, the model student’s rampage over Golden Week, a string of holidays starting at the end of April.  </p>
<p>Closing out what has come to be known as the “First Season” of the series, this episode of ’GATARI, as rich as ever in silly banter and poignant profundities, richer than usual in snide meta comments about the anime, will make you laugh and cry, or just put a grownup smile on your face, maybe, but is guaranteed to stay with you forever.</p>
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<b>A hugely enjoyable, page-turning murder mystery with one of the best and most-satisfying conclusions you'll ever read: clever enough that you're unlikely to guess it, but simple enough that you'll kick yourself when it's revealed. That's what has made it a classic in Japan, and what readers of this first ever English translation will love too.</b><br>The members of a university mystery club decide to visit an island which was the site of a grisly, unsolved multiple murder the year before. They're looking forward to investigating the crime, putting their passion for solving mysteries to practical use, but before long there is a fresh murder, and soon the club-members realise they are being picked off one-by-one. The remaining amateur sleuths will have to use all of their murder-mystery expertise to find the killer before they end up dead too.<br>This is a playful, loving and fiendishly plotted homage to the best of golden age crime. It will delight any mystery fan looking to put...


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<p>Though decimating the vaunted Red Kights of the Mongauli Army in a sea of deadly yidoh, the combined tribes of the Sem remain vastly outmumbered. Guin decides to leave his friends in search of the legendary Lagon. He must find the giant warriors before the fragile Sem alliance unravels and the tribes fall to the Mongauli. Meanwhile, Istavan the mercenary's deft covert-op helps destroy the Blue Knights.</p></div>


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<p>It was two years ago that I met Y-ko.<br> She was my boss at the job I was working at the time.<br> I was a student, and I had no idea what I was doing.<br> After a time, we ended up becoming boyfriend and girlfriend.<br> It turned out she was a "<em>fujoshi</em>."<br> Not only that, but a "hidden <em>fujoshi</em>," one who didn't show any inkling of the sort around other people...<br> But as a general rule, she never hides it around me.<br> In fact...<br> It seems more like she's intent on dragging me down that path with her.<br> ...And I'll be honest.<br> <strong>It's slowly but surely seeping into me.</strong>


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<p>This blog is a record of battle as dictated by a man with a fujoshi girlfriend.<br> Okay, that was a lie. I'm not fighting at all.<br> The war is purely one-sided. Each day I am dragged further and further into the world of otaku.<br> I cannot be held responsible for any damages incurred by reading this blog<br> and falling into the same predicament.<br> There is much otaku talk contained within, so please follow your  directions carefully, and do not exceed your recommended dosage.


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<p>Hospital patient Midori Shinomura learns that she is mysteriously bound to another Midori, a warrior in The World, an on-line computer game, and in order to save them both, the Midori in the game must solve the mysteries of her own past.</p></div>


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VAMPIRE HUNTER D VOLUME 15: DARK ROAD PART 3
Vampire Hunter D takes on his greatest challenge yet! The ruthless vampire Noble General Gaskell commands the loyalty of some of the most infamous and deadly vampires in history, and Gaskell has no patience for D's interference, heroic or not! With the odds stacked against him, D must prevail -- or perish.

*o Dark Horse Books and Digital Manga Publishing are proud to continue presenting the classic novels and stories in the Vampire Hunter D series for the first time to English- speaking fans everywhere!

* Features seven gorgeous black-and-white line illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano as well as a color tip-in illustration.
CREATORS
Writer:
Hideyuki Kikuchi
Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Genre: Fantasy
Publication Date:
August 04, 2010
Format:
B&W, 256 pages, Novel, 5 1/8" x 7 1/4"
Price:
$9.99
ISBN-10:
1-59582-500-2
ISBN-13:
978-1-59582-500-1


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A great darkness sweeps across Aridol just as Yuki Kasuga finds herself abandoned and cursed. As fear and death consume the three kingdoms, Yuki must survive the hostilities of a foreign world without the protection of her Violet Knight.

Join Yuki as she embarks on a deadly journey and takes on an enemy ordinary means can’t defeat. What will become of the girl determined to find her Knight as she fights to discover who she really is? Find out in the exciting second volume of this dark fantasy light novel series!


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VAMPIRE HUNTER D VOLUME 7: MYSTERIOUS JOURNEY TO THE NORTH SEA, PART 1
A girl's dying wish sends D on an impossible quest in this riveting prose novel.

Even a reluctant hero can't refuse the last request of a beautiful woman. On her deathbed, the mortally wounded woman gives him a strange gem and asks him to deliver the priceless stone to her sister, far off in a North Sea fishing village. D's journey is made ever more perilous by a series of scoundrels and rogues hired by the girl's murderer. They'll stop at nothing to claim the jewel. Will they catch him? Hideyuki Kikuchi's crackling narrative and Yoshitaka Amano's imaginative artwork make this a must-read entry in the series. Co-published with Digital Manga Publishing.


CREATORS
Writer:
Hideyuki Kikuchi
Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Genre: Science-Fiction, Horror, Fiction, Action/Adventure
Publication Date:
May 02, 2007
Format:
SC, 280 pages, novel, 5" x 7"
Price:
$8.95
ISBN-10:
1-59582-107-4
ISBN-13:
978-1-59582-107-2


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An esper heiress and a combat butler, nothing can stand in the way of this ultimate combo!

Satsuki is the envied heiress of the Tsujikawa Corporation. Girls at her high school for the rich and pampered pretend to worship the ground she walks on, her father’s business partners suck up to her, and her parents act like they aren’t scared of her. What they don’t know is that Satsuki’s privy to all the horrible things they think about her—because she’s an esper.

With the power of telepathy and telekinesis at her fingertips, Satsuki is constantly fighting not to lose control and do something unthinkable—again. Fortunately, Shindo, her childhood-assassin-turned-butler, is the one person who knows her secret and has her back.

But when her very own father demands she marries one of five potential suitors, Satsuki despairs at the pale emotion their attention elicits compared to the taboo passion she harbors for Shindo. As if that wasn’t bad enough, her suitors begin dying mysteriously just as one of them threatens to expose her darkest secrets to the world.

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The Lovestruck Prince Fends Off The Reverse Harem!

The lovestruck prince who eliminates attempts to break off his engagement returns! Prince Vincent has finally worked up the resolve to confess his undying love to his fiancée Elizabeth—but right afterwards, new romantic rivals pop up one after another to try to steal the lovely noblewoman’s heart. Will Vincent be able to beat off the royal rabble, or has he finally met his match?


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<p>After they were summoned to another world, the other three heroes persist in behaving as if they are playing a game. But the Shield Hero, Naofumi Iwatani, finally convinces them to change their ways and make them face reality. Later, after a journey riddled with difficulties, Naofumi and crew finally arrive in Q'ten Lo, a country that has made repeated attempts on Raphtalia's life. They initially infiltrate the country with the intention of making its inhabitants pay for its tyrannical actions, but it turns out that even its own citizens are suffering as a result of incompetent rulers. "We'll start by bringing assistance from Siltvelt to the town, and then it's a charge to victory!" They start a rebellion to overthrow the government. But right in the middle of it, Naofumi and his crew's abilities are nullified by mysterious weapons designed for use against the heroes! What will their fate be?! What will become of their raid on this uncharted land?! Find out in volume thirteen...


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VAMPIRE HUNTER D VOLUME 11: PALE FALLEN ANGELS PARTS 1 AND 2
Pale Fallen Angels Parts One and Two, the first two novels of Hideyuki Kikuchi's groundbreaking epic four-part Vampire Hunter D tale, are presented here in one affordable omnibus collection!

Krauhasen: A mysterious land under the control of Lord Vlad Balarge, a member of the vampire Nobility. When Lord Vlad's son, Baron Byron Balarge, needs to make a long and treacherous journey to faraway Krauhasen, he commissions the help of the infamous Vampire Hunter D, promising a princely sum and a solemn vow-no feasting on any humans for the duration of their journey!

Still, D finds his work cut out for him as the duo encounters an ongoing parade of thugs, rogues, and runaways, all with riot and revenge in mind. The pair are joined by the teenage tumbling act, May and Hugh, and the haughty Noblewoman Miska, recently spared death by the stake. But when D discovers the Baron's plans to murder Lord Vlad, he quickly finds his own life in danger.


CREATORS
Writer:
Hideyuki Kikuchi
Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Genre: Science-Fiction, Horror, Fiction, Action/Adventure
Features: Review
Publication Date:
October 15, 2008
Format:
b&w, 480 pages, Novel, 5 1/8" x 7 1/4"
Price:
$14.95
ISBN-10:
1-59582-130-9
ISBN-13:
978-1-59582-130-0


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<p class="description">The war on terror exploded, literally, the day Sarajevo was destroyed by a homemade nuclear device. The leading democracies transformed into total surveillance states, and the developing world has drowned under a wave of genocides. The mysterious American John Paul seems to be behind the collapse of the world system, and it’s up to intelligence agent Clavis Shepherd to track John Paul across the wreckage of civilizations and to find the true heart of darkness—a genocidal organ.</p>


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<div><p class="description" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">The novel that inspired the manga and anime! Twenty-two-year-old Satou, a college dropout and aficionado of anime porn, knows a little secret--or at least he thinks he does! Believe it or not, he has stumbled upon an incredible conspiracy created by the Japanese Broadcasting Company, N.H.K. But despite fighting the good fight, Satou has become an unemployed hikikomori--a shut-in who has withdrawn from the world....</p><p class="description" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">One day, he meets Misaki, a mysterious young girl who invites him to join her special "project." Slowly, Satou comes out of his reclusive shell, and his hilarious journey begins, filled with mistaken identity, Lolita complexes--and an ultimate quest to create the greatest hentai game ever!</p></div>


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World domination: our long-cherished aspiration! Naturally, the most appropriate person to aspire to such a surreal ideal is the Supreme Ruler of Evil!

Mia Oonari’s father, the former Supreme Ruler of Evil, died leaving his only child with their organization’s sole ambition: world domination! Mia sets about enacting her own innocent ideal of taking over the world only to be hindered by the five Champions of Justice who make up the Crow Rangers!

This is the comedic story about a villainess who lacks the tact of exacting her evil schemes and the Champions of Justice who lack motivation in stopping her. Join Mia as she finds love, friendship, and the truth behind her world-breaking magic in this light novel!


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<p>Written centuries before the time of Shakespeare and Chaucer, <i>The Tale of Genji</i> marks the birth of the novel &#8212; and after more than a millennium, this seminal work about the life and loves of Prince Genji, master poet, dancer, musician and painter, continues to enchant readers throughout the world. This version by Kencho Suematsu was the first-ever translation in English. Condensed, it's a quarter length of the unabridged text. Perfect for readers with limited time.


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<p>Returning to the well of forbidden power?! Time to unleash some inner wrath! After his cooking battle escalated to open warfare, the Shield Hero Naofumi has finally obtained the truth about the Vanguards of the Waves. After the Demon Dragon takes a liking to Naofumi, she proposes heading to a castle located on the continent that she once ruled. Once there Naofumi and his party are attacked by thugs pretending to be treasure hunters, but they swiftly deal with this threat. However, this encounter causes a chain reaction that leads to Naofumi squaring off with S'yne's sister and Witch herself. Faced with foes wielding both holy and vassal weapons obtained by illicit means, the Demon Dragon makes an alarming suggestion—for Naofumi to unleash the power of his rage!"Never! I made a promise to myself that I would never rely on that anger—on the power of rage again." When Naofumi's rage is forcibly unleashed, what will happen to him and everyone he cares for? Find out in the...


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<p>At a critical moment, Naofumi and the others are saved by a young girl. Ost's sacrifice is enough to save them from their battle to the death with Kyo, but Kyo's able to escape to another world. Naofumi attempts to follow him, but he awakens to find himself in prison! His friends are scattered and he finds himself back at level one. How will Naofumi survive the new challenges that await him?


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<div><p>Within these pages, four fairy tales unfold, each peering into one of the houses of the four great dukedoms: Vessalius, Rainsworth, Barma, and Nightray. Shifting among present, past, and future, these stories link to each other like a wheel, traveling to and fro in a never-ending ring between the everyday and the extraordinary. Inside this ring, the protagonists take off at a gallop. Caucus race: A race that is run within a circle, any which way one likes. A race with no goal. Who will be the winner?

</p><p>Look deeper into the world of PandoraHearts with this first ever novelization based on the work of the New York Times bestselling manga creator Jun Mochizuki, illuminated by special manga shorts drawn by Mochizuki herself...</p></div>


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Neither a utopia nor a dystopia, it's still a world of nations at strife, as dominated by corporations as ever. Technology hasn't made humans nearly obsolete, but rather bettered us, if you will, attaching to our bodies and even brains as enhancements&#8212;for those who can afford it.<br>Comics artist Shirow Masamune's vision of our coming society, animated to global acclaim and finally the basis of a major Hollywood production, branches out in five original stories by some of the most beloved SF novelists working in Japan today. A standalone collection, it requires no familiarity with the franchise to be enjoyed but is indispensable for fans for its thoughtful exploration of the series' implications.<br>While reality may never become virtual, it will be increasingly networked and augmented. Navigate herein age-old questions about man that will return, not so ironically, in full force: What is the self? Is there such a thing as the soul?


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<p>Usato and his friends have earned the respect of the leaders of the Wizardry City of Luqvist, who agree to help the Llinger Kingdom stand against the Demon Lord's forces. Usato then parts with Suzune and Kazuki, and together with Amako, Blurin, and their guard Aruku, he sets off for their next destination—Samariarl. On the way, however, Usato hears a young girl's cry for help, and finds her surrounded by zombies. After fighting them off, the girl tells him that a necromancer is running wild and pleads for his help."Please," she says, "save our village."Usato can't refuse people in need. He takes it upon himself to rid the village of the necromancer that terrorizes it, but he's about to find out that there is much more to the village than meets the eye!


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<p>Naofumi is on the run. Relentlessly pursued by Motoyasu and the others, Naofumi turns to a new friend for help&#8212;but things are not as they seem. A corrupt nobleman from Raphtalia's past returns to unleash an ancient beast. Too large and ferocious for Naofumi to handle, the party seems to have met its match when yet another mysterious character makes her debut. Soon later, the mastermind behind Naofumi's troubles is revealed. Enemies come out into the open as an epic battle for the fate of the heroes unfolds&#8212;just in time for the long-missing queen to arrive. The truth behind Naofumi's betrayal, the secret of the Church of the Three Heroes, and reasons for the mounting tensions of war are finally brought to light, just as newer, deeper mysteries come to the surface!


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<p>A return to Kizuna's world! Now the party must face a horde of traitors?! At a request for aid from Ethnobalt, Naofumi heads back to Kizuna's world. There he is safely reunited with Raphtalia, as well as other friends including L'Arc. They tell him that enemies, presumably a vanguard for the waves, have defeated the Heroes in this world and completely taken over. Naofumi and his party hurry to confront these foes, both to rescue the captured Kizuna and finally discover the adversary behind the waves. However, among their opponents they see a number of familiar faces! "If it's revenge you're after, I'll lend a hand! I despise all liars and traitors." Time for payback! Get ready for the seventeenth volume of this still rising otherworld fantasy!


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<p>Naofumi obtains the mirror vassal weapon from Kizuna's world, which can enhance abilities through food. Now Naofumi and his allies start stuffing their faces for the sake of getting stronger! But there's a limit to how much volume they can stomach. Seeking food that can better boost their abilities in smaller servings, the party heads to a town inhabited by a famous chef. However, after a trivial comment, Naofumi finds himself facing down the chef in an all-out cooking battle! "There's nothing fair, and no rules in this place! That means only a master of foul play and cunning will be the victor!" How will Naofumi's cooking skills, so praised by his allies, fare in this culinary challenge amid unknown surroundings? Get ready to feast on the eighteenth volume of this still rising otherworld fantasy!


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Cross Infinite World is excited to bring you emeth: Island of Golems, Grand Prize Winner of the 3rd Square Enix Novels’ Award, fully revised with new art by Mura Karuki and new scenes added by the authors for its first-ever English release! Co-authors Souki Tsukishima and Tora Tsukishima have served as writers for many epic games and novels, such as Final Fantasy Type 0 -The Last Truth-, Final Fantasy Agito, Imaginary Range, Root Double, Ingress the Animation, and more!

“Creating Life”—such power is blasphemy against God.

In emeth’s world, the manufacturing of Golems—automatic dolls that move according to human will—has become the norm. This sets the stage for an epic adventure against the backdrop of St. Rollins Archipelago, where the Torah Church presides over all creation and operation of these Golems.

Step into the story through the perspective of Cliff, a boy living in the slums of a Torah-controlled island who so fervently wants to become a Golem Tamer that he has begun to illegally build one. His mundane world is suddenly shattered one day when he crosses paths with a mysterious girl. This meeting sets the gears in motion for a thrilling journey involving powerful Golems, corruption, and the very fate of the island itself!


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<p>After traveling to Faubrey to meet the country's seven star hero, Naofumi finds himself faced with Takt, the Whip Hero. It was this same Takt, along with his disdainful attitude, that ultimately caused the death of Atla in the battle against the Phoenix. Fueled by rage, Naofumi tries to fight Takt, but Takt steals the shield that Naofumi thought was permanently attached to his arm. With his defenses weakened, Naofumi suffers a critical injury and finds himself in a mysterious, unfamiliar world. There, he finds a reassuring ally waiting for him. But once again, Naofumi is forced to make an impossibly difficult decision. "It really was more baggage than anyone should be forced to carry. But actually, I couldn't say I minded." Naofumi's rise to glory continues in volume sixteen of this otherworldly fantasy!


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“I’ll Do Anything For His Majesty!”

Jill’s making the best use of her do-over by studying abroad in the Grand Duchy of Laika to grow as a Dragon Consort. She planned on just studying at a military academy there for a short while, but she ended up becoming a teacher in charge of a class filled with problematic students. And the leader of this class is none other than Hadis’s younger brother! Meanwhile, Emperor Hadis secretly investigates Laika, but Jill and her academy get wrapped up in the ensuing rebellion!

She reunites with her husband on the battlefield, but his first words are, “May I ask you to be my opponent, Miss Jill?”

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VAMPIRE HUNTER D VOLUME 3: DEMON DEATHCHASE
The novel that was the basis for the hit motion picture Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlustis available in English for the first time!

The third volume of the popular Japanese series Vampire Hunter D comes to America in Vampire Hunter D: Demon Deathchase. The vampire hunter known only as D has been hired by a wealthy, dying man to find his daughter, who was kidnapped by the powerful vampire Lord Meierlink. Though humans speak well of Meierlink, the price on his head is too high for D to ignore and he sets out to save her before she can be turned into an undead creature of the night. In the nightmare world of 12090 A.D., finding Meierlink before he reaches the spaceport in the Clayborn States and gets off the planet will be hard enough, but D has more than just Meierlink to worry about. The dying man is taking no chances, and has also enlisted the Marcus family, a renegade clan of four brothers and a sister who don't care who they kill as long as they get paid. Beautiful illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano complement the post-apocalyptic plot, filled with chilling twists.

Vampire Hunter D is a co-publication of DH Press and Digital Manga Publishing.

FOR MATURE READERS


CREATORS
Writer:
Hideyuki Kikuchi
Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Translator:
Kevin Leahy
Cover Artist:
Yoshitaka Amano
Genre: Science-Fiction, Manga, Fiction, Action/Adventure
Publication Date:
January 18, 2006
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SC, 300pg, 5" x 7"
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$9.99
Age range:
8+
ISBN-10:
1-59582-031-0
ISBN-13:
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"There's no way to beat this game. The only difference is when and where you die..."

Having cleared the first and second floors of Aincrad at great cost, Kirito, Asuna, and the rest of the players ascend to the third floor. Tenuous new allies await them—most crucially, Kizmel, the elven knight. Kizmel is supposed to be a minor NPC with low-level AI, but she soon reveals herself to be much more. With new allies come new complications, though, and the elves of the vast third-floor forest are no more united than the players who have just arrived there. The intrigue deepens when a mysterious figure challenges Kirito, and what begins as a simple contest of skill may actually be something far deadlier!

Sword Art Online: Progressive is a new version of the Sword Art Online tale that chronicles the entirety of Kirito and Asuna's epic adventure through Aincrad—from the first level all the way up!


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<p>Meet Kurono Kokuya, a student in the lowest rank at Star Gate Academy -- the world's cutting-edge training facility for starcerers, the beings who use starcery to protect the Earth from otherworld invasions. His childhood friend Yukihime Yukigane just happens to be the world's strongest starcerer, and she never lets him forget that fact. One day, their days of peace are interrupted by a powerful threat from another world. Kokuya and Yukihime stand on the front lines, risking their lives to protect those they love, but will they be able to defeat the Dark Lord Redge and his cruel minions?</p>


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<p>Yukinari Amano loves guns. After reincarnating into another world, the young man goes on a journey with Dasa, the younger sister of the girl who gave him a second life. However, while on the road, the pair are attacked by a local deity—an "erdgod." No normal person could possibly defeat one—so when Yukinari uses his knowledge of guns and newfound abilities to do the impossible, he becomes worshipped as the area's new god himself!
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College is a whole new adventure, rife with challenges, opportunities, and cold-blooded killers. Fresh from unmasking an assassin on a posh island paradise, Ii-chan is finally an ultra-cool college student—jaded, sarcastic, and not exactly consumed by academic ambition. Now more interested in angst and anomie than in catching killers, Ii-chan figures that danger is a thing of the past. Wrong! There’s a homicidal maniac loose in Kyoto, a perp with the soul of an artist whose talent is apparent in the inspired way he festoons his crime scenes with body parts. But then murder hits much closer to home. Hours after attending a friend’s birthday party, Ii-chan learns that the guest of honor, a pretty co-ed, has been found strangled to death. What’s more, Ii-chan is the prime suspect. The lackadaisical college kid had better hope that his crime-solving skills weren’t just a fluke, because the killer is within striking distance . . . of him.


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<b>Unlock the secrets of making creative pasta dishes with more than 75 simple and spectacular recipes, featuring helpful QR codes to step-by-step video tutorials&mdash;from the James Beard Award&ndash;winning author of <i>Mastering Pasta</i></b><br>In <i>The Pasta Book</i>, acclaimed chef Marc Vetri presents a wide range of easy to impressive pasta dinners using both dried and fresh pastas. With a dish for every shape, sauce, mood, and timeline, Vetri demystifies the process of &ldquo;marrying&rdquo; pasta and sauce into one harmonious dish, creating your own flavor combinations, and pairing different pastas and sauces. Vetri shares both weeknight classics and popular pastas from his restaurants, adapting his methods so home cooks can experience these acclaimed dishes in their own kitchens, with chapters including:<br><li><b>Vegetable Pasta</b>: Pici Pomodoro; Garganelli with Corn and Scallions; Spinach Gnocchi with Brown Butter and Shaved Ricotta Salata</li><li><b>Seafood Pasta:...


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<p><b>A stunning collection of simple and elegant seasonal recipes from the beloved New York restaurant<br></b>At King, each day begins with a large sheet of parchment paper that will bear the markings of a new menu. The framework never changes but the offerings, cocktails and dishes inspired by Southern France and Italy, refresh and rekindle. Now, mirroring a meal at its intimate New York restaurant, <i>The King Cookbook </i>shares over 120 of its best-loved recipes, culled from years of daily-changing menus.<br>Just as owners Clare de Boer, Jess Shadbolt, and Annie Shi welcome guests to King, this collection starts with fizzy cocktails and nibbles like panisse, their signature fried ribbons of chickpea batter. Plays on cartas di musica, the Sicilian flatbread, give way to starters, soups, and salads, which in turn prepare appetites for pastas, mains, and contorni, vegetable sides. Throughout, whimsically illustrated step-by-step sequences detail how to recreate King's...


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<B>Embark on a colorful culinary journey traversing America's Mother Road with stops to recreate the best eats along the way.</B><br>In <I>The Route 66 Cookbook</I>, acclaimed author and lifestyle blogger Linda Ly combines armchair travel with a traditional cookbook to celebrate 100 years of the United States' most recognizable roadway. This unique compilation of recipes honors American transportation history with a location-specific focus, encouraging you to explore new flavors, places, and perhaps even future vacation destinations. <br>Discover <B>fascinating historical facts and figures</B> from the route's early days to modern attractions as you try recipes organized by state, starting from the eastern start of the route in Chicago, Illinois, and continuing all the way through to its western endpoint in Los Angeles, California, making pit stops in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. From cheap, quick eats to steakhouses and fine dining, this cookbook...


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<p><b>Unbelievably delicious dressings, chilli sauces, sambals and flavour bombs, as well as all the dishes to dollop them on and baste them in, from star chef and James Beard award-winner.</b><p>Maybe you're an accomplished cook. Maybe you're pretty average. Maybe you barely cook at all, but you can just about heat up two-minute noodles. This book is for you.<p>Because sauces, sambals, dressings and flavour-bomb butters have the ability to transform even the simplest dinner to a seriously delicious time and to make you look like you really know what you're doing.<p><i>Secret Sauce, </i>by Condiment Queen Rosheen Kaul, is your shortcut to seriously delicious dinners, whatever your culinary skill level. Broken down by colour, these are the secrets to delicious eating, including Red (sambals, chilli oils, Asian-ish favourites), Green (salsa verde, chimichurri and friends), White and Beige (mayonnaise and friends, accompaniment sauces), Black and Brown (soy-based wonders) and Yellow...


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<b>From the <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>The Lazy Genius Way </i>comes a fresh perspective for getting the most out of your kitchen!</b> <br><br><b>&ldquo;An empowering, transformative, and slightly sassy guidebook.&rdquo;&mdash;Jenna Fischer, actress, author, and producer/cohost of <i>Office Ladies </i>podcast&#160;<br><br></b>You want your kitchen to be the heartbeat of the home, but you&rsquo;re overwhelmed and out of breath trying to make it happen. Meals are on a never-ending loop, and you don&rsquo;t have time to prepare dinner, much less enjoy it. Popular Lazy Genius expert and bestselling author Kendra Adachi is here to help!&#160;<br><br>Packed with proven Lazy Genius principles, the book will teach you to:&#160;<br>&bull; name what matters to you in the kitchen&mdash;whether that&rsquo;s flavor, convenience, or something else entirely&#160;<br>&bull; feed your people with efficiency and ease&#160;<br>&bull; apply a simple, actionable five-step...


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The feared stampede is finally upon the gang as hordes of monsters charge toward the town of Oneil! Disguising herself with a wig of shining hair, Ren charges into battle on the back of her wolf Norn, and thus is born the legend of the hero Silverlocks! Can Ren take out the stampede, save the town, and keep yet another secret?!


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Ren, in the guise of the hero Silverlocks, has saved the town of Oneil from the wrath of a giant! Par for the course, her good deed backfires, drawing attention from every single direction--even the noble Sir Vecktor finds himself deeply interested in Ren. The group retreats to Ascalon where yet another headache presents itself. Will our heroine ever catch a break?! The slow life speeds up!


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The End-of-the-Year Special exam ended with a huge shock, but that was only the beginning. When one of the top students suddenly withdraws from the school, it throws the balance of power between the classes into disarray, giving both hope and despair to the students who are striving to graduate from Class A. Amid the chaos, Ayanokouji decides to make some changes of his own, but an unexpected appearance by his father puts him on edge. Just what is that man scheming--and how will it affect Ayanokouji's future?


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  The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher endures as one of Beatrix Potter's most popular and well-loved tales. It tells of an optimistic and slightly accident-prone frog, who sets off on a fishing expedition across the pond, only to find himself bitten on the toe bt a water-beetle, fighting with a stickleback, and eventually nearly eaten by a trout! The Tale of Jeremy Fisher is number seven in Beatrix Potter's series of 23 little books, the titles of which are as follows: 1 The Tale of Peter Rabbit 2 The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin 3 The Tailor of Gloucester 4 The Tale of Benjamin Bunny 5 The Tale of Two Bad Mice 6 The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle 7 The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher 8 The Tale of Tom Kitten 9 The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck 10 The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies 11 The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse 12 The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes 13 The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse 14 The Tale of Mr. Tod 15 The Tale of Pigling Bland 16 The Tale of Samuel Whiskers 17 The Tale of The Pie and the Patty-Pan 18 The Tale of Ginger and Pickles 19 The Tale of Little Pig Robinson 20 The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit 21 The Story of Miss Moppet 22 Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes 23 Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes
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After being kicked out of the hero’s party for being useless, “Black Mage” Remme’s fate changes when he meets a mysterious woman who offers a special role for him.
In the present era, adventurers, demons, heroes, and demon lord, are no longer occupations that put one's lives at stake. With the world at peace, it is an era where conquering dungeons has been transformed into entertainment. Adventurers and monsters are able to fight with a substitute body made of magic, popularizing dungeon conquests with no deaths. Having lost his job, the “Black Mage” Remme struggled with finding another party until one day a beautiful woman appeared before him telling she had a job for him.


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<p>Go beyond rice with 80 recipes that work with both the multicooker functionality and a stand - alone rice cooker.  </p>
<p>Whether using a fancy multicooker or a multifunction rice cooker, most people think the rice function can only make rice. But rice cookers can do so much more!  </p>
<p>The rice cooker is able to do everything from baking a cake to cooking chili, from making soups to steaming meats. It’s That Simple! explodes on the scene with recipes <br />
-Italian Frittata<br />
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-Summer Vegetable Risotto<br />
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<p>Whether home chefs want to get all they can out of their multicookers or find new ways to use their trusty rice cookers, It’s That Simple! has the perfect solution for any meal of the day.</p>


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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Discover the Italian approach to healthful eating—where nothing is off the menu—with 100 delicious, superfood-packed recipes from New York Times bestselling author Giada De Laurentiis.
From the day Giada De Laurentiis started cooking professionally, her fundamental formula for making meals memorable has not changed: Good Cooking = Technique + Ingredients + Ambience. This same formula is the key to good health when you choose ingredients that promote wellness, cook them simply, and eat them joyfully. In her skillful hands, a pantry of Italian superfoods is the starting point to better health and longevity.
Super-Italian helps you stock your shelves with healthy Italian superfoods and create meals that are nutritionally dense, supportive of health, and still downright craveable. The superfoods featured and incorporated into every recipe are:
Olives + olive oil: Umbrian Chicken Stew with Green Olives, Kale Salsa Verde, and Grilled Swordfish with Olive Bagna Cauda
Beans + Legumes: Artichoke Dip with White Beans, Crunchy Roasted Butter Beans, and Creamy Cannellini Beans
Cruciferous vegetables: Winter Beans and Greens Soup, Orecchiette with Almond Pesto and Broccoli Rabe, and Green Gazpacho
Small fish: Caesar Aioli, Pasta Assassina, and Anchovy Pasta with Walnuts
Vinegar: Balsamic Chocolate Truffles, Grilled Endive Salad with Citrus and Pancetta, and Filet Mignon with Gorgonzola and Balsamic
Tomatoes: Sicilian Pesto, Tomatoes Gratinata, and Calabrian Pomodoro
By using carbs and fats mindfully and amplifying vegetables, lean proteins, and flavor-boosting superfoods at every meal, Giada shows how easy it is to eat like an Italian. With 100 stunning photographs of finished meals and their superfood components, Giada teaches us that when you start with truly excellent, minimally processed ingredients, simply prepared, you can have your pasta and eat it too!


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<p>One big fat lie and a few twisted truths</p>
<p>Even in his past life, Cid's dream wasn't to become a protagonist or a fi nal boss. He'd rather lie low as a minor character until it's prime time to reveal he's a mastermind...or at least, do the next best thing-pretend to be one! And now that he's been reborn into another world, he's ready to set the perfect conditions to live out his dreams to the fullest. Armed with his overactive imagination, Cid jokingly recruits members to his organization and makes up a whole backstory about an evil cult that they need to take down. Well, as luck would have it, these imaginary adversaries turn out to be the real deal-and everyone knows the truth but him!
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<p>Leaving Arcanletia and the Axis Church behind, Megumin and Yunyun hop on a wagon bound for Axel, where Megumin’s role model awaits. It’s going to be an even rougher ride than they expected, however, when monsters assault them at every turn! Is this just bad luck, or is there something more sinister at play…?</p></div>


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<p>Game loving shut-in Kazuma Sato's life as a young schoolboy in Japan abruptly comes to an early end...or at least it was supposed to. When he opens his eyes, though, he sees a beautiful goddess that offers him a once in an after-lifetime chance to be reborn in a parallel world. The catch is that the world is violent and threatened by a growing evil! Fortunately, he can choose any one thing to bring with him. So he chooses the goddess, Aqua! And so his adventure with his gorgeous companion begins--if he could just get enough money and food to survive, keep his goddess out of trouble, and avoid grabbing the attention of the Demon King's army!</p></div>


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<p>Anthology containing:</p>
<p>Mushoku Tensei - Redundancy - Norn's Marriage<br>Mushoku Tensei - Redundancy - Lucy and Papa<br>Mushoku Tensei - Redundancy - Story of the Seven Knights of Asura<br>Mushoku Tensei - Redundancy - Let's Make an Automaton<br>Mushoku Tensei - Redundancy - Diary of Vacation in Millis<br>Mushoku Tensei Redundancy - The God that Dwells in the Holy Sword Region<br>Mushoku Tensei - Redundancy - The Moment Aisha Greyrat Stopped Being a Maid<br>Mushoku Tensei Redundancy - Nanahoshi Gourmet<br>Mushoku Tensei Redundancy - The Last One to Leave the Nest</p></div>


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<p>A hilarious companion series to Monster Musume that includes three bonus monster girl postcards! Monster Musume: I Heart Monster Girls is a brand new, two-volume manga series starring everyone’s favorite monster girls from the New York Times bestseller, Monster Musume. Monster Musume: I Heart Monster Girls doubles-up on the humor and heart, telling all new, all original stories in four-panel comic strip anthology format, including a short Monster Musume story from Shake-O, creator of Nurse Hitomi’s Monster Infirmary. Each volume of Monster Musume: I Heart Monster Girls will include a full-color insert, and three bonus full-color, double-sided postcards, each featuring a different monster girl from the series.</p>


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<p>A Monster Hit: #1 on the New York Times' Manga Best Sellers list! It's bad enough that Kimhito is stuck hosting not one, not two, but three sexy Monster Girls--and is forbidden by law to touch any of them, no matter how much they come on to him--but now, he's going to have to marry one of them! Which will it be: the sensuous, serpentine Miia; Papi the Harpy, who has boundles enthusiaism and absolutely no personal boundaries; or the noble (and extremely busty) centaur, Centorea? Kimhito decides to get to know each one of these unearthly creatures a little better before he makes his choice--with disasterous results! And that's not all the strange and titillating world of Monster Girls has in store for our hapless hero. See what new adventures, mishaps, and fan service await Kimhito in Volume 2 of Monster Musume!</p>


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<p>Orcs, Werewolves, and Mermaids, Oh My!So far, Kimihito's been lucky. The monster girls living with him have been cute, curvaceous, and have never tried to kill him on purpose. But now, the dark side of liminals rises to the surface. Piggish orcs run hog-wild over Japan to satisfy their perverted desires. And the team that the government assembles to combat them is every bit as strange and inhuman as the criminals they're fighting.Meanwhile, Kimihito has to contend with adding the lovely and elegant mermaid Mero to his ever-growing menagerie of monster girls. How will the possessive Miia, the noble Centorea, the bird-brained Papi, and the slime-girl Suu react to the newest addition to their household—and yet another contender for Kimihito's heart?</p>


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<p>Monster Musume is an ongoing manga series that presents the classic harem comedy with a fantastical twist: the female cast of characters that tempts our male hero is comprised of exotic and enticing supernatural creatures like lamias, centaurs and harpies! Monster Musume will appeal to fans of supernatural comedies like Inukami! and harem comedies like Love Hina. Each volume is lavishly illustrated and includes a color insert. What do world governments do when they learn that fantastical beings are not merely fiction, but flesh and blood —not to mention feather, hoof, and fang? Why, they create new regulations, of course! "The Interspecies Cultural Exchange Accord" ensures that these once-mythical creatures assimilate into human society...or else! When hapless human twenty-something Kurusu Kimihito becomes an involuntary "volunteer" in the government homestay program for monster girls, his world is turned upside down. A reptilian lamia named Miia is sent to live with him, and it is Kimihito's job to tend to her every need and make sure she integrates into his everyday life. While cold-blooded Miia is so sexy she makes Kimihito's blood boil with desire, the penalties for interspecies breeding are dire. Even worse, when a buxom centaur girl named Centorea and a scantily clad harpy named Papi move into Kimihito's house, what's a full-blooded young man with raging hormones to do?!</p>


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<p>Get married and I kill you. This was the letter sent to Kimihito, an ordinary guy living with a houseful of extraordinary beauties, by a mysterious writer known only as "D." Now it's up to Interspecies Coordinator Smith, Kimihito, and his ever-increasing menagerie of monster girls to find out who is behind the threatening letter before it's too late. The game plan? Use Kimihito as bait by sending him on a series of dates with monster girls. Along the way, several possible suspects emerge, each of whom has a "D" connection of one kind or another. Meanwhile, Kimihito's potential brides each begin acting strangely. Are they taking the fake dates too seriously - or is something (or someone) far more sinister at work?</p>


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<p>Just when Kimihito thought his supernatural harem couldn't get any bigger, along comes the strangest monster girl yet! She wears a long black coat, sports a scythe, and has no head! Is she the Grim Reaper, or something worse?!</p>


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<p>Kimihito's eyes are about to pop. The mothers of not one, not two, but three of the monster girls who live with him are coming for a visit. It doesn't help that this trio of mothers is every bit of sexy as their daughters - and just as dangerous to Kimihito's mental and physical well-being. Stuck in the middle between the mothers and their daughters, Kimihito learns more than he ever wanted to know about the mating habits of lamia, harpies, and centaurs, while repeatedly facing the possibility of an ecstatically painful death. Fur, feathers, and scales are about to fly, as Kimihito's hide hangs in the balance!</p>


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<p>After Kimihito's ever-growing harem of monster girls accidentally destroys his house, Agent Smith shuttles everyone off to a hot springs resort, where the baths are built for monster girls of all shapes and sizes...and they're mixed gender! Will the girls keep their hands off Kimihito, or will they wind up breaking the Interspecies Cultural Exchange law--not to mention Kimihito's bones?</p>


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<p>In a shocking twist (okay, maybe not so shocking...), Kimihito learns that he's been playing host to a princess! Mero the mermaid is actually the daughter of the king and queen of the sea, and now her royal mother is summoning her back home. Kimihito, along with the other monster girls living in his household, go to visit the mermaid queen in the hopes of changing her mind. Along the way, they uncover a tangled scheme that involves kidnapping, royal intrigue, tragedy, and, of course, naughty tentacles. If this intrepid group can manage to stay un-molested long enough to solve the mystery, they could transform the entire mermaid kingdom! But for once, Kimihito isn't the only one risking his life in the name of interspecies relations.</p>


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<p>'" When the members of the MON get suspended for accidentally zombifying a young girl (with an assist from Lala), Kimihito tries to console them by spending a full day on a date with each individual member. Not surprisingly, every date ends in its own unique flavor of disaster. From dodging ghost marriages to picnics gone wrong, Kimihito will be very glad indeed when MON''s suspension is over! Meanwhile, Draco learns a lesson in humility while trying to win back Miia''s favor. It''s more chaos and comedy in this MON-focused volume of everybody''s favorite monster girl series! "'</p>


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<p>What happens when Miia and Centorea decide to become working (monster) girls? They want part-time jobs to help pay Kimihito back for their living expenses, but it's harder than they expect for a lamia and a centaur to find work in a city built for humans. Miia and Centorea must endure rejection, humiliation, and job offers no descent girl would ever accept on the way to finding that perfect part-time job. Meanwhile, three rogue liminals have come into the country illegally--and they're all after Kimihito! Now, on top of his normal, everyday peril, he has to worry about being attacked by mysterious, unfamiliar monster girls who are "seriously bad news." Poisoned, drugged, drowned and seduced--Kimihito will need all the help he can get if he wants to survive with his bones and virtue intact!</p>


text:
<p>A whole new group of sexy monster girls are chasing after Kimihito, and they're all hungry for his blood! While he goes undercover to try and find the third "rogue liminal," Kimihito soon finds himself at the mercy of their voracious blood-sucking appetites. Can Miia, Papi, and the rest of Kimihito's menagerie find him before he's drained completely dry...or meets a fate worse than death? This romantic harem comedy is sure to get your heart pumping!</p>


text:
<p>Suu's been kidnapped! Kimihito and his houseful of monster girls set out to find her, but what starts as a simple search and rescue mission turns dangerous when Suu is forced to face off against a giant slime. A plus-sized water battle ensues and Kimihito is once again caught in the middle--literally! Which slime will reign supreme?</p>


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<p>GOT MILK? Kimihito’s been sent to work on a farm! He gets up at dawn, dresses in overalls, and works with his hands. But just what kind of work are those hands doing? After all, this is no ordinary farm—all the other farm workers are sexy, buxom monster girls...and the livestock isn’t the only thing that needs milking.</p>


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<p>Miia is suddenly called back to the Lamia homeland when a disagreement amongst the various Serpentine folk (the Lamia, Echidna, Melusine, and Medusae tribes) threatens the Interspecies Cultural Exchange, which would mean Miia would have to return home for good. It's up to Kimihito to prevent this. But to do so, Kimihito will have to satisfy all four Serpentine tribes in a depraved tournament of flesh. Will Kimihito succeed, but lose Miia in the process?</p>


text:
<p>ALL HANDS ON DECK (AND OFF THE CLIENTS)! Yukio, the proprietress of Sno Ball, has a problem—her interspecies meet-ups have gotten a little too popular, and some of the couples are getting a little too enthusiastic. It’s up to Kimihito and his gaggle of monster girls to keep things from overheating at the coolest spot in town!</p>


text:
<p>Cerea gallops into the spotlight, along with a whole herd of new centaurs. There's Nighdrem, who can bring your most embarrassing fears and desires to light; the regal Pegasania, who has an embarrassing secret of her own; sporty Alusia and earthy Cheron; Nico, who loves idols; and Meamil, who nurses an unsettling fetish. Led by Cerea, can this unconventional herd defend Kimihito's household against the scheming president of Black Lily?</p>


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<p>In the latest volume of Monster Musume, we suddenly find ourselves...in a high school rom-com?! When humans and monster girls are schoolmates, it proves that romance transcends species--no matter the setting.</p>


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<p>MONSTER GIRL MASH! It's time to duel! In Volume 19 of the hit monster girl harem series, new species of liminal are introduced and pitted against each other. From card games to a spicy, full-color pool sequence, will their human male host Kimihito survive with his honor--or bones!--intact?!</p>


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<p>MILK AND HONEY Monster Musume, the hot monster-girl harem series, hits Volume 20! This landmark volume includes the return of Meamil the dairy-breed centaur, whose milk turns anyone who drinks it into babies! Also, a sweet clash between a honeybee liminal and a honey ant liminal, the appearance of a mysterious challenger, and plenty of new characters. Will normal human guy Kimihito be able to resist all these new beauties? Or will he finally fall afoul of the Interspecies Cultural Exchange Accord by hooking up with one (or more!) or them?!</p>


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