With the help of Porta Nova, Alita's finally made it to the Incubator, and is moments away from retrieving Lou's brain, when Super Nova, a new, sinister incarnation of the professor created by Mbadi, steps in and holds all 20,000 brains in the Incubator hostage! Can Alita find a way out? Will Melchizadek be destroyed? And just how many Novas are there?

From the pen of Moyoco Anno comes a stunning tale of self-image and self-loathing. In the vein of the hit series Girls, In Clothes Called Fat details the lives of young women earnestly revealing the struggles women may have with their bodies and sexuality. Noko appears to be living a great life, she's got a good job and a loving boyfriend, but beneath a thin veneer is a young woman who is struggling with her self-image and self-confidence as she fights to keep her weight down. To Noko, being 5 pounds overweight means being miles away from happiness in her love life and in her workplace.

A hard-working middle-aged gay couple in Tokyo come to enjoy the finer moments of life through food. After long days at work, either in the law firm or the hair salon, Shiro and Kenji will always have down time together by the dinner table, where they can discuss their troubles, hash out their feelings and enjoy delicately prepared home cooked meals!

Adapted for stage and screen, loved by millions, Victor Hugo's classic novel of love & tragedy during the French Revolution is reborn in this fantastic new manga edition! The gorgeous art of TseMei Lee brings to life the tragic stories of Jean Valjean, Inspector Javert, and the beautiful Fantine, in this epic adaptation of Les Miserables!

Seventeen-year-old Lucy is an attractive mage-in-training who wants to join a magician's guild so that she can become a full-fledged magician. The guild she dreams about joining is the most famous in the world, and it is known as the Fairy Tail. One day she meets Natsu, a boy raised by a Dragon who mysteriously left him when he was young. Natsu has devoted his life to finding his Dragon father. When Natsu helps Lucy out of a tricky situation, she discovers that he is a member of the Fairy Tail magician's guild, and our heroes' adventure together begins.

Disney's most beloved characters come together in this manga adaptation of the bestselling video game franchise! When Xion loses her Keyblade, it's Roxas's job to make sure no one finds out. As long as the two can go on missions together, no one will know that it's Roxas collecting all the hearts. But will Demyx blow their little secret? And when the Organization issues an order to Xion to capture an outsider masquerading as one of its members, who will come out on top in the ensuing battle?!

Miko is a shrine maiden who has never had much success at seeing or banishing spirits. Then she meets Kagura, a sexy demon who feeds off women's feelings of passion and love. Kagura's insatiable appetite has left many girls at school brokenhearted, so Miko casts a spell to seal his powers. Surprisingly the spell works-sort of-but now Kagura is after her!

From Viz. It's Shippuden homework time! Study up with this book and you'll pass the test for 'most knowledgeable shinobi of all time (at least till the next update!). This handy, huge guide covers all the way to Volume 43 of the bestselling manga!

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Pokémon trainer Red has vanished... Trainer Yellow Caballero and Red's faithful Pikachu are off to rescue him. But it will take smarts, skills, and a lot of help from friends and other Pokémon to find and rescue Red!And watch out for the Elite Four, Yellow Caballero... Are you a strong enough Pokémon trainer to defeat all of them?

What happens when 80 creators from the world's top video game studios join forces without the constraint of committee design? You get Substrata, a hypothetical Triple-A title driven by artists, for artists. Herein lie their widely varied, unbridled visions! Inside you'll find character designs, locations, monsters, items, interface designs, and more, all exploring the spectacular dark fantasy of Substrata.

Celebrating over 25 years of Ys, the flagship series of Japanese RPG publisher Nihan Falcomi. Ys: The Art Book collects the fantastic artwork of more than a dozen titles in the Ys franchise, from the original game all the way up to the brand-new Ys: Memories of Celceta. Includes pin-ups, character designs, rare concept art, and more!

Mystery engulfs the face of Yuki's high school, and she is caught in the middle. As she battles the exhausting crowds during her daily commute, she, like many other girls in Japan, is sexually violated. Meanwhile, a boy secretly films her and someone brutally slaughters cats. What does it all mean? Enigma spins into ever darkening chasms.

Kaname's gift of extraordinary hearing allows him to pick up strange sounds from both the living and the dead. But when furious rain falls hard on the pavement, he's brought back to the single, tragic day he and Hide lost the thing they loved most. Will the duo ever move past their shared heartache? Otodama brings brash, talented men together for cases that hold a frightened city under siege! When it's a matter of life and death, a precocious P.I. and a 'savant of sound' must work in lockstep. Are they up to the challenge?

The ninja war approaches its climax as the revived Hokage head to the battlefield in order to stop Obito and Madara. Naruto will have to team up with his dad in order to save the ninja world. But what dark tricks does Obito have up his sleeve...?

Contains volumes 5 and 6! Chinese Amazon warrior Shampoo hasn't given up on Ranma yet - only instead of killing him, she now wants to marry him! There are just a few obstacles in the way of their future happiness, though, starting with a childhood phobia of Ranma's and followed by Shampoo's suitor, Mousse, martial arts master of hidden weapons. Can Ranma escape Shampoo's soap opera? Or a better question might be, does he even want to?

It's hate at first sight when Raku Ichijo first meets Chitoge Kirisaki. But much to their chagrin, the two are forced into a false love relationshio to keep the peace between their feuding gangster families. Meanwhile, Raku's still hung up on the girl he made a promise to ten years ago, keeping a pendant around his neck as a memento. The girl, in turn, holds the key that opens the pendant. To Raku's surprise, he discovers two girls have keys from a promise they also make ten years ago, Chitoge and his current crush Onodera! Making matters worse, another girl with a key appears on the scene...