Now that Neko has settled into her life at Morimori High and she's making more friends, she starts to realize just how different she really is from her animal classmates.
Neko Fukuta flunked almost all of her high school entrance exams and is left to attend the only school that would accept her, Morimori High. But Morimori is filled with special students: they're all animals who can take on human form.
Amberground is a world cloaked in perpetual darkness, where only the very rich get to live in (artificial) sunlight. Giant armored insects make travel between the realms dangerous, so messages must be hand-delivered by couriers called Letter Bees.
As a suicide epidemic spreads worldwide to people young and old, Japanese teen Kano finds that even his shy friend Hirose has been transformed into a cold-blooded killer. Read a review of
Alive: The Final Evolution Volume 1, a
shonen manga mystery / sci-fi series by Tadashi Kawashima and Adachitoka from Del Rey Manga.
Created to replace a scientist's deceased son, Astro Boy is a robot boy who strives to use his mighty powers to foster peace and understanding between men and machines.
In a book-length story called "The Greatest Robot on Earth," Astro Boy encounters Pluto, a powerful robot who is on a quest to defeat the most amazing robots in the world, including Astro.
With its plot centered around a boy with untapped magical powers at a school for witches and wizards, it's hard not to compare
Aventura with the Harry Potter saga. But for better or for worse, we're not at Hogwarts anymore.
Darren and Steve are best friends who share a fascination with monsters. Then a visit to an unusual circus forces them to make life-changing choices that change both of their lives in strange and frightening ways.
In
Death Note Volume 1, high school student Light Yagami finds a supernatural notebook that gives him the power to kill criminals with just the stroke of a pen. Read our review and see why
Death Note is one of the most talked-about
shonen manga titles in years.
Read a review of the final, climatic volume of
Death Note, the supernatural suspense
shonen manga title by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata from Shonen Jump Advanced.
Read a review of
Dororo Volume 1, a
shonen manga series by Osamu Tezuka from Vertical. A fantasy series originally published in 1967-1968,
Dororo is the tale of Hyakkimaru, a wandering warrior who’s on a quest to retrieve his 48 body parts that his father, a feudal warlord sacrificed to demons in exchange for power and influence.
Read a review of
Dororo Volume 2, a
shonen manga series by Osamu Tezuka from Vertical. In this second volume of a three-volume fantasy series, Hyakkimaru is reunited with the father and mother who cast him aside at birth, and who may yet want him dead.
Read a review of
Eyeshield 21 Volume 17, the sports
shonen manga series by Riichiro Inagaki and Yusuke Murata from Shonen Jump Advanced / VIZ Media. The Devil Bats have made it to the semi-finals, but can they defeat strategic powerhouse team, the Seibu Wild Gunmen?
Read a review of
Fairy Tail Volume 1, a new action adventure shonen manga series by Hiro Mashima from Del Rey Manga. Lucy is an aspiring wizard who wants nothing more than to join the hottest magic guild around, Fairy Tail. When she meets Natsu and his talking cat Happy, she finds herself hooked up for the adventure of a lifetime.
In this second volume, Lucy, Natsu and Happy are on a mission to find and destroy a book. Trouble is, the book is in the possession of a rich politician who's got two powerful bodyguards and a posse of very ugly maids protecting him.
Yukiteru is a quiet, somewhat antisocial high school student who'd rather sit on the sidelines observing people than actually connecting with them in any way. But his obsession with texting to his cell phone diary plays a key part in a high stakes game of cosmic and deadly proportions.
Read a review of
Gin Tama Volume 1, a
shonen manga sci-fi comedy series by Hideaki Sorachi. A wacky mix of samurai action, irreverent comedy and anything goes sci-fi plot twists,
Gin Tama serves up an entertaining story that mercilessly skewers every
shonen manga cliché in the book.
Kokuyo and Harika are childhood friends who meet again when they start studying for their sorcerer exams. While lack the natural abilities that some of their peers have, Kokuyo and Harika discover that they have greater magical powers within than they think.
Keiichi Maebara is the new kid in town, and he's already made lots of friends. But high school hi-jinks aside, there's something sinister simmering just below the surface, and Keiichi is starting to suspect that his newfound friends are hiding a horrifying secret from him.
In Odd We Trust is a
manga-style prequel to Koontz' bestselling novels for young adults about Odd Thomas, a teen who can see ghosts and his adventures as he tries to help the recently dead find justice.
What happens when a boy gets hit by a flying saucer and returns as a girl version of his old self? And then the girl he has a crush on suddenly likes him more because he's now a girl? You have the kooky
yuri manga comedy of
Kashimashi. Read our review and see if it's worth a look.
When Japan is threatened by super-cute space aliens, the authorities decide to fight cute with cute. As kitties, hamsters and bunnies attack Japan, it's a job for the Special Defense Corps, a trio of heavily armed yet adorable 8-year old girls.
What happens when a pretty princess bonks heads and trades identities with a rough-and-ready mercenary warrior? You get a fun, action-filled mix of fantasy and humor from the artist of dojinshi fan favorite Comic Party. Read our review and see if it's worth a look.
In
Naruto Volume 16, the battle for Konoha Village comes to an end, as Naruto and Gaara face off. Then a new chapter in the ninja saga begins as Sasuke's murderous older brother Itachi returns to the village. Read a review of this installment of the popular
shonen manga series by Masashi Kishimoto from Shonen Jump and VIZ Media.
Nora is one of the most powerful demons in the Dark Liege's army, but he's also a big pain who can't follow orders. Meanwhile, Kazuma is one of the smartest kids in his class, but he's bored by the banality of school life. When the Dark Liege sends Nora to the human world to learn some manners, guess who she picks as Nora's new master?
Now that Kazuma has gotten used to the idea of having Nora the demon / hellhound around, it's becoming clear that this straight-A student might have bitten off more than he can handle. Controlling Nora's demonic power takes a physical toll on Kazuma, and dealing with Nora's bad attitude is almost as difficult.
When a ghostly nude girl shows up in his bedroom begging for help, Kakeru enters the world of "psychics." As he helps a band of runaway psychic teens battle a shadowy government organization, he discovers that he might have special abilities of his own. Read a review of
Psycho Busters Volume 1, a new
shonen manga sci-fi action series by Yuya Aoki and Akinari Nao from Del Rey Manga.
When the Shadow army threatens the kingdom of Sphaelite, Ral and his shadow dragon Grad reveal their unique strength and powers as a unique pairing of human and Shadow.
Tsukune is a mediocre student who failed all his high school entrance exams. When he enters the only school that will accept him, he discovers that he's the only human student in a class full of demons and werewolves, including a cutie-pie vampire who loves him and his "delicious" blood.
Nozomu Itoshiki is an emo educator who is constantly in despair. However, after his latest attempt to commit suicide is thwarted by exceptionally cheerful student Kafuka, Itoshiki-sensei lives on to discover that his entire homeroom class is filled with students who are even more neurotic than he is.
Red-headed roughneck Hanamichi Sakuragi is strong guy, but he's kind of a loser with the ladies. When cutie Haruko Akagi asks him "Do you like basketball?" he can't help but say yes, even though he knows nothing about the game.
Based on the anime of the same name, sola is about an amateur photographer who likes to capture images of the sky, and a pretty girl who lives a dark, solitary life in an abandoned church. What the smitten young man later finds out is that his would-be girlfriend is 350-years old and she's got some very powerful enemies.
Read a review of
Speed Racer, an original English language
manga one-shot by Dwayne Alexander Smith and Elmer Damaso from Seven Seas Manga. This contemporary adaptation of Tatsuo Yoshida's original
manga and
anime takes many of the classic characters and gives them a modern twist.
Read a review of
Speed Racer: Mach Go Go Go Volume 1 and 2, a classic
shonen series by Tatsuo Yoshida from Digital Manga Publishing (DMP). This deluxe presentation of Yoshida's original manga from 1966 gives readers a look at the inspiration for the hit animated TV series and feature film,
Speed Racer.
Read a review of
Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning Volume 1, a
shonen manga / detective series by Kyo Shirodaira and Eita Mizuno from Yen Press. 10th grader Ayumu Narumi can solve mysteries that leave adults twice his age stumped. But he's haunted by the disappearance of his older brother and his tie to the mysterious "Blade Children."
Headstrong and pretty, high school student Haruhi Suzumiya tends to get her way, whether anyone else around her likes it or not. But what she doesn't know is that she has the power to disrupt the universe, and a group of espers, aliens and time travelers have enrolled in her school to keep an eye on her.
Kakashi is a young boy who burns with the desire to follow in his globe-trotting father's footsteps to leave his tiny island home to see the world. One day, he stows away on a passing dirigible, gets taken hostage by a pack of bandits and his adventure begins....
Kotoko is descended from a long line of exorcists, so she knows all about yokai, or spirits, sprites and demons that most humans can't see. Then one day she meets a classmate who shares her abilities, and has a few extra of his own: he's a yokai doctor who helps heal sickly spirits.
Set in semi-medieval Japan,
Yokaiden is about Hamachi, an upbeat boy who lives with his crabby grandmother. When a spiteful water sprite steals her soul, Hamachi must venture to the supernatural world of the
yokai to rescue her.
Hime, Ao and Kotoha are three super-powered teens who protect their small town from harm. But when strange things start to happen, the threesome start to wonder if something bigger than they can handle is on the horizon.
Shy and mousy Michiru is the class doormat. But she has a supernatural ability to see when someone's death is imminent. Her power scares her, but she soon meets two handsome and mysterious classmates who are undead 'bounty hunters,' trying to pay off their zombie-loan. Read a review of Volume 1 of this shonen manga series by Peach-Pit from Yen Press.
