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Vassalord, Vol.1
By Nanae Chrono
Tokyopop, 192pp.
Rating: 16+

One part cyborg, one part vampire, Charlie’s exceptionally good at his job as a vampire hunter in the service of the Vatican. His personal life is a bit more problematic, as resident vampire playboy Johnny Rayflo finds him infinitely amusing, and a complicated relationship between the two continually binds them [...]

I-Doll, Vol.1
By Mi-Ae Choi
Tokyopop, 184 pp.
Rating: 13+

Ji-Yoo Lee is caught gambling illegally. Na-rae is busted for a concert brawl. Hyung-Goo Kang is put down for street fighting. One night, three police writeups and a few phone calls later, all three students find themselves caught up in a decidedly different reform program: starting a rock band. [...]

White Night Melody, Vol. 1
By Selena Lin
Tokyopop, 192 pp.
Rating: Teen (13+)

Colleen and Jing Ping, a pair of old, very lively dolls, suddenly find themselves (through a run-in with a fishbowl and some magic marbles) human again. With their newfound power comes a whole new set of challenges, but no shelf life could ever have prepared [...]

Cy-Believers, Vol. 1
By Shioko Mizuki
Go!Comi, 200 pp.
Rating: 16+

Transfer student Rui enters Domus Aurea School with hopes of a fun, decidedly normal school life- and finds anything but. Constantly harassed by an overly amorous fiancé, downsized in her club and under threat from the Public Safety Commission, Rui’s bad luck takes a turn for the strange [...]

Red River, Vol. 21
By Chie Shinohara
Viz, 189 pp.
Rating: Older Teen (16+)

In a hostile Egyptian court, Hittite expat princess Yuri finds herself embroiled in a struggle to the death for domination over the Egyptian throne. Engaged [but secretly not] to the Egyptian General Ramses, Yuri spends her time apart from actual fiancé Prince Kail conspiring right [...]

After School Nightmare, Vol.6
By Setona Mizushiro
Go! Comi, 200 pp.
Rating: Older Teen (16+)

Mashiro’s identity struggle reaches new heights as he (or she, as the case may be) grapples with the notion that his relationship with Kurehara may be purely for psychological reassurance, and that Sou might just be his knight in shining (black) armor. Meanwhile, the [...]

Fairy Tail, Vols. 1-2
By Hiro Mashima
Published by Del Rey
Rating: Teen (13+)

Celestial wizard Lucy had always had one dream–join the legendary Fairy Tail wizard’s guild and finally become a legitimate wizard. But her path to glory has been less than brilliant, as she lands herself smack in the middle of a rather dicey situation while pursuing [...]

Teru Teru x Shonen, Vol. 1
By Shigeru Takao
CMX, 200 pp.
Rating: Teen

Shinobu Oshiro may be queen of the high school, but her ice-cold demeanor is anything but royal. Raised as the daughter of a prominent family, she spends her days being guarded by the family’s biggest secret investment: ninjas. The arrival of childhood friend and [...]