When Kazusa enters high school, she joins the Literature Club, where she leaps from reading innocent fiction to diving into the literary classics. But these novels are a bit more…adult than she was prepared for. Between euphemisms like fresh dewy grass and pork stew, crushing on the boy next door, and knowing you want to do that one thing before you diediscovering your budding sexuality is no easy feat! As if puberty wasn’t awkward enough, the club consists of a brooding writer, the pretti...

His name is Alfardo J. Donson, novelist and ... crocodile. Together with his very good friend Rabbit Boy, he undertakes gentlemanly adventures in culinary excellence throughout Japan (Sanuki udon in the “udon” prefecture, oysters at an oyster shack somewhere on the Sanriku Coast … you get the idea), encountering other intriguing denizens of the animal kingdom along the way. Whether you love animals, love to eat out, love nobility or love the book One Stormy Night, your cravings will certai...

The "Roman Club," a school group interested in the occult, to which he's practically enslaved, has become boring for one Hideo Aiba. In fact, he finds his entire existence pretty tiresome until, one day, when a girl named Kurumi Sahana shows up and wants to join up. When the two are left alone in the club classroom, Kurumi makes a special "request" of Hideo, which makes him (understandably) freak out. Though he doesn't know what to think, one thing's for sure, Hideo's life just became anyt...

Are we the predators or the prey? When an unsuspecting father and daughter stumble upon a strange gathering of humanoid animals with a taste for fine cuisine, their worst nightmare is about to begin. Here, creatures who are not quite man—and not quite beast—raise humans as livestock and slaughter them to put meat on the table. Faced with horrors beyond belief, can one average, unfortunate victim change this brutal cycle? When roles of predator and prey are reversed, what does it truly mean...

Stop comparing and start blossoming.In Japanese, the expression Oubaitori refers to four flowering trees - cherry, plum, peach and apricot. While each blooms in its own way, none is considered more beautiful than the other. The message is simple yet profound: there is no need to compare, because you are on your own unique path.This book offers a gentle invitation to honour your individuality and embrace the pace of your own growth. With mindful med...

From the writer of "Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day" and "The Anthem of the Heart" comes the next expressive tale of the fight against one's own demons.Mari Okada grew up in rural Chichibu, a truant for most of her adolescent life. She observed school life from afar, often refusing to leave the confines of her room. But with the fateful encounter of a visiting school teacher, Okada found a way through the echelons of school using her untapped skill of turning words on a page in...

In the town of Mifuse, time halted following an explosion at the local steelworks. Ever since the blast, bizarre phenomena have filled the sky, and the townspeople discover they can’t leave the area or contact the outside world. The same old radio and TV shows play, as if they are stuck repeating the day of the explosion. Hopeful that things will go back to normal, the town leaders forbid change to avoid any inconsistencies when time begins to flow again. One day, a teenager named Masamune...

Izumi tells Kazusa that he hasn't thought of doing things with her at all. And Kazusa should feel relieved to hear this, but… Now she's swimming in a sea of confusion over sex and love: How are they different? How are they linked? As these thoughts race through her head, things get more complicated when she spots Nina and Izumi hanging out by themselves. If Nina brought up these questions about sex in the first place, then what if the two are…?

The strong eat the flesh of the weak—that is the only rule of this world.In this brutal, freakish society, human and animal heads alike are served on lavish platters for connoisseurs to sample. Chimeras are raised to believe their sole purpose is to become delicious meat, while unlucky humans are hunted down and end up on dinner tables. In the midst of it all is one lost little lamb who was born to be consumed but escaped the jaws of fate. What will she do next to sate her hunger…?

After Nina mentions that she wants to have sex before she dies, the Literature Club starts getting overwhelmed by the complications, the doubts, the delightsjust the idea of sex! But the girls must focus on keeping their club from getting shut down, and an unlikely candidate joins them as their faculty advisor. All the while, Kazusa wrestles with the confusing change in her relationship with Izumi, her childhood friend. As if walking in on him during a solo session wasn’t shocking enough, ...

Protecting your turf, keeping other guys from pawing at your girl, showing everyone who's boss...it's all in a day's work when you're a street thug-er, a street cat!

The strong prey on the weak—that is the only rule in this world where animals raise and fatten humans for slaughter! After a devastating encounter, the lamb Chika and the human boy Murph, two fated enemies, find themselves as unlikely companions... Where will their journey take them, and what kind of answer will they find to the cruelty of this world?