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What you need is "inspiration"! This is the beginning of a youthful riddle-solving comedy! Saki Junino, a student at Meichi Academy, has the looks, smarts, and athletic skill to be the best girl at Myochi Gakuen, but she also has an unusual fondness for riddles. Eita Ichinose is recruited by Saki to become a member of her riddle-solving club, and he has to figure out her brain-teasers every day after school! Wanting to spend time after-school with the beautiful senior, Eita will solve her riddles again and again... No knowledge or calculation required! You can try it for yourself! (Source: Kodansha, translated)

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Three centuries ago, a vampire by the name of Migiri was running a reign of terror across Japan when a hero named Naonosuke Kobayashi cut off his head and sent him to eternal rest... until now. (Source: Tokyopop)

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Taku Maezawa, an engineering student, and Hisashi Iguma, a robotics specialist, create the concept of "demokratia": 3,000 people are randomly recruited on the web to decide by vote the actions and behavior of the android, Mai. Included one-shots: Volume 2: Robot, Smoke

The fast-growing IT company "SpriLinks" is hiring new graduates for the first time. The remaining six job-hunting students who have made it to the final selection are given a topic and tasked with forming a team and having a group discussion about it within one month. Shougo Hatano begins to deepen his connections with the other five applicants so that all six can receive a job offer, but just before the final interview, they're notified that the task has been changed. The new task is to "choose one potential employee out of the six of you." Suddenly, the six former comrades become rivals who are at each other's throats trying get a hold of the lone position. And then, in the middle of the debate on which the job offer is at stake, they discover six sealed envelopes. When each of them opens the envelope with their name on it, they find a accusation letter inside with the words "**** is a murderer" written on it. What lies have these six told, and what crimes have they committed? And what is the "killer's" goal...? (Source: Kadokawa, translated)

Once every twelve years, a battle fought between warriors named after the twelve zodiac signs—its name is the Zodiac War. However, the twelfth Zodiac War is targeted by the war criminals of the twelve western zodiac signs! The curtains are raised on a fierce and heroic death battle between warriors and war criminals! (Source: Shueisha, translated)

Akaba Teiichi is beginning his student career at an elite private boy's high school, which was originally renowned for producing many excellent naval officers. In its current incarnation, his school regularly turns out many important politicians and bureaucrats, and networking starts from day one. Teiichi is determined to become the school's student council president, a position which will help launch him into the political sphere after graduation. He has run his life so far by maintaining a perfect image, while never neglecting the darker side of politics. He has plenty of help to reach his goal. Teiichi's father, who is now an important bureaucrat, lost the position of student council president during his high school years, and that loss has continually hindered his career. He's determined to support his son's success in any way he can. Teiichi also has his loyal best friend and second-in-command, Koumei, helping him with strategy. On the side of emotional support, Teiichi has his little sister and mother, in addition to his girlfriend Mimiko. However, an unexpected force may rise against his ambition. An idealistic new teacher, Kurosaka Reiko, is determined to use her power to undermine the corrupt political traditions of their school. Her first step is to push a well-liked, highly intelligent, but poor student named Otaka Dan, who is not from the elite feeder middle school, into the political world. Will Teiichi be able to use the existing political system to achieve his goals, in spite of Kurosaka's efforts to upset the status quo? (Source: Raw Distro)

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Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou is a mystery series where Shinokawa Shioriko, a young owner of a bookstore in Kamakura, unravel mysteries of ancient books that are taken there. The story begins with a young man named Daisuke, who grew up practically without reading books due to a "phobia," brings the complete (and autographed) works of Natsume Soseki, Japanese writer of the Meiji era, inherited from his grandmother in the mysterious bookstore. Will the shy and introvert Shioriko solve the mystery of the books?

Shinokawa Shioriko, a young owner of a bookstore in Kamakura, loves old books. Separate from the contents of the book, they each have their own story, slowly built as they pass from one person to another. Shioriko loves learning the stories of each old book that comes her way. Gora Daisuke was just scared off of books by his grandmother, an avid collector. When he got into her library one day as a child, she responded angrily and violently. Now his grandmother is dead, and it's time to deal with her belongings. He comes across the complete works of Natsume Soseki, which appear to be autographed! When he is eventually directed to Shioriko to ask about it, she responds with so much more than a simple answer about the signature. As he sees Shioriko's enthusiasm, it looks like knowing Shioriko might lead Daisuke to a new path toward appreciating books! (Source: MangaHelpers)

The future, probably Japan. Robots have long been put into practical use, and androids have just come into use. Influenced by the Robot Ethics Committee, it's become common sense for people to treat androids like household appliances. Their appearance - indistinguishable from humans except for the ring over each android's head—has led some people to empathize unnecessarily with androids. Known as "android-holics," such people have become a social problem. Rikuo, a high school student, has been taught from childhood that androids are not to be viewed as humans, and has always used them as convenient tools. One day Rikuo discovers some strange data in the behavior records of his family's household android, Sammy. Rikuo and his friend Masaki trace Sammy's movements, only to discover a mysterious Café that features a house rule that states "Humans and Robots are to be treated the same"... (Source: Official Website)

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Sakon is a traveling Bunraku puppeteer who goes from place to place with his puppet companion, Ukon, a puppet made in the Meiji era. Ukon and Sakon's personalities are as different as night and day. While Sakon is shy and mysterious, Ukon is loud and wise-cracking. Together they solve the mysteries they come across in their travels. (Source: ANN)

This manga bookstore has a thousand stories to tell. A businessman discovers how his childhood memories can brighten his day. An art student finds inspiration. An archer hits a surprising bull's eye. A housewife rediscovers romance. A teenager discovers his true self in the pages of a manga magazine. Welcome to Kingyo Used Books, a place where people find their dreams in manga. (Source: Viz)

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The mini-series centers on a woman, who, at the age of 23, promised to support her favorite stage actor until death, even if it means using her own money. It has been 50 years since her favorite actor died. Now in her old age, living at a retirement home, and surrounded by her favorite actor's merchandise that she kept, an unexpected trouble occurs. (Source: ANN)

Goemon Ishikawa, the legendary king of thieves from the feudal era, has come to know that there is an important treasure being transported from the Imperial Palace to the Kamiyama mansion; an ancient artifact called "moon's melody box" (月詠みの箱). Surprised by the extreme measures taken by the guards of this treasure, his indomitable spirit aches to steal this rare item that once a year can grant one special wish to whoever possesses the box, but it will not be so easy to steal it. Even worse, once it is opened, it will be harder to deal with the unusual contents of the box. (Source: Wikipedia)