Illustrated by Kami Fujiwara
In this land, there are two kingdoms, both with descendants of the great Erdrick, and both expecting newborn princes. Evil forces work against both royal families in attempts to establish a foothold for the Fiendlord Imagine. In the kingdom of Carmen, loyal knights thwart the plot to steal the baby prince, but at great cost. The young Lunafreya escapes the castle walls with baby Arus and is rescued by a sandsailor. In the northern kingdom, demons have been more successful, and they are able to steal a baby prince for the fiends. Ten years pass, and the young Arus has been training to take back his kingdom and vanquish monster-kind from kingdoms across the land.
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Newly departed souls must make a perilous journey through purgatory, but if they have sustenance for their long, forty day journey, they won’t fade along the way in the harshness of purgatory. One way loved ones can help is by purchasing purgatory cakes from a specialized bakery. These cakes take special ingredients and infuse memories from the living, and they are delicately baked with the utmost care by a skilled and kind baker with some otherworldly powers. Each chapter is a visit into these memories as the client purchases their specialized cake for their departed one.
Two dog owners meet while out on a walk, and they cannot be more polar opposites with their dogs and some of their approaches to life. Chiharu-san is the owner of Tsuba-chan, a Rottweiler who has a calm disposition. Chiharu is a smaller woman but has incredible strength and a commanding control over Tsuba's training. On the other hand, there's Kiyotaka-san, a strong but slightly timid owner of Monjuro, a hyper and tiny Pomeranian a fraction of the size of Tsuba. Chiharu and Kiyotaka continuously run into each other on walks and through their respective jobs. This volume finishes out with Chiharu reminiscing about how she adopted Tsuba.
Kaneki, Nishio, and Touka take on The Gourmet after Kaneki’s fearsome run in at The Restaurant. As Nishio has decided to align with them for this battle, we see how he became a ghoul and why his partner Kimi is important to him. As a reprieve after the intense fight, Ishida takes us down memory lane with the backstory for Rize, the ghoul from Kaneki's date back in volume 1, and we see what motivated her to come to the 20th Ward. Afterward, it’s back to business as Amon from the CCG continues the investigation by honing in on their unusual visitors who could be the clue to finding The Rabbit.
Adapted by Dubu
Jinwoo waits (im)patiently for the countdown to expire on the key that will reveal the location of the double dungeon that kicked off this entire wild ride. While he contemplates what he’ll find, several S-rank gates pop up around the globe, but the recent raid on Jeju Island has left the world with fewer high-level hunters to take on challenging gates. The countdown finally expires, and Jinwoo confronts the monster who made him into the "awakened" being. 
A little boy comes to terms with his mother’s brutal murder in a sea of dead bodies in a dystopian landscape. He finally decides to trek on without her and start resource gathering. One night, he finds shelter in a school bus, but so does a little girl. From that point on, the two travel together and share spoils. Several days in, they find an older man who immediately hogs resources for himself, especially the entire bottle of water he chugs. The little boy feels apprehensive and tries to ditch him while they’re all sleeping, but it doesn’t go well.
Fujinaga’s lifelong dream has been to become an actor on the screen — whether TV or film — but feedback at auditions and from his theater troupe is much the same: his overacting is distracting and scene-stealing. Then he meets Keito, a freshman who is Deaf and utilizes Japanese Sign Language, hearing aids, and lip reading in order to communicate with hearing people. Fujinaga begins learning signs from Keito and eventually expressing language in unique ways, drawing on his acting ability and connecting with Keito.
In Dream Land, King Dedede rules his subjects in a way he believes is fair and just, but none of his plans account for the chaos that Kirby brings to his daily life. Typhoon preparations leaves Kirby nearly wrecking Dedede’s castle; Dedede’s plan to bring in a stunt double to take Kirby's abuse backfires brilliantly; a version of The Game of Life sucks Dedede, Kirby, and Poppy inside to play out the punishments inside the game. Many more silly antics ensue in this collection of short stories featuring Kirby, King Dedede, and the many subjects of Dedede's Dreamland.
Illustrated by Megumi Osaki
As with many in Tuttle's "Manga Guide To" series, this book combines manga chapters with nonfiction sections covering a primer of Japanese culinary history. The character in the manga chapters is high-schooler Manabu who is wanting to become a chef, and he learns alongside a French culinary student who is in Japan to learn more about Japanese cuisine. Topics include Japan's rice culture, seafood farming, dashi, mold development, umami, and sushi popularization. 
Haebom & Taesung have become adoptive brothers after Haebom’s parents died tragically in a car accident and Taesung’s mother agrees to take Haebom in. But this upsets Taesung, and they spend the next several years avoiding each other. Now, it’s senior year, and the two are in the same class. So are Haebom's bullies, and Taesung gets a front row seat to the tormenting Haebom gets on the daily. Taesung, the smart, beautiful, athletic, and popular class darling, must choose whether he'll let Haebom continue to be picked on or if he'll use his power and influence to help Haebom start standing up for himself.
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