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Gu Won is a young boy from a rich family, and he has been told his whole life that he must be the highest achieving student in order compete with his step sister to inherit his father’s successful hotel chain. The coldness with which he is raised causes him to hate everyone who artificially smiles at him and treats him with fake kindness. One day, he meets Sa Rang, a young girl and the daughter of one of the family’s servants, and he realizes happiness can be a genuine emotion. The two of them form a friendship that allows Gu Won to break down some of the steel barriers he’s built around himself, but life isn't fairy tales, castles, princes and princesses -- it's business.
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It's almost Abigail's birthday, and, because they're starting to publicly get along, Sabrian wants to throw her a large birthday celebration, at least as large as last year's 3-day marathon event. Abigail would love nothing more than a quiet celebration with just the three of them, but such an intimate affair would actually spark rumors again! Sabrian also struggles to find Abigail the perfect birthday present, and even presses Abigail's personal maid for some ideas. While Abigail is busy making new dresses for Blanche and herself for the parties, a mysterious illness strikes the kingdom and reaches plague-like status, and even hits within the castle walls! 
Chihiro begins a fierce battle with Sojo, and the two with their enchanted blades are very evenly matched. They take turns exchanging powerful magical attacks while Sojo goads Chihiro about his father's selfishness to keep the swords hidden for the time he had, even though he admires the craftsmanship it took to make such beautiful weapons. Elsewhere on the battlefield, things are very perilous for the Anti-Cloud Gouger special forces. Later, Char reveals a bit about her time when she was imprisoned with her mother, especially how she was able to escape.
Illustrated by Takeshi Obata
Mirai is unsatisfied with his life, as he is treated like a slave in his home and feels like he has no escape. He decides suicide is his only option. Upon leaping to his death, he is saved by an angel that gives him the choice to accept powers. In doing so, he is unwittingly thrust into a battle against 12 other humans who have also been chosen, and the prize at the end is ascension to become God of the world. For the most part, Mirai tries to keep out of the way of these other candidates, but trouble comes to find him sooner than he would like. 
At a young age, Allen Walker was constricted into the fight against the Millennium Earl and his deadly cruel Akuma, machines built upon the grief and sin of humans longing for the souls of a dearly departed loved one. With a powerful weapon embedded into his left hand and a cursed eye that can see Akuma trapped inside their human hosts, Allen is on a mission to find Innocence, a material that can be manufactured into new weapons to take on the Earl. This will help build up the power of the Black Order, the group of exorcists sworn to protect humanity and fight the Millennium Earl's Akuma weapons.
Katsuma-san finishes telling the history of Haretake and the evil lurking inside their foe who now has Tsuki hostage. Katsuma tells of Haretake’s goal to unseal the sessho-seki stones and unleash whatever evil is lurking below and the attempt Haretake will make to control the power inside. With this knowledge, Katsuma sets Konosuke, Aki, and his new apprentice Bokutake off and through a jar to go rescue Tsuki. But Katsuma’s jar drops Konosuke off in a gambling den in the clutches of one of the generals of the Tsuchimikado clan. This would-be professional gambler toys with Konosuke, at first lulling him into a false sense of security, but eventually prodding him to gamble with something very high stakes, much more valuable than money.
Kaneki begins working at the coffee shop he once frequented and integrates into ghoul life while trying to hide his double life from his best friend, Hide. But, the feeding habits of ghouls in the neighborhood have attracted the attention of ghoul hunters who begin following and investigating customers of the coffee shop, many of whom are ghouls. Touka begins a brutal training regime with Kaneki to try and get him to use his ghoul powers he inherited from his donor.
Illustrations by Yon
A young boy travels the land and tries to head off horrors that are preying on people. As he finds them, he collects them into a special book designed to contain them. These horrors set curses on people, make them act in strange ways, and even endanger their lives at times. The young boy follows clues and online chatter to discover new urban legends and ghost stories to sift out these curses and ghosts as they find new victims. 
Illustrated by Kazuma Kondou
On the worst day of Ganta’s life, a mysterious figure shrouded entirely in red cloth and diabolical power breaks into his junior high classroom and murders everyone but Ganta. As the sole survivor, Ganta is convicted and given a death sentence and sent to a prison called Deadman Wonderland where the prisoners perform in games and different shows for the entertainment of the population. But, even the prison isn’t straightforward as there are people inside trying to take advantage of Ganta, and there’s a weird girl with other-worldly powers who wants to be his friend. 
Vol 2: As Above, So Below
Booklist review Sara's Rating: 9/10 Suitability Level: Grades 10-12 Reviews of previous volumes in this series: vol 1 Publisher: Oni Press Publication Date: April 22, 2025 ISBN: 9781637154892 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 9/10, Suitability: High School, Graphic Fiction, Fantasy, LGBTQ+, Folklore, Romance, Oni Press |
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