Four women close to thirty live together, and they're all in very different places in their lives. Shuu works hard at her day job and is mostly waiting for love to find her spontaneously, but she’s feeling the pressure to marry as those around her are finding relationships. Mii is a guitarist and has been seeing the drummer in her band, but he drops a bombshell on her that makes her question where their relationship is and where it’s headed. Eika is solidly a career woman who continuously takes on big projects, and she doesn’t let anyone doubt her ability to handle the workload. Shio used to work at a large, successful corporation, but the long hours and stress were not what she was looking for in life.
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Illustrated by Sumire Kowono
School Library Journal review Sara's Rating: 8/10 Suitability Level: Grades 6-12 Publisher: VIZ Media Publication Date: July 8, 2025 ISBN: 9781974755837 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: Elementary School, Suitability: Middle School, Suitability: High School, Manga, Adaptations, Fantasy, School Life, Magic, VIZ Media 
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Sara's Rating: 8/10 Suitability Level: Grades 4-7 Publisher: VIZ Media Publication Date: July 22, 2025 ISBN: 9781974754618 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: Elementary School, Suitability: Middle School, Manga, Adaptations, Fantasy, Family, Friendship, VIZ Media 
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Sara's Rating: 8/10 Suitability Level: Grades 9-12 Publisher: Kodansha Publication Date: June 17, 2025 ISBN: 9798888773611 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: High School, Manga, LGBTQ+, School Life, Romance, Friendship, Kodansha 
The Knights continue to battle the Leech monster and try to get the wounded citizens to the doctors, who are secluded away from the festival and the city. With Coco being attended to by doctors, Qilfrey has to go after Cuestas alone. Beldarut watches over Coco while Qilfrey is away, and he shows Coco a handy spell where she can make her essence into a smoke creature to follow her master. She hopes to convince Cuestas to come with Qilfrey, but a brimmed hat unexpectedly shows up, and the entire plan goes awry.
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Sara's Rating: 8/10 Suitability Level: Grades 7-12 Publisher: VIZ Media Publication Date: June 10, 2025 ISBN: 9781974755851 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: Middle School, Suitability: High School, Manga, School Life, Art, Friendship, Romance, VIZ Media 
A deadly power lurks in Ganta, and a prisoner being held in solitary in G-Ward may have answers, including more information about the mysterious Red Man who actually murdered all of Ganta's classmates. But, G-Ward isn’t on any known maps, and nobody seems to know of its existence. Shiro and Ganta’s semi-prisoner friend help break a way into the secret ward where a prisoner known as “Crow” is locked up. He refers to Ganta as “Woodpecker” and reveals little else except that he and Ganta share the same mysterious powers in their blood.
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The Pet Shop continues their raid on Nest, and there are fights happening all over the campus. The students and professors are all trying to keep the predators away from their main target: Professor Ji. A pink praying mantis and an exploding ant take on Professor Jun, who is one of the last lines of defense before the predators get to Ji, while Suchan and his classmates try to slow down some of the other predators who are trying to infiltrate the Nest compound with other nefarious missions. 
Two seemingly lost young Russians at the beginning of the Bolshevik era find themselves more or less indentured as servants at a large home, though one must utilize a wheelchair and the other has a serious medical condition. Both are each other’s lifeline, and they stay close to the home despite the hardships it brings them because they are looking for something very valuable from before the fall of Tsar Nicolas II. They endure terrible treatment, endentured servitude masquerading as work for The Party, and much more to achieve their goals.
Aria is a young witch who lives all alone in a secluded forest, protected by a magical barrier put in place by her dearly departed grandmother. She has to keep to herself to keep the existence of magic and witches safe. One day, a talking white wolf wanders into her sphere, cold and alone, and the two become friends due to their want of companionship. Aria names the wolf Gwyn and offers to let him stay with her. Gwyn begins to notice a few off things, like Aria seems to never do magic, and he wonders about the barrier that seems to have let him and other humans into Aria’s space… there’s more to this world than Aria may know or has been told about!
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