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Summertime Rendering vol 6 by Yasuki Tanaka

12/31/2022

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Cover of Summertime Rendering volume 6. Ushio leans against Shin's back. He's in a white shirt with blue pants. She has her signature blue swimsuit underneath an opened white shirt. Both are smiling. Behind them is the beach and ocean.
Shide may be on his own now, but that doesn't mean he's any less deadly. He's determined to take the source of Shin's time loop power, which will make him even more powerful than Heine. Shin has to rally everyone together for one final offensive measure. But first, he has to work out where some allies are after his latest time loop.


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mission: yozakura family vol 1 by itsuji gondaira

12/30/2022

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Cover of Mission: Yozakura Family volume. Asano an Mutsumi stand next to each other with an arm around each other. Asano holds a gun in his hand. Behind them are all the other members of the Yozakura family.
High schoolers Taiyo Asano and Mutsumi Yozakura have been friends since childhood. She's an aloof girl with few friends, but she was supportive of Asano through the loss of his family in a tragic accient. But, Mutsumi has a pretty over-protective family, and when her older brother notices them getting too close for his comfort, he tries to eliminate Asano. Other family members save him and bring him to the Yozakura family home, where they reveal Mutsumi is actually the head of a secret spy family, where everyone but she has supernatural powers and a knack for killing. The family uses their powers to keep Mutsumi safe from other spy families, and they have an important question of Asano - in or out? Asano decides to build his skill and fight to keep Mutsumi safe, but to do so, he has to marry her!


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lore olympus vol 3 by rachel smythe

12/29/2022

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Cover of Lore Olympus volume 3. Persephone is floating above Hades and holding him with her arms around his neck. He's grasping her arm gently. The two look lovingly into each other's eyes.
Persephone starts her internship with the Underworld Corp, and is struggling with her scholarship with the Goddesses of Eternal Maidenhood. Eros gets her to open up about what's happened, and she breaks down. He brings her to his home, full of Venus' other children, and Venus figures out everything as well - what Apollo did, and that she has a crush on Hades. Persephone swears them to secrecy. Meanwhile, Hades is still trying not to have a crush on Persephone and work things out with Minthe, but Persephone being near him is enough for his resolve to crumble. They tour the Underworld together for several as part of her orientation, not realizing the passage of time. Then, Hecate gifts Hades with something personal - a letter between her and Persephone that tells of the actual first meeting between Hades and Kore, which Hades has no memory of at all.


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A school frozen in time vol 4 by naoshi arakawa

12/28/2022

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Cover of A School Frozen in Time volume 4. A student lays on his back with random school items surrounding him. He's wearing a grey jacket, white button-up shirt, and red tie. His gray hair is disheveled. Around him are ballet shoes, a wallet on a chain attached to his belt loop, a sunflower, a bag, and a composition notebook.
Takano has precious little time to finish solving the mystery, as the clock has started again, and there are only a few classmates left. Suddenly, he realizes what he's been missing the whole time. We get a few scenes of flashback to fill in some details between Takano and some of the other students, including the one who took their own life and set this all in motion. There are a couple of other reveals that make the timeline of events make more sense, and there are a few characters who have been illustrated similarly that Arakawa makes sense of as well. 


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Poison Ivy vol 1 by G. Willow Wilson

12/27/2022

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Cover of Poison Ivy volume 1. Iviy is cutting into a steak with a knife. She's wearing a black bra. All around her are flowers and plants. Her flaming red hair stands out against the green backdrop.
Vol 1: The Virtuous Cycle, illustrated by Marcio Takara, colored by Arif Prianto, lettered by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

Ivy feels betrayed by her partner and long-time friend, Harley Quinn, who recently helped save her life but diminished her powers. She's never been a fan of how humanity has run rampant over the earth, so she's taking matters into her own hands once again. Ivy has decided to take the poisonous spores of Lamia that are growing inside her and distribute them throughout the country as she journeys back to her hometown of Seattle. Ivy stops along the way at a diner and tries to infect as many people as possible, as well as at a packing plant where she can spread the spoors on the packages that are being mailed out across the country. She can feel the level of toxins rising in her, so she must hurry to get to Seattle if she's going to confront the Green Man before the lamia takes over her entirely.


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The world after the fall vol 1 by singNsong

12/26/2022

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Cover of The World After the Fall volume 1. Jaehwan has light skin and dark brown hair. He's glaring at us with a golden iris. His face is covered in dirt, and half of it is obscured by a falling sky.
Illustrated by Undead Gamja, adapted by S-Cynan
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Jaehwan and many others suddenly find themselves as "Walkers" in a Tower that has crashed to Earth. They must complete the 100 levels in order to save the human race. There are many obstacles and mini-boss fights that clear out most of the other Walkers, until Jaehwan is the last man standing. What he finds out in the room of the final boss throws everything of the past years into complete disarray, and Jaehwan has to reconcile what he believes and what is his perceived reality. 


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Rainbow days vol 1 by Minomi Mizuno

12/24/2022

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Cover of Rainbow Days volume 1. Natsuki is holding a brown backpack strap over his shoulder. He's wearing a light blue blazer over a white button-up shirt and red tie, cinched loosely at his neck. His light brown hair is tousled and he's smiling open-mouthed.
Four high school friends navigate their first relationships and crushes, some with more success than others. One friend juggles five girlfriends at once; one is a dom who likes to make others feel pain; and one is a nerd who hopes to find another nerd girl to share his interests. Then, there's Natsuki, who is a hopeless romantic, and finally has his first girlfriend just in time for Christmas! His friends warn him that she might be a gold digger because he wears expensive hand-me-downs from his fashionista sisters, but Natsuki believes in the power of love. Later Natsuki tries to figure out a mysterious girl he met at an ice rink - is she aloof or just shy?


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Summertime rendering vol 5 by Yasuki Tanaka

12/23/2022

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Cover of Summertime Rendering volume 4. Tokiko lays in a bed of shadows, one of which is caressing her cheek. Her bright pink hair stands out amongst the darkness.
With the startling realization that Shide is more than meets the eye, Shin and friends are set on trying to find Shide's other form and weaken him that way. Shin loops a few more times with Shiori/Heine going along for the ride and gaining even more insight into what Shin is planning. As before, when Shin loops with another person beside him, he sees their past. This time, he sees Hizuru's memory of her and her twin brother, Ryunosuke, before he was killed. Hizuru shows Shin that she and Heine were friends, but Heine's insatiable hunger led to the tragedy that trapped Ryunosuke inside Hizuru's body. On the latest loop, Heine sets up a trap for Shin: save Hizuru-sensei, who as Ryunosuke, is battling Shide, or save all his other friends who are about to be devoured by the largest shadow on the island.


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golden rage vol 1 by Chrissy Williams

12/22/2022

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Cover of Golden Rage volume 1. A pair of older woman's hands are shown palm up, covered in blood. There's a gold bracelet around one wrist that reads
Illustrated by Lauren Knight, colored by Sofie Dodgson, flatted by Shayne Hannah Cui, lettered by Becca Carey
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In this world, any woman who is past child-bearing years has been deemed useless to society and is banished to a remote island off the coast of any civilization. There, these women have made their own society and rules a-la Lord of the Flies. There is a group dedicated to helping with anyone deceased; there are the Red Hats who seem bent on destruction and domination; and there's Rosie and her friends, Lottie, and Caroline, who just want to raise chickens, have tea, and keep to themselves. Jay has been thrust into this world a little unexpectedly, having gone through early-onset menopause, and is now seen as a threat to the equally young leader of the Red Hats. There's also lots of backmatter that includes book reviews, recipes, and insights into the workings of the island.


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The evil secret society of cats vol 1 by pandania

12/21/2022

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The Evil Secret Society of Cats volume 1. The Feline Commander stands in front of a large group of cats. He's standing on his hind legs and has a purple cape draped around him. Behind him, regular looking cats are staring at us.
The evil secret societ of cats has one mission: to make humans fear the feline race! To that end, a motley cast of cats is here to take over the lives of unsuspecting folk and all media they consume. Under the leadership of the Feline Commander is Dr. Meow, with his fiercer creations, including Robocat, Queen, and Destroyer. Fighting to save humanity is Doggoman and his little sister who have trained under the wise Master Yorkshire. To round it all out is Hariyama, the owner of a cafe and one of the only neutral sights between the Society and Doggoman. Presented in yonkoma form (four-panel comic strips).


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