Illustrated by Rito Kohsaka
Lord Kudo and Miyo have a fateful meeting at the Usuba house, the home of Miyo’s maternal family, where her grandfather and cousin (of sorts) explain that Miyo does, in fact, have a gift, and this is what has been causing her to have nightmares and deteriorating health. Arata challenges Lord Kudo for the right to protect Miyo and have her live in the Usuba mansion where she will learn to harness her power, and Arata’s Usuba powers are meant to control other gift-bearers like Kudo, regardless of how strong they are. In another part of the kingdom, someone has unleashed many grotesqueries, leaving Kudo and his unit to pick up the pieces.
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Illustrated by Miya Tashiro
Princess Mio is taken hostage by the king of Totodoto who wants to put her and many other unhumans up for auction in a corrupt, black market auction house. At first, Mio laments her situation and the unhuman guard who is assigned to her. When she realizes her guard is from her kingdom, she decides to take charge of the situation, and she creates a plan that will hopefully provide an opportunity for many of the unhumans to escape. The auction exposes the king's corruption, and the citizens of Totodoto become upset with their sovereign. Mio also meets her fiancé for the first time! 
Adapted by SPOON
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. 
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 Always a Catch: How I Punched My Way into Marrying a Prince vols 1-2 by Momoyo, Mayo & Itsuki Mito5/13/2025
School Library Journal review - part of Spring 2025 Fiction Made Simple, "8 Manga Fiction Series with Emotion, Drama, and All the Feels"
Sara's Rating: 8/10 Suitability Level: Grades 10-12 Reviews of previous volumes in this series: vol 1*, vol 2*, vol 3 Publisher: Kodansha Publication Date: January 14, 2025 ISBN: 9781646092802 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: High School, Manga, Romance, LGBTQ+, School Life, Friendship, Square Enix
Noblewoman Satoko wants to bring honor to her family, especially her father, before her fatal heart condition destroys her. The best way she can do that is to enter into a prosperous marriage. But, before her arrangements can be finalized, she is kidnapped and threatened most heinously by her captors. A crazed assassin threatens to kill any man who lays hand on her, so Satoko barters with the only valuable thing she has -- her family name. She promises to marry the assassin if he delivers her from the clutches of her captors and pretends to be madly in love with the deranged man. Both seem determined to call the other on the bluff -- one in order to kill, the other in order to survive.
In continuing to figure out their feelings and sort through their gender discovery, Hinase and best friend Shiori have a bit of a falling out after Shiori feels at fault for Hinase getting injured. Shiori decides to take a backseat and let other best friend Rita take lead, even if that means sacrificing his own feelings and having the end result of Hinase ultimately becoming male. Hinase and Ritsu walk home after Ritsu’s tennis practice, but holding Ritsu’s hand makes Hinase sweat and fill with dread just as much as holding Shiori’s hand. Hinase cannot deal with all of the chemical cocktail of anxiety and attraction welling up inside them!
Adapted by Mamenosuke Fujimaru
School Library Journal review Sara's Rating: 8/10 Suitability Level: Grades 9-12 Publisher: Kodansha Publication Date: March 25, 2025 ISBN: 9798888773475 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: High School, Manga, Romance, Family, Magic, Fantasy, Mental Health, Kodansha |
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