Mio sets out to look for Yuri and finds out that July, the fox Elementsia, took him deep into the Forest of Rejection, where humans can’t enter but she seems to be able to go. July is waiting for her and tells her his tragic backstory. Millicuffs residents break through the forest in an attempt to rescue her but end up agrivating July, so Mio tries to appease everyone by offering to take July with her on her quest. Mio, Yuri, and July are smuggled out of the country into Totodoro, the next neighboring country, where Mio attracts the attention of another prince and is quickly captured.
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 Illustrated by Miyuki Unohana
School Library Journal review Sara's Rating: 8/10 Suitability Level: Grades 9-12 Publisher: Kodansha Publication Date: November 5, 2024 ISBN: 9798888772164 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: High School, Manga, Romance, Family, Kodansha 
Akane is a young college student who just got dumped by her boyfriend. He fell in love with another girl he met online on a game they all play — Forest of Saviors. Akane only started playing the game as a way to do something with her boyfriend, but she kind of likes the game now. FOS is hosting an in-person event, so Akane decides to show up looking extra cute in an attempt to make her ex jealous. Instead, she runs into an annoying member of her guild who has been rude to her online! In an effort to not look desperate, Akane gets the flippant Yamada to pose as her boyfriend, and ends up tangled with him even after the meet up despite his terrible attitude!
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Sara's Rating: 10/10 Suitability Level: Grades 7-12 Publisher: Yen Press Publication Date: October 22, 2024 ISBN: 9781975399689 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 10/10, Suitability: Middle School, Suitability: High School, Manga, Romance, LGBTQ+, Friendship, Music, Mental Health, School Life, Yen Press 
During a school trip to the beach, a friend group is shaken up when two of them give into their feelings and become a couple. Amber and Nico lose themselves in each other and completely and forget their friends. Slumber parties stop. Hanging out stops. When the friend group speaks up, Amber and Nico escape further into each other and into a dream world where everything is peaceful -- until Nico wants to return, and Amber doesn’t. In her anger, Amber turns their dream world into a nightmare, putting her remaining friendship at risk.
Sasaki is a stressed out office worker who finds comfort in the smile and work-ethic of Miss Yamada, a cashier at his local supermarket. He often buys snacks and other items even if he doesn’t need them just so he can catch a glimpse of her radiant smile. One day, he exits the store and looks for a place to light up his other stress relief and finds there are no smoking sections. A store employee beckons him to join her behind the store in a smoking area reserved for employees. Here, he strikes up a friendship with Miss Tayama, who seems to know a lot about him and his shopping preferences. Sasaki is clueless to the fact that he may already know Tayama and she’s teasing him by leading a double life.
Adapted by Yuri, illustrated by Roal
A young woman dies and is reincarnated as Juvelian, the villainess in a story she was reading, who meets a tragic end. She didn't get to finish reading the book, so she's not quite sure how to avoid her terrible fate, but she's determined to use what she knows to avoid it as best she can, starting with getting out of any arranged marriage and trying to live a peaceful life away from the court drama. When her aloof father suddenly takes an interest in her, it seems her plans of skulking away will be ruined as he interprets her behavior as invitation to find her a new suitor! 
Adapted by SUOL
Penelope and Winter meet to discuss entering into a contract for the mining and production of her emerald mine, and Penelope brings up going into business for the Diamond mine as well. This would be outside of the knowledge of the Eckharts so that she will be prepared for something if and when Ivonne returns. As part of the business deal, Winter also wants to arrange several meetings with Penelope, and they sneak out together. What Penelope mistake a for a date turns out to be volunteering in the war torn regions close to the Lailan coast. A simple day of volunteering turns dangerous as children are kidnapped and taken to a secret hideout. Penelope and Winter race to save them and run into Callisto as well! 
Kiyo has spent his entire life studying, and he is finally on his way to a prestigious university in Tokyo. But, he's lost. As he sits for a moment trying to compose himself, a dashing man exits and inquires why he has been pacing around his house. Rather than be mad or make fun of his predicament, Ozaki offers Kiyo room and board if he will help take care of his enormous house! It doesn't take long for Kiyo to figure out something is up with his strange new master, other than offering young men a place to stay. Ozaki is actually a fox spirit, and he supposedly hates all humans, except for Kiyo's grandfather, who he had a connection with and offered Kiyo this arrangement as a means to repay the family debt.
Orphan Kotarou has just moved back into his grandparents’ home outside the Takao region as he has inherited it, and he’s reliving some of his fuzzy childhood memories. One day, he is asked to tour guide to some friends to a local shrine, and some of his memories start to trickle back. He remembers a day on a trip to that same shrine where he met a tengu girl. That night, he comes back to the temple again and finds himself in an arranged marriage situation with Hime, the tengu from his memories! But she dreams of seeing the outside world and experiencing lots of different food. Kotarou agrees she should, which Hime interprets as an offer to live in his house.
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