Luca has had a rough life being raised in a band of mercenaries and serving as their bugle caller in order to earn his place in their ranks. He claims he can see sounds, which show up as a peculiar line and dot pattern as he plays his instrument. One battle, his mercenary group teams up with a larger army, and he discovers a hidden talent to project his notes to the soldiers on his squad. They become inspired by his music, but the opposing forces likewise have a strong and gifted soldier in their ranks. Luca soon discovers he is part of a special and elite group of powerful warriors, and his particular skills will be put into use guarding a spire full of treasures from a bygone civilization.
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Sara's Rating: 10/10 Suitability Level: Grades 6-12 Publisher: VIZ Media Publication Date: Oct 7, 2025 ISBN: 9781974757800 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 10/10, Suitability: Elementary School, Suitability: Middle School, Suitability: High School, Manga, Fantasy, Action Adventure, VIZ Media 
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Sara's Rating: 9/10 Suitability Level: Grades 9-12 Publisher: VIZ Media Publication Date: Oct 14, 2025 ISBN: 9781974757831 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 9/10, Suitability: High School, Manga, Action Adventure, Demons, Supernatural, School Life, Humor, Friendship, VIZ Media 
Kaneki becomes the target of the 20th ward’s resident nuisance: Shu Tsukiyama, also known as The Gourmet, a ghoul with refined tastes and sophisticated wants for his foods. Shu begins by discussing books and appealing to Kaneki’s need for friendship and belonging. But later, Yomo, one of the 20th ward’s suppliers, asks Kaneki to accompany him to meet a lady, and there we learn of the existence of ghoul-human hybrids that can be rarely born to ghoul mothers. They’re extremely dangerous, but the rumors have started circulating around Kaneki because of his tell-tale sign of one ghoulish eye. The lady wants Kaneki to extract information from Shu about a secret restaurant in order to give him more information about himself, so Kaneki will unfortunately have to put himself in more danger if he wants to find out more.
Kaneki and Touka try to keep a ghoul safe from the ghoul-hunting investigators, but Touka’s actions end up endangering her more. The lead investigators engage in intense battles, one with Touka and one with Kaneki. The investigators unveil their special and powerful weapons they use against ghouls, their "quinque", and we learn that these are developed from ghouls' own unique "kagune" skills that are gained through control of blood. The investigators fight with their quinque with deadly results.
In the aftermath of the bus hijacking’s, Anya rides some social status highs and flies too close to the sun, ruining any goodwill and bringing the school back to the pre-hijacking equilibrium. Yor goes out drinking with coworkers and worries her cover will be blown because her fake marriages seems too perfect, but just as she tries to have a fight with Loid, he is called away to the “hospital”, aka an urgent mission — a mole is about to hand over classified documents that may jeopardize not only Twilight’s mission but compromise many other undercover agents. Twilight, Nightfall, and several other operatives must try to retrieve the documents before the SSS agents, including Yuri Briar, intercept the mole.
Allen sets off on his first mission as part of the black order with a partner who doesn’t like anyone very much, Allen included. The two are sent to Italy to retrieve some Innocence that is under the attack of many akuma. Kanda, Allen’s new partner, explains that humans find pieces of Innocence around the world and they are the basis of many ghost story and tall tales, so the Order investigates many of these happenings to recover the Innocence materials behind them. Once Allen and Kanda arrive in Italy, they find an akuma that has transformed thanks to the deaths of many humans, and it had many powers that other akuma haven’t had before.
Illustrated by Hachi Mizuno
School Library Journal review Sara's Rating: 8/10 Suitability Level: Grade 4-7 Publisher: VIZ Media Publication Date: July 8, 2025 ISBN: 9781974754731 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: Elementary School, Suitability: Middle School, Manga, Action Adventure, Superheroes, Friendship, School Life, VIZ Media 
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Sara's Rating: 8/10 Suitability Level: Grades 9-12 Publisher: VIZ Media Publication Date: August 12, 2025 ISBN: 9781974756032 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: High School, Manga, Action Adventure, Humor, Paranormal, VIZ Media 
Reno has been matched with a Numbers Weapon, a suit infused with Kaiju No. 6’s power, and he has one major field test to prove he can handle the power and not overload his own body before they put the suit back into storage, potentially forever. Iharu is upset that Reno has been matched and not him, but he still goes to give support to his compatriot when he’s in need. Elsewhere, Vice-Captain Hoshina takes Kafka out for some hand-to-hand combat training without weapons of transformations as Kafka is going to need to rely more on his own fighting prowess in the coming days.
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