Creator Spotlight: Ema Toyama Digital Sale


 

Get volumes 1s of almost every Ema Toyama Kodansha series starting at $0.99

Discover the enchanting worlds of romance and adventure from beloved manga creator Ema Toyama during the Creator Spotlight: Ema Toyama Digital Sale. From recent favorites like the isekai fantasy adventure I Guess I Became the Mother of the Great Demon King’s 10 Children in Another World Grill Our Love; to more modern classics like the art-focused rom-com, Manga Dogs; now’s your chance to dive into her unforgettable stories and characters at a great price!

Get volumes 1s of select series now $0.99 and additional volumes up to 50% off off her most well-known series like:

Manga Dogs; a fast, funny, and absurd romp that blends slice-of-life school antics with over-the-top manga humor.

I Guess I Became the Mother of the Great Demon King’s 10 Children in Another World Grill Our Love; a wild blend of found family, fantasy hijinks, and a love story that’s slowly cooking to perfection

 Kamikamikaeshi; a magical love story where the words of the gods may shape the future—and the heart.

 Missions of Love; a sharp, addictive shoujo manga that blends romance, manipulation, and emotional mind games with a dose of high school drama.

 Aoba-kun’s Confessions: a tender and emotional high school romance that explores the quiet complexities of love, grief, and healing.

Sale Ends Wednesday, May 28th, 2025! 

Take advantage of these great discounts by purchasing on kodansha.localhost/ or by visiting any of our participating digital manga vendors: 

Bookwalker
Amazon Kindle
Google Play
Apple Books
Kobo
MyAnimeList
Mangamo
and more! 

Curious to learn more about the series on sale during the Creator Spotlight: Ema Toyama digital manga sale? Take a look below for details on five recommended series!


Aoba-kun’s Confessions
By Ema Toyama

Mayo is a high school loner who has issues with communication. She starts a peculiar job at a “Listening House,” where she silently listens to people’s problems. But her first client is Aoba-kun, the star of the basketball team who is seemingly perfect! Could Aoba-kun and his complicated situation be too much for Mayo to handle?! So begins the secret relationship between the girl who lacks communication skills and the guy who seems to have it all. Enjoy the first volume of this heart-warming love story.

Rated: 16+

Read a FREE preview of Aoba-kun’s Confessions


Manga Dogs
By Ema Toyama

Kanna Tezuka is a serious 15 year old manga artist, already being published as a pro. So when she finds out her high school is starting a manga drawing course, even she gets excited. But it’s a fiasco! The teacher is useless, and the only other students three prettyboy artist wannabes quickly adopt Kanna as their (unwilling) sensei. But they all have ridiculous delusions about being an artist, and if Kanna can’t bring them back down to Earth, she’ll never get any work done! A sharpwitted satire of the manga world from the creator of I Am Here! and Missions of Love!

Rated: 13+

Read a FREE preview of Manga Dogs


 

I Guess I Became the Mother of the Great Demon King’s 10 Children in Another World
By Ema Toyama

Akari was a typical game-loving 16-year-old girl who lived with her mother, until a fateful accident left her orphaned. A year later, she makes a fateful wish on a game disc to be a great mother for a family of her own-only to be swept through a portal into another world! She finds she’s been summoned as the “priestess from another world”…whose role is to become mother to the children of the demon king himself?!

Rated: 16+

Read a FREE preview of I Guess I Became the Mother of the Great Demon King’s 10 Children in Another World


 

Kamikamikaeshi
By Ema Toyama

You see, there are kamisama, a deity, in her hair. A Shinto ritual called kamigamigaeshi allows kamisama to rest in a girl’s hair to heal themselves… One day, Mashiro, who has been confined in a small room, meets Hinokagu, a kamisama who had been sealed inside her hair… ?! Super Kamigami Fantasy!!

Rated: 16+

Read a FREE preview of Kamikamikaeshi


 

Missions of Love
By Ema Toyama

Cell phone novelist Yukina Himuro has decided that, in order to satisfy her fans’ demand for love stories, she must experience romance firsthand. But with her icy reputation, how can she find someone willing to play the part of boyfriend? By blackmailing the most popular boy in school, of course!

Rated: 16+

Read a FREE preview of Missions of Love


FULLY REVEALED POST: Celebrate the Twilight Out of Focus Box Set with exclusive digital wallpapers for your devices

Tune in each day for a new Twilight Out of Focus wallpaper reveal!

To celebrate the upcoming debut of the Twilight Out of Focus Box Set (available June 17, 2025) Kodansha is offering fans an amazing way to have all the fan-favorite guys of Twilight out Focus on your phone or computer!

Visit this page each day as we tease and reveal a new digital wallpaper, featuring beautiful art especially created for the Twilight Out of Focus Box Set by series author Jyanome.

And now, a special note from the series author:

Hello, everyone! Jyanome here. Thank you so much for all your support—it always brightens my day!

I’ve got big news to share: Kodansha USA Publishing (KUP) is about to publish a special Twilight Out of Focus box set!! 🥳

I drew an exclusive illustration for the occasion, and KUP has done an amazing job incorporating it into the design of the bonus booklet included in the box set. The box set itself is a great collector’s item and puts together the first four volumes in one easy-to-read mini library, so I hope you’ll pick one up!

KUP is also doing a special digital wallpaper giveaway to celebrate pre-orders going live! (Yay!) They’ve turned my illustration into super cute wallpapers, each featuring a different couple from the series, so you can switch between them on your phones, tablets, and computers, to match your mood. I know I plan to change mine up every day! 🥰

Have fun, and see you again soon in the manga pages!

—Jyanome


 Twilight Out of Focus Digital Wallpapers for Download:

Hisashi x Mao Mobile Wallpaper
Download: 1080×1920 | 1440×3120

Jin x Giichi Mobile Wallpaper
Download: 1080×1920 | 1440×3120

Rei x Shion Mobile Wallpaper
Download: 1080×1920 | 1440×3120

Twilight Out of Focus Box Set Desktop Wallpaper
Download: 
1024×768 | 1280×1024 | 1920×1080 | 2560×1600


Special Jyanome Art Process Video:

[VIDEO CAPTION: Be sure to check out Jyanome-sensei lovingly render the cast of Twilight Out of Focus in the special illustration created or the Twilight Out of Focus Box Set]


Learn More About the Box Set:

Twilight Out of Focus Box Set
By Jyanome

Debut Date: June 17, 2025

This collector’s box set contains volumes 1-4 of the Twilight Out of Focus series and includes a special booklet with U.S.-edition-exclusive art, a never-before translated short story, and all-new full-color illustrations! 

Second-years Mao Tsuchiya and Hisashi Otomo make three promises: 1) That Mao will never tell anyone that Hisashi is gay and has a boyfriend, 2) That Hisashi will never think of Mao “in that way,” and 3) That they’ll always knock before entering, in case someone is having some “private time.” The two’s ground rules should ensure a peaceful life together in their dorm, but life is never as simple as it should be, and some things are not so easily promised…

Rated: 18+

Read a FREE chapter 1 of Twilight Out of Focus

Available for Pre-order from:
Amazon  |  Barnes & Noble  | Target |  Walmart  |  Books-A-Million  | & More


Read the Story? Now Watch the Anime:

And don’t forget the Twilight Out of Focus anime has the entire season streaming now on Crunchyroll.


 

Catch up with: Spotlight on: In the Clear Moonlit Dusk With Volume 1 Only $0.99

Catch up with In the Clear Moonlit Dusk with volume 1 now $0.99!

A romance between two princes! If you’ve been looking for a stylish romance with stunning art between one prince who’s talk of all the girls, and another who’s been given the lable as prince for how she makes her classmates feel, then it’s time to start (or catch-up) with the yearning yearning, unexpected love story of In the Clear Moonlit Dusk by Mika Yamamori. For a limited time, start this slow burn saga with volume 1 for just $0.99 and save 50% off every volume after that!

Sale Ends Monday, May 12th, 2025! 

Haven’t started In the Clear Moonlit Dusk? Read 1 chapter for FREE

In the Clear Moonlit Dusk
By Mika Yamamori

Yoi Takiguchi has long legs, a deep voice, and a handsome face…in other words, Yoi is such a good-looking guy that most people don’t notice or care that she is, in fact, a girl. Indeed, she’s had the nickname “Prince” for as long as she can remember. That is, until she met Ichimura-senpai…the only person who really seemed to see her for herself. To her surprise, she’s not sure how to handle this new relationship, especially when her newfound friend is a prince himself (and a guy prince, at that). The story of the two high school princes starts here!

Take advantage of this lovely discount by purchasing on kodansha.localhost/ or by visiting any of our participating digital manga vendors: 

Amazon Kindle
Barnes and Noble Nook
Bookwalker
Google Play
Apple Books
Kobo
MyAnimeList
Mangamo
and more! 


ICYMI: Check Out the Latest Volume Today!

In the Clear Moonlit Dusk, Volume 7
Swept up by the throes of summer vacation, Ohji finally finds the courage to tell Yoi how he feels. Yoi’s affection for Kohaku remains firm in spite of this, but just as things seem to heat up between the young couple, an ill-timed miscommunication has them reeling. As they stumble through many firsts in their romance, can they overcome this latest obstacle…?

In the Clear Moonlit Dusk, Volume 7

Kodansha Light Novels Now on NOOK

Fan-Favorite Kodansha Light Novels Arrive on Barnes and Noble NOOK

Now 60 light novels from series like BAKEMONOGATARI, Am I Actually the Strongest?, My Unique Skill Makes Me OP Even at Level 1 and more are now available to purchase and read digitally via NOOK

Kodansha announced that Barnes and Noble NOOK is the latest place where fans can enjoy the light novels that inspired manga and anime series like BAKEMONOGATARI, Am I Actually the Strongest?, My Unique Skill Makes Me OP Even at Level 1, and more! A total of 60 light novels are now available to purchase and read digitally via Barnes and Noble starting today.

A combination of prose and beautifully rendered illustrations, light novels serve as easy reads and another way to dive deeper into the lore for series that manga and anime fans already know and love. See where series like Saving 80, 000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement, As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I’ll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World first started, and get a richer understanding of these amazing stories as written by the original authors.

Fans interested in more ways to read Kodansha’s digital light novels can also find these stories available on BookWalker, Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Kobo. Physical editions of these light novels are also available through participating retailers.

See below for the full list of digital light novel series now available via Barnes and Noble NOOK:

 

Celebrate the Twilight Out of Focus Box Set with exclusive digital wallpapers for your devices

Tune in each day for a new Twilight Out of Focus wallpaper reveal!

To celebrate the upcoming debut of the Twilight Out of Focus Box Set (available June 17, 2025) Kodansha is offering fans an amazing way to have all the fan-favorite guys of Twilight out Focus on your phone or computer!

Visit this page each day as we tease and reveal a new digital wallpaper, featuring beautiful art especially created for the Twilight Out of Focus Box Set by series author Jyanome.

And now, a special note from the series author:

Hello, everyone! Jyanome here. Thank you so much for all your support—it always brightens my day!

I’ve got big news to share: Kodansha USA Publishing (KUP) is about to publish a special Twilight Out of Focus box set!! 🥳

I drew an exclusive illustration for the occasion, and KUP has done an amazing job incorporating it into the design of the bonus booklet included in the box set. The box set itself is a great collector’s item and puts together the first four volumes in one easy-to-read mini library, so I hope you’ll pick one up!

KUP is also doing a special digital wallpaper giveaway to celebrate pre-orders going live! (Yay!) They’ve turned my illustration into super cute wallpapers, each featuring a different couple from the series, so you can switch between them on your phones, tablets, and computers, to match your mood. I know I plan to change mine up every day! 🥰

Have fun, and see you again soon in the manga pages!

—Jyanome


 Twilight Out of Focus Digital Wallpapers for Download:

Mystery Mobile Wallpaper
To be revealed 5/16/25
Download: 1080×1920 | 1440×3120


Learn More About the Box Set:

Twilight Out of Focus Box Set
By Jyanome

Debut Date: June 17, 2025

This collector’s box set contains volumes 1-4 of the Twilight Out of Focus series and includes a special booklet with U.S.-edition-exclusive art, a never-before translated short story, and all-new full-color illustrations! 

Second-years Mao Tsuchiya and Hisashi Otomo make three promises: 1) That Mao will never tell anyone that Hisashi is gay and has a boyfriend, 2) That Hisashi will never think of Mao “in that way,” and 3) That they’ll always knock before entering, in case someone is having some “private time.” The two’s ground rules should ensure a peaceful life together in their dorm, but life is never as simple as it should be, and some things are not so easily promised…

Rated: 18+

Read a FREE chapter 1 of Twilight Out of Focus

Available for Pre-order from:
Amazon  |  Barnes & Noble  | Target |  Walmart  |  Books-A-Million  | & More


Read the Story? Now Watch the Anime:

And don’t forget the Twilight Out of Focus anime has the entire season streaming now on Crunchyroll.


 

Catch up with: Spotlight on: In the Clear Moonlit Dusk

Catch up with In the Clear Moonlit Dusk with volume 1 now $.99 through the Newest Volume 7!

If you love your love stories with heart, elegance, and a hint of mystery—this is your moment in the moonlight to step into a world of quiet yearning, unexpected connection, and swoon-worthy romance with In the Clear Moonlit Dusk. For a limited time, get Volume 1 for just $0.99 and save 50% off additional volumes.

Sale Ends Monday, May 12th, 2025! 

Haven’t started the In the Clear Moonlit Dusk manga? 
Read 1 chapter for FREE

Take advantage of these lovely & elegant discounts by purchasing on kodansha.localhost/ or by visiting any of our participating digital manga vendors: 

Amazon Kindle
Barnes and Noble Nook
Bookwalker
Google Play
Apple Books
Kobo
MyAnimeList
Mangamo
and more! 

Already caught up with, In the Clear Moonlit Dusk? Then read the newest volume available now!


In the Clear Moonlit Dusk, Volume 7
By Mika Yamamori

Swept up by the throes of summer vacation, Ohji finally finds the courage to tell Yoi how he feels. Yoi’s affection for Kohaku remains firm in spite of this, but just as things seem to heat up between the young couple, an ill-timed miscommunication has them reeling. As they stumble through many firsts in their romance, can they overcome this latest obstacle…?

Rated: 13+

In the Clear Moonlit Dusk, Volume 7

Save on 90’s & 2000s manga classics during the NOW, That’s What I Call Manga! digital sale

Are you ready to save on 15 of the hottest manga series of the 90’s/2000’s?

Get volume 1s on series like  like BECK, RAVE MASTER, Battle Angel Alita & more starting at $0.99!

Flash back to the ‘90s and 2000s with Kodansha’s NOW That’s What I Call Manga! digital sale. For a limited time, relive the iconic moments and series that defined a generation with volumes 1s of select series priced at only $0.99, with additional volumes up to 50% off. Check out chart-toppers like:

BECK, the high-octane, coming-of-age indie rock saga that inspired an iconic anime and soundtrack!

Mushishi, the beautifully haunting series that drifts between folklore and philosophy.

BLAME!, The cyberpunk cult classic with pure atmospheric storytelling—part sci-fi horror, part existential odyssey, and 100% metal.

School Rumble the off-the-wall high school life rom-com full of crushes, misunderstandings, and over-the-top antics.

Sale Ends Monday, May 6th, 2025! 

Take advantage of these amazing discounts by purchasing on kodansha.localhost/ or by visiting any of our participating digital manga vendors: 

Amazon Kindle
BookWalker
Barnes and Noble Nook
Apple Books
Kobo
Google Play
MyAnimeList
Mangamo
and more! 

Call now—operators are standing by! (JK) Want to learn more about the series featured in the Now That’s What I Call Manga! digital manga sale? Take a look below for details on five recommended series!


BECK
By Harold Sakuishi

Fourteen-year-old Yukio Tanaka is one heck of a boring guy. He has no hobbies, weak taste in music, and only a small vestige of a personality. His shy and somewhat neurotic personality makes him his own worst enemy. Little does he know that his life will be forever changed when he meets rocker Ryusuke Minami, an unpredictable sixteen-year-old with a cool dog named Beck. Ryusuke has just returned to Japan from America, and when he inspires Yukio to get into music, the two begin a journey through the world of rock ’n’ roll dreams! Lace up your Docs and head to the mosh pit-Harold Sakuishi’s manga series that spawned the hit anime is back!

Rated: 16+

Read a FREE preview of BECK


 

Kitchen Princess
By Natsumi Ando and Miyuki Kobayashi

Najika is a great cook who likes to make meals for the people she loves. But something is missing from her life. When she was a child, she met a boy who touched her heart—and now she’s determined to find him. The only clue Najika has is a silver spoon that leads her to the prestigious Seika Academy, but attending Seika will be a challenge. Every kid at the school has a special talent, and the girls in Najika’s class think she doesn’t deserve to be there. But Sora and Daichi, two popular brothers who barely speak to each other, recognize Najika’s cooking talent for what it is—magical. Is either boy Najika’s mysterious prince?

Rated: 13+

Read a FREE preview of Kitchen Princess


 

Air Gear
By Oh!Great

Ikki Minami is a junior high school student with a dream—to become the best Air Trek rider in town. It won’t be easy, as he faces a lot of competition from boys and girls alike. What is Air Trek? Just the latest craze that involves taking a two-wheel inline skate and adding a motor, suspension, and a shock absorber to enable the wearer to execute the wildest, wackiest, most aggressive moves you can imagine. Ikki has a lot to learn as he fights his way to the top in this wild, sexy manga from the creator of Tenjho Tenge!

Rated: 16+ 

Read a FREE preview of Air Gear


 

Rave Master
By Hiro Mashima

Sometimes, Haru feels like he doesn’t have a purpose. Sometimes, he feels like he’ll never leave the island he lives on, the island of Garage. But, when fate comes a knockin’, he answers the cry. There’s this evil called Dark Bring, it’s wielded by Demon Card. They’re using this power to take over the world. Only one thing can stop it – the four missing rave stones. And now, Haru will find them wherever they lie. He doesn’t ever want to feel that he’s let his people down. He’ll journey all around the world, all the way to Hip Hop Town. Yeah! The all-powerful Dark Stone – a magical stone and ruler of the dark side – awakens after a 50-year respite. When it falls into the hands of the evil Demon Card, the world is in terrible danger. A sacred sword called Rave and its master Shiba are the only defense against the Dark Stone & No. 30196; evil powers. Yet, Shiba loses control over Rave after he is mortally attacked by a Demon Card assassin. With the dark side looming, a boy called Haru may be the world’s single hope of revitalizing Rave and escaping the clutches of evil.

Rated: 13+

Read a FREE preview of Rave Master


School Rumble
By Jin Kobayashi

She… is a second-year high school student with a single all-consuming question: Will the boy she likes ever really notice her? He… is the school’s most notorious juvenile delinquent, and he’s suddenly come to a shocking realization: He’s got a huge crush, and now he must tell her how he feels. Life-changing obsessions, colossal foul-ups, grand schemes, deep-seated anxieties, and raging hormones- School Rumble portrays high school as it really is: over-the-top comedy!

Rated: 16+

Read a FREE preview of School Rumble


See below for the full list of series featured in the NOW That’s What I Call Manga! digital sale happening NOW until 5/6/25:

Stunning Mobile Suite Gundam: THE ORIGIN Deluxe Edition Arrives in Fall 2025

Kodansha Announces Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN Deluxe Edition Arriving Fall 2025

Hot on the heels a new Gundam anime premiere, Kodansha announced today they will be publishing their best-selling Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN series—the stunning manga by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, adapting the 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam anime story by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Hajime Yatate—in a new, intricately designed, premium hardcover Deluxe edition arriving Fall 2025.

Highlighting the artistry of the Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN manga, the Deluxe edition will feature a faux leather debossed cover with larger 7.5”x10” trim size, and quality printing of the interior color and black and white pages that fans have come to know and love from Kodansha’s Deluxe editions. The Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN Deluxe volume 1 will be available later this year, will be distributed by Penguin Random House, and available where print manga is sold.
 
In the world of Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN: It is the year Universal Century 0079, in a space colony the Earth Federation is storing and testing a new piloted robot for use in the battle against the Principality of Zeon. The experimental RX-78 Gundam mobile suit is scheduled to be transported to Federation command in Jaburo, deep within the Brazilian jungles. Unfortunately, before the transporter would arrive, the Federation would come under attack from Zeon. With few resources available against the Zeon’s most mobile mechs, Federation forces strike back using their new weapon, the mobile suit Gundam.
 
Caught in the crossfire is a young teen named Amuro Ray. Not willing to see innocent people die like this, Amuro crawls into the cockpit of the closest machine around him. Whether it be a tank, jeep or jet, he was going to use it to help stop this slaughter. And what he happened to slide into was another Gundam. Having never operated a machine like this, what are the chances he can do anything to repel an experienced squad of mech-piloting invaders? 
 
For those looking to experience the Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN manga, you read the full chapter 1 preview on kodansha.localhost/.

Save on sweet shojo series with select volume 1s at $0.99 during the Just Desserts digital sale!

For a limited time, save on sweet shojo manga volume 1s of series like A Sign of Affection, How I Met My Soulmate, Lovesick Ellie & more starting at $0.99 

Straight from the pages of Dessert Magazine! We are spotlighting lots of lovely, romantic, and sweet Kodansha shojo series at a deep discount sure to leave you swooning during the Just Desserts digital manga sale!

For a limited time, fans can start and catch up with tender, wholesome, and even heartbreaking manga with volumes 1s of select series now $0.99 and additional volumes up to 50% off. Including series like:

A Sign of Affection, a beautifully tender romance that explores love, communication, and connection in the most heartfelt ways that proves emotions can be felt even when unspoken.

In the Clear Moonlit Dusk, A story delicately explores themes of acceptance, vulnerability, and the complexities of relationships, all set against the backdrop of a tender, slow-burn romance.

My Boyfriend in Orange, a sweet, emotional story of first love and finding courage in the face of challenges with themes of love, dedication, and the strength of bonds formed through shared experiences

Our Precious Conversations, a touching story about finding comfort in someone who understands you, and the magic of simple, meaningful exchanges

Sale Ends Monday, April 21st, 2025! 

Take advantage of these amazing discounts by purchasing on kodansha.localhost/ or by visiting any of our participating digital manga vendors: 

Amazon Kindle
BookWalker
Barnes and Noble Nook
Apple Books
Kobo
Google Play
MyAnimeList
Mangamo
and more! 

Want to learn more about the outstanding Dessert Magazine series featured in the Just Desserts digital manga sale? Take a look below for details on five recommended series!


A Sign of Affection
By suu Morishita

Yuki, who’s always been deaf, is used to communicating with sign language and her phone. But she’s not used to English, so when a tourist from overseas asks for directions, she nearly panics…until a handsome stranger steps in to help. His name is Itsuomi, and it turns out he’s a friend of a friend. A charismatic globetrotter, Itsuomi speaks three languages, but he’s never had a deaf friend. The two feel drawn to each other and plan a date on a romantic winter’s night…but Yuki’s friend is afraid that she might be setting herself up to get hurt. Could this be something real? Or will these feelings melt away with the snow?

Rated: 16+

Read a FREE preview of A Sign of Affection


 

Love, That’s an Understatement
By Fujimomo

Spare eraser? Check. Extra folding umbrella? Check. First aid kit? Check. Cool and collected high school student Risa Amakawa has something in her heavy bag for every situation, and the last thing she needs—or knows how to ask for—is anyone’s help. When she saves a beat-up delinquent in the park one rainy evening, she refuses any sort of repayment. But it turns out that saving the notorious Zen Ohira buys her the attention of some unsavory characters. As Zen keeps swooping in to help her out of one pickle after another, her feelings about relying on anyone but herself—and her feelings toward Zen—slowly begin to change… A new romcom from the author of Lovesick Ellie!

Rated: 13+

Read a FREE preview of Love, That’s an Understatement


 

How I Met My Soulmate
By Anashin

Yuuki is a 20-year-old college sophomore who has wished for one thing since moving to Tokyo: to find her soulmate. Growing a bit desperate after a long drought, she goes along with a friend to a club for the first time. Her friend thrives, but it’s chaotic and loud…just not Yuuki’s scene. Just when Yuuki begins to despair that she’ll ever find a real, adult relationship, she meets Iori, a man with bleached hair and a slightly scary demeanor…but first impressions don’t always tell the whole story. Could destiny still have more cards to play?

Rated: 16+ 

Read a FREE preview of How I Met My Soulmate


 

A Condition Called Love
By Megumi Morino

Hotaru is a 16-year-old high school first-year who has always been ambivalent about love, preferring instead to have a lively life with her family and friends. So when she sees her schoolmate, Hananoi-kun, sitting in the snow after a messy, public breakup, she thinks nothing of offering to share her umbrella. But when he asks her out in the middle of her classroom the next day, she can’t help but feel that her life is about to change in a big way…

Rated: 16+

Read a FREE preview of A Condition Called Love


 

House of the Sun
By Taamo

The moving account of a young woman who reconnects with a childhood friend as she puts together the pieces of her life following her parents’ broken marriage.

As a child, Mao spent all her time at Hiro’s house across the street. Going to his house always made her feel cheerful. A few years later, Mao’s father gets remarried and Mao finds herself with nowhere to call home. Hiro ends up letting her stay with him in the house he’s been occupying alone since the death of his parents. A love story unfolds, between two childhood friends of different ages.

Rated: 16+

Read a FREE preview of House of the Sun


See below for the full list of Just Desserts series on sale now until 4/21/25:

Get every single volume of 3 hit series for $30 with the Spring Shonen Special Humble Bundle!

Kodansha & Humble Bundle’s Spring Shonen Special Bundle Offers ALL volumes of Fire Force, SHAMAN KING, and Noragami: Stray God for $30

Exciting, action-packed, and binge-worthy, are all ways to describe the nearly 100 volumes of digital manga you can get in the Spring Shonen Special Bundle for only $30!

Whether you’re excited to reach the end of Fire Force ahead of the final anime season or want to finally read the shonen classic SHAMAN KING, and then jump into the visually stunning supernatural epic of Noragami: Stray God; the Spring Shonen Special Bundle makes it possible to collect EVERY volume of these fan-favorite shonen sagas for one low price, but act fast because this bundle won’t last long!

Spring Shonen Special Bundle ends April 17th, 2025

Complete your digital collection of Fire Force, SHAMAN KING, and Noragami: Stray God by buying the all-in-one $30 bundle, or you can sample these series with fewer volumes at the $1,$10, and $20 tiers as well. Take a look below to see which digital volumes of Fire Force, SHAMAN KING, and Noragami: Stray God you can unlock at every tier of this amazing bundle:


 

Pay $1 or more to get: 
Fire Force, Volumes 1-2
Noragami: Stray God, Volumes 1-2
SHAMAN KING, Volumes 1-2

Pay $10 or more to get: 
Fire Force, Volumes 3-10
Noragami: Stray God, Volumes 3-9
SHAMAN KING, Volumes 3-10

Pay $20 or more to get: 
Fire Force, Volumes 11-21
Noragami: Stray God, Volumes 10-20
SHAMAN KING, Volumes 11-21

Pay $30 or more to get: 
Fire Force, Volumes 22-34
Noragami: Stray God, Volumes 21-27
SHAMAN KING, Volumes 22-35 


What charity does this Humble Bundle support?: Kodansha will be leveraging the purchasing power of each bundle sold—whether it’s at the $1 or the $30 tier—to donate a portion of the proceeds to a worthy cause! This Bundle supports BINC, the Book Industry Charitable Foundation – an organization helping bookstore owners, booksellers, and comic store employees and owners with unforeseen emergency financial needs. Pay what you want and choose how much of your purchase supports BINC or you can also choose a charity of your preference via the PayPal Giving Fund.

How will you get your purchased digital volumes?: All the pulse-pounding Kodansha shonen manga featured as part of the Spring Shonen Special Bundle will be delivered digitally upon purchase in multiple formats including, CBZ, PDF, ePub, and FLAC, so fans can read these titles across their computer, e-readers, tablets, cell phones, and a wide array of mobile devices!


Curious about this Humble Bundle but aren’t sure if these series are right for you? Read FREE chapters of each featured series clicking on the links below:

 

Magnolia: FAIRY TAIL Complete Illustrations, Hiro Mashima’s First Ever English Language FAIRY TAIL Art Book Coming Soon to Print

Kodansha Announces Plans to Publish Magnolia: FAIRY TAIL Complete Illustrations Hardcover Art Book

First-ever FAIRY TAIL art book to get English release

Kodansha announced today plans to publish an English edition of Magnolia: FAIRY TAIL Complete Illustrations—a large-format, hardcover, FAIRY TAIL art book capturing series artwork from its entire run as well as new illustrations by the prolific mangaka, Hiro Mashima.
 
The ultimate, full-color art book for fans of the best-selling fantasy epic, Magnolia: FAIRY TAIL Complete Illustrations includes a whopping 470 illustrations from throughout FAIRY TAIL’s 11-year, 63-volume run. All your favorite characters are here: Lucy, Natsu, Gray, Wendy, Erza, Juvia, Happy, and dozens more! As the story continues in sequel series FAIRY TAIL: 100 Years Quest, with new anime and video games, the franchise has never been stronger, but, shockingly, this is the first FAIRY TAIL art book to get an English release. Get fired up and show your guild pride by adding Magnolia to your shelf—or pick up a copy for the Dragon Slayer in your life!

In the world of FAIRY TAIL: Cute girl wizard Lucy wants to join the FAIRY TAIL, a club for the most powerful wizards. But instead her ambitions land her in the clutches of a gang of unsavory pirates led by a devious magician. Her only hope is Natsu, a strange boy she happens to meet on her travels. Natsu’s not your typical hero—he gets motion sickness, eats like a pig, and his best friend is a talking cat. With friends like this, is Lucy better off with her enemies?
 
Volumes of the original FAIRY TAIL manga—as well spinoff series like FAIRY TAIL: 100 Year’s Quest, FAIRY TAIL Zero, FAIRY TAIL: Blue Mistral, FAIRY TAIL: Ice Trail, FAIRY TAIL S, and more—are available to read in print and digital wherever manga is sold and on kodansha.localhost/. Additionally, fans of Hiro Mashima can also read his other series, Monster Soul, Rave Master, EDENS ZERO, and his most recent fantasy adventure, DEAD ROCK.

Parasyte Returns in Black & White Paperback Print Edition With New Translation for Fall 2025

Kodansha Announces Parasyte Returns in Black & White Paperback Print Edition With New Translation for Fall 2025

Kodansha announced today for Fall 2025, a new paperback print edition of Parasyte—the influential and fan-favorite body horror manga series by Hitoshi Iwaaki that also inspired an anime streaming on Crunchyroll and live-action series from Netflix. For the first time in over a decade, this new paperback edition will feature Iwaaki’s original black-and-white art restored, as well as an updated translation, updated interior design, and new cover designs that are sure to excite longtime fans and newcomers to the series.

Inspired by Kodansha’s best-selling full color edition, the new black-and-white editions of Parasyte will be completed in eight volumes and will include the updated translation, lettering, and size of the Parasyte Full Color Collection. 


In the world of Parasyte: Teenager Shinichi wakes up one night to discover a creature crawling under the skin of his right arm. This is a Parasite, a creature that takes control of a person’s body and turns it into a shapeshifting monstrosity hungry for human flesh.

Shinichi has managed to stop his parasite with a tourniquet, and as a result, it takes over only his arm, leaving two consciousnesses sharing one body and dependent on each other to survive. As parasites take control of more and more people, rumors spread of brutal murders committed by terrible abominations—heads splitting open to reveal mouths of sharp teeth, batlike wings erupting from backs, blades tearing through soft bellies. Only Shinichi knows for sure that these rumors are all true. But can he find a way to live without destroying everyone he cares about, much less save the rest of humanity?

This timeless manga inspired the global smash hit anime Parasyte -the maxim- (available to stream on Crunchyroll), and the live-action TV drama from the director of Train to Busan, Parasyte: The Grey (available to stream on Netflix).