Luffy, whose main ambition is to become a pirate. Eating the Gum-Gum Fruit gives him strange powers but also invokes the fruit's curse: anybody who consumes it can never learn to swim. Nevertheless, Monkey and his crewmate Roronoa Zoro, master of the three-sword fighting style, sail the Seven Seas of swashbuckling adventure in search of the elusive treasure "One Piece."

    But when Sakura opens it up, there is nothing left inside but Kero-chan, the book's cute little guardian beast . . . who informs Sakura that since the Clow cards seem to have escaped while he was asleep, it's now her job to capture them!

    The second box set will be released in fall 2013, and when joined together, the two boxes will create one beautiful image - the perfect addition to a Moonie's shelf!Usagi Tsukino is a normal girl until she meets up with Luna, a talking cat, who tells her that she is Sailor Moon. As Sailor Moon, Usagi must fight evils and enforce justice, in the name of the Moon and the mysterious Moon Princess. She meets other girls destined to be Sailor Senshi (Sailor Scouts), and together, they fight the forces of evil!

    Transported back to Japan's feudal era, high school student Kagome accidentally releases the feral half-demon dog boy Inu-Yasha from his imprisonment for stealing the Jewel of Four Souls.

    He's crude, foul-mouthed, and has a hair-trigger temper. Just the sort of guy you'd expect to see going back to school...to become a teacher

    Whenever Ranma is splashed with cold water, he becomes a red-haired female version of himself. His father turns into a giant panda with each splash. Hot water reverses the effect, but only until they touch cold water again.In this seventh volume of Takahashi's entertaining series, Ranma, Akane, and their friends discover that the prize for the best performance in the school production of Romeo and Juliet is a trip to China. Akane lands the role of Juliet. While Ranma longs to kiss sweet Juliet, he must first contend with a batch of poisoned cookies whipped up by the twisted Kodachi Kuno.

    The main characters are the lovable members of the Andersons; each one has his or her own different characterstics which conflict and support the others'. By going through many events (meaningful ones as well as weird ones) together, the bond between them grows stronger and tighter.

    The only survivors were the king's son, Arus, and the army general's daughter Lunafrea. Meanwhile, in the kingdom of Loran, a child is born and christened with the name "Jagan," as per the orders of the Demon Lord Imagine. While Arus is honest and good, Jagan is allied with the forces of evil. With the blood of the hero Roto coursing through his veins, Arus sets out with Lunafrea in order to defeat the monsters and restore peace to the world.

    But that's nothing compared to what's in store if the Dark Kingdom has its way. Classy Ninja priestess Nakoruru teams up with a pair of blade-masters to try to circumvent a supernatural conspiracy to rekindle civil war in Japan. Here's a good example of the ever-popular Japanese comic style known as Manga, and this fat book is packed with sorcerers, occult warriors, a demonic overlord, and a creepy nethership, plus all kinds of sword-swooshing action. —Edward Lee