Best of
Seinen

2021

Bungo Stray Dogs: STORM BRINGER 文豪ストレイドッグス STORM BRINGER


Kafka Asagiri - 2021
    As he aims for the executive position, a man named Paul Verlaine appears before Chūya, calling him his younger brother! "I will kill anyone who intervenes with your heart," he announces. To thwart his plans, Chūya teams up with European artificial intelligence investigator, Adam. The sign of a storm waiting to swallow Yokohama brews once again. What exactly is Chūya Nakahara: the truth of the past shrouded in darkness shall now be revealed—!

Vinland Saga Omnibus, Vol. 12


Makoto Yukimura - 2021
    When the battle for leadership over the powerful Jomsvikings reaches a stalemate, Thorfinn must make a critical decision. With Gudrid held captive within the fortressed city, walking away will not be an option. He must infiltrate Jomsborg to break her out, and the ensuing battle will leave the greatest mercenary force in the North Sea changed forever...

Disciple of the Lich: Or How I Was Cursed by the Gods and Dropped Into the Abyss! (Light Novel) Vol. 1


Necoco - 2021
    Ouch! Once there, he meets a mysterious girl...who happens to be undead. But despite her general dislike of humans, she decides to help him out. Can the two of them make it back to the surface? They might just be a more powerful combo than anyone was expecting!

A Journal Of My Father


Jirō Taniguchi - 2021
    But as the relatives gather for the funeral and the stories start to flow, Yoichi’s childhood starts to resurface. The Spring afternoons playing on the floor of his father’s barber shop, the fire that ravaged the city and his family home, his parents’ divorce and a new ‘mother’.Through confidences and memories shared with those who knew him best, Yoichi rediscovers the man he had long considered an absent and rather cold father.

Chobits 20th Anniversary Edition Vol. 4


CLAMP - 2021
    Hideki finally learns the secrets behind Chi’s mysterious past, as well as the great power that she possesses—a power that poses a threat to all persocoms. With the fate of all persocoms lying in the balance, Hideki must finally answer: what does Chi mean to him, and can the two of them find happiness together?

Chobits 20th Anniversary Edition Vol. 3


CLAMP - 2021
    All he wants is a good job, a girlfriend, and his very own "persocom" - the latest and greatest in humanoid computer technology. Hideki's luck changes one night when he finds Chi - an adorable, but seemingly broken, persocom thrown out in a pile of trash. After taking her home, Hideki discovers that Chi is more responsibility than he expected - and that there's much more to his cute new persocom than meets the eye.

Blue Giant Omnibus Vols. 3-4


Shinichi Ishizuka - 2021
    While his music teacher Yui drills him relentlessly on technique and theory, Dai prepares to take his stand. Everyone at the school festival goes wild for rock and pop, but Dai takes the stage with tenor sax in hand. Does his solo jazz have what it takes to win over a hostile crowd?

Reborn as a Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship! (Light Novel) Vol. 1


Ryuto - 2021
    Soon, he's living as "Hiro" the mercenary, with a tricked-out spaceship and a babe on each arm! There are space pirates to fight, girls to rescue, and trouble to get into (and hopefully out of). Hiro is going to live his new life to the fullest!

Blue Giant Omnibus Vols. 7-8


Shinichi Ishizuka - 2021
    The incredible music strikes a chord deep inside him, and he immediately decides to dedicate himself to the saxophone. He has no skills, no formal training, and no idea what he's up against, but his obsession drives him to play that instrument day after day. Will passion be enough to become the player of his dreams? This award-winning manga from Shinichi Ishizuka, compiled into five omnibus volumes for its English debut, is a pitch-perfect drama about the power of music.

No Matter What You Say, Furi-san is Scary! Vol. 1


Seiichi Kinoue - 2021
    

Lone Wolf & Cub T01 - Edition prestige


Goseki Kojima - 2021
    

未来天王


陈词懒调 - 2021
    However, instead of dying, he found himself 500 years later in the body of a young and aspiring composer who shared the same name. Having received a second chance at life, Fang Zhao sets out to achieve the previous owner’s dreams.Armed with the experience of living through an apocalyptic age and his profession as a composer before that period, Fang Zhao uses his talent, wits, and knowledge to make his mark in the entertainment industry of the future.

Bungo Stray Dogs DEAD APPLE Volume 3


Ganjii - 2021
    The door to each of their memories opens, and the "lost memories" are revived... The beginning of the end of the "Stray Dogs" theatrical comicalization

Robo Sapiens: Tales of Tomorrow (Omnibus)


Toranosuke Shimada - 2021
    In the future, robots are more than machines. Autonomous “cyber-persons” with A.I. brains are part of society, interacting with humans while developing their own culture. In fact, they may be surpassing humans, as biological homo sapiens have begun to die out and give way to robo sapiens. But are humans truly disappearing, or are robots the newest form of humanity?This millennia-spanning, speculative science fiction manga of interconnected stories, both human and robotic, was awarded the Division Grand Prize at the 2020 Japan Media Arts Festival.

Gantz Omnibus Volume 6


Horaya Oku - 2021
    But the off-world intruders are now taking human form, and even a friend may be a foe!This value-priced omnibus collection features 680 pages of tumult and terror!Collects Gantz volume 16, 17 and 18.

Magical Explorer, Vol. 1 (light novel): Reborn as a Side Character in a Fantasy Dating Sim


Iris - 2021
    One day, our smut-loving hero wakes up to find he has been reincarnated into the body of the game’s dreamboat protagonist! Or rather, his hapless comic-relief best friend, Kousuke Takioto. But with his unparalleled knowledge of Magical Explorer and Kousuke’s unorthodox abilities (a scarf that doubles as a fist?), our hero vows to turn the game’sunluckiest loser into its mightiest heartthrob. In this world, nothing is out of reach when you’ve got the know-how!

Imawa no Kuni no Alice RETRY #2 (Imawa no Kuni no Alice RETRY #2)


Haro Aso - 2021
    Will he be able to make it out of the Borderlands once more...?

The NPCs in this Village Sim Game Must Be Real! Vol. 1


Hirukuma - 2021
    His mundane life is suddenly interrupted when he receives a copy of "The Village of Fate," an experimental game with graphics and A.I. like nothing he's ever seen before. In the game, he takes on the role of a guardian deity who watches over the people of a new village...but he finds that the game characters are so intelligent, so reactive, so human that he starts to wonder if they might somehow be real people. Through his connection to their strangely vivid lives, Yoshio begins to discover the brightness that had been missing from his own existence.