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Awkward Takara Shinobu has always been rejected for being incompetent, a “dunce”. No matter how hard he tries – with studies or with people – he always fails. And now he’s stuck going to a back-up high school far from home. Due to a miscommunication, he winds up living in a share-house dedicated to training shougi pros. Introduced to the world of shougi, Shinobu has finally made a connection with people who understand and accept him. However…now he wants to go pro too!?

Every day when he returns home, he is attacked by his grandfather in the name of training. Shizuka Hoichiro, a descendant of a venerable ninja, is a first-year high school student who wants to escape from his crazy daily life. In today's peaceful world, ninjas are unnecessary. One day, as usual, he was devoting himself to his studies, sacrificing his high school life in order to escape from being succeeded as a ninja. His peaceful daily life changes completely when he meets Mikogami Kyoka, a girl who came to see Hoichiro as his ``destined person.'' Kyoto incident solving action by ninja x onmyoji buddy begins!!

Ibuki, returning to his childhood town for his grandmother's funeral, is not at all shocked to find that nothing in the little town has changed. Except that he finds out that his grandmother had remarried and that he is now succeeding her as the "Mononokemono."

"We first touched each other so lightly and tenderly. You and me, we just look a little different, that's all."     Note: "Monotone Blue" is the serialized version of a one-shot named "Escalate", published in the "Kemono/Jingai BL Special" anthology.

The inside of the taboo door is shattered, or...

For many years, Japan has been tormented by grotesque kaijuu - Godzilla-like creatures. The Defense Corps, an esteemed military unit, bravely defends civilians from these beasts day in and day out. When a kaijuu is defeated, the Professional Kaijuu Cleaner Corporation hires sweepers to clear their remains. Kafka Hibino, a 32-year-old sweeper, has always longed to join the Defense Corps and become a kaijuu slayer. Despite several attempts, he has been unsuccessful and has settled for a mundane yet profitable life. But when Leno Ichikawa, an ambitious teenage recruit, joins Kafka's cleaning team, his yearning for military service is reignited. Fate intervenes when Kafka encounters a parasitic kaijuu that enters his body forcibly, transforming him into a humanoid creature with enhanced abilities. With this newfound strength, Kafka decides to take a chance and pursue his lifelong dream.

From Hyper Parfait: Monster Cage, consisting of strange individuals with superior powers and skills, is a secret department that is part of the National Police Agency. But when Japan was unable to cope with this system of law and order, Monster Cage ceased to exist. Those abnormal individuals became unnecessary. They were hunted and destroyed in secret. The escaped monsters wonder if their pursuers will give up… or if they will be destroyed before that.

From CMX: Kasche may have a talent for controlling beasts, but she's got a lot to learn about self-control before she can become a full-fledged summoner. When disaster strikes, her principal chooses her to avert it. Joined by an unusual crew of allies both human and not, Kasche must recapture the relic from an evil summoner before she can use it to unlock the ancient Encyclopedia Verum and call up the most powerful monsters ever seen!

Nobody wants "Grubby Forager" Rudd on their adventuring team. His nickname—and his stench—come from his constant treks into the Noxious Labyrinth to gather medicinal herbs, a job he survives only thanks to his status immunity skill. When he’s finally recruited as a party porter, things seem to be looking up... Until a deadly dungeon monster appears and his fake allies use him as bait before abandoning him! Wounded, destitute, and barely surviving the attack, Rudd breaks a forbidden taboo to stay alive: eating monsters. But the more he devours, the more power he gains, kicking off a thrilling, adventurous gourmet fantasy! Source: Manga UP!

A genius utility player who has completely captured the aces’ hearts.

A boy’s life is turned upside down when monsters attack take everything away from him. The monsters hold him captive as their endless supply of food because of his regenerative ability. For years, he grunts his teeth and seeks revenge. However, he lacks the power to beat the monsters and gain freedom. One day, a monster hunter appears… A story of divine powers and the boy named “Lizard tail” on his mission to eradicate monsters.

In an era where Monsters dominate the sky, earth, and sea, a race of “Hunters” emerge... Equipped with an arsenal of special equipment, they hunt their gigantic prey according to quests given out by a Guild. Although a novice, Raiga is a young Hunter who is reckless and persistent. With a headstrong nature, he will have to cooperate with Keres and Torcche, an archer and a swordswoman with complementary capabilities... but with completely opposite characters! Together, the group launches into hunts of creatures more ferocious than the ones before, including the Rathian, the legendary “Queen of the Land”...