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My Hero Academia. Vol. 1, Izuku Midoriya: Origin
by Khei Horikoshi
Without any special power, middle school student Izuku Midoriya has no chance of getting into the prestigious U.A. High School for budding heroes, but an encounter with the great hero All Might gives him an opportunity to change his destiny.
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Attack on Titan. 1
by Hajime Isayama
In the walled enclave where the remnants of humanity shelter from the Titans, giant creatures who have taken over the rest of the world, Eren and Mikasa join the fight.
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Fullmetal alchemist
by Hiromu Arakawa
When the Elric brothers dabble in the mystical powers of alchemy, one loses an arm and a leg, and the other becomes nothing but a soul locked into a body of living iron. Now they are agents of the government, using their unique powers to obey their orders…even to kill. But the world crawls with ruthless evil alchemists, all in pursuit of the ultimate alchemical treasure, the Philosopher’s Stone.
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Yotsuba&!
by Kiyohiko Azuma
Presents the exploits of Yotsuba, a young girl of alien origins who has been adopted by a single father, as she befuddles friends and neighbors and learns about life.
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My brother's husband
by Gengoroh Tagame
Yaichi is a work-at-home suburban dad in contemporary Tokyo; formerly married to Natsuki and father to their young daughter, Kana. Their lives suddenly change with the arrival at their doorstep of a hulking, affable Canadian named Mike Flanagan, who declares himself the widower of Yaichi’s estranged gay twin, Ryoji. Mike is on a quest to explore Ryoji’s past, and the family reluctantly but dutifully takes him in. What follows is an unprecedented and heartbreaking look at the state of a largely still-closeted Japanese gay culture: how it’s been affected by the West, and how the next generation can change the preconceptions about it and prejudices against it.
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The complete Chi's sweet home. Part 1
by Kanata Konami
Chi is a mischievous newborn kitten who, while on a leisurely stroll with her family, finds herself lost. Separated from the warmth and protection of her mother, feels distraught. Overcome with loneliness she breaks into tears in a large urban park meadow, when she is suddenly rescued by a young boy named Yohei and his mother. The kitty is then quickly and quietly whisked away into the warm and inviting Yamada family apartment where pets are strictly not permitted.
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Ouran High School Host Club
by Bisco Hatori
When Haruhi, a scholarship student at the exclusive Ouran High School, accidentally breaks an expensive vase belonging to the all-male Host Club, she is forced to work for them as a boy to repay her debt
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Kimi ni todoke = : from me to you. Vol. 1
by Karuho Shiina
As a shy, misunderstood teen, Sadako is thrown when the most popular boy in school befriends her and she becomes the object of many other girls' frustration.
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Fruits basket
by Natsuki Takaya
The enigmatic Sohma family shares a great secret ~they are possessed by spirits of the Chinese Zodiac, and when they are hugged by members of the opposite sex, they transform into their Zodiac animal!
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High school debut
by Kazune Kawahara
Haruna, a tomboy, is determined to change her stripes when she enters high school, but is sadly lacking in fashion or social sense, so she recruits cute upperclassman Yo to instruct her on how to make herself more appealing to boys.
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Yuyu Hakusho : Goodbye, Material World!
by Yoshihiro Togashi
Losing his own life while rescuing a child, teenager Yusuke becomes a ghost with a mission to return to life by raising a "spirit egg" at the behest of the comely Botan and her boss Koenma, lord of the infernal bureaucracy.
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Black Butler. I
by Yana Toboso
Earl Phantomhive, the Queen's faithful servant and twelve-year-old boy, is aided by his butler Sebastian whenever he is called in to save a dinner party gone awry or uncover the dark secrets of London's underground
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Death note : Boredome
by Tsugumi ba
When high school student Light Yagami finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a Shinigami death god, he discovers that any person whose name is written in it dies, so Light decides to use the notebook to rid the world of evil.
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Cardcaptor Sakura. 1
by Mary Coco
Fourth-grader Sakura Kinomoto opens an old book in her father's library and learns that it was made by a magician called Clow Reed to hold the powerful, living Clow cards, but that the cards have escaped and she must recapture them before they use their abilities to do evil.
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Vampire knight. Vol. 1
by Matsuri Hino
At twilight at the Cross Academy, when the students of the Day Class return to their dorm, they cross paths with the Night Class on their way to school, but it's up to Yuki Cross and Zero Kiryu, the Guardians of the school, to protect the Day Class from the Academy's dark secret: the Night Class is full of vampires!
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Uzumaki : spiral into horror
by Junji Itō
Collects the complete story of Shuichi Saito, who believes that his town is haunted by the uzumaki, a spiral, hypnotic secret shape of the world that manifests itself in various ways and causes madness among the inhabitants.
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The drifting classroom. vol. 1
by Kazurō Umezu
In the aftermath of a strange earthquake, leaving an elementary school in a lifeless, nightmarish wasteland, a sixth-grade boy named Sho and his friends might fight to survive as the rules start to fall apart.
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Haikyu!! 1
by Haruichi Furudate
Playing for his idol's high school volleyball team, Shoyo loses his first and last match against Tobio, the King of the Court, and promises to get the best of this rival next season, but the new season brings him a surprising new teammate
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Slam dunk
by Takehiko Inoue
Hanamichi Sakuragi never has any luck asking out the girls at school until Haruko becomes interested in him, but he must join the basketball team in order to impress her
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Assassination classroom. 1, Time for assassination
by Yusei Matsui
The students in class 3-E are the misfits in their school, but their teacher is a powerful, tentacled extraterrestrial who has already damaged the Moon and threatens the Earth, and they have been assigned to assassinate him.
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One-punch man. 01
by ONE
Saitama is a superhero with a big problem--he can't seem to find a villain able to withstand more than one punch from him.
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Azumanga diaoh
by Kiyohiko Azuma
Explores the comedic lives and adventures of a group of high school friends and their teachers in Tokyo.
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