Shogakukan Asia

Ashito Aoi is a young, aspiring soccer player from a backwater town in Japan. His hopes of getting into a high school with a good soccer club are dashed when...

Aspiring professional soccer player Ashito Aoi is taking part in Tokyo City Esperion Football Club’s youth team tryouts. He’s made it to the final test match along with a group...

After proving himself in the tryouts, Ashito Aoi gets accepted into the Tokyo City Esperion FC’s youth development program! However, that would mean moving to Tokyo and leaving behind his...

Ashito’s journey in the J-Youth team of Tokyo City Esperion begins, but he quickly realizes the disparity in skill level between himself and his peers who were groomed from young. At...

Ashito has lost badly in his first official J-Youth club match, but undeterred by his defeat, he lowers his pride to seek help from the coach who refuses to acknowledge...

Tokyo City Esperion’s B-team is struggling in their first regular season match against Seikyo High, as they face the challenge of coming back from a score of 0-3. Change is...

Despite Ashito's stunning performance in the A-team promotion match, Fukuda reveals his real plans for Ashito—to have him permanently switch over to play as a defender! His dream of playing...

Ashito’s first official match after switching to the fullback position is spent warming the bench, but he doesn’t let that get him down, choosing instead to work on mastering the...

But when she wakes, she finds herself trapped in the body of a six-year-old… and the demon king alive in front of her?! Determined to set things right, she’s going...

Toru, a regular officer worker, has been transported to the ‘Lapis Lazuli World’ and is determined to save her beloved Demon King! As the Demon King’s right hand, she discovers...

Blaming himself for the hero’s injury, the Demon King gives up on finding happiness and accepts his grim fate. Toru awakes to find herself back in her adult body, but...

Kasumi Toyama has always been captivated by the “beat of the stars”. Since then, she’s been searching for something… a spark that’ll excite and thrill her! Following a trail of...

The Sparkling, Heart-racing High School Life Begins! Just when Kasumi thought she was all set with a bassist, Rimi gets cold feet and flees the scene! What secret is troubling...

The Sparkling, Heart-racing High School Life Begins! Nothing can stop Kasumi’s overflowing enthusiasm…or is there? Otae challenges Kasumi to “make her heart flutter”, or she can forget about ever playing...

The sparkling, heart racing high school life begins! Having charmed her way into the hearts of Rimi, Otae and (secretly) Arisa, Kasumi is now bursting with anticipation for their live...

Jinichirou Taira is thirty and unemployed. Chancing upon a recruitment ad calling for applicants to ‘protect the world’, he signs up without a second thought, and is soon thrust into...

IN THE BATTLE TO PROTECT HUMANITY, OUR WORK IS AT THE FRONTLINE! In the heat of a skirmish with the Agaitai, Taira and Yokura find themselves in a tight spot!...

Driven into a corner by Director Douijma and his ruthless tactics, Taira and his comrades from Platoon 31 are sent in as a sacrificial squad in a decisive battle against...

After the fierce battle with the Shamshir, the team finally has time to dig into something that’s been bothering them—why did the Agaitai seem to understand the concept of comrades?...

With news of Taira’s death and the realisation that the alien enemy they have been fighting were humans all along, the crew of Platoon 31 now question everything they have...

Jinichirou Taira is thirty and unemployed. Chancing upon a recruitment ad calling for applicants to ‘protect the world’, he signs up without a second thought, and is soon thrust into...

Chiyo Fukuma (25), Madoka Koga (24) and Sawako Chidori (25) are three sassy young singles out looking for love, but sometimes the men just don’t get it! From disaster boyfriends to dumpster...

Chiyo Fukuma (25), Madoka Koga (24) and Sawako Chidori (25) are three sassy young singles out looking for love, but sometimes the men just don’t get it! Sawako’s boyfriend is...

Chiyo Fukuma (25), Madoka Koga (24), and Sawako Chidori (25) are three sassy young singles out looking for love, but sometimes the men just don’t get it! Madoka is set...

Chiyo Fukuma (25), Madoka Koga (24) and Sawako Chidori (25) are three sassy young singles out looking for love, but sometimes the men just don’t get it! Chiyo and Yatsushiro...

‘WANTED: Players with Beautiful Legs!’ With that, Kicker Weekly sports reporter Yukari Ogata is sent on the onerous task to cover Tokyo Crusade, an amateur football club. But what would...

Under Coach Takahashi’s unique training menu, the players of Tokyo Crusade are shaping up as a team to be reckoned with! However, it’s still a long way to go before the Division...

With the addition of Mario and Ivan, the ‘two essential items’ needed for Tokyo Crusade to become a competitive team have been found… except these new members are just as problematic...

Having saved up enough to buy a house, former high-flyer knight Astra goes into early retirement. But his dream of living out his days in peace goes up in smoke...

Noah elder sister Elise arrives at Astra’s doorstep in search of Noah… and almost destroys him (and his house) on sight! The Draconian Brothers are troublesome things Astra could handle,...

The new and old captains face off in this volume! Astra returns to the imperial capital to retrieve his beloved sword, but ends up trying to defend Noah from his...

Astra goes on a shopping spree for furniture and ends up buying more than he should, infuriating Noah! Astra reveals he has also bought a present for Noah, but her...

Kaishin Ohno was never the flashy, outdoorsy type. In fact, he was so invisible in middle school that he was nicknamed ‘Stealth’. On the very first day of high school,...

Kaishin’s very first trial arrives in the form of a match with the climbing powerhouse, Ariakesukai High School. Their elite climbers pull no punches, and are not afraid to prove...

Miss Kanna has secured an invitation for Kaishin to the Holy Land Convention boot camp… but as an errand boy. That means no lessons, no climbing, and certainly no participating...

An aristocratic lady who can’t eat her own cooking, a young man set adrift in life, and a boy of mysterious origin: three people brought together by fate. Lisa’s greatest...

An aristocratic lady who can’t eat her own cooking, a young man set adrift in life, and a boy of mysterious origin: three people brought together by fate. Lisa’s greatest...

Yoshino, Lisa’s cousin who obsesses over all things small and dainty, has a soft spot for Akkun, and it’s not just because he’s cute. She can’t quite put a finger...

With summer comes a bumper fruit harvest, nostalgic traditions… and praise from Touma for Lisa’s food?! Is there finally hope for her inedible gourmet?! Lisa’s housekeeper, Madam Tami, seems to...

Kenshirou Hochi is a nobody often targeted by bullies. His presence is hardly noticed by anyone… until Kaito witnessess his jump. Suddenly, an audacious idea is born: can this timid...

‘Come back to me, Kaito. Didn’t we have a pact?’ The legendary Yuu Kamijima—badminton prodigy and Tamaki’s former partner—shows up at Kubi High. Everyone is star-struck, but an indignant Pochi...

‘I can jump even without you telling me to!’ Selected as a representing member for the Prefectural Inter-High team, the PochiTama duo continue to refine their play in preparation of...

It’s the ultimate doubles match between Ryuuei and Kubi High—PochiTama against Yuu Kamijima and his new partner! In order to win the Inter-High Prefectural Qualifiers, Tamaki needs to defeat his...

Hayame’s happily married life comes to an abrupt end and she is left alone, penniless and homeless! Things couldn’t get any worse, until she runs into rich high-school brat Issei,...

Hayame has a roof over her head now, but continues to get dragged into Issei’s games in order to repay her outstanding debt to him. Her latest mission is to...

Offered a job by Issei’s grandmother to work at their family inn, Hayame is finally looking to get her life back together. Trouble, however, comes in a never-ending cascade. Her...

Cast out onto the streets for a second time, Hayame runs into the very last person she wants to meet: her ex-husband! Meanwhile, Issei is reflecting on his behaviour and...

With Hayame’s position already shaky among her co-workers, Issei’s appearance has incited further animosity against her. Seigo attempts to help her by moving her to another inn, but this does...

A welcome party for the inn’s staff has gotten everyone in a tizzy! After going through an emotional roller coaster from the party games, Issei finally seizes the chance and...

Seigo moves in to stay with Issei and Hayame, and life for everyone suddenly becomes an exercise in mayhem and misunderstandings, as the brothers contest for Hayame’s attention! Out of...