Book Lists: Manga Series

Kotarou's father is always away on business and his mother recently passed away. He's alone a lot and he hates it. Then, a zany girl named Misha moves in next door and tells him she's an angel who's there to make sure he's happy and safe. Since she knows almost nothing about life on Earth, that's a tall order!

As a child, Ruka saw a ghost in the water at the aquarium where her dad works and now feels drawn toward the aquarium. Ruka meets Umi and Sora, two mysterious boys who were raised by dugongs and hear the same calls from the sea the she does. Ruka's dad and the other adults who work at the aquarium are barely aware of what Ruka, Umi, and Sora are experiencing as the kids find themselves involved in the mysterious worldwide disappearance of the oceans' fish.

High-school student Najika tries to find a boy who she fell for when she was a child. She traces a silver spoon to a prestigious academy and leaves the orphanage to enroll there. She conflicts with the girls at the school, but finds help in a pair of popular brothers.

Presents the story of beings who possess animal-like powers. Cooro is a crow-like boy who, with his friend Husky, try to gain acceptance in a society that shuns those who are different.

A transfer student to Shinra Private Junior High named Yoh Asakura uses his power as a shaman to communicate with the spirit world.

A graphic novel depicting the heroic Goku who joins a girl named Bulma on a quest for the seven Dragon Balls that will allow them one wish from a mighty dragon once they have them all.

Attacked by a mobster and fed a chemical that turns him physically into a little boy, crime solving teenager Jimmy Kudo sets out to find his assailant and return to his normal size before his budding relationship with his crush, Rachel, fades into a memory.

Vowing to become the king of the pirates, Luffy sets out in a rowboat in search of the legendary "One Piece", which is said to be the greatest treasure in the world.

The Johnan High School varsity basketball team has beaten the odds and made it to the Japanese National Basketball Championships, but they soon learn that in order to win the big game, they must work together and trust one another.

Ranmaru Kurisu, a pessimistic boy from a rural fishing family, sticks out like a sore, artistic thumb in college. Two months in and Ranmaru has already ruined a zombie movie shoot on accident, and he is so ashamed that he faints. When he wakes up,he finds himself in the presence of a crew of weirdos just like himself, the Art Squad--he may have found a place where he belongs at last.

After trumpets of the apocalypse proclaim the fall of humanity, vampires arise from the shadows to rule the earth. Yuichiro wants just one thing--to get revenge by killing each and every vampire. Yuichiro's dream is near-impossible, given that vampires are seven times stronger than humans, and the only way to kill them is by mastering Cursed Gear, advanced demon-possessed weaponry. Not to mention that humanity's most elite Vampire Extermination Unit, the Moon Demon Company, wants nothing to do with Yuichiro unless he can prove he's willing to work in a team--which is the last thing he wants!

Rukia lends Ichigo some of her powers so he can save his family, but Ichigo takes all of her energy and now it is his responsibility to protect the innocent from Hollows, an evil spirit that preys upon humans.

Making use of her psychic powers, Kisaki Tachikawa works for a secret government organization known as PSI that fights aliens. She is in love with her partner, Giniro, but isn't sure whether they can have a relationship when she learns she is being transferred to America.

Sakamichi Onoda loves all things anime, figurines, video games, and anything else considered "otaku," but he is also an extremely fast cyclist, being obliged to make the ninety-kilometer round-trip to his school every day on his "mommy bike." The school's ace racer, Imaizumi, challenged Onoda to a cycling match, not wanting this new kid to be thought as a faster cyclist than him.

Nino Arisugawa, a girl who loves singing, holds on to the promises two boys made to her--her beloved childhood friend, Momo, and Yuzu, a music composer--before she had to say sad goodbyes to them both. Now in high school, Nino serendipitously reunites with Yuzu, but she really yearns for Momo.

Edward and Alphonse Elric, physically altered by their dabblings in alchemy, become agents of the government whose demands put them in touch with a world of evil alchemists, all in search of the Philosopher's Stone.

Fairy doctor Lydia Carlton is rescued from kidnappers by Edgar Ashenbert, a descendent of the human ruler of the fairy world, and gets caught up in a dangerous quest to recover the sword of the Blue Knight Earl and help Edgar regain his birthright.

Fifteen-year-old exorcist Allen continues his mission to find Innocence to battle the deathly demons that plague his world. He uses the Innocence in his disfigured left hand, his ability to see into people's souls, and his connections with other exorcists to lead the battle against the Millennium Earl out to destroy mankind.

Naruto is struggling to graduate from the Ninja Academy, so he steps up his studying so that he can one day become the next Hokage.

Fourteen-year-old Maximum "Max" Ride and the other members of her "flock" possess wings like an angel's and have the ability to fly. When an organization known as the "School" kidnaps the youngest member of their flock, however, she and her friends attempt to stage a rescue and hope that help will come in time.

Light Yagami finds the Death Note of a rogue Shinigami death god and uses it to arrange the deaths of criminals. The authorities send detective L to track the killer but Light manages to elude L by gaining access to police files. Then Light notices that someone else is following him.

Sakura is the Princess of the Clow and a princess that wields a powerful magic power. Sakura is on her way to the dig site to declare her devotion and love for Syaoran and once she gets there, she discovers an ancient symbol that puts her and her magical skills on an epic quest.

Yotsuba, a charming four-year-old girl with green hair, learns about doorbells, cicadas, swings, and other aspects of the world while living with her adoptive father and having adventures with the neighbor girls.

Fire Lord Zuko asks for Aang and Team Avatar's help in locating his mother, who was banished years earlier, but he has invited an unlikely ally to join the search, which puts the group on edge.

Alex, a special type of witch, enrolls in nightschool to discover the mystery behind her sister's disappearance, but with classes consisting of vampires, demons, and other weirns--like Alex--she is surprised by what she learns.

All Alice wanted was to take a nap in her garden, but then a mysterious boy with rabbit ears shows up and whisks her away to Wonderland. This world is dangerous, and everyone seems to have a weapon. Alice worries she will never get home.

While the people of Earth live in a stratified society on a ring surrounding the planet, Mitsu's father has disappeared and Mitsu is forced to undertake his father's profession as a window washer shortly after his junior high school graduation, which allows him a view of the higher levels of society through their windows.

Small wizard Lucy wants to join the Fairy Tail club for the most powerful wizards, but instead she finds herself trapped with a gang of ugly pirates who are led by a suspicious magician. Lucy's only hope is obtaining help from Natsu, an odd boy, she meets on her travels.

Ninako Kinoshita never knew what love was until she started falling for Ren, the most desirable guy in her class; but just as she figures it out, her best friend Daiki--whom she only sees as a friend--expresses his love for her.

Kyoko embarks on a quest to find twelve holy stones and twelve telepaths so that she can revive her sister, who has been trapped in time since birth.

A coming-of-age story that centers around a boy named Ko, the family of four sisters who live down the street, and the game of baseball.

Asta dreams of becoming the kingdom's greatest mage, except he's never been able to use magic. But when he receives the rare five-leaf clover giving him power of anti-magic, however, Asta's determined to become the next Wizard King.

Hikaru Shindo, an ordinary sixth-grader in Japan, finds an old Go board in his grandfather's attic that holds the ghost of Fujiwara-no-Sai, an ancient Go master who once taught the game to the Emperor of Japan, and somehow Sai becomes part of Hikaru's consciousness, making them an unstoppable Go-playing team.