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The Dashing Zaddy & His Icy Protege: Volume 5

£9

RRP £13.99

An outrageous BL manga about work, unlikely friends, and problems down there! At age 40, Takanashi is in the prime of his life, heading up a high-performing sales team and driving all the ladies crazy. Yet he turns them all down, because he has trouble performing in the bedroom! What will he do when a rising star on his team finds out his secret?!

Issak: Omnibus: Volume 6 (Volume 11-12)

£16

RRP £22.99

The digital hit samurai epic comes to print in 2-in-1 omnibuses! This historical action manga follows a Japanese warrior’s journey to Europe in search of vengeance, at the height of the Thirty Years’ War. Vinland Saga meets Shogun in this American Manga Awards-nominated masterwork.

The year is A.D. 1620. Europe is riven with the conflagrations that will grow into the Thirty Years War. Catholic and Protestant forces clash across battlefields ruled by sword and gunpowder alike, and mercenaries of every stripe ply their trade.

The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity: Volume 12

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RRP £13.99

Two rival schools stand next door to each other: one for elite ladies, one for good-for-nothing boys. But one of those boys might just be a naturally chivalrous diamond in the rough, and one of those girls might be a little more open-minded than is proper…

This cute and twisty manga spin on Romeo and Juliet is the latest hit in Japan, coming to print from a successful digital-first release!

Capulet & Montague, Chidori & Kikyo

Obojima: Tales From The Tall Grass (Hardcover)

£42

Obojima is a leisure fantasy setting that is inspired by the works of Studio Ghibli and The Legend of Zelda. Explore an island full of whimsy, mystery, and possibility!

Meet spirits, uncover the secrets of the ominous Corruption spreading across the island, and eat some good ramen! Go on an unforgettable, unique roleplaying adventure that everyone at your table will love!

Features:

2 New Ancestries- the frog-like Nakudama and the mysterious Dara

4 New Factions- witch covens, diver leagues, youth scouts, and academic adventurers

Bookstore Girls (Hardcover)

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RRP £14.99

Can two very different women put aside their differences to save the bookstore they love? The Japanese bestseller that kicked off a seven-book series - adapted for TV and 200,000 copies sold

Riko Nishioka is assistant manager of the flagship Pegasus bookstore in Kichijoji. After working her way up from a part-time position, she is now, aged forty, a respected figure in the Japanese publishing industry. But she has a nemesis.

Warhammer: The Horus Heresy: Action Figure: Alpha Legion: Contemptor Dreadnought (With Gravis Plasma Cannon)

£119

Joy Toy brings Warhammer The Horus Heresy to life with this new series scale figures. Each figure includes interchangeable hands and weapon accessories.

Product Features:

  • 25 cm tall

  • Made of plastic

  • Based on Warhammer The Horus Heresy

  • Highly detailed

  • Fully articulated

Dark Matter

£7

RRP £9.99

THE EXCITING 15TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE RICHARD AND JUDY BESTSELLER. NOW WITH AFTERWORD FROM SIMON PEGG.

‘The novel virtually defines a new genre: literary creepy ’ JEFFEREY DEAVER

‘Paver is the mistress of suspense’ GUARDIAN

‘An atmospheric ghost story’ INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

January 1937. Clouds of war are gathering over a fogbound London. Twenty-eight year old Jack is poor, lonely and desperate to change his life. So when he’s offered the chance to join an Arctic expedition, he jumps at it.

Pupposites Attract: Volume 4

£9

RRP £13.99

A fluffy, feel-good romance manga for dog lovers! Chiharu enjoys every day with her sweetie of a Rottweiler, who probably weighs as much as she does.

Meanwhile, Kiyotaka can’t get enough of his fluffy Pomeranian, who barely comes up to his knees. When these two mismatched pairs chance upon each other at the park, they’re like oil and water. But, after enough chance meetings, could this turn into an unlikely friendship, or something more?

Rent-A-Girlfriend: Volume 36

£9

RRP £12.99

Catch up on the manga before the anime returns! You can rent a girlfriend, but can you buy love? Reeling from a bad breakup, Kazuya rents the beautiful, polite Chizuru for a date. But rock bottom might be so much lower than he thought! Chizuru is much more than the pretty face and sweet demeanour he thought he’d bargained for…

In today’s Japan, “rental” services can deliver an afternoon with a “friend,” a “parent,” even a fake girlfriend!

The Masquerades Of Spring: A Rivers Of London Novella

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RRP £9.99

Meet Augustus Berrycloth-Young - flaneur extraordinaire and Englishman abroad - as he chronicles the Jazz Age from his perch atop the city that never sleeps.

‘Gussie’ is not one to shun shut-eye himself, however. But his peaceful luxuriation is about to be rudely awakened by the arrival of an unexpected guest.

Enter his old friend Thomas Nightingale, who has braved the Atlantic passage pursuing the matter of a rather intriguing saxophone said to possess a strange power over those who play it.