Yakui yo! Alakshmi

Publisher Hayakawa is celebrating its 70th anniversary with two manga anthology reprints. One collection is dedicated to mystery works while the other compiles SF stories printed over the publisher's long career. - **The Ripe Star** (Ureta Hoshi) by Osamu Tezuka, February 1972 in SF Magazine - **Dual Isolation Cell Satellite** (Eisei 2-ren Dokubou) by Leiji Matsumoto, February 1972 in SF Magazine - **7P (2)** – H.G. Wells by Shotaro Ishinomori, October 1969 in SF Magazine - **Captain Past** by Go Nagai, November 1970 in SF Magazine - **Ragini** by Moto Hagio, February 1980 in SF Magazine - **Dorothy** by Keiko Fukuyama, August 1984 in SF Magazine - **Aquatic People** (Mizubito) by Hideo Azuma - **THE GHOST OF SF KID** (SF Kozou no Yuurei) by Tori Miki - Heikou Wars by Eiji Yokoyama - Ojii-chan no Shosai/Uchuu by Tetsuya Imai - Megane wo Kai ni by Yu Tsunamino - Futokou by Tsubana - **Mister Donut** by Daisuke Nishijima(Original concept: Yusaku Kitano), June 2002 in SF Magazine - Mahou Shoujo Time-chan Sono 1 Onee-chan wa Kaidan wo Ochiru Yume wo Miru no ka by Akihito Yoshitomi - To, Aru Hi no Boku no Himo by Natsujikei Miyazaki - **Sister of My Dreams** (Ore no Yume no Imouto) by COCO

Monster Musume: I ♥ Monster Girls tells all new, all original stories in four-panel comic strip anthology format, including a short Monster Musume story from Shake-O, creator of Nurse Hitomi’s Monster Infirmary. Spun off from events and characters as seen in the original manga and anime series, this new manga expands upon the Monster Musume universe.

The world is full of suffering. Times are good for Alakshmi, the Goddess of Bad Luck. Too good in fact, as it's making her gain weight at an alarming pace. Now she must go to the human world and do good deeds to slim down.

Hinata is an introverted geek who sits next to Mikage, a gal, in class. Hinata realizes that Mikage is a former friend from elementary school, and attempts to rekindle their friendship.

Semimaru, an office worker who awoke one morning only to find that he had tragically become a cicada. A classic example of the short-lived, a cicada… After seeing that he did not have long to live, Semimaru decided to meet his end in a cool way. See his thrilling new daily life and his coworkers, who have to watch themselves around him! The curtain on the industry's first gag cartoon of a cicada at its time of death has finally opened!

One wants to worship! One wants to protect! The other wants to be looked down on! It's a Love Triangle Yuri Comedy!!