Read it Backwards: Manga 2013

Here's a look at some of the new manga and graphic novels coming your way in 2013

December 2012

Demon Love Spell, Volume 1

Story and Art by Mayu Shinjo  Viz

Miko is a shrine maiden who has never had much success at seeing or banishing spirits. Then she meets Kagura, a sexy demon who feeds off women’s feelings of passion and love. Kagura’s insatiable appetite has left many girls at school brokenhearted, so Miko casts a spell to seal his powers. Surprisingly the spell works—sort of—but now Kagura is after her!

January 2013

Naoki Urasawa's 21st Century Boys, Volume 1

Story and Art by Naoki Urasawa  Viz

War is over. The Friend is dead.Mankind no longer faces the threat of extinction. Peace has finally come to Tokyo... Or has it? The mystery still remains. Nobody knows who the Friend was and where he came from. The only clue is hidden deep within the memories—the memories of the hero Kenji. It is time to open Pandora’s Box to discover what is left at the bottom.

February 2013

Beautiful Creatures story by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, art by Cassandra Jean Yen Press Teen Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she’s struggling to conceal her power and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever. Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town’s oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them. In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything.

BTOOOM! Volume 1 by Junya Inoue Yen Press Older Teen By all counts, Ryouta Sakamoto is a loser when he’s not holed up in his room, bombing things into oblivion in his favorite online action RPG. But his very own uneventful life is blown to pieces when he’s abducted and taken to an uninhabited island, where he soon learns the hard way that he’s being pitted against others just like him in a explosives-riddled death match! How could this be happening? Who’s putting them up to this? And why!? The name, not to mention the objective, of this very real survival game is eerily familiar to Ryouta, who has mastered its virtual counterpart—BTOOOM! Can Ryouta still come out on top when he’s playing for his life!?

March 2013

THE DARK-HUNTERS: INFINITY, Vol. 1

by Sherrilyn Kenyon, art by JiYoung Ahn Yen Press


April 2013

Tiger and Bunny, Volume 1  Viz

Veteran hero Wild Tiger has years of experience fighting crime, but his ratings have been slipping. Under orders from his new employer, Wild Tiger finds himself forced to team up with Barnaby Brooks Jr., a rookie with an attitude. Overcoming their differences will be at least as difficult for this mismatched duo as taking down superpowered bad guys!

DOUBT, Vol. 1 by Yoshiki Tonogai Yen Press


May 2013

ARE YOU ALICE?, Vol. 1

story by Ikumi Katagiri, art by Ai Ninomiya Yen Press

PUELLA MAGI KAZUMI MAGICA, Vol. 1

by Magica Quartet, Masaki Hiramatsu, Takashi Tensugi Yen Press

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