With a prize of 150 million yen on the line, the traditional sports event at Hakuou Gakuin - the paired freestyle marathon - finally begins. Honour, pride, and even the fate of Hayate's employment are on the line, but how can he hope to win when his mistress Nagi would sooner French-kiss a king cobra than participate in anything remotely close to exercise?! What cruel mishap will befall the embattled Hayate this time - especially when victory is but a short jog away?
Written by Peter Milligan Art by Edvin Biukovic and Javier Pulido Cover by Tim Bradstreet Collecting the Vertigo title that inspired the upcoming Fox TV series! Christopher Chance makes his living by turning himself into a human target. A master of disguise, he cunningly takes on the appearance and persona of men and women with contracts out against them. But when a routine assignment to impersonate an African-American minister with a bounty on his head goes south, Chance finds himself caught...
The Izu meteor may not have gifted Nagi with the pneumatic figure of her dreams, but it's left one surprise: a bug-eyed little alien girl looking for her lost spaceship. If Nagi helps she might score a biogenic reward, but will the grateful E.T. increase her bustline by 30 inches…or her distance from Hayate by 30 million miles? Then, before you know it, it's White Day, when guys in Japan repay girls for all the chocolate the girls gave on Valentine's Day. And Hayate thought the yakuza got cranky...
Self-serving adults and broken dreams push a teenage boy trapped in a dead-end town closer and closer toward the abyss. Reiji’s life is as miserable as the small town he can’t escape. The most interesting thing that’s ever happened there is a double suicide down by the river. Does Reiji have any power over his fate, or will he too fall into the abyss? Reiji’s teacher Ms. Shiba and best friend Gen are both determined to prevent him from killing himself, but their motives aren’t pure, and their...
Tista leads a dual life as an assassin and a university student. What price will she pay to save the people she loves? In New York City, the NYPD struggles to track down a serial killer known as Sister Militia, who has been targeting mobsters and other criminals in the Big Apple. No one knows who Sister Militia really is except a few residents of a Catholic orphanage. Her name is Tista… Tista’s activities as the grim reaper of New York City have drawn the attention of the FBI. Agent Snow makes...
KILLER ALLERGIES Pearl finds a stray cat that leads our hero to the site of yet another murder. Did Phoenix's client really trigger her abusive father's deadly alelrgic reaction, or did her mother come back from the dead to do the deed? Together, Phoenix and Edgeworth will uncover the truth! Includes special extras after the story!
Kai Eto may look like a squeaky clean kid, but the Greater Kanto Narcotics Control Division's new investigator hides a violent alter ego and a dangerous past. With his stoic partner Hal Kurabayashi, Kai is assigned to track down and stop the distribution of Dragon Speed, a dangerous new drug. But Ryugen, the syndicate trafficking the drug, is almost impossible to infiltrate. Add street violence and a jurisdiction war with the Meguro Police, and poor Kai is in for some very long days at the offic...
Hayate the Combat Butler, Vol. 34 (Hayate the Combat Butler, #34)
by Kenjiro Hata
A hilarious tale of butlers, love and battles! Since the tender age of nine, Hayate Ayasaki has busted his behind at various part-time jobs to support his degenerate gambler parents. And how do they repay their son’s selfless generosity? By selling his organs to the yakuza to cover their debts! But fate throws Hayate a bone…sort of. Now the butler of a wealthy young lady, Hayate can finally pay back his debts, and it’ll only take him 40 years to do it. The boardinghouse is about to get even...
Astra Lost in Space, Vol. 3 (Astra Lost in Space, #3)
by Kenta Shinohara
Can eight teenagers find their way home from 5,000 light-years away? It’s the year 2063, and interstellar space travel has become the norm. Eight students from Caird High School and one child set out on a routine planet camp excursion. While there, the students are mysteriously transported 5,000 light-years away to the middle of nowhere! Will they ever make it back home?! After their nightmare on Shummoor, camp group B-5 arrives at the third planet on their journey, Aspirade. The planet has...
Jimmy Kudo, the son of a world-renowned mystery writer, is a high school detective who has cracked the most baffling of cases. One day while on a date with his childhood friend Rachel Moore, Jimmy observes a pair of men in black involved in some shady business. The men capture Jimmy and give him a poisonous substance to rub out their witness. But instead of killing him, it turns him into a little kid! Jimmy takes on the pseudonym Conan Edogawa and continues to solve all the difficult cases that...
As Erica stalks through Ergastulum, leaving a trail of dead in her wake, Delico copes with the heartbreaking news that this most dangerous Hunter is actually his long-lost little sister. After a lifetime of separation, he's determined to bring her back, but a fragile sibling bond may not be enough to counter the merciless force of destiny.
The untold story of Sherlock Holmes’ greatest rival, Moriarty! Before he was Sherlock’s rival, Moriarty fought against the unfair class caste system in London by making sure corrupt nobility got their comeuppance. But even the most well-intentioned plans can spin out of control—will Moriarty’s dream of a more just and equal world turn him into a hero…or a monster? There’s a serial killer on the loose in the poverty-stricken East End of London that the citizens are calling Jack the Ripper. An o...
Kai Eto may look like a squeaky clean kid, but the Greater Kanto Narcotics Control Division's new investigator hides a violent alter ego and a dangerous past. Together with his stoic partner Hal Kurabayashi, Kai is assigned to track down and stop the distribution of a dangerous new drug - Dragon Speed. Hal survives an assassination attempt, but it seems he may not have been the target. Clues point to the 'switch', but no one seems to know just what that means. The Ryugen, however, do know some...
Hiki and Kajiyama nail a small-time student drug dealer. The student folds like a napkin, and they turn him into an informer. But when things start going wrong, Hiki gets suspicious of their new stoolie and begins to wonder who is really playing whom.
Kill some time with former hit man Taro Sakamoto! Taro Sakamoto was once a legendary hit man considered the greatest of all time. Bad guys feared him! Assassins revered him! But then one day he quit, got married, and had a baby. He’s now living the quiet life as the owner of a neighborhood store, but how long can Sakamoto enjoy his days of retirement before his past catches up to him?! Sakamoto and crew enter a survival game organized by the local shopping district in hopes of winning the cash...
A deadly typhoon, a mysterious creature and a girl who won’t quit. In 2020, a large creature rampages through Tokyo, destroying everything in its path. In 1959, Asa Asada, a spunky young girl from a huge family in Nagoya, is kidnapped for ransom—and not a soul notices. When a typhoon hits Nagoya, Asa and her kidnapper must work together to survive. But there’s more to her kidnapper and this storm than meets the eye. The mysterious creature appears in Tokyo Bay and takes a chunk out of a self-d...
Both touched by spirits called yokai, Kotoko and Kuro have gained unique superhuman powers. But to gain her powers Kotoko has given up an eye and a leg, and Kuro's personal life is in shambles. So when Kotoko suggests they team up to deal with renegades from the spirit world, Kuro doesn't have many other choices, but Kotoko might just have a few ulterior motives.
Children of the Sea, Vol. 4 (Children of the Sea, #4)
by Daisuke Igarashi
Jim, Dehdeh, and Ruka's mom finally track down Anglade's yacht, but neither the rogue scientist nor Umi and Ruka are on board. All that remains is a cryptic invitation to Jim. While Jim tries to figure out the game his ex-colleague is playing and Kanako dives into memories of her daughter Ruka, the strange sea-changes continue around the world.
Flash back to one of the cases that made Jimmy Kudo famous before he became Conan. While visiting his actress mother on Broadway, Jimmy discovers some rotten apples in the Big Apple. Someone is trying to kill the stars of Golden Apple, a musical based on Greek mythology, and the only clue is a golden apple inscribed 'For the Fairest.' While Jimmy races to crack the case, Rachel stumbles upon a mystery of her own...and a certain man in a black knit cap!
Something's Wrong With Us 6 (Something's Wrong with Us, #6)
by Natsumi Ando
A spine-chilling and steamy romance between a Japanese sweets maker and the man who framed her mother for murder-Something's Wrong With Us is the dark, psychological, sexy shojo series readers have been waiting for! Following in her mother's footsteps, Nao became a traditional Japanese sweets maker, and at 21, she's about to take the industry by storm. With unparalleled artistry and a bright attitude, she gets an offer to work at a world-class confectionary company. But when she meets the young...
Something's Wrong With Us 1 (Something's Wrong with Us, #1)
by Natsumi Ando
A spine-chilling and steamy romance between a Japanese sweets maker and the man who framed her mother for murder - Something's Wrong With Us is the dark, psychological, sexy shojo series readers have been waiting for! Following in her mother's footsteps, Nao became a traditional Japanese sweets maker, and at 21, she's about to take the industry by storm. With unparalleled artistry and a bright attitude, she gets an offer to work at a world-class confectionary company. But when she meets the youn...
Brilliant anime director Satoshi Kon (Paprika, Paranoia Agent, Tokyo Godfathers, Millennium Actress, Perfect Blue) died tragically young in 2010 at the age of 46. Before he became a director, he was a manga artist, and Dark Horse is honored to remember Kon with the release of Satoshi Kon's OPUS, an omnibus collection of a two-volume manga from 1996, created by Kon on the eve of his first film. OPUS contains the mastery of both realism and surrealism that would make Kon famous in Perfect Blue,...
When Takeru adopts his new pet, he's in for a surprise - the dog is none other than the reincarnation of Sherlock Holmes, the famous detective! What's more, this Sherlock Bones' has decided that Takeru is the reincarnation of his long-time assistant, Dr. Watson! Takeru and Holmes (a.k.a. Sherlock Bones) work to solve crimes across modern day Tokyo!'