Yu Mano wanted a job where he wouldn't have to deal with lots of people looking at him, and maybe where he could get some of his college homework done during breaks. Being an albino in South Korea, he always stands out. There's this creepy yet eye-catching mansion in his neighborhood that somehow is a library, so he decides to work there part-time for a while. ... more>>

But his annoyance level soon shoots through the roof because every single one of the (admittedly gorgeous) librarians there are vampire otakus! They even dress and talk as if they are vampires—and as if they're certain he is one, too!

After an awkward first encounter with the head librarian (including being dragged into his elegant coffin), he is determined to never go back but... <<less

In a distant world reminiscent of the Arabian Nights, a mysterious young elf-child etched by a difficult life in the slums of a remote village with his elder sister.... more>>

One day, he encountered Sedona, a librarian from the greatest library of the land, and the two formed a bond as they began their adventure in a fantastic and wondrous world. <<less

A sudden arrival of letter to her one fine day. By the request of the letter, the witch Bessi Ale returns to her homeland, Veyron Empire after having left it 16 years ago. After becoming the newly appointed manager of the National Library which was on the brink of closure, she has a premonition that she will be entangled with the secret that's kept hidden in the imperial palace... "From now on, I promise to be by your side." "You are special to me. More special to me than anyone else in the world." A small spark appears in the curious relationship she has with the knight Justin, who experienced a terrible ill-fated relationship in... more>> the past. Amidst all that, Bessi comes closer to revealing the truth that could shake the whole empire. In the world where only women are able to use magic,

shows how the super powerful witch Bessi survives as the manager of the library!" <<less

Serika is your typical high school girl. She loves reading books, likes romance, and has the ability to knock a guy flat out with her... more>> fist. She imagines herself as one of those heroines she reads in books, a shining maiden waiting for her prince. But what happens to her dream when the prince she has been waiting for is not only younger than her, but also smaller? Will the princess accept the chibi prince? <<less

There's a legend about a certain library at the Doumeikan University: whoever meets there for the first time will fall in love. One fateful day,... more>> Shino waits for her date there, but she doesn't meet him. Instead she meets a football player who took refuge there, trying to avoid his angry teammates. Then the two surprisingly find out that their parents are getting married, and so they start to live together... <<less

A teacher at Kanae's school has been fired for having an affair with a student. Then, a hot new librarian comes in… Kanae falls in... more>> love with the new librarian. However, she sees a ring on his finger...? <<less

One day, Alissa, the royal librarian, finds an abandoned diary. Not realizing it's under a unique magic spell, she takes it home, where she discovers that whenever she writes her name in it, she's transported to an unfamiliar place, where she meets with a boy called Louis. Thinking it to just be the world inside a book, Alissa befriends the young Louis and spends a lot of time with him.... more>>

Meanwhile, after years of making his people worry by staying single, a young king invites all the unmarried noble ladies to a ball where he will finally choose his queen. Alissa attends the ball with a light heart, confident that nothing will happen to her, until, strangely enough, the young king takes an interest in her... <<less

During the 31st year of Seika, the battle between the Library Force and the Media Improvement Committee reached a new level of violence. Each group has armed itself for either the freedom of expression or the "protection" of society from the bad influences of media.... more>>

Kasahara Iku joins the Library Force with the intent of finding her "Prince" who helped her during a censorship exercise by the Media Improvement Committee and with her strong will of protecting books. <<less

Wallace, the head librarian of the "Library of the End," has no memory. And what lies inside the forgotten library in the furthest end of... more>> the world are only a taciturn maid and the "Magic Monsters of the Books" that he just can't get through. The library gets no visitors and, as the head librarian, Wallace cannot leave. So he lives his days in relative solitude, unable to discover his past. And then, one day. He met Lucia, a witch apprentice from the "Village of the Beginning," through a mirror. This is a story of them, a lonely and gentle fantasy story; a fairytale that will not be passed down to anyone. <<less

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Kitazono Meiko falls asleep in the library one day, only to be awakened by a kiss! She is unsure of who it was that kissed her, however, since there are multiple boys still in the library. Could it be the popular boy Shinoda-senpai? Or the super-cool Mikoshiba-senpai? The boy-next-door type Mogami? Or the cute underclassman Hachiya? Who could it be? They're all possible candidates, but which one does Meiko like the best...?... more>>

Oneshot in volume 1:

Soprano (released by )

Oneshots in volume 2:

Anna no kami ga nagai riyuu (released by )

Hakka drops (released by ) <<less

Set in a fictional European country in 1924, a Japanese exchange student meets a mysterious, brilliant girl who only leaves the library to sleep. Her... more>> brother, a detective, relies on her mind to solve difficult mysteries, several of which draw her away from the library. <<less

The title story, “The Mermaid Prince,” told in three chapters, is a coming-of-age story set in Okinawa. The boy, Mugi, has a fascination with mermaids. He moved in from Tokyo when his sister got married to a local man, and doesn’t quite fit in. On the day he met the girl, Madori, she was just coming to terms with her new family situation. His thoughtful gesture made her view him as her Prince Charming.... more>>

In the second story, “Snowy Day,” a homeless father and son take refuge from the snow in a library. The librarian soon finds out there is more to them than meets the eye.

The third story, “Ametsukigahara,” is a two-parter about a girl named Akari. There’s not much she cares about in this world, except maybe her friendship with Fumika, who’s afraid of boys. But then Fumika gets a boyfriend, and something happens that makes Akari even more jaded than she already was. <<less

In the Xuan Hai Tian cultivation world, where powerful sects stand tall, modern day Yang Rui accidentally becomes the Dean of the divine Lang Huan... more>> Library. Yang Rui sets out to recruit new disciples and do something remarkable. Can Yang Rui glorify the name of the Lang Huan library? <<less

An anthology of horror one-shots by famous mangaka in the genre.... more>>

1. Snow White - Shirayukihime - (Itou Junji) -- Snow White gets thrown in the dungeon for being the fairest of them all.

2. The Story that Ends with the Prologue (Takahashi Yousuke) -- The rather wacky encounter between a normal high school boy and a strange girl.

3. Spiritual Medicine (Inuki Kanako) -- "Illness comes from the spirit," or so goes an old Japanese saying. The mind and the body have a strange relationship with each other...

4. The Bookworm - Bungaku Seinen - (Amagappa Shoujogun) -- An otherwise normal library has a rather unusual regular visitor.

5. A Circus Tale (Hino Hideshi) - The dramatic story of a mother-and-son duo who work in a travelling circus.

8. Caged Bird (Osada Noto)

9. The “Badger” Has Begun (Takahashi Yousuke) - Of dreams, cheating and cheating in dreams... <<less

The new series will continue to follow the lives of Iku and Dojo, as well as Tezuka, Shibasaki, Komaki, Marie, and others.

From his late grandfather Viscount Disward, Huey has inherited The Mystical Library of Dantalian, a collection of powerful Mystical Books demonic and supernatural. Together with... more>> the dark and mysterious Dariane, they pursue Mystical Books scattered across England. Their adventure begins here. <<less

Weekend Betsuender:... more>>

A collection of 5 short stories:

1. Natsu no Kakera

When Miyuki goes off to the countryside to visit her grandfather in the hospital, she accidentally enters Madoka’s room instead. Although she finds him rude at first, they end up seeing each other every day and get closer. But, Miyuki only has a limited amount of time in the countryside. As the summer passes, how will things turn out for them?

2. Yuki no Kakera

Aya usually has the library to herself after school - that is, until she witnesses an incident that leads to her discovery of Tono’s feelings for her fellow librarian, Konno. The three end up spending time together, and Aya finds it odd that she can’t stop watching them. As winter goes on, the snow falls and builds up like the fragments of Tono’s emotions - fragments that slowly find their way into Aya’s heart.

3. Koi no Kakera

What was initially sheer admiration for the club president, Kondo, spurred Konno into joining the Home Economics Club. Little did she know that these feelings of admiration would eventually grow into something bigger and she decides to knit him a scarf as an expression for her feelings. However, life is hard when the target of her affections is the harshest handicraft critic around. Would a scarf knitted with the her fragments of her emotions be enough to convey her feelings?

4. Harumichi Soushi

On the third anniversary of her author father's death, Hinata gets swept into a manuscript he left in his library-- literally!

5. Akiiro Kimiiro

Kanako had always dreamed of falling in love; and when she finally does, things don’t exactly go according to plan. Ihara is cold, aloof and rude – but despite that, she is relentless and refuses to give up. Vibrantly coloured by all the moments they had together, it was the autumn their lives changed forever. <<less

"Murakami Haruki? I know--it's actually Kadokawa Haruki." This is the love story between some human trash and a glasses guy who both fall for a... more>> (fake) literary girl who has nothing going for her aside from her face. <<less

The Soichi Front... more>>

For 10 years, a woman named Michina Hirose has been looking for any shred of evidence that could lead her to the missing Tsujii family. While in a certain town, she sees children acting strangely, spitting nails at others, and trying to curse people, just like the youngest Tsujii son—Souichi—used to do. Learning that the children only started behaving that way after visiting a local haunted house, she decides to investigate further, but ends up with far more than she bargained for.

Soichi's Beloved Pet

A stray cat decides to follow Sayuri Tsujii home one day, and everyone in the house gets attached to her, deciding to name her Collon. But after Collon has a run-in with Sayuri's youngest brother—the gloomy, curse-happy Souichi—she begins to act strangely. Is this the result of a curse, or something else?

In The Valley of Mirrors

There is bitter enmity between two villages, facing each other across a river. But instead of erecting walls and battlements, they both decided to put up mirrors. What could this mean? And where did all the people disappear to, all those years ago?

Anything but a Ghost

While driving on a mountain road one night, Shigeru finds a girl covered in blood.

Library of Illusions

Koko lives with her husband Goro in a giant mansion full of books. The books are a family heirloom, and heâ??s fiercely protective of them, so it would really suck if something were to happen to them...

Songs in the Dark

There are songs that stick with us long after we've heard them; the song Tamayo hears while passing a street musician is one of those. However, even with a doctor's visit and medication, the song won't leave her. Seeking resolution, she tracks down the musician, Yu Kanade, and discovers that this "brain noise" is contagious, with Yu's entire audience falling prey to it. But why is Yu's song stuck in everyone's head?

Splatter Film

Ogi got lost while traveling in South America, but was saved by a kind tribe of people who sent him home with a pot of delicious nectar from a plant their religion is focused around. At home, he offers some to his friend Sugio, but warns him that he must not be noticed while eating it. Sugio loves the nectar, and finds that regular food just can't compare, so he and some of Ogi's other friends sneak in to eat it. However, they are met with a grisly sight, which is only just the beginning of the strange events that will befall them. <<less

Compilation of short stories:... more>>

1-3) Hatsukoi ni Oboreta

4) Sweet Cool

Suzu's boyfriend suddenly broke up with her at the end of summer vacation. She pretended that it was alright while he was there, but as soon as he left she began to cry. The kind and cool Jun was passing by and gave her some sweet chocolate to cheer her up. The next day, they discover that they go to the same school. What will happen with this pair whose introduction was so sweet?

5) Juonteki na Kanojo aka My Grudging Girlfriend:

After losing a bet to his friends, Ginji, a well known playboy of his school, has to ask out Kei Natsumi, “the darkest woman in school”, as the kids call her. Natsumi always spends her time in the library reading horror books and it’s not that Ginji is afraid that he’ll be turned down but he’s afraid of her gloomy atmosphere. Will he be able to light up her life? <<less

A young man sits in the inner room of a library, diligently restoring old - but valuable - books to their former splendour. An enthusiastic,... more>> upbeat young police officer often comes to him for help with hard-to-solve cases...But what exactly is the mysterious skill that allows this man to unfailingly discover the truth lying in places that even the watchful eye of the Law has failed to penetrate? <<less

Altina who's fond of books starts pretending to be a mute in order to escape the imposed image of her as a "perfect lady" role that's set-up by her older brother and older sisters.... more>>

However, that being said, that pretend act will soon be discovered by no other than the head librarian, sir Shijar himself?! <<less

From AOC Translations: Nitori Aoi has a self-proclaimed fetish for tanned skin and splendid muscles. What will happen when Aoi's friend puts Tsukamoto Mizuki, her... more>> favourite tanned boy on library duty with her? <<less

The story of two girls with a shared love of books falling in love at the library.