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eureka_seven_songs.md
what follows is an attempt to identify the songs that give titles to the chapters in the eureka seven psalms of planets manga. it's a neat manga, you should read it. i never saw the anime and probably won't ever.
as the clear majority of the chapter titles do come from song names and/or lyrics, and i think that is cool, i figured that all (most) should be similarly identifiable as specific songs. this observation then evolved into a personal quest to do exactly that. however, this project has inherent pitfalls. it is possible i might interpret a chapter as a song reference that was not intended as such and, as you'll see if you dig into the notes, some of the titles are generic enough that they could be literally dozens of different songs. there is no way for me to conclusively identify every song, or even most of them, and this list is not to be taken as authoritative—way too much guesswork is involved. i did this primarily for my own amusement and curiosity, and at the end of the day it isn't too serious. if the list i put together is close more or less to the intended references, and i get a fun playlist to do dishes to, then i am happy with that.
i am not the first person to have this idea. i did a first pass on my own before consulting with a japanese eureka seven wiki. while i didn't always go with their picks, in cases where they identified what seemed a more plausible reference, i did defer to them. and their list absolutely helped me realize that some of the songs i knew from their originals were probably being referenced two steps removed (by way of japanese bands covering and/or referencing them) in eureka seven. most importantly, it gave me confidence that enough of the songs could be identified that i probably wasn't wasting my time with the songs that really ran me through the ringer figuring out.
my methodology for selecting songs was to prioritize:
- exact title/chapter matches
- japanese rock bands
- songs from 1990-2005
- relevant thematic parallels
- bands that already appeared once
as i don't speak or read japanese, i had to use google translate a bunch. in cases where this methodology wasn't enough to get me to a particular song, where my lack of confidence with japanese language was complicating things, or where i suspected i was missing a more apparent reference, i have made note of the decision logic that i followed to make my final selections in the footnotes below.
no one asked for this. i don't know why i'm like this. :3
| chapter | chapter title | artist | song title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start today | hi-standard | start today |
| 2 | kids are alright | air | kids are alright[1] |
| 3 | holidays in the sun | the sex pistols | holidays in the sun[2] |
| 4 | silence burns | eastern youth | 静寂が燃える |
| 5 | the sun & the moon | husking bee | the sun and the moon |
| 6 | siamese dream | the smashing pumpkins | cherub rock[3] |
| 7 | summertime blues | guitar wolf | summertime blues |
| 8 | two machine guns | the high-lows | 二匹のマシンガン |
| 9 | the world shatters and resonates in my ears | eastern youth | 世界は割れ響く耳鳴りのようだ |
| 10 | it is a child with adult—alone alone | the high-lows | 一人で大人 一人で子供[4] |
| 11 | know your enemy | rage against the machine | know your enemy |
| 12 | flowers of isolation—helpess | eastern youth | 裸足で行かざるを得ない[5] |
| 13 | flourish | spiral life | garden[6] |
| 14 | easy to smile | senseless things | easy to smile |
| 15 | the heretic anthem | slipknot | the heretic anthem |
| 16 | right now | korn | right now[7] |
| 17 | again & again | asparagus | again & again |
| 18 | if i only had a brain | ray bolger | if I only had a brain |
| 19 | what can you see from your place? | eastern youth | 自由[5:1] |
| 20 | the future is in our hands | the blue hearts | 未来は僕等の手の中 |
| 21 | the lost world | you & explosion band | ロスト・ワールド |
| 22 | full emotion fools | eastern youth | 大馬鹿流エモーション! |
| 23 | spiral life | spiral life | ライフ・イズ・スパイラル[6:1] |
this could be any number of covers of the who song of the same name, or even the original, but i felt there was a better case for it to be this track by air instead because there are so many references to spiral life throughout the manga[6:2] (air is one of the members of that band's later projects). ↩︎
there is a live vhs/dvd by the high-lows from 1997 named after this song, which i think is extremely likely to be the reference. but they don't cover the song, and the one song from there i considered swapping in (スーパーソニックジェットボーイ) felt like a pretty big stretch so i stuck with the obvious reference. it's the pistols, they're iconic, i don't need to overthink this one. ↩︎
i think it is more likely that the chapter is a reference to the very iconic album than the very obscure b-side of the same name. under that assumption, "cherub rock" was the song that fit thematically with the chapter and tonally with the rest of the mix the best, so i went with it. but this is probably my most arbitrary decision i made in assembling the list. ↩︎
i had the worst time ever figuring this one out. the high-lows were the last band i realized belonged on here, despite the fact i was already familiar with their music, and there are multiple references to them. ↩︎
the chapter title is a lyric from this song, not the title. ↩︎ ↩︎
flourish is an album by the band spiral life, but no songs include "flourish" in the lyrics or their titles, so i just picked the single from the album that felt like it represented the theme of the album and fit the rest of the songs style wise. and the last chapter is more likely just a reference to the band name, but this song was close enough that i went with it. ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
while a lot of the songs were hard to pin to one particular recording, this one keeps me up at night. the first song i thought maybe it should be was the creatures' cover of the herbie mann song, but it doesn't really fit with the overall vibe and felt too obscure. eventually i settled on this korn song. if rage against the machine and slipknot weren't already on here, i'd probably have skipped past it, but especially since it is right after the slipknot song, a strong argument can be made for it belonging here. however, supercar does have a b-side to one of their singles also called "right now." supercar absolutely stylistically fits better with the rest of the bands on here. but it being a deep cut, and not really fitting super well right after the slipknot song, ultimately dissuaded me from selecting it. ↩︎
manga_log.md
o = playing
x = completed
d = dropped
r = replaying
- 2026-05-14 o de la jet set radio
- 2026-05-12 o mother 1+2
- 2026-05-08 o mother 1+2
the flcl manga essay
current
- gather source materials
- linked from wikipedia
thinking out loud
- no referencing the anime outside of context
- no "damn that's so crazy" and no "explanation/theory"
- english language commentary not very useful
wikipedia
- magazine z
- monthly magazine z published flcl originally
- hajime ueda
- "貧血エレベーター" was their doujin circle
context
- some general notes on ueda, they did god's work
- "Why did you hire an unemployable assistant?"
- background on ueda from their time working as reiji yamada's assistant (when?)
- kodansha book listing
- "The most reckless man in the Japanese manga world, Ueda Hajime. This comic is not just a thing!" (google translate)
- https://e-hentai.org/g/3245852/8e5097b889/ ??
reviews
- teenreads (2011 + english, probably not useful)
- [Single book] "Furikuri" 1st volume Picture: Ueda Hajime + work: GAINAX Kodansha B6
I haven't seen the anime, though. This comic, anyway, the sense of wavy flying is wonderful. The number of lines is small, but I think this is a line that can not be drawn easily. It seems to be rough, and it is very simple and coolly determined. It even is beautiful. This book feels so good when you read it. The big sesame seeds and the abnormal tempo of the name surprise, and the scene unfolding in front of you makes your head crack. The expression is very technical and dynamic. To be honest, I don’t know what it is. It doesn't even come into my head. But it feels good. It’s fun to watch and I’m glad that this kind of stuff exists. It is undoubtedly a rare work. (google translate)
- what is this website?
credit
- the hazel flcl video - covers the anime, which i won't, and explicitly does not cover the manga. however, it's probably inescapable that some of hazel's commentary will at least subtly influence my view of the manga, so i should credit the video.
bryan lee o'malley's seconds
current
- gather source materials
- linked from wikipedia
thinking out loud
- is bryan lee o'malley scott pilgrim?
interviews
- scott pilgrim grows up
- creator of scott pilgrim finally returns with new graphic novel seconds
- "Scott Pilgrim's" Bryan Lee O'Malley Goes For "Seconds"
- A Second with Bryan Lee O’Malley
- The Arcade, Episode 29: Cause & Effect
- Beyond the Many Lives of Scott Pilgrim
-
Tumblr culture and the whole reappropriation-without-context thing are a double-edged sword in that they both raise awareness of my work and also kind of devalue it at the same time. But I don’t know. I guess I don’t mind. Culture is evolving and I’m along for the ride.
-
...I get to actually fix mistakes that were made so many years ago, or I get to spend more time on something that I always regretted rushing through. On the first book I made a lot of tiny changes that people won’t notice, just “correcting” faces and hair shapes and things. On the second book I started going to town a bit and really cleaned up and redrew some stuff. To some degree I might look at that when it comes out and wonder why I changed certain things at all, but it just felt kinda cathartic. These books were produced on a pretty tight schedule and I was always rushing, so in some sense I shipped incomplete products, especially the first three books. It’s nice to be able to address that...
-
I came up with the general idea for Seconds right after completing the first volume of Scott Pilgrim. I worked in a restaurant in Toronto for a little while to pay the bills while writing the second volume and planning the rest of the series, and I had a few ideas for this other story, a story about a restaurant. So, Seconds is about a restaurant, and the restaurant is called Seconds, and 90 percent of the story takes place within it. Beyond that it’s really hard for me to explain and I’m going to have to work on that so I can talk about it properly when it comes out
-
reviews
context
- seconds helping, a drawing assistant's memoir comic
- cute, but limited value for my essay outside of documenting the 14+ hour days they were working to finish the book
tumblr
research
eureka_seven_songs.md
what follows is an attempt to identify the songs that give titles to the chapters in the eureka seven psalms of planets manga. it's a neat manga, you should read it. i never saw the anime and probably won't ever.
as the clear majority of the chapter titles do come from song names and/or lyrics, and i think that is cool, i figured that all (most) should be similarly identifiable as specific songs. this observation then evolved into a personal quest to do exactly that. however, this project has inherent pitfalls. it is possible i might interpret a chapter as a song reference that was not intended as such and, as you'll see if you dig into the notes, some of the titles are generic enough that they could be literally dozens of different songs. there is no way for me to conclusively identify every song, or even most of them, and this list is not to be taken as authoritative—way too much guesswork is involved. i did this primarily for my own amusement and curiosity, and at the end of the day it isn't too serious. if the list i put together is close more or less to the intended references, and i get a fun playlist to do dishes to, then i am happy with that.
i am not the first person to have this idea. i did a first pass on my own before consulting with a japanese eureka seven wiki. while i didn't always go with their picks, in cases where they identified what seemed a more plausible reference, i did defer to them. and their list absolutely helped me realize that some of the songs i knew from their originals were probably being referenced two steps removed (by way of japanese bands covering and/or referencing them) in eureka seven. most importantly, it gave me confidence that enough of the songs could be identified that i probably wasn't wasting my time with the songs that really ran me through the ringer figuring out.
my methodology for selecting songs was to prioritize:
- exact title/chapter matches
- japanese rock bands
- songs from 1990-2005
- relevant thematic parallels
- bands that already appeared once
as i don't speak or read japanese, i had to use google translate a bunch. in cases where this methodology wasn't enough to get me to a particular song, where my lack of confidence with japanese language was complicating things, or where i suspected i was missing a more apparent reference, i have made note of the decision logic that i followed to make my final selections in the footnotes below.
no one asked for this. i don't know why i'm like this. :3
| chapter | chapter title | artist | song title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start today | hi-standard | start today |
| 2 | kids are alright | air | kids are alright[1] |
| 3 | holidays in the sun | the sex pistols | holidays in the sun[2] |
| 4 | silence burns | eastern youth | 静寂が燃える |
| 5 | the sun & the moon | husking bee | the sun and the moon |
| 6 | siamese dream | the smashing pumpkins | cherub rock[3] |
| 7 | summertime blues | guitar wolf | summertime blues |
| 8 | two machine guns | the high-lows | 二匹のマシンガン |
| 9 | the world shatters and resonates in my ears | eastern youth | 世界は割れ響く耳鳴りのようだ |
| 10 | it is a child with adult—alone alone | the high-lows | 一人で大人 一人で子供[4] |
| 11 | know your enemy | rage against the machine | know your enemy |
| 12 | flowers of isolation—helpess | eastern youth | 裸足で行かざるを得ない[5] |
| 13 | flourish | spiral life | garden[6] |
| 14 | easy to smile | senseless things | easy to smile |
| 15 | the heretic anthem | slipknot | the heretic anthem |
| 16 | right now | korn | right now[7] |
| 17 | again & again | asparagus | again & again |
| 18 | if i only had a brain | ray bolger | if I only had a brain |
| 19 | what can you see from your place? | eastern youth | 自由[5:1] |
| 20 | the future is in our hands | the blue hearts | 未来は僕等の手の中 |
| 21 | the lost world | you & explosion band | ロスト・ワールド |
| 22 | full emotion fools | eastern youth | 大馬鹿流エモーション! |
| 23 | spiral life | spiral life | ライフ・イズ・スパイラル[6:1] |
this could be any number of covers of the who song of the same name, or even the original, but i felt there was a better case for it to be this track by air instead because there are so many references to spiral life throughout the manga[6:2] (air is one of the members of that band's later projects). ↩︎
there is a live vhs/dvd by the high-lows from 1997 named after this song, which i think is extremely likely to be the reference. but they don't cover the song, and the one song from there i considered swapping in (スーパーソニックジェットボーイ) felt like a pretty big stretch so i stuck with the obvious reference. it's the pistols, they're iconic, i don't need to overthink this one. ↩︎
i think it is more likely that the chapter is a reference to the very iconic album than the very obscure b-side of the same name. under that assumption, "cherub rock" was the song that fit thematically with the chapter and tonally with the rest of the mix the best, so i went with it. but this is probably my most arbitrary decision i made in assembling the list. ↩︎
i had the worst time ever figuring this one out. the high-lows were the last band i realized belonged on here, despite the fact i was already familiar with their music, and there are multiple references to them. ↩︎
the chapter title is a lyric from this song, not the title. ↩︎ ↩︎
flourish is an album by the band spiral life, but no songs include "flourish" in the lyrics or their titles, so i just picked the single from the album that felt like it represented the theme of the album and fit the rest of the songs style wise. and the last chapter is more likely just a reference to the band name, but this song was close enough that i went with it. ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
while a lot of the songs were hard to pin to one particular recording, this one keeps me up at night. the first song i thought maybe it should be was the creatures' cover of the herbie mann song, but it doesn't really fit with the overall vibe and felt too obscure. eventually i settled on this korn song. if rage against the machine and slipknot weren't already on here, i'd probably have skipped past it, but especially since it is right after the slipknot song, a strong argument can be made for it belonging here. however, supercar does have a b-side to one of their singles also called "right now." supercar absolutely stylistically fits better with the rest of the bands on here. but it being a deep cut, and not really fitting super well right after the slipknot song, ultimately dissuaded me from selecting it. ↩︎
the flcl manga essay
current
- gather source materials
- linked from wikipedia
thinking out loud
- no referencing the anime outside of context
- no "damn that's so crazy" and no "explanation/theory"
- english language commentary not very useful
wikipedia
- magazine z
- monthly magazine z published flcl originally
- hajime ueda
- "貧血エレベーター" was their doujin circle
context
- some general notes on ueda, they did god's work
- "Why did you hire an unemployable assistant?"
- background on ueda from their time working as reiji yamada's assistant (when?)
- kodansha book listing
- "The most reckless man in the Japanese manga world, Ueda Hajime. This comic is not just a thing!" (google translate)
- https://e-hentai.org/g/3245852/8e5097b889/ ??
reviews
- teenreads (2011 + english, probably not useful)
- [Single book] "Furikuri" 1st volume Picture: Ueda Hajime + work: GAINAX Kodansha B6
I haven't seen the anime, though. This comic, anyway, the sense of wavy flying is wonderful. The number of lines is small, but I think this is a line that can not be drawn easily. It seems to be rough, and it is very simple and coolly determined. It even is beautiful. This book feels so good when you read it. The big sesame seeds and the abnormal tempo of the name surprise, and the scene unfolding in front of you makes your head crack. The expression is very technical and dynamic. To be honest, I don’t know what it is. It doesn't even come into my head. But it feels good. It’s fun to watch and I’m glad that this kind of stuff exists. It is undoubtedly a rare work. (google translate)
- what is this website?
credit
- the hazel flcl video - covers the anime, which i won't, and explicitly does not cover the manga. however, it's probably inescapable that some of hazel's commentary will at least subtly influence my view of the manga, so i should credit the video.
bryan lee o'malley's seconds
current
- gather source materials
- linked from wikipedia
thinking out loud
- is bryan lee o'malley scott pilgrim?
interviews
- scott pilgrim grows up
- creator of scott pilgrim finally returns with new graphic novel seconds
- "Scott Pilgrim's" Bryan Lee O'Malley Goes For "Seconds"
- A Second with Bryan Lee O’Malley
- The Arcade, Episode 29: Cause & Effect
- Beyond the Many Lives of Scott Pilgrim
-
Tumblr culture and the whole reappropriation-without-context thing are a double-edged sword in that they both raise awareness of my work and also kind of devalue it at the same time. But I don’t know. I guess I don’t mind. Culture is evolving and I’m along for the ride.
-
...I get to actually fix mistakes that were made so many years ago, or I get to spend more time on something that I always regretted rushing through. On the first book I made a lot of tiny changes that people won’t notice, just “correcting” faces and hair shapes and things. On the second book I started going to town a bit and really cleaned up and redrew some stuff. To some degree I might look at that when it comes out and wonder why I changed certain things at all, but it just felt kinda cathartic. These books were produced on a pretty tight schedule and I was always rushing, so in some sense I shipped incomplete products, especially the first three books. It’s nice to be able to address that...
-
I came up with the general idea for Seconds right after completing the first volume of Scott Pilgrim. I worked in a restaurant in Toronto for a little while to pay the bills while writing the second volume and planning the rest of the series, and I had a few ideas for this other story, a story about a restaurant. So, Seconds is about a restaurant, and the restaurant is called Seconds, and 90 percent of the story takes place within it. Beyond that it’s really hard for me to explain and I’m going to have to work on that so I can talk about it properly when it comes out
-
reviews
context
- seconds helping, a drawing assistant's memoir comic
- cute, but limited value for my essay outside of documenting the 14+ hour days they were working to finish the book
tumblr
a_note_to_myself.md
topics to research
- go! comi and after school nightmare
- bryan lee o'malley's seconds
- old tokyopop and between the sheets
- moyoco anno's happy mania
- the flcl manga essay
- minami q-ta's pop life and star fruit books
useful resources
research_guidelines.md
2026-04-23 [1.0]
- criticize, but be curious
- what would change my mind?
- no dogmatic prescriptivism
- find what is special regardless
- admit limitations and biases
- i am a bystander, not the subject
- no first impressions, always reflect
- be political, don't handwave
- include history and context
- write for posterity, do not erase
- read out loud before posting
- cite version of the guidelines used
- hate makes for miserable reading
a_note_to_myself.md
topics to research
- go! comi and after school nightmare
- bryan lee o'malley's seconds
- old tokyopop and between the sheets
- moyoco anno's happy mania
- the flcl manga essay
- minami q-ta's pop life and star fruit books
useful resources
upcoming_releases.md
what follows is a curated list of upcoming manga we are looking forward to. let us know if there's any other series or releases we should be following, especially from smaller, independent publishers.
disclosure: i am an affiliate of bookshop.org and i will earn a commission if you click the below links and make a purchase
2026.05.19
- senpai is an otokonoko, vol. 6 - isbn: 9798888773666
2026.05.26
- face meat - isbn: 9781961581074
- wicked spot, vol. 1 - isbn: 9781647295721
- kowloon generic romance, vol. 11 isbn: 9798855427578
- sailor zombie omnibus isbn: 9798855420654
2026.06.02
- shugo chara, vol. 2 - isbn: 9798888777053
- our aimless nights, vol. 1 - isbn: 9798217118304
- pink candy kiss, vol. 5 - isbn: 9781974765676
2026.06.16
- rainbows after storms, vol. 10 - isbn: 9781974763665
- chainsmoker cat, vol. 3 - isbn: 9798895614372
- senpai is an otokonoko, vol. 7 - isbn: 9798888773673
- cocoon - isbn: 9781974716845
2026.06.30
- mother please don't give birth to a monster - isbn: 9781961581180
2026.07.07
- yuri espoir, vol. 5 - isbn: 9781427888716
- the credits roll into the sea, vol. 1 - isbn: 9781506752136
2026.07.14
- tease me harder, vol. 3 - isbn: 9798895615263
2026.08.04
- sacrifice of my manly soul, vol. 4 - isbn: 9798895614006
2026.08.11
- rainbows after storms, vol. 10 - isbn: 9781974765201
2026.08.18
- senpai is an otokonoko, vol. 8 - isbn: 9798888773901
2026.08.25
- common-sense monster, vol. 3 - isbn: 9798855434545
- rock is a lady's modesty, vol.3 - isbn: 9798855408010
- girls' last tour collector's edition, vol. 1 - isbn: 123575/9798855426915
2026.09.01
- shugo chara!, vol. 3 - isbn: 9798888777060
- ruridragon, vol. 4 - isbn: 9781974766710
2026.09.15
- on and off: work-life imbalance, vol. 4 - isbn: 9798899100017
- chainsmoker cat, vol. 4 - isbn: 9798895614389
2026.09.22
- my deer friend nokotan, vol. 8 - isbn: 9798898632113
- kase-san and yamada, vol. 5 - isbn: 9798897653430
2026.09.29
- how my cute girlfriend and i started a love story, vol. 1 - isbn: 9781427887795
- fire! - isbn: 9781941250709
2026.10.13
- rainbows after storms, vol. 12 - isbn: 9781974765423
- fish society - isbn: 9781634428408
2026.10.20
- senpai is an otokonoko, vol. 9 - isbn: 9798888774243
2026.10.27
- the guy she was interested in wasn't a guy at all, vol. 4 - isbn: 9798855444209
2026.11.03
- tease me harder, vol. 4 - isbn: 9798895615270
2026.11.10
- asumi-chan is interested in lesbian brothels!, vol. 7 - isbn: 9798898631666
- our aimless nights, vol. 2 - isbn: 9798217118342
2026.12.01
- shugo chara!, vol. 4 - isbn: 9798888777077
- pink candy kiss, vol. 6 - isbn: 9781974769056
2026.12.08
- rainbows after storms, vol. 13 - isbn: 9781974765621
2026.12.15
- chainsmoker cat, vol. 5 - isbn: 9798895614396
2026.12.22
- senpai is an otokonoko, vol. 10 - isbn: 9798888775431
2027.01.26
- nightfall travelers: leave only footprints, vol. 3 - isbn: 9798895617038
2027.06.08
- a white rose in bloom, vol. 5 - isbn: 9798897653225
2027.07.06
- within the villainess, vol. 1 - isbn: 9781419780042
a note for publishers: while we do not conditionally accept books for review or promotion, if you want to send us any books no strings attached for consideration, reach out by e-mail.
research_guidelines.md
2026-04-23 [1.0]
- criticize, but be curious
- what would change my mind?
- no dogmatic prescriptivism
- find what is special regardless
- admit limitations and biases
- i am a bystander, not the subject
- no first impressions, always reflect
- be political, don't handwave
- include history and context
- write for posterity, do not erase
- read out loud before posting
- cite version of the guidelines used
- hate makes for miserable reading
music_projects.md
solo works
- youandiforawhile - post-industrial emo
- sidney c. - cinematic noise
collaborative works
- lurline baths - alien jazz
- skronkco - good good shit
- the color bash archives
movies_log.md
o = watching
x = completed
d = dropped
r = rewatched
- 2026-05-16 o hippy porn
- 2026-05-16 r chingking express
- 2026-05-10 x our hero, balthazar
- 2026-05-05 x american dream
- 2026-05-04 r chan is missing
- 2026-05-02 x space is the place
- 2026-04-30 x latitude zero
- 2026-04-28 x chan is missing
- 2026-04-25 x farewell my concubine
- 2026-04-24 x cuba after castro
- 2026-04-23 x steal this story, please!
manga_log.md
o = reading
x = completed
d = dropped
r = reread
- 2026-05-16 o fool night
- 2026-05-16 x to white
- 2026-05-15 x chainsaw man
- 2026-05-15 x treime
- 2026-05-15 o below the ceiling
- 2026-05-15 x fishgod, vol. 1
- 2026-05-15 x tough love at the office
- 2026-05-15 x futaba-kun change!, vol. 5
- 2026-05-14 x futaba-kun change!, vol. 4
- 2026-05-14 x love on the other side
- 2026-05-13 o fool night
- 2026-05-13 x the town you live in
- 2026-05-13 x futaba-kun change!, vol. 3
- 2026-05-12 x hide and seek
- 2026-05-11 x futaba-kun change!, vol. 2
- 2026-05-11 x when pink rain falls
- 2026-05-11 x othello, vol. 4
- 2026-05-11 x othello, vol. 3
- 2026-05-11 x futaba-kun change!, vol. 1
- 2026-05-10 x dai dark, vol. 9
- 2026-05-10 x othello, vol. 2
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- 2026-05-10 x monthly shoujo sunday
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- 2026-05-10 x hana & hina after school, vol. 2
- 2026-05-09 o hana & hina after school, vol. 2
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- 2026-05-09 x goodbye, my rose garden, vol. 1
- 2026-05-08 x after school nightmare, vol. 7
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- 2026-05-08 x after school nightmare, vol. 4
- 2026-05-08 x after school nightmare, vol. 3
- 2026-05-07 o after school nightmare, vol. 3
- 2026-05-07 d girls x vampire
- 2026-05-07 x blue
- 2026-05-07 o spy x family
- 2026-05-07 o akane-banashi
- 2026-05-07 x children of mu-town
- 2026-05-06 o blue
- 2025-05-06 x eureka seven, vol. 4
- 2026-05-06 x eureka seven, vol. 3
- 2026-05-06 x i want to be a wall, vol. 3
- 2026-05-05 o i want to be a wall, vol. 3
- 2026-05-05 x i want to be a wall, vol. 2
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- 2026-05-04 x my deer friend nokotan, vol. 7
- 2026-05-03 x buffalo girls 5
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- 2026-05-03 x the horrors of noroi michiru
- 2026-05-02 o ninja sarutobi sasuke
- 2026-05-01 x my deer friend nokotan, vol. 6
- 2026-04-30 x the poe clan, vol. 2
- 2026-04-29 x rainbows after storms, vol. 9
- 2026-04-29 o the poe clan, vol. 2
- 2026-04-28 x gakuen polizi, vol. 1
- 2026-04-27 x after school nightmare, vol. 2
- 2026-04-27 x shwd: special hazardous waste disposal
- 2026-04-25 x gachiakuta, vol. 10
- 2026-04-25 x after school nightmare, vol. 1
- 2026-04-24 x rock is a lady's modesty, vol. 2
- 2026-04-24 x hana & hina after school, vol. 1
- 2026-04-24 d paradise kiss, vol. 2
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- 2026-04-23 o senpai is an otokonoko, vol. 5
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- 2026-04-23 x rainbows after storms, vol. 8
- 2026-04-22 d koharu and minato: happy life with my girlfriend, vol. 1
- 2026-04-22 x senpai is an otokonoko, vol. 4
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- 2026-04-22 x eureka seven, vol. 2
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