"Face the thing that should not be! At last, Shinji, Rei and Asuka are being trained as a team for actual combat, weapons in hand -- stalking a giant gelatinous creature with a spherical "core" they must take out. If this kind of mission sounds strangely familiar, you're right -- but if things go as usual, it's poor Shinji who'll get called the slimeball!" --p.[4] of cover.

"For Nora Grey, romance was not part of the plan. She's never been particularly attracted to the boys at her school...Not until Patch came along. With his easy smile and eyes that seem to see inside her, Nora is drawn to him against her better judgment. But after a series of terrifying encounters, Nora's not sure who to trust...And when she tries to seek some answers, she finds herself near a truth that is way more unsettling than anything Patch makes...

Now that Taiga's relationship with his dream girl, Yuiko, is in full swing, he's being gradually initiated into the ways of fujoshi (a very, shall we say, distinct kind of girl gee). Actually, it's more like he's being hazed, considering everything from his own name to his friendships with other guys is fair game for Yuiko's fujoshi filter! Subjected to various emasculating indignities, all in the name of love, Taiga is clearly a guy with the patience...

"An unexpected love quadrangle with a dash of unrequited love as two classmates, a boy and a girl, begin to fall for each other when each of their best friends have already fallen for them... It's the last year of high school, and love is in the air. Romantic feelings that have been building up over years of friendship come to light. When Taichi's classmate Futaba asks him to help her confess to his best friend, Toma, it sparks the catalyst that begins...

"High-school senior and notorious wallflower Hawkins finally works up the courage to remove her mascot mask and ask out her longtime crush: Regina Moreno, head cheerleader, academic overachiever, and all-around popular girl. There's only one teensy little problem: Regina is already dating Chloe Kitagawa, athletic all-star ... and middling English student. Regina sees a perfectly self-serving opportunity here, and asks the smitten Hawkins to tutor...

Bay Ann is sure her tap dance will shine at the school talent show, but when her crush, Alyee Maq, catches her before she falls (which was his fault anyway) and gets all the "fame" she is determined to beat him at his own attention-seeking game.

An unexpected love quadrangle with a dash of unrequited love as two classmates, a boy and a girl, begin to fall for each other when each of their best friends have already fallen for them. Love is already hard enough, but it becomes an unnavigable maze for unassuming high school student Taichi Ichinose and his shy classmate Futaba Kuze when they begin to fall for each other after their same-sex best friends have already fallen for them. The culture...

"Love is already hard enough, but it becomes an unnavigable maze for unassuming high school student Taichi Ichinose and his shy classmate Futaba Kuze when they begin to fall for each other after their same-sex best friends have already fallen for them. Toma and Futaba have their first sit-down talk after the big fight at school. Meanwhile, Taichi struggles with the problems that have been dumped in his lap by his friends' choices, and he ends up distancing...

"Love is already hard enough, but it becomes an unnavigable maze for unassuming high school student Taichi Ichinose and his shy classmate Futaba Kuze when they begin to fall for each other after their same-sex best friends have already fallen for them. Rumors spread like wildfire after Toma's shocking confession during the culture festival, and Taichi feels confused and uncertain. The others in their circle are soon affected as well. Meanwhile, Toma's...