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Yoshiki tried to pretend nothing was wrong, but the truth cannot be ignored. Hikaru is gone. Hikaru is here. This new version is dangerous...or perhaps not? One things for sureYoshiki doesnt seem to be in harms way.

In fact, Hikaru seems to want nothing more than to befriend and protect him. Despite Ries warnings, Yoshiki chooses to extend the hand of friendship, hoping it will help Hikaru become more human. But in doing so, what might Yoshiki become...?

Mokumokuren is a manga creator who made their serial debut with the series The Summer Hikaru Died. Their compelling work which artistically injects horror into a coming-of-age story has garnered lots of attention on social media, and less than a year after the start of its serialization, it won first place in the male readers category of Takarajimashas This Manga is Amazing! list in 2023 and won 11th place in the Manga Taisho that same year. Mokumokurens breathtaking work has been adapted into various media, including a novel and a Netflix-exclusive anime series.

Solo Leveling is the most successful Korean comic in the market, and its success has ushered in a huge trend of Korean webtoons in print in English. 

Two boys lived in a village: Yoshiki and Hikaru. The two did everything together...until the day Hikaru was encompassed by a mysterious light. That was when everything changed, Hikaru most of all. Yoshiki still wishes from the bottom of his heart to always stay by his side...but is there even a Hikaru left to be with?

It has Hikaru s face. It has Hikaru s voice. It even has Hikaru s memories. But whatever came down from the mountains six months ago isn t Yoshiki s best friend. Whatever it is, it s dangerous. Carrying on at school and hanging out as if nothing has changed as if Hikaru isn t gone would be crazy...but when it looks so very like Hikaru...and acts so very like Hikaru...

Hikarus sudden disappearance from the mountain has not gone unnoticed...and his presence in town has begun to raise suspicions as well. Spirits from the other side grow restless, while the people sensitive to them begin taking steps to uncover the truth. As Yoshiki continues to struggle with the true identity of Hikaru, he is reminded once again that his friend no longer shares his understanding of life and deathand that if you play with fire, someone is sure to get burned eventually...

Mokumokuren is a manga creator who made their serial debut with the series The Summer Hikaru Died. Their compelling work which artistically injects horror into a coming-of-age story has garnered lots of attention on social media, and less than a year after the start of its serialization, it won first place in the male readers category of Takarajimashas This Manga is Amazing! list in 2023 and won 11th place in the Manga Taisho that same year. Mokumokurens breathtaking work has been adapted into various media, including a novel and a Netflix-exclusive anime series.

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - The extraordinary rediscovered novel from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude-a moving tale of female desire and abandon

  Sitting alone beside the languorous blue waters of the lagoon, Ana Magdalena Bach contemplates the men at the hotel bar. She has been happily married for twenty-seven years and has no reason to escape the life she has made with her husband and children. And yet, every August, she travels by ferry here to the island where her mother is buried, and for one night takes a new lover.

Across sultry Caribbean evenings full of salsa and boleros, lotharios and conmen, Ana journeys further each year into the hinterland of her desire and the fear hidden in her heart.

Constantly surprising, joyously sensual, Until August is a profound meditation on freedom, regret, self-transformation, and the mysteries of love-an unexpected gift from one of the greatest writers the world has ever known.

Known as the Weakest Hunter of All Mankind, E-rank hunter Jinwoo Sungs contribution to raids amounts to trying not to get killed.

Unfortunately, between his mothers hospital bills, his sisters tuition, and his own lack of job prospects, he has no choice but to continue to put his life on the line. So when an opportunity arises for a bigger payout, he takes itonly to come face-to-face with a being whose power outranks anything hes ever seen!

With the party leader missing an arm and the only healer a quivering mess, can Jinwoo some­how find them a way out?

Ever since he woke up in the hospital, Jinwoo's been thrown into a world of cryptic messages, daily quests, and strange dungeons overflowing with creatures he's never even heard of. As he tests out his new abilities, it starts to sink in that he is no longer the Weakest Hunter of All Mankind.

Maybe he can finally attain what he's always wanted-enough power to protect himself-but a run-in with an unexpected foe forces Jinwoo to consider just how far he's willing to go to obtain it!