Once again, Kodansha and Humble Bundle join forces to honor the Monogatari series and its creator Nisioisin with over $500 worth of his fan-favorite titles for just $30 during the Monogatari Returns, Again Humble Bundle. Available now until April 25, 2024, this latest Humble Bundle offers 57 digital volumes of Nisioisin’s best-selling manga, light novels, and even audiobooks.
Not only that, but a portion of each Humble Bundle sold contributes directly to supporting booksellers and book workers across North America via BINC – the Book Industry Charitable Foundation.
Get over $500 worth of Nisioisin manga, light novels, and audiobooks in one $30 Humble Bundle!
Pay $1 or more to get: BAKEMONOGATARI (manga), volume 1 Imperfect Girl, volume 1 NISEMONOGATARI, Part 1 KOYOMIMONOGATARI, Part 1 BAKEMONOGATARI Part 1
Pay $10 or more to get: BAKEMONOGATARI (manga), volumes 2-3 KATANAGATARI, Part 1 Imperfect Girl (manga) Vol. 2 NISEMONOGATARI, Part 2 NEKOMONOGATARI (BLACK) NEKOMONOGATARI (WHITE) BAKEMONOGATARI Part 2 BAKEMONOGATARI Part 3 KIZUMONOGATARI
Pay $20 or more to get: BAKEMONOGATARI (manga), volumes 4-11 Imperfect Girl, volume 3 KABUKIMONOGATARI HANAMONOGATARI KATANAGATARI, Part 2 OTORIMONOGATARI ONIMONOGATARI KOIMONOGATARI TSUKIMONOGATARI KOYOMIMONOGATARI, Part 2 OWARIMONOGATARI, Part 1 OWARIMONOGATARI, Part 2 OWARIMONOGATARI, Part 3
Pay $30 or more to get: BAKEMONOGATARI (manga), volumes 12-20 Pretty Boy Detective Club (manga), volumes 1-2 ZOKU OWARIMONOGATARI KATANAGATARI, Part 3 KATANAGATARI, Part 4 The Dark Star That Shines for You Alone The Swindler, the Vanishing Man, and the Pretty Boys The Pretty Boy in the Attic DECAPITATION STRANGULATION SUSPENSION KIZUMONOGATARI (audiobook) NEKOMONOGATARI: WHITE (audiobook)
Kodansha is giving manga fans a sneak peek at the amazing new licenses and premium editions coming this Fall 2021. See what you can read later this year!
When Will Ayumu Make His Move?
By Soichiro Yamamoto Cover Price: $12.99
The new will they-won’t they romance from the creator of Teasing Master Takagi-san is here!
Ayumu is in love with his senpai Yaotome, but he’s sworn not to confess his feelings until he can beat her at the board game shogi… The problem is, his love is obvious to Yaotome, and she can’t stop trying to trick him into breaking his vow! Fall in love again, fans of Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro, Komi Can’t Communicate, and Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie!
Penguin & House
By Akiho Ieda Cover Price: $12.99
Pen is a penguin. His favorite things are pancakes and fastidious household upkeep. Pen lives in the city with his friend Hayakawa, a human. They can’t communicate in words, so the only way for Pen to express his love is by doing laundry and getting good deals at the supermarket. This is a chronicle of their life together–let it snuggle on your shelf next to A Man and His Cat or Way of the Househusband!
Rent-a-(Really Shy!)-Girlfriend
By Reiji Miyajima Cover Price: $12.99
The official spinoff manga of Rent-A-Girlfriend, the rom-com turned hit anime, features fan-favorite Sumi, the shy girl longing to come out of her shell. Written and illustrated by original creator Reiji Miyajima! Catch up on the manga before Rent-A-Girlfriend returns for a second anime season, coming soon!
Lovesick Ellie
By Fujimomo Cover Price: $12.99
Eriko Ichimura spends her high school days in complete obscurity. Her sole hobby is staring at handsome, smooth-spoken Akira “Omi-kun” Ohmi, and tweeting her daily fantasies under the screen-name “Lovesick Ellie.” One fateful day, she accidentally bears witness to Omi-kun’s true self—and if that weren’t enough, he sees her mortifying Twitter, too! Follow along with a plain, perverted girl, a two-faced boy, and their curious romance!
Vampire Dormitory
By Ema Toyama Cover Price: $12.99
Mito, who has no family to rely on, lives on the streets, disguised as a boy. Ruka, a vampire, saves her from a perilous situation and makes her an offer: become his subservient thrall from which he can feed whenever he wants, and she can live with him—in the boys’ dorm. Because her very existence depends on her secret not being found out, every day is a new danger—to say nothing of that vampire! Meanwhile, Ruka, not knowing Mito’s a girl, dotes on her night and day in an attempt to ripen her “disgusting male blood,” but when real feelings develop … this dangerous romance between a crossdressing girl and an obsessive vampire begins!
The Hero Life of a (Self-Proclaimed) “Mediocre” Demon!
By Shiroichi Amaui, Tamagonokimi, and Konekoneko Cover Price: $12.99
Chrono Alcon, a young demon, traveled from his small village to study at a prestigious school connected to the Demon King’s Castle itself. Determined to keep his country-bumpkin status a secret, he tries to keep a low profile … but when his groundbreaking performance in his first test attracts the attention of not only his (gorgeous) classmates, but the Demon King herself … Chrono realizes his dreams of a “happy, normal school life” may die in the dungeons … just like him!
Bomba!
By Osamu Tezuka Cover Price: $14.95
From 2020 Harvey Hall of Famer, Osamu Tezuka, comes a thriller about feelings of hatred inside all of us and a boy who has the power to summon a phantom killer horse.
Satoshi Otani is a quiet, introverted middle schooler who has a crush on his teacher Ms. Reiko Mizushima. When he learns that Mr. Kito, a violent teacher he despises, has proposed to Ms. Mizushima, his hatred wells forth. With this anger, he mysteriously brings forth a phantom killer horse named Bomba.
Ciguatera
By Minoru Furuya Cover Price: $24.95
Yusuke Ogino is an average looking, bullied, 17 year old. His modest dream is to get a motorcycle license and get closer to the beautiful Yumi. But to his surprise, Yumi has approached him! This…might be a trap!? And a psychopatholoogical stalker menances their pursuit of happniess…
Emma Dreams of Stars
By Kan Takahama, Emmanuelle Maisonneuve and Julia Pavlowitch Cover Price: $19.95
Based on a true story of a former Michelin Guide Inspector. Find out what the top-secret life of a professional foodie is like.
Emma, a food writer, can’t give up her childhood dream of becoming a Michelin Guide Inspector, and sends her resume to the Michelin headquarters. She is informed nine months later that there is an opening and goes to a mysterious interview…
MONOGATARI Series Final Season Box Set
By NISIOISIN, VOFAN Cover Price: $109.65
From the popular MONOGATARI Series by NISIOISIN comes the FINAL season of the novels in a beautiful new box set. Complete your collection with this must-have item for any MONOGATARI fan!
VOFAN, who has created beautiful cover artwork since the beginning of the series, has created exclusive new artwork just for this project. This box set will feature the new artwork and complete the MONOGATARI box set collection.Plus a beautiful art card included as a bonus item, which showcases the box set artwork.
Vertical, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, announced the Volume 1 debut of one of the most highly anticipated manga publications of the year: the graphic-novel adaptation of Japanese literary phenomenon Nisioisin‘s Bakemonogatarinovel series.
One of the most exciting young novelists in Japan today, Nisioisin is best known in the West for his literary adaptation of the Death Note manga and his bestselling Monogatari novels, the latter all published by Vertical. Monogatari, a uniquely imagined serial blend of noir and fantasy, has gone on to pop-culture prominence in the form of hit anime series, video games, merchandise, and now … manga. Oh!great is a longtime manga legend, famed for his incredibly polished style, best captured in his classic series Air Gear (published by Kodansha Comics) and Tenjo Tenge.
The Bakemonogatari manga represents a unique collaboration between these giants in their fields. It opens with the story of high school student Koyomi Araragi, who catches a girl named Hitagi Senjougahara as she falls, but—much to his surprise—she doesn’t weigh anything … at all. Koyomi is about to learn the truth that monsters have been here since the beginning. Always. Everywhere.
