With the month and new year well underway, US-based manga publisher Kodansha Comics USA have confirmed what titles they will be physically releasing onto store shelves across the month of January 2014. Some of these will be first release while others will be re-releases in omnibus format – comment below if there are any that take your fancy in particular!
Fairy Tail Volume 34 by Hiro Mashima
7th January 2014
Outraged by the way Yukino has been treated, Natsu goes on the warpath and challenges the master of Saber Tooth to a fight! Back at the tournament, the wizards prepare to face Pandemonium, a castle built out of magic containing one hundred terrible monsters, the most powerful of which are easily capable of taking down a Wizard Saint. But when Erza, desperate to reclaim Fairy Tail’s honor, wins the right to go first, she declares that she’ll take on all one hundred at once!
Missions of Love Volume 6 by Ema Toyama
14th January 2014
Faced with the knowledge of Mami’s true feelings for him, Shigure has a choice to make. Can he reject the girl who loves and needs him? When Yukina realizes the future of her missions is in peril, she decides she may have to make up Shigure’s mind for him.
Tokyo Mew Mew A La Mode by Mia Ikumi
14th January 2014
Berry Shirayuki is a completely normal high school girl—until she’s hit by the Mew Mew beam, giving her the powers of both the Amami Black Rabbit and the Andean Mountain Cat! Now Berry has super-hearing, super-speed, and can leap (small) buildings in a single bound. But her new super powers come at a price—with their leader Ichigo studying abroad in England, the Mew Mews need Berry’s help fighting the remaining chimera terrorizing Tokyo. As if that wasn’t bad enough, there’s a new gang in town, the Saint Rose Crusaders. They’ve made it their mission to destroy the Mew Mews, and they’re starting with Berry!
Sherlock Bones Volume 3 by Yuma Ando and Yuki Sato
14th January 2014
Takeru faces his greatest challenge yet when his friend is murdered. He and Sherdog trace the crime back to her manga artist boss, but before they can prove his guilt, the case takes a turn for the worse—Holmes loses his memory and starts acting like a normal dog!
Arisa Volume 12 by Natsumi Ando
21st January 2014
The global elite has gathered for a Christmas summit, and the King’s final revenge on the world that rejected him is almost at hand! All Tsubasa can do is grab the bomb and run – but how far will she get before time runs out? And will Arisa and Tsubasa be able to forget the betrayals and go back to being loving sisters again?
Vinland Saga 2 by Makoto Yukimura
21st January 2014
The foolish King Ethelred has fled, and Askeladd’s band is one of hundreds plundering the English countryside. Yet victory brings no peace to the elderly Danish King Sweyn, who worries that his untested, sensitive son Canute will never be ready to take the throne. The king’s attempt to force his son to become a man places the young prince within the grasp of the gleeful killer Thorkell! Whoever holds Canute holds the key to the thrones of England and Denmark – and Askeladd has his own reasons for joining the fray!
Attack on Titan Volume 11
28th January 2014
Thanks to Eren’s timely arrival, the 104th has managed to turn the tide at Wall Rose. But this momentary victory forces two more traitors into a corner – and the identity of the Titans who have been destroying the walls is revealed! What can Eren do against the two most dangerous monsters humanity has ever faced? And who else might be an enemy in disguise?