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New on Shoujo Shelves – May 2016

May 2, 2016

April showers bring May flowers, and it’s blooming new manga this month! It’s time to find out what shoujo titles are showing up on shelves in May. We have The Heiress and The Chauffeur debuting this month – highly recommend that series!! Long awaited volumes of Yotsuba&! and Kimi ni Todoke are appearing as well. Let’s see what other shoujo and josei manga are continuing in the month of May:

The Heiress and the Chauffeur, vol. 1 **New Series**

At an all-girls school during the Taisho era in Japan, rumors swirl that heiress Sayaka Yoshimura is having a forbidden love affair with her chauffeur, Shinobu Narutaki! Sayaka scoffs at the rumors, but could a romance between master and servant actually be brewing?

Sayaka wears a crimson ribbon that signals she is at the top of her class, and her classmates all revere her. So when Narutaki ignores decorum and breaks school rules to protect Sayaka, will she stand by him or dismiss him as the school demands?

Story and art by Keiko Ishihara.

Release Date: 5/3/16

Inu X Boku Secret Service, vol. 11

Efforts to reunite the members of Ayakashi Hall take an unexpected, tragic turn when one of their numbers falls in the battle. The death of a close friend serves to strengthen the remaining throwbacks’ resolve to prevent the grim outcome relayed by their future selves, even if it means exposing the dark truth of one of their most trusted allies…

Story and art by Cocoa Fujiwara.

Release Date: 5/24/16

Kimi ni Todoke, vol. 24

It’s been one year since Sawako and Kazehaya confessed their love to each other. With their last high school festival approaching, Sawako gives it her all to make it the best one ever. Meanwhile, Kazehaya seems to be overworking himself…

Story and art by Karuho Shiina.

Release Date: 5/3/16

Maid-Sama, Omnibus vol. 4

Misaki secretly participates in the maid cafe’s seating contest to save a coworker from keeping a promise that she never should’ve made in the first place. Then things unexpectedly heat up when a game called Love Trial forces Misaki to participate in various festival games with Usui — while holding hands!

Story and art by Hiro Fujiwara.

Release Date: 5/3/16

Orange – The Complete Collection, vol. 2

Orange is a manga series following regrets in life. Everyone has them. So who wouldn’t take the chance to change the past if given the opportunity? When sixteen-year-old Takamiya Naho receives a mysterious letter, claiming to be from her twenty-seven-year-old self, her life is suddenly thrown into flux. The letter tells her that a new transfer student by the name of Naruse Kakeru will be joining her class, and to keep her eye on him. But why? Naho must decide what to make of the letter and its cryptic warning, and what it means not only for her future, but for Kakeru’s as well.

Story and Art by Ichigo Takano.

Release Date: 5/31/16

Oresama Teacher, vol. 20

After the burden of his past sent Hayasaka fleeing into the stormy night, his dad is finally ready to reveal their family secrets. But is Hayasaka ready to remember why his memories started to disappear in the first place?!

Story and art by Izumi Tsubaki.

Release Date: 5/3/16

A Silent Voice, vol. 7 **Final Volume**

Shoya’s life hangs by by a thread after he jumped just in time to save Shoko. Despite the despair, Shoko is determined to move forward and get back what she thinks she has ruined … But broken friendships can heal, too. Quietly, but surely, the disbanded crew finds their spirit—the show must go on! As the movie-making reconvenes, the kids begin to transform the world that had once been so cruel to them. What could the future hold for everyone?

Story and art by Yoshitoki Oima.

Release Date: 5/31/16

Yotsuba&!, vol. 13

Fresh off the excitement of her camping trip, Yotsuba initiates a very productive session of sandbox play in which she instructs Fuuka how to properly run a bakery. But even more exciting is a visit from Grandma! Yotsuba learns how to value and enjoy cleaning, how not to be rude when hoping for souvenirs, and most important, how to cope when Grandma leaves. But don’t worry, she’ll be back someday!

Story and art by Kiyohiko Azuma.

Release Date: 5/24/16