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New on Shoujo Shelves – October 2012

Changing leaves and cooling temperatures. It’s time to enjoy the foliage at a sunlit park and maybe grab a few minutes with your favorite shoujo characters. If you’re looking for the most recent releases of shoujo volumes I’ve got them! Here’s what’s coming out this month for all you shoujo lovers out there.



Yen Press forges on with more YA novel adaptations – collector’s reprint of Twilight, and first volumes of New Moon and Infernal Devices series. I’ll be sure to check out Dracula Everlasting as well as Start With a Happy Ending.

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Arisa, vol. 9

No synopsis from publisher

Bride of the Water God, vol. 12

At long last, Habaek and Soah are married in a lavish ceremony before all the gods! But that very night, before the troubled water god and his beautiful human bride can consummate their love, the barriers surrounding the lunar palace are breached. Habaek’s father is kidnapped, and no god or human is safe as a celestial civil war erupts!

Dawn of the Arcana, vol. 6

Princess Nakaba of Senan and Prince Caesar of Belquat only married each other for the sake of peace between their two warring countries, yet the two find themselves drawn to each other even as political forces threaten to tear their world apart. Nakaba’s secret ability to see the past and the future proves to be an asset – but things turn deadly when she chooses to use her power to help a friend! Will Caesar still stand by her amidst the ensuing bloodshed?

A Devil and Her Love Song, vol. 5

Maria finds herself liking her classmate Shin, but she can’t seem to tell him how she feels! Meanwhile, her old friend Anna comes back into her life with unexpected news. Is Anna really interested in rekindling their friendship or does she have an ulterior motive?

 

Dracula Everlasting, vol. 2

Nicholas Harker is an average teen who has just lost his parents in a tragic accident. But when he learns he is the sole heir to a vast estate from a mysterious ancestor he never knew he had, his life will never be average again. Together with his new friend, Jill Hawthorne, who has relocated from London, Nicholas discovers that he is a direct descendant of Lord Dracula, and what’s worse, Dracula’s spirit is beginning to exert control over him.

Under the spell of Dracula, Nicholas’ first order of business is to rebuild Castle Dracula stone by stone in the outskirts of Boston. There are those from Dracula’s past who will stop at nothing to destroy Nicholas, and those who come to his aid and urge him to embrace his destiny. Only one loves him; the rest want to use him–in a dark war where Nicholas’ very soul is the battleground.

Preview Volume One

 The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel – Graphic Novel Adaptation

Tessa Gray thought her journey to London would be the beginning of a new life, but she never could have envisioned the dark turn that life would take… Abducted upon her arrival, Tessa is introduced to London’s Downworld, the sordid supernatural underbelly of the city, and informed that her future will be recast to service a man known as “the Magister.” Only the intervention of the London Institute’s Shadowhunters delivers the girl from this fate, but sinister forces are still gathering around Tessa. Even so, Tessa’s attraction to two of the young Shadowhunters who have taken her under their wings may prove more dangerous by far…

Jiu Jiu, vol. 2

Takamichi’s Jiu Jiu Obedience Training Goals
1. Defend your mistress from a pig. Or a child vampire. Or a… What is that thing, anyway?!
2. Defend your mistress from a ghost. Or a… Sigh… Whatever it is that’s haunting the sea resort she’s trying to vacation in!
3. Celebrate your mistress’s birthday – properly.
4. Snuggle.

Kitchen Princess, Omnibus 2

no synopsis from publisher

New Moon, vol. 1 – Graphic Novel Adaptation

Bella and Edward find themselves facing new obstacles, including a devastating separation, the mysterious appearance of dangerous wolves roaming the forest in Forks, a terrifying threat of revenge from a female vampire and a deliciously sinister encounter with Italy’s reigning royal family of vampires: the Volturi.

   

Skip Beat, Vol. 29

On the way to the Dark Moon wrap party Kyoko bumps into her castmate Kijima. He’s never paid her any attention before, but he heard that people called her beautiful when they saw her in her Natsu role. Kijima can’t contain his curiosity and buys Kyoko a total makeover for the party. But is his interest innocent, or does he have wicked plans in store?

 

Start With a Happy Ending, vol. 1

If you had seven days to do whatever you wanted before your spirit was sent to heaven, what would you do? How about becoming a cat for seven days…? Start With a Happy Ending is a heartfelt story about cats and the preciousness of life.

Stepping on Roses, vol. 8

Sumi asks Nozomu to stop buying the land where she and Soichiro currently reside, and he agrees on one condition: Sumi has to leave Soichiro and become his wife instead! Faced with the possibility of eviction, Sumi must decide whether she’ll live in poverty with Soichiro or take Nozomu up on his offer…

 

The Story of Saiunkoku, Vol. 8

Shurei has been falsely accused of cheating on the Imperial Exam by those who don’t want women working as civil servants. Shurei must attend an inquiry to prove her innocence, but her opponents are plotting to make sure she never arrives at the palace.

Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Omnibus Collectors Edition

When Isabella Swan moves to the gloomy town of Forks and meets the mysterious, alluring Edward Cullen, her life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. With his porcelain skin, golden eyes, mesmerizing voice, and supernatural gifts, Edward is both irresistible and impenetrable. Up until now, he has managed to keep his true identity hidden, but Bella is determined to uncover his dark secret…

Collects volumes 1-2 of Twilight: the Graphic Novel.


Which series are you going to be picking up?

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