Recommendations based on "Cantarella, Volume 9"

DOTING & DOUBTINGIt seems like just yesterday, Mei was a prickly loner who never spoke to anyone in her high school class. Now, popular boy Yamato has started calling Mei his girlfriend! She's not sure how she feels about that… but she'll have to decide quickly, because this kind of social earthquake is sure to stir up jealousy, and soon Mei faces rivals for Yamato's affections — and her own!PRAISE FOR THE ANIME"Surprises with its honesty, its sensitivity, its quality. Always it is smarter, more poetic, more touching, just plain better than you think it is going to be." -Anime News Network

"It's been a full year since Usami and Misaki first got together, and what a year it's been! When Takahiro shows up again, will the embers of Usami's love flare up again? And a messy family dispute has Usami's cousin begging him to marry her, with Misaki caught in the middle! It looks like Usami's father wants Misaki out of the picture for good, but will their love be strong enough to fight it?"--Publisher's web site

I LOVE YOU, SHION. MORE THAN ANYTHING.Risking everything, Shion and Rat have finally made it to the top floor of the Correctional Facility, where Shion is finally reunited with Safu! But has Shion's rescue attempt come too late? Is the Safu he once knew gone forever? As Rat rushes to find a way out, Shion must make a heartbreaking decision: Leave, saving Rat and himself from capture, or stay, and find another solution? Either way, Shion may lose a friend, or his own life! The tale of No. 6 builds to a climax in its second-to-last volume!Includes special bonus story!

Robot girl hijinks from the creator of Dragon Ball!When goofy inventor Senbei Norimaki creates a precocious robot named Arale, his masterpiece turns out to be more than he bargained for!Is married life all that it's cracked up to be? For Senbei, the answer will have to wait, because his new bride, Midori Yamabuki, has been whisked away by some cats in a flying canoe. And they aren't the only ones after her. Will our star-crossed couple survive the honeymoon to end all honeymoons?

Soubi takes Ritsuka to find Septimal Moon, and Kio tags along for the ride. Ritsuka is unsettled and disturbed to discover that the Seimei Kio knew is very different from Ritsuka's own memories of his beloved older brother... Or are they so different after all? When Ritsuka confronts him about it, Soubi reveals a link that may finally start to reconcile Ritsuka's fragmented view of the young man he always admired. But when they arrive at the Seven Voices Academy, through which they must pass in order to reach Septimal Moon, only Soubi and Ritsuka are allowed to enter, and when they do, Ritsuka meets some familiar faces...

This final volume of "Fake" is so hot, even you'll feel the heat! Diana Spacey returns and gives Ryo some advice about Dee. She warns him that he should just be true to his heart and accept his feelings for Dee, or else he might risk losing him forever. Ryo doesn't know what to do. Meanwhile, Dee and Ryo must serve as bodyguards for Alicia Grant, the daughter of a very powerful Italian mob boss. She's also married to Leo, the man who killed Ryo's parents. Even though she knows Leo is an evil man, Alicia loves him just the same. That night, Ryo and Dee make love for the first time. (At last!) Meanwhile, Berkeley and Diana discover that Alicia has a secret lover - and she soon kills him and leaves his dead body in Leo's apartment. Ryo spies on Alicia and Leo behind a church and witnesses her shooting him because she can never have him to herself. As she attempts to kill herself, Dee arrives and stops her just in time. In the last half of this final volume, Dee and Ryo finally admit their mutual love and devotion ... and there's nothing fake about their feelings this time

A 2-in-1 edition of the romantic-comedy series where a student council president secretly works at a maid café!As if being student council president of a predominantly male high school isn’t hard enough, Misaki Ayuzawa has a major secret—she works at a maid café after school! How is she supposed to keep her image of being ultrasmart, strong and overachieving intact once school heartthrob Takumi Usui discovers her double life?!Misaki undergoes strict training on how to become a lady before visiting Usui in England! Later, she decides to apply to a highly selective university… With everyone heading down different paths toward the future, will Misaki and Usui be able to find happiness together?

Blood proves to be thicker than water when Kiriya leaps straight into the path of danger to save his father from being hit by a speeding car. But will this selfless act be enough to mend the chasm-like rift between father and son? The situation intensifies when Karin learns a secret about Kiriya's dad that she is asked to keep from her beau!Blood proves to be thicker than water when Kiriya leaps straight into the path of danger to save his father from being hit by a speeding car. But will this selfless act be enough to mend the chasm-like rift between father and son? The situation intensifies when Karin learns a secret about Kiriya's dad that she is asked to keep from her beau!

Coy and self-conscious high school student Karin Karino never paid much attention to boys until she met Kiriya, a popular student from a nearby boys' school. Karin and Kiriya embark on a romantic journey despite Karin's classmate Yuka's best efforts to sabotage their relationship, but Karin soon learns that living happily ever after isn't on the curriculum when she becomes Kiriya's center of attention, as well as embittered Yuka's bull's-eye on her dartboard of hate.This is it--the dramatic conclusion to Karin and Kiriya's up and down saga of young love! What will the future hold? Will Kiriya go to art school in New York and leave Karin behind in Japan? Whatever his plans, Kiriya's has the future of their relationship in mind when he sets up a trip to the great outdoors for just the two of them. Other highlights to this impassioned finale include a wedding, a memorial service, and a visit to a very private couples' dressing room in a super-hot bikini shop!

Himari Momochi inherits a mysterious house that comes with its own gorgeous demon guardian.On her sixteenth birthday, orphan Himari Momochi inherits her ancestral estate that she’s never seen. Momochi House exists on the barrier between the human and spiritual realms, and Himari is meant to act as guardian between the two worlds. But on the day she moves in, she finds three handsome squatters already living in the house, and one seems to have already taken over her role!Himari Momochi inherits Momochi House, an estate which exists on the barrier between the human and spiritual realms. Thanks to Himari’s journey in the spiritual realm, Aoi is able to remember his past. While preparing a party to celebrate, Yukari tells Himari that Aoi shares a special connection with her parents…