Recommendations based on "High School DxD, Vol. 17 (light novel): Professor Valkyrie (Volume 17) (High School DxD (light novel), 17)"

• To be previewed and promoted in VIZ Media’s Shonen Jump magazine. • Action, relationships, magic, high school, and monsters all in one! • Shonen Jump with Shojo appeal! Appeals to both boys and girls fantasies: sexy but strong female characters with cool magical powers (mermaids, vampires). • Has made multiple appearances on Japan’s Tohan Top 50 rankings, which is the equivalent to BookScan rankings. • Drama CD available in Japan. • Rosario+Vampire will be made into an anime series in 2008. • Think Teen Wolf, but with vampires! • Translated in French, Chinese, and Korean. All-around average teenager Tsukune can't get accepted to any high school save one...but on his first day he finds the rest of the student body doesn't appear average at all. Best of all, the cutest girl on campus can't wait to fling her arms around his neck! Wait a sec'--are those her teeth around his neck too...? Tsukune's going to have one heck of a hickey when he gets home from Monster High! But does he have a chance in H E double hockey sticks of raising his grades at a school where the turf war isn't between the jocks and the nerds but the vampires and the werewolves? LESSON TWO: WITCHES QUIZ HAVING A WITCH FOR A CLASSMATE CAN CREATE A VEXING HEX SITUATION IF SHE… a. casts spells stirring up all manner of mischief just to get attention. b. has no qualms about using magic to break up you and your girlfriend. c. becomes the target of a reptilian witchphobic hate group. d. all of the above.

WATCH OUT FOR WITCHESKimihiro Watanuki thought he had signed up with a bunch of weirdoes, and he was right! He became the unfortunate indentured servant of a woman known as Yûko Ichihara, who was widely rumored to be the time-space witch. Now his voyage through the worlds of the occult are off and running, as he and Yûko go visiting fortune tellers and horoscope readers. But can the future really be told?Meanwhile, the romance is heating up between Kimihiro and cute Himawari-chan. Then fate throws Kimihiro’s old rival back into his life. Now Yûko invites all three to a temple to tell scary stories throughout the night. Is it just for fun or is there some deeper reason?See the other side of the Tsubasa story in xxxHOLiC volume two! Don’t miss it!

Enjoying a successful string of victories against magical and treacherous opponents on the game-ruled world of Disboard, Sora and Shiro vacation in the Eastern Union only to be challenged in the game of love by a surprise adversary.

A stormy night. A harmless ghost story. A silly pact intended to symbolize their friendship.But before the students of class 2-9 at Kisaragi Academy even know what's happening, they've been swept up in a living nightmare that threatens to consume them all.When the spirits emerge, will even their friends be left to hear them scream...?

On Aya MIkage's 16th birthday, what she thought was a normal celebration turns into a real-nightmare when her own family attempts to kikk her and imprisons her twin brother Aki. Aya learns that she possesses the blood of the tannyo(celestial maiden), and has the power to transform her into the mysterious and powerful Ceres. Now, with her parents dead and her life completely upended, Aya must find the courge to forge ahead snd stop her family's greedy quest for power.

A conference between devils, angels, and fallen angels?! Kuou Private Academy will never be the same!!Devil King Sirzechs pays a visit to the Hyoudou household, and he's got some astonishing info for Issei and the gang! Later, the beautiful swordswoman Xenovia too has a shock in store for Issei when she asks him a question that's been on her mind: "Will you have a child with me?"......Can she be serious?!

Issei's on a rampage?! "President Rias's virginity is gonna be mine!!"President Rias, the beautiful young devil, is betting her engagement on the outcome of a "rating game," and Issei's joining the fight. But does he even stand a chance against Riser's harem of devil girls...?!

An action-packed romantic comedy chock-full of monsters such as vampires, werewolves, witches, and cute girls in bikinis that fosters inter-species tolerance!Average human teenager Tsukune accidentally enrolls at a boarding school for monsters--no, not jocks and popular kids, but bona fide werewolves, witches and unnameables out of his wildest nightmares! On the plus side, all the girls have a monster crush on him. On the negative side, all the boys are so jealous they want to kill him! And so do the girls he spurns, because he only has eyes for one of them--the far-from-average vampire Moka. On the plus side, Moka only has glowing red eyes for Tsukune. On the O-negative side, she also has a burning, unquenchable thirst for his blood...TEST 1MONSTER FRUITWhen confronted with a man-eating (and monster-eating) Monster Fruit...a. tootb. jamc. reap

Students by day, demon hunters by night!By night, teenager Yoshimori Sumimura is a "kekkaishi"--a demon-hunter who specializes in creating magical barriers around his prey. By day, Yoshimori's got other demons to battle: an addiction to sweets and a seriously crotchety grandfather! Yoshimori's pretty neighbor and childhood friend, Tokine Yukimura, is also a kekkaishi, but their families are feuding over who is the true practitioner of the art.Tragedy has struck the Yoshimori Site, and each of our friends attempts to cope with their grief alone. Tokine searches for a secret way into Kokuboro's castle, Yoshimori trains for an ultimate confrontation, and Masamori returns home with a regiment of his Night Troops, leaving his little brother with no room of his own. Unfortunately, before long, one of our three heroes is in need of a rescue...

The vampire Staz is one of the most powerful district bosses in the demon world, fending off everyone who dares challenge him. But secretly, the fearsome Staz is obsessed with human culture, especially video games, manga, and everything that comes from Japan! When a Japanese girl wanders into the demon world, Staz can't wait to meet the human and learn everything he can about her world. Unfortunately, before he's able to ask her anything, the girl is killed by one of his would-be usurpers, leaving just her bare soul behind. Staz vows to help the girl restore her body and return to her former life-especially since it means taking a trip to the human world himself!