Pump Up Your TBR with These 10 New Manga Releases for May 2023

Meet Muco, the sweet and simple-minded Shiba Inu who just loves her owner, the glassblower Mr. Komatsu. The manga depicts their everyday lives, including all of Muco’s shenanigans, in the mountains of Akita Prefecture. This adorable manga is based on a real dog and glassblower!

Inside a desolate, city-sized prison, a young orphan named Chloe and her baby brother Locke struggle for survival. Chloe and Locke were born within these walls, and this bleak, harrowing life is the only one they’ve ever known. One day, when their neighbors come up with a plan to escape, Chloe joins them, but ends up losing Locke on the way. Years later, Chloe returns to the city to find her brother again and finally get him out for good.

In order to fit in with the other girls at school who spend their time bragging about their respective boyfriends, Erika Shinohara decides to make up a boyfriend she can talk about too. To make her story seem even more realistic, she even takes a picture of a random guy on the street. But that random guy turns out to be Kyoya Sata, one of the most popular guys at Erika’s school! Kyoya agrees to pretend to be Erika’s boyfriend, but under one condition: that she act as his “pet” and be at his beck and call at all times.

Get a daily dose of laughter and charm with this fun collection of yonkoma manga about a group of mischievous Shiba Inu dogs and their day to day hijinks. Just look at them! The cuteness!

Ken Kanashiro is a high-ranking member of the yakuza group the Washio Clan. His entire life is devoted to serving his boss, and naturally he has no time to take up any hobbies or outside interests. But one day, he has to accompany his boss’s daughter to a K-pop concert, and he is immediately captivated by the sparkling idol Jun. Now, Ken dives headfirst into fandom with the same fervor that he approaches any of his yakuza work.

No one can remember a time before Yokohama Station. A mysterious series of buildings that somehow keeps growing and growing, and has at this point consumed much of Japan. Hiroto lives on the outside and has only ever heard rumors about what is within. But one day, Hiroto is given an 18 Ticket, and is allowed to step foot into Yokohama Station for the first time. This series is based on Isuakari’s novel, also titled Yokohama Station SF, which was released in English in 2021.

Nanao is a former house cat who has had to learn to survive in the streets after a tragic series of events led him to be abandoned. He and his friend Machi, a fellow stray, must work together and stay attentive to get by each day. When a woman begins feeding neighborhood cats, Nanao begins to cautiously grow closer to her. Can human and feline help heal each other’s past wounds?

The Nakata brothers have lost everything and are desperate to find a way to break free from their life of struggle. So when they discover a game app that offers them the chance to make large sums of money, they’re willing to do what it asks. But what it asks is for them to put themselves in real life danger by fighting perilous monsters that somehow appear in reality. And the app has dark secrets they have yet to uncover.

Totonou is a college student with astute skills of observation and reasoning. One day, he is brought into the police station on suspicion of murdering one of his classmates. But Totonou is able to use his skills to help find the true killer. After this first run-in, Totonou somehow finds himself entangled in mystery after mystery, and has to help uncover the truth each time in this unique, award-winning series.