New Manga for tweens and teens!

Want to start a new series? Here's a list of the new manga that has arrived so far in 2023 @ Happy Valley Library.

Updated July 27, 2023
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The beginning after the end. 1
TurtleMe
Paper Book
King Grey is a remarkable ruler with a prosperous reign, and yet...opulence and success cannot bury emptiness and solitude. His time as king, however, comes to an abrupt end, and he reincarnates as Arthur Leywin--a baby born in a world of magic and monsters. Equipped with memories of his previous...
Clock striker, vol. 1
Galadima, Issaka.
Paper Book
Clock Striker, now in graphic novel format, follows Shonen manga's first Black female lead hero, Cast, in her quest to become a member of the SMITHS, the legendary warrior engineers. *2024 YALSA Great Graphic Novel for Teens**2023 Texas Library...

An action-packed manga style graphic novel adventure featuring powerful girls. For shonen manga fans. find it in our young teen section.

Cursed Princess Club. 1
LambCat
Paper Book
2024 Texas Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List selection, STARRED title Just because you're cursed doesn't mean you're not special. Gwendolyn, the youngest of the King's three daughters, is living proof that princesses don't always have it all. She isn't like a typical fairy-tale...
The Elusive Samurai Vol. 1
Matsui, Yusei
Paper Book
In war-torn medieval Japan, a young samurai lord struggles to retake his throne, but not by fighting. Hojo Tokiyuki will reclaim his birthright by running away! In medieval Japan, eight-year-old Hojo Tokiyuki is the heir to the Kamakura shogunate. But the Hojo clan is in decline,...
The girl that can't get a girlfriend
Hiranishi, Mieri
Paper Book
From first crush to first crushed! The autobiographical manga about one woman's quest for the hot short-haired girlfriend of her dreams! Mieri is an awkward, nerdy college student with no dating experience, and her previous crushes on fellow butch women have all ended in disaster...
Insomniacs after school. 1
Ojiro, Makoto
Paper Book
Two sleepless teenagers find kinship as they escape to their school's astronomy observatory. Dark rumors about what befell the members of the astronomy club keep people away from the school observatory, and that's what makes it the perfect sanctuary for Nakami and Magari to get...

Insomnia, who can relate? A sweet comforting read with a dash of romance.

Mermaid scales and the town of sand
Komori, Yoko
Paper Book
Everyone besides Tokiko denies the existence of merpeople, and yet the town holds a secret annual festival to honor them. Can she solve the mystery of what is real and what is fantasy...? Everyone besides Tokiko denies the existence of merpeople, and yet the town holds...

Get out your hankies for this lovely melancholy and atmospheric mermaid tale. The story is conveyed with spare artwork and text.

My happy marriage. 1
Agitogi, Akumi
Paper Book
A 'Cinderella'-inspired slow-burn historical romance with a paranormal twist set in Meiji-era Japan! A browbeaten and mistreated daughter is cast out of her home and sent to audition as a bridal candidate for the heir to one of the most powerful families in the land... Considered nigh worthless for...
The princess of convenient plot devices. 1Kazusa Yoneda ; original story, Mamecyoro ; character design, Mitsuya Fuji ; translation, Sarah Moon ; lettering, Phil Christie
Yoneda, Kazusa
Paper Book
After reincarnating into her favorite BL novel, Maki (now Octavia) has the perfect opportunity to fangirl over her favorite fictional couple, Sil and Prince Sirius, in real life--except she's Sirius's sister?! If that isn't awkward enough, she's expected to give up her firstborn child to be their...

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