Post your Monthly Manga Haul

End of January already :eek:

Physical haul for the month:
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Top to bottom left pile:
The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest volume 10
My Happy Marriage volume 2
Noragami volume 25
Pokémon Journeys volume 4 (complete)
Phantom of the Idol volume 1
Call of the Night volume 10
Welcome Back, Alice volume 4
My Unique Skill Makes Me OP Even At Level volume 1 (LN)
Snow White with the Red Hair volumes 21-22
Am I Actually the Strongest? volume 1 (LN)
I'm Quitting Heroing volume 1
Honey Lemon Soda volume 1
Tsubaki-chou Lonely Planet volume 2

Right pile:
Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town volume 7
Bungo Stray Dogs volume 22
My Dress-Up Darling volume 7
I Want to Be a Wall volume 2
A Galaxy Next Door volume 4
Is Love the Answer? (complete)
The Detective is Already Dead volume 5 (LN)
Bride of the Barrier Master volume 1 (LN)
Your Forma volume 3 (LN)
Sasaki and Peeps volume 3 (LN)
SAbikui Bisco volume 4 (LN)
Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World volume 10 (LN)
The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat volume 6 (LN)
A Death in Tokyo (novel)

Happy to have new volumes of Noragami, Bungo Stray Dogs and finally a couple of volumes of Snow White with the Red Hair. I've been waiting forever for them to come into stock >_<

Also thank you to @Sarah whose review of Phantom of the Idol earlier in the month sold me on picking it up. I did enjoy the anime back when it aired but had never seen the manga in stock around here, so my interest had faded a bit. But reading such a positive appraisal of it got me back on board. :)

Meanwhile my digital haul:
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Left to right top to bottom:
Yakuza Fiancé volume 2
A Side Character's Love Story volume 13
Burn the House Down volume 8
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? volume 18 (LN)
The Flowers of Evil volumes 10-11 (complete)
Mr. Bride volume 7
BL Game no Shujinkou no Otouto de aru Koto ni Ki ga Tsukimashita volume 1 (JP)
Amekohime (JP, complete)
Wagaya wa Machi no Ogamiya-san volume 2 (JP)
Papa and Daddy's Home Cooking volumes 1-2
Bungo Stray Dogs Comic Anthologies volumes 1-4 (JP)
Katakoi Triangle volume 1 (JP)
Matcha Made in Heaven volume 3

The Bungo anthologies had been on sale because of the anime being on currently, so with no sign of them heading West yet I figured I may as well pick them up. Yakuza Fiancé didn't impress me that much with Volume 1, but I'm giving it a second chance to show me why people rave over it so much. My most enjoyable read of the ones I've actually bought and read of these is probably Papa and Daddy's Home Cooking, will certainly be following that through to its conclusion. Hoping I can get through that volume of DanMachi before it comes West too, but we'll see... I imagine Yen will be bottlenecked for a while given there's three volumes of Astra Record to license and translate and two volumes of Sword Oratoria forthcoming as well... :)
 
February haul~

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Top to bottom:
Tokyo Aliens volume 2
Given volume 7
Bungo Stray Dogs: Beast volume 4
Queen's Quality volume 16
Sotus volume 1
Love of Kill volume 10
Unnamed Memory volume 2
Last Gender volume 2
Sweet Poolside
Run Away with Me, Girl volume 2
The Devil is a Part Timer! volume 18 (LN)
I've Become an Omega Today
Sugar Apple Fairy Tale volume 1 (LN)
Hitorijime My Hero volume 13
Hirano and Kagiura (LN)
You Call That Service? volume 7 (LN, complete)
A Sister's All You Need volume 14 (LN, complete)
Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle volume 3 (LN)
Apparently, Disillusioned Adventurers Will Save the World volume 2 (LN)
Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian volume 2 (LN)
The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten volume 5 (LN)
Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki volume 9 (LN)
Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! volume 6

A nice selection of titles this month, including final volumes for a couple of my long-running LN series. Picked up Sugar Apple Fairy Tale due to enjoying the anime, hoping it'll be as sweet. I don't usually buy my books out of order, but I picked up Devil is a Part-Timer vol 18 since it was on such a big discount (50% off!), but I don't have 17 and haven't seen it around locally so I imagine 18 will sit in the TBR pile for a bit until I get that. Also really need to get on top of Tomozaki because I own at least 3 volumes of that which I haven't read..,

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Left to right, top to bottom:
Magic Artisan Dahlia Wilts No More volume 4
Horimiya volume 12
Sasaki and Miyano volume 7
Hiraeth volume 3
This Vampire Won't Give Up! volume 4
You're My Cutie!! volume 5
Koi ni Mudaguchi volume 10 (JP)
A Side Character's Love Story volume 14
Loner Life in Another World volume 8
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side: Sword Oratoria volume 13 (LN, JP)
I Got Fired as a Court Wizard So Now I'm Moving to the Country to Become a Magic Teacher volume 1 (JP)
She Loves to Cook and She Loves to Eat volume 1
A Couple of Cuckoos volume 9
Matcha Made in Heaven volume 4
I'm a Wolf, but My Boss is a Sheep! volumes 1-2 (JP)
Bungo Stray Dogs Official Anthology volume 5 (JP)

Another pretty nice mixture of titles this month. Some instalments of my favourites (Side Character, Koi ni Mudaguchi) and some newbies to keep things fresh. Slowly continuing to catch up with Horimiya, almost up to date now! :)
 
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Not too much. Lilies is a V-Scroll manga and the first 5 chapters are free, it's a yuri about a straight laced student (who also works in a cross dress café) and a gyaru who always pisses off the other girl with her lack of discipline.
Also finally got all of Silver Spoon and I also (checks MAL) have finished collecting Hi Score Girl, along with catching up on Yuru Camp:
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March haul time, a little more than usual I think since March is also my birthday month so I get extra book-shaped treats from family and friends. :3

Physical haul:
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Left stack top to bottom:
Sugar Apple Fairy Tale volume 2 (LN)
Call of the Night volume 11
Call The Name of the Night volume 1
Bungo Stray Dogs Wan! volume 4
Phantom of the Idol volumes 2-3
The Dragon's Betrothed volume 1
Candy Color Paradox volume 6
Studio Apartment, Good Lighting, Angel Included volume 2
A Condition Called Love volume 1
Hollow Regalia volume 1 (LN)
Wistoria: Wand and Sword volume 3
The Secrets of the Silent Witch volume 3 (LN)
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Lost Singer (LN)
In the Clear Moonlit Dusk volume 3
Higehiro volume 3
The Executioner and Her Way of Life volume 6
Magus of the Library volume 6
The Way of the Househusband volume 9

Right stack top to bottom:
Snow White with the Red Hair volume 23
Flying Witch volume 11
Usotoki Rhetoric volume 2
The Dawn of the Witch volume 2 (LN)
As a Reincarnated Aristocrat I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World volume 1 (LN)
Mars Red volume 3
Megumi & Tsugumi volume 1
Lovesick Ellie volumes 2-3
Takane & Hana volume 9
Jujutsu Kaisen: Summer of Ashes, Autumn of Dust (LN)
Pokemon Adventures XY volume 4
How Do We Relationship volume 8
Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple volume 2
Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun volume 17
Weathering With You volume 3
Blood on the Tracks volume 1
The Devil is a Part-Timer! volumes 17, 19

Mostly playing catch up on a few recent releases this month. Happy to have had Snow White with the Red Hair roughly on time with the US release for once and I've started Blood on the Tracks to round out my current obsession of reading Shuzo Oshimi's works. I do wish Vertical had released it digitally given it's 20 odd volumes and still going, but hey not a lot I can do about that and I imagine by the end I would have wanted the physical editions anyway space be damned hears Teapot wailing in the far off distance about bookshelf space. Nice to finally have more Magus of the Library too given how infrequently that comes out in English. :)

Digital:
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Left to right, top to bottom:
Destiny Unchain Online volume 3 (JP)
Papa and Daddy's Home Cooking volume 3
That's My Atypical Girl volume 8
A Couple of Cuckoos volume 10
Eizen Karukaya Kaiitan (JP)
Lycoris Recoil Official Comic Anthology Repeat volume 2 (JP)
Lycoris Recoil volume 1 (JP)
She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat volume 2
The Duke of Death and His Maid volume 5
And Yet, You Are So Sweet volume 7
The Summer You Were There volume 2 (JP)
Happiness volumes 9-10 (complete)
Joy volume 2 (complete)
Matcha Made in Heaven volume 5
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Sword Oratoria volume 14 (LN, JP)
Horimiya volume 13

Thanks to the recent Kodansha sale I decided to finish off Happiness at last. Picked up more Lycoris Recoil manga since that particular money train continues to go full steam ahead. Been wanting Eizen Karukaya Kaiitan for awhile since its the mini series the Blue Exorcist author worked on for a few months recently, but at 1,000+ yen it had been a bit too pricey. It was in a recent coin-back sale on Bookwalker, so that gave me a ready made excuse to put the money out on it.
 
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Difficult to read inc:
Top left, Ao-chan Can't Study v1
Top right, Assorted Entanglements
Middle right of the next pic, Kokkoku: Moment by Moment v1
Bottom left and middle of pic 3, The Summer You Were There vols 1 & 2
& middle of pic 4, Yuri Life.

Also got 3 volumes of Vagabond:
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Which Forbidden Planet polybag the Vagabond books lol? I assume they polybag any books which has a Parental Advisory label on it?

Forbidden Planet London doesn't polybag the Vagabond books in their store lol.
 
If you notice Made in Abyss volumes have started coming back into stock I'd suggest avoiding ordering them from Amazon. I ordered them and they sent me Spanish versions despite the fact that it said they were in English in the description.
 
April haul time~

Physical stuff up first:
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Left pile top to bottom:
Orange: To You, Dear One
Deamons of the Shadow Realm volume 1
Welcome Back, Aureole
Hirano and Kagiura volume 2
My Special One volume 1
Tsubaki-chou Lonely Planet volume 3
Sunbeams in the Sky volume 1
Fairy Tail 100 Years Quest volume 12
Love of Kill volume 11
Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement volume 1 (LN)
Am I Actually the Strongest? volume 2 (LN)
Sasaki and Miyano: First Years (LN)
In the Clear Moonlit Dusk volume 2
Wistoria: Wand and Sword volume 2

Right pile top to bottom:
Sugar Apple Fairy Tale volume 3 (LN)
I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivalled in the Real World, Too volume 2 (LN)
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime volume 21
Our Last Crusade and the Rise of a New World volume 11 (LN)
My Dress-Up Darling volume 8
Rent-A-Girlfriend volume 18
Spy Classroom Short Story Collection volume 1 (LN)
Banished from the HEro's Part, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside volume 8 (LN)
The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady volume 4 (LN)
Sword Art Online volume 26 (LN)
King's Proposal volume 2 (LN)
Cross-Dressing Villainess Cecilia Sylvie volume 4 (LN)
Something's Wrong with Us volume 14

A nice variation of titles this month. Happy to have the final (for real this time) volume of Orange and more Tsubaki-chou/Clear Moonlit Dusk to read (I do love Mika Yamamori's work~). I also picked I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World back up since despite not being that taken with Vol 1 when I reviewed it last year, I have been enjoying the anime and felt compelled to go back to the source material. :)

Digital haul:
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Left to right top to bottom:
Tensei Majo wa Horobi wo Tsugeru volume 1 (JP)
I Think I Turned My Childhood Friend Into a Girl volume 2 (JP)
More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers volume 1 (JP)
Wagaya wa Machi no Ogamiya-san volume 4 (JP)
Studio Cabano volume 4 (JP)
Super HxEros volume 10
JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another World volume 5
In/Spectre volume 17
Love, That's an Understatement volume 1
Koigakubo-kun Stole My First Time volume 4
Our Bodies, Entwining, Entwind volume 5
Horimiya volume 14
Horimiya volume 15
Wagaya wa Machi no Ogamiya-san volume 3 (JP)
What He Who Doesn't Believe in Fate Says volume 1 (JP)
Studio Cabano volume 3 (JP)
Sharakuna: Kaiki Shinrei Kenbunroku volume 1 (JP)
Insomniacs After School volumes 1-4 (JP)
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Short Story Collection vol 1 (LN, JP)
Kono Hon wo Nusumu Mono wa volume 3 (JP)

A lot of Japanese purchases this month since Bookwalker had some decent sales/coin back events on titles I'd been looking for. Notably I got myself caught up with Studio Cabano and the first four volumes of Insomniacs After School were available to read for free until later in May, so given I've been enjoying the anime I thought I may as well read those while I could. I also got myself caught up with Horimiya in preparation of the final volume being released! And if that wasn't enough a new volume of In/Spectre came out, so on the whole I am quite pleased. :)
 
If you notice Made in Abyss volumes have started coming back into stock I'd suggest avoiding ordering them from Amazon. I ordered them and they sent me Spanish versions despite the fact that it said they were in English in the description.
I find the best place to get stuff that's not out of print but harder to find is Blackwells honestly. Usually if I stick a stock alert in, the thing I want will eventually show up as long as I'm patient. Their shipping speed leaves a lot to be desired, but I can't fault them otherwise.
 
Well things got a little crazy this month... First up my physical stuff, which is more or less the same as usual:

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Left pile top to bottom:
The Savior's Book Café Story in Another World volume 5 (I think this is the end?)
Tokyo Aliens volume 3
My Coworker Has a Secret! volume 1
Phantom of the Idol volume 5
Snow White with the Red Hair volume 24
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess volume 11 (complete)
Hi, I'm a Witch and My Crush Wants Me to Make a Love Potion volume 2
Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon volume 1
Honey Lemon Soda volume 2
My Dear, Curse-Casting Vampiress volume 1
Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple volume 3
The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter volume 3
Wolf Girl and Black Prince volume 1
My Special One volume 2
Queen's Quality volume 17
The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess volume 7

Right pile:
My Unique Skill Makes Me OP Even at Level 1 volume 2 (LN)
How to Win Her Heart on the Nth Try (LN)
Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction volume 12 (complete)
Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian volume 3 (LN)
Even If These Tears Disappear Tonight (novel)
Magical Girl Incident volume 1
Blue Lock volume 1
Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki's Conjecture: Folklore Studies volume 1 (LN)
Sasaki and Peeps volume 2 (LN)
My Summoned Beast is Dead volume 1 (LN)
Spy Classroom volume 5 (LN)
Reign of the Seven Spellblades volume 8 (LN)
Wistoria: Wand and Sword volume 4
The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! volume 5
My Happy Marriage volume 2 (LN)
Run Away with Me, Girl volume 3 (complete)
Something's Wrong with Us volume 10
Kowloon Generic Romance volume 3)

Some excellent series making their english debut this month. I also finally got myself back on track with My Happy Marriage. And picked up Wolf Girl and Black Prince which I remember liking the anime for but we'll see if that extends to the source material I was really happy to see the end of Twilight Princess in time for the new Zelda game coming out too, that series has been a real delight to read. Looking forward to seeing how Dead Dead Demon's ends as well, although I have not heard pleasing things so that may linger on the TBR pile for awhile... 😅

And then there's the digital side of things...
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Left to right top to bottom:
Wotakoi Official Comic Anthology (JP)
The Duke of Death and His Maid volume 6
Having an Idol-Loving Boyfriend is the Best volume 3
Insomniacs After School volumes 5-12 (JP)
Lycoris Recoil official anthology Reload volume 2 (JP)
Sasaki and Miyano volume 8
Horimiya volume 16 (complete)
Yakuza Fiancé volume 3
Love, That's an Understatement volume 2
A Couple of Cuckoos volume 11
Watashi no Keiyaku Kekkon ni wa Uso ga Aru. volume 1 (JP)
Koi ni Mudaguchi volume 11 (JP)
Small Nozomi and Big Yume volume 1
Daily Report About My Witch Senpai volume 3 (JP)
Can Someone Please Explain What's Going on?! volume 1 (JP)
The Aristocrat's Otherworldly Adventure: Serving Gods Who Go Too Far volume 1 (JP)
Can Someone Please Explain What's Going On?! volumes 2-3 (JP)
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Short Story Collection 2 (JP, LN)
Skip and Loafer volume 7
Destiny Unchain Online volume 4 (JP)
A Side Character's Love Story volume 15
How to Grill Our Love volume 1

Wellll, Bookwalker had a really good triple coin back sale on pretty much everything on my wishlist, so I ended up buying/redeeming coins for all the volumes of Insomniacs After School I needed to get caught up with the current material. Coupled with a number of new volumes for series I already follow, that has given me quite a backlog...

Next month being quieter on the new release front will be helpful that's for sure.
 
It was actually my quietest for ages, didn't even reach Queen rank for coin back.
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Hard to read: 1st image top left, Bakemonogatari (manga) vol 18 and 2nd image top right Shirahime-Syo by CLAMP.

There weren't too many coin back events in which I had volumes on my wishlist and not too many releases either. However with the latest coin back events I already have 11 volumes for June! More in the Anime/Manga I Bought Today thread.
 
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