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Reader’s Corner: Helck (Vol. 5), Imitation (Vol. 1), and Sengoku Youku (Vol. 2)
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Reader’s Corner: Sakura Saku (Vol. 1), Helck (Vol. 6), and Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible (Vol. 10)
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Reader’s Corner: WcDonald’s (Ch. 1), Villains Are Destined to Die (Vol. 6), Mint Chocolate (Vol. 1), and God Bless the Mistaken (Vol. 1)
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Reader’s Corner: Insomniacs After School (Vol. 6), The Remarried Empress (Vol. 7), and Unnamed Memory (Vol. 5)
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Reader’s Corner: Romantic Killer, Dandadan, and At Night, I Become a Monster
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Reader’s Corner: Zom 100, Medalist, and the Way of the Househusband, Vol. 5
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Reader’s Corner: Witch Watch, FMA Fullmetal Edition Vol. 15, and Earthchild, Chapter 1
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Reader’s Corner: The Do-Over Damsel (Vol. 1), Alice in Borderland (Vol. 7), and Insomniacs After School (Vol. 3)
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