July 2026 - STAFF PICK
Kinokuniya Members receive 20% off on Vol.1 of the following titles until 7/31 in-store and online while supplies last!
English Books
Chainsmoker Cat
Thunder 3
Japanese Books
HORIZON
THE POOL
Nippon Sangoku
*Please note cannot be combined with any other offers or promotions.
Manga in English
Chainsmoker Cat
Anime Premiering in July 2026
Welcome to Yani’s apartment. Please don’t mind the smell. Yani is a catgirl with a seriously bad smoking habit. Every time she tries to quit, she becomes weak to the cravings and gives in almost instantly.
Behind on her rent and unable to hold down a job, her friends and sister rally around to help her out. But when she’s using her pee to put out cigarette fires, they may just have their work cut out for them.
Will she ever get her life together, or is she doomed to live as a chainsmoking slob forever?
Thunder 3
Anime Premiering in July 2026
Pyontaro is a middle schooler whose little sister, Futaba, simply adores him. One day, he and his buddies—the so-called “Small Three”—decide to watch a weird disc their teacher lent them. Little do the boys realize this disc is linked to another universe...and while they aren’t looking, Futaba gets sucked in! Can Pyontaro and his friends find Futaba? And just what is this other world they've discovered?!
Books in Japanese
HORIZON
Mieko, a woman in her late twenties, is exhausted by her busy daily life. Seeing students enjoying their youth, she suddenly remembers her younger self and, fueled by alcohol, puts on a sailor uniform and heads to a park in the middle of the night. There, she meets a beautiful man who seems too perfect to be real... A painfully realistic life story depicted with the extraordinary writing style of a rising star!
THE POOL
From Gamon Sakurai of "Ajin" fame comes a sci-fi action series for the world!
On a planet overrun by unknown monsters, the team led by "Chief" picks up a suspicious SOS signal.
In the abandoned mine shaft from which the signal originated, they discover a group of stranded people who are terrified of something.
Nippon Sangoku
Anime Premiered in April 2026
To reunify this country—
In the near future, after the collapse of civilization, a young man rises up to reunify Japan, which has once again become a warring states period.
His name is Aoteru Misumi. The legend of this man, who would later be hailed as a brilliant strategist, begins now!!