May 2025 - Hi Score Girl, Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games, Lullaby of the Dawn, and I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day Vol. 1

May 2025 - STAFF PICK

For this month, Kinokuniya Members receive 20% off Hi Score Girl, Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games, Lullaby of the Dawn, and I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day Vol. 1 in English until 5/31 in-stores & online while supplies last!

*Please note cannot be combined with any other offers or promotions.

 
 

Gaming Manga

EVO Japan 2025 is happening this month where fans gather to celebrate fighting games! Find relatability through Hi Score Girl and Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games as they indulge in hardcore gaming. 

 

Hi Score Girl

The year is 1991, and the world is on the cusp of the golden age of 2-D fighting games. And on the outskirts of town, in a shady arcade that's a second home to delinquents and businessmen, one girl descends with dignity into her seat at the game cabinet...

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Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games

An over-the-top comedy manga about delicate young ladies indulging in hardcore gaming–inspired a live-action series and an anime!

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Yuri/BL Manga 

Interested in checking out dark fantasy BL/yuri? Our staff recommends Lullaby of the Dawn, which won first place in Best Comic category in the 2022 Chill Chill BL Awards, and I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day, which is confirmed to have an anime adaptation.

 

Lullaby of the Dawn

Night after night, Elva steps forth into the black sea, sword in hand, to drive back the creatures that surge from the waves. Elva is one of the 'kannagi,' warrior priests chosen by the divine to protect the island.

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I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day

An orphanage for girls is actually a boot camp, turning out magical child soldiers for a gruesome war. Yet love finds a way to blossom amid bloodshed, in this dramatic, much-anticipated yuri manga that is spiritual kin to the likes of Revolutionary Girl Utena, Otherside Picnic, and Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury.

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