October 2025 - The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess, My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gacha, and Let's Play,Utsuranain Desu, Belladonna no Koibito

October 2025 - STAFF PICK

 

Kinokuniya Members receive 20% off on the following titles until 10/31 in-stores & online while supplies last! *Please note cannot be combined with any other offers or promotions.

English Books
The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess
Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon
Let's Play (Paperback)

Japanese Books
The Ghost Doesn't Show up
Belladonna no Koibito

 
 
 

Manga in English

The anime adaptations of The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess, Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon, and Let’s Play are all premiering this October! Make sure to grab the manga so you’re ready for the anime premieres!

 

The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess

Konoha Satou has a dark history, written throughout middle school—a fantasy adventure of love and magic starring the Count's daughter Konoha Magnolia and the knights who adore her! But when her mother is about to uncover it, Konoha panics and dies in a traffic accident! She wakes up inside her own story—as Iana Magnolia, the worst villainess she ever created! Now, she must survive the chaos of her own making... and you can watch it all unfold in the anime adaptation premiering this October!

In English >>
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Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon: My Party Tried to Kill Me, But Thanks to an Infinite Gacha I Got LVL 9999 Friends and Am Out For Revenge

A kid named Light is the only human member of the adventuring party known as the Concord of the Tribes…but humans are by far the weakest of the races. When his comrades abandon him to the lowest levels of the dungeon, Light resorts to the gift of Infinite Gacha to create a harem of Lvl 9999 allies!

In English >>
In Japanese >>

 

Let's Play

She's young, single and about to achieve her dream of creating incredible video games. But then life throws her a one-two punch: a popular streamer gives her first game a scathing review. Even worse, she finds out that same troublesome critic is now her new neighbor! A funny, sexy, and all-too-real story about gaming, memes, and social anxiety. Come for the plot, stay for the doggo. 

In English >>

 
 

Manga in Japanese

 

The Ghost Doesn't Show Up

Highly recommended by Junji Ito, Yama Wayama, and Yusuke Murata!
Makoto Kurogiri is a super spiritual medium who attracts things that shouldn’t be seen. When he meets Michiru Tachi, who is passionate about the occult club, his life begins to change—a refreshing occult-themed youth drama begins!

In Japanese >>

 

Belladonna no Koibito

Cursed to take the life of anything she touches, Bella’s only hope of breaking the spell is to be given "true love." However, branded the ‘Poisonous Witch', she lives a life of solitude deep within the forest. That is, until one fateful day, when she meets a struggling painter named Anna…

In Japanese >>