Now! Let the "Mad Tea Party" begin! The Kuonji clan, owner of one of the world's top conglomerates, has a tradition: Once a month, family members attend a "Mad Tea Party." But at the latest gathering, the nine Kuonji siblings in attendance are shocked to hear a pronouncement issue from the lips of their mother, Olga- "I'd like you children to now fight one another to the death!" As chaos erupts, Stella, the fourth daughter, loses all reason, and suddenly a whole new Stella, complete with blonde hair and blue dress, comes out to play-!!

He's right here in front of me...just like I remember him...my real big brother... Stella's true Zeno-nii, thought to have died five years ago at the very first Mad Tea Party, appears! And with his arrival, the last and biggest of Tsukito's secrets is revealed! You must never let go of this hand--Tsukito's hand--ever again...! Amid the confusion, her "father" presents Stella, who has lost the will to fight, with a way to end the traditional family death game that has embroiled her and her siblings, and--?! So don't you dare get in my way...!!

The most insane creatures in the nine planes of heaven and nine planes of hell are all telling messed-up teenager, Setsuna that he is the reincarnation of an angel. That wouldn't be so bad except that some of these beings are trying to kill him, and others want him to lead them in a revolt against God! All Setsuna wants to do is keep a sister he loves away from the dangerous creatures who are trying to harm her. Unfortunately some of the worst harm can come from Setsuna's love, which threatens to bloom into full-blown incest! How can Setsuna protect his sister from himself?! -- VIZ Media

Rules for the New Sugar Baby:1. Are you worth it? Hell yes you are, ten times over2. Hustle big, hustle hard and get out fast3. Never, ever fall for your sugar daddyI've always believed "I'm not that sort of girl," but with my father's debt to a bloodthirsty crime lord to pay off I have no choice but to dip into the sugar bowl.Misha, a handsome older billionaire, is willing to pay top price for me. Something about my daddy doesn't add up but with a debt to pay I don't have the luxury of being picky. I'm the luxury in his life, his fantasy to fulfil, and I'm going to play my part to the fullest.My name is Ciara, and when daddy calls, I come.Book 1 of the LOVE DON'T COST A THING series

BILLY LO' and his most trusted partner, DIAMOND, are fresh out of prison with a plan to demonstrate why Baltimore, Maryland is known as BODYMORE MURDERLAND. Backed by an unlimited drug connect and a deadly team of stick-up boys, the ambitious hustlers are primed to control the most lucrative strip in the East Coast. When the body count rises along with the money, street cred and overall prestige, the whole crew is living good and enjoying their success. But what happens when the money stops pouring in and the members of this once tight clique are forced to get it out the mud? Pressure either burst pipes or it makes diamonds. What will it do to Billy Lo' and Diamond? Will old habits resurface and destroy the bonds they've created within their fam? Will ambitions override respect? Will friends become bloodthirsty enemies? Or will honor rule the day, allowing oaths to remain intact as the gunplay and vicious fatalities lead to a record number of murders in the city?

Stella-samaaaa- The scar on the palm of Zeno, Stella's most beloved brother, has switched from one hand to the other. Her mind already consumed by the fog of war, Stella arrives at a truth far too painful to consider... And all this time...this entire time-! I've been trusting and loving the very person who murdered him! A lie told at the very first tea party now comes out into the open!! Are you familiar with the term "changeling"?

Melm is the last sibling I have left!! The children of the Kuonji house have been whittled down to two-Stella and Melm , the youngest. Even as their showdown begins, Stella harbors a private desire to somehow save her little brother. But the battlefield on which Melm awaits her is none other than the graveyard of their siblings , and when Stella glimpses Claire , it seems as if the ghosts of the dead have also come to play... "Stella-chan, hurry up and die so you can be one of my dolls too!" As sweet little Melm's personality takes a disturbing turn, Stella is thrown for a loop. And in the heat of battle , she is confronted by the dark secret of the littlest Kuonji! There's no way I can kill him!!

Red Riding Hood, stained crimson with blood... To its heir, the illustrious Kuonji estate promises eternal life. The price the heir must pay for this sublime honor, however, is a pound of flesh--that of his or her brothers and sisters and extracted by his or her own hands......The prospect of having to fight her beloved elder sister "Red Riding Hood" Claire to the death sends Stella into a dizzying spiral of despair. And then, out comes her other self, "Bloody Alice," whispering in her ear-- "This is our fate!" As the White Rabbit and Zeno, her first love, watch over the battle-worn Stella, what is it that creeps ever nearer to her and her destiny--? ...is never going home to Grandmother's house.

Supposément mort lors de la beginning tea party 5 ans auparavant, le véritable grand frère Zeno refait son apparition ! Et c'est par son intermédiaire que le dernier, et le plus grand, secret de Tsukito va être révélé à Stella... Alors que Stella nage en pleine confusion et qu'elle a perdu toute raison de se battre, son père lui soumet un moyen ultime de mettre fin à cette funeste tradition...

Since the first translations of Lewis Carroll's Alice books appeared in Japan in 1899, Alice has found her way into nearly every facet of Japanese life and popular culture. The books have been translated into Japanese more than 500 times, resulting in more editions of these works in Japanese than any other language except English. Generations of Japanese children learned English from textbooks containing Alice excerpts. Japan's internationally famous fashion vogue, Lolita, merges Alice with French Rococo style. In Japan Alice is everywhere--in manga, literature, fine art, live-action film and television shows, anime, video games, clothing, restaurants, and household goods consumed by people of all ages and genders. In Alice in Japanese Wonderlands, Amanda Kennell traverses the breadth of Alice's Japanese media environment, starting in 1899 and continuing through 60s psychedelia and 70s intellectual fads to the present, showing how a set of nineteenth-century British children's books became a vital element in Japanese popular culture. Using Japan's myriad adaptations to investigate how this modern media landscape developed, Kennell reveals how Alice connects different fields of cultural production and builds cohesion out of otherwise disparate media, artists, and consumers. The first sustained examination of Japanese Alice adaptations, her work probes the meaning of Alice in Wonderland as it was adapted by a cast of characters that includes the "father of the Japanese short story," Ryūnosuke Akutagawa; the renowned pop artist Yayoi Kusama; and the best-selling manga collective CLAMP. While some may deride adaptive activities as mere copying, the form Alice takes in Japan today clearly reflects domestic considerations and creativity, not the desire to imitate. By engaging with studies of adaptation, literature, film, media, and popular culture, Kennell uses Japan's proliferation of Alices to explore both Alice and the Japanese media environment.