'" High school love is hard enough all on its own, and for Rito, it happens to involve the gorgeous princesses of a galactic empire, interstellar assassins, a ghost-girl, and that''s just for starters! The antics between all the oddballs at Sainan High have a way of creating one risque situation after another...but that idyll isn''t going to last much longer. The sinister Master Nemesis has long warned of the power of "Darkness" lurking inside of Yami. The time has come for that Darkness to awaken! Can Rito survive the true power of a living weapon? "'

THE DARKNESS RISES! High school love is hard enough all on its own, and for Rito, it happens to involve the gorgeous princesses of a galactic empire, interstellar assassins, a ghost-girl, and that's just for starters! The antics between all the oddballs at Sainan High have a way of creating one risqué situation after another...but that idyll isn't going to last much longer. The sinister Master Nemesis has long warned of the power of "Darkness" lurking inside of Yami. The time has come for that Darkness to awaken! Can Rito survive the true power of a living weapon?

Yuuki Rito is your average high school student—awkward, shy, and hopeless when it comes to confessing his feelings to the girl of his dreams. But one day, a beautiful woman suddenly materializes in his bathtub! Her name is Lala Deviluke, an alien princess on the run from an intergalactic empire. After Rito gets unwittingly engaged to Lala, he soon finds himself sucked into a battle for Lala's affections, as alien suitors from across the galaxy vie for her hand in marriage. Rito's troubles have only just begun!

Life isn't easy when you're a high school student who is kinda-sorta engaged to the princess of the entire galaxy. All Rito really wants is a simple life with Haruna, his one true crush, but the universe has other ideas. Jealous alien suitors keep on trying to ruin Rito's life-- and the worst cosmic enemy he's encountered yet is about to make her appearance!

Mea may be safe from the domination of Master Nemesis, but everyone in Sainan is still in big trouble. The overwhelming, perverse power of Darkness still holds Yami in thrall, and the beautiful living weapon is on a rampage! There's just one hope to return her to her former self: her connection to Yuuki Rito. Yet with love and death all mixed up in Yami's mind, will Rito survive long enough to make a difference?

They might be gorgeous girls, but having the galaxy's most notorious assassin and the heir to the ruler of the universe at the same high school was probably a risky proposition. Filled with jealousy, Run and Saki conspire to set Lala and Yami at each other's throats! When these super-powered students clash in battle, it's Rito, as usual, left picking up the pieces. And that's just the start of his troubles--nefarious agents from outer space are starting to take an interest in the ladies of Sainan High!

Grand in its scope, Asian Comics dispels the myth that, outside of Japan, the continent is nearly devoid of comic strips and comic books. Relying on his fifty years of Asian mass communication and comic art research, during which he traveled to Asia at least seventy-eight times and visited many studios and workplaces, John A. Lent shows that nearly every country had a golden age of cartooning and has experienced a recent rejuvenation of the art form. As only Japanese comics output has received close and by now voluminous scrutiny, Asian Comics tells the story of the major comics creators outside of Japan. Lent covers the nations and regions of Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Organized by regions of East, Southeast, and South Asia, Asian Comics provides 178 black-and-white illustrations and detailed information on comics of sixteen countries and regions—their histories, key creators, characters, contemporary status, problems, trends, and issues. One chapter harkens back to predecessors of comics in Asia, describing scrolls, paintings, books, and puppetry with humorous tinges, primarily in China, India, Indonesia, and Japan. The first overview of Asian comic books and magazines (both mainstream and alternative), graphic novels, newspaper comic strips and gag panels, plus cartoon/humor magazines, Asian Comics brims with facts, fascinating anecdotes, and interview quotes from many pioneering masters, as well as younger artists.

'" At long last, Mea is putting the mysterious Darkness Plan into action! When the fiend gets her clutches on Rito''s sister Mikan, a massive crisis erupts. Meanwhile, Momo''s Harem Plan continues to unfold, as Rito finds himself running to and fro, with a sister to rescue and plenty of beautiful, lusty women to avoid! "'

'" Haruna has always been a breed apart from the other girls around Rito: demure, mild-mannered, and traditional. She''s even accepted that her friend Lala is in love with Rito. But a strange beverage from outer space is about to wipe away all her inhibitions. When Haruna has nothing to hold her back, will she finally confess her love to Rito? And will she want him all to herself--or become the newest supporter of the outrageous Harem Plan?! "'

'" Rito knows Momo as an alien princess with a dangerously dirty mind--but to her classmates, she''s the very picture of innocent beauty. The sudden appearance of her very own fan club on campus takes the idolization to a whole new level, as a coterie of awestruck boys seeks to protect their beloved Momo...from Rito himself! "'