Akechi Ran, an office lady in her 30s who had always dreamed of an engagement ring and a wonderful marriage, lost both her dreams and her man after her fiancé betrayed her. While drinking and complaining with her best friends, Homura and Kei, with whom she spent her youth on the softball team in their all-girls school days, they are shocked by the reality that 10 years have passed since graduating high school and none of their dreams have come true. They then find out that Homura only has one year left to live. To make Homura's dream come true, the three of them band together, live together, quit their jobs, and open a detective agency in Asakusa. She's lost her job, her man, and her dreams, but she has two best friends! Will they be able to turn their lives around?
In the world of magic, there lived a kind-hearted prince, Linkenel. Prince Linkenel was born with the most powerful magical power in history. His magical power was so powerful that the king had to seal that power within his body from the time he was an infant, not releasing it until the day he comes of age. On July 1024, on Linkenel’s coming-of-age ceremony, Rieswinn, the God of Water, appeared at the ceremony and attempted to abduct the prince in order to claim Linkenel’s power as his own. As Rieswinn casts his water magic in the hall, drowning everyone within it, to spare the king’s and queen’s lives, Linkenel agreed to join with Rieswinn. As they were about to depart, one of Linkenel’s best companion, a puppy named Lyle, tried to intervene. As Linkenel begged Rieswinn to keep the pup by his side, Rieswinn brutally slaughtered the puppy claiming Linkenel is now his and should not be swayed by anything else. Shifting to the modern world, Kanba Yoichi, the protagonist, is a high schooler who has been having dreams about Prince Linkenel, who he refers to as his master, since the passing of his mother. However, his dream has always been the same and ends exactly at the same location (where Lyle was slaughtered and Linkenel was taken away) every time for the past six years. Longing to save his “master,” he stumbles across a fortune teller, who gives him a magical coin to “let him see the sequel of the dream he has been having.” After trying to place the coin under his pillow, Yoichi finds himself in the magical world and, there, he meets with his master. And thus, the magical story of the two begins.
A tale of love in all forms: pure like a child's, twisted like that of a scorned lonely woman, and multi-faceted in between. Kurt, the prince of a faraway kingdom, leaves home to find a way to heal his petrified goddess-mother. Battling numerous monsters, overcoming challenges set forth by Medusa's apostles, and helping other people all seem so heavy for a ten-year-old boy. But never fear, he's not alone. His youngest aunt, a goddess from heaven, his girlfriend collected along the way, his-not-quite-adversary, not-quite-friend, mysterious dark apostle and various others are with him. All are drawn in by his charisma, his will, and his purity. Let's join Kurt, to travel to far, far away lands, to meet interesting people, monsters, gods, and goddesses…and then to kick their asses. Note: Volume count based on the bunkoban.
The story begins with a scientist, Dr. Yorkshire Bell, noting that dinosaurs flourished and became extinct when they advanced beyond their ability to adapt to change. Giant mammals, such as the saber-toothed tiger and the mammoth, came and went the same way… --- **Volume 44 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
A collection of oneshots: 1. Kamisama no Sonata A lonely ghost finds another deeply tortured soul with her love for the violin. Despite the years separating them, they both know the pain of being different which causes their bond to become stronger. But is there a happy ending for someone living and a ghost? 2. Mahoroba no Yobigoe A boy she always knew from afar is about to be crushed by the train before her very eyes, but not before he looks directly at her, causing Maomi to drift and land… 2000 years into the past! Historical references to Yamataikoku and Queen Himiko. 3. Ipaasha A playboy prince of a small country needs to win over a frivolous princess of a successful kingdom for the sake of his country. What he didn't expect was his feelings for the princess's timid maid. What will happen when the princess finds out about them? Will the prince forsake his country all for his forbidden love? 4. Taiyou mo Wasure Sasete Saho fall in love with the chairman of a gardening club - Togusa Shui, and now she has to work hard to get his attention.
A young Mongolian-born Japanese woman comes to Japan in search of a father who she had thought died long ago. Armed with the photos of three professional musicians, Hayashi Kanon uses her talent as a gifted violinist to get close to them, not knowing if any one of them is actually her father. Will she find him and love as well?
Collection of 4 short stories: - Nemurihime ni Hyakumankai no Kiss Akari wants her first kiss to be perfect like in fairytales. One day she comes across the school's playboy, Kira Kousuke, in the library. He steals her first kiss because he was dared to. What will happen now? (From: MAL) - Psychedelic Unicorn - Street Lily - Diamond Dust Kaya and her friend Yui have been ice skating for 7 years. Now they are practicing for the Junior Skating Tournament. Kaya can't seem to skate a triple axle (third rotation). Kitsuya, an artist, comments on Kaya's ice skating, and the romance between them begins. Will kaya master the triple axle and do well in the skating tournament? (From: MAL) Italian: 4) Diamond Damato Kaya e Yui sono due amiche e pattinano fin da piccole … Entrambe parteciperanno ai campionati Juniores e sembra che non ci sia nulla che le renda rivali, nonostante il torneo. Ma un giorno a causa di un disegno realizzato da un ragazzo, Yui si ingelosisce ed è qui che inizia la rivalità tra le due ragazze!
It happened in the blink of an eye. Rikka's world turned upside down when her school field trip bus flipped and plummeted into a lake. Everyone inside that bus drowned… except for Rikka, but she wasn't saved by anything as simple as luck. When she was released from the hospital, Rikka was then attacked repeatedly in a series of bizarre incidents all involving water… and a sadistic aquatic beauty whose name is – Rikka!? What does our heroine have that the sadistic Rikka wants back? What was it that saved her from drowning, and who gave it to her and why…?
Juuna's uncle gets her to enroll in the school where he's principal. The only problem is that it's an all boys school! With all those rabid guys around, Juuna needs someone to protect her. In comes Shibuki to be her bodyguard…but Juuna wants him to do more to her body than just guard it! The side story of volume 2 is called 'Sexy Guardian Returns'.
Kaya thought she had found the perfect job when she became the private secretary of Kyouhei Touma–the director of a tableware company of the same name. Kyouhei is a capable director, but his arrogance and sluttish behavior are almost legendary. Kaya is doing her best to prove that she is capable in her work, but one night, by accident, she discovers his secret… He is a vampire!
Yasuda Ippei is the heir to the wealthy Yasuda Family, and a bright and talented student who is admired by all. On his 18th birthday, he is sent on a year-long journey in which he is guaranteed complete and utter freedom. However, unless he returns by the end of the year with a bride the entire family approves of, he will be disinherited.
A sequel to Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, with ties to xxxHOLiC Rei and other CLAMP works.
Miyamoto Musashi is a boy who has come all the way to the city to check out the studio of Matsuma Dan, a longtime director of manga movies (anime films). After having his work evaluated by him, Dan tells Musashi that his work is dead and lifeless: films live on and about. Not long after, Musashi comes across Sasaki Kojiro, a boy from a wealthy family who also aims to do manga movies. No matter how many times the two team up and split off, and no matter how many times they drift off their paths and return to them, their future lies with manga movies. A retelling of the rivalry between Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro, but in 1950's Japan, as they venture into the worlds of anime production and manga magazines. --- **Volume 55 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
A Japanese girl is sold off to a South American business tycoon who takes her away to this foreign land. Here, he seduces her and the two slowly fall into a love trap. But while this occurs, another force interrupts the two’s love-web. A revolution and rebellion starts to take away, separating the two.
This is the beginning of my legendary story! …the truth is, I'm wearing woman clothes but that's a secret!!
A baseball manga about Araragi and Amakusa, two genius rookies on the Osaka Tigers who are exact opposites. Taiyo Matsumoto's first serialized work.
Eitoku Academy is a school that caters to children and from rich, high-society families. Hence, Makino, who comes from a poor family, is considered by others as the "weed" of the school. The school is ruled by the "Flower Four" group, more commonly known as the F4. The F4 leader, and son of the wealthiest, most powerful family in Japan, Domyouji Tsukasa, takes an interest in Tsukushi because she is the only girl at Eitoku who does not fawn over him. However, his hot-headed nature and bullying ways are originally a major turn-off for Tsukushi, who has her sights set on Rui Hanazawa. ___ Volume 37 is comprised of three short stories that happen after the ending
Yuri, a modern day teenager who had just received her first kiss, is suddenly whisked away to ancient Anatolia, where an evil queen needs her for a blood sacrifice. Thankfully the timely intervention of Prince Kail saves Yuri from the queen's grasp. For now. Kail promises to send Yuri back to her home, but the queen's persistent schemes to kill them both, plus their growing interest in each other, keep those plans delayed. **Winner of 2001 Shogakukan Manga Award for Shōjo** Note: Final 28th volume contains a side story called Orontes Renka, set in the same historical period. The Hittite empire is about to become an Egyptian territory through marriage between the Hittite princess and the Egyptian king. A traveler from Egypt, Maripas, visits Anatolia at that time but gets robbed of all his belongings while playing good samaritan. He's thankfully offered shelter by an unusually well-educated Hittite woman named Yuri. But this seemingly innocent meeting soon turns into a thrilling romantic adventure – cases of mistaken identity and runaway royals are about to complicate international relations!
Himeno's chest hurts if any boy touches her because her heart is a diamond. However, when she was young, she befriended two boys: gentle Mamoru and blunt Keigo, who could touch her without harming her. Without knowing about her diamond, both Mamoru and Keigo promised to protect Himeno. When some people threaten to take Himeno's heart, who else will protect her but her knights?
Genghis Khan was the greatest hero in human history. This story illustrates the miraculous events in the breathtakingly vibrant life of this man who tore across the steppes, awash in turmoil and war, as the ruler of his people! This is an authentic historical novel depicting Genghis Khan's sweeping military rule from his childhood onward!
A collection of short stories: #1: Ringo Hoppe no Koi Takami has a HUGE problem! She blushes at the drop of a hat, so everyone knows what she is thinking! She finally makes a decision to stop letting her fear of embarrassment control her – she gets a job where her crush is working so that she can confess her feelings to him… but then things go awry in an unexpected way! #2: Hinatabokko no Heya Tomo and Daisuke have been childhood friends for ten years. Whenever something goes wrong with Daisuke, he finds refuge in Tomo's sunshine-abundant room. When Tomo asks Daisuke for a 'date' with him as her birthday present, will the equations of their relationship change? #3: 24 Ko no Kurisumasu (24 Pieces of Christmas) Rio met Ian, the son of her father's friend, during Christmas when she was in the third grade. Ian turned out to be a devil with an angelic smile. That Christmas remains as an irritating memory for Rio, considering how Ian played multiple pranks on her and bullied her throughout the day. After that Christmas, Ian's family moved away to England and she didn't get to see him since then. But Ian sends Christmas cards for her every year. Years later, during Rio's 17th Christmas, Ian is back in Japan……planning some new pranks?
A collection of four oneshots.
Yuji's girlfriend Misaki may seem hard and cold on the outside, but inside she's actually soft and loving. As they prepare for their high school entrance exams, Misaki decides that they should temporarily cut off all their dating activities. Will they be able to study hard enough through this period to get into the same high school?
**Bang** A shot goes off in the night. Scientist Ryohei Jagata is shot dead by an unknown assailant in his home. The assailant then steals a precious, and mysterious, stone hidden in Jagata's eye socket. He then makes his escape, but not before alerting Jagata's butler, Hanawa and Mimio. Mimio and Hanawa investigate what happened before running into the famous detective Shunsaku Ban, Mr. Mustachio. Mustachio overheard the gunshot as he was close by when it happened. After inquiring into why Jagata may have been targeted, Mimio brings Mustachio to the lab where he was born. Who is the assailant, what are his intentions, and what is the true nature of the mysterious stone? Tezuka's famous SF work, filled with Adventure, Mystery, and Tragedy! Part of the famous "World Trilogy" consisting of this work, "Nextworld", and "Metropolis". "Lost World" possesses 5 different versions. The most famous one, this version, is the fourth. The Private Edition, which is also on MangaDex, is the very first version. --- **Volume 130 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**