Four people intent on killing themselves meet through the suicide website Black Paradox: Maruso, a nurse who despairs about the future; Taburo, a man who is tortured by his doppelganger; Pii-tan, an engineer with his own robot clone; and Baracchi, a woman who agonizes about the birthmark on her face. They wander together in search of the perfect death, fatefully opening a door that leads them to a rather bizarre destiny… [Official English](https://www.viz.com/read/manga/junji-ito/product/7231)
“Shall I write the history of my desires?” The awakening of sexuality… and its loss… an experience common to all. This is the recollection of desires of a single human being. An autobiographical and experimental work by the literary master Mori Ōgai, now adapted into manga through an overwhelming aesthetic sensibility. Note: Certain expressions in this work may be considered inappropriate by modern standards. However, in respect for the original text, they have been preserved in their original form wherever possible.
The second year of junior high, when most students are in the throes of puberty and feeling the pangs of first love. It’s no different for Kanata Tanaka and Kazuki Yoshikawa, a girl and a boy who have been friends since elementary school. But even though Kanata and Kazuki are at the same point in life as their classmates, an air of adulthood sets the two apart. Kanata is taller and more attractive than the other girls, but the boys stay away because she seems too mature for them. Kazuki too stands out from the other boys, but the girls are wary of him because he seems like a player. And so, Kanata and Kazuki are thrown together in a charming, bittersweet tale of two seemingly mature students falling in love like the teenagers they are.
*Reads from left to right.* A collection of poem manga and full color manga filled with warmth and childhood innocence. Includes: - **Rosebud Rosie**: A precocious little girl named Rosie finds a kindred spirit in Paco, a boy from the circus. A short serial that was one of the launch titles in *Lyrica*. - **The Bright Gray House**: A girl reflects on herself, her neighborhood, and her home in the period where two-story homes were only just beginning to become widespread in this full color poem manga. - **The Child in the Box**: A full-color picture book (ehon) manga on a little boy who isolates himself from others. - **My Neighbor Ippei-kun**: The daily life of a little boy named Ippei and his family. - **The Light in August**: A short poem manga about a girl and a game of hide-and-seek she played when she was younger. - **Etchings of the Seasons**: Two-page poem manga by Kimura that cover various subjects, often reflective and contemplative.
A twenty-year-old with little hope for the future discovers a shop that buys lifespan, time, and health. This is a story dealing with the ensuing consequences.
Persona 4 takes place in the same universe as Persona 3 in a rural town named Inaba. There have been mysterious murders occurring whenever there was fog after heavy rain. There were also rumors about a channel on television airing only at midnight called Mayonaka TV, during which it is said that one can see his/her "other half" when staring at the TV screen. After hearing about a recent unsolved murder which occurred during the fog, the characters—the main character, Chie, and Yōsuke—discuss how each of them had attempted to watch the mysterious TV channel and witnessed the murder victim. The protagonist later realizes that during midnight when the channel is on, his body can phase into his television set as a gateway to enter another world infested with shadows. After discovering this, they all decide to explore. When first completely entering the world, dazed and confused, the main character meets Teddie. Mayonaka TV and the town murders seem to have a connection. The murder victims may be merely victims of Mayonaka TV. Everyone decides that they will together try to solve the mysterious murders by exploring the hidden world of Mayonaka TV. After the closing events of Persona 3 on January 31, 2010, Persona 4 starts April 11, 2011, Putting the start of Persona 4 fourteen months after the end of Persona 3, this is also evident by the appearance of an older Chihiro, who is now a 3rd year student.
A teenager who was orphaned as a young boy returns to the city of his childhood. Shortly after transferring to Gekkoukan High School, he is attacked by Shadows — creatures that feed on the minds of their victims. He soon discovers that he shares a special ability with other students at his new school. From them, he learns of the "Dark Hour," a hidden time that exists between one day and the next, swarming with Shadows. He joins the Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad (SEES), and with his new friends, confronts the threat of the Shadows. Based on the PlayStation 2 game of the same name.
Collection of Short stories.
The Comp is a popular portable game system that also functions as a smartphone. But it suddenly becomes a portal for demons to travel to the human world! Kazuya receives three Comps, from his master programmer cousin Naoya, for himself and his two friends Atsuro and Yuzu. In order to survive the demon invasion, the trio have to use the Comps to summon and subdue the demon that appears in order to fight back against the waves of demons that are about to swarm Japan!
Megumi Amatsuka, a rough and tumble nine-year-old boy, always dreamt of becoming the "manliest man on earth." Upon receiving a book of magic from a sorcerer whom he saved from a group of local thugs, Megumi summons a genie in order to make a wish. But due to a sick twist of fate, the genie turns out to be an evil one, and Megumi winds up being the "womanliest woman on earth"! Six years later… Megumi is the most desirable girl in school, but deep within her hot-mama facade is the same trash-talkin,' punk-stompin' boy.
One of the first Super Robot manga and the one that introduced most of the traits of the Mecha genre. Constructed with the Super-Alloy Z, Mazinger was built by Professor Juzo Kabuto as a weapon against the Mechanical Beasts of the evil Dr. Hell. Koji Kabuto, the grandson of Professor Kabuto, becomes the pilot of Mazinger Z when his grandfather is killed, and battles from there on against Dr. Hell and his allies. This is the first series that introduced the concept of a pilot inside a Mecha, which all series from then on have followed. **Note: the scanlation uses Kodansha version which altered the chapters order, includes TV Magazine chapters, some pages were altered(like redesigns for Sayaka, Professor Yumi and Brocken) and there's missing pages, the missing chapters of Shonen Jump serialization along with some TV Magazine chapters were moved to Great Mazinger volume 1.**
Fudou Jun is a highschool teacher and takes a trip with a group of students. While there, a group of martial artists staying nearby take a strange interest in the girls. These men are actually demons and after changing into their true form break into the cabin to rape the girls. One gets Jun and violates her. She feels her soul being torn apart and transforms into Devilman Lady. With newfound powers and strength she kills all the demons and protects the girls from any further harm. What are these demons and why did she turn into a hybrid of one? What does this mean for her and for the rest of humanity?
In 1755, in three European countries, three people are born who will eventually have a fateful meeting in Versailles, France. Hans Axel von Fersen, born the eldest son of a Swedish senator; Oscar François de Jarge, born the youngest daughter of a French general; and Marie Antoinette, born the princess of Austria and the Habsburgs! The great masterpiece that shines in the history of Shojo Manga is finally here!
Tsugumi spends day after day being run ragged by work. One day, she’s involved in a traffic accident, and when she comes to, she finds herself at the Sanzu River. There, a mysterious child named "Hanako" invites her to go crayfish fishing...!?
Kasuga Takao is a boy who loves reading books, particularly Baudelaire's The Flowers of Evil. A girl at his school, Saeki Nanako, is his muse and his Venus, and he admires her from a distance. One day, he forgets his copy of The Flowers of Evil in the classroom and runs back alone to pick it up. In the classroom, he finds not only his book but Saeki's gym uniform. On a mad impulse, he steals it. Now everyone knows "some pervert" stole Saeki's uniform, and Kasuga is dying with shame and guilt. Furthermore, the weird, creepy, and friendless girl of the class, Nakamura, saw him take the uniform. Instead of revealing it was him, she recognizes his kindred deviant spirit and uses her knowledge to take control of his life. Will it be possible for Kasuga to get closer to Saeki, despite Nakamura's meddling and his dark secret? What exactly does Nakamura intend to do with him? --- Official Release: - [Indonesian release](https://elexmedia.id/produk/serial/aku%20no%20hana-kembang%20jahanam) by Level Comics as **Aku no Hana: Kembang Jahanam** (2023)
The story centers around Ange, an electric doll, and Erio, a human raised by her. In order for Erio to experience the outside world, the two set out on a journey.
After finishing the final round of the Liar Game, what is the new "game" that Nao and the others will face…!?
Manga based off the fighting game, Persona 4 Arena.
While playing a ritual-like children's game called "Persona", students are knocked unconscious. While asleep, they encounter a man named Philemon who bestows several Personas upon them. When they wake up, the youths discover they can summon Personas.
Ren Amamiya is about to enter his second year after transferring to Shujin Academy in Tokyo. Following a particular incident, his Persona awakens, and together with his friends they form the “Phantom Thieves of Hearts” to reform hearts of corrupt adults by stealing the source of their distorted desires. Meanwhile, bizarre and inexplicable crimes have been popping up one after another…
The story is a continuation of the events depicted in the game Persona 4 Arena and begins the day after it concludes. The Midnight Channel is back on the air and once again broadcasts a strange advertisement for another fighting tournament christened P-1 Climax, that shows members of the Investigation Team and the Shadow Operatives in combat. Just moments after this, Inaba is subject to a power outage and is engulfed by a bizarre red fog.
After losing his mother at an early age Mizushima dedicates his life to studying and pursuing the goal of creating a flower that would never wilt. One day, after meeting Hanamori, a florist from a nearby flower shop, his perspective on life begins to change. *This oneshot was published in Jump GIGA 2021 Winter Issue*
Zeon ace pilot, Commander Char Aznable, thought he could foil the Federation's plan to build a mobile suit by attacking their research base on colony Side 7. He was wrong. With a prototype already active, the besieged Federation forces strike back using their new weapon, the mobile suit Gundam, with devastating consequences. Amidst the fighting, young electronics wizard Amuro Ray is determined not to let his friends and family die in the crossfire. But what can one boy do to repel a squad of mobile suit-clad invaders? [Official English](https://kodansha.us/series/mobile-suit-gundam-the-origin/) [Alternate Official English](https://comic-walker.com/contents/detail/KDCW_CW01000002020000_68/) --- - **Won the Seiun Award for Best Comic in 2012** --- **Links:** - [OVA on ANN](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=13105)
Yuu is a high school kid who doesn't really fit anywhere. To find a place he can belong, be accepted, he will do anything. However one thing leads to another and he is forced to fight to keep his place, his holyland.