(from ebookjapan): Babel II is back! Koichi Yamano, a 16-year-old ESPer boy, is now called 101 at a research institute, where he donates his special blood to give vitality to the sick. However, he escapes when he finds out that ESPers are actually being created and misused by a huge organization. The battle between 101 and the organization has begun as 101 tries to dispose of his ESP abilites in order to keep the peace!
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division has 49 members, with 7 squads of 7 members. 8 Man, however, is part of an 8th squad, with no other members. In reality, 8 Man is a robot who assumes the identity of Azuma, a detective who works with the Metropolitan Police. 8 Man has abilities such as super speed, and the ability to shift his appearance. Only a select few know this secret - not even Ichiro or Sachiko, the two younger companions of Azuma, know this fact. 8 Man deals with all sorts of scoundrels and criminals from all over the world - both as the detective Azuma, and the robot 8 Man!
Ever since a meteorite fell, the world has become strange. Two young immortals, Mithia and Youthanasia, are traveling through this crazy world in hopes of finding a way to die.
Destination is a state of mind. A tale of one girl and her bike and the road ahead. Kino wanders around the world on the back of Hermes, her unusual, anthropomorphic motorcycle, only staying in each country for three days. During their adventures, they find happiness, sadness, pain, decadence, violence, beauty, and wisdom. But through it all, they never lose their sense of freedom. They discover that because of the world's imperfections, it is actually a thing of beauty. "The world is not beautiful, therefore it is." ___ [Alt Official English (Kodansha USA)](https://kodansha.us/series/kinos-journey/)
In the warmongering nation of Erebonia lies Thors Military Academy, a premier institution attended by both the nobility and the common folk alike. Rean Schwarzer, a new first year, learns that he, along with eight students of wildly different backgrounds, have been selected for the experimental Class VII - a new class in which the established social hierarchies are not recognized. But tensions are high in the Empire, and Rean and his new classmates may soon find themselves embroiled in conflicts far beyond those of the classroom. Based on the game Eiyuu Densetsu - Sen no Kiseki (The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel) by Nihon Falcom.
Six transfer students transfer to a high school on the same day. After school, they gather at karaoke to talk between girls… but what they thought was a rather disturbing strategy meeting was taking place. The Yamato Liberation Front is behind the secret plan to bomb a school. In order to save the school and the country from the crisis, a special force made up of high school girls, the Duffle Coat Army, moves into action! **Cancellation:** Author Azuma Ryuukou died.
Ashura is an unrelentingly dark drama that follows the struggles of a young boy who did whatever it took to survive during a time of war and famine in medieval Japan.
Tsurebito is about the people who escort you from purgatory into the world of the dead. After you die you must go through your personal gate into the world of the dead, and escorts are the ones who lead you there.
Akimi, a high school student living on a picturesque island in the Seto Inland Sea, lives with her mother, who stopped smiling due to her father's affair. One day, she becomes close to Kai, who has transferred to the island and is being swept along by his free-spirited mother's love affairs. Both harboring loneliness and emptiness within, they are drawn to each other, miss each other, and eventually grow together.
An encounter with a genius junior high school girl pianist Yuzuki Akari, the center of attention throughout Japan, changes the life of delinquent boy Matoba Shuusuke 180 degrees! This is a story of two people who never give up, no matter what hardships await them, and go on pursuing their dreams!
That same classroom. The same lunch group. The same “Ai-chan”. But, isn't something a little off…? From the up-and-coming artist behind *The 24 Hours Before I Die*, comes a mysterious and heartbreaking friendship drama.
Matthew is just another parasite in the chaotic dungeon city of Gray Neighbor. People say he’s a lazy weakling who gambles and drinks away all the money he gets from his keeper, princess knight Arwin. Or so people say. But the truth is, no one in this town knows what he’s really like — a ruthless protector who works in the shadows and will do whatever it takes for the sake of his mistress.
Kamo and his partner Tora work in the underworld as avengers for hire, taking on jobs from the victims of violent crimes and families seeking vengeance for wrongs done to them.
“I randomly selected 1000 people from all over the world. Those 1000 people will go to a world other than Earth. And we will broadcast the event to the whole world.” Chaos spread once those words of God were displayed to the whole world. Kurose Hikaru, whose childhood friend had been chosen, was killed together with her on the same day she was supposed to be transferred. However, for some reason, Hikaru didn’t die and, even though he wasn’t chosen at first, he ended up as one of the otherworlders who will have all their actions live broadcasted to Earth. Transferred without any preparations at all to that accursed land, he faced threats innumerable times and somehow managed to survive with his Gift, the Dark Spirit Abilities. “I must not die. I am sure the people on Earth are all rooting for me after all…” This is the story of a young boy who is tossed about by the gazes of the viewers, yet eventually manages to raise his head and walk forward. ___ **Character Designer:** [Niθ](https://mangadex.org/author/d080509a-0cd2-4749-90bd-b175c8f7ad92)
A robot living among a family who has been turned into zombies in a post-apocalyptic world.
They exist in the most unexpected places – be it within your eyes and ears, under the floor and roof of your house, or the trees and flowers in your garden. They are everywhere and yet nowhere at the same time. Are they alive or not? Perhaps it is more apt to say they are beings who transcend the concept of life and death itself… They are mushi. Some wreak havoc in the lives of humans; while others bring them deliverance from suffering. Mushi are neither good, nor evil; for just like any other creature, they are merely striving to survive in this harsh, competitive world. Ginko - a lone wanderer with a reclusive personality, offers help and guidance to those plagued by mushi. This is the tale of his travels and exploits in a wondrous world populated by these mysterious entities. **Awards:** - Won the Japanese Media Arts Festival Excellence Prize in 2003. - Won the Kodansha Manga Award in 2006.
Ariyuki is standing in front of his former home which happens to be destroyed by a meteorite. Among the ruins he finds a gem which frees a young girl. Though that girl claims to be god and is willing to grant him his dearest wishes.
The struggle for survival between humanity and Parasites continues unceasingly around the world. Unfolding in the shadow of the legends of Shinichi and Migi, another battle for existence is revealed. Fukami, a veteran detective, investigates a brutal mass murder, and is unsettled by the composure of the informant: high school student Tatsuki. The source of that discomfort lies within Tatsuki's family… The tale on the other side of the ageless masterpiece "Parasyte" begins here!
On 19 March 2011 at Miyagi Prefecture, about a week after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Nishino Makio, a postman, was back doing his job delivering letters to the town folks despite the fact that he just received his wife’s body the day before. He visited his damaged room and recalled his past with his beloved wife.
A collection of horror stories: 1) Tonari no Yomi-san: There's an urban legend about a girl ("Yomi-san") who hated her appearance and killed herself, and whose father stuffed her corpse. Supposedly, her taxidermied corpse attacks beautiful girls to steal their body parts. When pretty girls are injured at school, some people blame a jealous pretty student, but could it really be Yomi-san? 2) Kurayami Chi-chan: When Tomohiro was little, he and his friend Naoya used to hang out with a strange girl they called Chi-chan. They never new her name, where she lived, or even saw her face (it was obscured with hair). Now, when he meets her again as a teenager, he realizes that she is more than strange… 3) Tomodachi: Lonely Shiori buys some weird little creatures as pets. As she cares for them, they grow into something very strange… 4) Hasami Onna: Three children decide to go into the "Scissors Woman's" house, which is supposedly haunted. They all go in for different reasons, but they are not prepared for what they'll find inside.
Collection of short stories of darker and mature version of Grimm's fairy tales. - Covered in Cinders (KOTOKAWA Aya) The darker version of Cinderella.This is a oneshot is also in vol 9 of Cafe Minamiaoyama Kottoudoori. - Rapunzel (SAKAMOTO Mimei) SAKAMOTO presents a more mature version of the classic Brothers Grimm fairytale Rapunzel. - The Frog Prince (HASHIMOTO Noji) A more mature telling of the fairytale, The Frog Prince. - Vampire Fantasy (Hanamura Rie) A very creepy vampire story featuring a female vampire. - Other
Eagle is the story of a US Presidential election in which the Democratic Party nominee is a Japanese-American, seen largely through the eyes of a young Japanese reporter covering the campaign for a major newspaper. Official Release: - English NA release by Viz Media - Indonesian release by Level Comics
This manga features violent stories of passion and swordsmanship, set in the Kan'ei era (1624-1643). It opens with a match between two damaged swordsmen. Irako is blind, and his opponent, Fujiki, is missing an arm. It has been decreed that their match will be fought with metal swords, instead of wooden, so one of these men will die. The story that led them to this final match, and gave them their handicaps, involves ambition, the selection of the heir for a dojo, and the passion of two women– one the dojo master's daughter and the other his lover. (From MangaHelpers)
The "Roman Club," a school group interested in the occult, to which he's practically enslaved, has become boring for one Hideo Aiba. In fact, he finds his entire existence pretty tiresome until, one day, when a girl named Kurumi Sahana shows up and wants to join up. When the two are left alone in the club classroom, Kurumi makes a special "request" of Hideo, which makes him (understandably) freak out. Though he doesn't know what to think, one thing’s for sure, Hideo’s life just became anything but boring.