The "violence gun action" manga's story centers on a dual gun-wielding protagonist who makes a deal with the devil to reap the souls of sinners.
Are you human? Or are you a beast? The otherworldly are always watching you. From right beside you… see? An unprecedented folkloric horror of beasts, birds, insects, and creatures.
A story of delusional love gone even more wrong than these usually tend to. Originally published in in the April 1996 issue of Suspense & Horror.
Ages ago, the goddess Athena was served by fighters called Saints who channeled the power of the Cosmos within them. Now a youth named Seiya has trained to become a Saint himself by earning the mystical Cloth of Pegasus. He is joined by other Saints with Cloths of their own to fight for Athena.
The old man who joined just to fill out the party is actually a legendary adventurer!? A hidden hero turns a talented S-class party of beautiful girls into full-fledged heroes!
Teenager Usagi is not the best athlete, she's never gotten good grades, and, well, she's a bit of a crybaby. But when she meets a talking cat, she begins a journey that will teach her she has a well of great strength just beneath the surface and the heart to inspire and stand up for her friends as Sailor Moon! [Kodansha] --- - **Won the Kodansha Manga Award for Shojo in 1993** --- - [Link to AnimeNewsNetwork for the manga and various anime releases](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=1578)
A romance story set in the Meiji era. Born into a prestigious family and blessed with good looks, Satoko is said to have a short life expectancy. But suddenly, her life is targeted by a mysterious killer...?! In order to survive on the spot, Satoko makes a "proposal" for the killer...?! --- On the surface, Satoko has it all she’s beautiful, the daughter of a nobleman, and at a prime age for marriage. Unfortunately, she is also quite ill and only has a short time left to live. Before she can secure a marriage that will redeem her worth in her family’s eyes, she finds herself the target of the mysterious assassin Shinpei, and her plans are put in jeopardy. In order to save herself, she makes a desperate proposal of marriage! When it comes to love, however, Shinpei takes “until death do we part” seriously. --- Alt. Official English: [Viz](https://www.viz.com/firefly-wedding)
A prequel to Jisatsutou. The Japanese government exiles convicts facing execution to a remote lawless island to fend for themselves.
The future is a great unknown. Throughout history, those who have been graced with the power to read it have been sought by many. In this day and age, the term "prophet" is outdated. "Precog," as in precognition, is the modern term. Yet when the powers of precognition is graced upon a young girl named Tohyama Haruka, she is sought after by a powerful organization. Utilizing her powers, Haruka makes contact with Hijikata Mamoru, a blind swordsman. When cornered by her captors, Haruka proposes an outrageous condition to Mamoru. Haruka wants Mamoru to protect her until death do them apart. [Song Ji-Hyoung is the real name of the artist who uses the pen name Double S]
The devastation caused by the Kantou Hell Quake sunk the buildings in the center of Tokyo deep beneath the waves. A great number of human lives and and a great deal of property sunk along with them. There's no shortage of people aiming to claim these sunken valuables. Many of those people are pirates, who arrived from overseas in salvage ships of unknown nationality. Every night, these pirates raid the chain of small islands, which all that remains of the Kantou region, and assault the survivors. However, there was no one who was able to stand against the pirates! It was a completely lawless zone. It was Japan, but not Japan: A land and a people completely forsaken by their country. That is, until Violence Jack rises from the ocean to help the islands' inhabitants fight the pirates and their allies, the New Shu Army.
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.**
"I can't do this!" Yuke Feldio, a Red Mage, has left his A-rank party of five years to become an adventurer, and has finally run out of patience with his new life. And so begins a desperate life of joblessness... However, Yuke is then welcomed into a party of former students, all of whom are girls! And as he conquers dungeons, Yuke's abilities are revealed one after another. In fact, the magic and skills that he wields have a power that is beyond the norm-?
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.
Black Lagoon: Eda - Initial Stage centers on Eda, the original manga's undercover CIA agent based in Roanapur's church, during her early days as a rookie in the CIA. (Source: ANN)
I don't trust any human being. An unemployed, virgin 29-years-old Loner man who has a very deep distrust toward humans was trying to save a woman who was almost raped. He is stabbed in the chest by the assaulter and left to die alone while cursing the humans. When he came to, he realized that he had reincarnated in another world as the second son of a lower noble family where magic and spirit exist as a human baby named Ash Hawkwood. Without talent for [True Magic] or [Swordmanship] this the story about how he build his own empire from scratch by using his own power.
An anthology series based on the Getter Robo Daikessen videogame for the PlayStation! The game combined elements from the original Getter Saga (up to Shin) and the various anime projects (up to Armageddon). (The firsf chapter, "Getter Robo Zan!", was republished in Super Robot Wars Alpha THE STORY - The Day the Dragon Died)
University student Mimi Usazaki spends her days battling depression while attending psychiatric sessions and muddling through a bleak college life. One fateful day, she's caught up in a mysterious experiment that alters her life forever. Through the experiment, she ends up hosting the consciousness of Hyou Usazaki—her estranged younger brother, who also happens to be a death row inmate. Now, Mimi finds herself thrust into a deadly struggle against other death row inmates who were subjected to the same experiment. Will she survive the chaos that ensues? Or will her connection to her brother bring about her downfall?
When "Nice Guy" Asai Manatsu's marriage proposal gets rejected, he thinks his day can't get any worse, until a Knight in Skull helmet tries to kill him! He's saved by a beautiful, silver-haired swords-woman and told to flee, but his nice guy impulses are too strong and he saves her from an attack, getting himself killed in the process. As he dies he wishes to be reborn in a world where people won't judge him for taking care of others...
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)
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?
A Violence Jack one-shot from 2001.
Broke young man + chainsaw dog demon = Chainsaw Man! The name says it all! Denji's life of poverty is changed forever when he merges with his pet chainsaw dog, Pochita! Now he's living in the big city and an official Devil Hunter. But he's got a lot to learn about his new job and chainsaw powers!
Mulan donned armor in her aged father's place and came to serve in the Sui Dynasty's expedition to Gao Ju Li (Korea). However, due to a revolt caused by Imperial corruption, there came an event which would greatly change the course of her fate.