It all begins when a girl, Yumi, narrowly avoids a car accident thanks to the intervention of a magician named Tohru, who had a very promising career ahead of him. As a result of this event, Tohru suffers from a severe hand injury, cutting short his dreams of making it big in Hollywood. After 8 years they run into one another again, but Tohru's become a common criminal, and Yumi a rookie police officer.
Hikaru Kago is a former yakuza roped into cooperation with the police through plea bargaining. Takaomi Togasawa is an elite cop who'd rather be doing desk work. Follow the improbable duo as they survive each day as protection officers in charge of yakuza victims or targets and find out why their assignment is called "the last bureau before heaven"!
A collection of Kotaro Ohkoshi's forays into the world of the bizarre.
Mariel Imari is a private eye trying to become a first-rate detective to be able inherit her late father's estate. For some strange reason, the mysterious thief Vecchio is taking an interest in her. As if that wasn't enough, her old friends at Interpol and her siblings make life more troubling for her.
Shiratori Tatsuhiko was a bum wandering the streets with no money to his name when he meets Mako. He works as a scout for an agency called Burst that recruits girls on the streets for adult entertainment in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo. Tatsuhiko quickly learns the techniques of scouting and is even more attracted to how much money he can make. But with how the industry is maintained, Tatsuhiko has to deal with the lying, deception, violence, greed and even the yakuza. He wants to keep the morals that he has, but it gets progressively harder and harder as he gets deeper into the other side of society.
From the author of MachiMaho and Black Gyaru School comes Souryuu's newest work. **Notes:** *0 = the letter "O" 4 = the kanji "shi" R = the letter "r" 1 = the letter "i" "04R1" becomes "Oshiri" Japanese for that sweet ass!*
Keyman is the resident hero of Lockville City, a place inhabited by both humans and animal people. In the years since his debut as a hero, crime has decreased significantly, which does not look all that great for the local police force. But one day, after he catches yet another group of criminals, Keyman is mysteriously murdered. Detective Alex and his police force are investigating the murder, and one of their major clues is the words "Dr. Necro," which were carved onto Keyman's body after his death. Their case gets even stranger when Alex unexpectedly meets "Dr. Necro," who appears to be a young girl, in a bar. What monster could be behind the murder of Keyman, and what does the childlike Dr. Necro have to do with it all?
A collection of short stories based in the Devilman universe written by various authors. [Full author/artist listing: Egawa Tatsuya, Hagiwara Reiji, Hiromoto Shinichi, Ishikawa Ken, Iwaaki Hitoshi, Kanzaki Masaomi, Kaze Shinobu, Kuroda Iou, Miyama Noboru, Nagai Go, Nagano Noriko, Otomo Katsuhiro, Tajima Sho-U, Terada Katsuya, Tori Miki, Yasuhiko Yoshikazu, Yumeno Kazuko]
"Take a stroll through your mind" The Temptations A misty day at the waterfront and further meanderings of a nudist detective: a loose dreamlike sequel to [Forget-me-not](https://mangadex.org/manga/2591) --- 1-20. Hita-Hita 21-22. La Pomme Prisonnière Hita-Hita (ひたひた); Rakuen Le Paradis Vol.2~16, Rakuen Web Zoukan Imari likes cats. She loves cats! She also loves doing nothing. Like cats. So cats love her back. La Pomme Prisonnière (Le Pomme Prisonnière); Vol.16, kakioroshi
Rudolf Turkey is a wealthy, smooth, cigar-smoking man, who also happens to be the acting mayor of Gond Land, a desert city full of casinos and show girl clubs where money is power. He gets into his share of questionable situations, such as making a bet out of foiling a bank robbery or fighting with the mafia over the control of a club with lovely girls. With the help of his surprisingly skillful secretaries (Egumarinu and Momoko), Rudolf usually comes out on top. However, he doesn't seem to be able to get the woman he desires to fall for him!
Yo Hinomura was an ordinary Japanese potter when a run-in with a Chinese mafia changed his life forever. Now an assassin for the 108 Dragons, Yo is the perfect killing machine. As a sign for remorse over his victims, he sheds tears after eliminating his targets. Because of this, he is infamously known by the Dragons and every other crime gang as "Crying Freeman."
The unemployed Chiaki is the eldest of three brothers. With no parents, he starts job hunting to support his two younger brothers. Chiaki witnesses a young woman being sexually assaulted and tries to help, without knowing that this behavior would change his destiny. ---
Lupin the Third and his motley crew return in Shin Lupin III! This time, several of the stories are either brand new or adapted from or to the Lupin anime, and the beginning story was even animated by itself several years later! Lupin the Third is the grandson of the famous literary thief Arsène Lupin, and his partners in crime include the sharpshooter Jigen Daisuke, the stoic samurai Goemon Ishikawa the Thirteenth, and the on-again-off-again lover/enemy Fujiko Mine. Their goal is to outwit enemies bigger than themselves while nabbing the world's rarest and most important items, while also outwitting the dogged Inspector Zenigata, who's made it his life's work to capture and secure Lupin. In the manga however, his relationship with the titular thief isn't as "respecting to the enemy" as you would expect, as he's attempted multiple times to kill him without shedding a tear! What kind of sexy exploits will Lupin and his crew get up to next in…Shin Lupin III!
Alphonse is a humanoid dragon who, after encountering trouble in his former position, has been transferred to the Special Prevention Office Against Vermin. On his first day, he not only gets lost and is late, but he also stumbles across a robbery. During the resulting chase, he gets some unusual help from his new partner, who is also his boss? A tale of inter-species partnership!
Love begins to grow beyond the smoke and vengeance. “Would’ve taken a better look if I’d known.” Destiny brings together a mysterious young man of fragile beauty and an investigator out for revenge! A murder case has brought anti-mafia agent Alonzo to Calabria, Italy, but his investigation has ground to a halt in a city where even the civilians are bound by omertà, the mafia blood oath demanding absolute obedience. Giving up isn’t an option when this is the only way to get revenge for his best friend who was brutally murdered in pursuit of these same gangsters. With his tension and impatience escalating, he scouts for a pretty face to help him let off some steam, and hits the jackpot with a blond-haired, blue-eyed young man who ticks all his boxes. They spend one steamy night together—or that was the plan anyway, until his one-night stand starts insisting on something more... An underboss of an Italian crime family who’s naive and beautiful? Can he really get away with all that cuteness? It’s a two-way chase you won’t want to miss!
A human drama between a villain-faced yakuza and a dominant dentist! Give it a read and maybe your "wall" will be broken down...?!
A promising young doctor, Kirihito Osanai visits a remote Japanese mountain village to investigate the source of the latest medical mystery. While he ends up traveling the world to discover what it takes to be cured of such a disease, a conspiracy back home attempts to explain away his absence. Hinging upon his fate are those of his loved ones: an unstable childhood friend and colleague trapped between factions of the medical establishment that nurtured him; a fiancee emotionally transformed by Kirihito’s mysterious disappearance; and a stranger who becomes his guardian angel, a sensual circus-act performer with volatile psychological secrets. [Official English](https://kodansha.us/series/ode-to-kirihito/) --- **Volumes 31-34 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
Akira Natsume seems to almost have a phobia of electrical devices while also being very good at diagnosing them. He resolves to change himself for the better and get a girlfriend like his older brother did. …But then Akira suddenly dies in an accident. 16 years later a special policewoman and her android partner retrieve and activate a highly advanced AI and superweapon called EX-ARM and put it into full control of their ship as a last resort. Turns out the AI is actually just Akira's brain! --- **Links:** - [Artist's Twitter](https://twitter.com/shinya_komi) - [Anime Announcement](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-18/ex-arm-science-fiction-manga-gets-tv-anime/.140981)
When his love stricken brother commits suicide in his youth, the footsteps left behind lead him to a detective. Because of the unusual scent of the cigarette the neighbor smokes, a maze of suspicion and doubt are created that reach the courts. A story of a painter living in isolation on the outskirts of a town, and a young man who becomes entranced with a secret painting by his grandfather. Know at the end you cannot turn back when the enigma that is love calls. Three thrilling love stories.
**"Then I stood up and began my life. To get revenge on the world."** **"This is where my story begins. I am the child of blood and excrement. I am the Child of God."** The latest work by the Nishioka Siblings depicts the gruesome life story of a ruthless and brilliant serial killer as he grows up from a sociopathic child to a messiah-like figure.
*Second arc of Kiichi!!, taking place 10 years after the events of volume 9.* Ever more uncompromising in the face of injustice, Kiichi has become a star. Known around the world for shaking the Japanese establishment, he doesn't intend to stop there. Now at the head of a big company, between school of thought and mafia, whose members number in the thousands, he wants once again to get the population moving, even if it means provoking the powerful of the country!
The year is 1949. Crushed by the Allied Powers, occupied by General MacArthur’s armies, Japan has been experiencing massive change. Agricultural reform is dissolving large estates and redistributing plots to tenant farmers—terrible news, if you’re landowners like the archconservative Tenge family. For patriarch Sakuemon, the chagrin of one of his sons coming home alive from a P.O.W. camp instead of having died for the Emperor is topped only by the revelation that another of his is consorting with “the reds.” What solace does he have but his youngest Ayako, apple of his eye, at once daughter and granddaughter? [Official English](https://kodansha.us/series/ayako/) --- **Volumes 197-199 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
A murderous intent without form attacks the yakuza! In the declining yakuza society, the elites bridge the barriers between their organizations and hold a meeting to decide how they will survive as yakuza. In the midst of their excitement, the footsteps of an invisible pair draw closer, bringing the stench of violence with them!
In Tokyo, suspicious cases are occurring where the victims have all of their blood drained from them. Mikogami Keiji, a detective who also wants revenge for his lover, killed 10 years ago, pursues the culprit, the “Man with two faces”. What is the identity of the silver-haired girl who observes him…? ___ **Assistant:** [Hoshikawa Danpa](https://mangadex.org/author/3814dd6f-c7b9-4ced-a9ee-a393eb4c06a7)