Akira Inugami just transfered into his new school. The principal and teachers fear what may happen because Inugami was placed in the same homeroom as the school's biggest problem and gang leader. His homeroom teacher Aoshika is going out of her mind trying to figure out what happened the night before, where she could have sworn she saw this same Inugami beaten alive and then hit by a car by a large group of thugs in a park. But somehow, Inugami, who denys everything, of course, is alive and without a scratch attending his first day at his new school. What the teacher Aoshika did not witness was a crazy werewolf-like beast destroy the thugs that attacked Inugami in the park.

If you are aware of fashion in Japan you must have seen Liliko’s face. For the last few years she has been at the top of the modeling world, with her face and body promoting the biggest brands. But as everyone who is in this world admits, staying on top is a constant and never ending battle. There are always new faces introduced to the public. Younger models and new looks are brought into the fold every season. And keeping that position means learning to adapt and learning to cope with change. To maintain her position, Liliko has decided to go under the knife. This is not her first go with this service. It is yet another round of plastic surgery, all done to keep herself looking young and vibrant. However, in this case just a little nip and tuck was not enough. Liliko is bent on undergoing a full body makeover. From head-to-toe, every inch of her will undergo cosmetic surgery, and thus begins her madness. [Kodansha] --- Won the 2003 excellence prize at the Japanese Media Arts Festival, and the 2004 Osamu Tezuka Culture Prize.

Wergelder: in Germanic law, the money paid by a murderer or his family to the victim’s family in atonement. A mysterious deal goes down on a remote island known as a red-light pleasure district. An insane fight between a blonde sniper and an assassin in a Chinese dress brings up questions about who the players are in this deal. A group of misfit yakuza gets caught in the crossfire while trying to get in on the deal, or at least find out what’s being dealt. At the center of it all is a woman who has been wronged in the worst imaginable ways. She will have her revenge. Eisner award-winning creator of Blade of the Immortal Hiroaki Samura presents a new badass thriller with some very bad ladies!

Sanctuary is a political thriller and crime story that featured two childhood friends, Akira Hojo and Chiaki Asami, who are ruthlessly struggling to set a new paradigm of living in Japan. However, the two friends took radically different paths (playing Rock Paper Scissors to decide who does what): Akira chose the dark path and joined a Yakuza gang, while Chiaki strived to become the youngest member of the Japanese Diet. Being survivors of the Cambodian killing fields, the two characters developed an unmatched aggression and survival instincts, helping them to achieve their common ultimate goal: making Japan their own sanctuary.

Tatsuhiro moved to Tokyo to attend an art school and start his new life. In his new room, there’s a small hole in the wall. At first he can see nothing through the small hole, but one night, through the peeping hole, he saw a girl. That’s how his new life starts.

Yuuichi, the young master of a rich household, had always thought that there was something missing in his daily life. Could his interactions with his maid, Chiyoko, change this? A coming-of-age story drawn in a rough and sketchy style. An original work, published as a doujinshi at C84.

Minami "Ikki" Itsuki, is a student and a delinquent. Also known as the "Unbeatable Babyface", Ikki is the leader of the youth gang going by the name of "East Side Gunz". Upon his return home after being humiliated by a street gang of Storm Riders called the Skull Saders, Ikki discovers a secret hidden from him by his benefactors, the Noyamano sisters. The sisters belong to a group of Storm Riders who go by the team name of Sleeping Forest. Keen on helping Ikki to regain his confidence and pride, they supply him with a pair of Air Trecks (abbreviated as "AT"). Ikki eventually settles his grudge with the Skull Saders, but in the process he receives more than the simple satisfaction of revenge. Determined to experience the sensation of flight for as long as he can, our headstrong protagonist is quickly sucked into the mysterious, yet irresistible world of Air Treck. See [AnimeNewsNetwork](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6251) for the anime. See [AnimeNewsNetwork](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=11722) for OAV (side story).

Sakamoto Ryouta is an unemployed 22-year-old who lives with his mother. In the real world, there may be nothing really special about him, but online, he's one of the world's top players of the combat game "BTOOOM"! One day, he awakes in what appears to be a tropical island, though he has no memory of how or why he has come to be there. While wandering around, Ryouta sees someone and calls out for help. The stranger responds by throwing a bomb at him! Now Ryouta realizes both that his life is in danger, and that he has somehow been trapped in a real-life version of his favorite game! Will Ryouta be able to survive long enough to figure out how and why he ended up here? ---

Kyouka, a sixteen-year-old, will be a winner today, the first day at the new school to which she has just transferred! She will definitely get a great boyfriend and say her goodbyes to those lonely days!! Kyouka has two brothers who love her a lot. Every guy who comes close to Kyouka is kicked out by them, thus she has no boyfriend. But she finally found an ideal prince… or that's what she thought. This guy, Maki, is actually a perverted prince!? * Also includes two short stories in volume 2: - Nani-sama?! Oresama Satomi loves Yuuya a little too much and is totally wrapped around his little finger. But, if this continues, instead of becoming his girlfriend, she'll forever remain his gofer. Will Satomi do something to find out exactly where she stands with Yuuya? - Ijiwaru wa Kuchibiru During Shiori's fifteenth spring, she fell in love with the idol Shuu Kitamura. She was even lucky enough to get to meet him in person, but she realizes he's nothing but a fraud! However, due to certain circumstances, Shiori becomes Shuu's personal assistant!?

(from ebookjapan): The series has sold over 8.3 million copies! The gold standard of zombie manga, "I Am a Hero," is now available in a "complete edition" with a new cover design, reprinted color pages from the serialization, and over 80 pages of new artwork in the final 22 volumes! Witness the new ending of the story. He is 35 year old who spends his time as an assistant to a mangaka, sometimes escaping into delusion in order to win over the agonizing reality. One day, however, a mysterious infection begins to spread without him noticing...and the real world begins to break down...⁉ He wanders into a world where the ordinary and the extraordinary, the mundane and the insane intersect. A personal survival panic horror story! [Official English](https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/25-142/I-Am-a-Hero-Omnibus-Volume-1-TPB) --- - **Won the 58th Shogakukan Manga Award for General Manga in 2013** --- - Adapted into a Live Action film in 2016. Link to the [ANN](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=24660) Page

Shino and Kazuto are employed as detectives in a police organization that is part of the island country Sakura. The two have known each other since they were children, but during the last few years, Kazuto has been acting strange. Rumors of Kazuto being obsessed with Shino have formed within the jurisdiction. After requesting to be transferred to the same department as Shino, and forcibly getting involved in an investigation, he kisses Shino and pushes him into getting into a sexual relationship with him! Shino refuses, saying it’s impossible, but he’s unable to completely reject him as it’d only be a nuisance to all of the time they’d spent together. This time, the two have been assigned to carry out a joint investigation together, but…?

In the corner of an office building there is a certain stall-village, the "Lunch Garden", where Haruto runs a curry stall. Yashima, his rival, runs a soup curry stall; a good-looking man with excellent skills, whose stall is always flocked with female customers. The self-conscious Haruto picks fights with him non-stop whenever they meet. Due to certain circumstances, the sponsors and organizers suddenly decided to suspend Haruto's stall?! Haruto, still disturbed and shaken by the news, was surprised when Yashima, who was supposed to be his rival, unexpectedly stood up for him…?!

A collection of oneshots. 1. Kemono ni, Koishita Madoka accepted the odd temper of the beast-like guy, Misao, and continues to be his sex-friend. But, the truth is, she wants his heart, too. But she's afraid that she will be dumped, so she does not confess her feelings… In order to graduate from this relationship, Madoka takes action…?! 2. Karada Dake, Ageru 3. Yokujou 4. Hatsukoi 5. Scarf

Sekine Keiichiro is handsome, intelligent, and popular. He’s a jack-of-all-trades who’s loved by women. Loved, that is, until they find out he’s passionless and stoic and completely lacking in conviction. In a moment of self-reflection he starts hunting- can anything make him feel?

Miyamae Haruka, 22, is a soon-to-be graduate and at first glance a very unremarkable looking young woman. No one will even stop to help her up when she falls and each time she applies for a job, she's blithely passed over. Things are getting desperate and if Haruka cannot get a job soon, she may become known as a jobless university graduate – a very unenviable title for any young graduate to bear. So Haruka decides to lower her expectations. She goes to apply for a job she found on an ad and is shocked by how flippant the interview is. Little does she know, the job she really wanted is already taken and she is now interviewing for a spot as the newest idol… who is supposed to be 17 years old! And so begins the birth of a new idol, Haruka 17, and follows the adventures and ordeals Haruka must go through as her star rises. She discovers that the world of an idol can be sleazy, terrifying, and a cruel competition. With the positive and negative relationships she develops with the other people around her, she begins to discover herself as well. --- Haruka is about to graduate from a first-rate college and is looking for work but no one wants to hire her. Faced with the prospect of becoming a "shuushoku rounin" she finally lowers her expectations and decides to apply at a tiny talent agency for a job as an agent. When she shows up for the interview however, it's like no interview she's ever had before. She's asked all sorts of embarrasing questions and asked to say lines in front of a camera. Later she finds out that they thought she was interviewing to become a talent, and the agent position she wanted has already been given away. However, they think she has that special quality that can make someone a star. She refuses at first, but finally gives in. Thus starts Haruka's career in the entertainment industry. --- Official Release: - Indonesian release by Level Comics as **Haruka 17** (2007)

Ken, a young Japanese guy, is in love with a young Korean girl, Yumin. He followed her in Korea and wants to become a policeman just like her. But then, he finds himself at the head of a local gang. What will happen to Ken?

Japanese teen Yamato Hino is sucked through a time warp into the past, where the dinosaur army of the Dragonia Empire threatens the world, and Queen Aira of Mu needs Yamato to help her fight back with the aid of the stone-made guardian God Mazinger. Original title was Legend of Deamon God but it was retitled as God Mazinger.

After being kidnapped by King Adil, Sereila becomes his fiancée. The more she is attracted to him, the more she is frustrated... In the mean time, an elegant nobleman approaches her!? A royal love story between an aggressive young king and a captive princess! Note: Has unusual volume numbering/nomenclature. 1. Sereila of Silver v.1 2. Sereila of Silver -The Kidnapped Princess Falls in Love With the Falcon King- Vol. 1 3. Sereila of Silver -The Kidnapped Princess Falls in Love With the Falcon King- Vol. 2 4. Sereila of Silver -The Kidnapped Princess Falls in Love With the Falcon King- Vol. 3

Shingo is a werecat – a human with the ability to morph into a black cat. So long as someone has the looks and body that he likes, he'll sleep with them. Overwhelmed by Shingo's strong masculine aura, the number one popular actor, Kakami, falls for him. Amongst all the playful teasing and messing around between the two, Kakami suddenly shows his beastly nature…?!

Tetsuya Takahashi was suddenly summoned to another world. However, his invocation was a mistake and after participating in the level review…he has the weakest [level limit], lv.1, the king seeing his limit calls him "defective" and condemns him to death! Despite being summoned against his will. Tetsuya is thrown into the valley of the monsters. There he was attacked and brought to the brink of death, and when he used his unique skill [Absorb Corpse], he gained the skills that the corpse possessed! "…Let's do it! Survive in this world, become strong and take revenge on those who were summoned. The "level 1" man who was called "defective" and "weak"… now begins the ascent to be the strongest!

Hanamura Masatsugu and Takakura Kuniomi are intimate friends since childhood, and both are heirs to their respective marquises. Their favorite sport is seeing who can score the next bishounen that comes across their path in the Imperial Capital. And now Kuniomi has set his eyes on a new target…!? Who would be the winner between these two beautiful men’s quest for love—?! A lavish Taisho* Romanesque edition!! (*Taisho era: 1912-1926)

The story of Shin Devilman is supposed to take place between the second and third volume of the original Devilman series. Here we have Akira and Ryo who mysteriously manage to travel in time. Where they discover the have been sent back to dispatch demons that are invading history to end humanity. They visit several time periods including pre-World War Vienna, ancient Greece, France during the Hundred Years' War, Rococo period France, and wild west America. The end of this series also includes a new epilogue for the Devilman series. * *NOTE: The US official release of Devilman is based on a version that has both the main Devilman manga and Shin Devilman.*

It seems that Tengoku, a school well-being counsellor, does more than just dish out health advice to students. The rumour is that you can lose your virginity if you visit the school's infirmary. The hapless Japanese teacher, Aoki, goes to investigate…

WAKO's "Presents on Christmas Eve" (or, as Syk and I prefer to call it, "All I Want For Christmas is Surprise Lesbian Sex"), is about learning to overcome the pain of the past and live in the present. Or, as we prefer to describe it: "You raped me? How could you do that, that's so awful!" "But I'm a woman." "Oh, OK, then. Lesbian rape is great. Can I have your name now?" "No. Less talk, more sex!".