In a summer vacation, a group of 15 children discovered a mysterious man living in a seashore cave, along with his high-tech gadgets. The man claimed to be a game developer creating a video game with a giant robot defending Earth from 15 alien invaders, and asked those children to test the game for him. The kids agreed happily at first, but soon they began to find the game horrifying, not only because of its realism but also because the first fatality among them happened right after their first victory. Worse yet, they had no idea how to stop or leave the “game”. ___ **Buy Complete Version:** - [BOOK☆WALKER](https://bookwalker.jp/series/333742/) - [Amazon](https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B09NXG8G4V) - [ebookjapan](https://ebookjapan.yahoo.co.jp/books/675007/) - [CDJapan](https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/searchuni?q=%E5%AE%8C%E5%85%A8%E7%89%88+%E3%81%BC%E3%81%8F%E3%82%89%E3%81%AE&order=relasc)
"When we enter high school, be sure to make me your own." Tetsuo's childhood friend Kaede Shiraishi made that promise to him as a young girl before she moved away. Kaede never left Tetsuo's mind, and his dreams finally came true when they both reunited in high school. However, Tetsuo's older brother ended up making Kaede his own. Tetsuo couldn't stand hearing his brother interacting with his former crush in the next room day in and day out, so he decided to go to Tokyo, taking a "certain secret" along with him. But… Set in the Shimokitazawa district in Tokyo, this youth drama will tug at your heartstrings as it depicts a young man who continues to mature through his many encounters. (Source: Young Animal)
What is Lady Snowblood about? Vengeance. Pure and simple, this is a revenge story. Yuki was named as a child of hell by her mother. Yuki's father was killed by a group of men who conspired to use him to start an uprising; they then brutalized her mother. Her mother subsequently killed one of her attackers and ended up in jail, where Yuki is born. Yuki's mother was serving a life sentence; there was no way she could escape and continue her revenge. Consequently, she concocted a plan which included seducing the guards in order to produce a child who could pass beyond the prison walls. Dying in childbirth, Yuki's mother impresses upon a friend the importance of imparting to her infant daughter the necessity of her revenge–the grudge that she could no longer carry, but which she passed to her daughter. The friend agrees to do so, and Yuki ("snow," so named for her snow-white skin) is trained to become the instrument of her mother's vengenace. Twenty years later, Yuki is a skilled assassin. For the price of 1,000 yen she will perform murderous miracles, often proceeding through trickery, deceit, and the assumption that as a woman she poses as little threat to the criminals she is often dispatching.
At Hagakure Academy, there is Bunbu Ryoutou - a competition of Martial Prowess and Scholarship. Kaori Arimajiki is terrible at this competition, dubbed the "Academy's Weakest One." Kaori was bullied by his fellow classmate and considering quitting the school. Kiwako Soushuin, a beautiful yet eccentric girl who is also a member of the Student Council, went to his house and "convinced" Kaori to take a last shot at another Bunbu Ryoutou, should Kaori win "You will be on track to become this Academy's Strongest One," said Kiwako. What plan does Kiwako have in mind? What kind of situation will Kaori get himself into?
Yuzuru is a fifteen year old girl who is attending her first year in Houjou Academy. At her summer job, she met a troublesome rich boy, Renge Kai, who is attending the same school as her. Kai is part of the Kugeka, a class opened only to the rich students of Houjou. At the end of the summer break she finds out that she has become Kai's "Honey". This nickname is given to all the students from the regular class choosen by the Kugeka to become their assistants, so that the rich boys can be successful without any problem. The up side to being a Honey is that all their school fees will be taken care of. Although Yuzuru's family has some financial problems, she doesn't want to accept her role of being Kai's honey. But the only way to quit is to leave the school… What is she to do?
Every Tuesday night, a mysterious man named "Itou" visits Kyosuke, a prostitute, and talks to him about silly things until dawn. One day, he brings a briefcase full of money and tries to give it to Kyosuke, telling him that he wants him to quit his job and do something he truly wants to do, however…
Collection of short stories from Sugimura Shinichi.
This is a collection of eight stories (there are 9 chapters, because story 6 is composed of chapters 6 and 7). Story 1: Teased and Stepped On, What Blooms is a Passionate Flower Describes the relationship between a girl and her teacher. Story 2: Lolita #7 Features the relationship between two cousins, an older male and a younger girl. One is a teacher, while the other is a student – both at the same school. When the elder cousin doesn’t come to class for several days, the school administrators send the younger cousin to the elder cousin's home to investigate further. Story 3: Song of the Devil Story 4: What If? Story 5: Happiness Story 6: A Room of Clouds (chapters 6 - 7) A simple minded girl who tries to live her life the best she can. Story 7: Indigo Elegy Story 8: Underground Doll
Cane Lele was born into the fashion industry. Her mother, Ye Fei Yi, was Taiwan's top model, and her father was also a model, until a tragic airplane crash left Lele without parents. Therefore, it is no surprise that Lele hates the industry, thinking it superficial and unnecessary. Raised by her maternal grandmother, Lele reaches seventeen before she is sucked in by her mother's sister, Ye Fei Hong, a fashion model agent (and former model), convinces the reluctant Lele to model. Lele had been adverse to the whole idea, until she sees a photo shoot of popular American model Angus Lanson, and she begins to see modeling as an art form. When Aunt Fei Hong's magazine editor invites Angus Lanson to a meeting of all the top fashion ambassadors, Lele is invited to meet him and is very curious. She does not know that Angus' twin elder brother, Eros Lanson, is secretly accompanying his brother. This obviously leads to confusion and is the start of a charming story of Lele's goals: fashion in NYC, becoming a top model, and love?
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**
At first glance Moolchi is just another shy, unassuming boy whose greatest talents are running away from bullies and binging on vitamin supplements. Then one day, Moolchi's absentee father sends him a most unusual gift–a stunningly-proportioned automaton. She calls herself "Six" and mumbles about having a "prime directive." This strange and exquisite creature quickly turns the boy's life upside-down, violently disposing of high school hooligans and anybody else who gets in his or her way. The word "oblivious" barely does him justice as Moolchi remains blissfully unaware of his father's dangerous double-life, or the cute hall monitor who harbors a crush on him, or the intentions of this mysterious femme fatale who insists on bathing with him. Meanwhile, ominous storm clouds gather on the horizon, and one lingering question looms above the others "who is this so-called "Zero" that everybody is looking for?
Macabre manga master Junji Ito applys his singularly anxious touch to a manga adaptation based on No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku in the original Japanese), a classic of modern Japanese literature written by Osamu Dazai. The poignant and fascinating story of a young man who is caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern Japanese aristocratic family and the impact of Western ideas. Portraying himself as a failure, the protagonist of Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human narrates a seemingly normal life even while he feels himself incapable of understanding human beings. Oba Yozo's attempts to reconcile himself to the world around him begin in early childhood, continue through high school, where he becomes a "clown" to mask his alienation, and eventually lead to a failed suicide attempt as an adult. Without sentimentality, he records the casual cruelties of life and its fleeting moments of human connection and tenderness.
Eripha is the only girl in the garrison of the World Government's army that is protecting the city of Eldorado from terrorists. After being stationed there for three months she finally warms up to a boy in the same troop, Melka Dracea. But a sudden raid from the terrorists and a close encounter with their leader changes their situation, drastically.
The year is 1949. Japan had been defeated in World War II and was occupied by Allied Forces consisting of American, Australian, British, Indian and New Zealander troops. A young woman meets a young man. Both have lost everything because of the war. Tome Kano, a barmaid, lost everything during the war. Katsuya Ranzaki, a wealthy investor, lost everything for not going to war. The two are fed up with their lives and want to live "real lives" for once. Katsuya's starting up an all-girls baseball team with Tome on it allows them to do this. In this dramatic story, the dreams of a nation come alive. Through the determination and strength of Katsuya and Tome, girls baseball becomes a sensation, and Tome a superstar.
Beware the red snake! Told from the perspective of a young boy, The Red Snake is a story of the above boy, the house he inhabits, and the forest around his house that stretches on and on. The characters in the story are all mad: his grandfather, who sports a massive growth on his jaw; his grandmother, who believes she is a chicken; his father, who is vicious to the chickens he raises (except for his mother, to whom he provides eggs that so that she can claim she laid them herself); and his sister, whose affection for insects borders on the erotic. The story evolves into a classic nightmare. The Hino Horror series: Hino Horror Volume 1: The Red Snake (赤い蛇 Akai Hebi) Hino Horror Volume 2: The Bug Boy (毒虫小僧 Dokumushi Kozou) Hino Horror Volume 3: Oninbo and the Bugs from Hell (地獄虫を食う! 鬼んぼ Jigoku Mushi Woku! Oninbo) Hino Horror Volume 4: Oninbo and the Bugs from Hell 2 Hino Horror Volume 5: The Living Corpse (死肉の男 Shiniku no Otoko) Hino Horror Volume 6: Black Cat (黒猫の眼が闇に Kuroneko no Me ga Yami ni) Hino Horror Volume 7: The Collection (M Collection) Hino Horror Volume 8: The Collection 2 Hino Horror Volume 9: Ghost School (Ghost School (HINO Hideshi)) Hino Horror Volume 10: Death's Reflection Hino Horror Volume 11: Gallery of Horrors (Kyoufu Gallery) Hino Horror Volume 12: Mystique Mandala of Hell (Kaiki! Jigoku Mandara) Hino Horror Volume 13: Zipangu Night Hino Horror Volume 14: Skin and Bone This manga is also volume 4 in the Magical Horror Series.
The story is set at Shishidou, a school attended by rich and elite people. Tomu Shirasagi, a gambler, is a mysterious new transfer student who has come from a public school (instead of a prestigious private one) and faces the elitist environment. There, he declares a challenge toward any student and claims he will bring to the ruin the whole school through a series of gambling matches. Nobody knows why he has come to that school or what the real motivations behind his actions are. During any match, Tomu shows off all of his unique coolness and ability. He employs a wide range of tricks, both psychological and physical, to ensure his victory. In any game, you will constantly ask how he's planning to win, why he's really doing certain things, and what's really going on. At the end of the matches, the tricks are revealed, and they all work in real life, even if they do require one to be highly skilled or lucky in order to perform them. The story centers around the various matches he undertakes and the interactions between the various characters, like Mika Shishidou, the beautiful granddaughter of the school headmaster, who is highly intelligent but contemptuous and superb, or Abidani, the vampiric looking dorm superintendent and main villain (for now) in the series, who has a sadistic personality and whose goal is to make Tomu leave his school (or to get him killed). As the story unfolds, more about Tomu's past is revealed, leading to unpredictable turns of events.
The year is 2071. Both polar ice caps have melted submerging most of the Earth causing humanity to flee into the oceans. However, humanity splits into two groups, those retain their original human appearance, and the Dugong, those who rebirthed themselves as creatures suitable for underwater life via genetic manipulation. Now, the Dugong are on the warpath destroying one underwater city after another. Can humanity stop this overwhelming threat?
Tsukimiya is a dutiful kid who has been looking after his family since his mother's passing, and a popular pretty boy at school, but he rejects all those who confess to him due to an unrequited love he holds for one of his teachers. However he suddenly finds himself kidnapped by a group of deranged women, who promise him a life of daily torture from now on.
Cobra is a notorious Space Pirate with a laser gun as his left arm. But, he was tired of being chased by the agency in space and decided to lead a regular life by changing his face & being wiped of his memory. 3 years later, he is a regular person leading a regular life, until an incident recovers his past memories and he's set on the run again into a world of danger and futuristic delights. --- **Links:** - [The 12 issues edition of Cobra on Comic Vine](http://www.comicvine.com/cobra/4050-23937/) [Sega CD Game](https://cdromance.com/sega_cd_isos/space-adventure-usa/) [Atari ST Game](https://www.myabandonware.com/game/cobra-ii-alm) [DOS Game (French)](https://www.myabandonware.com/game/cobra-2g5) [Amstrad CPC Game (French)](https://www.myabandonware.com/game/cobra-2g5#Amstrad%20CPC) --- **Notes:** - In the United States, portions of the manga were published by Viz Media in 1990. - The anime film adaptation was licensed by Tara for its release in US theaters and by Manga Entertainment in British theaters in 1995. Urban Vision and Discotek Media released it for home video market, while Madman Entertainment acquired it for the Australasia region's release. Discotek also released a 4K version of the film. - The anime adaptation was licensed in the Northern American region by Discotek. - A 2nd anime adaptation was done in the late 2000s and early 2010s by the studio Magic Bus. Consisting of OVAs and a short, one cour TV series. It is currently licensed by Sentai for the US market.
A man’s nightmares turn out to be anything but… His wife has disappeared, his mother is too weak to care for herself, and there's a strange growth appearing nearby in the woods…. Reprinted in the anthology BAD END (Scanlation comes before the release of BAD END)
In company-owned rabbit-hutch apartments live tenants who can't afford to live anywhere else, and the apartment complex in which high-school girl Hatsumi Narita lives is ruled over by the rumor mongering, self-righteous Mrs. Tachibana. Get on Tachibana's bad side, and life becomes hell. When Hatsumi has to buy a pregnancy test because her popular sister Akane's period is late, Mrs. Tachibana's son, Ryoki, who used to bully Hatsumi as a kid, promises not to tell the world about Hatsumi's secret, only if she becomes his slave. Suddenly, Azusa Hatsumi's protector in their youth, reappears to save her again! He's moving back into the neighborhood! Despite the budding romance between Hatsumi and Azusa, Ryoki has control over her through the secret that could ruin the lives of everyone in Hatsumi's family, and he hasn't forgotten who his slave is!
As a guarantee for his cousin, Ayase was sold at auction and subsequently purchased by Kanou, who runs a financial firm. Ayase is struggling with the fact that he's selling his body in order to repay this debt. ---
Three boys in junior-high who cross-dress because of differing reasons meet each other through a cross-dressing community website, and decide to meet up in real life. "Parou" started cross-dressing because he wanted to attract a heterosexual boy he liked. "Marika" is transgender and identifies as female. Lastly, "Yui" is an antagonistic boy who adopted the persona of his older sister after her death. In contrast to Parou and Marika, Yui is sorely disappointed at the meeting.
Ootomo Kyoichi, a weak-willed salaryman in a troubled marriage, is cheating on his wife. To his surprise, his wife hires a private eye to expose his affair – and the private eye is none other than Imagase, an underclassman Kyoichi knew in college. Imagase explains that he's gay and always had a crush on Kyoichi, so he offers to hide the infidelity in exchange for the make-out session he'd always fantasized about back in college. Kyoichi reluctantly agrees, thinking it will save his marriage, but things with Imagase soon spiral out of control.