DRAMA

After 10 years of acting in after school muscials, Miwa Haruya finally gets his big break playing Akiyama Kei's younger brother in the newest Fuji TV drama. Haruya soon realizes that his admiration for Kei is evolving into something deeper. Will their relationship bear fruit or will an interfering older brother and a jealous co-star destroy their love before it even has a chance to start.

Changing schools is something Yuuchi is accustomed to, due to his parent's profession, and with their recent venture to Africa, he is returning to his aunt's home after 7 years. The time that has passed since his last visit has faded his memories of the people he knew, and the ties that bonded them to him, including his cousin Nayuki. Slowly those people, coincidently all being girls, find their way back to him. However, time has passed and things have happened in their own lives that sets the tone for the series. Secrets that are coming to surface, and memories that are returning to not only Yuuichi, but to those surrounding him. A very heartwarming tale that touches upon a spectrum of emotions, mystery, and the supernatural.

From: Easy Going ScansA watch that controls time, a marble that can find items and a stick of chalk that can kill any human...The items of the mysterious girl, List of the antiques, all hold their unique magical powers. Without our noticing, they slowly merge into our daily lives.If you strain your hearing you might discover the mysterious secrets hidden throughout the world. The curtain of this antiques fairy tale finally rises!

A timid schoolgirl who is isolated by everyone, doesn't own a cellphone because no one would call her anyway. So she imagines owning a cellphone in her head, but one day, there is a connection -- the phone rings, and someone is on the line! Note: Tsuzuki Setsuri also did a manga based on the same story. Note2: A movie for this manga was released in 2007, directed by Tatsuya Hagishima.

Icaro is the adventure of a young man, Icaro, with the ability to fly and a young woman, Yukiko, who risks her life -- and more -- to help Icaro achieve his dream. It capitalizes on Taniguchi's ability to depict a vast and oppressive advanced science laboratory that has made Icaro its guinea pig and will use all its resources to keep him imprisoned for study.

From Dan of Population GO: "An endearing story of a boy who, while visiting his relatives in a rural village, visits a mysterious pond where the local dragon deity supposedly dwells and uncovers a conspiracy that uses the god's name in greed."

From Be With You Scans:A collection of bittersweet tales of all the different shapes an unrequited love can come in. Why is it so difficult to confess your love? Why is it that another person can affect someone else so strongly? When a powerful man is fickle, he is allowed to be. But if a woman is unfaithful, she is called a tramp. Koi tells the realistic stories of six different women of different ages, and completely different outlooks on life.

From Mangasync:Mutsumi is an elementary student who's mother is a popular manga artist. Her mother has a strange habit of moving to different cities every year. Until one day, they moved to Sutsuji Gadai, New Town. How does Mutsumi cope with her new school and friends in this city? It's a sweet manga about love and sacrifice.

From Tokyopop:Inez is a young orphan girl with a special gift that allows her to communicate with all creatures. A great destiny awaits her, the nature of which she is yet unaware.As our story opens, Inez is traveling with an old wizard named Kaager and a faithful dog named Zode. Her country is about to plunge into its first winter in one hundred years and ominous signs abound concerning the return of a demon-race which threatens the country's fragile peace.Can little Inez- via a magic amulet - bring back her country's ancient dragon protector in time?

Shi-Hyeon is a girl who has nothing but bad luck - at least, that's what everyone believes. In some ways, Shi-Hyeon herself believes this and tries to stay away from the people she loves the most. As a result, she has developed an outer shell, making her look tough and indifferent even with the constantly bullying. But when she transfers to a different high school, a fresh start brings unfamiliar characters - and new challenges - into her life.

Hiroshi found a broken cellphone on the street and went to a shop to get it fixed. When it got delivered to his home, he got a life-sized girl instead but it is still a cellphone. Hiroshi only wants a normal cellphone that he can brag to his classmates but he can't return this one because of the expensive return fee written in the purchase contract. This is how Hiroshi discovers the advantages and disadvantages in life of owning a cellphone-girl, which he named Eko.

In the late 19th century in Paris, Theodorus van Gogh, famous art dealer in Paris and the branch manager of the prestigious Goupil & Cie patroned exclusively by Bourgeoisie clients, seeks to embrace new art talents and techniques. However, the period is full of the prestigious and conservative who think that art belongs solely to the upper echelon of the society whereas commoners are considered as unable to appreciate art.Stating that "Destroying the system from within is more interesting", Thedorus struggles to overcome the obstacle by bringing forth works which depict the truth and daily lives of people which are not acknowledged by the academy.Rank #1 in Kono Manga ga Sugoi 2014 for Female Voters.

When Motomi Utsuki moves in his grandfather's apartment, he meets a girl named Acony who claims to be a dead person. Eventually, he gets to know that this place and the people living in the building are not normal.From Baka-Updates:"I am, in fact, one of the dead."So says Acony, a rather mischievous girl, upon her first meeting with protagonist Motomi. Newly moved into an ancient apartment, how will Motomi handle Acony and all the bizarre residents?

The story follows a girl in the "Threshold" (??, Hazama), a world beween Heaven and Earth. "Impure souls" those that could not ascend to Heaven with the burden of their own weight have drifted to this world of constant warfare.Based on a music video with the same name "Black?Rock Shooter". Sung by Hatsune Miku

A first love, a broken heart, and true love are all serious affairs to a person involved. Mei Sakisaka fell out of love with her teacher Takaoka. She made the first kiss with Masami, and...

From huamulan03.blogspot.com:3 January 2011. ER doctor Matsuoka Tsuyoshi examines a patient presenting influenza symptoms. The next day, the patient dies from multiple-organ failure, followed by others who had shown the same symptoms. As the death toll rises, even the high-tech Japanese are at a loss over how to check the further spread of the deadly virus

From Manga-Updates:Hot blooded manga about... writing manga. There are actually a few series starting with Moeyo Pen (Burning Pen), then later on came the sequel series Hoero Pen (Shouting Pen).

From Go! Comi:Like most teenagers, Mashiro Ichijo has a secret. But Mashiro's secret is that hes neither fully male nor female! So far, Mashiro's been able to live his life as a boy, but all this changes when he's informed of a new class he must take in order to graduate from his elite prep school. To pass, he must find the Keyand the only way to find it is to enter into a nightmare world where his body and soul are put at the mercy of the worst kind of enemies: his classmates!

From the pages of history comes the legend of the Samurai Jubei and the book he was pledged to protect. Now that book has been stolen and Jubei must retrieve it before Japan descends into bloody civil war.

It starts with poisonous herbs under the cradle. Then under the sheets. And inside the clothes. Even mixed in the milk that they feed the newborn. This way the child gradually gets used to poisons and becomes the perfect assassination tool - the "Poison Princess" whose every kiss, tear and even touch bring death. Her only chance of survival is to fulfill her duty as an assassin and find a way to live on in the enemy land she is sent to if her heart is strong enough.

"From Yaoi Is Life:You know...I was in love with you. There was a reason for Chika, employed and hosted at the gay bar "Mr.", to not be able to return to his hometown. It has to do with one of his childhood friends, Kyouhei, but...?Besides the title work 'Tonight, at Mister', also contains an unnumbered chapter 'Welcoming Morning' and the story describing the adult love of 'Mr.' owners, Yuudai and Momo, 'Goodbye Mister'."From Baka-Updates

Akio and Yoshino believed all there was left for them was to graduate. But life had different plans for them.Yoshino moves on while Akio stays behind, and something between them begins to change.The story of their youth continues.

The school public-health doctor, Ren, is often called a "small pet" by the students. Then one day he was shocked dead when he bumped into two students who were about to do some kind of "impure" association in the school's backyard! Not to mention, one of those two was the charismatic model Midori whom Ren had always been longing for. Ren was even more shocked when Midori made him grab his "certain something" then came right in Ren's hands. After that, when Midori confessed that he liked him, Ren felt so pissed-off thinking that Midori took the word "like" too lightly, he punched Midori with his own fits. Midori was so moved by that hit that the following day he began to seduce Ren happily and relentlessly... Sweet lovemelody between the indulged beautiful model and the tough public-health doctor.

Tomoki had always been in love with his sempai, but had never been able to tell him how he feels. On the sempai's wedding day (which Tomoki reluctantly attends), a heartbroken Tomoki meets up with the sempai's younger brother, Atsuya, who had now grown into a handsome young man from the last time Tomoki saw him. Atsuya had always known how Tomoki felt about his brother, having witnessed Tomoki masturbating to the smell of his brother's shirt once. Ashamed and embarrassed, Tomoki tries to put the incident behind him, but the cruel Atsuya would have none of it. He meets up with Tomoki in the wedding reception bar and reminds him of his past misgivings. When Tomoki tries to escape, Atsuya ties him up and rapes himWhat will happen to Tomoki and Atsuya now? Can Atsuya change Tomoki's heart, or will Tomoki forever regard him as a substitute, a replica, for his older brother?*************Taken from Fushichou:Tomoki is in love with his sempai, Sawaki. One day while at Sawaki's house, Sawaki's brother Atsuya, caught him jerking off while smelling Sawaki's shirt and afraid Atsuya would let the secret out, Tomoki avoids his sempai. Four years later, Sawaki is getting married and Tomoki is invited to the party and while his 'love' for Sawaki is still as strong as ever, another person has their eyes on Tomoki. It's Atsuya, the younger brother of Sawaki who wants to conquer Tomoki's heart... will he have success?

From Midnight Scans:My place has always been next to you. Yukihime really likes her childhood friend, Dai-chan. But she's treated as a kid by the "older" and "guardian" Dai-chan. The sad Yukihime finally gets into a big fight with Dai-chan. He tells her coldly that he won't interfere anymore. Yukihime decides to apologize and express her feelings, but...?!Includes three other short stories: Yume KoiChiho comes off as a cold person, but actually she is just shy. She likes Tomohiro from her class but is too timid to talk with him properly. So when Tomohiro confesses to her under hypnosis, Chiho is secretly overjoyed but tells him to snap outta it and runs away. But the following day, he keeps talking to her?!- Shoujo Crusade Kiken na KyouikujisshuuToudou Natsu believes that love is fated and hopes to find it in the new trainee treacher, but to her dissapointment he turned out to be a plain guy, but wait...what is this? behind those thick glasses is someone totally different. Is it someone whom Toudou wanted to have fated meeting with...? Himitsu no!? Fuuki IinchouMai is in love with the Discipline Comittee Chairman, Yuujirou. She always breaks the rules so that he noticed her till one day she coincidentally knows his secret in pretending in school. Thus, as return in keeping the secret he has to go out with her but what this act turns to is...?

Orphaned, blind in one eye, and hungry, Lukka tries to trade his shoes for a meal. Unfortunately, the villagers don't much care for their local homeless cripple, and he's shoved into the path of an oncoming carriage. Luckily for Lukka, what could have been a terrible death turns out to be a kind twist of fate. The passenger, Edgar, is a nobleman with striking blue eyes who invites Lukka to help him end his solitude. The two grow as close as brothers, and Lukka blossoms into a bright, helpful servant and a loyal friend. But once every month, Edgar leaves the estate for three days and entrusts Lukka to feeding his "pet" in the tower: a beautiful black wolf with clear blue eyes.

This collection is an amalgamation of work reflecting Hiroki Endo's philosophy and his outstanding ability to draw and to tell stories.

To be the third (to continue the family name) and only son (also only child) of the rich Han family, ever since he was little Sang-Ah was ingrained with the motto ?A Successful Future comes from a Perfect Mate? by his mother and raised with "Spartan-like" education. And due to his mother's harsh teachings about females Sang-Ah developed a serious aversion or trauma towards females. But one night during his age of 16, he's introduced to his fiance whom he has never met and Sang-Ah finally decides to leave his home. He leaves after making a deal with his mother that he'll find his own wife 'til he's 19 years old.From volume one's backcover:? Don't Interfere with My Life!! ?Handsome face and allround sportsman,also being young master of an enormous rich family...Chung-sol High school's No. 1 Han Sang-Ah!! This young master who doesn't lack anything ventures running away from home?! Officially permitted runaway time is 3 years! During this time there is something he says he must get in his hands...!! From then on starting to confront him are woman!! woman!! women!!!Harem Flood Mixed with Comedy and Action! Explosion of Heart Fluttering Pink that would tail all Korea's Bookstores!!Warning: Series discontinued.

In a dystopian future in which robots are becoming increasingly commonplace, a young boy named Hogu lives in near poverty with his grandmother and sister. Though he innately possesses a kind soul, he is ostracized by his classmates and frequently bullied. At the beginning of the story, we find Hogu, friendless and alone - until he meets a robot girl...and our story begins.

A student-teacher romance. Summer Window SyndromeWhy doesn't Nanao want the school doctor to call her by her first name? On My Tiptoes in OctoberNanao sees a different side of Matsumoto. First Love CanonAnother teacher gives Matsumoto and Nanao some advice. Liars' Engagement Part A + BIn the first half of "Liars' Engagement," Nanao and Matsumoto disagree over Nanao's plans for her future. In the second half, Nanao confronts Matsumoto. Lovesick Over My Best FriendFocuses on two side characters. Chatting in Our PajamasKiyo is in love with her friend Nanao, but knows that Nanao is already with someone else. Bursting with ImpatienceFocuses on Matsumoto's feelings.Extras: Summer Window Chatting at Night Summer Nude Prologue: Hidden Name Mental Age Limits

From Anime News Network:Several thousands of years from now, there exists the Joker Galaxy of five Star Systems, where a long, long war is being fought. The god of light, Amaterasu, is trying to unite the galaxy under his rule. The fighting stands between giant mecha called Mortar Headds, their pilots, the Headdliners, trained since birth for their task, and the female humanlike computers called Fatimas, necessary for controlling the MH. Many are the lives and destinies found throughout the more than thousand year long era of war, although Amaterasu seems to live through it all.Note: To honor its 25th anniversary, the series was reprinted under Five Star Monogatari Reboot (The Five Star Stories Reboot) with a final and 13th volume.

Apollo's Song follows the tragic journey of Shogo, a young man whose abusive childhood has instilled in him a loathing for love so profound he finds himself compelled to acts of violence when he is witness to any act of intimacy or affection whether by human or beast. His hate is such that the gods intervene, cursing Shogo to experience love throughout the ages ultimately to have it ripped from his heart every time. From the Nazi atrocities of World War II to a dystopian future of human cloning, Shogo loses his heart, in so doing, healing the psychic scars of his childhood hatred.

Impossibility:Yoshida Miake is a charismatic first year high school student that is in love with her best friend whom she had known all of her life. The only problem that occurs is the fact that he has no interest in her whatsoever. Heartbroken, she finds comfort from "Mr. Black" and slowly begins to develop feelings for him. But how would a she develop a relationship with a person that exchanges kisses for lunch?

In 1998, Battler Ushiromiya's younger sister Ange has lived a miserable life being raised by her Aunt Eva, the only survivor of the murders on Rokkenjima. Bullied and unhappy, Ange finds solace in the diary of her cousin Maria and the world of magic until she rejects its existence. However, with Eva's death and the inheritance of Beatrice's titles, Ange receives an offer from the witch Bernkastel on how to bring back her lost family. Meanwhile, in 1986, Battler Ushiromiya and the Golden Witch Beatrice continue their game, with Battler aided by Ange, hailing from twelve years in the future, in hopes of saving their family at last.

From Manga Updates"If you can get 5 million yen for killing a person, what would you do?" A beautiful woman asks Shiki, a part-time lecturer that question on their first meeting. Shiki answers "If it's an evil person...", mistaking this for a joke. But then the woman points out the target...

After the loss of his leg, Kikuzato's dream of becoming a soccer ace comes to an end. But with use of a prosthetic leeg, he finds a new goal to become a track star and win gold at the Tokyo Paralympics! [Yen Press]

Alexandrite is a boy whose androgynous, racially-ambiguous appearance has brought him plenty of modeling work, much to his chagrin.

Winner of the 2004 Kodansha Manga Award.From Del Rey:The son of a famous pianist, music student Shinichi Chiaki dreams of studying abroad and becoming a conductor like his mentor. Unfortunately, his fear of flying grounds his lofty plans! As he watches other classmates achieve what he has always wanted, Shinichi wonders if he should quit music altogether.Then one day he meets fellow student Megumi Noda, also known as Nodame. This oddball girl cannot cook, clean, or even read a music score, but she can play the piano in incomparable Cantabile style. And she teaches Chiaki something that he has forgotten: to enjoy his music, no matter where he is.

Summary by Vexed-Scans and Deus-Ex Scans:Ikagawa Tokage is a boy with a superpower. He has the the ability to change the color of his eyes whenever he closes and reopens the eyes. Kinda useless, right? Regardless, Ikagawa Tokage strives to strengthen his power in an effort to become the strongest and not have his power be nothing more than an arrow to the knee. With that desire in mind, he trains daily in an abandoned building in modern day Tokyo. But on one such day, he comes to what looks to be a scene of a crime and feels the culprit might still be nearby. Will he make it out of the abandoned building with a broken knee? Is there more to his power than meets the eye?

Story about Makoto Osawa, a university student on the regatta (rowing) team. He and his friend have dominated the intercollegiate competition for the double scull. Along with his friend's girlfriend (and team manager) Misao , the team has dreams of participating in an Olympic competition. But his friend's death in a racing accident leaves Makoto broken up, and he has to deal with pulling himself together as well as facing the trials of love and friendship.

Taking refuge in the newly rebuilt Asato-Jima commune, Yuuji and Minato try to carve a place for themselves in a Dinosauroid society foreign to both of them. Split up for long periods of time by their work assignments, Minato and Yuuji slowly grow farther apart. When it seems as if nothing can possibly get any worse: Yuuji gives birth to his first child.Six months later, a stranger comes to Asato Jima looking for work in the commune Research Lab. He's oddly interested in Yuuji and in learning information about a baby that no one on the island seems willing to acknowledge has ever existed...Meanwhile, elsewhere on the island, the Blood come across the bodies of four of their own, slashed to death by the claws of another Dinosauroid. All eyes are quick to fall on the rebellious and possessive outsider, Minato.

"I'm sorry I don't bear much resemblance - I love you."Yamada Torao commits suicide after the loss of his lover and wakes up from suspended animation 250 years in the future. The android tasked with assisting him that treats him kindly and with tender care is the disappointing robot of his former lover at a "30% reduction"...? An intense future love story about a stubborn young man who learns to accept love and pursues his aspirations.

From Shoujo Manga Maniac:Body & Soul is a manga "wellness guide," and also a surprising and touching love story. The initial story of Miku's quest for health precedes a fantastic love adventure, where love appears little by little, and where we don't expect it...

Yurie Hitotsubashi was just an average middle school student living in the city of Onomichi on Japan's inland sea. She spent her days worrying about exams and trying to get Kenji, the clueless boy she likes, to notice her. Then during lunch one day she suddenly announces to her friend Mitsue that she had become a goddess the night before. Their classmate Matsuri quickly latches on to Yurie's newfound divinity as a way to promote her family's financially struggling Shinto shrine. She hopes that in replacing Yashima-sama, their ineffective local god, with Yurie, it will make the shrine more popular. Now all Yurie has to do is figure out what she's supposed to do with her power.

From Midnight Scans:Akira, a student of the music department, played the violin only for Ibuki who is her teacher and lover. Akira is entirely devoted to Ibuki while Ibuki's love devours all of Akira to where she has lost the distinction of herself. She believed that Ibuki was her entire world. That was until she met Seike Hayato, a classmate who is the complete opposite of her... An intense, sad love story unfolds on stage in the world of classical music!

From Yen Press: Legend speaks of seven heroes, each one bearing the power of one of the stars of the Big Dipper. Two of these stars are constantly in conflict, destined to battle and throw the world into chaos Not that Taitou has ever paid much attention to old stories. Headstrong and defiant, he is the last in his village to complete his coming-of-age ceremony a fact his sister Laila incessantly teases him about. When he is finally deemed worthy, he is presented with the Kenkaranbu, an ancient sword that can only be drawn by a true hero. As the frustrated Taitou struggles to unsheathe the sword, a mysterious thief appears, making off with the blade and citing the legend of the Big Dipper. The stars have been set in motion, as Taitou sets off after the Kenkaranbu and the truth of his own destinyHiromu Arakawa, creator of Fullmetal Alchemist, brings the legend to life!

Ukai Zero saves three troubled teens from a Suicide Website, and together chooses to work as 'Robin Hoods' of society. However, one of Zero's friends are caught by an organization he got in trouble with, and Zero is forced to enter a gambling competition hosted by a rich, rotten old man who is looking for talented gamblers to be his rep player. The reward money? ONE TRILLION YEN.

From CMX Manga:Anise can't believe her luck when she finds herself in the same high school as famous former child star Siva. Although the cool and handsome Siva seems unapproachable, Anise manages to become his friend. But her happiness turns to surprise when she discovers Siva's secret: for years, he's been switching identities with his twin brother, Cipher!