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From ANN:February 23rd, 20XX. Looking for a job in the famous TV station at Odaiba, college senior Jin Mishima attended the recruitment orientation. Not far away from the station, Nanako Okano, a gothic lolita trying to attend a concert, found out that her friends tricked her about the concert ticket because of jealousy. The two bumped into each other and "reunited" -- they were junior high classmates -- moments before an earthquake of Richter Scale 8.1 turned the island (the entire city, in fact) into ruins.

Slice of life with a young couple, Inoue Meiko and Taneda Shigeo, and how everyday occurrences affect their lives. Meiko begins contemplating whether freedom without purpose is really the same thing as boredom. This is a retelling of a very common real life situation, perhaps enjoyable for an older fanbase. Art is different, there are no anime-esque deformations here. Nominated in 2009 for the Eisner Award Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Japan. Nominated for the 2009 Harvey Award for Best American Edition of Foreign Material.

The world didnt end with a bang. It was a flash of light bookended by a long, endless freeze that covered the landscape is white snow. Kindness and compassion were replaced with struggle and the ruthless will to survive. And then, there are the Ashen. New beings with abilities beyond that of normal humans, giving them an edge above all others in the frozen wasteland. In this war, there are no victors, just survivors.

Fubuki, a man with silver hair and black eyebrows, is somewhat of an expert at taking care of people's monster problems, for a price of course. Yoru is a strange orphan girl who runs across one of his fights with a demon cat and insists on becoming his student. The two of them make an amazing team, whether they're fighting monsters or (as happens more often than Yoru would like) running from them!

Volume 1 : The Laughing Vampire.While a young boy, just resurrected as a vampire, commits acts of awful ferocity, the city around him shows all its perversion. The adults abuse of their power, the boys degenerate and use all the available means to achieve their goal to give vent to their low instincts. Whoever can't understand and make opposition is doomed to change or becoming crazy. So which is the real horror? The vampire who kills in order to feed himself or the crawling disease hidden in the society that slowly corrupts without being noticed?Volume 2 : Paradise.Following the events narrated in the first volume, Luna and Konosuke are now living together with the old woman vampire as fellows, as lovers, in a diabolic innocence, killing to quench their thirst for blood, joining death and love under the dream of the eternal youth. Meanwhile a young boy, named Makoto, is looking for his lost sister Miko, who disappeared years ago under mysterious circumstances. But what has really happened to that girl who liked eating grubs and dreamed to become on of them? And is someone really hiding a terrible secret? The paths of all the characters will dramatically collide, bringing unexpected consequences after the things are gradually revealed.A story suspended between weirdness and decadence, showing a clear nostalgia for the German cinematography and Federico Fellini, where the blood is used to trace a great and only apparent amoral story.

Koizumi, Shintarou is 30 years old, a virgin, and has isolated himself in his room for 15 years. He has become a burden on his father, Koizumi Yasujirou. one day, Shintarou makes a proposition that if Yasujirou gets a girlfriend, Shintarou will come out of his room. It turns out that Yasujirou has already made a girlfriend, a young beautiful woman, Yoshinaga Haruka, who is with Yasujirou for her own personal reasons.Yasujirou and Haruka decide to get married, but Yasujirou dies on their honeymoon. Now Haruka decides to take care of Shintarou, and so this weird "mother and son" are now living together.

High school student Jinpachi Kogure is a member of the manga club and is no good with women. Yumika Testuyoshi is a troubled female high school student who's always skipping school and searching for a girl she doesn't hate. However, these two are in reality young masters of the art of killing people: "Young Guns"----!

Ryota plays it cool around all of his classmates, especially when it comes to girls. But he's always the one on the spot in a perverted situation. In some of these many random anecdotes about the lives of fifth graders you'll find: peeping at collarbones, eating chalk, accidental skirt flipping, missing bloomers (you know, those girls' gym shorts things), and many others. Who says grade school can't have a high-school-type love story?

In the medieval fantasy world of Alfheimr, succubus princess Astarotte Ygvar--the first princess of the kingdom of Ygvar--has just reached the age of 10. In the coming years, it is necessary for succubi to obtain a male harem. To maintain their appearance, they must consume a substance only found on males called "Sauzfryma", better known as semen.The princess, however, detests males and will only agree to create a harem if a human male joins.

Shino-chan can't say her own name. She made the first friend after entering high school. Communication full of clumsiness begins. They always find right words belatedly. But the Seishun can even turn a klutz into a star...or not?[description on batoto]About a girl with stammer aggravated by social anxiety, and her early days in her high school class.

A former prostitute and a man with a violent past meet in near-future Japan. Sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll collide in the Japanese underworld.

From Anime Waves:The woman Tsutomu encounters in college was older and smaller than he is, and for some reason, looks like the same girl in his dreams. The heart-pounding love affair between him and the "older woman" begins.NOTE: This is a manga for MATURE readers. While it is not a "hentai", it does contain sexual situations and nudity.

Love Roma is a story of love at first sightliterally. When Hoshino sees Negishi for the first time, he asks her to be his girlfriend. Shocked, Negishi nevertheless agrees to allow to Hoshino to walk her home, where he explains why he is in love with her. Touched, Negishi begins to feel something for this strange young boy from her school.

Adaption of Alexandre Dumas' novel The Count of Monte Cristo. Set in the time just before Napoleon's return to power, this adventurous tale follows the trials and tribulations of Edmond Dants. After being unjustly imprisoned on the day of his wedding, Edmond devises a plan that leads to his escape, a hoard of treasure, and a new identity: the Count of Monte Cristo. A tale of courage, vengeance, romance, and betrayal.

Penned by Masaya Hokazono (Inugami, Watashi wa ai) and illustrated by Court Betten (Prince Standard, Harukaze - Bitterpop), Girlfriend features charming and sexy short stories involving romantic relationships between high-schoolers in contemporary Japan.

From Iskultrip Scans:It is a very dark night. Under a heavy rain, a determined man sets out to track his terrified victim. The decision of Kirishima Seiichi is clear: Tonight, he will kill his wife.A year ago, he was a happy man - a successful writer, a contented husband, and a father of a young boy... at that time, everything seemed going well for him. But such happiness had to end. The day his editor put an end to their collaboration, darkness seeped into his life faster than a bullet. A terrifying descent into hell commences, page by page of what it seems to be his last novel...

From Tokyopop:Through a series of coincidences, Yoshinori wound up having to fill in for his beautiful older sister as a model for a bridal gown. Now, he has discovered that he has a liking for cross-dressing, and that by doing so, he is learning a great deal about what it means to be a woman--and a man.Contains a short story entitled "Reason" in volume 2

Adapted from Seven Seas' summary:Seven years have passed since Mina epe' triumphant return to the Bund. The year is now 2020; integration of vampires into human society has greatly progressed, the threat from the three clans has been eliminated, her rule over vampiric society appears absolute, and the Bund has became an integral part of the world economy.Now Tokyo is hosting the Summer Olympics with Mina as guest of honor at the opening ceremonies. During her speech, terrorists infiltrate the stadium and demand that she close the Bund and remove all vampires from Japan. In front of TV cameras, Mina and Akira must confront the terrorists. And that's not the only threat waiting for them...

Tsutomu Nihei returns with another addictive manga (see BLAME!), set in the not-so-distant future (3005 A.D.). It follows a character by the name of Kanoe Zouichi and the mysterious Kanoe Fuyu whose luminous form is integrated into the system of his bike. They are agents sent by a powerful organization to retrieve the human with the ability to resist and transmute the NS5 infection that is spreading across the world, named Yion/Ion Green. However, their mission is delayed by the reckless actions of the Public Health Department's taskforce and the kidnapping of Yion/Ion Green. Will they complete their mission? Where has Yion/Ion Green been taken? These questions will only be answered as more volumes are released. The art in BioMega is similar to BLAME!, with its complicated concrete sprawl and ludicrously wide, empty spaces. However, things seem to happen at a more reasonable pace. In this manga, there is emphasis on the swiftness of the attacks made by Zouichi, such as the gun being sheathed just before the enemies fall to the ground. Speed is crucial in this manga, unlike in BLAME!, and the plot develops just as quickly. An interesting read, especially if one has enjoyed BLAME!

From Fantagraphics Books:Fifth grade. The threshold of puberty, and the beginning of the end of childhood innocence. Nitori Shuichi and his new friend Takatsuki Yoshino enjoy happy homes and loving families, and are well-liked by their classmates. But they share a secret that further complicates a time of life that is awkward for anyone: Shuichi is a boy who wants to be a girl, and Yoshino is a girl who wants to be a boy...Written and illustrated by Shimura Takako, acclaimed for her sensitive take on LGBT topics, Wandering Son portrays Shuichi and Yoshino's very private journey with affection, sensitivity and gentle humor.

Its starts from where the last season ends, Aito and Ashisu meets her new assistant. An entry of a new member. what story can she make out of aito and Ashisu's life?

This manga is the next arc after "Golden - 23" . While most of the Golden Age struggled to win their ticket for the Madrid Olympics in the Asian preliminaries, a few of them playing overseas had their own fights... Find out what happens to the "giocatori" from the "land of the rising sun" in Italy, and most of all, the victory in the Serie C1, the promotion to the Serie B, the kick off of the direct confrontation between Hyuga Kojiro of AC Reggiana, and Aoi Shingo of FC Albese!!

Red:1. Heart Food2. Kopi Kopi Luwak3. Funny Game4. Afterlife Jaunte5. The Kaguya Paradigm6. Facehugger7. High Heels and Sneakers8. Vigilante9. Animal Magnetism Theory10. Warren Wilson Dies Again11. Poohta's Forest12. Paracelsus' Beloved Desciples13. The Collector and Phantom Pain14. Lunch at Columbine16. Frog Curse17. Delinquent Drinker

Kominato Riku is a high school student who aims to be a game designer. The girl next door is his childhood friend Haju, is in love with him, but he has fallen head over heels for the school idol Riko. And lastly, there is the transfer student, Nodoka. With that all said you'd think this is the start of some love-comedy harem, but a rumor spreads that Nodoka receives a message that says, "you will die soon". Riku and the gang's fate will change in a major way. Who will live, and who will love?Original Webcomic:http://comic-meteor.jp/shinuhito/

Story: Detective Akira Yusa sees his brother Shinichi killed before his very eyes. He spots a young girl, Kilico Sakaki, at the scene of the crime and instinctively knows that she did it. After a bloody fight, Akira arrests her. Trained as a professional assassin by her stepfather, Toshio Sakaki, in everyday life, Kilico acts like an ordinary college student. Her arrest is treated as a mistake when she manages to hide all evidence of Shinichi's murder. Akira's subsequent investigation of Kilico runs into difficulty when he finds that it's too big for a police detective to handle. Her encounter with Akira makes Kilico remember her terrible past and have doubts about being an assassin. Kilico goes to Taiwan to train as a jewel connoisseur, the Sakaki family's legitimate business, behind which they hide all their illegitimate business. Fired for taking his investigation too far, Akira follows Kilico to Taiwan. The two meet again and become very close, as they get involved in the internal conflicts within the Tenrenban gang, Taiwan's biggest Mafia group.

Maico is a charming young woman who also happens to be an android. Her creator built her to revitalize the flagging ratings for her radio station, as well as to probe the intricacies and weaknesses of the male libido. Maico quickly becomes entangled in a very human love triangle, not to mention the scandal and intrigue surrounding the station, its competitors, and the hordes of adoring fans that this sexy new personality attracts.

From Evil Flowers:Similar the Skyhigh 1, Skyhigh Shinshou presents the stories of those souls who get to the Gate of Grudges. Izuko, keeper of the Gate of Grudges presents each soul with three choices: pass through the Gate of Grudges to heaven and be reborn, refuse to admit death and remain as a ghost on earth, or haunt and kill one person and then proceed to hell and eternal suffering. What does each soul choose and why? A collection of various stories done by Takahashi Tsutomu.

From Kotonoha:Takeda is diagnosed with cancer and feels that he has nothing to live for. His wife also had had cancer, had died of it in fact, and his only daughter has been missing for fourteen years.One day, when he is about to attempt suicide, the phone rings. It's the police, and they inform him that the dead body of his long lost daughter has been found, that it appears to have been a homicide. Takeda is crushed but resolves then and there to spend the remaining days of his life hunting down his daughter's killer.The time left for Takeda to live equals the time left to put the murderer behind bars. Life is a heart-wrenching story about a father's willpower and his search for the truth.

Side story of Hokuto no Ken, telling the story of Rei of Nanto Suich?ken who sets on a journey to find the Man with a Seven Scars on His Chest who kidnapped his sister.

Kyotaro is just an ordinary guy trying to lead an ordinary high school life despite the fact that he is the son of a Yakuza boss. Then comes Kumiko, his half-sister he's never met before, who's looking for a man with a centipede tattoo who killed her loved ones in the past. Will Kumiko and Kyotaro be able to manage their family business? Will Kumiko ever find and avenge the man with the centipede tattoo? And will they be able to control their sexual urges for each other?

From BH007: One day, in the middle of (Tokyo), the Hell's Gate appeared. In the area coverd by the gate, the laws of physics do not apply. Furthermore, people living nearby have begun to develop supernatural powers, and are known as contractors. Among these contractors, is BK201, a contractor with power over lightning who is renown as one of the strongest reapers and for some reason, hated and hunted by most major world organizations...

Based on the popular yuri OVA series, which is about the relationship between two fraternal twins and their daily life.Yukino and Kanade continue their schooling, and Kanade takes a late night art class in preparation for her future.As before, she usually ends up fooling around and drawing her sister in strange poses before finally getting her work done.Kanade begins to question the feelings she has for Yukino... does she feel a pure sisterly love for her, or are her feelings more perverted?

From MyPersonal-scan-A mysterious command arrives from a "King"-----The life-threatening "Game" has now begun for the 32 students of the first year's B Class.One day, all of the students in Nobuaki's class received their first message from someone calling themselves the "King", in which was written a baffling command.That first command was very easy. However, the commands began to escalate until a life-threatening game had begun---Failing to obey the orders leads to death!! Their friendships are being undermined by a bottomless terror!!

The story is about a man who is a medicine seller. He hunts mononoke (demons) and kills them by using a sword. However, before unsheathing his sword he first needs to learn of the form (katachi), the truth behind the human tragedies (makoto) and the reason behind the evils (kotowari) that gave birth to it before killing the demon.

A shy, bashful, and nervous girl tries to survive in a high school for delinquents. The "abnormal" comedy begins.

In the year 2038, a white light descended on the center of Tokyo and stole the memories of over one million people. The cause of this horrible incident was not determined, and no cure was to be found. The government formed a separate city beneath Tokyo to house and care for the victims of the incident and branded them as "KIDz." Regardless of their age, they truly are like children, and they must be retaught everything they once knew. Noa Ikurumi, a boy genius who lives in this isolated society, is just taking one day at a time and dreaming of finally being allowed to go back out into the world. But Noa's life will once again change drastically on the day that he is taken hostage by a terrorist with some surprising information about his identity...

Basically, some humans have the ability to negate a sphere of reality, neatly removing it from existence. This gradually alters their appearance until they become a hideous alien, with a giant eye in their forehead.

Toki is a former Hokuto practitioner, and his incredible strength coped with his knowledge of the assassin art would be enough to call him devil.... But Toki's kindness and desire to help people prevent them from calling him devil, they instead can only whisper words akin to that of 'savior'.

From the same creator of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Baoh is a powerful bioweapon with human strength and other abilities, such as firing a corrosive substance, in a teenager body who escapes with Violet from Judas Laboratory and must face various assassins sent by the organization to kill him.

Story of landscape gardener Ono Hiroshi, 29 years old (187cm) and tax office worker Kumedera Katsuya, 27 years old (154cm).Kumedera met Ono while he was attending the Free Municipal Tax Consultation. As Ono was totally his type, he called out to him, and after discussing tax matters, he invited him to go out for drinks. After a one-night stand or so they thought, they began dating.We follow their relationship with aggressive seme Kumedera, who insists that Ono is his "WOMAN", and goes as far as treating him as one, (even though both admitted being gay). On the other hand, we have Ono who can't seem to be able to refuse anything to his dear lover, especially when it comes to sex!!!

The "Dark Flower" is a sword of legend; a horrible legend of a gruesome slaughter three hundred years past. Lilia, a small girl from a village threatened by the bandit group whose leader has obtained this cursed weapon is now searching for help to save her city. Unfortunately, she is spotted by the bandits and can only run for her life. But, just as she is about to be caught, she runs into a young and seemingly weak traveller... is this coincidence?The Winner of the 14th Square Enix Manga prize.

The gambling father racked up a huge debt and disappeared. The mother has passed away. The sisters, Kyo and Asu, are the main characters. The two of them are all alone in this world and are very poor; they live in a 40-year-old apartment (no bath, one room plus kitchen, 26000 yen rent). With dreams, hope, and economizing, they live in harmony. Indeed, today as well as tomorrow.Notes: Their names mean "today" and "tommorrow" respectively. 26000 yen is about 220 dollars.From Baka-Updates:Kyou and Asu are two sisters whose mother passed away while Asu was still a baby. After racking up an unbearable amount of debt due to his gambling addiction, their father disappeared - leaving the two siblings to fend for themselves.Thus begins these two spirited girls' efforts to make ends meet while still enjoying their childhoods to the fullest. "No matter what hardships we have to endure, I'm happy so long as we're facing them together!"A warm and sweet little slice-of-life story that will surely enrich you with a feeling of peace and good humour!

From Tokyopop:Take a fantastical, far-out journey in the out-of-this-world adventures of Jing and his feisty, feathered friend Kir. Twilight Tales is an awesome new series with a fresh, original look for our heroes! When Jing sets his sights on a valuable jewel in the coffin of a notorious mafia boss, is he really playing with fire? Will Jing get away with it all, or does Cosa Nostra's reach extend beyond the grave?

From Yen Press: Poor, in debt, and living on instant noodles, high school kendo instructor Kojiro makes a bet with an old friend on a practice meet between the all-girls' teams of their respective schools. The prize: a year's worth of free sushi! It's too good for the desperate Kojiro to pass up! But with only one active member on the kendo team, Korjio must move quickly to put together a squad before the meet. He's got his eye on Tamaki, the daughter of a kendo master and a skilled swordswoman herself. The only trouble isshe's not interested. Kojiro's willing to try anything, but what will it take to win her over?

"To Hiiragi Kouichi-kun. I'll be waiting for you after school behind the school gym. Sakuragi Umeko." These were the words written in the first love letter Hiiragi ever received. But when he meets Sakuragi, she tells him that she wants to take him to the planet R'lyeh!?! Disappointed that the love letter from the cute girl came from a nutcase, Hiiragi returns home, only to find that Sakuragai won't give up so easily. Not only that, she may have been telling the truth afterall! But then again, Hiiragi isn't such a normal guy, either...

Through a strange encounter with a dog, Asahina gets closer to his classmate Tsukishima. But then an incident with a death involved set these two apart. Will they ever be able to reunite?

This surrealist collection of stories follows the lives of several girls and their interactions with dicks that have been chopped off. Once off a guy's body, the dicks act as separate living creatures with a mind of their own.

From Viz: A hopeless geek, a beautiful woman, and a fast connection--could the Internet be his ticket onto the express train to romance? A real-life thread on an Internet forum sparks a nationwide phenomenon! A nerdy otaku meets a girl on a train and posts an urgent query on the Web--How the heck do you talk to girls? What should he wear on their date? Where should they go? The forum's response was overwhelming, and the thread continued to grow along with their relationship.