Takano's debut work. Later 1982 in the award-winning anthology of Takano short shojo manga with the same title (by Hakusensha).

The universe is invaded by destructive forces. An organization determined to control such forces; An investigator committed to seek the truth behind his childhood nightmares; A cold-faced woman shouldering her family's curse... A terrifying tale has unfolded in the mysterious town.

(from www.manganews.net) During the political upheavals and social strife at the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan (1855), two parentless brothers Yukimura Shoutarou and Yukimura Gentarou struggles to survive in these turbulent times. With their only possession being their deceased father's sword and clinging onto the wisdom of their mother's final words, the brothers seek to embark on the Path of the Warrior: Sidooh!

A collection of short one-shot stories by Nakamura Ching filled with intensity.

"I'm a psychopathic killer? If the world thinks of me that way I'll live like that." Sun-woo' was branded as the youngest murderer. With his brilliant brain and innate tenacity, he digs into the case only for his own revenge. The whole story of the unknown incident There are not only two suspicious things.

Six old friends in their thirties meet at a gathering of former high school mates. Today, everyone has a stable life, but they feel dissatisfied. Because they left behind their childhood dreams, those they would like to find back...

Reliving after a tragic death, the night king, Barry, has found an opportunity to become the master of a man who is the reincarnation of Nvwa stone. And now, he is trying his best to get his student's trust for revenge…

It’s tough to make friends when you’re the sheltered youngest child of a business mogul, but Kay isn’t about to let that stop her! After her strict upbringing with her brothers Jarod and Sebastian, the three find themselves on the bridge between childhood and adulthood. New experiences and people begin to enter their lives, and the bond that they’ve shared with each other–and only each other–will be tested to its limit.

Kagura already has a girlfriend. But Hosoya, the girl who sits next to Kagura, offers him a "tefure" relationship. What kind of relationship is this?

Writing a thriller novel has always been an easy task for Agatha but what if life has something else in store? What if Agatha, who used to write about murder, suddenly has to write a romance? Ah, just imagining it makes her nauseous...

The reaper loves seeing the cries of humans before swinging down his scythe to reap their souls. He lives for the hunt of humans souls before their passing. Yet one night, he encounters a dying girl with flowers blooming in her room looking back at him with a smile.

.Mason, a mercenary, dies after being betrayed by his teammates. However, the moment he opened his eyes, Mason somehow woke up in the body of Hollywood troublemaker, Haley, infamous for his drug overdose scandals and promiscuity. This also happened shortly after Haley was said to have put on a suicide show by hitting on America's one and only sweetheart, Noah!Mason plans to have that comfortable life he dreamed of while living in a new body, but the life of Hollywood's dirty b*tch is certainly not easy...America's sweetheart x ex-mercenary in the body of a Hollywood disaster? How will it turn out..?(FujoMelon Scans)

From Tokyopop: A woman develops an unusual closeness to a doll that will effect her human family from beyond the grave... A man wants to make his doll into the perfect human lover, but discovers that humans are not perfect... A father buys his son a doll to help him get over the death of his mother.

Andou is a high schooler who possesses the ability to force others to vocalize his thoughts - an ability similar to ventriloquism. Inukai is young man shrouded in mystery who commands the vigilante group, Grass Hopper, which appeared in a city shaken by the downtown restoration program. This is a tale of courage, resolution… and confrontation; this is a depiction of the two boys’ encounter."Even if it’s nonsense, if you believe in yourself and face things head on, the world will change."This was dropped by Endless Abyss.Though it has 10 volumes (Completed) in Japan.

A one-shot compilation with themes of suffering, crime, and betrayal, incorporating elements from gekiga.- **Cave In**: A young man gets to the bottom of a mining incident from 20 years ago that isn't what it seems.- **The Flowers and the Ruffians**: Ken is sent to a cabin that houses other vicious men in the barren north. His goal? Plant seeds, and have them flower on the land, no matter what.- **Decisive Battle at Cannibal's Cape**: A team of soldiers is weary from long battle on an island. Some are willing to go to great extremes - even if it means some may be expendable...- **The Ghost of the Jet Base**: Detective Hazama is called to investigate paranormal activity at an air base, but finds himself wrapped up in more than he bargained for.- **Fire Valley**- **Tatsumaki Voyage Log**- **Wings and Stardust**---**Volume 319 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

On the first day of his transfer, Gyu-tae fell in love with Seok, who greeted him warmly. He dreams of a "real" first love story with him, but soon he hears a bolt from the blue. "I think men who are not virgins should die". Shocked by Seok's strange love philosophy, Gyutae, who had been in a crush for years, one day witnessed Seok receiving a ring from another man...

Haru & Hikaru are childhood friends who keep scheming to keep each other by their side. But things escalate when Hikaru brings a girl to the apartment they share.+

In the era of cavemen, a boy with white skin is born on the night of a storm. He is immediately outcast as a cursed child, doomed to bring disaster to whoever he comes across. This boy is set to be sacrificed to the Dragon King (a tyrannosaurus), but is saved by an ape woman, Kitty, and is given the name Ryu. Ryu grows up as her child, and soon encounters the world of the cavemen again - with Kitty dying in a skirmish between them and the Dragon King. Ryu soon learns that Kitty is not his birth mother, though she is somewhere out in the world. Faced with this mystery, Ryu ventures on a journey to seek her - all while dealing with discrimination from other cavemen, and the ever-present danger of the prehistoric era.The first part of the Ryu Trilogy.**Links:** - (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1463)

The first of two early works one-shot compilations by Kimura, this collects works from her latter half of high school through college, with one one-shot from her 20's at the end.- **Rain** (雨, Ame) - A boy is falsely accused of tearing a classmate's photo, but things don't seem to favor his truth. This boy is no stranger to lies and falsehoods, however...- **Tommy** (トミィ) - Tommy is a boy whose father perished during the war. Though the truth is hidden from him, Tommy begins to notice something is off....- **Balloon** (風船, Fuusen) - A largely silent one-shot about a girl who longs for the embodiment of joy: balloons.- **Tunnel** (トンネル)- **Carrot** (にんじん, Ninjin)- **Mamoru-kun's Dead** (まもる君が死んだ, Mamoru-kun ga Shinda)- **A Joyful Tale** (こうふくな話, Koufuku na Hanashi)- **The Wingless Bird** (翼のない鳥, Tsubasa no Nai Tori)

In U.C. 0096, a ceremony to commemorate the end of the One Year War is held in Side 7. The Aonbarr, built to resemble the famous White Base is present at the ceremony, having transported junior high school students from Earth for the ceremony. Sun Place, one of the students who quickly becomes bored with the ceremony, enters a restricted access area, and encounters the three MS built for the ceremony, the G-First, Cannongan, and GF-Tank. At the same time, Zeon remnants on the Musai-class "Mailmer" attack, hoping to secure the Aonbharr as a trophy and join the Neo Zeon remnants known as "The Sleeves".

Xiyu, who has risen from poverty, has a handsome face. As chance would have it, he becomes an idol star. But the reality, far from being glamorous, is not what it looks like on the stage. After going viral for the "assaulting fans" incident, Xiyu is attacked by netizens. Abandoned by his own management company, he goes back to school and lives a life of being cold-shouldered and even attacked by his classmates... Can he overcome these difficulties and make a comeback?

The human army lost the battle with the vampires on Higanjima. Unable to prevent Miyabi's plan, Japan has become a vampire country. Six months later, there was a one-armed man fighting the vampires in abandoned Japan! The man's name is Akira Miyamoto. A warrior who had already tasted hell on Higanjima.

(from ebookjapan):**"I will become the best financier in Osaka!"** Tatsuyuki Haibara, unemployed after his company went bankrupt, decides that finance is his true calling and goes to work as a salesman for the finance company Teikoku Kinyu (Imperial Finance). However, it is not a sweet job, and Haibara is confronted with various human dramas and underworld situations related to money, such as a woman who became a soap opera star by shouldering a debt, a man who got involved in fraud, and a confrontation with an underworld moneylender... The story is set in Osaka, the commercial capital of Japan, and is the first in a series of Osaka Finance manga! ---- **Won the Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga in 1992**- **Won the Osamu Tezuka Excellence Award in 1997**

After a lot of traumatic events Strive receives an app on his phone that will give him three choices at random times that will change his life and those around him. Little does he know that all 5 app users will soon decide the fate of the world.