A mercenary in cyber-armor battles a repressive cyborg regime.

A "Diadem" is a word for 'crown' that has its root in Greek. "Stephanos", which appeared in "Mandala" 01, was also a 'crown'. It seems that we could consider this the second work in a continuing series of shorts that should perhaps be called a "Crown series".

There exists a martial arts contest in Japan that is of no concern to boys. Girls who possess the Dragon Queen`s spirit gather at a special academy. The goal - fighting each other to make the soul of the Dragon Queen one once more. How? Why? By fondling their defeated opponent`s breasts, of course!

First issue of a canceled series; collected (in thumbnails) in Blame and So on (Artbook)

When Yuko randomly runs into her aloof classmate Arisa one day, she's delighted to get a chance to get to know her! She cheerfully accompanies her to Shibuya, where Arisa says she has an important job that only she can do. As the situation turns violent, Yuko realizes that the mysterious Arisa has a lot more secrets than she could have guessed. Is Arisa involved with the urban legend of the "Execution Girl," who punishes evildoers?

It's a textless oneshot (full color) about a girl and her life out on a flooded city.

In the title piece, Chiruhi, Orin is a prostitute who works on a boat near the seashore. She falls in love with a young hairdresser, who is one of her customers, even though she knows it is an impossible love. This collection consists of seven historical short stories which tragicomically depict people trying to do their best in the city of Edo throughout the seasons.

A hair stylist develops a crush on a regular client.

It is the year 4088. It has been over one thousand years since the Crisis of Systems (Lost Property), which resulted in the destruction of four planetary systems, leaving only a single inhabitable planet, Zion. Mankind is forced to live in space colonies, since that one planet is constantly being invaded by alien life forms that have come to be known as Victim. To stop the aliens and to allow people to land on Zion, mankind has developed the astronomical humanoid weapons, Ingrids, also known as Goddesses. G.O.A. (Goddess Operation Academy) is a school dedicated to the training of young men to pilot these Ingrids ... From Baka-Updates: This series was dropped in the country of origin.

Once Demons and Humans were at war, and special warriors were needed to defend humans. Now a peace treaty exists between demons and humans. To uphold it human warriors now protect demons from other predatory demons. The Yosogi family is given this thankless task--and it's heir is young Akira, who can't even stand up against his older sister. But only Akira can sense the presence of demons, so he must become the next Demon Defender. But their grandfather has brought in a shy girl named Matsuri--and Akira is warned in a dream he must protect her at all costs!

From MangaHelpers: When an enemy explosion leaves private military soldier Terawaki Ryo nearly dead, a secret organization rebuilds his body using the research they have done in human revivals. Unfortunately for him, the technology only allows him to come back in the form of a teenage girl. His new identity, Shibahara Kyoko, leaves him distraught as his frail body doesn’t allow for the combat skills he used to have or even pick up heavy artillery he used in the combat field. Kyoko is assigned to protect a prestigious academy where daughters of powerful leaders attend since the girls’ presence makes it a hotspot for terrorists to attack and blackmail the people in power. Lead by his former commander and mentor, Major Honjo who has also been reborn as Ryo, was a beautiful teenage girl named Chujo Shizuko, and the pair work together as anti-terrorist teenage school girls. [vyc]

The Van Helsing Church Order is bent on destroying all supernatural creatures, as well as anyone else who gets in their way. However, a certain silver-haired man and red-haired vampire are not waiting for the Church to come to them! During their latest attack on a Van Helsing "cleansing" squad, they inadvertently save the life of a human being..

The protagonist is a descendant of Pcell. This story happens a long time after the events of Blame!. This young silicon creature knows well the havoc that Killy brought and decides to move towards the end of the megastructure, to look for him. NOTE: This oneshot is actually chapter 8 of Blame Gakuen! and So On

A manga about people trying to kill themselves, but weird stuff happens instead

Expatriate Japanese artist Benkei lives in New York. His secret? He may be the only artist in town who isn't entertaining fantasies of being a hitman - he's living them.

It covers the adventures of two teenagers, Karin and Reiji, as they try to run Karin's family restaurant when the only adult around, her mother gets sick and is unable to do the job. Both kids know how to cook but the boy, Reiji, is better and he doesn't let Karin forget it.

In order to determine which hot spring is to be the top overall, all of the hot springs within the region enter an unofficial tournament. The tournament is simple battle of capturing the enemy's flag, but the battle itself goes beyond any human measure. It is customary for a female to enter these battles. Carrying their pride and their flag, their only objective is to defeat their opponent. Hence they are commonly called "Fighting Spring Princesses." Kikko, the Fighting Spring Princess of the Aizen Hot Spring Temple, is an eccentric, hot-blooded person who is going to have her debut battle. Sit back and enjoy the story of Kikko's path to becoming queen of all hotsprings! [Source: MangaHelpers]

From Ryuusei no Mafia: Minnie’s the only human living on an alien planet and because of that she’s rejected by almost all the other inhabitants. Then one day something falls outside of her house and it happens to be... a human prince?!

The human race has been infected by a strain of bacteria that was originally isolated in South America but has spread all over the world. The symptoms start with fever and vomit and eventually ends with the person in a coma. However, those who awake from that coma are those with incredible intelligence and they're soon able to see that they are in fact being ruled by higher beings that they thought only existed in fairy tales like demons and witches. Arthur Pyuty was a witch who ruled a kingdom under the guise of a human until the side effects of the bacteria revealed her true nature to humans and they started revolting. In fact, Arthur and her kind, who used to hold high political power in society, are now being hunted down. Arthur and her assistant Ataru, a zombie, must move from place to place in order to avoid humans but also so that they can find a way to make things go back to how it was before.

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Alice waits with her mom in an elevator. All the men look at her mom's breasts. Alice doesn't see the reason in it. Although, for some reason, it doesn't seem right. While pondering the reason why, she realizes she's in another world just like that famous protagonist in that one story. There, strangely enough, she too has the guys' eyes glued to her, for she was an adult woman just like her mother.

Yashiro Tenshuu killed 4 people, and is now on death row. However, a secret government organization is willing to take him off death row if he allows himself to become a test subject to an experiment that requires a killer's intent.

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A collection of one-shots, published 2003-2010. • Gomennasai (Young Animal, 2003/3) • Bousou Kiss (Rakuen web, 2010/3) • ...Gokko (Rakuen #1, 2009/10) • Otoshigoro (Big Comic Spirits, 2005 #19) • One Step (Rakuen web, 2010/4) • Ferris Wheel (Silky, 2009/8) • Yume musubi to (Rakuen web, 2009/12) • Hakuchu yamu (Rakuen #3, 2010/6) • Yoshi × Yoshi (new) • Only One (Rakuen #2, 2010/2) • Reset (new)