Midorimaru, an uncouth prince, becomes involved in his father's secret plans, and soon after encounters a peasant school teacher, Tae. As war approaches, circumstances even come to affect the beautiful noble Yayoi and enemy ninja in ways no one would have anticipated. This is a fast-paced story with overt characterization that reflects on the fairness of love and war.
Cat-Eyed Boy is a half-human, half-monster child who mostly resembles a human, and therefore cannot live in the demon world. He lives hidden in the shadows of the human world, hated by both demons and humans. But wherever he goes, awful events occur. Humans interact with demons, but for the most part the humans that appear to act more evil than the monsters. Cat-Eyed Boy acts like Trickster, saving the innocent and helping the wicked receive the punishment that fate metes out. The stories are mostly tales of revenge and retribution for the evil acts people do. The series is broken into 11 individual stories, full of extremely grotesque and disturbing images.
Le petit-ami de Nobara, Touga-kun,déménage, tous deux amis d'enfance et en plus voisins, Touga est un acteur et scénariste de théâtre très connu. Nobara décide de l'aider à faire ses cartons, puis Touga lui donne la clé de sa nouvelle maison en lui disant "Quand tu auras 16 ans, marions-nous".
A police story about two very different types of men teaming up to fight crimes in high places. The combination turns out to be one-of-a-kind. The story is based on the adventures of a pair of policemen, Hashiba Shigemi 26 years old and Keiichi Sasaki, 22. The two handsome young men are somewhat nonconformist and often act of impulse; especially the impetious Hashiba. They solve crimes with "less-than-orthodox" methods and push themselves to the limits of the legality; Often engaging themselves more on hunches and "faith" than for the same law; but after all they are the best "Combination" that can be found. thus the title of the series. They prefere to take action against the politically corrupt and the dealings of the yakuza. The Japanese Robin Hood?
The day after he finds himself dumped by his girlfriend, Sorayama Shun recieves a letter... from himself? The letter was from Shun 25 years ago for his future self. The letter reminds him of the time when he dreamed of owning a Countach and being a successful professional racer. With loads of luck and his ambition to make his childhood dream come true, he finds himself as a new owner of an LP400 Countach.
C'est plus qu'un simple coup de cœur quand le mignon et énergique Minami décide de confesser ses sentiments à son professeur, M. Matsuda. Mais contrairement à Minami qui a le cœur sur la main, Matsuda ne peut que répondre avec un sourire moqueur, prenant une immense joie à détruire les espoirs de Minami. Peut-être que son homophobie est due à un traumatisme qu'il a eu lorsqu'il était plus jeune. A l'époque où l'homme qu'il aimait lui joua une plaisanterie cruelle, son cœur fut brisé, incapable de s'en remettre. Mais est-ce que la pureté des sentiments de Minami seront capables de le conquérir ?
Haight and Andrews are successful engineers working for a company on the verge of developing a history-making breakthrough on nanotechnology; however, when Haight discovers a new technology that will help people live better and cure a few diseases, Andrews decides to use this technology for military purposes. Aware of his intentions, Haight resigns from the company taking all the documents and research about his discovery with him. Andrews becomes angry at this and prepares a trap for Haight. Andrews and his five maniac sidekicks brutally torture Haight and kill his loved ones, then sever both his arms and leave him for dead.Luckily Haight is rescued by a mysterious doctor and his assistant. Both men are experimenting with the strange power of "The Zetsmos," which is the ability to control the ghost inside the body while one is still alive. Reports of people that had their limbs severed confirm that they can still "feel and move" their limbs even if they are not there, but with the Natural power of the Zetsmos, the body can assimilate any kind of material and make it part of the body (such as wood, paper, water, metal, etc.) and recreate the limb that was gone.However, awakening the Zetsmos is a painful and dangerous process; the bearer has to put himself between life and death to awaken it. But Haight will stop at nothing to hunt down those that made his life a living hell, and he's determined to use the mysterious power to carry on his revenge.
The terrorist organization known as the Animal Liberation Alliance (ALA) attacked a biological research institute and rescued a pregnant chimpanzee. That chimpanzee gave birth to a "humanzee" (half-human, half-chimpanzee) who was named Charlie. After being raised by human parents for fifteen years, Charlie enters his first year of high school. There, he meets the intelligent but socially misunderstood Lucy.
Aitou & Reiko are excellent detectives in handling the criminals but also often giving their superior a lot of troubles as they like to do things their way. One day, unintentionally they were involved in a bank robbery. What are they going to do in this situation? Let's find out in this one shot story.
Dororo, a young orphan thief, falls into the company of Hyakkimaru, a powerful demon-hunting Rounin. Before Hyakkimaru's birth his father, a greedy feudal lord, made a pact with 40 demons and let them each take a piece of his unborn son's body, in return for granting him great power. Hyakkimaru was born without arms, legs, eyes, ears a nose or mouth, a barely human creature, and his father had him thrown in the river. He was rescued and raised by Dr. Honma, who made him artificial limbs and helped him learn to fight the demons - each time he defeats one he reclaims one piece of his body. Now he and Dororo travel together through the war-torn countryside
Hyakkimaru est infirme : 48 parties de son corps ont été vendues avant sa naissance à de nombreux démons. Rafistolé par un chirurgien compatissant, adolescent, il se découvre d'étranges pouvoirs psychiques. Accompagné de Dororo, un petit voleur espiègle, il arpente le Japon à la recherche d'un endroit où vivre en paix... affrontant au passage esprits et forces obscures.
The hero is Dr. Kishiwada, a brilliant but demented scientist, who creates bizarre mechas, battles the forces of evil, or just mucks about. There are many parodies of B-grade sci-fi movies and of TV. Crazy, slick, and very funny.
From Viz: Out of nowhere, a Japanese elementary school is transported out of the world they know, and into a nightmarish wasteland. Have they gone to another planet, or is this toxic world actually a vision of Earth's future? Soon, the students and teachers must struggle to survive in impossible conditions, besieged by terrifying creatures and beset by madness. Part Lord of the Flies, part post-apocalyptic science fiction, The Drifting Classroom (1972-1974) is a classic can't-put-down manga series. It was adapted into a Japanese live-action movie (1987).
Shunpei and Fumi are best friends and neighbours. One day, Fumi tells Shunpei he might be gay and has agreed to go out with another guy in school. Shocked at this sudden confession (but very accepting), Shunpei questions Fumi about all sorts of things regarding his newly-discovered homosexuality - subtly aware that he's disappointed that Fumi picked someone else over him - and, upon meeting the boyfriend, cannot take that Fumi chose someone who was more or less normal... like Shunpei!
A SF/horror manga that takes place in 2200. At a chicken manufacturing company, a certain chicken transforms into a supermutant named Chicken George. And so, a nightmarish journey through a twisted version of the future unfolds
A fantasy story for kids featuring a girl named Melmo, who can change her age as she wishes by eating special candies. Melmo's mother dies in a traffic accident, leaving young Melmo and her younger brother Totoo. Anxious, Melmo's mother in heaven asks God to prepare some magical candies, and hands them to Melmo. There are two kinds: Melmo can grow 10 years older to become any sort of adult she wishes by eating a blue candy. By eating a red one, she can become 10 years younger. Using these miracle candies, Melmo disguises herself as a nurse, schoolteacher, policewoman, and overcomes troubles together with her brother, Totoo
Summary from ANN: It is panic at the Kuron institute : a guinea-pig escaped. And not any guinea-pig : it is Elaine, a fourteen year old girl, endowed with immense powers. Her father, the professor Reed, tried on her an operation aiming at giving her a psychic force equivalent with that of a nuclear fission. Elaine has a twin sister, Diana, resulting from the same experimentation. Both developed an incredible mental force but Diana is a handicapped person, with a body entirely robotised whereas Elaine is a wild child, with an animal's nervous system. Together, they are the key of a discovery which would disrupt the world.
The 6 books contains 5 horror stories related to a primary school kid named Sou. Sou has an ability to foresee supernatural events in his dream and even make changes that would eventually happen in the reality. The 5 stories are the Eroded Scissors, the Disappeared Rubber, ,the Tongue of the Spider Queen, the Black Picture-book and Shadow Dead. All of the scary stories are linked by his unique experience.
Etaient-ce des anges ou bien des démons ? Venant de nulle part, telle la colère divine sur terre, personne ne sait ce que sont ces monstres et pourquoi ils attaquent les humains. On les appelle les Djinns. Après s'être réveillé d'un coma de neuf mois, Lilou et Lux, des chasseurs de Djinns à temps partiels, doivent tuer tous les monstres et récolter la prime. Mais pourquoi Lilou est-elle autant liée aux Djinns et a des pouvoirs extraordinaires ?
Ponta is a Labrador retriever puppy, the Koizumi family's pet. She's full of energy and usually up to some kind of mischief. But when Grandpa Koizumi, an amateur inventor, creates the Guru Guru Bone, Ponta's curiosity causes trouble. She nibbles the bone...and turns into a human girl! Surprised but undaunted, Ponta ventures out of the house and meets Mirai Iwaki, the most popular boy at school. When Mirai saves her from a speeding car, Ponta changes back into her puppy self. Yet much has changed for Ponta during her short adventure as a human. Her heart races and her face flushes when she thinks of Mirai now. She's in love! Using the power of the Guru Guru Bone, Ponta switches back and forth from dog to girl...but can she win Mirai's affections? Winner of the Kodansha Manga of the Year Award!
(From Prisms): It is the oneshot manga Umezawa made before his very succesful follow-up BOY and which tells of the adventures of Hibino, delinquent son of God. God gets enough of his son's behaviour and sends him down to earth to better his life and test him. The outcome of this will determine the future of the world, because God won't have his son succeeding him if he doesn't better his life and will end humanity if Hibino fails.
Hareluya Hibino, fils de pasteur, délinquant juvénile, forte tête de service, adorateur de la batte en métal. Okamoto Kyoshiro, bon étudiant plein d'ambition travaillant dur pour réaliser son rêve... accessoirement, petite crevette de service... Qu'est-ce que leur rencontre va donner ?
The one single goal in life of the Strongest Old Sage is to subjugate the Demon King. In an epic final battle, both of them met their mutual destruction at each other's hands. However, the Demon King was not completely destroyed!In order to destroy the Demon King once and for all, post-death, the Old Sage trains in the World of Gods and reincarnates as the Apostle of the Gods, Will. In the reincarnated future, the Old Sage had become a legend and his former disciples hold the supreme authority in the world. The disciples had created an organization to oppose the Demon King and an academy to nurture the new generation of heroes.Thus the Apostle of the Gods, Will (8 years old), enrolls into that Academy of Heroes. This is the story of a boy on a mission to save the world through epic battles while enjoying academy life.(Source: Shousetsuka ni Narou, translated)
High school student Hotaru has never been in love. To her, it's a mysterious feeling, despite the advice of those around her, and she finds herself wishing she could experience it for herself... That is, until she meets Shinri—handsome, popular, and a shameless flirt—who offers to teach her about love. Could this be her chance to understand the mysterious feeling at last? And what, exactly, are Shinri's intentions?
Hidamari no Ki is about a friendship between a samurai and a doctor in the final days of the Tokugawa Shogunate.It received the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1984 for general manga.