From WoC Scans: Collection of mysterious stories by Chie Shinohara, a great artist of suspense manga. Story 01 Part 01 & 02: 海に堕ちるツバメ (Umi ni Ochiru Tsubame - Swallow Falling into the Sea) Masako Minase, a scriptwriter, was murdered by Shiki Morimura, her rival in the same profession. Shiki was sure that she had destroyed evidence completely. However, someone who knew the truth appeared, and tried to get Shiki in his power. Is it a mysterious spot or unhappy desire that lurks in her mind? It was also published in Akatsuki ni Tatsu Lion (bunkoban version) Story 02: 記憶の足音 (Kioku no Ashioto - The Footsteps of Memory) This is the story about Shouko and the almost tragic moment that changed her life and emotions ... It was also published in Akatsuki ni Tatsu Lion (bunkoban version). Story 03: 死刑台の72時間 (Shikeidai no 72-jikan - 72 hours of death stand) Five young people receives a letter saying that they murdered someone and they must go to the address in the letter if they don't want other people to found out. They all find themselves in a old European house, where a crazy lady tells them that one of them is a murder and if that murder don't confess in 72 hours, they will all die. It was also published in Toubou Kyuukou (bunkoban version).
A girlfriend decids to dress up her very effeminate boyfriend in a Yukata, but he takes it personal and accuses her of loving females only, and escapes to the fire work festival. Its a trap oneshot, gender bender fun, and the same author of The Night of the School Trip oneshot.
The period is Kamakura, the age of onmyoudo and monster parades. A child appeared in the shrine by Lake Biwa, Kumou Shrine, asking for help. And then, it's finally time for those two.This is Hirari and Botan's story, finally completed.A story following after Donten ni Warau Gaiden with connection to Rengoku ni Warau.+
From JShoujo Scans: With the ability to see the negative emotions of people, and to see it as if they’re monsters, whose character can be different and weird, she is Deng. Because no one can understand how she feels, a wall has been built around her heart. However, after living with her innocent brother and with the help with some good friends and Karas, the person that can consume evil intensions, her world has begun to change…
A very normal girl, Mei Ayatsuki, has made a time slip to the Meiji Era. There she meets the historical figures, Otojirou Kawakami and Kyouya Izumi--!? A romantic yet a little mysterious historical love story is beginning.Adapted from the *Meiji Tokyo Renka* otome game.
From MangaHelpers: In 2019, childhood friends Yashio Kaito and Senomiya Akiho are in their last year of high school. Together, they are the only students in the robotics club, which has lost its school funding. Akiho is passionate about robots, and longs to complete building the robot her older sister Misaki began in this same club. Kaito doesn't really care about robots, and is obsessed with video games, specifically "Kill Ballad Online." However, he stays in the robotics club due to his friendship with Akiho. Now, just after Kaito is accused of cheating in his favorite game, Akiho decides to risk her club's existence in exchange for the funding to finally finish her sister's giant robot...
Ochibi-san has a unique feature that I am sure will make it a hot commodity back home—it is in Japanese and in English! The 128-page collection of one-page gag comics are presented in full-color when in Japanese and are then translated into English on the opposite page by the renowned American commentator/reporter Richard Berger, based in Japan. The volume is made up of newspaper strips that were in the Asahi Shinbun.
MAXIME is Japan's top pop group right now, gaining fans everywhere. Mari and Kyouhei are idols, band mates, and sex friends...or is it more than that? And if these guys look familiar, they were also in Crush and Tokyo Shinjuu.
Like Romeo and Juliet, beyond nationality, culture, religion and beliefs… what if different people could meet and fall in love? When a woman for the middle east who has little personal freedom meets with a Korean man with a lot of responsibilities, will they be able to understand each other and fight for their love against their parents’ oppositions, and conservative social norms?
Tamami-san is a bakeneko, an immortal cat-human, seeking revenge on all the descendants, to the seventh generation, of the man who scarred her for life. But to hunt down those descendants, she needs money. For money, she needs a job. Days in the office, nights out hunting. No wonder she can't stay awake!
Mahjong is all Nikaido Aki knew growing up. With her parents operating a Mahjong shop where people would gather to play the game, it served as a good time for Aki, her older sister Rumi and their family. But when their mother leaves them out of the blue, their father is forced to close the shop and he leaves Aki and Rumi with relatives. With no real goal in life and not even sure if she wants to continue on to high school, Aki has to figure out what she wants out of her life.
An anthology of short stories by Nogami Takeshi in the Strike Witches universe, some new as well as a retelling of older chapters. The volume includes:-"The Witch of Andorra", the story of Iris Monfort and her friend Maria, told by Keiko.-"The Witch of Stuka", the story of Friederike Porsche and Michael Schmitt, told by Marseille.-"The Witches of Eiger", a story about explorers on Mount Eiger rescued by Britannian witches, told by Miles.-"Sengoku Witch", the story of Mori Ranmaru and Nobunaga, told by Mami.-"Shopping at the market", a retelling of 'The Witches of the Sphinx Vol.2' events showing different parts of the combat with new illustrations.(*paraphrased from World Witches Series wiki)
What happens when two lovers who just can’t seem to be with each other due to their job meet on the street? This oneshot is a part of Fifth-kan. Fifth-kan, aka Fifth Edition, is a collaborative project between Canna and a web-radio called, Fifth Avenue aka “Fifth-raji”. This is part two of the project, which focuses on two people with conflicting schedules.
Giovanni, along with his best friend Campanella, boards a train traversing the Cosmos and sets off for a mysterious new world. Kenji Miyazawa's timeless literary masterpiece illustrated in manga!
The stage is Kyoto. Takiguchi Tsuina is a girl possessed by a curse that brings misfortune upon all those she falls in love with. Such a girl falls in love at first sight with the newly transfered Mikado-sempai, who is in fact an exorcist of the Department of Prevention of Supernatural Disasters. In order to walk along the same path as the one she loves, Tsuina becomes an apprentice of the wandering exorcist, Izuna. Note: This is the story of the two newly appeared characters, Takiguchi Tsuina, and Mikado Mine (who make their debut in volume 8 of the original series).
[from Fantasy Shrine:] Ritsuro is an expert in surfing and sex but a novice in love. As fate would have it, he meets another novice in both love and surfing. On the Shonan* beach, these two novices actually fell in love... with each other... But will their love survive from all the confusion, hurt, and growing up? A legend of love among surfers! This book also collects one shot of a doctor and his patient! (*Shonan: a leading resort area in central Japan famous for surfing, sailboating , and water sports)
Samurai Shodown II adaptation by Ohno Shiro.
