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Saint☆Young Men is slice-of-life or divine-life, tale of Jesus and Buddha as they try to experience the modern world, in this case, Japan. The manga places a funny twist on religion, attitudes, culture and customs in Japan through the eyes of Jesus and Buddha. You see Jesus and Buddha experiencing Asakusa, public baths, theme parks, and the internet. Throughout the manga, we get a little history of their divine greatness only to see their apparent insignificance in modern Japanese society. Suffice to say, before people can recognize that they're actually Jesus and Buddha, people think of them as someone who looks like Johnny Depp or a guy with a button on his forehead. For real. (https://kodansha.us/series/saint-young-men/) ---- **Received the 2009 Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize for Short Work Manga**
1-2. Saishuu Heiki Kareshi (He's the Ultimate Honey Weapon) 3. Vanilla The pastry shop Natsuki works at as a patisserie has been garnering a lot of interest ever since it was featured in a magazine article. The shop has been receiving tons of new customers – which was to be expected, except when one particular visitor comes in. 4-5. Tasogare wa Dare Asahi Kikuchi is a university boy who has a hole in his memory and a real problem remembering people's faces and names. One day, he meets the waiter at a restaurant right after his girlfriend dumps him, and can't help noticing how much he looks like his first love. 6. Tenshi ka Akuma ka
From Horobi no Michi: Kirisaki Fumio's just an ordinary highschool girl in love... ...but then she finds out that the guy she's fallen for happens to like someone else. And then she gets into a fight with a friend... that and various other things are getting her really down... ...so she decides to go out and get a chainsaw. And take it to school. And kill the boy she likes, and herself afterwards. Along with anyone who happens to get in the way.
Yuuki and Michi -- two childhood friends who drifted apart are reunited inside a mysterious train.
1. Saitei Megami2. ReversalA high school girl tries out being a prostitute. She ends up being surprised as her first client turns out to be a girl.3. Water Depth4. Tropical RirionFrom Hot Cakes:A tale of two girls torn between following the laws of their tribe or their hearts...5. Okaerinasai no Tsukuri kata 6. Platinum Sunday 7. Reversible
Shurei Hong, destitute but of noble birth, has always dreamed of working as a civil servant in the imperial court of Saiunkoku, but women are barred from holding office. The emperor Ryuki, however, refuses to take command, leaving everything to his advisors. Shurei is asked to become a consort to the emperor to persuade the ne’er-do-well ruler to govern. Shurei enters the palace as Ryuki’s consort, but he has yet to seek her out. It is rumored that men, not women, share the emperor’s bedchamber. Shurei must think of a way to stop the emperor from shirking his responsibilities, but she has to find him first!
From Echochi Scans: Two families are tied together by a curse. Every 100 years, one person from each family must share the same fate for exactly one year. The pair will be subjected to 12 misfortunes where one will get hurt while the other must sustain their injuries in return. When Kagura Ikumi was 7, his parents died in an accident. Since then, he has been living an ordinary life. Until the day of his 17th birthday where he meets a mysterious transfer student, Ichijyou Chihaya. However, this fateful encounter between them is only the start of their intertwined fate. For the next year, the two of them will be forced to face 12 misfortunes on the 13th of every month, a curse that has never left any previous pair alive.
At last, the Sanzo Ikkou have arrived in India. In this foreign land, where the anomaly’s influence runs rampant, their battles only heighten in their violence. And also awaiting them is their tragic fate from 500 years ago— What will they find at the end of their long and treacherous journey? From Saiyuki Wiki
A perfectionist model student who believed love was a luxury. Suddenly, four choices appear and her heart wavers. Is this okay?
Doukyuusei series latest spin-off, Futari Gurashi's continuation mainly focuses on Sajou's father and his subordinate relationship.
From Girls' Generation Scanlations: The sorcerer Rii and his apprentice Raberu reside in the hills on the outskirts of Geru, a town where many sorcerers dwell. Between Rii steering clear of the town and his eccentricities, it may not be the most interesting home life, but Raberu fills his days by going to school and learning about magic. But who is Rii, the strict and kind sorcerer, and why is he watching over Raberu?
Nishimi Kaoru has moved from city to city and school to school because of his father’s job, so having his first day at a new school was just routine for him. Being intellectual in addition to being a transfer student all the time, he has always been seen as an outcast. All he has had to do was bear it as usual until the next time he moved. But things were slightly different this time. First, he started to get close to the class president, Mukae Ritsuko, and secondly, unlikely as it seemed, he grew closer to Kawabuchi Sentaro. Sentaro was infamous for getting into fights, skipping class and was an overall bad boy. Strangely enough, the three of them find common ground in music, namely jazz, and Kaoru finds himself actually enjoying the new town. This series won the 57th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga. ***Volume 10 is a side story.
