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Some athletes dream of the bling-bling, others dream of the women. But real hoop dreams reflect the desire to be the best. The dream of being able to take the rock, drive the lane, and take it to the hole. That's Nate Torres, branded as the team bench-warmer, just trying to get that shot at high school fame and glory. When he blows his chance to try and make his high school team, he takes his dream to the only place he has left... the streets. Away from the spotlight and glory of organized basketball, Nate Torres discovers himself on a back alley half-court. (Source: Tokyopop; In the Tokyopop edition, the character's names have been Americanized. Tooru Naruse became Nate Torres, for example.) --- Toru had always wanted to be a hero -the center of attention- But whenever he tried something new, he would always give up, thinking he wasn't good enough. In high school, he enters the basketball team. As usual he ends up on the bench. Toru's childhood friend, Mizuki Kusuda, introduces him to street basketball. When Toru manages to throw the ball into the hoop in a match against Shu, the street basketball champion and member of "Three Men," something changes inside. He realizes that "if he only has the guts to carry through something without giving up, his dream will come true." He teams up with Sawamura, a fabulous 3-point shooter and wins more "3-on-3" matches. Toru's devotion to basketball affects everyone around him and his basketball team soon enters the national games.
This is a two story anthology, about three generations of the Higashimoto family.<br>Murakami Takashi's story about the loss and rebirth of families.<br>The first story is about a young family, while the second story is about a couple dealing with old age. It's a work that confronts life with sincerity, Talking about the lives that are connected to everyone who has a family.
Similar to the TV Anime, HIkari and Karen watched "Starlight" when they were young and promised to stand on the same stage in the future... Karen, although a sleepyhead, continues to study the path of the Stage Girl everyday! However, due to her tardiness, the selected students were subjected to the 'Legandary Training' that would make them into 'Top Stars'...? And soon... they will all be singing, dancing and taking from one another by following the mysterious audition started by Souda-sensei and... a Giraffe!?
Ace, a human teenager, has been raised by King and Jay, vampires who have lived an eternal lifetime. As he grows up, he became attracted to Jay and Jay also comes to yearn strongly for Ace's blood. King and Jay, afraid that their secret will be exposed, decide to send Ace away to a boarding school. But when Ace finds that out, he wishes to be a vampire like them. Sadahiro Mika's Gothic love story about the growth of a teenager who's raised up by vampires and the feeling of a vampire who live in eternal life. (from the cover) Also contains two additional oneshots: 1) Deep Throat (beware, this is also the name of the extra at the end of volume 1 of Pathos, but it's two different releases); 2) EX.
Each of the high school students in the small dance club is there for a different reason. Natsu joined due to her love of hip-hop dance, and Haba Takahiro's presence is all thanks to some relentless bullies. Whatever brought them all to the club, they're now learning about the different styles of social dance from the skillful vice president Kazumi and the hesitant president Hajime. As they learn the joys of dancing, they will also grow closer to each other...
From Shoujo Manga Maniac: Ruri is desperate to see the mysterious jewel thief Kaitou Crow. If she becomes a jewelry model, will she be able to see him again when he robs her?
14 year old Kimigawa Kento lives separated from his stepfather after his mothers death. A woman visits with a will sayings it's from his biological father. He refuses the will and she tells him the inheritance is approximately 1 trillion yen. He still doesn't what it and threatened with his friends family's jobs at the line he agrees to meet his relatives. But all isn't as it seems. When he arrives at the house they are attacked. And he finds out the true meaning of the will...
If there is no “Beauty” in “The Beauty and the Beast”, then who shall lift the Beast’s curse? “One day, someone trapped in a world of black and white will appear, and stain your world with blood.” Thanks to this prophecy, the “Beast”, Prince Raynsis, was abandoned and left to fend for himself. To undo the curse, he needs the “Beauty”, but the only problem is– “Who the hell is this beauty supposed to be?!” I reincarnated into my own, incomplete novel before I wrote about the beauty’s appearance! All I know about the “Beauty” is that she has black hair and crimson eyes… But after witnessing Prince Raynsis’ unfortunate childhood firsthand, I resolved to go and find the Beast’s beauty myself!
In A.G. 101 (the 101st year of the Advanced Generation calendar) a mysterious entity known only as “UE”, or “unknown enemy”, attacks and destroys the space colony Angel. This brutal attack becomes infamous as “The Day the Angel Fell”, and marks the beginning of humanity's war for survival. The series begins in A.G. 108 when the UE attack the space colony Ovan, where Flit Asuno now lives after he escaped colony Angel before its destruction. Flit's mother shortly before she is killed by the UE, she gives her son an object called “AGE Device”. Within it he discovers the blueprints for a powerful weapon from the past—the ancient messiah named “Gundam”.<br><br>From these blueprints, Flit spends the next several years studying engineering at an Earth Federation base on the Nora space colony and designing the Gundam AGE-1. Seven years later, in A.G. 115, Flit completes the Gundam AGE-1 Normal, just as the UE attack Nora, and make use of it to aid the crew of Federation's battleship “Diva” in evacuating the colony's citizens before it is destroyed. Determined to bring the battle to the U.E. for destroying his home twice, Flit agrees to serve at Diva's mobile suit squad piloting the Gundam. After obtaining enough data and military power to establish a course of action, the crew of Diva and their allies launch a successful attack that destroyed the U.E.'s secret fortress in the Ambat asteroid. There they learn that the U.E. are actually the descendants of a supposedly failed human mission sent to colonize Mars, left for dead by the Earth Federation, who formed their own nation on the red planet called Veigan.
A collection of stories:<br><br>1. The Outsider by H.P. Lovecraft<br>In this work, a mysterious man who has been living alone in a castle for as long as he can remember decides to break free in search of human contact and light. “The Outsider” is one of Lovecraft's most commonly reprinted works and is also one of the most popular stories ever to be published in Weird Tales.<br><br>2. The House with the Mezzanine by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov<br>“The House With The Mezzanine” is the story of a somewhat diffident young man, a painter, and his somewhat tenuous romance with two sisters during a vacation; the story is laden with the impressionistic images conjured up by its narrator and is one of Chekhov’s finest short stories.<br><br>3. Twenty-six Men and a Girl by Maxim Gorky<br>“Twenty-six Men and a Girl” is a pioneering story of Social Realism (predating Soviet socialist realism), and is a story of lost ideals. Twenty-six men labor in a cellar, making kringles in an effective prison. They are looked down upon by all around them, including the bun bakers. Their only seeming solace is the sixteen-year-old Tanya who visits them every morning for kringles they give her.<br><br>4. Ju-ga Original Series by Tanabe Gou
Summary: "If i were to become a guy, then i would never make a girl cry!" Said Jun, who just had a break up with her boyfriend. "Then why not become one?" An old woman told Jun... which startled her. Note: As of December 2011, the series is now being officially published by Oh-no!Manga (in the Philippines) and is not an OEL anymore.
Would you sacrifice others to get a pretty face? <br> Yan Xiuying, wronged by her ugly appearance, was rescued by the mysterious black suit man Eris when she jumped from the building. Miss Eris made a deal with him, as long as she avenged the people around her, she gave her beauty. Yan Xiuying is lost between looks and men...
