A new school, new friends, new romance, and a new face?! After going through major plastic surgery, freshman Mirae is ready for a fresh start. At her university, she becomes recognized as a pretty yet somewhat unnatural “Gangnam beauty.” However, all Mirae wants is to have a normal campus life without being judged by her looks. Will she be able to adjust well to the new environment and find the courage to live the life of her dreams?
By the end of the 1980s Nae wants to become a journalist more than anything and to leave Japan for the country where everything is possible, the United States. Until he is able to fulfill his dream Nae shares his passion for American culture with his friends. Where will the road to America, so near yet so far, lead them, halfway between dream and disappointment? America describes the myth of the American Dream for young Japanese people who sometimes regard their traditions as obstacles between them and their dream. America is especially dear to Keiko Ichiguchi. In this book, she paints an inner portrait of young Japanese’s torments without falling into platitudes yet flirting with realism and tragedy.
Momiji Kuramichi has all the passion in the world for the game of shogi. Unfortunately, he has none of the talent. This is especially frustrating because his brother was a legend in the game. How can he be such a flop? He's developed a unique way of dealing with his frustration—head-butting everything! But you can't headbutt your way to victory in shogi. Is he doomed to wither under the shadow of his brother forever?
The sky has constellations, and humans have teeth. The earth has hills, and humans have little things.
A new manga by the creator of Mirai Nikki and Hanako to Guuwa no Tera. The main character Hoshimiya Eiji is an introverted high school boy that secretly wishes for the destruction of the world.
BlazBlue - Phase 0 ~Prologue~ is a single volume gift that came in the Japanese version of BlazBlue Continuum Shift II for Nintendo 3DS. This manga summarizes the first act of the novel BlazBlue Phase 0, telling the story of the first meeting between Ragna and Celica and later with Mitsuyoshi. Perfect companion material for the novel.> Part of the BlazBlue series( http://www.batoto.net/search?name=BlazBlue&name_cond=c&artist_name=Arc%20System%20Works&artist_name_cond=c&genres=;e9&genre_cond=and )
First-year high school student Yuka happens to see his amazingly handsome neighbor kissing another man. However, he learns that the handsome neighbor is his math teacher. Having fallen in love at first sight, Yuka struggles to attract Gotou's attention, but Gotou restrains him with an, "I have no interest in kids."
The story centers around the young linguistic genius and university professor Testa. He is introduced by his senior, Sergeant Rossa, to the Allied Cryptanalysis Department. There, he is tasked to break the enemy werewolves' code, which the werewolves are using to encrypt their radio transmissions. Testa is astounded, as the only sound the encrypted code produces is the howling of a wolf. His research yields no results, and he resolves to capture a live werewolf for better cryptanalysis. After exhausting all possible means, he finally finds a female werewolf, Yonaga. A three-chapter adaptation of the winner of the Shonen Jump+ x Animax Anime Scenario Award, for which the artist, Akira Akatsuki, was a judge.
From Loyal Kiss My father died when I was small, and my mother was a first-ranked maid, who left me in the care of my grandparents. The last time I saw her was when she was 36 years old. Out of curiosity, I plunged into the world of maids. I currently wait on young master Rain, while studying at the school for maids. And master Rain's brother.... he is.... what's my feeling for him anyway? Could it be love? Remember the story Cinderella, about a daughter treated like a maid who eventually becomes a princess? She's not the only one, for I will become Cinderella.
It’s about 16 year old orphan Sakiko Amamiya and a dying cherry blossom tree that her grandmother left to her to look after. Of course, that includes looking after Shizuya, the spirit that lives within it as well…
"I can’t be loved for who I am—that’s what I thought. But somehow, he saw through my lies?!" Chitose has always done well wearing her face like a mask: always smiling, always cute. She felt complete whenever she put it on because she built it to hide her unrefined self; no one hated her and no one made fun of her. But after meeting a cute boy who was instinctively more annoyed by her mask than her real self, will Chitose change and make people accept her for who she really is?