From Tokyopop: Confidential Confessions is a shocking new manga series that deals with many of the hard-hitting issues that teens face today. Using emotionally moving storylines and multi-dimensional characters, each groundbreaking volume tackles such topics as teen prostitution, rape, HIV, stalkers, suicide, and sexual harassment. Vol. 1:: Tobira (MOMOCHI Reiko) Ch. 01-03: The Door Ch. 04: Mistakes Vol. 2:: Namida Tears Vol. 3:; Memai (MOMOCHI Reiko) Ch. 01: Our Future Ch. 02-04: Dizziness Vol. 4:: Itami Ch. 01: Pain Ch. 02: Distortion Ch. 03: Tomorrow Ch. 04: Forbidden Kiss Vol. 5:: Himitsu (MOMOCHI Reiko) Vol. 6:: Uwasa
From Kotonoha: Seventh grader Hayashi Renei is troubled by a strange dream: Her dead brother-- killed in an automobile accident--comes back to life as Coo. The dream comes again the following night and then every night thereafter. Coo's world is a cruel one--crueler than the real world, even--with its own share of pain, suffering, and sadness. Renei is searching for her house with her brother and others whom she meets in Coo's world so that she can return to reality and the land of the living...
From MangaHelpers: Mai has been helping out her childhood friend, Kunimitsu, every morning with soccer practice ever since they were little. After years of practice, Kunimitsu has been MVP 2 years in a row at the middle school nationals. One day, Reika - one of Kunimitsu's admirers - witnesses the two childhood friends practicing, and is shocked by Mai's ability to keep up. Determined to prove herself to Kunimitsu, Reika challenges Mai to a soccer challenge. Caught between her childhood crush and new competition, will Mai be able to hold her composure? With a tendency to get too nervous or fantasize about Kunimitsu, Mai has a hard time playing soccer outside of practice. Can she stop her lewd fantasies long enough to beat Reika?
A romantic story set in showbusiness and modeling world, CRASH reveals the influence played and the links joining the publicity, cinema and TV worlds: as a vector to the image manipulation, that tends too often to dehumanize the top model or actor, reducing him to a simple image in 2-dimension.
Yasuke Arahabaki had been harboring feelings of unrequited love for his childhood friend, Akari Inamori, for a long time. He finally decides to confess his love to her when she visits him for dinner. However, before they can sit down to eat, Yasuke's elder sister asks him to clear out the weeds at their family shrine's temple. Concerned about his upcoming confession, Yasuke accidentally breaks the sacred mirror of the shrine. As a dreadful consequence, a girl emerges from the broken mirror and takes Yasuke's soul, killing him. She then revives him with a kiss, but there's a catch. The girl, Seoritsuhime, is the goddess of misfortune and holds Yasuke's soul along with a curse. If they separate, he will die once again. Maga-Tsuki follows the story of a man haunted by misfortune, a goddess of misfortune, and his childhood friend as they strive to restore normalcy to their lives. However, will their love hinder their efforts or make the journey smoother?
Hajime and Eiji, who were childhood friends, have been reunited at an all-boy's high school (oh, the possibilities). Their friendship is still as strong, but it seems as Eiji is ready to confess. Will Hajime accept the confession? How many other boys in this school will be joining the boi love craze? And will anyone ever call Uncle Kai-Sensei? from A-F
Taking place in a four year period, the story centers on two young women, 19-year old Irene "Rally" Vincent and her partner, 17-year old "Minnie" May Hopkins. Rally and May operate the titular "Gunsmith Cats" gunshop in Chicago, Illinois. Rally also works as a bounty hunter, assisted by May, which is the impetus behind many of the stories. From Baka-Updates: Girls, guns, and grenades! Meet Rally Vincent and Minnie May. By day, they work at the Chicago gun shop that they own. By night (or holidays or week-ends), they moonlight as a pair of bounty hunters called the Gunsmith Cats. Rally is an expert at firearms, being able to judge the condition of a gun with a glance, and being an expert marksman. Minnie May is younger and less disciplined; and has an absolute fascination with explosives. Lots of explosives. Especially big ones. Together, they form an unbeatable team; much to the consternation of the local ATF bureau. Set in the city of Chicago, this action-adventure series features a lot of gunfights, car chases, and general mayhem.
Third year middle school student Anna has begun living with fourth year college student Ema, and is swung about by the tactless Ema. Drawn in by the romantic designs of Ema, the once perfectly ordinary Ema, is brought into the adult world. And then, she is shown the scene of a kiss between two girls...
Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideous secret that drove Ash's older brother mad in Vietnam has suddenly fallen into Papa's insatiably ambitious hands--and it's exactly the wrong time for Eiji Okamura, a pure-hearted young photographer from Japan, to make Ash Lynx's acquaintance... **[WARNING: Just in case you missed it, this is a TRAGEDY. If you don't want to cry, don't start reading it!]**
"When we enter high school, be sure to make me your own." was the promise made to Tetsuo Sugihara by childhood friend Kaede Shiraishi as young children before she moved away. Kaede never left Tetsuo's mind for a second for eight whole years, his dreams finally came true when they both reunited in high school. However his dream is crushed when she started dating his older brother. crushed and broken hearted he decides to take up a shady middle aged man on a job offer in Tokyo's Shimokitazawa district instead of college with his crush and older brother and after graduation sets off for his chance for change in this youth drama that tugs at your heartstrings as it depicts a young man who continues to mature through his many encounters and leave you wondering the questions,What awaits Tetsuo during his journey? Who awaits Tetsuo during his journey? Will he love again?...
Though we get closer, the gap that can't be crossed. Our uncertain relationship - warm like pastel colors, but unable to burn hotly like primary colors. This fall is the beginning of the campus couple that'll make your heart race. You may also like: + UnTOUCHable + Sweet Guy + Skill of Lure + Brawlling Go
Shibata Tonami has an ability to see various mirages whenever there's rain, which isolates him from others who don't understand him. However, after his encounter with Kawakami Miki, a beautiful girl who has an ability of her own, everything in Tonami's life changes.