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From NetComics: Commonly acknowledged as a genius biologist, Dr. Gangjae Lee has a conceited and blunt personality that tends to push people away. But that doesn't bother him since he is a happy husband who has been married for 7 years to Jaehee, a woman whose astonishing beauty and sexiness captivates men. While living a double life as a college research professor, Dr. Lee secretly participates in a human cloning project run by Dr. Suh. Through numerous trials and errors, and thousands of experiments, a few clones are born. But these miracles of science are sub-quality clones whose life spans don't stretch much past 7 years. Although their methods improve, the two doctors give birth to another sub-quality clone, but this one is of Dr. Lee's wife, Jaehee. They call her by three different names: Jaehee, Clone S04, and a name her lover and popular novelist Jinhun gives her, June. Together with Dr. Suh and Jungwoo, and hidden from the eyes of the world with the support of underground financial powers, Dr. Lee devotes himself to this project. But one day, his wife who he treasures more than his own life, gets brutally murdered and the story takes a different turn...

“Omniscience” is a sci-fi graphic novel. Its story is set in a hypothetical future where augmented reality has invaded our daily lives, thanks to contact lenses superimposing virtual characters into reality. One of these characters, Ingeborg, is particularly popular; she is like a second mother for generations of children, devoted and insightful. She is, however, disavowed by more and more of her subscribers – authorities suspecting her of being more harmful than beneficial to their well-being. This is what two teenagers are going to discover when they help a young fellow from their boarding school to find his parents, who abandoned him a few years earlier for an unknown reason…

A collection of four short stories. Chapter 1 is the 100 page title story. It's a supernatural shoujo about a man with one chance to escape from death, a mysterious woman he meets, and a tribe seeking to find its way back into Heaven. Chapter 2 deals with the mystery of a man gone missing, and presumed dead. Chapter 3 is a very short story about a couple in the mountains who pick up a strange guest. Chapter 4 is a longer story about the traditions binding a family, those that would break away from them, and the dark secret that holds the family in sway.

To fight the increasing number of worldwide terrorist groups and psychopaths,the confederation proposed to have 242 countries hold hands and establishing an organization of geniuses, with at least a score of 180 IQ, with unique skills.This is "SI", also known as the "Special crime Investigation".

In a certain era, in a certain corner of the vast universe, humans have already entered the universe and established a great empire. In this time period, the concept of "states" does not exist. Instead, private capitals and giant enterprises make up the government, and control every aspect of society. Besides from private property, nothing else is sacred. Dong Zhong Min, who's hometown near the border got destroyed and Chu Ping, who wants to find someplace she can call home after being ruined by her family, journey together far and wide.

The Cosmoralian Empire has been infiltrated by machines and mankind’s only hope lies in the hands of twin heirs Prince Jimsa and sister Affle. They must save the Empire in time or technology will destroy all organic life.

Ayako, a normal high-school girl caught up in the experiment of an enigmatic genius, is divided in two. In the midst of the confusion of sharing her life, she remembers her sister who had died suddenly. What lies beyond the feelings she remembers and the feelings she’s forgotten…

What to do when you're a young Asian immigrant, living in a European slum, with no choice but to hit rock-bottom? On the usual menu, blackmailing, theft, prostitution…until one day, enough is enough. But the mafia won’t stand for that! Narrowly escaping the people who wanted him dead, Maoye is then picked up by a bizarre old woman. Taken care of in her hut filled with killer bees, he must listen to the strange stories she tells him every day. A story of wild young kids, even wilder and younger than him. They're on the run as well...but ready to do anything to find love and peace, no matter the price!

The story centers around Keiichirou, a young man who lives alone in his house. He went through a lot of pain in his life, ever since an accident that happened three years ago. One rainy day, he finds a little girl, drenched from the rain, inside his home. She is named Flower, and so begins the life for these two unlikely protagonists.

Summary: A collection of oneshots: 1. Four Billion Nights 2. Aru Adauchi no Hanashi 3. Kamaitachi no Hi

Set in the far-future in 28XX, this series of interconnected stories follows the relationship between humans and androids. Two twin brothers, also androids, are "puppet masters." Arashi (Storm) has the ability to animate androids or "dolls" for a specific purpose and Shizuka (Quiet) can shut them down after they have fulfilled their roles.

Comicalization of eight short stories from the great American science fiction master, Ray Bradbury: The Lake: A man revisits his childhood home and recalls a friend who drowned in a lake during childhood. Jack in the Box: A boy lives with his mother in a vast secluded mansion. She raises him to be God after telling him his father, the original God, was killed by beasts outside. Homecoming: The main story concerning the Elliot family of vampires. It concerns their return to the ancestral home for a gathering and is seen through the eyes of Timothy, a mortal child left on their doorstep who longs to be like them. R is for Rocket: Also known as ''King of the Gray Spaces''. The Rocket Man: An astronaut's job keeps him away from home for long stretches of time, so he has little time with his wife and son, only visiting them for a period of three days at a time. The story is told from the perspective of the son, who holds an interest in becoming an astronaut too. The Fog Horn: A man and his boss are putting in a night's work at a remote lighthouse when the lighthouse's resonating fog horn attracts a sea monster who destroys the place. The Screaming Woman: A mystery/suspense story, describing a young girl who tries to procure help in digging up a woman buried in an empty lot. Come into My Cellar: Better known as ''Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar!'' There are many wondrous things that small boys can order from mail order catalogs.