To stop the otherworldly "Kaijuu" from invading Earth, individuals wielding special powers known as "Aegis" are tasked with the protection of the world. Aratsugu Yorino is one of the aspiring "Bastioners" - soldiers who fight the invaders within the wall between the two worlds. Yorino and her best friend Haruka were always at the top of their class, and vowed to become professional Bastioners together. However, when a Kaijuu broke through the wall during one of their exercises, Haruka lost her life saving Yorino. Cornered by the Kaijuu once again, Yorino was rescued by a Bastioner called Kaminoi Youko. After asking Yorino to give her Aegis energy, Youko defeated the Kaijuu with overwhelming power. With her heart full of determination, Yorino placed first on the Bastioner exam, all for the sake of saving herself from ever feeling loss again.
High school student Kusakabe Makoto has to work all day to raise money for the treatment of his younger sister, who suffers from a serious illness. The father is unemployed, the mother ran away, leaving the children, bullying at work … Despite all this, he does not lose hope and continues to live for her sister. But having learned that she did not have long, Makoto falls into despair. Fear of the unknown causes him to take a different look at the value of human life.
A reticent rookie artist and an editor desiring plot (and not just "plot") team up to take on the eromanga industry together. Chaos and cohabitation ensue.
One night in 2006, when they were young, the two brothers Mutta (born 1993) and Hibito (born 1996) saw what appeared to be a UFO heading for the moon. They decided that night to both become astronauts and travel out into space. In 2025, Hibito has become an astronaut, and he's going to go to the moon. Mutta ended up following a more traditional career path with an auto development company. However, Mutta just ruined his career through a violent altercation with his boss. Now, not only has he lost his job, he appears to be blacklisted in the entire industry. Maybe this is a rare opportunity for Mutta to once again chase his childhood dream and become an astronaut like his little brother! Nominated for the 2nd and 3rd Manga Taisho Award. Won the 56th Shogakukan Manga Award and 35th Kodansha Manga Award in the General Category.
(by ChooleteManga)"Black Humor" is a collection of short masterpieces, published from 1968 to 1973, depicting human weakness and stupidity to underscore the futility of life.
As a member of the hero's party, Arga hid her identity and was on a journey to subjugate the King of the demon with the hero. At last the party chased the demon king, and Arga brought him down. However, the hero insists that he was the one who killed the demon king, and then charges Arga with an innocent sin and banishes him from the Imperial Palace. The warrior who devoted his life to the hero as a part of his corp would walk a new life in a strange country town.
After the manufacturing company of R-18 dating sims undergoes dissolution, an obsessed 30-year-old virgin visits a deserted shrine and requests to be sent to the world of their masterpiece, Kokorone Heartful. Although his wish is granted, the god mistakenly turns him into the heroine instead of the protagonist. Ordinarily the romancing choices are left to the protagonist. However, unless he completes the game as the heroine, he will be forced to remain in Kokorone Heartful as a woman forever.
Historie follows the life of Eumenes, a boy with strategic talent who grows up to serve as a secretary and general under Alexander the Great (says real history). Historie includes characters such as Aristotle and King Philip II of Macedon and begins around 343 BC, which was a time of Macedonian expansion. Historie has won the 14th Media Arts Awards 2010 Grand Prize in Manga Division, and was also a finalist for Osamu Tezuka Culture Award in 9th and 10th.
Large mysterious alien ships have been looming above Japanese towns for three years, filling the sky Everything changed three years ago. And yet, nothing has changed. No weapon used against the invaders' ships had any success, beyond destroying part of japan and leaving its economy in shambles. JSDF is fighting a guerrilla battle against the aliens all over Japan. America is joining the 'war' effort with more aggressive tactics, dividing Japan over the pacifist principle laid out in Art9. of their constitution. But this may just be the mundane story of young middle schoolers. "No matter what happens, I won't back down. At least not until this world filled with lies and deceit crumbles away. (...) The real threat to humankind is not invaders, but me."
Abused like a slave by everyone at school, and battered by the single mother she lives with at home… That was the girl’s, Endou Himeno’s, everyday life. However one day a ‘wasp’ that stung the girl changed her fate. Her fate, and that of humanity… Piercing the ‘species’ known as humanity, a thrilling insect suspense story begins!
These are interesting times in the empire of Varnia. The imperial army may have broken the back of the invading army of Nebel, but at tremendous cost. The living weapons born of past wars with the magic-wielding tribes of the south still prowl the ancient forests. And ever since the battle in the northern pass, an avenging phantom has stalked the trails of Varnia, leaving carnage in its wake: The immortal warrior, the last knight of Orgonne... And they call her Slayer Volte.
No education, no work experience, no friends. Muyu Uchiki is a nineteen-year old girl who's been a shut-in for two years, she lives a self-indulgent life, but a turning point comes for her?! She gets a call from her aunt in Kamakura about helping out at her bakery. A heartwarming comedy about a girl struggling in a bakery in Kamakura!