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From MangaHelpers: The water polo team at Kamakurahama High School has a new ace player, Torii Ushio, who you wouldn’t expect to be a star athlete if you knew her in the classroom. Nakaoka Riku always took her as a shy person but after seeing what she can do in the water and how fast she can swim, he couldn’t deny that she deserved to lead the team. But late one day after practice, Riku finds out that Ushio has some secrets she has been keeping from everyone. Her family runs a temple and Ushio is the priestess to the dragon god. The descendent of the original dragon god is Sango who is a teenage girl who is the same age as Ushio. She lives in a secret underwater cave and her only friend is Ushio whose role is protector and companion. Through a series of events, Sango joins the water polo team to be close to Ushio and amazes the team with her out of this world swimming ability. [vyc]

Book with manga & illustrations from Japanese and international artists for the FIFA World Cup 2002. Content: 1. Otomo Katsukiro ・・・・・ Cover Illustration 2. Inoue Takehiko ・・・・・・　I love this game 3. Kamijo Atsushi　・・・・・・　Kaerenai ko hito (Those Who Will Never Return) About a girl name Tchie as she reminsces the time she had with her two best friends. 4. Matsumoto Taiyou　・・・・・・　Mie ken no shounen 5.«Mizugame 3» Lust for Life ・・・・・・ Tajima Sho-u (Gorilla Kick), Obata Takeshi (Morning Kong) and Asada Hiroyuki (Utan Chop) About a tale of a football shoes as it is used/travelled from one user to the next. 6. Illust Gallery Araki Hirohiko Yazawa Ai Yamada Yoshihiro Nishimura Shinobu Okano Reiko 7. Kusumoto Maki　・・・・・・　Netsu 8. Yoshino Sakumi　・・・・・・　GOAL!! 9. François Boucq　・・・・・・　Sekai wa mawaru 10. Yasuhiko Yoshikazu ・・・・・・ Bateren Nanban Hei Yuuki joshou 11. penthon ・・・・・・ A fantastic dream 12. Nicolas de Crécy ・・・・・・ Montceau-les-Mines VS Pont-à-Mousson 13. Frédéric Boilet ・・・・・・ 2002 FIFA WORLD TEA CUP 14. Nicolas de Crécy ・・・・・・ Soccer no dendou 15. Yokoyama Hiroshi ・・・・・・ Robot Battle VI 16. D[di:] ・・・・・・ Fire Star Man 17. Taniguchi Jiro ・・・・・・ Fuka 18. Emile Bravo ・・・・・・ Shinpan wa 12 hitome no senshu! 19. Max Cabanne ・・・・・・ Penalty area 20. Kuroda Iou ・・・・・・ Schweitzer 21. Terada Katsuya ・・・・・・ Box! 22. Benoît Peeters & François Schuiten ・・・・・・ 23. Young Soon Yang ・・・・・・ 24. Gyoubu Ippei ・・・・・・ football image visual

The sweet story of the long distance relationship between a hockey player and a dentist — Shawn and Arthur.At times, reticent Arthur causes Shawn to have doubts. At times, the dentist's actions and the things he says unexpectedly always puts those uneasiness at rest, leaving Shawn more sure than ever of his love.Also includes a oneshot called Subway '88.

Yuan Bao, a sweet hardworking girl and Zhao Qingwen, a genius girl with high coldness, got married because of taekwondo. The two of them are like Mozart who is dazzling talented and Salieri who is inferior to Mozart, attracking and repelling each other, and gradually developed a deep bond from the initial disgust of two things. Just when the feelings are quietly budding, the successive changes have caused them to fall into unpredictable distress…

"I'm going to celebrate Chitose's birthday so hard!" Chitose, a college student, recalls the words of one of his high school classmates on the night of his birthday, which he spends in solitude. Koutaka, a tall, handsome, and athletic boy who transferred to his school in his second year of high school, was a battery partner on the baseball team. When Chitose is assigned to be a battery partner with him on the baseball team, he learns of his unsociable nature and is attracted to him. The two gradually become aware of each other and begin dating. Chitose is happy to be dating his first boyfriend, but he and Takataka cross paths when they start talking about their career paths. Graduation comes and goes, and he no longer keeps in touch with Takataka. The message screen has remained static for two years. Chitose finally sends a new message to Takataka. This is a painfully realistic adolescent love story of a blunt guy and a flawed college student !

From Del Rey: Yamato is ready for a fresh start. So when his aunt invites him to stay rent-free in her big-city boarding house in hustling, bustling Tokyo, Yamato jumps at the chance. There's just one teensy-weensy catch: It's an all-girl housing complex and spa! Things get even more nerve-racking when Yamato meets his neighbor Suzuka, a beautiful track-and-field star. She's not just the cutest girl Yamato's ever met, she's also the coolest, the smartest, and the most intimidating. Can an ordinary guy like Yamato ever hope to win over a girl like Suzuka?

A younger sister looks down on her brother who got fat.However, her brother suddenly started dieting, and she's bewildered at the sight of him who has changed!A heart-pounding, warm and fluffy comedy of stepsiblings on a diet!(Source: Amazon)

Mitsuru Hanagata, the genius little league pitcher. He injured his shoulder in a little league match and withdrew from baseball. His shoulder should have healed, but in a match against the a baseball club full of hooligans, he realises that his shoulder is permantly injured. He will never be able to pitch again. So he turns to becoming a genius batter instead!

Japan, 1996. After graduating from high school, Ito Kaiji moves to Tokyo to get a job, but he fails to find steady employment because the country is mired in its first recession since World War II. Depressed, he festers in his apartment, biding the time with cheap pranks, gambles, liquor and cigarettes. Kaiji is always thinking about money and his perpetual poverty frequently brings him to tears.  Kaiji's unrelenting misery continues for two years until he is paid an unexpected visit from a man named Endo, who wants to collect an outstanding debt owed to him in Kaiji's name. Endo gives Kaiji two options - either spend ten years to repay this outstanding debt, or board the gambling ship Espoir ("hope" in French) for one night to clear the debt. Using a con, Endo pressures Kaiji into accepting the deal, believing he will never come back from the voyage.

Fanarts and manga pages by various fans and mangaka.

Private tutor Sawa has unrequited feelings for his student Nitou Nanao. Sawa has decided to love Nanao until he leaves to study abroad, but one day Nanao tells him he’s interested in having sex with him. Not being able to refuse him, they delve into a special relationship.

For Yeonsu, writing is all there is to life. Her workaholic tendencies prevent her from properly eating, sleeping, exercising…until one day, she wakes up and finds herself in a hospital room. A clear warning from the doctor about her physical health and a desperation to come up with the plot of her next story forces Yeonsu to seek the help of Gyeol, a fellow patient. Falling in love with an athletic stranger may seem like the stuff of romance novels, but reality can often be crazier than fiction…