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A collection of one-shots done during the 1970s (and one from 1980), all regarding some aspect of Tezuka's early life. Includes a reflection of his time at the famous Tokiwa-so.- **Record of the Life of Gachaboy**: A reflection on Tezuka's career up to that point. Tezuka encounters the God of Manga right after the war, who nicknames Tezuka "Gachaboy". He is determined to see Tezuka become a great mangaka, no matter what - and restore manga's presence in Japan.- **Paper Fortress**: Right at the end of the war, Tezuka is doing manga in private in high school. He meets a girl who fully understands his situation, and they get along well. In a society where manga, dancing, and even informal relationships are forbidden, how will Tezuka, crazy about manga, keep on?- **Hungry Blues**: Directly following *Paper Fortress*, Tezuka is now a hungry, desperate student with little luck on his path in manga. Things change when he comes across a young lady who works for a newspaper, and he manages to land a serial for it. However, in an era rife with turmoil and starvation, Tezuka's own stomach may prove to be a serious intrusion in not just his manga-making career, but his very life.- **Tokiwa-so Monogatari**: Part of a series recounting memories within the famous apartment complex, Tezuka showcases its history through commentary from the building itself!- **The Letter that Came**: Tezuka receives an ominous letter that may put him in hot water.- **Animal Tsurezuregusa**: Two reflections on animals Tezuka had encountered in his early years - the first a horse, the second two tanuki.An excerpt of *Dotsuitare* featuring Tezuka is also included at the end.---**Volume 274 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
July 2005. There is a series of mysterious homicides happening in the blazing city, Tokyo. All the victims were women and the cause of their death was traumatic shocks. Judging from abnormality of these incidents, there are reasons to believe that they have something to do with the occult. In order to make clear the direction they should take, the metropolitan police department decided to carry out their investigations by engaging the help of those influential figures of the occult world. July 21st – the metropolitan police department officially labeled this incident as the No. 568 Specific Crime.
Parsley, a junior high school student who prefers to live on the sidelines, is offered a position as a magical girl.
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The protagonist is Oto, a young police woman. Around the village of Blume, where she lives, werewolves have started to appear, blending in with the village people. One day, Oto follows some village children into the forest, and unluckily, she encounters a werewolf. Just as the werewolf attacks her, another werewolf suddenly appears and saves her life. That werewolf apparently knows her somehow... (Source: Natalie.mu, translated)
Youkai are specters who have lived in the human world since the dawn of time. They often rest peacefully in their dwelling places, until humans rouse them by inconsiderate actions. Kitaro is a young youkai boy who wants to help humans and youkai live in harmony, and he fights to protect humans from the enraged youkai who lash out at them.The English translation here is passed on the completed 46 volume collected version. For reference: https://gegegenokitaro.fandom.com/wiki/The_Complete_Kitar%C5%8D_CollectionVolumes 4-5 have been published in English in Kitaro (2013)The other 7 collections collect some of the chapters translated here.-That's why Hokuto no Gun and Happyscan! chapters aren't here.
The world shared by humans and ajins (those who are half beast and half human) is not paradise. On the contrary, humans rule over ajins with strictness and contempt, using them at their own convenience: men as soldiers for their special powers and women as prostitutes, downgraded to the lowest rank.To change that destiny, Kogetsu serves the king under the guise of a man.Story set in the same magical world of "Reimei no Arcana".+
Aurora NodeIn a not so far away future, all forms of entertainment in Japan have become fully digitised. The people have even totally accepted the world as it is now without even thinking much of it.Nonaka Fujio was also one of them. That is until he met a girl with a doll-like appearance who possesses an Aurora Blonde and that's when the cogs of his life began to turn. Just what will Fujio stand to gain now that he has started to think and make decisions for himself?
"The Great Dark Circus descends from a rotten, cursed, demon-related lineage. Every sin, every flaw and every torment from men are represented in our show. Come and watch, meet the tragedy of the ventriloquist mother, the secret of the butterfly princess and the angst of the mist-man… Going into the roaming black tent of the Great Dark Circus is acceding to the magic of its phenomena, and that magic will be the source of our misfortune, because we are all of them."
