Makoto Kubota wandered through life, not taking things too seriously or looking too deep within himself. His job as the head of the Izumo Group's youth gang kept him pleasantly occupied with yakuza wars, mahjong and assassinations… Until the day he stumbled upon a strange drug called Wild Adapter that produces bizarre side-effects–including death. Forever changed, Kubota becomes entangled with a drifter named Minoru Tokito, and the two form an unlikely companionship that draws them deeper into the mystery of Wild Adapter…

Tokonatsu Taichi took the summer Koshien by the storm as a sensational ace pitcher, with a full arsenal of pitches including a 98 mph fastball. But on the way home from the game, the team bus suffered a tragic accident and Tokonatsu Taichi lost his life… Only to be transported to a new world where all international conflicts are resolved by a game of baseball. Unfortunately, the country he landed in was the weakest, and had seen gradual loss of its resources and people to neighboring countries. Can Taichi turn their fortunes around?

A standalone story set in the larger Megami Tensei universe. Our hero Hato is just an ordinary schoolboy, until one day he receives a ~~Command Spell~~ Stigma on his left hand, forges a contract with ~~Lancer~~ Cu Chulainn to become his master, and is unwittingly dragged into a city-wide Holy ~~Grail~~ War.

Anthology of short stories based on the Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner video game.

Junk dealer Lowe Guele travels the universe with the Gundam Astray Red Frame he finds in the destroyed colony of Heliopolis!

*Based on the 2004 Tokusatsu TV series Ultraman Nexus* TLT is a covert international anti-monster unit, established secretly to combat the Space Beasts, mysterious monsters that are out to attack humans in the year 2009. One of the TLT's new recruits, Kazuki Komon, is attacked by one of them prior to reporting for duty. However, he is saved by a silver giant that he names "Ultraman". What no one knows is that the silver giant is an Ultraman — to be precise, Ultraman Nexus, ready to fight the Space Beasts to save the planet Earth. From Shogakukan: "Ultraman Nexus" by Takashi Shiina, which was serialized in Televikun, has been revived after 10 years. Includes 28 pages of the last story completely written by Shiina, and beautiful pinups. A must-have for not only Ultraman fans, but Shiina fans as well! Originally serialized in 2004, released as a full book in 2015, and then in 2022 digitally.

In the year 2020 it became possible to travel to the "electric monster world" using special portable telephones. Making friends and sharing telephone numbers with the "electric monsters" became popular among humans. Our protagonist, Shigeki, is one such person. Although he originally arrived in the electric monster world on accident, he became determined to travel the world with his new electric monster companion Kuribute, and make more new friends while he was there.

Set after the end of the second season of Kidou Senshi Gundam 00, this oneshot is centered around Lyle and his relationship with his brother, showing the reasons that led to their separation.

Deep Palace is a prison island that houses only death row inmates. A young girl, Akari, was kept in the "Deep Palace" for a certain purpose... One day, the death row inmates suddenly start killing each other! A battle royale called the “Killing” is taking place where prisoners can do whatever they want as they remain the last ones standing! In the face of this pandemonium, will Akari be able to safely survive the "Killing" and escape from the prison?!

(from ebookjapan): A boy, Jiro Ryuzen, is imprisoned in Kanto Juvenile Prison for the crime of "killing his father. He was sent to Seiun Gakuen, a prestigious private school, in handcuffs, which was ruled by the immensely powerful Goji Shinryu... Together with five members of the Gokehoren, his allies in the juvenile prison, Nagare's fierce battle has begun!

The sequel to *Dr. Slump* brings us back to Penguin Village for more goofy hijinks with Arale, Senbei, and the rest of the gang!

Yugo Beppu is a master negotiator and mediator. With fluency in five languages, Socratic wit, and a deep understanding of human nature combined with top-level international connections make him a formidable operator. When a woman's father is seized by Dacoit bandits in Pakistan, Mayuko seeks Yugo's help. After a complex and dangerous negotiation, he secures his release. After this success Yugo is called in to deal with yakuza in Japan, triads in Hong Kong, the IRA in Northern Ireland, and the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Siberia. Note: New versions of this manga were published under different arcs in bunko format such as the Pakistan Hen, Russia Hen, etc.

Based on the TV Series of the same name, insects all over the world begin to swarm for unknown reasons, with other animals and plants acting strange as well. To investigate this, Takuya Kai is dispatched with an Earth Academia group. Investigating independently, Takuya finds Guru who reveals that insects are preparing for battle against invaders from another dimension. Offering their aid, the Earth Academia create suits of armor to combat the threat as the Jamahl arrive to Earth to enslave humans. Though they have trouble perfecting the Bio-Machinery, Guru arrives to infuse the armor with the life force of many insects. Once the suits become the B-Commanders, one suit chooses Takuya while the other two bond to Daisaku Katagiri and Rei Hayama. With their newfound power, the B-Fighters fight to drive back Jamahl's forces.

This is an art book featuring full color illustrations and sketches from Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War (OOSAWA Mitsuki). It was published as part of the manga written and illustrated by Mitsuki Oosawa and features a short story following Sigurd, Quan, and Eldigan during their youth at Belhalla Academy.

From the authors of "Shin Angyo Onshi" a new manga set in Japan and Korea during the Edo period, a time of great upheaval between the two cultural groups. In ancient times, Japan and Korea would send its criminals to a penal colony called "Kyokudo", situated in the channel between the two nations. There the cannibal Juu was sent for murdering over a thousand warriors while in Edo. Yet for an island meant for criminals, there was but one Korean medic, Han, exiled from Korea for killing and dissecting over a thousand people. --- Official Release: - Indonesian release by Level Comics as **Burning Hell: The Kingdom of Gods** (2022)

Shunpei Closer's grandfather, Alsyd Closer, was an odd man. He traveled around the world always coming back to Japan to tell his grandson all the amazing adventures he would have. Before leaving to Africa on Shunpei's 7th birthday, he gives him a teddy bear named Hyde. Six years have passed and one day Shunpei receives a mysterious package that contains a deadly surprise. To survive, he will learn more about his grandfather than he ever dared to dream and learn what it takes to be a real man, and not the coward he always thought it was all right to be. --- Official Release: - Indonesian release by Elex Media as **Hyde & Closer** (2010)

Asahina Daigo, a young man fresh out of school and inaugurated into Company "Me," a firefighting unit in an area known for its lack of fires (which gives Company "Me" a slacker image). Daigo is not particularly heroic; he's overly competitive against his rivals, naive, myopic, inexperienced, short-tempered, and is often off in la-la land with a spaced-out expression on his face. In 1997, Megumi no Daigo received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen.

Ages ago, the goddess Athena was served by fighters called Saints who channeled the power of the Cosmos within them. Now a youth named Seiya has trained to become a Saint himself by earning the mystical Cloth of Pegasus. He is joined by other Saints with Cloths of their own to fight for Athena.

There's word going around that people are vanishing after entering the mountains in a nearby village. The demon hunters suspect a demon may be behind this.Sanemi and Genya make up the second team to investigate, but they later find themselves trapped in a world where desires come true. Can the two brothers, who haven't reconciled yet, work together to escape this Utopia? TL note: This can be read as a platonic ending.

Anthology of short stories created by Kodansha mangaka to celebrate the release of the Hollywood Ghost in the Shell movie adaptation. - Chapter 1 - **A Day In The Life** by Yu Kinutani - Chapter 2 - **Ghost in the Shell - INFLUENTIAL PERSON in SHADOW ~A Man in the Dark~** (攻殻機動隊 INFLUENTIAL PERSON in SHADOW 〜暗闇で操る者〜, Koukaku Kidoutai - INFLUENTIAL PERSON in SHADOW ~Kurayami de Ayatsuru Mono~) by Boichi - Chapter 3 - **The Closed City** (閉鎖都市, Heisa Toshi) by Tomonori Inoue - Chapter 4 - **Meeting Again** by Masayuki Yamamoto - Chapter 5 - **Neet Shosa** (ニート少佐) by Yu Imai - Chapter 6 - **Classic** (クラシック) by Nokuto Koike - Chapter 7 - **Kai Joudou no Ori** (快情動の檻) by Nobuaki Tadano - Chapter 8 - **Hopeful Monster** by Takumi Oyama - Chapter 9 - **Tony Takezaki's Mobile Armored Riot Police - THE GHOST IN THE SHELL** (Tony Takezaki no Koukaku Kidoutai - THE GHOST IN THE SHELL, トニーたけざきの攻殻機動隊 THE GHOST IN THE SHELL) by Tony Takezaki

The globally acclaimed VRMMO game, Yggdraverse, captivates over 2 billion users who forsake sleep for play. After dedicating himself tirelessly, Kento Kageura climbs to the game’s top rank using his account ‘King’, but his glory is short-lived as his account is seized by his stepbrother. Vowing revenge, Kento creates a new account, ‘Shadow,’ and sets out on his path for vengeance.

Julis Anderburg, a boy who cannot use magic in a world where magic is omipresent, is the son of a remote lord and has no magical talent, but he lives a life that he cannot be ashamed as a nobleman. Still, for a boy who can't use magic, this world is stuffy. So he thought: "Even if you can't use magic, you should be able to use something else, right?" And so Julis tries to use the magical power in the air to interfere with the world, unlike the magic that uses the magical power in the body to interfere with the world. And he succeeded, in devising this new mana utilization! After that, he helps Cecilia, a girl who is called "Saintess" by chance. Julis had a good life with Cecilia, but one day his father asked him to enroll in the "Magic Academy" with Cecilia.