Sakuya Izumi, an ordinary high school boy has been chosen as a new member to support "Astoria," an armed girl combat division who fights against a mysterious digital entities [Syglos] that are trying to destroy the country's core information network! However, in the digital world, Sakuya's body is transformed into a woman's body! What's more, the girls who await him there are his classmate and his younger sister!

*A work of two parts: the second never finished due to the magazine suspending publication.* **Part 1 (Vol 1-3)**: **"Long, long ago, humans lived almost the same as beasts… If you got hungry, you could just find something to kill and eat it. If someone attacked you, kill them too. Everything was kill to survive, kill to survive. Then people started acting smart and making laws. The laws kept them from doing pretty much everything they wanted to do. Beasts, on the other hand, still have no laws, or etiquette. I predict the day will come when an almost mutant breed of humans will appear, sinking to the level of beasts for freedom… Here, I will call them *Vampires…*"** A young boy, Toppei, visits Osamu Tezuka at his anime studio, Mushi Pro, one morning imploring Tezuka to hire him. Tezuka hires Toppei, who makes himself an active part of the team, but as time goes on, the Mushi Pro staff begin to pick up on Toppei's bizarre tendencies... **Part 2 (Vol 4)**: A certain fellow has made it out of the events of Part 1, now set on using a newly introduced species, the Weko, to attain domination. The Weko, the natural foil to the Vampires, are a dying species. Past and present are interweaved, explaining the history and sightings of the Weko, as one of them finds himself wrapped up in that man's scheme... Tezuka's parody of Shakespeare's Macbeth. --- **Volumes 142-144, 320 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

- Continuation of Sword Art Online: Progressive - Kuraki Yuuyami no Scherzo. - Canon of the Golden Rule is the sixth arc of "progressive" series, and covers the fifth and sixth volumes of Sword Art Online: Progressive's original light novel releases.

Adaptation [LN]: Sword Art Online Progressive vol.4 Continuation of Sword Art Online: Progressive - Houei no Barcarole

Rival gangs from various Tokyo barrios battle over turf, leaving many a foot soldier bloodied in the violent clashes. But when the heat between two of the clans waxes personal, a bitter rivalry explodes into all-out warfare. Manga-ka Santa Inoue's hard-hitting, fantastical tale of Tokyo street thugs battling it out in the concrete sprawl of Japan's capital raises the bar for manga storytelling, transcending genres and conventions.

The “Haunted School”, where countless mysterious incidents occur. The new headmistress of the school, Banseiin Nanako, and a demon hunter with four identities, Yasogami Ruru, team up and risk their lives to exterminate demons! An unstoppable horror action manga!!

Web manga based on the 3DS game "Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth" which combines characters from Persona 3, Persona 4, and Persona 5. "Persona Q2: Roundabout Special" depicts the casual, everyday chatter between the characters.

The first manga based on the world famous game! The story of an attempt to regain freedom, given in exchange for convenience... In Tokyo, the city infrastructure management system "J-ctOS" developed by Blum-Japan has been introduced. The convenience gained as a result of her work in various areas of life has dramatically changed people's lives. But the reverse side of the coin also appeared imperceptibly...

Kameyama Paris, a young leader of the Kamematsu clan, attends a party of the Akaiyakai, Japan's largest chivalrous organization. There, he takes away Elene, the wife of the clan leader he met. Furious, the chairman of the Akaiyakai calls Achilles, a man called "demigod," to go after Paris...

Little is known about the strange metallic beasts from the planet Zi, but every young ZOID pilot knows that they are the best companions to bring to any adventure! Fast, agile, loyal, and bristling with weapons, these are the companions you want by your side when the ZOID team competitions begin! So strap into the cockpit, and get ready for one of the most exciting tournaments that manga has ever seen! A bit of the New Century Long years have past since the wars between the Empire and Republic have ravaged the land, people, and ZOIDS of Planet Zi. Since then, mankind has realized that war is the wrong way to go, and now ZOIDS are involved in competitions, staged battles where the winner gets one step closer to the massive prize money reserved for the best ZOIDS pilots ever! Bit and his unruly companion Liger Zero, along with their friends on Team Blitz, are ready to take on all comers! But are they really ready when a force of evil, the unscrupulous Team Backdraft, conspires to win by any dirty trick they can manage! Bit thought he had his hands full with Liger Zero, but now, destiny awaits!

Collection of short stories by Jiro Taniguchi Table of Contents: Kikyō [VAYA CON DIOS] (帰郷 [VAYA CON DIOS]) Jakō (ジャコウ) Taka (鷹) Mori e [Iwa no Michi] (森へ [岩の路]) Jeronimo (ジェロニモ) Rongu naifu (ロング・ナイフ) Tsuki ni hoeru (月に吠える) Kijō no mori e [atogaki] (机上の森へ [あとがき]) Hamidashi no mori e (はみ出しの森へ)

The story is set 300 years before *Donten ni Warau*, during the Tensho Period. At Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan, the battle with Orochi ensued.

This is the story of creators who challenged the fierce world of game development in their youth and became legends!!

After throwing away his dreams, a boy wanders into "Wonderland" and holds the name of "Alice," which is the primary requirement in the "Game to kill the White Rabbit." In a crazy story where common sense does not apply and everything is bound by the rules of the game and the orders of the Queen of Hearts, Alice decides to take the gun in his hand.

Seinen (and one Josei) One-shot compilation focusing on insincerity, revenge, and the two-faced nature of men. Includes the following: - **The Record of Peter Kürten** (ペーター・キュルテンの記録, Peter Kürten no Kiroku, ALT. ENG. - The Tale of Peter Kürten) - Manga biography on the infamous serial killer also known by the moniker *"The Vampire of Düsseldorf"*. Peter Kürten, a former prisoner-of-war, forms an idealistic couple with his wife and is a devoted unionist at meetings. In actuality he is a sexually perverted serial killer nicknamed the Vampire of Düsseldorf who taunts the police with escalating murders. After one of the murders, the police force a fake confession from another man, causing Peter to angrily reveal the truth to his wife, who gives him up to the police. At trial it is revealed that Peter is actually a criminal with a history of incest, bestiality, arson, and murder. When his lawyer tries to defend him by claiming madness, Peter angrily exclaims that his actions are revenge against the bourgeois. Peter is executed by guillotine. (Tezuka based the story on the work of Shunsuke Tsurumi) - **Sensual Nights** (もの憂げな夜, Monouge na Yoru) - A wealthy Japanese playboy visits Vietnam to seduce a woman who has supposedly stopped aging while waiting for her sweetheart who was taken away by soldiers. As he is in the middle of preparing to have sex with her, his contact tells him that the woman's man was taken away by the Japanese army during the Pacific War, causing a deep hatred of Japanese people in her. He panics, but recovers when the woman reacts by offering him her body. When she fights back against his attempts at intimacy, he tells her that her lover is likely dead and forces himself on her. The man then sees a sight of a wrinkled old woman that startles him so much he jumps out of the window. The woman he had seduced was actually the daughter of the unaging woman and her sweetheart, and his contact was her fiancé. - **Lord Iechika Mogami** (最上殿始末, Mogami-dono Shimatsu) - Piipii, a meager farmer, dreams of being a samurai so he can support his wife and their four children. One day he is employed by a lord to be his double, and Piipii's family is secretly killed. Piipii trains to be a lord, grooming and dressing himself to be the spitting image of the lord. As a test, the lord tells him to give the order to open the castle gates. Piipii rides back to visit his family, only to learn about their deaths. On the lord's wedding day, his double is supposed to replace him during the wedding ceremony to protect him from any attempts on his life. During the switch, Piipii murders the lord and consummates the marriage with the lady Sasa instead. When she learns of his identity, the lady has an affair with a syphilitic beggar, and kills herself. The disease spreads to Piipii and Sasa gets her revenge. - **The Lady of the Rhine** (ラインの館にて, Rhine no Yakata nite) - A Japanese woman accompanies her husband on a business trip to Düsseldorf. She catches him having an affair, and when she confronts him, he leaves her. As she desperately searches for him in the streets, the woman is hit by a car and is hospitalized for a month. When she recovers, she visits her benefactor Lady Rathwood, the owner of a castle they had visited earlier. As she lives with Lady Rathwood, the woman learns of her hatred for men and her hatred for her husband is kindled. One day she discovers that the car she was hit with belongs to Lady Rathwood and she witnesses Lady Rathwood taking off the disguise of the woman who seduced her husband. Lady Rathwood calls her husband to the castle and gives the woman a knife, telling her to take her revenge. The woman refuses and goes back to her husband. - **Fire Mountain** (火の山, Hi no Yama, ALT. ENG. - The Thief Akikazu Inoue) - Time is during the Second World War. The ruffian Akikazu Inoue (whose first name could also be read as Showa) went to the Sobetsu village in Hokkaido, became an assistant of Mr. Masao Mimatsu, an observer of Showa Shinzan, which rapidly generated. The description that Mikami lived for the observation and protection of Showa Shinzan was based on a true story. --- **Volume 265 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

Opening holes in the palms of both hands, the “Bio Bug” disease enables people to absorb and then fuse with things they like. In a world made up of precarious balances, what will become of love, of youth? Here the curtain rises on a really incredible pair, delineated in a brand new youth-ensemble cast.

*Tezuka completely redrew this from memory for the Tezuka 400 when this version was presumed lost. It was later rediscovered and collected in the Tezuka bunko.* The young Pete jumps aboard a ship captained by a friend of his late father. With a treasure map he left behind in his hands, he and the captain embark on an adventure to hunt it down. However, pesky pirates - like Bowarl and his crew - get in the way, also seeking the treasure for themselves! What sort of island is Treasure Island? And who will get the treasure first? Sakai is credited for the 'story' of this edition due to the many cuts and alterations he made, including the ending of the manga. Tezuka was not pleased with his edits, and did not consider it a work he did by himself. When collected in the Complete Works, the original was presumed lost, so Tezuka redrew the whole work from memory, restoring the cuts (such as Peter Pan). This edition is more of a 2/3koma compared to the 1984 definitive edition, which is a 4Koma.

In 2030, the world's largest cities were destroyed by terrorists manipulating unidentified giant weapons. They called themselves "Tokoshie" and destroyed the city with overwhelming power … then disappeared. Twelve years later, in 2041, Tokyo. A transfer student appeared in front of Tsukimi, a high school boy who spends his days closed. From the day I met this boy who was somewhere away from the world, Tsukimi's "life-threatening school life for the survival of humankind" began!

Noah, the last survivor from Earth, aims for a new universe on the spaceship that was handed down to him by his mother who was a scientist. What he arrives at is a planet where living things possess magic. When he is out doing field work, he meets a girl who proclaims herself as the demon lord's daughter. The cyborg youth will traverse a planet full of mysteries in this iseikai sci-fi fantasy.

As Mustachio and Kenichi make their way through the hustle and bustle of Tokyo, they overhear a muffled scream from a parcel carried by an old man. Ever the curious type, Private Detective Mustachio follows the old man to his home, finding out that he is a scientist, Professor Yamadano. When confronting Yamadano over the package and his intentions, Yamadano breaks his silence and reveals the discovery he made during a visit to Horseshoe Island. A discovery that has very grim implications... The final installment in Tezuka's SF "World Trilogy" filled with Conspiracy, Political Turmoil, and Hardship. --- **Volumes 45 and 46 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**