During the time artist Nao Yazawa was drawing [her original Wedding Peach series](https://mangadex.org/title/13e39275-7b8b-4b70-a758-1314392e0e48/wedding-peach), she was also producing comics for the Japanese monthly magazine Shogaku Sannen-sei ("Elementary School Third Grader"). These stories, roughly paralleling the original Wedding Peach storyline, feature younger characters aimed at a younger audience. Wedding Peach: Young Love is a collection of these often-overlooked episodes. Fans of the original series will be tickled to see their favorite characters, both hero and villain, recast in this warm and fuzzy alternate adventure. Yazawa even throws in a few new characters for readers to fall in love with. There's the demon trio of Blitz, Cloud and Noise and a few more Jama folk, too. Together, they join Wedding Peach and her heavenly crew for one final tussle between good and evil. ___ The series was only published in volume from outside of Japan, and was released as "Volume 7" of [the original series](https://mangadex.org/title/13e39275-7b8b-4b70-a758-1314392e0e48/wedding-peach) in some countries.

My name is Daisuke Furutsu, and I died getting hit by a truck full of apples. Yes, I know it's a cliché setup. Apparently somebody upstairs fell asleep on the job. Anyway, as an apology, God lets me draw five Cards of Fate that are supposed to grant me superpowers in my next life. My first four draws are amazing—stuff like magic and an infinite inventory. But everything changes with the fifth card: a "curse" that turns me into whatever killed me. I thought I was gonna end up a truck, but now I'm an apple! Luckily, I've made a friend who can teach me how to move around. I also end up saving a wannabe adventurer who just might be willing to take me along for the ride. Time for this overpowered apple to get rollin'!

The loneliness and sadness of a boy, Sabu, who has awakened to paranormal abilities.... In prehistoric times, humans had the mental ability to speak with their hearts and minds instead of words. Following the development of language ability, the ability that should have degenerated is revived!? A transfusion of blood from a girl awakens the psychic powers of a boy, Mutant Sabu, and he is born! The short series about a hero with unusual abilities is now ready to begin! ---- - **1966 7th Kodansha Children's Manga Award winner, shared with Ishinomori's very famous other work Cyborg 009**

In a certain country's Knight Order, there's a unit where misfits gather. Its name is "Holy Knight Order, 32nd Unit." Three of its members, commander Felis, alf archer Geolm, and magician Jessica, use any means possible to slack on the work of the Knight Order. For some reason, even though the three of them suffer through various sexy happenings, thanks to their special lewd skills, everything gets solved in a flash?!

Published in 1997 in an issue of Weekly Shonen Jump for the "Jump Readers' Cup", this manga tells the story of two young demons named Bubul and Purupuru who venture outside of their village to the human world to make snowmen. During this activity, they hear an approaching car and quickly check it out which leads into hijnx. This manga won the award that year, marking the first time Toriyama won it since his 1981 one-shot "Pola and Roid" and its demon world notably has several concepts that would be reused in Cowa, one of his single-volume length tales.

One day, Momoko is attacked by Pluie, a demon who's after her keepsake ring left by her mother. Just then, the angel Limone gives Momoko the Sacred Mirror, allowing her to transform into the legendary Love Angel Wedding Peach and drive away demons! And so, Peach and her fellow angels fight to protect the lovers of the world from demons pursuing them for their "wave of love"...!

Sora was summoned to another world as a hero. While other heroes were bestowed with powerful combat skills, Sora’s skill was something ordinary: Alchemy. Ridiculed for having a useless skill, he was exiled to the Demon Forest. However, little did they know, his skill was actually an exceptional SSS-Rank skill!

Malice, Ignorance, and Urban Legends --. The crossroads of music and the story of darkness corrupting people!! Nagisa, a girl living in a fierce environment, both at home and school. Through music, she got addicted to the people on the internet. One day, she walked past a mysterious girl at the train station she usually goes to, and the world around her changed. What she wandered into, is exactly the infamous 'Kisaragi Station', an urban tale popular among internet forums. As she fights against the monsters after her, what is the truth unraveling in front of her that makes her want to look away...?!

Alf, one of the kingdom's official cursebreakers, is sentenced and punished to be thrown into the abyss for crimes he did not commit. Before his very eyes lies a never-ending labyrinth... In this dungeon, that no one has ever escaped from, Alf meets a mysterious beauty!?

Though Yuri may look like any other high schooler, his life is a ceaseless onslaught of the worst luck imaginable — so when he hears about Blade Skill Online, the ultra-immersive VRMMO where luck is a stat you can control, he can’t wait to start playing and escape his IRL problems. Following the advice of an online guide, he chooses the summoner class with a bow for his weapon, and for his stats, he pours every last point into luck, naturally. Thus begins his blessed online life! Or at least, that was the plan. He soon learns he’s been trolled — summoners are useless, the bow is garbage, and the game’s barely playable with his abysmal stats! To top it off, a bald barbarian starts hitting on him barely a minute into the game because the avatar randomizer made him into a hot girl! Still, Yuri’s used to dealing with whatever life throws at him, and he’s not going to let the trolls have the last laugh! He’ll push his luck to the limit and leave the rest of BSO’s players racing to keep up! [Official English Light Novel](https://j-novel.club/series/blade-skill-online-crushing-the-competition-with-my-abysmal-stats-useless-class-and-garbage-weapon)

1199 - 10 years after the death of Minamoto no Yoshitsune at Hiraizumi. Japan is now under the shogun Minamoto no Yoriie, son of Yoritomo, who had schemed against Yoshitsune. Yoriie hears of followers of Yoshitsune still lurk about, and is more than willing to get rid of those thorns in his side. However, they are more pertinent than he could imagine...for Yoshitsune's orphaned son, Hoshiwakamaru, has survived, and is planning to avenge his father with fellow pirates and conspiring officials! A tale of alternate history set at the dawn of the Kamakura period, with some fantastical elements mixed in.

The light is gone. Unable to escape the darkness, Pieta repeats the same day. Every day she walks to school down the same road, through the same rain, then has the same conversation with her friend Danae. Eventually, she finds happiness in the repetition. The days carry on as normal, until one day, her routine chat with Danae takes a different turn: "What?! You can remember the today that happened yesterday too?" Despite their bleak situation, the girls reach towards tomorrow!

Released in 2000 during a special electronics themed issue of Jump titled "E-Jump", Hyowtam is a unique story in Akira Toriyama's catalogue for it was made entirely on the man's computer. The story centers around the titular character who comes down from the clouds in search of a mysterious egg.

Released in 1997 in three parts in issues 3-4, 5-6 and 7 of Weekly Shonen Jump. Tokimecha was one of Akira Toriyama's post-DB work. The story follows a young girl by the name of Tai who manages to create a "Tokimecha", a machine that allows her to travel back in time where she meets a young caveboy by the name of Muu. Wacky hijinx quickly ensues when this girl of the modern age learns that life in the stone age can be savage and terrifying.

Ichiro Yamada and fellow student Ryuguin were summoned to another world on their way to the opening ceremony of the school year. With Ryuguin the hero and Yamada the Holy Knight, they decided to conquer the Twelve Labyrinths. All in order to save the world, and to obtain an item that will allow them to return to their original world! Having gained the status of a hero, Ryuguin plays around without making any effort. On the other hand, Yamada, who wanted to return to the original world, worked hard to conquer the labyrinth while being battered and bruised. "The one who supported me was supposed to be the heroine of the same party...!"

Japan is hit by a series of monumental natural disasters that leave the country fragmented and its people devastated. Follow the lives of its citizens as they deal with massive emigration to refugee camps on the Asian mainland and try to solve the political task of rebuilding their nation. A Spirit of the Sun is also a retelling and melding of two well-known stories in Japan. The setting is directly lifted from the early '70s disaster science-fiction book and movie "Nippon Chinbotsu," (Japan Sinks) while many of the characters are allegorical to the key players in the Eastern classic "Sangokushi" (The Three Kingdoms). Sangokushi aficionados may discover greater entertainment by watching the characters in A Spirit of the Sun closely to spot these resemblances. From Kaiji Kawaguchi, the author of Silent Service, Eagle and Zipang (as well as the artist for Confession). --- - **A Spirit of The Sun received the 2006 Shogakukan Manga Award for the Seinen/General Manga along with Rainbow by Masasumi Kakizaki and George Abe** --- Published in Indonesian by Level Comics as A Spirit of the Sun.

A popping and banging entertainment action drama set all over Japan. A gentle man named Irie Shouzou suddenly appears at a US military base in Japan. He says he's there to investigate budget cuts at the Defense Facilities Administration Agency. The base commander has his daughter Brenda accompany Irie as a watchdog, but things start to get a little fishy... This book contains five stories and two short stories depicting Irie's exploits. 1. LAWMAN 2. LAWMANS 3. LAWMAN GOES TO NORTH 4. LAWMAN AND THE THIEF **Exclusive To *LAWMANs*** 5. LAWMEN 6. MOON ON ICE 7. Rouman - 法(ろうまん)男 (literally “Lawman”) ___ **Additional Retail Links:** - Original Edition (1995): [Amazon](https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4592134109) - Original LAWMANs Edition (2005): [Amazon](https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4592142381)

A reboot of Hirohiko Araki's "Cool Shock B.T." series published in Saikyo Jump. Middle schooler Koichi Mugikari befriends the "Wicked Boy" B.T. after the latter saves him from a pair of extortionists. The two end up becoming involved in an incident with an arsonist live streamer.

A two-volume bunkoban reprint of Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater, retitled "An Emperor's Feast of Akira Toriyama". This version, while omitting several one-shots from Manga Theater, includes the two-chapter Alien X-Peke (1996), published after the end of Dragon Ball, as well as the full-color seinen manga Lady Red (1987). The second volume also includes "The Anime and Me" (1989), a full-color essay manga from the first Dragon Ball Z Anime Special magazine, as well as a new afterword by the mangaka. Featured one-shots include: Volume 1: Lady Red Go! Go! Ackman Dub & Peter 1 The Elder Young Master Kenosuke Mr. Ho Mad Matic Pola & Roid Wonder Island Dragon Boy Volume 2: Alien X Peke Soldier of Savings Cashman Karamaru and the Perfect Day Little Mamejiro The Adventure of Tongpoo Chobit Escape Pink Tomato the Cutesy Gumshoe Today's Highlight Island

Deep in the tunnels of an abandoned mine lurks a demon that absorbs the power of anything it touches: the Black Ooze. When it consumes its first human male, it acquires both intelligence and ravenous sexual desire, much to the distress of a sorceress who mistakenly enters its domain. The heroes who seek glory and riches in these caverns are about to learn why monsters should be feared!

Mysterious Rain Jack is a short Star Wars parody with a main character who looks like Kurikinton Soramame. The manga marks debuts of Thunder Ogre Goronbo, Drop-kun, and R2-D2; three characters who also make appearances in Toriyama's later manga Dr. Slump. As well as several aliens who also make cameo in Dr. Slump. --- * **Won the Monthly Young Jump Award in 1978**

Remi Tachibana is a girl who adores mysterious phenomena like UFOs - as well as the works of Shotaro Ishimori (Ishinomori). One day, while she gushes over UFOs to Ishimori, a young man named Shun Kuroki comes in, wishing to become Ishimori's assistant. Remi and Shun take an immediate liking to each other, and Shun gets accepted. However, a series of strange phenomena begin to occur. Shun also appears to be hiding something as well... Soon, Remi will find herself in a bizarre tale straight from the SF manga she loves! Ishinomori's attempt at an authentic long-form shojo manga, a SF romance set within the lush mountains of Akita.