The story follows the struggles of street gangs in a near-future version of Tokyo. Between The (SARU) and (HANDS) in 48 hours Race of Time

Created in the late 1950s, BLACK BLIZZARD is Yoshihiro Tatsumi's remarkable first full-length tankobon and one of the first published examples of Gekiga. With BLACK BLIZZARD, Tatsumi explores the dark underbelly of his working-class heroes that five decades later will make him one of the most well known Japanese cartoonists in North America. Susumu Yamaji, a 24-year-old pianist, is arrested for murder and ends up handcuffed to a career criminal on the train that will take them to prison. An avalanche derails the train and the criminal takes the opportunity to escape, dragging a reluctant Susumu with him into the blizzard raging outside. They flee into the mountains to an abandoned ranger station, where they take shelter from the storm. As they sit around the fire they built, Susumu relates how love drove him to become a murderer.

**"Tokyo swallows and digests tens of millions of human beings, then expels them. And here is some of the excrement: her name is Barbara."** (from ebookjapan): Yosuke Mikura, a popular and indulgent novelist, meets a shabby girl named Barbara at a train station. Ever since she's been staying at his house, MIKURA's inspiration has been brilliant and he finds himself on top of the world. ...Is she a demon or a goddess?　 A mysterious tale of an artist's glory and pain! [Official English](https://emanga.com/products/barbara?variant=32122317702) --- Link to the Live Action Film Adaptation's Trailer on **[YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2vKPj8gxkA)** --- **Volumes 145 and 146 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

Amidst the chaos of World War II, two Japanese soldiers hear of Zephyrus, an utterly captivating woman rumored to exist on an island in the South Pacific. The tales of this bold enchantress seducing men to their dooms are both chilling and fascinating. Over twenty years pass, and Zephyrus resurfaces in Japan, seemingly unchanged, to wield her mysterious power over men once more. The one man immune to Zephyrus' charms is simple drunkard, Gohonmatsu Seki, son of one of the wartime soldiers. Employed to spy on Zephyrus, what will Gohonmatsu uncover about her ultimate plot to create international discord and consume the world of men? What brought this woman to conspire for decades against patriarchal society -against an entire gender- and can anything be done to stop her plans? [Official English](https://emanga.com/collections/osamu-tezuka/products/swallowing-the-earth) --- **Volumes 259 and 260 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

James Block is a former sports star whose criminal endeavors landed him in jail. In prison he meets "Dr. F", a strange old man who tells James about a beam that can turn living things invisible. After escaping from prison, James finds and uses the laser on himself. But, because the beam has not been perfected yet, it only rendered his skin invisible, leaving his insides visible to the outside. Angered at his disfigurement, James takes the name "Alabaster" and begins eliminating the hypocrites and the boastful. He is joined by Ami Ozawa, the granddaughter of "Doctor F", who was rendered invisible after the doctor used his pregnant daughter as an "F Beam" test subject. On their trail is Rock, a vicious FBI agent. [Official English](https://emanga.com/products/alabaster-vol-1?variant=32122232710) --- **Volumes 89 and 90 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

In the wilderness of Hokkaido, the Ainu people of Japan live in harmony with nature. Kotan Nakamura is a young Ainu boy living peacefully until he meets a tiger one day. This tiger, Dan, has escaped from a train that was carrying him to a zoo. Together, they discover mysterious ruins hidden underneath the ground. Within the ruins, Kotan and Dan discover an old man named Upopo living there. He tells the boy and the tiger about three keys to a fantastic treasure. As it so happens, the evil Sekkoku Kou is also searching for the treasure and shoots Upopo. Before he dies, Upopo gives one of the keys to Kotan. Now, Kotan and Dan find themselves involved in an ugly battle as numerous villains track them down to try to get the three keys so they can claim the treasure. [Official English](https://emanga.com/collections/osamu-tezuka/products/brave-dan-revised-edition) --- **Volume 29 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

The manga centers on air-headed girl Arisu, who one day receives a confession of love from Honda. However, the world has been taken over by zombies, so it may not be the right time for romance. Arisu tries to live happily in a zombie-filled world, while Honda holds some secrets of his own. Together, the two try to survive in this new world.

(From ebookjapan): On a stormy night, Isamu witnesses a black phantom ship flying in the sky. He follows a man who has descended from the vessel and ends up at the Terada residence. There he finds four men terrified by a threatening letter from a man claiming to be Daisaku Arashiyama. Gradually, Isamu's family's past is revealed. Is the phantom ship a friend of justice or an ally of evil? The manga that inspired the 1969 anime film "Flying Phantom Ship", Ishinomori's early masterpiece with its SF elements and poignant adventure action!

(from mangaupdates): Tezuka himself is a main character in this volume, a mangaka who finds himself in a science fiction story about robots and transforming creatures. This is an adaptation of the tokusatsu series Thunder Mask. --- **Volume 270 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

In order to counter Dr. Wily's repeated plans for world domination, the X Foundation and the World Robot League are formed with the goal of peace. The X Foundation sponsors a robot championship to determine the best of the best. However, Mr. X, the general of the X Foundation, takes all eight robots and uses them to take over the world. Rockman's battle to stop Mr. X's ambitions begins.

*Who is he? Where did he come from? What did he come to do?* A man bearing the moniker "the Son of Shaka" comes by the peaceful, quiet Shogidani Village. Followed by a trio of triplet sisters, his agenda is unknown, but he quickly gains a good reputation within the village... He doesn't matter much to the village boy Tomeo, though, who is threatened with separation with his girlfriend, Seiko, and ever-persistent advances by the pesky Aoki. That is, until Seiko starts to feel swayed by the Son of Shaka's aid, his 'hand of love'. Tomeo's concern isn't just petty jealousy, though - the Son of Shaka's intent points to a certain direction.... George Akiyama ([*Ashura*](https://mangadex.org/title/14e8feb7-1388-4fae-9f2e-eb42c571ae91/ashura-george-akiyama), [*Money Crazy (Zeni Geba)*](https://mangadex.org/title/e8688451-514d-4af7-9e1e-bd1170bbe881/money-crazy) ) presents a chaotic thriller of a close-knit village being stricken with corruption, calamity, and absolute evil.

This story takes place in 1944. Japan is entering a crucial phase in the war against the United States. Cities and towns in Japan fall one after the other under America's continuous bombing. They even get hold off the pacific coast due to their mighty force of 230 submarines, but Japan refuses to admit defeat. They must stop the enemy's advances at all costs. Testings for their new weapon are done - the Kaiten, a suicide torpedo with a built-in cockpit was ready to be mobilized into the battlefield. The time is now perfect for Japan to recruit pilots and station them at a military base on a remote island. Volunteers will forfeit their lives, but recruiters do their patriotic duty: the fate of Japan rests on their shoulders! A fascinating and psychological story on these suicide missions told from the Japanese soldiers' perspective. -Mangaupdates

(from ebookjapan): Highly intelligent birds have exterminated humans and become the rulers of the earth! 　However, the bird society that was born to correct the evolutionary distortion on the earth is not an ideal world, and it soon begins follow the same path as human society. What will become of the decadent avian society...?! Also contains the Otona Manga (Adult Manga) "The Story of Fumbling Animals". Licensed in English by Ablaze as "Tomorrow the Birds". --- **Volumes 94 and 95 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

This work is a story about a boy, Rwanda, whose mother is a vicious murderer, set in England at the end of the 19th century. Rwanda, who has long been confined in the basement, grew up and left the house after a certain incident. Eventually, he arrived at the town and was picked up by a staff member of the nursing home and decided to live in the facility. But peaceful everyday life is only boring for Rwanda…

Haunted by death and rumored to be a "Death Goddess," Kito Tsutsuji falls off a building because of a man who believed those same rumors and resented her for them. At the point of dying, Tsutsuji is summoned to another world. The one who called her is the abhorred first prince of the Shinju Empire. Due to a commotion at the time of her summoning, she becomes known as the Holy Maiden. However, the outrageous man who summoned the her took her to his palace, saying, "This is my servant (thing)" and "I will determine whether it is a saint or not." What is in store for Tsutuji?

Just being touched makes me happy — Kairi, the beginning stage actor. Kairi, who wants to work as a stage actor one day ends up selling his his body to the mysterious Yakuza Hibiki. It was supposed to be just a one night shag, but it messes up his heart. Even though he's being treated as a toy he can't resist!? A sweet and dangerous BL.

Million Joe is the best manga of all time. A long-running shonen action adventure series centering on a boy named Nyack and his quest to uncover the secret of Million Joe, it's known for its heavy use of foreshadowing and resolving old plot threads in a way that you can tell the author planned it out years in advance. Not only has this made it one of the best-selling and most-loved manga in Japan, if you include the anime and merch, it supports a trillion-yen industry annually. This is not that manga. This is the story of the manga's editor, Kurei Soichi. Once an aspiring manga artist himself, he now has one of the easiest jobs in the world... until he finds himself involved in one of the biggest cover-ups in all of manga history.

(from MangaUpdates): There exists a horrific newspaper called the Horror Newspaper that foretells of people’s extreme misfortunes.

(from ebookjapan): The word "Mezzon," meaning "middle child," has been turned into the name of an organization that stands in the middle of the world's two major powers and protects peace - and it has become the name of an organization that protects peace. Kenji, a curious boy, saves his brother, Mezzon J, a member of the Japanese branch of Mezzon, from a difficult situation and becomes a member of Mezzon. Mezzon Z" was born! Just as Kenji becomes accustomed to handling the Mezzon uniform with its various secret weapons, his older brother, Mezzon J, goes missing. In order to rescue him, Mezzon Z heads to the "Island of Superhuman Brains," but...? A near-future spy action manga!

Dr. Right has been kidnapped by Blues! Why did Blues ask Rockman to fight him? Is he really an enemy of Rockman, and is Dr. Right's life in danger? As Rockman tries to figure out the answers, he is confronted by eight major bosses with powerful robot armies!

A hospital gets caught up in trouble with a gang and runs out of blood for transfusions. The incident causes the girl who works there to make a stark decision to…? Published in Jump SQ. CROWN 2016 WINTER. ___ **Additional Buy Links:** - [cmoa](https://www.cmoa.jp/title/100122/vol/3/) - [Suruga-ya](https://www.suruga-ya.jp/product/detail/ZNAWO21901)

In a world faced with a flood of overpopulation, the scientists of the world are called together to come up with solutions. Prof. Leeman suggests for man to live in the sea, but is shunned. In an act of desperation, he turns his son into a merman, and sends him into the sea. This boy is found by a mother sea turtle, and is given the name Pippy. Pippy, unaware of his true parentage, grows up alongside others in the ocean, until he has a terrible encounter with humans. Thus, Pippy goes into the human world, and a long journey awaits him. --- **Volume 137 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**