In the middle of the Edo period, there was a person with a keen eye. The Ronin called himself "Soldier" and belonged to no one, but was a fierce swordsman who faced evil by following his anger against injustice. When he gets involved in various incidents, he draws a lonely hero image that stands up without bending his own policy. A full-fledged action historical drama from the unique duo of Kazuo Koike, of Lone Wolf and Cub, and Ken Tsukikage.

(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**

Natsuko Saeki, a young woman working for an advertising company in Tokyo, returns to her family's home in the countryside. There she finds her brother, Yasuo, searching for a "phantom" rice seed called tatsunishiki, rumored to create a new form of sake. He finds the seeds, but after he passes away suddenly, Natsuko quits her job and begins working at the sake brewery to realize Yasuo's dream of making the best sake in Japan.

Anthology of Sasaki's surreal stories that were published in Garo.

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…

A high school student finds her life turned upside down after encountering a mysterious and powerful supernatural entity. As she grapples with increasingly unsettling and strange events, she must confront the dark forces at play and unravel the truth behind her own disturbing experiences.

Tohru Honda, an orphaned high school girl, is taken in by the wealthy Shigure Sohma when he realizes she has nowhere else to go. However, the Sohma family shares a secret, and it isn't long before Tohru discovers that there's a reason why her classmates, Yuki and Kyo Sohma, never let girls get near them, and never talk about their lives before they lived with Shigure. And before she knows it, Tohru has become so tangled up in the lives of each member of the Sohma family that she couldn't leave even if she wanted to. As she learns more and more about the truth of the Sohma family and the nature of their secrets, she desperately searches for a way that she can save them. But what can one girl do, especially when it seems that she may have been part of someone's plan all along… [Official English](https://yenpress.com/9780316360166/fruits-basket-collectors-edition-vol-1/) --- - **Won the Kodansha Manga Award for Shojo in 2001** - **Attained the Guinness World Record for Best-Selling Shojo Manga**

This story takes place during the Showa Era in Japan. It revolves around a young man who has lost both his mother and father. Now, the only person he can rely on is his butler who has been working for the family since birth. However, his father had long been harboring a secret which came to light after his demise.

The story in Ninku is about an odd-looking 12-year-old boy named Fuusuke who is a powerful warrior from the Ninku school of martial arts, a style that mixes ninjutsu and karate. It is explained that before the present time in the story that those who could use Ninku were targeted by an evil empire and the Ninku corps were formed to combat the menace. The names of the corps were taken from the twelve Chinese zodiac animals and each captain of the corps was called the zodiac animal Ninku master. When the war was over, the Ninku were defeated and almost all of them were killed (except for a few corps' captains) since they were useless and were also dangerous for the rulers. At the beginning of the story, three years later, Fuusuke, the young former captain of the 1st Ninku corps and controller of the wind and Hiroyuki, his flatulent penguin, start searching for the other Ninku captains, each of whom can control various elements. However, a new group of Ninku users has arisen and are trying to take over the world. Fuusuke and his penguin must defeat the new Ninku empire with the help of his old comrades.

After being incarcerated in a youth corrections facility, Saki Asamiya is recruited by a detective named Jin which convinces her that the government could provide clemency for her mother on death row. He trains her to be an undercover youth detective, infiltrating several high schools in Japan to investigate cases of crime, corruption and terrorism: it's the birth of a high school student legend. --- **Note:** Volume count based on the bunkoban.

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.

During the French Revolution, a revolutionary known as the Angel of Death sent both Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette to the guillotine. His name was Saint-Just and his quest began with revenge... Delivering brutal and bloody justice to one noble after another, punishing their cruel misdeeds with death, he soon became entangled with the burgeoning revolution of the time. This is the story of the man who destroyed the kingdom of France for love. (Source: MangaPlaza)

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

Jun Kishida is a sickly high school student who can see dead people. One person in particular is following him around: his childhood friend Ryoko Hayakawa. Even after he uncovered the truth behind Hayakawa's death, she stayed by his side. As he and his classmates get into even more strange and mortally dangerous situations, Hayakawa's spirit quietly aids him. Volume 4 contains the oneshot "The Mysterious Tale of Yumi-chan"

(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!

It is 1880 at the all-boys school, Lacombrade Academy in France. Serge Battour is a cheerful and kind new student who is trying to fit in with the rest of the student body, despite the taboo of his Romani heritage, made obvious by his dark skin. However, his roommate Gilbert Cocteau, known for sleeping with anyone at the school to manipulate them to his advantage, is not helping the situation, especially when he makes it his personal goal to bring about Serge's downfall. Originally serialized in the 1970s, The Song of Wind and Trees is considered by many to be the first true yaoi manga as well as the first shota manga. In 1979, this series was awarded the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award for shounen/shoujo manga. A bit of warning: the work includes scenes of rape and child abuse.

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!

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**

To bid adieu...

An essay manga by the legendary Tetsuya Chiba about his current life and how his family escaped from China back to Japan post-World War II.

Wansa was designed as the mascot of Sanwa Bank by Tezuka. Wansa is a lucky dog in an unlucky world. With his talent for digging up cash, Wansa somehow persists and overcomes all odds, in spite of the cruel, impoverished landscape he finds himself in. Did not conclude in serialization (its home magazine suspended publication). *The tankobon also contains the following works, all meant for young children, like Wansa-kun*: - **Rabi-chan** - The daily life of a little rabbit named Rabi and his other friends in the forest. Rabi-chan shares similarities with the Tezuka picture book character Mimi-chan. - **Fly, Fly! Run-chan** - A little plane becomes friends with the young boy Kazu, and get into some adventures. - **Pokkachi** - A bubble is saved by the young Hayato and his sister, a scientist. Granted the ability to never pop and fly, Pokkachi gets into many dilemmas with Hayato and his animal friends. - **Triton of the Sea - Fun Kindergarten (Tanoshi Yochien) Version** - Chapters meant to coincide with *Triton of the Sea's* anime adaptation. See [here.](https://mangadex.org/title/c573cddf-aac7-4af5-a286-84c4aa37f2a4/triton-of-the-sea) --- **Volume 380 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**