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)

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**

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**

The story begins with a scientist, Dr. Yorkshire Bell, noting that dinosaurs flourished and became extinct when they advanced beyond their ability to adapt to change. Giant mammals, such as the saber-toothed tiger and the mammoth, came and went the same way… --- **Volume 44 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

**Bang** A shot goes off in the night. Scientist Ryohei Jagata is shot dead by an unknown assailant in his home. The assailant then steals a precious, and mysterious, stone hidden in Jagata's eye socket. He then makes his escape, but not before alerting Jagata's butler, Hanawa and Mimio. Mimio and Hanawa investigate what happened before running into the famous detective Shunsaku Ban, Mr. Mustachio. Mustachio overheard the gunshot as he was close by when it happened. After inquiring into why Jagata may have been targeted, Mimio brings Mustachio to the lab where he was born. Who is the assailant, what are his intentions, and what is the true nature of the mysterious stone? Tezuka's famous SF work, filled with Adventure, Mystery, and Tragedy! Part of the famous "World Trilogy" consisting of this work, "Nextworld", and "Metropolis". "Lost World" possesses 5 different versions. The most famous one, this version, is the fourth. The Private Edition, which is also on MangaDex, is the very first version. --- **Volume 130 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

A bright-spirited young historical scholar, Iba, disappears while on a lone expedition to study the ancient Silk Road. A year later his girlfriend, Kyoko, sets out for the Silk Road in order to find clues that will help to unravel the mystery of Iba's disappearance. When she arrives, she finds the charm she gave Iba for protection and moments later she is sucked into a black vortex and loses consciousness. Kyoko awakes to find herself in a very different place and discovers that Iba is not only alive but is a warrior-slave under the reign of Genghis Khan in 13th century Mongolia! At last, when Iba and Kyoko reunite, they find that there are a series of events, crueler than the ones they have already endured, awaiting them…

On the surface, Yukitou Youji is a young part-time rider who aims to cycle around Japan, but behind the scenes, he is a "Black Angel," an executioner of the dark who punishes the criminally insane with a single spoke of his bicycle. As Yukitou gets caught up in various cases, he finds allies in former detective and immortal monster Matsuda Kyouji and beautiful assassin Leila, who double-crossed the enemy, and challenges the giant evil organization Dragon Fang Society to a fight. A fierce action-romance that you won't be able to stop reading!

Iba decides to live as Genghis Khan, the "King of Wolves," and while ruling the surrounding countries, he trains his own son, Kublai, to become a military commander with the help of his trusted subordinate, Benkei. However, the facts of history are undeniable, and the year of Khan's death (1227) is approaching!! Now, the most powerful and greatest enemy appears in front of them!! Before reading this read "King of Wolves"!! (From the back of the book)

Collection of short stories by Maruo, includes The Golden Notebook (Kin no Techou), Farewell Showa, and Poison Strawberry.

In Edo period Japan, a mysterious foreigner washes upon the shore of Shinsengumi-claimed territory. The foreigner is nicknamed "Yankee", and eventually takes a liking to leader Souji Okita. As the two become good friends and even better warriors, the Shinsengumi faces threats beyond their control, and sends Okita and Yankee to take on enemies to further claim Japan as their own.

In Kitakaruizawa, a human larger-than-life springs forth from the Kobayakawa Research Center in the middle of the night. That same human, in an instant of pain and agony, turns to dust and is swept away by a forceful gale across the landscape, a tremendous sight witnessed only by clan of truck drivers rushing down the late-night highway. The experiment of Doctor Kobayakawa ends in a disappointing failure, yet the elder brother of a young Akio makes the acquaintance of the Doctor, unmistakably a trap, one bearing the danger of a new experiment…

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

(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**

*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.

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**

Three centuries ago, a vampire by the name of Migiri was running a reign of terror across Japan when a hero named Naonosuke Kobayashi cut off his head and sent him to eternal rest… until now.

(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!

In post-apocalyptic Japan, a nameless mahjong player ascends a massive tower, facing formidable opponents in life or death gambles.

Akiretasu is a skilled swordsman who gains fame in the Roman Colosseum. Boastful about his strength and status, he catches wind of rumors of a boy far stronger than him - one who slew seven tigers who hails from Japan. The boy, Takeru, happens to be journeying to Rome with a caravan of silk merchants. Akiretasu is intrigued, and sets out to meet him. Both take the same path - the road connecting East and West, the Silk Road! --- **Volume 74 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

The story of a young karate practitioner.

(from ebookjapan): Kazuhiko Shimamoto unleashes Ultraman on fire! **"If you can't win, what's the point! Even if you lose your life!"** "Ultraman G" serialized in "TV Magazine (Kodansha)" from October 1990 to November 1991 issue by Kazuhiko Shimamoto, a hot-blooded mangaka, is back in a new edition after 26 years! Your fighting spirit will be violently shaken by the figure of the hero who stands up again and again even after being wounded and falling down! The cover illustration is newly drawn just for this new edition. Shimamoto's manga adaptation of Ultraman G, also known as Ultraman: Towards the Future. Scanlation done by Florida Man Scrubs who had given his blessing to upload it, visit his website [here.](https://floridamanscrubs.wordpress.com/)

When Futaro was five years old, his father left his home and his mother got sick in poverty. Also, Futaro has a ugly face, like Quasimodo: he's been discriminated and treated like trash by almost everyone in his neighborhood. Finally, his mother dies because they can't afford medical treatment. Burying her body, Futaro makes up his mind to do **anything** for money…