An anthology of allegedly true stories involving spiritual reincarnation and possession.

September 11, 197x, In the whole Kanto region a magnitude 8-9 violent earthquake occurred. Scholars called it the great destruction of the Showa Era, but the people called it the earthquake from hell! Volcanoes erupted, buildings crumbled, Tokyo became decimated in a single day. The government, after failing to recover the city, abandons Tokyo and moves the capital. The survivors form a society with no laws. In this harsh lawless world emerges Jack, a 10 foot giant who annihilates anyone and anything in his path. The manga details his journey. The numbering is from the Complete Edition, with around 20 Chapters per volume.

A mysterious old woman appears before doctor Rasetsu Emma, who has recently lost his son in an accident. She says she can bring Daio back to life. After agreeing to this sinister proposal, Daio returns to his father, but to Rasetsu's horror, he is half decomposed and inhuman. To make him human again, he needs fresh human organs. Rasetsu does everything he can to reincarnate his son, but Daio just turns into a different kind of monster. No one can stop him as he continues to feed his hunger, claiming victim after victim.

Apollo´s Song follows the tragic journey of Shogo, a young man whose abusive childhood has instilled in him a loathing for love so profound he finds himself compelled to acts of violence when he is witness to any act of intimacy or affection whether by human or beast. His hate is such that the gods intervene, cursing Shogo to experience love throughout the ages ultimately to have it ripped from his heart every time. From the Nazi atrocities of World War II to a dystopian future of human cloning, Shogo loses his heart, in so doing, healing the psychic scars of his childhood hatred. Chapter 6. A Tezuka One-Shot that was included in the Complete Works release of Apollo's Song but not included in either English release of Apollo's Song. It tells the story of two brothers, one a cop and the other an aspiring songwriter, who find themselves mixed up in the student protests of the late 1960's in Japan that are being led by a Christ-like folk singer. [Official English](https://kodansha.us/series/apollos-song/) --- **Volumes 35-37 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

Reijirou Yuuki, known by friends as Rei-kun, a boy notorious for being late to school, is suddenly hit by a truck and killed on one of his many rushes to class. He then roams the earth as a ghost, only being visible to his classmate Kodama. Reijirou finds himself and Kodama in many adventures involving his ability to possess, and gets himself tangled up with the lives of his classmates and friends, including Takeshi Gama: the bully, Kaoru Tachibana: the perfect transfer student with a secret, and Bell: the demon working a part-time shift as a shinigami. Later in the series, Reijirou goes beyond his neighborhood to other parts of Japan with Bell to raise his reincarnation credit score, leaving Kodama behind. (Source: MU)

Ichiro Kitamura ("Icchi") is a young man who, due to a near-death experience he had when he was little, has to attend night school. On his way back from school one night, Ichiro encounters something truly out of this world - a procession of ghosts! A conversation with a reporter in the city reveals that Ichiro is not the only one to have come across paranormal encounters as of late. Then, Ichiro happens to see a girl at the train station, but she, too, has ties to the ghosts... --- **Volume 247 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

**"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**

Young Kazuya happens upon a baby on the mountainside. This baby - Triton - is no ordinary baby. Triton is the last of his kind, but is raised alongside Kazuya in the city as a human. However, the truth is made known to Triton after he accidentally kills someone. Triton's clan was in conflict with the Poseidon clan. He must also procreate and increase his kind's size with the other surviving member of his race, a mermaid named Pippy. With the help of dolphins who are allied with the Triton clan, Triton must defeat the children of Poseidon who threaten to harm him and those he loves. [Official English](https://emanga.com/collections/osamu-tezuka/products/triton-of-the-sea-vol-1?variant=32122740166) --- **Volumes 189-192 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

It is the year 199X. The world, after being plunged into nuclear war, is now a desert. The rule of law is might makes right. The weak suffer as bandits and warlords do as they please. Chaos runs amok and it seems there is no relief in sight. However, there is one man who stands against that. His name is Kenshiro, and he wields the Chinese martial art Hokuto Shinken - the Divine Fist of the North Star. Join Kenshiro on his journey as he encounters all kinds of people, both friend and foe, as he discovers what his purpose in this wasteland is - to protect those who cannot protect themselves. ___ **Alt Official English:** [MangaHot](https://mangahot.jp/site/works/e_R0001)

It's about a guy named Yuuji, who loves to play rugby. One day he just up and dies, in the middle of a rugby match. His spirit is unable to rest, because his team has never gotten a try. So what does he do? Take over someone else's body to accomplish this goal. But… the body turns out to be a girl's!

A boy named Yamano Koichi is revealed to be the heir to the supernatural powers of an alien named Babel, who was stranded on Earth 5000 years ago and built the biblical Tower of Babel. Koichi becomes Babel II, armed with supernatural powers and served the Three Servants: the shapeshifting Rodem, the giant, pterodactyl-like Ropross, and the humanoid aquatic robot Poseidon. With his newfound powers, Babel II seeks to put an end to the ambition to Yomi, a man from the Himalayas who seeks world domination. AnimeNewsNetwork Links: [70s Anime Adaptation](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1192) [Anniversary OVAs](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=2113) [Beyond Infinity](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=490) (remake)

Morisawa Kai and Sato Tatsuki are best friends. However, unlike Kai, Tatsuki is completely unreliable, lazy, and ill-tempered. One day Tatsuki takes Kai out driving in his new motocycle only to get into a bad accident that leaves Kai dead. However, Kai's spirit ends up in a body of a girl named Fujii Marika. After seeing how cold and unaffected Tatsuki as well as everyone else was after his death, Kai transfers to his previous school in which he starts noticing flaws to Tatsuki's cool mask…

Alien Lifeforms took refuge on Earth to start their lives anew, however these beings don’t seek cohabitation, they want to phase humanity out; Clans of Aliens prey on human flesh and spiritual energy and can implant their essence on human females to bear their children. Benimaru is one of these offsprings, however his mother was a Medium, she could manipulate Benimaru’s spirit while he was inside her, she managed to give him a human heart, and for this she was brutaly killed and devoured by Benimaru’s “father”. From there on Benimaru swore to exterminate these Clans, half-human and half-alien, one man wages war against an entire race!

As a baby Jiro was delivered to his foster parents by a massive oni, who said he would return for Jiro in 15 years. When the time comes Jiro must contend with enemy oni, dark cultists, and their minions while attempting to protect both his parents and girlfriend from their depredations. Ultimately he must embark on a journey through the past, future, and other dimensions to embrace his destiny as Shuten Doji reborn. --- **Links:** - [OVAs on ANN](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=732)

Are the woes of the present meant to be endured for the promise of a better future or to atone for past wrongs? In a captivating epic of love, fate, and faith, seven young people must struggle with this spiritual puzzle as their alien past lives threaten the future.

The great Demon Lord Dante, exploiting the weakness of a boy exposed to his demonic influence in his dreams, is awakened from a thousand-year sleep. The intent of this being, a survivor of an ancient and forgotten civilization, is to wipe out the whole human race. But it's not that simple: the motivations of the demon aren't so wicked as one might think, and they will combine with the life of the boy, which hangs between nightmares and craziness. In the meanwhile, the Satanists fight against the hierarchy of the church to obtain a justice which is, as it's easy to guess, that of the Demon Lord. This series didn't have an ending until it's remake in 2002. Dante's themes and design elements would appear in Nagai's following works, such as Mazinger Z, and Devilman.

One of Go Nagai's first works, this violent period piece takes place in the 1500s and stars a talented low ranking ninja named Shishimaru. In it, Shishimaru fights against Ginnai Doma (an immortal samurai who, despite being butchered multiple times, doesn't die) because Ginnai murdered his comrades. Despite being set in historical times, it has machine guns/lasers/robots/atomic reactors with no real explanation. **Note:** Scanlator is using the 1992 Aizouban 1 volume reprint by Chuko. Cover images below: 4 Volumes (Complete, by Kodansha in 1978) 4 Volumes (Reprint, by Asahi Sonorama in 1984) 1 Volume (Aizouban, by Chuko in 1992) 3 Volumes (Bunkoban, by Chuko in 1995) 2 Volumes (Konbini-ban, by Shimanaka Shoten in 2003)

Tamaki Otoya is the last in a line of ancient summoners tasked to battle evil forces that threaten mankind. Burdened by his duty as a summoner, Tamaki has always found strength from his childhood friend, Asahi, with whom he has a deep, emotional bond. So when Asahi's friend is found out to be possessed by a demon, he awakens–as the one destined to exorcise demons out of tortured human souls.

Serialized in Photo Japon across seven chapters, from December 1985 to June 1986. Each chapter was printed on one page. The format is that of a contact sheet, with the pages shrunk to fit on a single page.