Araragi Express

Collection of special chapters that were published for 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake Relief Effort Project.

Araragi Riuichi is a law student. But unlike others, he is very aware of human lives and how people can toy with them. So when he sees that a man is trying to kill a kid, he decides to come in action. But although he believes it's the right thing to do, the police doesn't share his idea, and so Araragi goes off on his own to fulfill his dreams and make a better world. But then in his way… The Araragi Way.

It is predicted that there is a 70 percent possibility of an earthquake directly hitting Tokyo within the next 30 years. Are you prepared? This original manga comic vividly describes how Tokyo would be like just before and immediately after a major earthquake. Imagine yourself in these situations and take actions to be prepared.

**Links:** - Alternative Official Raw - [Shuppankoho](https://shuppankoho.jp/damage/tokusetsu-3.html) (Click the blue button) - Video version - [YouTube](https://youtu.be/jCYUazxydpc)

The year is 20XX, state of the world affairs is changing at a dizzying pace. This is particularly clear in the growing military strength of countries neighboring Japan. In response to a near-skirmish with China over the much-disputed Senkaku Islands, Japan launched the state-of-the-art aircraft carrier *"Ibuki"*, equipped with the latest stealth aircrafts and formed a new fleet… Captained by an Air Self-Defense Force, Ryota Akitsu, will he able to sort out inter-service differences? And amidst this rising tension, what will be Japan's next move? *From the award-winning author of "[Zipang](https://mangadex.org/title/665)", "[A Spirit of the Sun](https://mangadex.org/title/6580)" **Kaiji Kawaguchi**, comes a thrilling modern geopolitical dramas of the Far East Asia.* **•Winner of the 63rd Shogakukan Manga Award 2017, 'Best General Manga'•** Note: It can be assumed that the story take places in 2014, the year of the series initial release. As mentioned in the manga; "60 years since the establishment of JSDF" (1954).

This is the tale of the members of a [Beatles](https://mangadex.org/title/877aa28e-5c75-469c-84b1-4730bd321f53) cover band in Tokyo who find themselves transported back in time to 1961 -before anyone had ever heard of the Beatles- and decide to take the mantle of the world's greatest rock band for themselves! But will they dare to pursue this dream until the end ?

In the year 200X, a Japanese fleet consisting of 3 vessels leave on a mission to South America. After encountering a storm, the ship JDS Mirai find itself without its escorts and in the year 1942, traveling towards the island of Midway to face the American fleet in one of largest battles in naval history. The crew of the Mirai must decide whether or not to change the course of history by involving itself in WWII. --- - **Won the Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga in 2002** Published in Indonesia by Level Comics.

Eagle is the story of a US Presidential election in which the Democratic Party nominee is a Japanese-American, seen largely through the eyes of a young Japanese reporter covering the campaign for a major newspaper. Official Release: - English NA release by Viz Media - Indonesian release by Level Comics

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.