Desert Rose

The story is about a young pilot named Shin Kazama and his experiences at Area 88, a mercenary air force base secluded in the desert of a war torn country. Shin goes from head of his class at a world renowned aviation school dating the beautiful daughter of an airline president to a mercenary fighter pilot bound to Area 88 by a three-year contract that he was duped into signing by a jealous and competitive childhood friend. Determined to earn $1.5 million dollars to buy his way out of the obligation and return home, killing becomes second nature to Shin as he quickly rises to the top rank at Area 88. Overwrought with shame and self-loathing for what he has become, Shin begins to question whether he is still fighting for survival, or like his fellow mercenaries, for the sheer excitement and camaraderie of battle.

Official doujinshi crossover story between *Desert Rose* and *Gunsmith Cats* co-authored by Shintani Kaoru and Sonoda Kenichi. ([MAL](https://myanimelist.net/manga/137722))

The Cleopatra Corns Group, aka Cleopatra DC, is a powerful financial conglomerate controlling most of the United States economy, almost as powerful as the US government itself. At the top of the organization is the beautiful, smart and brave Ms. Cleo, the Group's young and talented Chairman, a blonde African-American who fought her way out of the slums. Good thing she manages her company so well–it means she can handle the repair bill from that airplane crashing into her bedroom. With stolen artifacts, corporate kidnappings, and top-secret cyborg projects gone awry, her luck only gets worse from there.

An official doujinshi drawn and written by [Kaoru](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=4414) [Shintani](https://myanimelist.net/people/3840/Kaoru_Shintani) under the pen name of 88 Night, in collaboration with [Kazuhiko Shimamoto](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=909), [Noboru Takizawa](https://mangadex.org/manga/4581)'s creator. Part of a series of doujinshi where the [CAT Division M](https://mangadex.org/manga/15646/desert-rose) teams or clashes with other action/seinen manga characters including the Gunsmith Cats pair and the Sukeban Deka heroine, usually developed in collaboration with their creators (a notable exception being Desert Rose vs Akihime, where they meet the heroine of his wife Saeki Kayono's josei manga; clearly the couple developed it together)

This story revolves around the life of Akira, a student who has been saving his money for over three years to finally obtain a computer. Unable to get the model he wants he is offered the same model from a shady man in an alley. What happens next is something that will change his life forever. For he didn't look at the box closely enough to note that it isn't Model 9821, it is actually Model 2198, a super advanced gynoid who's sole purpose is to serve and protect her "master".

Mariko, codenamed "Rose Marie", is a division leader in the private anti terrorist group C.A.T. She lost her husband and son in a terrorist attack at an airport; after being injuried in the blast she was left with a scar that looked like a rose flower on her chest, determined to do everything in her power to avenge their deaths and prevent other tragedies like hers. The manga follows her all-woman division's feats and challenges (both military and private) from the 1980s to the 1990s, a time of instability and change.

Gen Todoroki, a talented but accident-prone rally driver, gets offered a contract deal from a big-shot car company which comes with a chance to prove himself in the world of rally racing. However, the road there is bumpy and rife with tough competitors...

(from ebookjapan) Late 19th century London: a 10-year-old girl, Crystal "Christie" Margaret Hope, happens to be the famous detective Sherlock Holmes's niece. Armed with the deductive powers inherited from Holmes and a voracious curiosity, Christie takes on a variety of difficult cases. One day, someone sneaks into Whitehall and steals expensive jewelry. After overhearing an outline of the case by chance, she deduces in just three minutes what Holmes' partner Watson took three hours to find out and then confronts the culprit directly...! **Curator Note** While first volumes arcs and chapters are direct adaptations from Conan Doyle's novels and short stories last two volumes are original Shintani scripts taking some inspiration from titles or Watson/Doyle's hints to unpublished tales, The Giant Rat of Sumatra being the most well-known example