Verdant Lord

14 year old Kimigawa Kento lives separated from his stepfather after his mothers death. A woman visits with a will sayings it's from his biological father. He refuses the will and she tells him the inheritance is approximately 1 trillion yen. He still doesn't want it and threatened with his friends family's jobs at the line he agrees to meet his relatives. But all isn't as it seems. When he arrives at the house they are attacked. And he finds out the true meaning of the will.

Set in the near future where Mother Nature has decided to fight back against all of the human encroachment. It has your standard apocalyptic scenario, but we're right in the middle of the apocalypse actually happening, rather than the aftermath. Vines and foliage entangle cities, as large wooden mech-like creatures called Arethusa (named after one of the mythical Greek Hesperides that tended the gardens in a remote corner of the world) rampage through cities. Our main character is Souma Shin, a punk kid out of Japan. We start off with him coming to visit his twin (?) brother Ken. All hell breaks loose as Shin finds a group of small kids being used for military purposes, and tries to save them in the confusion created by an Arethusa invading the compound.

The future is a great unknown. Throughout history, those who have been graced with the power to read it have been sought by many. In this day and age, the term "prophet" is outdated. "Precog," as in precognition, is the modern term. Yet when the powers of precognition is graced upon a young girl named Tohyama Haruka, she is sought after by a powerful organization. Utilizing her powers, Haruka makes contact with Hijikata Mamoru, a blind swordsman. When cornered by her captors, Haruka proposes an outrageous condition to Mamoru. Haruka wants Mamoru to protect her until death do them apart. [Song Ji-Hyoung is the real name of the artist who uses the pen name Double S]