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"To end his eternal suffering, he must slay one thousand enemies!" Manji, a ronin warrior of feudal Japan, has been cursed with immortality. To rid himself of this curse and end his life of misery, he must slay one thousand evil men! His quest begins when a young girl seeks his help in taking revenge on her parents' killers... and his quest won't end until the blood of a thousand has spilled!Won the Media Arts Awards 1997 Excellence Prizes in Manga Division,Won the Best U.S. Edition of International Material for the Eisner Award in 2000.

In the late 1990s, society is descending into ecological collapse and totalitarianism. Saiga Rikioh, 21, finds himself in jail. Set in the near future, at the privately-owned Tokyo State Prison. Like the chilling wind of the end of a century, a mysterious man with a six-pointed star on his fist entered the pen. Saiga Riki-Oh--serving a term of three years, due to assault, his first offense. Riki-Oh openly antagonizes The Four Emperors, four powerful prisoners that control the prison and keep the rest of the inmates in line.

In 18th century England, Gabriel, an orphan girl from a fallen noble family befriended a young man named Jeremy, who was rumored to be an illegitimate child of a nobleman. After an incident occurred, resulting in his tragic death, Gabriel must impersonate her friend Jeremy, taking his place at an all boys academy for nobles, a place that may seem like heaven to others, but really hides a harshness which she would never have imagined.

From Wasurenagusa:Wada Tatsuki seems to be an ordinary bus driver, living a simple and peaceful life. However there is a heavy burden he holds in his heart, a terrible thing that he has done in the past. What if one day the man he hurt appears and wants to take revenge?

1-2) 24 Jikan Eikyou-chuuNakamichi works in the 24-hour convenience store on Sano's way home from school. Nakamichi is baffled by the amount of lollipops Sano buy everyday! But he gets very used to seeing Sano around, that when suddenly Sano stops showing his face at the store, he misses him! What happens to Sano? And why buy so many lollipops?3-5) 24 Jikan Renai-chuuYoshino, an ordinary guy works at a convenience store where he meets a beautiful Yagami-san. He overhears Yagami-san having an argument over the phone with who he assumes is a girlfriend. What will Yoshino do when he sees Yagami drunk and collapsed outside the convenience store, and hears him whisper a guy's name in his sleep?6-8) Extra: Jikan Eikyou-chuu

Fran can make anyone into anything, raise the dead, switch heads and bodies, and give you those eyes that you've always wanted. But do you actually want them? Is it a good thing to raise the dead? Do the ends justify the means? And does Fran care?

From Solaris-SVU:Kimijima is a freelance worker who seeks to become a contributing member of society. After a night of passion with a beautiful woman goes wrong, he finds himself rushing to make an early job interview. However, the interviewer turns out to be the woman with whom he spent the previous night.

A follow-up to a heavy response to the original yomi-kiri manga by the same title. Good Ending follows the main character Utsumi's interactions with Kurokawa Yuki, a member of the school tennis team, in order for Utsumi to confess his feelings to the captain of the tennis team. It is implied that the title of the manga is derived from the "good endings" that are achieved in visual novels.

Ichina is a 2nd year high school student. She lives with her mother Youko whom she hates with a passion. After getting dumped by her boyfriend, she ends up having a one-night stand with her best friend Sekitani, who also recently broke up with his long-time girlfriend. Will they become more than friends? And who is the strange guy who's waiting at home with Youko when she gets back?The desirable Tsuu-chan from Yogoreteru Hima Nanka Nai is a character in this story as well.

Se-Joon and Se-Wa are siblings with a dark, complex relationship. Se-Wa, a girl considered psychotic by others, is attached to her brother... a little too attached. In her eyes, there is only Se-Joon, and no one else. And what of Se-Joon's feelings? This manhwa contains incest themes. Title comes from French poet Beaudelaire's compilation of poems, Les Fleurs du mal.Other manga:+ Durarara Manga+ Sakuran Manga

A fantasy epic of truly magnificent scale with gorgeous illustrations. In just two volumes, the author manages to create an incredibly rich and fascinating world that is full of wonders and enchanting beauties. A world in which men are watched over by the mechanical goddess Marie who at times appears on the sky. Marie's music brings people happiness and harmony. Their life is free from advanced technology and the longing for progress. The main story centers around Kai, a young man who develops a deep affection for Marie. His quest for enlightenment leads him inside Marie's mechanical body where he learns the unbelievable truth about her and his own world.

Paraphrased from Kotonoha:This is a collection of eight stories (there are 9 chapters, because story 6 is composed of chapters 6 and 7).Story 1: Teased and Stepped On, What Blooms is a Passionate FlowerDescribes the relationship between a girl and her teacher.Story 2: Lolita #7Features the relationship between two cousins, an older male and a younger girl. One is a teacher, while the other is a student -- both at the same school. When the elder cousin doesn't come to class for several days, the school administrators send the younger cousin to the elder cousin's home to investigate further.Story 3: Song of the DevilStory 4: What If?Story 5: HappinessStory 6: A Room of Clouds (Chapters 6 & 7)A simple minded girl who tries to live her life the best she can.Story 7: Indigo ElegyStory 8: Underground Doll

As the son of a yakuza, Taiki was investigating a shop when he accidentally stumbled upon a young man giving the assistant manager a blowjob. The next day, he saw that young man, Yukiya, again. Yukiya begged Taiki not to tell anyone about what he saw and Taiki jokingly asked for Yukiya's body as payment. But he discovers unexpectedly that he's Yukiya's first man! Included in this manga is a sweet extra about Taiki and Yukiya when they've grown up.Written after Bitter Sweet Caf, but takes place chronologically approximately 20 years before it.

From Attractive Fascinante:It's a sin for Father Chikayoshi to fall in love with his student, Motoyama Kiyoshi. He seeks forgiveness by giving full submission to Motoyama, letting Motoyama to taint and control him.

From Aerandria Scans:Rinko is an ordinary girl who was born with a mysterious birthmark on her left arm. But when that mark starts to get darker, strange accidents begin to happen everywhere around her, involving even the people she cares about. What will the powerful magic awakening inside Rinko bring her?In 1987, Purple Eyes in the Dark was awarded the Shogakukan Manga Award for the shoujo manga category.

From Chibi Manga:Ikenai Kiss O ShiyouShe fell in love with an extremely handsome mysterious man. He turns out to be a trainee teacher?!Kinkyori Renai ~BangaihenA secret romance between teacher and student. The only person who can take off his glasses is me.Pink No Idenshi Hanamitsu ShounenShe saw her Chemistry teacher Fugiki Sensei kissing a married teacher in the music room and the heroic battle begins!Ecchii Houkago Kiken Na KatekyouThe extremely "popular" tutor is here to teach Yu but...?!Mi Da Ra ChoukyouYu-Sensei came as a tutor. I'll do what ever it takes for him to fall for me!

Hamura is a sheltered and very friendly high school student. He has always admired Miyake from afar who is very reserved and troubled. An incident in the locker room has finally opened up a chance for Hamura to be friends with Miyake. But does Miyake want a friend... or could they even be friends? Between Miyake's troubled past, Hamura's jealous close friend and preverted tutor, how will these two make any type of relationship...

In a summer vacation, a group of 15 children discovered a mysterious man living in a seashore cave, along with his high-tech gadgets. The man claimed to be a game developer creating a video game with a giant robot defending Earth from 15 alien invaders, and asked those childs to test the game for him. The kids agreed happily at first, but soon they began to find the game horrifying, not only because of its realism but also because the first fatality among them happened right after their first victory. Worse yet, they had no idea how to stop or leave the "game."

V. Koibito no Namae1. Lover's NameOne night, Ei Ariga the private detective was hit on by an obnoxious stranger whilst out working on a case handled by his father's agency. Then the timid and very polite Ryouichirou, who is a dead-ringer for the playboy stranger, turns up at the agency and tries to engage their services to find out why and how someone is breaking and entering his apartment. Ei-kun discovers that the nasty, violent and annoying carbon copy is called Naruaki and things get extremely complicated when he starts falling in love with both Ryouichirou and Naruaki... Lover's Name is also found in Double Lover - Koibito no Namae2. Saikou no KimiThe oneshot is also found in Saikou no Kimi.-----V. Double Lover - Koibito no Namae2. Kimochi no YukueIt's been three years since Kirima walked away from his relationship with Kou. Kou's obsessive love was what sent Kirima running in the first place, and now that he has Kirima back he's not about to let him escape again...

A serial-murderer is on the loose who just so happens to also be removing the hearts of his victims and taking them with him. His victims however, are not merely random humans as thought by the police. They are in fact, the past and present guardians of the gateway of the afterlife.On the day he is to be married, Detective Kanzaki, who happens to be on the case, discovers that his fianc Mina has been murdered with her heart also missing. He also learns that the killers are Kudo, a geneticist, and his evil secretary Rei. The two are trying to obtain six hearts from the guardians so that they may call forth a horde of demons from the Gate of Rage and have their every desire granted. Only problem is, once they open the gate the entire world will be covered in darkness.Meanwhile, in the afterlife, Mina encounters Izuko, the Guardian of the Gate. Izuko gives her three options: Mina can choose to ascend to heaven and be reborn, she can choose to forever walk the earth as a ghost or she can choose to curse one of the living to death and as a result be cursed to descend to hell. Mina has 12 days to make her choice.- Wikipedia.

This manga's story is based on a thriller by Keigo Higashino. The main protagonist, the shy Jun Naruse, is a rather average guy who works for a electronic company and loves to draw. He falls in love with Megumi whom he met at a shop selling drawing materials and an intimate relationship develops. A few days later the office gets attacked and when the criminal tries to shoot a little girl he saves her by jumping in front of her.A month passes until he wakes up again and is told that half his brain got destroyed and he only survived because someone donated half a brain. Everything seems to be fine, he quickly recovers and is happy, however he begins to change...is the donated brain the reason for that? Or is it just a side effect of the medicine?

From Tokyopop: Sato Tatsuhiro is a drug-addled "hikikomori" (a Japanese shut-in) who thinks a sinister organization, NHK (Nihon Hikikomori Kyoukai), is the cause of all his problems! He falls in love with a girl, Misaki, who he thinks is trying to assassinate him, but doesn't know how to talk to her or if he can trust her. The more he stays in his house watching anime porn, reading manga, and doing drugs, the harder it is for him to leave. Only Misaki can keep him from rotting away in his own apartment!

Volume 1:I want to be a successful man like Hongou-san as well!Kazuha, a nave boy from the countryside dreamed about working under Hongou, who manages a restaurant in Tokyo. After cheerfully arriving in Tokyo, what awaits is a person who is totally different from the Hongou he admires. He never hides his temper and is a super selfish guy! While disregarding Kazuha's uneasiness, Hongou made Kazuha live with him?!

Vow of Vengeance. Seventeenth-century Japan: A rebellion in the Aizu teritory has been brutally crushed, leaving twenty one brave warriors dead and most of the nuns of the local convent slaughtered. Now the surviving nuns have sworn to seek revenge. They turn to the greatest swordsman of the land to train them so they can kill the ones who slew the men and the other nuns.

From Tenshi-Tachi:Tsukasa Miyu's life revolved around only one thing--swimming. She gets admitted to Tenkai Academy on a swimming scholarship. However, before the start of high school, she encounters Suzuki Aoi and gets drawn into a world that doesn't involve just swimming anymore...

Yasuke was working up the nerve to admit his feelings for his childhood buddy Akari one day. It was an ideal opportunity, because the both of them were planning to eat dinner together at the shrine of his family. Before dinner, he inadvertently breaks a holy mirror and runs through the day-to-day shrine rites.A goddess, who appears just like a girl that is cute, curses him if he is ever separated from her and he can perish. All too late, he learns that she is a goddess of misfortune, whenever she is worried and terrible things occur around her. Will he have the ability to get the goddess? And just how will he ever describe this to Akari?

This is a compilation of oneshots that includes:1) Untitled2) Before Dawn3) Alfalfa4) 4:30 PM, Sunday//6:30, Afternoon, SundayPart 1 - Summer MemoriesPart 2 - A Girl in the Brilliant World of a Boy's DaydreamPart 3 - Coming Home5) The Typical Day and Melancholy of Super-Imaginative A-ko6) How to Spend a Day Off7) 178) What a Wonderful World9) Tokyo10) The End of the World11) Snakeman and the Great Space-time War

Even though J no Subete is three volumes long, each volume is a dynamic story in itself covering a particular stage of J's life. His life is a dark story and it's a very psychological manga.Book one is about all of J's trials and tribulations throughout childhood, during high school as he tries to find his place in the world and when he meets the somber honor student Paul...Timeline (from Oriolidae & Sparviero):01 Barairo no Hoo no Koro v01 ch01-0502 J no Subete v01 ch01-0503 2 Shuukan no Adventure v01 ch05-0604 J no Subete v02-0305 Barairo no Hoo no Koro v01 Extra

Rin sells her body for a living after her parents passed away. The other villagers conspire against her, and eventually they take it upon themselves to kick her out of town for lowering the town's morals. With nothing but the clothes she's wearing, some coins, and a loaf of bread her childhood friend Yuu gave her, Rin sets out with no goal in mind. What will she find in the forest as night falls?

From Miista Manga Fox: 12 year old, Momoki Asuka, first met his soon to be step brother, Momoki Yui. The brothers were closer than the average step brothers, until one fateful summers day, they both accidentally get locked in a cabinet together for one hour, at a abandoned warehouse, near their family vacation destination. However, after they finally escape, something life changing happened to 7 year old Yui in that cabinet. Yui began avoiding Asuka, by joining his school Tennis club. -10 Years Later- Life has changed for 17 year old Yui and 22 year old Asuka. Yui is a super tennis star, whilst Asuka is still depressed that his younger brother is ignoring him. As Asuka is still being avoided by Yui, the family decides to go to the same family vacation destination 10 years ago. Although, for the first time in 10 years, Yui chooses to join along with the family. At the same abandoned warehouse, Asuka gets stuck in a hole, until Yui purposely joins and gets stuck with him. Now that the two brothers are together, Yui reveals the secrets of what happened to him in the Cabinet 10 years ago, and how it had changed him. What will the brothers do, now that their secrets are revealed? Will they grow further apart or will they become closer? Yuzuha Ougi's story, Brother, recounted in a hypnotic, dreamy prose, brotherly love, encapsulates the perfect true love feeling of sexual tension and alienation. Sequel: Brother 2

[from Fantasy Shrine :]Kikuchi Yo, a travel agency owner dreams of turning the "Blue Rose", a British noble mansion into a hotel. He enthusiastically approaches Baron Gilfred, owner of the mansion, with his plans. Unbeknownst to him, he's walking into the Baron's trap! A gorgeous love story between a nobleman and a business owner.(sequel) Koushaku no Himeta Kuchizuke (continues the story of the Duke and the Prince)

Inside the jungles of Vietnam, a courageous Special Ops. Unit is fighting the most infamous war of decades past the Vietnam War. This bold account follows the brave exploits of Sergeant Perky? Perkins and his unit?of rabbits! Join Rats, Perky and Botaski as they fight against the cats of the Viet Cong. From the Tet Offensive to the My Canh bombing, watch these commando-style bunnies through an anthropomorphic lens as events unfold and violence erupts.On-human cast of characters notwithstanding, this compelling and painstakingly-researched work places an emphasis on factualism in order to accurately portray the events of the Vietnam War. With a fresh perspective on one of history's greatest calamities, Apocalypse Meow is a daring new take on a conflict that won't soon be forgotten especially after these young rabbits are done!

Shuuiku Academy is an elite all-boys school, home to a dormitory full of aspiring young students. But when the dorm's lights go out, the exited cheers of handsome young men fill the hallways! Watch as love and ambition bloom in this wildly popular boy's dormitory tale

Shouji is Honami's current boyfriend. Terumi was the first guy that Honami ever liked.When Shouji and Terumi two meet, what sparks between them is curiosity, jealousy or...?

From VIZ: In company-owned rabbit-hutch apartments live tenants who can't afford to live anywhere else, and the apartment complex in which high-school girl Hatsumi Narita lives is ruled over by the rumor mongering, self-righteous Mrs. Tachibana. Get on Tachibana's bad side, and life becomes hell. When Hatsumi has to buy a pregnancy test because her popular sister Akane's period is late, Mrs. Tachibana's son, Ryoki, who used to bully Hatsumi as a kid, promises not to tell the world about Hatsumi's secret, only if she becomes his slave. Suddenly, Azusa Hatsumi's protector in their youth, reappears to save her again! He's moving back into the neighborhood! Despite the budding romance between Hatsumi and Azusa, Ryoki has control over her through the secret that could ruin the lives of everyone in Hatsumi's family, and he hasn't forgotten who his slave is!

From Kotonoha: In his second collection of short stories, Mohiro Kitoh recounts the tragic fates of people living in a half-futuristic, half-fantasy city whose inexorable structural decay seems to be mirrored in its citizens' hearts.

From Nakama:I, Shouta, was permitted to embrace gentle-smiled, popular bartender Aoi only at times when Aoi felt like it. Why is it that despite the deep caresses and intense invitation, he doesn't try to feel good himself? I continue to be tossed about by Aoi, who is full of riddles, but... I want to give you love that binds to the inside of your heart, not just your body.

[From Condensation]:Sagara Yuki is a high school student who's shorter than all the other guys in his class. Moriyama Miki is the girl who admires him despite his small stature. Follow the hijinks and the romance between Sagara and Moriyama as they become closer and conquer the obstacles to their love! Was soccer mentioned?This is a super cute and funny manga. Volume 01 is a prequel to the actual series which begins in Volume 02.* Contains the following short stories: I Want to Protect You (Volume 1)Yuka is in love with her childhood friend, Haruki. The problem is that Haruki has a peculiar body condition - when people get near him, he gets attacked because of his pheromones. What will happen when they start dating? Valentine Nanka Kowakunai!? (Volume 4)Moe-chan plans to give Kyou-kun her homemade chocolate, but will she be able to when the rest of the male student population are after it too? Mousou Otome (The Delusional Virgin) (Volume 6)High school girl Chihiro is, in fact, a shoujo manga author! She bases her manga on her wild ideas with her first boyfriend, Izumi-kun, but she's keeping it a secret from him...?(1st oneshot in Megane - Hazushitemo Ii desu ka?)

--Baka UpdatesWakamiya Hikaru is a 15 year old teenager who read Shoujo mangas all the time. She wants a boyfriend that'll protect her and be her prince, just like in the mangas. One day... she gets into a tough situation and she was saved by a handsome boy. In return for saving her, she gets kissed by the boy who she calls the "Perverted Prince." Later on, she finds a guy who looks exactly like him, but has different eyes? What's going on?At last, who will she choose to be with? The "Perverted Prince" or the other guy that looks just like him but different colored eyes...? There is a love triangle going on...!

Based on Valkyrie Drive: Siren mobile game.

From Anime Waves:The woman Tsutomu encounters in college was older and smaller than he is, and for some reason, looks like the same girl in his dreams. The heart-pounding love affair between him and the "older woman" begins.NOTE: This is a manga for MATURE readers. While it is not a "hentai", it does contain sexual situations and nudity.

Every day in Japan, 2500 people die due to any number of causes. Do you think you'll be one of the ones to die? No, of course not. Do you think you'll win the lottery? You'd like to think so, we all would. But Sumida is different. He wants the status quo to remain in every way; live a normal life, get a normal job, have normal kids, never to be anyone fortunate or unfortunate, content in normalcy. Anyone who doesn't agree is foolish, doomed to live their life scraping up a mountain that they can never conquer, fated to die in despair wishing things had been better.When his mother kicks his father out of the house and onto the streets, he thinks he'll be fine. When his mother leaves him to live with her boyfriend, he makes the best of it. When he realizes that he's no longer average, he strives to make his life worthwhile the only way he knows how. When the demons in the back of his mind speak to him, he tries his best to ignore them.

Second year middle school & 14 year old, Amano Yukiteru, is a boy who has a problem with making friends. He keeps a diary on his cell phone of the things he witnesses, believing himself to be a bystander to the world's happenings. Yuki's only salvation from solitude are his imaginary friends, one of whom turns out to be the not so imaginary Deus Ex Machina, an apparent lord of time and space. Deus tells Yukiteru he's planning a 'fun game' and upgrades his cell phone to a new model which predicts the future. Yuki is quick to abuse his new power but is brought back to earth when the diary predicts his own death. After managing to fend off his would be murderer, Yuki discovers Deus's game involves himself and eleven others with precognative diaries to fight to the death for an incredible prize going to the last man standing. Outgunned and desperate to survive, Yuki teams up with Gasai Yuno, his psychotic stalker who'd do anything from killing to dying for him. A spectacular story full of twists and double crosses ensues as the twelve diary holders scramble to find each others' identities while keeping themselves alive.

During the beginning of the Meiji Era, a strategic town in the North, Hakodate, has become the nesting ground of mysterious monsters known as "youjin". It seems the world's Great Powers are pulling the strings of the youjin. Hyou, a 15 year old girl has been fighting the youjin alone up until now under the guise of the master samurai "Miburo" One evening, as Hyou was fighting for her life, she was saved by a noble, beautiful fighter, Himegami. Their meeting would affect each of their destiny. And now, the hidden truth behind history is going to start!

Wandering the packed tunnels of Shinjuku Station, famous author Yosuke Mikura makes a strange discovery: a seemingly homeless drunk woman who can quote French poetry. Her name is Barbara. He takes her home for a bath and a drink, and before long Barbara has made herself into Mikura's shadow, saving him from egotistical delusions and jealous enemies. But just as Mikura is no saint, Barbara is no benevolent guardian angel, and Mikura grows obsessed with discovering her secrets, tangling with thugs, sadists, magical curses and mythical beings - all the while wondering whether he himself is still sane.+ Rurouni Kenshin manga+ Heroman manga

A young man comes to Tokyo to become a poet (he actually composes a lot through the book!). But one can not support himself with poetry, so the hero works for a half-legal firm running all possible errands. In the process he meets a lot of people, both men and women, who are strangely interested not in his rhymes, but in his ...body! Absolutely lovely tragicomedy.~by DaRyuAida Rendou, ex-student and would-be poet, struggles to earn a living in the big city. As a talent scout for the adult video firm, M+ Productions, he hunts for potential actresses but it's not enough to pay the rent. So boss Nanazuka offers him extra cash to use his body to seduce men and women alike. Michiru, a spoilt young woman with Yakuza connections, comes up with what appears to be a perfect solution: she'll be Rendou's patron in return for him working as her full-time host. Will Rendou finally be able to write his poetry? Or will he end up corrupted by the amoral dog-eat-dog world around him?~by Lyrebird (Half-Baked)