Shimazu, Kyouko

A collection of Shimazu Kyouko's short stories filled with human drama.

Shimazu Kyouko Jisenshuu

Kyoko Shimazu Author's Edition

島津郷子自選集

Urasawa, Naoki

Katsushika, Hokusei

Master Keaton introduces Taichi Hiraga Keaton, an archeology professor and part-time insurance investigator known for his successful and unorthodox methods of investigation. The son of a Japanese zoologist and an English noblewoman, educated in archaeology at Oxford and a former member of the SAS, Master Keaton uses his knowledge and combat training to uncover buried secrets, thwart would-be villains, and pursue the truth.

(Source: VIZ Media)

Master Keaton

マスターキートン

Satomi, Kei

Hide (Hi-De) meets a mysterious girl named Miru and soon find out that she has special power. Miru will sneeze whenever she sense spirit or detect that some strange occurrence are caused by the something paranormal. The two travel together and encounter all kinds of paranormal activity causing by ghost, demon, human spirit and divine being .

Nanka Youkai!?

なんか妖かい!?

Ooya, Kazumi

Yuuki get a the part time job in a summer, hoping that it'd be fun. 3 days had passed, but nothing interesting happened. One time she sneaked in to the actress's dressing room and met 2 suspicious guys who delivering a message from another famous actor. Who are they and will Yuuki will find something fun to do instead of her current part time job?

Otohime Connection

乙姫ＣＯＮＮＥＣＴＩＯＮ

Kobayashi, Kaoru

At Inokashira High School, Kouichirou is assigned by his teacher to take care for the welcoming party for the female foreign student from Hong Kong who is going to study in his class. While he's having headache with the class's condition, he heard something loud. The source of that noise are one huge Helicopter and 3 more planes, and the girl who step out from that helicopter? She's Fang Ran, the heiress of the Chang Family, the richest family in Hong Kong.  

Fang Ran noticed Kouichirou and asked him for the direction for the Teacher Room, and soon she's introduced by the teacher in Kouichirou's class. Fang Ran remember Kouichirou and so she greet him, which cause the teacher to assign him to take care Fang Ran from now on. Read the story about Fang Ran, Kouichirou and their friends in this series.

China Girl

Hagio, Moto

Bradbury, Ray

An adaptation of eight Ray Bradbury stories.

1. R is for Rocket
A group of boys dream of one day riding a rocket into space.

2. The Screaming Woman
"When you're living on a street like I'm living on, you just don't think awful things are going to happen. Like shooting, or stabbing, or burying people under the ground, practically in your back yard. And when it does happen, you don't believe it."

3. The Fog Horn
The sea is full of ancient wonders, perhaps even beyond human understanding. And once a year, the sounds of a fog horn reach them...

4. The Lake
Even after years away from the beaches of his childhood, the memories of a young man still remain when he returns.

5. Come Into My Cellar
It seems innocent enough when Mary's brothers receive in the mail their order of mushrooms to grow in the basement, but as the day goes on her suspicions rise.

6. Homecoming
Everyone's coming for All Hallow's Eve, which only serves to remind Timothy how much he feels like the family's black sheep.

7. Jack-in-the-Box
Her house is the world; her deceased father, God. Donna is wildly intrigued by what lies beyond those walls even though her Mother and teacher assure her that there's only death. But... what does "death" mean? 

8. The Rocket Man
Doug's father is a Rocket Man, home at last after a three-month trip. Turns out that working in space isn't as wonderful as it seems, and yet it keeps calling him back.

(Source: MAL)

U wa Uchuusen no U

ウは宇宙船のウ

Makimura, Satoru

Yuuko has a dream that one day when she becomes a college student, she will be free from her restrained life. Her father owns a Japanese Curry Rice shop and most of Yuuko's personal time is spent helping her father run the business.

Between helping her dad and studying Yuuko is constantly busy, but she gets help and support from an old friend and later she slowly begins to fall in love with him.

Aka Tougarashi Monogatari

赤とうがらし物語

Tsujii, Motoko

A sequel to Sora no Soko Shirasuna no Himegimi.

Yami no Tenkuu is about Rika, Yoshino and friends. Yoshino has special power that whoever get close to her will be able to see spirits, demons and gain paranormal abilities. Even though Yoshino have this special power, she can't see or sense anything paranormal at all.

In this sequel, everyone in the manga is preparing themselves for their university exams. Yoshino's friends start losing power to see the spirits. Rika as being someone with a strong six sense, still can see spirit as usual. One day she notices that her paranormal abilities is still going on, Rika and Yoshino meet a mysterious new student named Kawamura.

Another huge case where Rika and Yoshino have to get themselves out of trouble.

Yami no Tenkuu

闇の天空

Kajiwara, Ikki

Chiba, Tetsuya

Joe Yabuki has learned how to toughen up and stop trusting others after a troubling youth spent bouncing between orphanages and fending off bullies. After finally escaping the cycle of violent temporary homes, Joe adopts a delinquent lifestyle in the streets of San'ya, a slum in Tokyo. He makes his way through the world with his fists, picking fights with anyone he pleases.

Danpei Tange, a washed-up and alcoholic former boxing coach, notices Joe's animalistic combat ability and attempts to mentor the wild teenager. Despite developing an explosive relationship, the two form a close bond and rely on each other to look after the other homeless children in San'ya.

Unable to abandon his destructive habits, Joe is arrested for petty crimes. In jail, he meets and fights with lifelong friends and rivals, including the boxing prodigy Tooru Rikiishi. Continuously challenging Rikiishi to fights, Joe is knocked out time after time due to his savage brawling style failing in the face of Rikiishi's controlled boxing technique. But eventually, Joe stuns his rival with a knockout blow, earning Rikiishi's respect and the promise that they will one day meet again inside the professional ring.

Finding a reason to live within boxing, Joe takes life head-on with a new purpose. As he rises through Japan's amateur and professional boxing scenes, he contends with painful loss and increasing injury. Joe's passion for fighting is all-consuming, and he grapples with the idea that a life without boxing may not be one worth living.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Ashita no Joe

Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow

あしたのジョー

Hiwatari, Saki

Mystic dreams of a previous life in the moon lead to the bonding of seven students in an attempt to uncover the secrets behind what they have forgotten. As various truths are sought and avoided, Alice must hurry remembering if she is to save the fragile Rin from self-destruction. For only after facing the grave errors of the past, can they all move forward and live fully in the present.

(Source: MangaTraders)

Boku no Chikyuu wo Mamotte

Please Save My Earth

ぼくの地球を守って

Tezuka, Osamu

The story of friendship between a samurai and a doctor in the final days of the Tokugawa Shogunate.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Hidamari no Ki

陽だまりの樹

Saitou, Takao

Koike, Kazuo

For four decades, Golgo 13 has been the world's greatest assassin for hire - sometimes to settle a private score, and sometimes to change history!

His real name and nationality are unknown - but his legend is everywhere. G13 never fails a job, and never sees his clients again...

...unless they try and betray him!

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