A story about 2 kids who go to Tokyo after their mother died and their father-in-law kicked them out of the house. In Tokyo they meet up with a fellow orphan named Shigeru Ito. Thus begins their cynical tale of laughter and depression
In order to be bought by a rich family, Narumi Inoue, hiding the truth that he is a man, goes to a girls' school. As a trainee, Narumi was sent to serve a girl from a rich family who hates maids (only weekends)! Keeping the 'heart of treating/serving people,' Japanese maid, Maid in Japan, Narumi's battle will start…!? If it is found out that Narumi is a man, he will be castrated. Don't miss the cross-dresser maid boy's love and sufferings while serving!
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
This is the adaptation of the award winning doujin novel that shocked Japan and sold over 130,000 copies within a month. It even outsold Haruki Murakami's long awaited novel, 'Killing Commendatore' domestically. While in the manga, it claims that it's just a work of fiction, the press release for the book by Fushosha, the publishing company, says (and I quote) "'Otto no Chinpo ga Hairanai' is a shocking true tale that tells the story of a woman's life". It's about her relationship with school, society, men and women. It's about a woman that struggles with the curse that's 'normalcy', her struggle with impotence, cheating, and all that in between. Comicalized by Gouto Yukiko (36-do, R-chuugakusei), a story of despair and hope, dedicated to all the people who have difficulty living, begins now.
From Anime News Network: Several thousands of years from now, there exists the Joker Galaxy of five Star Systems, where a long, long war is being fought. The god of light, Amaterasu, is trying to unite the galaxy under his rule. The fighting stands between giant mecha called Mortar Headds, their pilots, the Headdliners, trained since birth for their task, and the female humanlike computers called Fatimas, necessary for controlling the MH. Many are the lives and destinies found throughout the more than thousand year long era of war, although Amaterasu seems to live through it all. Note: To honor its 25th anniversary, the series was reprinted under Five Star Monogatari Reboot (The Five Star Stories Reboot) with a final and 13th volume.
Another work by Reiko Shimizu, or rather her newest. This series is a disturbing manga about solving murder cases by applying the newly developed method of viewing the memory of dead people's brains. And as in every manga done by this mangaka, weird supernatural forces are of course included. The first chapter is actually a prologue and is concentrated on the first case where this method was used. Chapter 2 is when the two main characters are introduced, so hang on! NOTE: There is a related anime with episodes based on selective chapters from the manga.
Han Soo-ah grew up with everything a girl could need. Or so she thought, until she realized she was no more than a tool at her father's disposal. The best she could do for herself was live up to the expectations that sat heavy on her shoulders. She's resigned herself to such a life, until a fateful encounter in a music store changes things forever. Will the man at the piano be able to restore what Soo-ah doesn't even know she has lost…?
After eight long years away, Eunseo finds herself back in Korea. When her best friend Mi-yo offers her a place to stay while she gets back on her feet, Eunseo only ever intends to rest for a while before getting out of her hair. The problem is, Eunseo’s demons have come looking for her much sooner than she was expecting, and she soon finds herself facing one in particular. Kang Mido may be somewhat happy that she’s back, but he sure isn’t happy about her leaving in the first place. Determined to stop her from running away again, Mido resorts to drastic measures. Eunseo is in a predicament, there’s no doubt about that, but you know what they say: better the devil you know…
Volume 1 : The Laughing Vampire. While a young boy, just resurrected as a vampire, commits acts of awful ferocity, the city around him shows all its perversion. The adults abuse of their power, the boys degenerate and use all the available means to achieve their goal to give vent to their low instincts. Whoever can't understand and make opposition is doomed to change or becoming crazy. So which is the real horror? The vampire who kills in order to feed himself or the crawling disease hidden in the society that slowly corrupts without being noticed? Volume 2 : Paradise. Following the events narrated in the first volume, Luna and Konosuke are now living together with the old woman vampire as fellows, as lovers, in a diabolic innocence, killing to quench their thirst for blood, joining death and love under the dream of the eternal youth. Meanwhile a young boy, named Makoto, is looking for his lost sister Miko, who disappeared years ago under mysterious circumstances. But what has really happened to that girl who liked eating grubs and dreamed to become on of them? And is someone really hiding a terrible secret? The paths of all the characters will dramatically collide, bringing unexpected consequences after the things are gradually revealed. A story suspended between weirdness and decadence, showing a clear nostalgia for the German cinematography and Federico Fellini, where the blood is used to trace a great and only apparent amoral story.
1) by Takewaka Tomoharu Vulgar delinquent student Komota Kaisei opens his heart in the school infirmary. To get a reward from Seira-sensei, Komota becomes a good student. But his demands get more and more sexsual. What will sensei do? 2) The Erotic Whistle of a Flower by Yamagata Shin Little Red Riding Hood gets attacked by a wolf. But who will actually devour who?
Comics Underground Japan presents the wild, subversive world of Japan’s most accomplished underground comics artists. Some of the dozen artists included in this anthology will be familiar to followers of manga; others make their American debut in these pages. The richly imaginative stories in this volume show a great range of graphic style, from painstakingly detailed craftsmanship to exuberant, maniacal renderings. At the heart of each work in this anthology is a unique personal vision and a fierce artistic compulsion–these manga artists are the misfits of the art form, and they are its visionaries.
