In the imperial court, a young woman is put into servitude, Maomao. The tale is just beginning for the woman doctor/pharmacist from the red-light district, as rumors circulate about the emperor's children's lives being short-lived. Her curious nature and thirst for knowledge pushes her to action. To satisfy her curiosity, this young doctor/pharmacist will investigate the origin! What is shifting in the imperial court..!? [u][b]Russian / Русский:[/b][/u] [spoiler]В императорский двор была доставлена молодая девушка Маомао. История её берёт начало в районе красных фонарей, где начали ходить слухи о том, что жизни детей императора под угрозой. Ею движут любопытство и жажда знаний. Чтобы удовлетворить своё любопытство, молодая целительница будет докапываться до истины! Что же изменится при императорском дворе?![/spoiler]
Kuuki no Soko is a collection of short stories drawn by the genial writer between 1971 and 1972, is known in Japan as a true masterpiece. Belonging to the most mature Tezuka's period, it touches many genres: from pure science fiction to the Nazi era. We find stories of spying, lawsuits against animal testing as far as stories about the more complex dynamics of the human mind. And the human mind is the leitmotif of the entire volume, namely the duality present in every one of us, and then, mercy, love, understanding, living with the cruelty and violence until somenthing happen in our mind and we discover a side of us unknown to ourselves ... and we are not always adequately prepared to reagins ...
From Aerandria Scans: The spring when Minori passed her middle-school entrance exams, her granny called her to her atelier and drew a good-luck charm on Minori's back to protect her. But then, her granny passed away without telling her from what she had to be protected from. She only said that when Minori enters high-school she must never ever enter the art-gallery at night. But now Minori is in the art-club. Will she be able to stay away from the Art Gallery as she promised?
From Bakeneko's Lair: Poor, poor Akatsuki Homare. He's gotten himself into a mess of trouble. Considering his arrogance, he's getting exactly what he deserves. Yes, Homare, life is a game of give and take. You don't only get to be on the taking side...
Meet the cute, smug, cane-wielding 17-year old Iwanaga Kotoko as she (very) aggresively tries to woo the older Sakuragawa Kurou and act as a mediator/problem-solver for the supernatural world. From the author of Zetsuen no Tempest and Spiral!
It all started with the sound of an insect...out of the blue they became feral. Women infected with this sound became known as the "crazies" who infect other women and attack men exclusively. The resulting chaos devastated Japans populations as 70 percent perished, forcing the international community to cut off Japan from the rest of the world.
Because they encountered in a dark street, a mad and deformed man named Kyo Ichi, Keiji Masuda and his colleagues have to die one by one, killed by members of an ever-growing sect worshipping the seemingly invincible Kyo Ichi and bearing the same mark he has on the neck.
This story is based on the life of the famous historical author, Izumi Kyoka, who wrote about the fantastic in the Meiji period. In this manga, Kyoka writes for the Fantasy Club magazine, and he encounters many supernatural, often onmyoudou-related, incidents. Together with his managing editor Kozuki Masumi, other friends and colleagues, and his own mysterious abilities, Kyoka tries to find a way to resolve each mysterious situation
"If there's such a thing as a soul, does it remain in this world as long as the bones exist? Will all of my sins and sorrows remain in this world forever?" Tokyo, 1952. A beautiful, mysterious women who's haunted by dark dreams claims to have murdered her ex-husband... three times. Meanwhile, a small seaside town is terrorized by a bizarre series of deaths. Four seemingly separate murders are linked by strange, unsettling dreams of bones... Is something supernatural going on, or are the real demons found in the depths of the human mind? This complex case reunites the sleuths from Ubume no Natsu and Mouryou no Hako: onmyoudou practitioner Chuuzenji, horror novelist Sekiguchi, police inspector Kiba, psychic detective Enokizu and journalist Atsuko.
Toki Bianchi is obsessed with trains. His goal is to ride every line in the world, including the infamous Pulito, the train that carries criminals sentenced to death to their final destination. He will do anything to attain this goal. Absolutely anything…
Seventeen year old Aya is the perfect high school student. Good grades, popular and sports prodigy. She is looking forward to summer break as her pen pal has invited her to his family ranch, but one day on the way home from school she hears a voice calling her name from....
