Ichi is a lone goze (blind woman singer) who has become separated from her traveling entertainment troupe. Wondering how she will find her place in life, she carries only a shamisen (a traditional Japanese stringed instrument) and a walking stick with a hidden blade inside. When necessary, she uses her exceptional sword skills to fight off yakuza and other villains.
Little stories about a boy named Ken and his daily life in 1976 with his stay-at-home mother, working father, cat Momo… and sometimes a duck.
At the dawn of the fourteenth century, a disgraced inquisitor and his young disciple find themselves at the heart of a struggle for power between medieval Europe's occult powers ... From the roofs of Notre Dame to the most distant abbeys, they embark on a quest for the greatest mystery of all: the Third Testament. Because everyone is ready to fight to the death to recover this testament which could signal the end of an era and have the effect of a new Apocalypse ... Because the Third Testament is the light which will bring those who have strayed back to the true faith.
Yuki Tachibana, a withdrawn third grader, is convinced that the fourth floor of his school is home to supernatural creatures that few kids (and no adults) can see and he's worried about a recent influx of new, less friendly creatures and about his ability to perceive the true shape of things waning as he gets older. Most of the other kids mock Yuki - they think he's crazy due to his strange pronouncements and peculiar actions - and, aside from the creatures he sees, his only social interactions are with the school's kindly and open-minded caretaker, a new transfer student named Makoto Suzuki who's allocated the desk next to his and an enigmatic boy named IQ who always wears a box over his head.
Taking place in a four year period, the story centers on two young women, 19-year old Irene "Rally" Vincent and her partner, 17-year old "Minnie" May Hopkins. Rally and May operate the titular "Gunsmith Cats" gunshop in Chicago, Illinois. Rally also works as a bounty hunter, assisted by May, which is the impetus behind many of the stories. From Baka-Updates: Girls, guns, and grenades! Meet Rally Vincent and Minnie May. By day, they work at the Chicago gun shop that they own. By night (or holidays or week-ends), they moonlight as a pair of bounty hunters called the Gunsmith Cats. Rally is an expert at firearms, being able to judge the condition of a gun with a glance, and being an expert marksman. Minnie May is younger and less disciplined; and has an absolute fascination with explosives. Lots of explosives. Especially big ones. Together, they form an unbeatable team; much to the consternation of the local ATF bureau. Set in the city of Chicago, this action-adventure series features a lot of gunfights, car chases, and general mayhem.
It is the era where demons from the Hell of Extreme Cold have crossed over to the world and have begun feeding on humans. The highest deity of the heavens, Sakra ("Emperor Who Releases the Heavens"), and the Four Heavenly Kings under him protect the world from the demons of hell. However, Sakra believes the female younger sister of the female protagonist Nasua is the reincarnation of his precious one and was trying to take her away. Nasua tried to grab on to the deity's clothes to stop him but due to her insolence, Sakra sliced off both of Nasua's arms. Nasua now holds a grudge against the heavens. And she has come into contact with the Hell of Scorching Heat which is in complete opposition to the Hell of Extreme Cold. Somehow she has come to possess the arms of the scorching heat demons but... Nasua is neither human nor demon. In order to save and retrieve her younger sister, she will stand and fight against both heaven and hell.
"Giséle Alain will provide you with any service, Madame," Gisèle claims as she puts a sign on her door. Gisèle Alain is the owner of an apartment and decides to take on whatever request that she receives. She forces Eric, a resident of the apartment with overdue rent, to tag along with her service. Their first mission is to find a cat that another resident has lost and claims to have been missing for 3 days. Upon further investigation, they find a suspicious man taking away cats to an unknown alley. Gisèle decides to investigate further and finds out who the man is without any trouble. An amusing yet calm service providing you with anything you want; at your service by Gisèle Alain!
Two sisters share their experiences and thoughts one summer vacation in Matsuyama, Ehime.
Orphaned on the mean streets of Treasure Town, lost boys Black and White must mug, steal and fight to survive. Around them moves a world of corruption and loneliness, small-time crooks and neurotic police officers, and a band of sadistic yakuza who have plans for their once-fair city. Can they rise above their environment? From Baka-Updates
Short stories about God's two cat disciples.<br>
From J-Novel Club: Half a year after moving to Kyoto, high school girl Aoi Mashiro brings her late grandfather’s old scrolls to Kura, an antique store nestled in Kyoto’s Teramachi-Sanjo shopping arcade, for an appraisal. One thing leads to another, and she winds up working there part-time. The manager’s son Kiyotaka Yagashira nicknamed the “Holmes of Kyoto” is uncannily perceptive, and together, they solve strange cases relating to the antiques brought to them by clients.
This brief resurrection of Go Nagai's Violence Jack character appeared in 8 chapters in the magazine Comic Bunch in 2005 and has never been collected in a single volume. OK, resurrection may be the wrong word since Jack didn't actually die when Nagai ended the original series in 1990 and he also didn't bite it in the 2001 stand-alone short story DEMONS IN A WAR-TORN land. But you get the idea. (Taken from deadfrog.us) The serializing resumed in 2007 and is still being published in 2008.
