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Although a 19th-century philosopher once said that "God is dead" (It was Nietzsche) the Rakia story has God descending to Earth in the 21st century and assuming the form of a girl. ("Rakia" is the Hebrew word for the skies or the firmament.)

In a fantasy world, with slight RPG-like element, the demon king has been revived and it is up to the Subjugators class to find him and slay him before it is too late. Follow Tolza, a young Subjugator, on his journey to slay the demon king along with his teammates he makes along the way. However, there lies a dark secret that his teammates must never know, regarding the Subjugator class.

Ms. Aoshika is not only divorced, but an underappreciated teacher at her job. But one drunken mishap leads her to witness firsthand the brutal assault and murder of a young man. However, after fainting, she awakens to discover that all of the assailants have been seriously wounded. And to her further surprise, the next day she discovers that not only is the young man, Akira, she met the night before alive, but he is now her new transfer student. "Wolf Guy - Ookami no Monshou" is a modern adaptation of Wolf Guy (SAKAGUCHI Hisashi) in a more violent and sinister setting.

When Maria lost her job and isn't able to pay her rent on time, she doesn't have any other way to earn money. She then agrees to make a deal with the CEO's son for money.

When an American scientist carrying a cure for the AIDS virus is kidnapped by an arms merchant, John Kyosuke is forced back from retirement. He accepts the challenge to regain posession of the anti-serum. He finds out that some of the people he is after are closely related, which gives his conquest a whole new meaning...Volume 1 includes the oneshot that would eventually lead to the series Damned.

From Viz:In a world that has become 70% harsh desert, the Rainbow Council of the International Peace Keeping Forces, a team of super-powered global security guardians, have a growing crisis on their hands. No. 5, one of their own and known within the council as their top marksman, has left his post and gone rogue. It's up to the other guardians to track him down--but No. 5, with his mysterious companion Matroshka, won't go down without a fight.

Included stories:Ore x Yome: Himekawa is 26 years old and has a beautiful girlfriend who wants to remain a virgin until she's married. He's lied to her and told her that he has a career with a company when in fact he works at the local convenience store. Ashamed, and wishing to power up his career so he has a shot at actually marrying his girlfriend (and her virginity), Himekawa replies to a want ad and is surprised to get an immediate response.Gyakushu no Ore x Yome: Kou's very good with computer science and robotics, but not very skilled with the opposite sex. He has a crush on his coworker, Moe, but he hardly even speaks to her. Then one day, his 99 year old self from the future sends him back a present; an android of Moe that only wants to make him happy. His future self comes along for the ride, in the form of a little phallic robot. His new penis-bot and android girlfriend are definitely going to make his life a lot more complicated.

A romantic story set in showbusiness and modeling world, CRASH reveals the influence played and the links joining the publicity, cinema and TV worlds: as a vector to the image manipulation, that tends too often to dehumanize the top model or actor, reducing him to a simple image in 2-dimension.

From Aerandria Scans:Tezuka Ayane was aiming to become a pianist. She was also working as a part-time home-tutor when she met Narumiya Kou. She found herself falling for him, but there was a difference in their ages and her feelings didn't seem to be returned. Six years have passed since then and Ayane is a music teacher in an all-girls school. One day, she goes to a jazz-piano audition and meets Kou there..!

Jun is an 18-year-old high school student. He hides the fact that he is gay from his mother and other people. Miura-san is a classmate of Jun. She likes reading books about BL (genre depicting homoerotic stories). Jun tells Miura-san that BL is just fantasy and that gayness in real life is dirty. Miura-san tells Jun that his remark is offensive to gay people. Nevertheless, Jun and Miura-san become close. Jun becomes interested in Miura-san and Miura-san begins to have feelings for Jun. One day, Miura-san tells Jun that she likes him.

Volume 1: Chapters 1-2: Being the notorious school president of Seiryou Academy, Hashizume had control over every student and staff member. But when the transfer student Misonoi appears with his nonchalant and unassuming attitude, Hashizume sees his newest challenge in taming this new toy. Chapters 3-4: A story about cousins who fall in love. Chapter 5: Oneshot about professor/student relationship. The Series Goes Like This: Volume 1: Seiryou Saikyou Monogatari (Scandalous Seiryo University) Volume 2: Seiryou Saikyou Monogatari Returns (Return To Scandalous Seiryo University) Volume 3: Seiryou Saikyou Monogatari Limited (Beyond Scandalous Seiryo University) Volume 4: Seiryou Saikyou Monogatari - Yano x Ishida Hen - Serenade

These are different stories involving Devilman's world. Some are about Devilman and add to the mythology some are separate stories that don't involve Devilman but take place the same time as the events in the original Devilman manga. They are illustrated by various artists. There are some color pages in the start middle and toward the end. There are some truly amazing art and stories in these volumes.Number one is written and illustrated by Lazy Hagawari, Tatsuya Egawa, Katsuya Terada, Ken Ishikawa, Go Nagai and Shinichi Hiromoto.Number two is written and illustrated by Hitoshi Iwaaki, Noriko Nagano, Go Nagai, Akihiko Takadera and Kazuko Yumeno.Number three is written and illustrated by Noburu Miyama, Miki Toro, Shinobu Kaze, Sho-u Tajima, Masaomi Kanzaki, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and Iou Kuroda.

In fifteenth century Rome, witches have declared war against humanity. A young man named Nikola, whose parents were cruelly murdered by a witch before his eyes, discovers that he is now the key to winning the war. Using sorcery skills acquired through years of careful study, Nikola must revive twelve witches known as the

A Collection of stories.1. UZAKOI: Shuuji thinks girlfriends become troublesome when they start saying annoying things... which is why he always breaks up with them in a few days. The only girl that lasts longer is Risa... but she is 'just' his 'lover'.2. SUKI DESU ONIICHAN3. DOUBLE BOOKING4. ANATA NO KIOKU5. SAKURA NO SHITA DE KISS WO SHITE6. ATOGAKI

After the world ended in the original Devilman, Akira Fudo is in hell, seeking the soul of his beloved Miki while at the same time Doctor Hell is beseeching the underworld for power in order to get his revenge upon the hated Mazinger. Akira sets in motion a chain of events that earn the enmity of Hades himself, who'll stop at nothing to avenge the slights Akira commits against him.

Set in a "futuristic, yet feudal Japan," and stars a samurai named Afro for his hair. The story follows Afro as he tries to avenge his father's murder. In the world of Afro Samurai, it is said that the one who becomes "Number One", will rule the world, wielding powers akin to a god.Someone becomes Number One by killing the previous Number One and taking his ceremonial headband. However, the only rule in this world is that only the "Number Two" (also designated by a sacred headband) is allowed to fight the "Number One." The downside of this is that anyone (and typically everyone) can challenge and try to kill the Number Two, to gain the right to move forward and challenge Number One. Afro Samurai's father was the old Number One, until he was challenged by a gunman, "Justice" (who was then Number Two), who fought him in a duel to become the new Number One. At the time the gunman challenged his father, Afro had only been a child. The gunman severed his father's head right in front of the young Afro.Now an adult, Afro Samurai is the current Number Two and a master swordsman; he travels the road seeking revenge on Justice, the current Number One. Lengthy flashbacks interspersed throughout the story detail how Afro rose from frightened boy fleeing the death of his father, to master swordsman, and eventually to become the current "Number Two", while the story in the present deals with the adult Afro making his way to the mountain top keep of the "Number One" to duel Justice, while at the same time the mysterious cult known as the "Empty Seven Clan" sends various agents to kill Afro and take his Number Two headband.

This is about two siblings with the vampire-like tendency for blood, and at first share the same home alone till their caring aunt decides to move in with her husband to care for them, however their normal life is going to get far crazier as a doctor and other characters become involved in the plot.From Tokyopop:The members of the Takashiro family share a terrible curse: only human blood can slake their thirst. Sent away after the death of his mother, Kuzuna Takashiro remained blissfully unaware of his 'condition.' When Kazuna's teenage hormones begin to rage, his uncontrollable bloodlust suddenly rears its head...

From Dark Horse: Deep into the twenty-first century, the line between man and machine has been inexorably blurred as humans rely on the enhancement of mechanical implants and robots are upgraded with human tissue. In this rapidly converging technoscape, the covert-ops agents of Section 9 are charged to track and crack the most dangerous terrorists, cybercriminals, and ghost hackers. And speaking of ghosts, when supposedly dead people start turning up walking and talking, Section 9 begins to look into the possibility that corpses are being "puppeted" from a remote location, and some serious powerbrokers may be pulling the strings. Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor presents for the first time in America the "lost" Ghost in the Shell stories, created by Shirow Masamune after completing work on the original Ghost in the Shell manga and prior to his tour-de-force, Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface, but never collected until now. Focusing on Section 9 agents in their daily battle against technocrime, Human-Error Processor has all the mind-twisting cybermadness you've come to expect from Ghost in the Shell, but set in a more police-procedural context with action and suspense galore.

Lemnear is a female warrior who is out to slay the evil sorcerer Gardein. Gardein massacred Lemnear's family and practically everyone in her hometown several years back, and Lemnear is determined not to let him get away with it. Lemnear is no ordinary girl however, for she is the legendary Champion of Silver... destined to end the reign of darkness and chaos.

From TOKYOPOP:Kai and Spike are best of friends. They have a common background, the fact that they are both half Koreans. They both feel alone and mistreated, angry towards the world, and uncomfortable in their own house. One day in the middle of black Harlem, they accidentally encounter a Korean foreign student, Sunil, and both become interested in her. . .

In the year 2020, it was found out that a harmful virus had infected the human race, killing them slowly and bringing them towards a dark future. But with the technology they had in hand, in an attempt to save the civilized race, the people chose to go through with "Beast Transformation." Knowing that other than humans, all animals were safe from the virus, the humans made the decision to inject the genes of animals into themselves to become part-human, part-animal. In the end, the idea was "Either you do beast-transformation or die." With the race known as Homo Sapiens gone, by the year 2035, being a beast-human was normal.

A collection of oneshotsHoichi the Earless: A surreal story about a boy who writes disturbing songs and who sees the spirits of the dead. Read this if only to see the intense illustration on page 27.Paradise Cabin: A group of entertainers is plagued by the spirit of a deceased fellow entertainer.Other oneshots not translated.

When I wake up, everything is a mess. War? Extraterrestrial invasion? Whatever it is, I just need to take my personal revenge.Rendezvous (Hun),,

Kaji Ryusuke is a second son of a great politician. However, his father and brother both pass away from a car accident. Now, those who supported Ryusuke's father want Ryusuke to carry on the family business as a politician.At first, Ryusuke tries to get out of the responsibility, but he eventually enters an election to become a politician.This manga will view Japanese politics from Kaji Ryusuke's viewpoint.

Taking place 30 years after the original Cutey Honey manga. Sister Jill has been revived, and has brought back the Panther Claw to defeat Honey (taken from ANN).NOTE: This manga reads from Right to Left BUT it has some parts of reading from Left to Right!

Collection of inter-linked stories.1. KikyoAfter losing her job, a woman in der mid-twenties returns to her hometown in the countryside and has an unexpected encounter.2. Large Small WorldA junior high school girl, who has a cram school teacher for her boyfriend and a delinquent girl for her best friend, keeps skipping class, but still does her homework. What could be her reasoning?3. Mother ShipThe truant girl's mother tells the story of her youth, her love and her life.4. Sandwich BluesA 32-year-old middle-school teacher leads the same lonesome life she had during her elementary school days. When her cousin from the countryside annouces her marriage, she starts to ponder...5. Go Slow (continuation of Mother Ship)6. Manimani

[From Attractive Fascinante] :1-5) To Takei, who's a Math teacher in high school, the school is the perfect feasting ground for students. But never did he expect that one of his former students would become a teacher as well as his colleague! For the number one lusty teacher Takei, his days of humiliation are starting soon!6)Our Oath- The mixed up sex lives between a businessman, his secretary, and their two sons.Junai Fetizm (Sequel)

Dark fantasy story follows a boy named Muoru who has been falsely arrested and sent to a cemetery to perform forced labor. There, he calls himself the "grave keeper" and meets a beautiful girl named Meria. Muoru becomes fascinated with Meria as he spends his days digging a hole containing the undead monster named "The Dark."

From Bamboo GardenFive different- very different- stories.But all are tragedies with a twist at the end.Some may have cut-off endings;but there's a true philosophy at the end.First story- Two cuts of the devil(done by BGscans)About a mood-obsessed girl, a crazy count, the girl's servant- and a cup of chocolate tea.Second story- Mr Laurence's dilemma(done by BGscans)About a tax collector who goes to Scotland to collect the whiskey and Scotland's rebellious yet ingenuous way of protecting it. Or do they really not know?Third story- The sultan's dialiah(done by BGscans)An emperor has sacrificed a daughter for the sake of peace between his country Bizantin and the Sultan- the lord-'s country. He dies, but what of his daughter?Fourth story- Scary bread(done by BGscans)About a Christian that attempts to 'teach' the vikings. But as time grows the Christian grows weary, for she is doing something very wrong and she knows it.Fifth story- Happy Epicurean(working project)About a little boy who can otherwise be known as a carnivore...

During a late-night, there was a bizarre murdering case in an alley of a small town. A few youngsters met a psycho murderer on their way home after a night-shift. After fighting, they found out that the psycho murderer was invulnerable. At that decisive moment, an angel' appeared and killed the evil. However, who was the ordinary-looking angel' that gambled with the devils? The kindness and evilness of humans will not only determine the success or failure of the gamble; it will also determine the fate of all humans.

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A short fast-paced horror manga about a woman who is attacked by an ogre and rescued by an ogre hunter, who informs her that she's been cursed and the ogre has been summoned to kill her.Will the ogre hunter be successful at removing the curse, banishing the ogre, and saving the woman?Note: although this is primarily a horror manga, there is a moderate amount of nudity and small amount of explicit sex.

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Saitou is a young doctor who just graduated. Starting his career as a doctor he finds there is a lot more to this profession than one would think. An intense drama about the dark side of the medical world. -- Manga Updates

In the feudal era of Japan, Ogami Itto is the elite executioner for the Shogun until the ruthless Yagyu clan frames him in an attempt to gain the position. His name dishonored and his wife murdered, Itto and his infant son Daigoro wander Japan as an assassin for hire, named Lone Wolf and Cub. Ultimately, Ogami Itto strives for revenge against the Yagyu clan.

The Tokyo area has been hit by a gigantic earthquake. In the midst of this chaos, Akito and Yumi meet and together they start traveling through the city in order to survive.

The beginning of a saga. The story of a "time of yonder" about the birth of Devilman.

From Blue Flor:A domestic comedy about couples in apartments.

The case was closed after 52 hours. During that time, 12 people died in total. Human beings became beasts in the inescapable classrooms. Twenty-seven former sixth-grade members of Shinozuka Elementary School, who gathered at their ex-school building for a reunion, were imprisoned. The name of the culprit was the school's alumni, Mikio Yumesaki. The experiment on "human virtue under extreme circumstances" revealed the true nature of human beings. Suspicion, lust, revelation, revenge, and betrayal. Ethical suspense that denounces morality.

Meet Chicago youth Milton, who frequents his local comics shop to watch the latest episodes of Peepo Choo, an anime that's as wildly popular as it is bizarre. Milton would like nothing more than to escape his dreary neighborhood and travel to Tokyo, where he'd wear his cosplay outfit until it totally fell apart.Perhaps he will get to do just that.

In the dismal backdrop of New York City, Southern-belle-turned-prostitute Sunny meets the college-educated Lou, who makes a living by out-drinking people at bars. What first starts as a night of drunken passion quickly spirals into unexpected love, as together they begin to search for meaning in a world that has all but deserted them...This manga also contains two one shots, Funeral and Peggy.

The Second Coming Of The Sword SpiritA young girl founds an ancient sword and awakes the sword spirit. It sweeps into her marrow and now living with her. What kind of perverted spirit is that? Hence the journey begins

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From TJO:The Kingdom of Granza is steadily building up their power and expanding their realm. Fleeing from the attack on her home, Faana and her companions hide in the woods, hoping to escape from the Granza Military. However, as her group is hunted down, Faana is the only one fortunate enough to escape alive. Half-dead, she somehow manages to travel several kilometers to the Kingdom of Cordeaa, where she passes out in a lake. Upon awakening 3 days later, she is surprised to find herself inside the castle of King Yogufu, the ruler of Cordeaa. Faana is even more surprised though, when she meets his daughter, Princess Orfina--the two girls are identical strangers. The two become fast friends, but this period of happiness doesn't last long as Granza soon advances it's power into Cordeaa...

Why me? It was to be the last thought a young prostitute, Rune Balot, would ever haveas a human anyway. Taken in by a devious gambler named Shell, she became a slave to his cruel desires and would have been killed by his hand if not for a private investigator and his self-aware Universal Tool, ufcoque. Now a cyborg, Balot has not only physical powers, but the ability to disrupt social environments. She chases after Shell, his partner-in-crime Boiled, and faces down a variety of insane villains in this pulse-pounding cyberpunk noir adventure.