Dororo is a thriller manga, which revolves around a ronin during the Sengoku period. He was born malformed, limbless and without facial features or internal organs. This was the result of his birth father daimyo Daigo Kagemitsu forging a pact with 48 sealed demons so that he might rule the world. In return, he promised the demons could each obtain a piece of his unborn child's body. This enabled them to roam free and commit atrocities along the countryside.
After his mother was forced to set him adrift on the river, lest he be killed by his father, the infant was subsequently found and raised by Dr. Honma, a medicine man who used healing magic and alchemical methods to give the child prostheses crafted from the remains of children who had died in the war. The boy became nearly invincible against any mortal blow as a result of the prostheses and healing magic. Grafted into his left arm was a very special blade that a travelling storyteller presented to Dr. Honma, believing it was fated to be within his possession given that ever since the boy had been discovered, the doctor had been visited by goblins. As revealed in a short tale about the blade's origin, the blade had been forged out of vengeance to kill goblins as well as other supernatural entities.
After the doctor was forced to send him on his way because he was attracting demons, the young man learned from a ghostly voice of the curse that had be set upon him at birth and that by killing the demons responsible he could reclaim the stolen pieces of his body and thus regain his humanity. Across his travels, he earned the name "Hyakkimaru" (????) among other names for his inhuman nature. On one such hunt of a demon, Hyakkimaru came across a young orphan thief named Dororo who thereafter travels by his side through the war-torn countryside.
Wandering the packed tunnels of Shinjuku Station, famous author Yosuke Mikura makes a strange discovery: a seemingly homeless drunk woman who can quote French poetry. Her name is Barbara. He takes her home for a bath and a drink, and before long Barbara has made herself into Mikura's shadow, saving him from egotistical delusions and jealous enemies. But just as Mikura is no saint, Barbara is no benevolent guardian angel, and Mikura grows obsessed with discovering her secrets, tangling with thugs, sadists, magical curses and mythical beings - all the while wondering whether he himself is still sane.
Still in her early twenties, beautiful Toshiko Tomura has won the Akutagawa Prize for her story "The Book of Human Insects." The great honor is not her first: she has previously won the New York Design Academy Award, before which she was the lead actress of an established theatrical troupe. Yet, while the media go abuzz, the woman in the limelight slips away from the metropolis; what the sole paparazzo who manages to trail her to an abandoned country house witnesses is an immobile figure of an old woman and the star herself, naked, in a reverie as bizarre as it is erotic...
Growing older is pretty rough and Kenji is finding out just how hard it can be as life starts wearing down on him. On top of trying to make ends meet running a convenience store he has to care for the niece that his missing sister left in his care. Memories of youth make it easier, until those memories come back to haunt him. Continuation of Urasawa Naoki's masterpiece, 20th Century Boys. -- Wikipedia
Drama, Horror, Philosophical, Romance, School Life
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May 7, 2024
One day in summer, when the cicadas are chirping loudly. Haruka Nanami, a sophomore in high school, receives a confession from Kudo Satoru, a student at a neighboring high school. Haruka is at a loss, saying, "I've never even talked to him before..." Kudo suggests that they start out as friends, and the two exchange contact information. At the same time, at a railroad crossing in the town where the two live, a series of similar accidents occur day after day. They are madly in love. They want to be together, but they can't. A midsummer horror love story that you will never forget.
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Delinquents, Drama, Philosophical, School Life, Seinen, Slice of Life, Sports, Survival, Thriller, Tragedy
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April 21, 2024
From Shogakukan:
Ping pong. Table tennis. Fast, furious. You might have seen it, even played it, but you've never seen it like this! The action centers around "Smile" Tsukimoto and "Peco" Hoshino, two high school students in the midst of adolescence and out to prove they've got what it takes in the cool, cruel world of sports.
This manga even got adapted into a live-action movie.
The famous Gundam series marked top rankings in popularity for a long time. What was the secret? How was Gundam born? What’s the story behind Gundam? For the first time ever, we take a step out of the actual Gundam plotline, and we turn the perspective towards the production of Gundam; how it became a major hit surpassing its predecessor, Japanese Battleship Yamato!
This story is fictional, but the names of the characters are real, including the voice actors and director.
Eiko Abu, 29 years old and single. She divides everything in the world into two categories: "normal" or "not normal." In her quest for normalcy, her obsession slowly destroys the relationships she had built. What is normal? What is abnormal? Logic is questioned and normalcy challenged in this psychological suspense. (From K MANGA)
Crest of the Pharaoh; Con Gái Sông Nile; Ouke no Monshou; Crest of the Royal Family; Cute Mary; Daughter of the Nile; Nữ Hoàng Ai Cập; Royal Emblem; The Royal Hieroglyph; คําสาปฟาโรห์; 尼罗河的女儿; 王家の紋章; 왕가의 문장; Uruwashi no Mari-san!
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Philosophical, Romance, Shoujo, Slice of Life, Thriller, Time Travel, Tragedy
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April 4, 2024
The main character is Carol, a blonde-haired, blue-eyed American teenager from a wealthy family with an interest in Egyptology studying in Cairo. When her mentor discovers the tomb of a young pharaoh, a curse is put on the excavation team and Carol. The curse sends her back in time to ancient Egypt, where she becomes embroiled in the affairs of Egypt and other ancient countries such as Assyria and Babylonia. Carol meets Memphis, a handsome young pharaoh whose tomb she excavated in modern times. Despite his headstrong, at first violent nature, they fall deeply in love. This angers Memphis's half-sister, the Priestess Isis, who has longed to marry him. Carol, due to her exotic looks and curious ability to tell the future, becomes a major player in ancient history.
In 1991, it received the 36th Shogakukan Manga Award for shoujo.
From Tokyopop:
Kamishina Fuuto would like to think he's a normal boy, but he is the reincarnation of the High Priest of Darashaal, a tiny Asian country that has just celebrated the inauguration of... its new high priest. Clearly, only one of them is the true priest, and unfortunately for Fuuto, it is he. As the celestial guardians come to dispose of him, they discover that he is not, as their leader Naaga says, a fake. Fuuto just wants to be normal and live a normal life, but he is constantly drawn into trouble, as he has an extremely keen spiritual sense and the ability to soothe ghosts.
Wheel of Reincarnation Rinne; Kyōkai no Rinne; RIN-NE; Rinne - Cảnh giới luân hồi; Rinne of the Boundary; Риннэ: Меж двух миров; 境界のRINNE; 境界的輪回; 境界的轮回; 경계의 린네; Circle of Reincarnation Rinne
As a child Sakura Mamiya mysteriously disappeared in the woods behind her grandma's home. She returned whole and healthy, but since then she has had the power to see ghosts. Now a teenager, she just wishes the ghosts would leave her alone! At school, the desk next to Sakura’s has been empty since the start of the school year, then one day her always-absent classmate shows up, and he's far more than what he seems!
A lonely high school boy has started to feel that something is off recently, unknown memories began seeping into his mind. And then there is this strange girl he encountered. Everything culminates when his landlady turns into a monster in front of him and a strange power awakes in him. Is he a human or a monster himself?
Arion, a young man, is kidnapped by Hades as a child, raised to believe that his mother was blinded by Zeus, and that killing the ruler of Mount Olympus will cure her.
One of the first Super Robot manga and the one that introduced most of the traits of the Mecha genre. Constructed with the Super-Alloy Z, Mazinger was built by Professor Juzo Kabuto as a weapon against the Mechanical Beasts of the evil Dr. Hell. Koji Kabuto, the grandson of Professor Kabuto, becomes the pilot of Mazinger Z when his grandfather is killed, and battles from there on against Dr. Hell and his allies. This is the first series that introduced the concept of a pilot inside a Mecha, which all series from then on have followed.
Great Mazinger (Sequel)
Mazinger Angel (Alternate Story)
Shin Mazinger Zero (Alternate Story)
UFO Robo Grendizer (Sequel)
Z Mazinger (Alternate Story)
Edo, 1855, in the Hill of the Three Hundred district: Japan's isolationist foreign policy has been lifted, and the era of the Bakumatsu has begun. The samurai Ibuya Manjiro, 26 years old, has just begun his career as low-ranking retainer to the minor daimyo Lord Matsudaira. Tezuka Ryoan, 29, a disciple of Dutch medicine, has just been accepted as a student at Teki Academy in Osaka. Each has a temper to go with his talent, and in a time of brewing upheaval the two are not slow to find trouble, which brings them together in spite of their mutual dislike. Tezuka is called in one night to sew up Ibuya after an illicit duel; a few weeks later, Ibuya finds himself the only thing standing between Tezuka and a gang of swordsmen sent by the head of medicine for the Shogunate ... Hidamari no Ki received the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1984 for general manga.
In Confucian Era 14276, a violent showdown unfolds in the space surrounding Planet Lagra. And with that, the story begins. Unfolding on Earth and in far-off galaxies, in the past, the future, and across dimensions, the curtain has risen on the final war between light and darkness. A great, galactic epic spanning the author’s career begins here!
Kyomu Senki is made up mainly of four series: “The Tiger of 5000 Light Years” serialized in 1980-82. “Kyomu Senshi Miroku” and “Jaki-oh Bakuretsu”, both of which started serialization in 1987, just a few months apart. Lastly, “Skull Killer Jaki-oh”, a mech series set in the 20th century that originally started in 1990.
Along with the four main series, it also includes four short stories: “New Rashoumon”, “Ninja Arts at Honnou Temple: The Black Magic of Koji Kashin”, “The Strange Living Dimension, Dogura”, and “The Dogura War Chronicles”.
My Brother's Husband; Der Mann meines Bruders; Le mari de mon frère; 弟の夫; 弟之夫; O Marido do Meu Irmão; Бауырымның Күйеуі; Чоловік мого брата; Otouto no Otto
Comedy, Drama, Philosophical, Romance, School Life, Seinen, Slice of Life, Tragedy
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July 9, 2024
From Gaymanga:
Yaichi and his daughter Kana are visited by Mike, the Canadian husband of Yaichi's twin brother.
Action, Crime, Delinquents, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Philosophical, Romance, School Life, Shounen, Slice of Life, Supernatural, Thriller, Tragedy, Vampire
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March 3, 2024
Makoto Okazaki is your run of the mill high-schooler, a perfect bullying target and a closet pervert. One Night he decides to return a DVD to a friend of his and ventures out into the night. He notices a person on a nearby rooftop. The person lunges at him before he is able to make sense of this, and bites into his neck, drinking blood. The Attacker stops drinking blood. At this point Makoto notices, that the Attacker is a beautiful Girl. She asks him: "Do you want to die or become like me?" He decides to live...
From TokyoPop (based on volume 1):
The World at the Brink of Self-Annihilation
The nuclear age has brought with it the arms race, which has led to the advent of weapons powerful enough to destroy the world itself several times over. Unwilling to take the plunge into Armageddon, the world powers, in league with a group known only as the Black Ghost, have developed super soldiers known as the Cyborgs, designed to fight the wars of the world in space. Unfortunately, the Black Ghost didn't ask the Cyborgs how they felt about their role in the new world order.
This classic work from manga legend Shotaro Ishinomori (Masked Rider) not only told a thrilling tale set against a backdrop of Cold War tensions, but it also helped define the genre of super team stories such as Battle of the Planets, Voltron, and The Power Rangers.
三國志 (YOKOYAMA Mitsuteru) ; Records of the Three Kingdoms (Japanese) ; Tam Quốc Chí (Yokoyama Mitsuteru) ; The Records of the Three Kingdoms (Japanese) ; 삼국지 (Korean)
From the story "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"
It was during the final days of the year 200 AD, when the Han dynasty saw its end. Its demise ushered in a new era of chaos, brought on by several regional lords vying to rule China. There were those who sought absolute power as well as those who fought for justice. Some simply fought for the sake of their beliefs. Many would rise and fall in their attempts to dominate the land... and here are their stories.
'남'편과 결혼해버렸다 / 18 Menuju 25 (Indonesian) / De 18 a 25 (Spanish) / De 18 à 25 ans / Ngôn Tiếu Loan Loan (Vietnamese) / The Curve in Your Talking and Laughing / Yan Xiao Wan Wan / Yán Xiào Wān Wān / 大嫌いなアイツと結婚しちゃった / 言笑弯弯 / 言笑彎彎
Philosophical, Romance, Slice of Life
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March 23, 2024
An 18-year-old teenager woke up one day to find herself seven years older and married. One minute she was just starting college, the next minute she became a go-getter CEO and someone’s wife! To add to her surprise, her husband happened to be Jiang Jingyan, the “underachiever” at school, with whom she never saw eye to eye.
The Rose of Versailles; La Rose de Versailles; Versailles no Bara; ベルサイユのばら; 凡尔赛的玫瑰; 베르바라; 베르사유의 장미; 베르사이유의 장미; กุหลาบแวร์ซายส์; ليدي اوسكار; وردة فيرساي - السيدة اوسكار; Berubara; Hoa hồng Véc xây; Lady Oscar: Die Rose von Versaille; Róża Wersalu; Rosa de Versalhes
The Rose of Versailles focuses on Oscar François de Jarjayes, a girl raised as a man to become her father's successor as leader of the Palace Guards. A brilliant combatant with a strong sense of justice, Oscar is proud of the life she leads, but becomes torn between class loyalty and her desire to help the impoverished as revolution brews among the oppressed lower class. Also important to the story are her conflicting desires to live life as both a militant and a regular woman as well as her relationships with Marie Antoinette, Count Axel von Fersen, and servant and best friend André Grandier.
Licensed versions of this manga have been published in French, German and Spanish.
"My name is Gen Kurosu, and as long as I stand, the Victory Flag will never fly over the heads of the Red Army! The machines roar and blood sprays! My name is Gen Kurosu!"Motocross is a sport in which contestants race for fame on steel horses through rugged, rough terrain. The essence of motocross is the struggle against the harsh nature and oneself. This is the story of a lone warrior who, despite being called "Stupid Don Quixote," stands in the way of the "Red Army," the most powerful motocross team in Japan, which has achieved an undefeated record of 150 victories in a single year. This is the memorable first serial publication of manga master Tetsuo Hara!
The story centers around Becchin, a high school girl who lives in a battle tank on a riverbed in Tokyo's Suginami ward, and her friend Mandara. Together, the two exterminate the zombies of dead Suginami citizens.
Rosalind Hathaway, an adorable 8-year-old girl with rosy cheeks and golden hair. Fair and kind, a child full of faith and light, a little angel in society's eyes. And yet her appearance hides a dark secret, for wherever she goes, death follows.
Note: This manga was originally published in 1973. In the 2017 reprint, the author released a new chapter 44 years after the original release.
"No matter how many times we're reborn, I'm sure we'll fall in love again. Because Kotaro and I are bound by the red string of fate." Kaede is a housewife, romanticist, and lover of peace, always one to avoid conflict. In fact, she and her husband Kotaro are so blissfully married that they've never even gotten into an argument. On the evening of her fifth wedding anniversary, as she heads towards the restaurant, she reflects on how much she appreciates her kind husband and the perfect marriage he's given her. But when a figure rushes in and attacks her from behind, her life begins to fall into disarray...
Soyoung Gu is a woman of abundant wealth and beauty who also happens to be living under the identity of her older sister. However, someone claiming to be Soyoung herself appears in front of her one day...
Nam Yoomin, a full time department store worker, begins to feel skeptical about her own life. She decides to quit her job due to a conflict with her manager. However, when she enters the manager's office. She comes face to face with the manager who has now turned into a monster. Yoo Min immediately runs away from the manager, but encounters another monster and faces danger once again. Outside the department store, a world experiencing doom had already begun unfolding.
Cartoonization of topical movies. A parallel ending? What if an unsuccessful cartoonist sees the face of a murderer?Moreover, what if he turns that face into a “character” and draws a manga that sells?A beautiful pervert met by an inexperienced manga artist. When two people who shouldn't be able to see each other meet, it develops into a horrifying serial murder case. The topical movie starring Masaki Suda and Fukase (SEKAI NO OWARI) is chemicalized. Be sure to see the original ending of the manga version, which is different from the movie.
Detective Shiramine loses her mother in a mysterious murder case that's afloat at the crime scene.While searching for the murderer, her daily life changes drastically when she meets Saihara, who is in charge of the case.What is the truth that is entwined in the red rope?(Synopsis from /r/RED_Es on Reddit)
Dareka o Norawazu ni Irarenai Kono Sekai de / 誰かを呪わずにいられないこの世界で / Can't Stop Cursing You / This World Needs to be Cursed
Horror, Philosophical, School Life, Thriller, Tragedy
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November 3, 2023
It was just an ordinary day at Yami High..until it wasn't. A ringing cell phone and the splatter of blood marked the beginning of a deadly game. The rules: Contractor Mikiya has thirty days to curse-kill...
