A sci-fi where the bar for suspension of disbelief is set very high.
Nakamaru Koutarou, a high schooler and skilled kendo practitioner, has his peaceful life shattered when a mysterious virus with a 94% infection-fatality rate puts Japanese society on the verge of collapse and threatens the whole world. Right when his little brother is infected, he is scouted by an organisation at the forefront of Japan's last ditch-effort against the virus: miniaturise a company of daredevil soldiers to capture the new life form that acts as carriers for the pathogen, so they can be used as a source for a vaccine/antiserum!
No kidding. Enjoy.
Gekiga Hyouryuu; Hanyut; Une vie dans les marges; Vida à Deriva; Życie. Powieść Graficzna.; 劇画漂流; Gekiga Drift; A Drifting Life In Gekiga; حياة منجرفة; الحياة المنجرفة
Over four decades ago, Yoshihiro Tatsumi expanded the horizons of comics storytelling by using the visual language of manga to tell gritty, literary stories about the private lives of everyday people. He has been called "the grandfather of Japanese alternative comics" and has influenced generations of cartoonists around the world. Now the visionary creator of "The Push Man and Other Stories" and "Good-bye" has turned his incisive, unflinching gaze upon himself. Over ten years in the making, "A Drifting Life" is Tatsumis' most ambitious, personal, and heart felt work: an autobiographical bildungsroman in comics form. Using his life long obsession with comics as a frame work, Tatsumi weaves a complex story that encompasses family dynamics, Japanese culture and history, first love, the intricacies of the manga industry, and most importantly, what it means to be an artist. Alternately humorous, enlightening, and haunting, this is the masterful summation of a fascinating life and a historic career.
Note: Won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Grand Prize in 2009, the Best Reality-Based Work and the Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia for the Eisner Award in 2010.
Gofun Go no Sekai; ■■後の世界; 5 Fun Go no Sekai; 5 minutes forward; 5分後の世界; After the Five Minutes; Gobun Ato no Sekai; Gofun-go no Sekai; Gopun Ato no Sekai; The World After 5 Minutes; Мир через пять минут; 5分後的世界
Action, Adventure, Mature, Monsters, Shounen, Survival, Time Travel
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June 9, 2024
The story takes place in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. The main character, Yamato, cares a lot about his younger twin brother, Yuuto, and is unable to confess to Michiru, his childhood friend. One day those three are shocked by a sudden situation... !!!
Minita Kokage, a man who was bullied in his past due to his unfortunate name, encounters something unbelievable while working his part-time job, causing his daily life to suddenly change.
Jinrou Game – Beast Side ; Jinrou Game: Beast Side; Hunt - Beast Side (FR); Werewolf Game: Beast Side; 人狼ゲーム ビーストサイド; 人狼游戏 第二部
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Seinen, Survival
73
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June 5, 2024
In this game, there are 12 players with 3 werewolves - all from the same school again. There’s a diviner again, along with a new position- the bodyguard, who can protect a player per night against the werewolves.
東京卍リベンジャーズ; Tokyo Manji Revengers; Tokyo Revengers; Tokyo卍Revengers; Toukyou Revengers
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Delinquents, Drama, Mystery, Philosophical, Romance, School Life, Shounen, Slice of Life, Supernatural, Survival, Thriller, Time Travel, Tragedy
112
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June 2, 2024
Takemichi is a 26-year-old unemployed virgin who learns that the girl he dated in middle school—the only girl he ever dated—has died. Then, after an accident he finds himself in a time leap back to his middle school years. He vows to change the future and save the girl, and to do that he aims to rise to the top of the Kantou region’s most brutal delinquent gang.
The King of Iron fist tournament usually centers in the feud between the Mishima family, and the 6th iteration of this tournament is by no means different in such aspect... However 'family feud' is a little bit of an understatement when we look at the full scale world war that is being waged between the corporations lead by Kazuya Mishima (father) and Jin Kazama (son).
The story of the manga focus in this feud, but through the perspective of Asuka Kazama, meddlesome girl that likes to prevent conflict and punish evil doers using her family inherited Kazama Ryuu kobujutsu. Her strong sense of justice forces her to take a stand against the chaos that her cousin Jin Kazama is wrecking at a worldwide scale. Asuka is virtually a town hero in Osaka and is known for having little patience, so "saving the world" by smacking around Jin sounds right about her area of specialty.
.... Unfortunately for Asuka, before she can properly engage in her destined battle, she happens to stumble into Lili Rochefort, her self proclaimed rival who is in desperate need of a bloody rematch to avenge an humiliating lost to Asuka in the previous tournament... Lili will certainly not budge at anything before having her sweet victory against the Kazama style, and will follow Asuka everywhere until she can achieve this... And just like that, Asuka's "world rescue plan" gets over shadowed by the necessity of getting Lili out of her life, without totally demolishing every bone of her 'only daughter of rich father', 'spoiled egoistic sadist princess' sweet little body.
Has the bonds of an unlikely friendship just been formed?
Note: Previously named as Tetsuman Comic
“This is a game of the world. Complete the task and get whatever you want. ” So-called genius, Xia Tian, is invited to a college where students challenge each other to fulfill their own desires. He encounters many different people from beautiful ladies to underworld mafia bosses. Will he rise to the top and learn the truth behind this game?
A 4-koma drawn up for the game Valkyria Revolution by SEGA.
Sadly the artist and author were not posted on the website.
Original raw:
http://portal.valkyria.jp/azure/comic/
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.
Comedy, Delinquents, Demons, Drama, Office Workers, School Life, Seinen, Shounen, Slice of Life, Sports, Survival, Thriller
95
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May 28, 2024
A new slapstick comedy series by Arawi Keiichi, author of Nichijou.
The manga centers on Nagumo, a penniless college student who moves to a town filled with bizarre people.
[Official English](https://kodansha.us/series/city/)
Kidou Senshi Gundam U.c. 0094 – Across The Sky ; Mobile Suit Gundam U.C. 0094 - Across The Sky; Mobile Suit Gundam U.C. 0094: Across The Sky; 機動戦士ガンダムUC 0094 アクロス・ザ・スカイ; Kidou Senshi Gundam U.C. 0094 - Across The Sky
In Universal Century 0094, a live exercise for the MSN-001X Gundam Delta Kai is being carried out in outer space. This mobile suit is equipped the "NITRO System" that grants regular pilots the abilities of a Newtype. While the Gundam Delta Kai displays overwhelming power, a side-effect causes the test pilot's personality to become more aggressive.
Back on Earth, the Earth Federation Forces aggressor squadron "Raven Corps" arrives at the Federation Forces Mariana base. Brothers Braier and Ing Ryude, who are pilots stationed at Mariana base, participate in a mobile suit mock-combat exercise with the Raven corps. During the exercise, the brothers are attacked by the Raven corps using live ammunition. Piko Altidore, captain of the Raven corps, reveals the object of the attack is the Gundam Delta Kai stored in "Area X" of the Mariana base. During the battle, Ing boards the Gundam Delta Kai to defend the base against the Raven corps' assault. However, the NITRO system brings about a berserk state in Ing, causing him to attack both allies and enemies. Piko manages to subdue the Gundam Delta Kai with a pulse grenade and opens a communication line with Ing. After this exchange, Ing seemingly joins the Raven Corps and departs the Mariana base in the Gundam Delta Kai.
Inside the village of Poe a mysterious noble family takes residence with their son Edgar and ill daughter MaryBelle. Edgar is quickly intrigued by Allan an heir of a transportation company, who catches his eye by almost running him over with a horse. As the story unfolds a few residents of Poe slowly begin to wonder about the new family...
Other short stories involving the main characters are included.
This is supposedly the first published BL manga.
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Delinquents, Drama, School Life, Shounen, Slice of Life, Sports, Survival, Thriller
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May 15, 2024
Ayumu is a hardworking yet timid kid who is constantly being bullied. After one day of being bullied, he finds himself being punched into the air... and waking up in a boxing gym!
Thus, Ayumu's quest to become "just a little bit" stronger begins with the two wacky members of the Gold Boxing Gym. Will Ayumu finally stand up for himself or will his timidness get the better of him?
Pursued by the mob, a young child seeks the protection of White Dragon, a deadly assassin with the ability to disguise his gender, and kill using... water.
After Kaiji's showdown with Chairman Hyoudo at Starside Hotel Kaiji is forced into labor at an underground mine. With meager wages each day, he will work for decades unless he doesn't do something.
Now Kaiji must wager his earnings in underground Chinchirorin gambles for a ticket to the rest of the world. But even if he surfaces, he only has one chance to pay back his enormous debt, and that is by challenging the "unbeatable" Pachinko machine, The Bog.
The Kaiji series is divided into four parts:
1. Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji
2. Tobaku Hakairoku Kaiji
3. Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji
4. Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji: Kazuyahen
Note: The group ZAWAnons started this manga as volume 14 of the Kaiji series.
Pequeño Bosque; Petite Forêt; الغابة الصغيرة; リトル・フォレスト
Cooking, Seinen, Slice of Life, Survival
32
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May 9, 2024
The story of a girl called Ichiko, who lives alone in a forest. Each chapter features a dish or meal scavenged or harvested from Ichiko's surroundings in rural Komori ("little forest"). While there are no wild flights of fancy as in Witches or Hanashippanashi, the organic linework and majesty of nature featured within tap into that same source of magic. Little Forest is a very acquired taste on its own, but just another piece of the stunning tapestry Daisuke Igarashi continues to weave today.
September 11, 197x, In the whole Kantou region a magniture 8-9 violent earthquake occured. Scholars called it the great destruction of the showa era, but the people called it the earthquake from hell! volcanoes errupted, buildings crumbled, tokyo became decimated in a single day. The government, after failing to recover the city, abandons Tokyo and moves the capital. The survivors form a society with no laws. In this harsh lawless world emerges Jack, a 10 foot giant who annilates anyone and anything in his path. The manga details his journey.
What does it mean to be strong? What attracts men to fight in hand to hand combat? These and many other questions are explained and detailed in Garouden, a novel series by Yomemakura Baku (illustrated by celebrity manga author Itagaki Keisuke).
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.
Madeth and Lalvan successfully obtain a castle but it seems that there is a rumour going on around that says the castle is haunted by a spirit. The spirit is actually an angel that blesses kings that are currently ruling the land of good fortune and that he will be loved by all the people of the land. He will also be most likely ruling the land for a long time.
However, one day, the appearance of a lady has stirred conflict between the two good friends. What will happen to the relationship of Madeth and Lalvan?
From Tokyopop:
After the abduction of his brother Kotaro by the Machine Empire, Teppei Takamiya joins forces with X, one of several highly-advanced, artificially intelligent machines known as B'ts (pronounced 'beat'), to rescue him.
In a summer vacation, a group of 15 children discovered a mysterious man living in a seashore cave, along with his high-tech gadgets. The man claimed to be a game developer creating a video game with a giant robot defending Earth from 15 alien invaders, and asked those childs to test the game for him. The kids agreed happily at first, but soon they began to find the game horrifying, not only because of its realism but also because the first fatality among them happened right after their first victory. Worse yet, they had no idea how to stop or leave the "game."
This manga follows the unfortunate life of an extraordinary swordsman - Inoko Gennosuke.
Gennosuke was born into a social group called 'buraku' that was considered to be the filth of society, and because of that he was forced to live a life of misery.
From MangaHelpers:
The Comp is a popular portable game system that also functions as a smartphone. But it suddenly becomes a portal for demons to travel to the human world! Kazuya receives three Comps, from his master programmer cousin Naoya, for himself and his two friends Atsuro and Yuzu. In order to survive the demon invasion, the trio have to use the Comps to summon and subdue the demon that appears in order to fight back against the waves of demons that are about to swarm Japan! [vyc]
Yu-Gi-Oh!; Yu☆Gi☆Oh; Король игр; 遊☆戯☆王; 遊戯王; 유희왕; The King of Games; เกมกลคนอัจฉริยะ; spelkungen; Ю:-ги-о:; Pelien kuningas; König der Spiele; Vua Trò Chơi; rei dos jogos; Le Roi des jeux; El rey de los juegos; Југио; Ю-Ги-О!; цар на игрите; Spillenes Konge; Game King; Koning der Spellen; A Játékok Királya; یو-گی-او; يوغي ملك اللعبة; 遊戲王; Iû-hì-ông; Raja Permainan; raja permainan; yuhuiwang; O Rei dos Jogos; Yu☆Gi☆Oh!
! ("Game King") is a Japanese manga series about gambling composed and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine between March 8, 2004 and September 30, 1996. The storyline follows the narrative of a boy named Yugi Mutou, who solves the Millennium Puzzle that is early, and awakens a gaming alterego within his body that solves his disagreements using various games.
! tells the story of Yugi Mutou, a shy young lad who loves a variety of games, but is frequently intimidated about. One day, he solves an ancient artifact called the Millennium Puzzle (Sennen Pazuru?), causing his body to play host to a cryptic spirit with the character of a gambler. From that moment onwards, whenever Yugi or one of his buddies is endangered by those with darkness in their own hearts, this other Yugi reveals himself and challenges them to dangerous Shadow Games (Yami no muo, lit. "Games of Darkness") which show the real nature of someone else's heart, the losers of these competitions regularly being subjected to a black punishment called a Penalty Game (Batsu Gomu?). Whether it's dice, cards or role playing games, he'll take on difficulties from anybody, anyplace. Yugi and his friends discover that this man in of his puzzle is in fact the heart of a nameless Pharaoh from Egyptian times who'd lost his recollections as the show progresses. As Yugi and his comrades try to help the Pharaoh recover his memories, they are going through many trials as they wager their lives facing off against gamers that wield the cryptic Millennium Items (Sennen Aitemu?) and the black power of the Shadow Games.
Yugi Mutou (Muto Yugi) is a character in the . Here is the first characterization of Yugi Mutou.
Yugi was a shy lad, who invested time and had been often intimidated. Yet through getting several mostly Dark Yugi buddies, Anzu Mazaki, Katsuya Jonouchi, Hiroto Honda and Ryo Bakura, he beat his difficulties becoming much more separate and more powerful.
After fixing the Millennium Puzzle, Yugi unknowingly shared his physique the heart of an amnesiac early Egyptian Pharaoh, Dark Yugi, who shield his buddies and Yugi throughout using Shadow Games. Yugi became conscious of Dark Yugi, when he confronted Death- a theme-park created by by Seto Kaiba to destroy the Yugis, T, and fulfilled with Dark Yugi for the very first time, when Dark Bakura and his physique split Yugi's consciousness in a-game of Monster World.
Yugi assisted in winning the Duelist Kingdom tournament Dark Yugi, to save his grandpa. He re-assembled the Millennium Puzzle in the burning building to stop from losing Dark Yugi and conquered Ryuji Otogi in Dungeon Dice Monsters by himself. Collectively the Battle City tournament was won by the Yugis.
When they entered the World of Memories, the Yugis were distinguished. There Yugi assisted Dark Yugi re-learn overcome Zorc Necrophades, Atem, and his title. Yugi conquered Atem in the Ceremonial Battle, a rite required for Atem to move to the afterlife when they came back to real life.
Other manga:
Kusakabe Maron has lived alone for a long time, since she was young and her parents left to travel abroad for their jobs. Her rent gets paid every month, and she always has money for food or whatever else she needs or wants, but her parents haven't even sent a single letter to her in all the years they've been gone. Even though right across the hall is Maron's best friend, and she always puts on a brave face, Maron always dreads the empty apartment at night and the time of day when she stops and checks her mail box, which never has anything in it. Then she meets Finn Fish, the tiny angel-in-training which tells her who she really is: Kaitou Jeanne, the reincarnation of Joan of Arc (called by her French name, Jeanne d'Arc in the series)! Now, as well as dealling with normal high school and an empty mailbox, at night Maron must become Kaitou Jeanne, the amazing art thief who uses special divine tools given to her by the will of God to sneak into people's homes and other places to "steal" beautiful objects which have been inhabited by demons who control the beautiful souls of the people who love the art. These people become greedy and cruel, and will stop at nothing to save the art. And so Jeanne leaves a note card, designating the time she will arrive to steal the art. The process used to seal the demon, however, also causes the art to disappear, and where paintings were a beautiful angel now fills the empty canvas. However, the athorities cannot allow this to go on, and Maron's best friend, who dreams of becoming a detective and is the daughtor of a police chief, will stop at nothing to capture Jeanne and comes up with a new trap every night. Then the smooth-talking Chiaki moves in to the apartment next door to Maron, at the same time as Kaitou Sinbad appears and begins to seal demons as though he were in competition with Jeanne, and with his sidekick, another angel-in-training named Access Time, he is beginning to thwart the police as well as Jeanne. Maron might have bitten off more than she can chew now, because the greatest obstacles still lies ahead: Falling in love with her worst enemy next to the devil himself. Reads this manga from right to left
A "what-if" alternate history in which the Japanese Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) fight a desperate struggle against the Soviet Union after it launches a surprise invasion on Japan during heightened Cold War tensions.*This is the original story ("Tokyo Wars") as published in 1991, not the 2008 re-release under the name "Raid on Tokyo", though there are few differences to note other than the title.
Alien Lifeforms took refuge on Earth to start their lives anew, however these beings don’t seek cohabitation, they want to phase humanity out; Clans of Aliens prey on human flesh and spiritual energy and can implant their essence on human females to bear their children. Benimaru is one of these offsprings, however his mother was a Medium, she could manipulate Benimaru’s spirit while he was inside her, she managed to give him a human heart, and for this she was brutaly killed and devoured by Benimaru’s “father”. From there on Benimaru swore to exterminate these Clans, half-human and half-alien, one man wages war against an entire race!
Sudou, a young man who keeps having these vivid dreams of bloody battles is approached by Susuki, a shy and quiet girl. When Susuki comes to Sudou's apartment she plays an instrument of his and Sudou is transported to the year 1209, a time where he is a woman named Shut Hell and Susuki is Yurul, a mongol prince.
The story takes place in the early 13th century. Genghis Khan has united the Mongolian clans and is strengthening his forces to end the Western Xia dynasty. Our heroine is a Xia soldier, feared by the Mongols and called 'the Evil One (Shut Hell)' . She, along with Yurul, Genghis Khan's unknown son, strive to preserve Xia's culture and writing.
Shuto Heru won16th Tezuka Osamu Prizes 2012 (New Creator Prize).
Sekai wa Owattemo Ikirutte Tanoshii; Even If the World Is Over It's Fun to Live; 世界は終わっても生きるって楽しい; Life is Fun Even if the World has Ended
Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-fi, Shounen, Slice of Life, Survival
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June 16, 2024
Today, there’ll be discoveries and encounters again. For the girls marching forward in a world in its afterlife, there are still various things to experience: The remains of an extinct civilization, other living things, as well as lessons taught by the ruins.. there is still a lot to be seen in the world. That’s why... living is still fun!
