In a world plagued by monsters and supernatural imbalance, a parentless boy named Wu Chai was taken in by a one-armed woodcutter and works as a servant chopping wood for the Li family. When a new martial arts coach comes along, he catches Wu Chai's eye with his extraordinary swordsmanship and fighting skills.
With the new coach, the overbearing young master, and the gentle young lady, what kind of turmoil will unfold in Wu Chai's once peaceful life?
The action-packed martial arts comic "Chai Lang," with bone-crushing battles, will open a new world of martial arts for you.
*This work received the 2022 Ministry of Culture Creative Grant.
Due to an unfortunate death, a young man reincarnates under the name Eld in a world very similar to the VRMMO that he played before his passing. However, this world he found himself in didn't even know what basic skills were! As the only person with knowledge beyond the populace, Eld sets off on a journey as a level 1 novice to job change into the strongest class in the world, Sage!
Sometimes, Haru feels like he doesn't have a purpose. Sometimes, he feels like he'll never leave the island he lives on, the island of Garage. But, when fate comes a knockin', he answers the cry. There's this evil called Dark Bring, it's wielded by Demon Card. They're using this power to take over the world. Only one thing can stop it - the four missing rave stones. And now, Haru will find them wherever they lie. He doesn't ever want to feel that he's let his people down. He'll journey all around the world, all the way to Hip Hop Town. Yeah! The all-powerful Dark Stone - a magical stone and ruler of the dark side - awakens after a 50-year respite. When it falls into the hands of the evil Demon Card, the world is in terrible danger. A sacred sword called Rave and its master Shiba are the only defense against the Dark Stone & No. 30196; evil powers. Yet, Shiba loses control over Rave after he is mortally attacked by a Demon Card assassin. With the dark side looming, a boy called Haru may be the world's single hope of revitalizing Rave and escaping the clutches of evil.
Maazen, an alchemist in the twilight of his life, has poured his heart and soul into perfecting his craft. Yet, a sense of unfulfillment haunts him. In order to continue his research, he drinks an elixir of rejuvenation, which sends him into a deep slumber. Upon awakening, his finds that his youth has been restored! However, five centuries have passed, and alchemy is nowhere near what it once was.
Undeterred by the negative perception of alchemists, Maazen is determined to continue his research. Armed with the long-forgotten knowledge of advanced alchemy, he navigates the challenges of this new, unfamiliar world! From the author of hit fantasy series, "The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest" and "My Isekai Life", Shinkoshoto.
The action novel written by the popular comedian, Impulse's Toshiyuki Itakura has been made into a comic! In the near future a new law in Japan is enacted, the "Shoot to kill" law. So called Triggers are selected, one in each prefecture. They are allowed to eradicate evil as they see fit. This edition has the Tokyo, Chiba and the Shizuoka trigger!
Ikki Minami looked up to the skies since he was a kid, dreaming of a freedom that defied definition...until he caught a glimpse of a mysterious and beautiful Air Trek rider, whose aerial acrobatics ignited his ephemeral dream into a blazing inferno of ambition. Now he is determined to use Air Treks to fly, uninhibited by the laws of gravity, and make his dream a reality. But the world of Air Treks is fraught with danger and deception. Will Ikki fly freely, or will his wings get cut before he can take flight?
The Iga clan and the Kouga clan have been sworn enemies for more than four hundred years. Only the Hanzo Hattori truce has kept the two families from all-out war. Now, under the order of Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa, the truce has finally been dissolved. Ten ninja from each clan must fight to the death in order to determine who will be the next Tokugawa Shogun. The surviving clan will rule for the next thousand years. But not all the clan members are in agreement. Oboro of the Iga clan and Gennosuke of the Kouga clan have fallen deeply in love. Now these star-crossed lovers have been pitted against each other. Can their romance conquer a centuries old rivalry? Or is their love destined to end in death?
In a dump in the lawless settlement of Scrapyard, far beneath the mysterious space city of Zalem, disgraced cyber-doctor Daisuke Ido makes a strange find: the detached head of a cyborg woman who has lost all her memories. He names her Alita and equips her with a powerful new body, the Berserker. While Alita remembers no details of her former life, a moment of desperation reawakens in her nerves the legendary school of martial arts known as Panzer Kunst. In a place where there is no justice but what people make for themselves, Alita decides to become a hunter-killer, tracking down and taking out those who prey on the weak. But can she hold onto her humanity as she begins to revel in her own bloodlust?
Seventeenthcentury Japan: A rebellion in the Aizu territory has been brutally crushed, leaving twentyone brave warriors dead and most of the nuns of the local convent slaughtered. Now the surviving nuns have sworn to seek revenge.
strange virus is making its way around the globe, causing its victims to commit suicide-and becoming a lethal pandemic in less than a week. Now a group of Tokyo teens who have survived the outbreak are wondering why they are still alive.
Before the events of Appleseed, Deunan, a human woman and former SWAT officer, along with her combat-cyborg lover, Briareos, arrive in war-torn New York City. The city's mayor is a dapper but delusional cyborg, preparing for the UFO invasion he's convinced is right around the corner. Briareos's powerful abilities earn the pair refuge, but there are few human comforts to be found in a city catered to cyborgs...After the couple parts ways, the mayor's nightmare takes a turn for the worse. Deunan's group of outcast humans may be just the extra manpower the mayor needs-but can the two factions put aside their differences in time to save the world?
One of the manga world's most intriguing artists comes the manga version of the Netflix movie, BLAME!
Steel and rust. The City structure has endlessly propagated itself for so many years that the reason for such growth has long since been forgotten. Even within such a techo-dystopia, humans still exist: The Electrofishers.Driven to the brink of extinction, they are visited by a traveller-a man named Killy. But will his presence bring the Electrofishers ruination or hope..?
Gimmy is just an ordinary teen living in a desert town when his younger twin brother and sister disappear. While searching for them, Gimmy comes facetoface with a sassy deity, Sora, the rain goddess who provides water to the town. But another goddess, Ciel, wants Sora's sacred tree-so that she can control the rain! Includes special extras after the story! From the Trade Paperback edition.
A prequel series to the number one bestseller in Japan. Humanity has learned to live in complacency behind its high walls, protected from the giant Titans. But when a Titanworshipping cult opens one of the gates, a Titan wreaks havoc, consuming the cultists. After the rampage is over, two young Survey Corps members are shocked to discover a pregnant woman's partially digested corpse with her baby still alive inside it! What will the fate of this "child of the Titans" be? And how will humanity learn to cope with the Titan threat?
The young Erwin Smith is a rising star in the Survey Corps, humanity's only hope of defeating the maneating monsters known as Titans. Ruthless and dispassionate, Erwin's mind is devoted to strategies and intrigue. But beneath Erwin's feet is another world, the Underground, where humans are born and die surrounded by the garbage the Capital throws away. Here, the criminal Levi survives on his wits and agility. But when these two ambitious men cross paths, who will prove himself stronger? The longawaited origin story of Levi and Erwin, two of Attack on Titan's most beloved characters!
Tsutomu Nihei's (Knights of Sidonia) breakthrough science-fiction masterpiece is now finally back in print. In a future version of Earth, there is a city grown so chaotically massive that its inhabitants no longer recall what "land" is. Within this megastructure the silent, stoic Kyrii is on a mission to find the Net Terminal Gene--a genetic mutation that once allowed humans to access the cybernetic NetSphere. Armed with a powerful Graviton Beam Emitter, Kyrii fends off waves of attacks from fellow humans, cyborgs and silicon-based lifeforms. Along the way, he encounters a highly-skilled scientist whose body has deteriorated from a lengthy imprisonment who promises to help Kyrii find the Net Terminal Gene, once she settles a score for herself ... "The amazing thing about BLAME! is that it's such a good read even though it has almost no story or characters. It's all about the art and the experience of being there, of not knowing what will happen next, of the contrast between landscapes of endless sameness and bloody eruptions of chaos and gore." --Jason Thompson, Manga Encyclopedia
Iruma Ikaruga is living his best high-school life... until mascot-looking aliens from another world invade with their flesh-eating bugs, seemingly hell-bent on destroying humanity violently and effectively! On that fateful day, Iruma loses everything...his normal life, his best friend, and his crush...until six months later, when he catches a glimpse of her again. Is all hope for humanity-or just Iruma himself-truly lost?
This deluxe volume includes four classic Battle Angel Alita stories never before published in English, plus special bonus material! At long last, complete your Alita collection!This volume contains four manga short stories by Alita creator Yukito Kishiro, first published in Japan from 1997 to 2006: * Holy Night * Supersonic Fingers * Homecoming * Barjack RhapsodyPlus exclusive bonus material!
She may be only 12 years old, but Wendy Marvell is already a member of magical guild Fairy Tail, and a powerful dragon slayer wizard. Even so, she's a little nervous when she sets out for the town of Nanar for her first solo job: to discover why some of the locals have been mysteriously disappearing!
After a battle with an evil demon, an entire village is laid waste. All perish, except for one boy. Keeping his master's teachings close to his heart, this lone survivor sets out on a journey westwards in search of new sights and unimaginable power. The boy's name: Gray Fullbuster. For the first time, experience Gray's childhood adventures, and follow him down the path that will lead him to Fairy Tail!