Manga About Action (P.18)
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"A grudge is a sentiment that is chained down and cannot move. That
fixed sentiment becomes sadness, and when that sadness remains chained
with no escape...it becomes hostile..." Baek-On and Ho-Yeon are
exorcists-for-hire, traveling throughout the country in search of
grudges and ghosts. Each encounter reveals a story of tragedy and loss,
sentiments they are all too familiar with themselves. But sometimes the
violence of the most murderous spirits is nothing compared to the
cruelty of the living. Brush sleeves with death in this
beautifully-illustrated collection of ghost stories.
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As a young boy, Chiaki Mikado had an encounter with an unusual, three-headed puppy, and as a consequence of a bite from that dog, he lost a piece of his soul. Now a teenager, he finds himself unable to enjoy anything, but the three-headed dog is back in human form -- or more accurately forms -- to fix all that!
Turns out that the three heads of the mythical guardian to the gates of the underworld are actually unique individuals, and each a pretty young girl at that! With his new roommate(s) leading the charge, can Chiaki experience the happiness that has so long eluded him?
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Mochizuki General Hospital boasts some of the most well-trained (and
well-endowed) nurses in town. But though these ladies spend much of
their day battling sickness, their after-hours are spent fighting a very
different sort of disease...Under the leadership of the hospital
chairman, a handful of staff members and local teenagers form a group of
mercenary assassins, targeting the "cancers" of society and excising
those individuals before their wickedness spreads.
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When Rinka Shinonome, a new transfer student, arrives in high schooler Mitsunari Miyazawa's class, he immediately falls for her and asks her out...only to be impaled by a grotesque monster! The next day, he awakens to find it was all a dream...or was it? As it turns out, he's been reborn with the power of the Magus of Envy, and he'll be fighting alongside Rinka from now on! Will he be able to master his new abilities and protect his little sister from the fiends that once claimed his life?
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Haruka Touyama is a twelve-year-old girl with incredible precognitive abilites. But her accuracy in predicting the future has made her a target for any number of greedy corporations that would use her power for their own profits. After she is taken from her family, Haruka uses her gift to seek out someone who can help her escape her captors and fixes upon a blind man making his way through the busy streets of Tokyo. Though it may seem an odd choice, Haruka's powers have not led her wrong. Despite hisinability to see, her chosen protector's fighting skills become apparent when he draws a sword from his walking stick and takes out a corporation's thugs. Haruka knows she will always be pursued and begs the mystery swordsman to keep her safe..."until death do us part."
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Gotta flirt to save the world!!
High schooler Takuma Akutsu is terrified of human contact and just wants to live a quite life. Too bad he doesn't have a choice in the matter when nine Valkyrie sisters come barging into his home! They've tasked him with raising their level to fight off the monsters threatening humanity--and how will he do that, exactly...? By gettin' down & dirty to the max!!!
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No family, no home, and no savings-the Nakata brothers, Kanade and Kaname, have lost it all. So when a mysterious app offers to help them find lucrative work, what choice do they have but to sign up? Introduced to a gamified system of bounties, the two soon come face-to-face with the "odd" in odd jobs-the dangerous creatures they must now fight. But Kanade and Kaname have no choice: To make money, they'll have to take down these monsters called Worlds...or die trying.
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Imagine you wake up and the world around you-life as you know it-has
changed in an instant. That's what has happened to Whit Allgood and his
sister, Whisty. They went to sleep as normal teenagers, and woke up as
wanted criminals. Accused of holding incredible powers they'd never
dreamed possible. And now, just how different they are-special, even-if
just beginning to be revealed in a strange new world.
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Madge and Lilika are fledgling C-rank witches who can only afford to share a measly 99-square foot apartment in the big city. They scrape by doing bottom-of-the-barrel jobs and eating just cabbage for dinner. But the two girls are serious about improving their lives so that they can get a pet, buy a bunch of grimoires, and eat some meat! All they need is some elbow grease!
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Hotaru Tachibana is a girl (though all too frequently
mistaken for a boy!) with a deep sense of justice. When a classmate
informs Hotaru that she was bilked out of her cash by a shady host at a host club,
Hotaru immediately rushes to confront the villain only to discover that
the con man in question is her new neighbor! Worse, he proposes to settle
their feud with firearms! Okay, it turns out that they're just toys, but
when Hotaru is soundly defeated, she finds herself sucked into the
world of survival games. Is this new world one she can actually escape??
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New York, 1927.
In a corrupt city where crime rules the streets, Firo Prochainezo is Camorra, an Italian criminal syndicate distinct from the mafia. A member of the relatively small Martillo family, Firo's nevertheless got big ambitions and is determined to make his mark. But while the Martillos may not be the biggest bad guys on the block, they've got some distinct advantages working in their favor. Does Firo have what it takes to become a made man?
Let the crazy ruckus begin!
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"You are not a true comrade."
After finding himself unable to keep up with the hellish fighting on the front lines of the war against the demon lord's army, Red is finally kicked out of the Hero's party. Ashamed of his inadequacy, he moves to a distant frontier region where nobody would know his face or past. However, once he gets over the funk of having to leave his adventuring days behind, he's actually excited to begin a quiet life as an apothecary...which becomes a whole lot more lively when a former party member and actual princess, Rit, pays him an unexpected visit!
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The near future. A terrible battle against a parasitic virus called "Gastrea" has been fought...and lost. Humanity is cornered and lives in despair. Rentaro and Enju face constant danger in their work as a team of specialists working for the Tendo Civil Security Agency, one of several groups dedicated to fighting Gastrea. Enju is one of the "cursed children," who survived the virus and gained superhuman powers as a result. A crazed top-hat-wearing terrorist is on the loose, but Rentaro's got his hands full just dealing with his fellow civsec agents!
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Just a stone's throw from London lies the manor house of the illustrious Phantomhive earldom, its master one Ciel Phantomhive. Earl Phantomhive is a giant in the world of commerce, Queen Victoria's faithful servant . . . and a slip of a twelve-year old boy. Fortunately, his loyal butler, Sebastian, is ever at his side, ready to carry out the young master's wishes. And whether Sebastian is called to save a dinner party gone awry or probe the dark secrets of London's underbelly, there is practically nothing Sebastian cannot do. In fact, one might even say Sebastian is too good to be true . . . or at least, he is too good to be human . . .
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Having been kicked out of the orphanage, a despairing young man by the name of Atsushi Nakajima rescues a strange man from a suicide attempt--Osamu Dazai. Turns out that Dazai is part of a detective agency staffed by individuals whose supernatural powers take on a literary bent!
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It's a showdown for the ages as the legendary hero takes on the corpse god necromancer, but when the dust settles, something isn't quite right... In the final moments of their epic confrontation, the corpse god's final gambit shot was wholly unexpected -- reincarnation magic! Across space and time, a boy named Polka Shinoyama awakens feeling...not quite himself...... Who could've expected that the climactic battle between good and evil would turn out like this??
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Square Enix employee Shogo Sasaki has a big dream-to produce his very own Final Fantasy game with his sister, Yuko. But after the siblings are involved in a truck accident, they awaken to realize they've left their world behind...and fallen into the world of Final Fantasy! After coming to grips with the situation, they meet some new friends, join a party, and accept their fate as adventurers. But when danger approaches, Shogo will discover that his encyclopedic knowledge of the games can only take him so far...
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A young priestess joins her first adventuring party but almost immediately encounters the most unspeakable horrors. Rescued by an enigmatic warrior called Goblin Slayer, she partners with her savior on his mission to exterminate all goblins-by any means necessary. When rumors of Goblin Slayer's feats begin circulating, there's no telling who might come calling next...
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Three days after his sister's death, he finally regained the will to move. In the aftermath of a goblin raid, a lone boy mourns the loss of his village, his family...
Five years later, that same boy visits a city on the frontier and becomes an adventurer.
Despite being the lowest rank and wholly inexperienced, the young adventurer immediately accepts a quest and sets out alone to raid a goblin lair. His mind already burning with a clear vision of his calling, the legend of Goblin Slayer begins!
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Life - or undeath? - isn't easy for Ayumu Aikawa. A seemingly normal high schooler, he is in fact a zombie who serves as a bodyguard to an introverted necromancer. But his already complicated existence becomes even more outlandish when he accidently steals the powers of a magical girl, transforming into one himself - complete with frilly dress and pink chainsaw!! How's a reanimated corpse supposed to keep his head on his shoulders with roommates like these girls around the house?
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