Great Expectations tells the story of Pip, an English orphan who rises to wealth, deserts his true friends, and becomes humbled by his own arrogance. It also introduces one of the more colorful characters in literature: Miss Havisham. Dickens set Great Expectations during the time that England was becoming a wealthy world power. Machines were making factories more productive, yet people lived in awful conditions. Naive Pip, creepy Miss Haversham, beautifully cold Estella, terrifying Abel Magwitch and the rest of Dicken's fantastic cast are perfectly envisioned in Crystal Chan's new adaptation featuring artwork by artist Nokman Poon.
As an orphaned child, Jane Eyre is first cruelly treated by her aunt, then cast out and sent to a charity school. Though she meets with further hardship, she receives an education, and eventually takes a job as a governess at the estate of Edward Rochester. Jane and Mr. Rochester begin to bond, but his dark moods trouble her. When Jane uncovers the terrible secret Rochester has been hiding, she flees and finds temporary refuge at the home of St. John Rivers. Charlotte Bronte's classic tale of morality and social criticism takes on an entirely new life in this Manga Classic adaptation of Jane Eyre.
On the very day of his wedding to the beautiful Mercedes, a young merchant sailor named Edmond Dantes is falsely imprisoned for life, laying to waste his plans of marriage and hard-earned fortune. Following several long years in prison he has managed to escape and reinvent himself as the mysterious Count of Monte Christo. It is the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Count has been plotting his revenge on the three men who had him falsely imprisoned. With a new identity, an incredible education abroad and a vast fortune, has returned completely unrecognizable to those who had committed their crimes against him.
Siblings Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert were planning to adopt an orphaned boy to help out around their farm, Green Gables - instead, they got Anne Shirley. A plucky redheaded girl with a vibrant imagination, Anne turns first Green Gables and then the rest of Prince Edward Island on its ear. Manga Classics? is proud to be the only authorized manga adaption of Anne of Green Gables by the Heirs of L.M. Montgomery. This trade paperback volume presents a faithful recreation of this classic kids novel, from the Lake of Shining Waters to the Dryad's Bubble!
The dead still walk in Denmark. Already crushed by his father's death and his mother's hasty remarriage, the young prince Hamlet is confronted by his father's ghost, bearing terrible news: he didn't simply die. He was murdered. Now Hamlet lives only for his vengeance - no matter how many other people must die for it. Manga Classics? proudly presents an exciting manga version of Shakespeare's masterpiece Hamlet in its full glory, featuring the FULL, ADAPTED MODERN ENGLISH text for easy reading!
In this classic tale by William Shakespeare, a brave Scottish general named Macbeth receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders King Duncan and takes the Scottish throne for himself. He is then wracked with guilt and paranoia.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is a novel about a young boy growing up in the fictional small town of Hannibal, Missouri along the Mississippi River during the 1840s. Tom Sawyer lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother Sid. Life for Tom is a series of grand adventures that include his best friend "Huck" Finn, the love of his life Becky Thatcher, buried treasures, scoundrels, thieves and body snatchers. Manga Classics brings a brilliant new light to Mark Twain's very first novel that new readers will embrace and life-long fans will enjoy.
Shinobu Watanuki (39), who has moved into her husband's family home, is an unsuccessful comic artist. She had planned to use this move as a chance to give up her career, but after one of her old works becomes a hit online, she decides to create a new comic instead. In need of help with this, she looks for an assistant online. A handsome 22-year-old man named Chiaki Tachibana applies to her ad, and Shinobu finds herself at a major turning point in her life. Delve into a poignant tale by a seasoned comic artist, skillfully blending themes of dreams, career, and romance in life from 40.
"I'm done with love - I'll never agree to a normal relationship ever again!" After several failed relationships, a desperate Mo Suqing ends up agreeing to a 3-year marriage contract with a man she meets while drinking away her sorrows over the latest romantic catastrophe. She signs the contract thinking he's just a normal guy, but it turns out he's filthy rich and the CEO of a massive business enterprise to boot! Behind his countless deceptions and lies, how many secrets is he hiding...?
If I can survive, I swear I will live in dignity, and I will let those who betrayed me pay the price. Experimented on and t*rtured by her cruel stepmother and sister, Shang Zhen is a scientist with no support system to rely on. To add insult to injury, she's engaged to Feng Xingyan, a man she desperately loves. But he doesn't seem to care for her in return. Upon her murder at the hands of her sister, she's reborn as her 18-year-old self, three years before her death! Determined to get revenge on those who hurt her, annul her engagement to Mr. Feng, and make everyone pay, she charts a new path. But is she too late??
7 College Students out on a trip to the mountains of Hokkaido. Our Protagonist, Noboru Morishita, has been bullied nonstop by the group. The violent nature of the bullying has only grown worse. As he reaches his limit, a menacing creature awakens from hibernation...!! No bully, no menace, and no person can escape the wrath of the beast in this panic-driven horror!!
Matsubara is just one of many ladies in the Planning Division who are feeling rather annoyed. Her fellow coworker, Miwa Iida, is managing to drag the entire office down with every move she makes. And the men surrounding her in the office are only managing to make that worse. "This has to stop... Someone do something!" After finally reaching her limit, Matsubara heads to HR where she meets Asari Kuga, a woman a stern gaze who spits facts like a machine gun... the "Office Detective"!
What would you do if you discovered someone at your work was having an affair? Perhaps you'd choose to leave the matter alone because it's not really any of your business. However, if left unchecked, that may all change in an instant.
Has an affair at your workplace gotten out of hand? Is it hindering your job and making the work environment suffocating? If so, that may be a job for Rei Saegusa, the cool and sophisticated breakup specialist at Affair Enders. Who will be Rei's target next?
Cute? Pure? Shirayuki, or "Snow White" has the eye of every man in the office. With her "Seven Dwarfs" supporting her, Shirayuki can get away with just about anything in the office. Using her beauty, she gets anything her heart desires, stepping over anyone in her way. Dubbed the "Devious Princess" by her female coworkers, can she lie and charm her way to happiness?
"A young lady from a rich family lost everything she had on her wedding's eve." On the eve of Qianqian's wedding, her fiance cheats on her, her father goes to jail, and her mother dies. In the space of a single day, she goes from being the daughter of a rich family with a promising future to losing everything she has. Just when all hope is lost, she meets Quan Yuchen, G City's most sought-after bachelor. He promises to help her get back everything that once belonged to her and save her father... but in return she has to marry him and bear his child!
Hitoha Ikura is the chief manager of an entertainment company. Ao is a young, unknown actor with an overwhelming presence. Hitoha finds out Ao's "secret". A romantic drama set in the entertainment industry where two people overcome their trials and tribulations together!
Mizuho (30) works for a famous cosmetics company. Her job was going well, working with her boss, Uzaki (35) whom she admires and respects. But one day, Uzaki suddenly gets transferred to the New York branch, and gets engaged to her coworker, Riko. Mizuho, shocked and confused about Uzaki's engagement, tries to forget Uzaki and marries her coworker from the sales department Shinichi. Although Shinichi loves Mizuho, he cannot let go of his doubts for her. Riko tries to take advantage of his insecurities. Meanwhile, Uzaki comes back to Japan headquarters...! "Everyone's having an affair except for me...?!" A story of love and jealousy begins!
Into her 3rd year of marriage, Asuka Kohinata (32) is struggling with a sexless marriage. The couple was head over heels for each other when they first got married, but now her husband rejects her no matter how many times she tries to initiate. "I'm tired of being rejected... " "How can we go back to being a happy couple...? " Struggling to make things work with her husband, Asuka one day obtains the power to travel back in time. Can Asuka leap through time to save her sexless marriage?
The timid Na Jiwoo wants to break up with his scary girlfriend, so he lied about joining the army. After that, he gets a part-time job, but as if by fate, his co-worker is his girlfriend's roommate. Jiwoo must now hide his identity in front of his girlfriend while his co-worker is crushing on him.
Just before her passing, Seulgi's grandmother hands her a mysterious note. On it is an address where her grandmother claims to have hidden a secret inheritance. But when Seulgi visits the location, she finds that a stranger is already living there! Will Seulgi be able to become the heiress she was meant to be?
An ordinary woman with a freelancing career named Mina encountered a troublesome customer online. It turns out that her troublesome customer is Jinho, her timid and shy next door neighbor. With Mina and Jinho going through personal troubles, will they be able to find solace together?