A monster that people call GAEA-TIMA devastates a small, seaside town. Ten years later, the resilient community has emerged as a tourist destination, and Miyako, who became a local celebrity by surviving the attack, is making a living selling mini-replicas of the beast. But when GAEA-TIMA returns, Miyako and her neighbors will discover that their enduring connection to the creature goes deeper than tourism and trauma. Just what is the true agenda behind the attack of the "gigantis?" Are there more like GAEA-TIMA waiting for their moment? And is humanity capable of responding to violence with anything other than more violence?
Itsuki, twenty-seven years old, owns a reptile shop. He enjoyed life, surrounded by many kinds of lizards. Taking care of them is what makes him happy. He had no interest in human girls...he never had a girlfriend in his life. However...his favorite lizard, Fuu (Central Bearded Dragon), turned into a human girl! Now Itsuki has to feed her, bathe her, and help her with molting! A love comedy of a shy boy and lizard-girls!
Have you ever been canceled online or experienced other trouble on social media? When a blogger mom comes under fire due to false rumors, she ends up becoming the target of libel. Not knowing what to do, she goes to a free lawyer consultation. The lawyer she meets is supposedly great with cases related to social media, but seems very eccentric... Can he really help? In today's world, anyone could easily become a victim, or an offender. Whichever side, you might one day find yourself involved in a legal request for information disclosure or libel suit! It's not just someone else's problem!
There are tally marks notched on Michishige's thighs-a secret only Yuya knows! Due to the doodles on her legs, rumors spread that she was very experienced. People joked with Yuya, saying, "Get Michishige to help you become a real man!" As if he could ever do something like that... After things start to progress with Michishige, Yuya finally confesses his feelings. She responds, "If we're going to date, it has to be with the intention of getting married, right?" The tally marks on her thighs are actually her vows of love! With a quirky girl full of overwhelming affection, their romantic comedy begins!
It's been 10 years since the shocking retirement of the top-notch child spy known as "Little Hawk"... One condition of my retirement was to keep my true identity a secret. While living a happy school life in this cliched setting, our boat capsized due to high waves during a school trip. Now, I find myself on a deserted island with the three most distinguished girls in my class. Escaping alone would be easy, but in this situation, protecting my true identity is paramount. How can I get us out of this mess while keeping my identity a secret? But it seems I'm not the only one with a secret...
What would happen if the mightiest being of all time reincarnates himself as Villager A? As the Demon Lord, Varvatos leads a life where nobody dares intrude in his personal space. Desperate to find friends, he takes matters into his own hands and reincarnates 3000 years later as Ard Meteor, your regular nobody born in the boonies. But little did he know, magic has vastly degenerated after his passing, and what was considered average magic power during his lifetime is now considered never-before-seen talent! In a new life as a new abnormal, will he finally find true friendship?
A young girl -Chloe La For?t- is alone and unconscious in the Corpse Forest. Well, it's too bad. At least the monsters will finish her off within a few days. Except this girl gets rescued in the nick of time. And the man who finds her? He's her new boss, Alchemist Kurakazu Rintarou. Chloe has a knack for cleaning and thus becomes his housekeeper. But she quickly reveals another hidden talent of hers - necromancy! Watch as this story of science and fiction unfold under one roof.
Ai Suzuki was a failure at work, a burden on the company, and had no friends... the only person who loved her was her boss, Tatsuro. To society, their relationship was an immoral affair, but to her, it was true love. One day, driven by loneliness, Ai goes to see Tatsuro, only to find another woman with him. It turns out Tatsuro had other mistresses! After being stabbed by the other mistress, Ai wakes up in a parallel world, reborn as a successful, confident, and highly capable version of herself...?!
In order to protect the lands of humans from the Demi-human tribes of the macaques and orgs, a young boy named Kai rages onto the battlefield. In the midst of a battle one day, Kai suddenly remembers memories of his past life. Memories that are more advanced than the world he currenlty lives in. Kai returns safely to the village and begins to recall his memories, awakening new powers along the way, but soon after, finds himself in a deadly battle with an org after receiving a near-fatal wound... In a world where humans, Demi-humans, and gods mingle, a story of a young boy's battle and growth ufnolds!
"I am no woman. I am a Samurai." It was the Sengoku Era in Japan. Ginko Tsukitsubata, a sword genius, fought in the Battle of Sekigahara. She wanted to slay as many enemies as she could and fight to the death for her belief, which she called a brilliant death. However, she survived--found herself among the corpses of her fellow warriors. The era of the battle of Samurais had ended. Since then, she wandered across Japan to find a swordsman who was stronger than her, who could kill her. She was looking for a place to die. She fought and fought and fought...but it seemed like there was no one left who was stronger than her. When she was in despair, she was transferred to another world! Are goblins, ogres, dragons...stronger than her!?
Somewhere among the violent and chaotic grasslands of 12th century Mongolia, lives a boy named Temujin. One day, while on the brink of death, he has a fated encounter with a beautiful and mysterious woman that will affect history. This is the story of a boy who will shake the earth.
In a world corroded by the Rusty Wind, a journey begins for the newly-immortal Akaboshi Bisco.
Together with Milo, they arrive in Shimane. There, rumors of the "Immortal Priest" Kelshinha?said to have ruled Shimane for 200 years?reach their ears. In search of a cure for Bisco's immortality, the two infiltrate a city of turmoil, strange rituals, and gruesome sacrifices, where many religious groups dwell in a precarious balance.
Read the exciting sequel to the story of two boys who, swift as arrows, fight to protect their loved ones and achieve their dreams!
A plague-like wind blows across the arid, sandy expanse of a post-apocalyptic Japan. As it sweeps over the living and nonliving alike, rust is all that remains. The cause of this catastrophic state? Mushroom spores. At least, that's what everyone thinks. Enter Akaboshi Bisco. He's known as the "Man-Eating Mushroom," and is a wanted archer whose deadly aim instantly sprouts mushrooms wherever they land. However, in truth, he's a "Mushroom Keeper," committed to spreading fungi to enrich the land and return it to its former state.
Misato had a perfect childhood, with parents who loved her and a home on an idyllic island in Japan's inland sea. But then a TV show starts shooting in town. Misato's cast as an extra, and in an instant, her life is turned on its head. A woman appears claiming to be her real mother, and before she knows it Misato is living in a lavish mansion surrounded by greedy schemers of all stripes. The curtain rises on the story of a rising star who plunges into an abyss...where the only sustenance is vengeance!
These glamorous degenerates enter into a strategic fake marriage...
Mei dreams of becoming an idol and leaves her life in the countryside to chase that dream. She joins a shady agency and begins her career as an underground idol. Drowning in debt and on the verge of having a revealing tape sold, Mei hits rock bottom. In the depths of despair, she climbs Tokyo Tower in the dead of night. Surrounded by the dazzling lights of the city, she plans to end her life, live on stream.
Years later, the diva Mei crashes back into the entertainment world. Dressed in a stunning wedding gown, she celebrates a lavish wedding for all of Japan to see. Who is this diva? Can she survive in the glamorous yet trashy world she's stepped into?
Sex, money, murder, backstabbing, and strategic marriage! The ugliest and most intense battle for survival among the most glamorous degenerates is about to begin!
Owaru Endou was the most powerful hitman employed by the massive underworld organization known as the Fujiyama Group. His robotic demeanor and total lack of hesitation when committing ruthless acts had earned him the nickname "Fujiyama's Killing Machine." His presence alone acts as a deterrent to Fujiyama's enemies, but the only thing anyone knows about him is his name. He was a legend. However, he decided to quit. He found a new way of life to support Kaorin, a member of Rosaceae, an "underground" idol group. He started to think that a murderer like him would never have the right to be her fan.
Original T-shirts, Instax events, trading original photo cards... Can Endou stan Kaorin while he is preoccupied with hitman's rules?
Yume, a fortune teller working in Kokubuncho is known for her incredible accuracy. Hearing rumors about her prowess, a man named Mutsumi arrives at her workplace uninvited to question her about her abilities. It turns out the mysterious voices she hears, that provide her with information, are those of spirits! Yume gets dragged along by Mutsumi to a haunted apartment that can't be exorcised and hears a voice that only she can! With Mutsumi's backing her up, Yume lends an ear to spirits with unfortunate circumstances, and the regrets they have left over. A mystery-filled drama following two people hearing out the last requests of the dead, and helping to fulfill them.
"I go to places with a lot of death," - said Asakura, a former detective who now runs a missing persons research company. Because her missing husband might be among the corpses.
Takase Tsubaki, a 29 year old saleswoman, isn't good with romance and is still a virgin. She finds herself developing feelings for the rising star in her company, the notorious playboy Azuma Ryuhei. Tsubaki manages to gather up her courage and invite him to spend the night with her at a hotel. He agrees, but things don't work out the way either of them planned...
Already Yoshiko Kawai's life was not going the way she had planned it, but when her boyfriend breaks up with her a few days before her 29th birthday she is at an all time low. She bumps into her handsome coworker Yuki and confides in him that she's worried about not being able to get married before she turns 30. "In that case, if you don't find a partner in the next year, how about we get married?" Initially Yoshiko brushes his proposal off as a joke, but could it be that he is actually being serious?
Yamadai Ichiro and Oji Ryuguin both get summoned to the Kingdom of Arcana, a magical realm where they have to face 12 dungeons in order to save the world! A classic otherworld adventure! Ryuguin is revealed to be a hero class, but spends his days slacking off. Ichiro is dissapointed when he is revealed to be a holy knight but he vows to do his best and find the item that will allow him to get back to his own world as soon as possible! The road ahead is long and full of dangers but luckily for Ichiro there are plenty of lovely heroines to support him. Except that... they all keep falling for the slacker Ryuguin? Why does this keep happening?
I'm supposed to hate younger men, but before you know it, our lips are getting closer... I think I'm about to break the "no romance under the same roof" rule...!
As high schooler Kagechiyo wakes up in his bedroom, he's surprised to find... a stunningly attractive girl sitting at the end of his bed? It's Moka, the girl of his dreams, and he's about to get another shot at getting her in the mood! As Kagechiyo starts another day in this new reality, he needs to find a way to get things right with Moka in any way he can...kissing, touching, or even further? How can Kagechiyo earn a perfect score and move forward with the super hot Moka?
At 32, Yuna has been dumped by her boyfriend. With the breakup with her boyfriend, who gave her so many memories, still fresh her life seems bleak. Fed up, she decides to play around with men, Yuna meets Ren, a handsome younger man. Instead of being thrilled by Ren's cheerful and considerate nature, Yuna becomes increasingly self-deprecating. But when Ren hears about Yuna's heartbreak, he looks her straight in the eyes and says, "I'll make you forget that guy." Is this a chance for Yuna to finally play the bad girl?
An evil necromancer slays the king and carries off his daughter, secreting her in the legendary Dragon Tower. To save the princess, her steadfast Royal Guard assays the stronghold, but the way is blocked by powerful eldritch creatures... So, to supplement their forces in the face of mounting casualties, they press ordinary folks from the surrounding villages into service-including Yuva, a sturdy young farmboy with a strong back but no experience in battle, and only a battered old helm and wooden shield to protect him. Master of science fiction Tsutomu Nihei (Blame!, Knights of Sidonia) turns his unique storytelling voice and architectural eye to fantasy for the first time, offering a dark, gritty tale of swords and sorcery, bravery and adventure, great heroes and ultimate evil. Gird your loins, heft your blade, and enter the Dragon Tower.
"Ms. Kumakawa, you're my 'fave'." A dental hygienist, Satomi Kumakawa, is stressed from her poor work environment and has developed insomnia. What helps her sleep at night is listening to the story-reading streams by her fave, "Koki". She spends her days happily supporting him by sending Super Chats to him. One day, she is assigned to a patient named Koki Machida, who turns out to be her fave in the flesh. She swears to keep her Super Chats a secret and is determined to protect her fave's oral health as a professional...! But somehow, Satomi becomes his "fave"?!
Ema has been dating her childhood friend, Aoi, for 8 years. They have been living together for four years, and Ema hoped to get married one day... However, Aoi has been neglecting the housework recently, and even treats her birthdays as an after-thought. Ema's desire to be with Aoi as a lover sometimes feels one-sided. Just as Ema starts to worry if they can even get married at this point, she runs into her high school crush, and he's just as kind as he was back then...
This is a heartwarming love story between the class hottie with a heart as pure as gold and a closeted average Joe. Afraid of being outed, class loner Mitsuru has a goal now that's he's in high school: he wants a boyfriend. He signs up for a dating app, but it isn't long before class heartthrob Jiro catches him checking out other guys. Mitsuru thinks his high school life is over... But it turns out Jiro's into guys, too!
Roberia, despite being the eldest daughter of a wealthy house, is called a "demon" by her family and locked away in an underground prison. She is chosen to take the place of her younger sister in an arranged marriage, but on the way to her new home she gets into an accident and loses all her memories. She then meets a man who claims to be her fiance, Cecil. Cecil's kind and reassures Roberia that there's no need for her to recall her memories, but he strangely keeps calling her "Lily"... The mystery of her imprisonment by her family still remains, as well as what kind of love Roberia will find...
Ako Yamada, once a member of the most fiendish organization of assassins "Orochi", is living as an ordinary girl working at the Piping Hot Bakery. As an assassin, she was evil, cold-blooded, cruel, scary. The epitome of a hitman! However, she was extremely clumsy when it came to normal life! She was struggling to live as a teen girl working at a bakery, for she had lived too many years in the underworld. When Nono Morino, a high school girl who loves urban legends, came to the bakery to check on the rumor that a hitman is living somewhere around here, Ako did her best not to look suspicious. But not only her but also the members of Orochi were after Ako. Can she live a peaceful life she had longed for many years?!
The year 1878-the 11th year of the Meiji era in Japan, and more than a decade since the samurai were stripped of their privileges and swords outlawed on public streets. A mysterious flyer appears in all corners of the land, luring those skilled in martial arts to Kyoto with the promise of riches beyond common imagination. As warriors deprived of purpose flock to the appointed place at the appointed time, what awaits them is no ordinary task, but an all-out war-against each other!
It all started with a pageant at a university. Romiko's known as one of the most beautiful girls at her school with captivating beauty, but she truly has one of the most horrendous personalities. She's always looking down on and berating her peers and has been convinced there's no competition in the beauty pageant coming up at her school. All of that changed when a fierce opponent hit the field. For Romiko, it's truly impossible for someone like this girl to be anything more than below her! Romiko can't lose. This is her steppingstone into the world of celebrities... Anything she wants, she can have... because it's all hers.
Yukari Fuyuno thirty years old, hard-working, and career oriented. She has a reputation at work for being a perfect person with good looks and work ethic, but she's troubled with the fact that she tends to conform to other's expectations to not disappoint them. She has been dating Wada, her boyfriend of 5 years, and was on the verge of getting married until one day out of the blue, he dumps her and says he has a new girlfriend. Down in the dumps, Yukari heads to a restaurant and witnesses some love troubles between two workers. On her way home, she sees the same man that was caught in the tiff earlier. Yukari unexpectedly starts a conversation with him and finds out his name is Ayato. He believes he has no substance, and to hide that, he tries to be nice to everyone, but that just gets him in trouble. Yukari, still worried about Ayato, tells him about a bathhouse since he's still covered in soup that the girl dumped on him. After cleaning himself up, Yukari realizes just how good-looking Ayato is, and understands why he's so popular with the ladies. Yukari also realizes they have a common problem: they both want people to see the real them, and it's the inside that counts! Yukari then proposes that they work together to help improve one another...!
"It's better not to lie, you know? You'll have a big problem here." Masato Teruya has a one-sided crush on his classmate, Emi Takanashi, but today is the day! The day he will finally confess... or so he thought. He has a bad habit of lying when getting embarrassed and can't seem to get the words out! When he finds an old doll that was sealed in a box... his cursed life begins. The doll is cursed like "Pinocchio", when he tells a lie his nose grows...but the nose isn't on his face! The more he lies the longer it gets! If anyone saw his "elephant" like this they'd surely run away. How will Emi react to his extra-large elephant?
"Hey... will you still love me, even though I'm a former death row inmate?" Before her sentencing, Sawa couldn't stop thinking about her childhood friend, Itsuki. She had been executed for murder and was supposed to be dead, but against all odds, she survived...?! During the execution, the rope snapped, and Sawa narrowly escaped death. According to the law, inmates who survive their execution are no longer subject to further trials. Instead, they are considered "deceased" in the family register. Stripped of all legal protection, Sawa is now invisible to the world, enduring constant ab*se and persecution as someone who no longer exists. But even so, Itsuki wants to protect her... This is the story of Itsuki and Sawa-A love that must overcome the whole of Japan against them.
Content Warning: this title contains material that may be distressing for some readers. Suzuki works at Fuma Home Inc., a real estate company. He decides to quit after suffering through its toxic work environment, being harassed by superiors, and forced to work illegal hours. His resignation is accepted, but he is only allowed to leave the company after 3 months. From the next day, his boss starts treating him like trash and the president tricks Suzuki into making a mistake that causes him to be held liable for the damages. When Suzuki is feeling devastated, he meets a woman named Shizuka. She claims to work for a "Company Demolition Agency" and tells him that she will destroy the toxic company on his behalf. What will Suzuki do?
Haruka Wakamatsu, a third-year Junior high school student, meets a freshman from the same school at the station. He is wearing an oversized uniform, and well asleep on the bench. Haruka is a caring person, so he cannot leave the bottom of the student's trousers dragging and getting damaged. He tries to roll them up... This is how he becomes acquainted with Shu Hachiya. Gradually, the two boys begin to fall for each other. This is a pure boys' love story, the first of a three-volume series.
"Let your fiance hear that elegant voice of yours." Words spoken by the Prince while her fiancee is on the other side of the door! The Prince has laid his hands on another man's woman, but will he be able to keep her?
Arashi and Mio from the Public Morals Committee get their fortune read. The fortune teller tells the two some shocking news, "You were a God that cheated over 1000 times!" Arashi is upset to find out about his previous life. He decided it would be the perfect time to confess his feelings for Mio and promise to never cheat on her. One day, they both lose consciousness and find themself in a new world. Having their past life memories resorted, the fortune teller reminds them that, "You can't resist a God's sexual desire." But their previous life doesn't matter at all! How will they fight off their urges? Or will they end up giving in...? We're despicable gods!