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(from ebookjapan): Ippei Yasuda, heir to the Yasuda Zaibatsu, is back as a detective! Despite being a rookie, Ippei takes on cases head-on, but is confronted by the unreasonable crimes of those in power. Will Ippei be able to maintain his manly justice?
One summer Hino is hired by Tairiku Shobo to create a manga about mummies as part of their \"Tairiku Shobo Mystery Series.\" Drawn in by the interesting subject matter he accepts the offer without hesitation, but he soon realizes that he knows nothing about mummies. So before going to bed, he starts to read a reference book that the editor had left. As he delves deeply into the book the atmosphere in the room changes and with a knock at the door, the mystery begins... Published as volume 4 in the Tairiku Shobo Mystery Series
The story follows the life of a teenage boy named \"Mesh,\" so-called for his unique \"mesh\"-colored hair: blonde with silver strands on the sides. It begins with a scene where Mesh, after being beaten, escapes from a mob and encounters Milon, a forger and painter. Mesh ends up staying at Milon’s house, and the two form an unlikely bond as they navigate life together. Each chapter is a poetic blend of crime, peaceful everyday moments, or the vibrant nightlife of artists in a fictionalized Paris. \"Mesh\" is regarded as one of Hagio Moto’s defining works, marking a pivotal shift in her artistic style. It was her first series to adopt a more realistic look while retaining the ethereal beauty characteristic of 1970s shōjo art. The story ventures into more mature themes while continuing to explore Hagio\'s recurring motifs, such as parent-child relationships and adolescence.
Seventeen year old Aya is the perfect high school student. Good grades, popular and sports prodigy. She is looking forward to summer break as her pen pal has invited her to his family ranch, but one day on the way home from school she hears a voice calling her name from....
Joe, a Brahmin, is a man of self-sacrifice and devotion who has dedicated his life to the mysterious woman Maggy. He is also the fearsome pet dog of the assassin cult \"Thugs\" who has the killing techniques... \"Maggy\'s Dog\"!!
The manga is about ten-year-old Chie, \"the most unfortunate girl in Japan,\" who manages her family diner while her unemployed yakuza father and her mother are separated. Note: Jarinko Chie won the 26th Shogakukan Manga Award for best general manga in 1981.
Takano Shoko is a beautiful girl born between a rebellious critic and a famous geisha in Yanagibashi. When her father disappeared, Shoko lost her mother in an air raid and became a vagrant child, becoming the leader of a war orphan group. The harsh fate of the post-war devastation...Shoko grows from a girl to a woman as she suffers a wave of disgrace.
Set from 1581 to 1586 with flashbacks further into the past, this is the story of Tyrian Persimmon. Born to a Spanish mother with an English husband in this era of conflict between the two contries, Tyrian favors Spain. His father suspects that Tyrian is not his son because he doesn\'t look like the man at all, and regularly beats him. His mother\'s lover is discovered to be a Spanish spy and flees the country. Tyrian is determined to join the navy and eventually rejoin Geraldo. At the age of 19 he begins to make his ruthless way up the ranks of the English navy. Note: Tyrian Persimmon was ancestor of one Major Klaus Heinz von dem Eberbach from From Eroica with Love.
Akaba Ken is a top-rank stock-car driver who was involved in a horrific accident, which killed 6 spectators. He was badly hurt, but he survived and promised his younger sister that he would give up racing. He goes to America to help his father develop a new Formula 1 racer, but in the testing of the car runs at speeds that set records – so the pressure is on for him to return to racing, this time in the F-1 circuit. He has supporters, but there are also those who don’t want him to come back, including those who caused the original crash…
It is about a 16 year old girl, named Masumi, who dreams of becoming the most beautiful prima ballerina. She attends a small ballet school in the remote part of Japan. When she gains admission to a famous school, she has a change to realize her dreams. There, because of lack of proper training, she is the weakest student in the group. Can she endure the hardships, struggles and fierce competition in the work of ballet?
A blind blind woman, Onami, falls in love with Shinsuke, the son of a blind person on a journey. Onami is pregnant with Shinsuke\'s child, but Shinsuke abandons her at the last minute, and Onami has her right hand and both ears cut off by the blind woman\'s law. Still, Ohami chose to go raw. For the sake of another life to be born.... A blind person\'s cry that roars in the stormy sea... One of the 13 Nights of the Grudge\'s Spirit series released in 1976.
*Reads from left to right.* A collection of poem manga and full color manga filled with warmth and childhood innocence. Includes: - **Rosebud Rosie** - **The Bright Gray House** - **The Child in the Box** - **My Neighbor Ippei-kun** - **The Light in August**: A short poem manga about a girl and a game of hide-and-seek she played when she was younger. - **Etchings of the Seasons**
