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Due to advancement in clone technology, mankind had finally obtained eternal life.Arcadia, the ultimate life regeneration system. Through it, the frail mortal human received salvation from absolute death… Or so it was meant to be.For some reason, the implantation of memories into duplicated bodies were only successful in the case of teenagers.With the onset of war, this defect meant the deployment of these undying children to the frontlines.Ichinose Akito was one of them, a second lieutenant in the United States of Elmea Army. As penalty for his militaristic underperformance, the platoon he led was ordered to undertake a salvage operation for top secret information with a survival rate of virtually zero.In the midst of a sudden enemy encounter, Akito covered his teammates from a crustal collapse and found himself face-to-face with his arch-enemy: Philia Loadrain of the Lorelia Federation. To make things worse, they were cut off from the surface and the ability to respawn.The two of them with opposing personalities and skillsets must put aside their differences as they make their way up the surface—.
In addition to the title story about boy and a girl who kill their parents and roam the American Midwest, the collection includes five short stories: "VAMPS," Okazaki's version of a vampire tale; "Sunflowers," a summer vacation nightmare experienced by an elementary school student; "Little Sun in the Water," a coming-of-age story of bankruptcy; and "Otome-chan," a family story about a father with eccentric tastes. A collection of masterpieces by Okazaki Kyouko!
Based on the novel of the same name by Orson Scott Card, in which the hopes of mankind rest on the shoulders of genius children trained to combat the impending alien threat, Shuho Sato's one-shot focuses on the story of young Ender Wiggin. From the time he was three years old, has been monitored by the military to determine whether he has what it takes to enter Battle School, a specialized school in outer space where the brightest children are trained in the intricacies of war and command. Considered to be humanity's savior, Ender struggles with the pressures of the expectations placed on him, and with his own internal struggle between his conflicting empathic and destructive capacities as a tool of war.
Ikki, an optimist who isn't afraid of anything, begins working at a small restaurant when he finds himself charmed by the owner. It's there that he runs into Ryuu, and from Ryuu, he hears Toshimitsu's name, one that's oddly familiar.Neither Ikki nor Ryuu can seem to get away from Toshimitsu, and now their mysterious shared past will lead to an unknown future.
This collection is an amalgamation of work reflecting Hiroki Endo's philosophy and his outstanding ability to draw and to tell stories.
Following the suicide of Yuka, a victim of bullying, her brother Asaharu becomes disappointed in himself, and encounters an angel. The angel proceeds to offer him a deal: find his sister's murderer within three months in order to resurrect her. However, nothing is done without compensation. With every mistake that Asaharu makes, his life expectancy will decrease. Is his sister's life more valuable than his own?The hunt for the criminal begins!
After dictatorship and civil war the South Amercian country, Nascencio, has an ambitious project to make jungle into farming land, which is commissioned to the Japanese company Seshimo.The company's chief, Yuji Seshimo, gets kidnapped while on an inspection tour into the land. Kenichi, a New York noir-style private detective, goes to find his brother...
Haiba Sumio is a student at a Tokyo High School with an interesting ability... He occasionally falls asleep and wakes up with premonitions of the future written out on his "Dream Diary". With this ability, Sumio helps out people in trouble before anything bad happens, until one day when his peaceful life completely changes.
Yagami Touma became a delinquent after distancing himself from his childhood friend, Fuyu Atsushi, who wants to reconnect with him. The reason is something Touma could never reveal, he's actually in love with Atsushi. He ends up confessing on a whim, but Atsushi's answer is...?
"An unknown city in an unknown land. Demons infest the land, madness rules the streets. Money and greed control the people who prey on each other. The young use their flesh, the strong their violence and sly their wits, trying to reign over the city. The weak are raped. Pleasure is only for the strong. That is the law, however cruel. The game has begun. The question is who will bring it to an end."
Is the terrible heartache caused by a distant lover? Or is it the ties and obsession that follow along, like love that won\'t come true...? *From the same author of Missing Love: The Marrying Man
Is Researcher Lou Solomon capable of facing the hazardous obstacles both inside and outside the world of the zombie apocalypse, after being bequeathed with Caleb, his late father's "companion"?
