Stories:1. Sex & Fury - Gekiga2. Ruri the Female Tattooist - Gekiga3. In the Valley Between Sanity and Madness (Yukio Mishima) - Reportage4. Maggots! - Horror Manga5. The Corpse's Voice - Horror Maga
Beautifully illustrated, and deftly demonstrating an innate sense of the power of color palette, Oku’s collection boasts folktales hailing from Kyoto’s Honnoji Temple, folklore surrounding Nagano’s Biwa-Ike, and many more short stories of all manner passed down throughout Japan! Love, joy, sorrow, and regret live on—evocative as ever—in this imaginative 21st century visual retelling of ancient tales. --- **Ch. 3 Content Warning: Suicide.**
Stories that have been passed down from generation to generation in ancient Japan. There still lives in them a certain love that has never changed. In this series of short stories, the Japanese prodigy Oku has created full-color manga adaptations of a variety of folklore!
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Oumi Shigemori, also known as Hanjo, is from a long line of merchants. He knows the tricks of the trade when it comes to business and making profits. But Hanjo understands that profits have to be long term and taking short cuts in business decisions eventually leads to a collapse. Making sure the buyer, the seller, and the community all benefit from the transaction is Hanjo’s philosophy. He travels around the country, helping both small and big businesses turn their finances from a molehill to a mountain.
From MangaHelpers: Arihisa Aokura needs money. He needs money in order to support his family of orphans and earn a living at the same time. Looking online for potential employees, he finds a posting for a part time job in an "evil organization." Seeing that the pay and benefits were fairly substantial, he took the chance and took the interview. He was somehow hired and now has to work as a henchman inside the evil organization "Antares." Will he be able to survive the onslaught of missions against heroes while providing for his orphan brothers and sisters? [DrCoke]
“I,” an aspiring novelist who can’t land a hit, a normal college student. Kai Shouko, a female college student writer who produced a string of hits. During the welcoming party of our university, a naked idiot suddenly barges into my life.
Taichi Yamada is what you would call a fan but he is not just any fan, he is a fan of Kokoro Shiina, a gravure model. Maybe it was fate that brought them together that day but Taichi met Kokoro when she literally fell from the sky. Waking up in the hospital, he begins to see Kokoro's spirit and after roaming the hospital premises a "shinigami" arrives to take Kokoro to the underworld. Is this the end for Kokoro? What will Taichi do to save his beloved idol?!
Sakai and Shoji can be described as dimwits. They belong to a band called Moozmuz, which is characterized by its eccentric and silly style. Gogh, who is a fellow student, is a clothing designer who may appear quiet but is quite passionate about his work. The friendship between these three artists is showcased in Shinkichi Kato's vivid and animated art, which captures both their growth and setbacks. The following one-shots are included in the series: Volume 1: Isamu Diary, My MHz Volume 2: L&P: Love and Parapara, Yogera
Atsuko and Yuri were classmates in elementary, junior high, high school, and college, although they hardly ever spoke to each other during their school days. At their first reunion in 15 years, Atsuko discovers Yuri's secret and makes a move.... What is the destination for these two opposites, who have different personalities, interests, and groups?
One day when average middle schooler Koji Miyahara came home from school, he found a naked girl sleeping in his bed. To his surprise, she was a ghost, and her name was Alice Fujinomiya! Alice can only be seen by other people when Koji's nearby, so she decides to become his girlfriend.