Shamisen is a traditional Japanese musical instrument that looks similar to a guitar. Teenager Sawamura Setsu's grandfather who raised him and his older brother Wakana, recently passed away. His grandfather was one of the greatest Shamisen players and the two siblings grew up listening to him play and learning to play the instrument. Since the grandfather's death, Setsu dropped out of high school, moved to Tokyo and has been drifting, not knowing what to do besides play his Shamisen. That's when his successful and rich mother, Umeko storms into his life and tries to shape Setsu up. She enrolls him back into high school but little does Setsu know that he is about to rediscover his passion for Shamisen. Nominated for the 4th Manga Taisho Award (2011).
I don’t want to be the empress! Serena, the daughter of a noble is full of intelligence, status and appearance. But the truth is that she said that in her past life she was aware of the tragedies that could occur in the future. It will be that Serena can escape from this tragedy!
Salad Days is a large collection of short love stories. Although almost all of them are unrelated some characters in previous stories reappear as a support character or as a main character if the author chooses to write more stories about the character.
A guest from the planet of happiness, the alien Takopi, arrives on Earth to spread happiness throughout the Earth and meets Shizuka, a girl who never smiles. Looks like she has problems at school and with friends... What will the simple-minded Takopi face? An amazing story begins! --- Official Release: - Indonesian release by Akasha as **Takopi's Original Sin** (2022)
Yushi Kawata, with his middle school-level English, has taken on translating *Fist of the North Star* himself! Revisit famous points from the first 15 volumes with Kawata's translation, supplemented by artwork from the Yukito sisters and artwork sampled from the original manga. You'll certainly have one crazy time around America!
Help me escape from this place. Nokram is a utopia, its citizens happy and smiling except for Juri, who sees a paradox in the facade of happiness. At her school's graduation, she stumbles upon a dark secret, and after a failed escape, she is saved by a girl with mysterious abilities. Will this new hero be the key to her way out?Our Idols
Today, we live in an age of diversity. The phrase \"non-humans\" is a thing of the past. \"Genjin\" live their lives interacting with human beings. One human boy, Yutaka Shinsou, is troubled. He is so used to being in tune with his surroundings that he no longer understands his own feelings. At Keiki High School, where many \"Genjin\" attend, he meets Tsumiki Ogami, a werewolf. She is cute, powerful, a little out of the ordinary, and kind. When he spends time with her, Yutaka\'s heart is somehow noisier than usual. Spinning an \"unusual\" everyday life with Tsumiki the werewolf.
Jae-ho, a part-time student forced to work in a ‘Kid Cafe spending his difficult day with polarized mothers with the promise that his childhood friend will not tell on him in front of his parents that he was having sex in his apartment with a certain girl.
By a turn of events, Jin Naye ended up kissing her co-worker’s boyfriend, not to mention she keeps hearing a maleficent voice which nobody else can hear… At home, she’s a pitiful daughter who didn’t even get married yet, and at work she’s a weak-willed pushover. Day by day, Naye is forced to live a life full of torment. In order to defy her mother’s wish to meet a marriage prospect on her own birthday, she attends a party and gets herself some drinks – actions which are unlike her. There, she ended up having her first kiss, but with her co-worker’s boyfriend?! From that day onward, Naye’s life started to change bit by bit…
The Exorcism Agency is a state-run secret organization whose mission is to protect humans from demonic possession. Taehee Yoon, an exorcist from the Execution Department, is looking for a "genius" who can see and hear ghosts to be his new subordinate. While operating undercover at a high school he meets a mysterious boy... "By the way, how old are you, buddy?"