Tragedy - Page 79

"Barbara" was originally serialized by Osamu Tezuka from 1973 to 1974. The original story tells of an encounter between the novelist, Yosuke Mikura, and the mysterious woman with an alcohol addiction, Barbara. In celebration of the live-action film adaptation directed by Makoto Tazuka, Go Nagai, a master artist, brings a unique interpretation of this world. A dream collaboration between the two great masters... Is born here and now!! This story can also be considered a sequel. This time the mystical Barbara has charmed a painter, Kyosuke Mitamura. And later a musician, Goro Nikaido. Both are excellent artist in their own fields but their careers have hit a slump. Is Barbara the remedy for these men's artistic struggles or is she only poison for their work? Includes bonus story "Go and Travel" about Tezuka’s and Nagai’s trip to San Diego, USA in 1980.

Socially-awkward Uehara has wanted to be an entomologist since he was a kid, and he spent all his time chasing that dream. When he failed, he was forced to come back to his home island, where his mother was completely unsympathetic to his problems. He arrived to his home island along with many other tourists, who were there to observe an unusual astronomical event. Afterward, Uehara encountered a strange bug whose bite transformed his body (including his penis). What is happening to Uehara, and what will become of his life?

Go Mifune (AKA Speed Racer) enters races all across the world, as he gets wrapped up in international conspiracies and do-or-die situations while also dealing with the enigmatic Masked Racer X...

Suddenly, Kyouhei's father hands him an unusual-looking school uniform and orders him to enter a certain high school. Just what strange fate will this decision bring? Get ready for a hot-blooded school life action extravaganza!

The inside of the taboo door is shattered, or...

(from MangaUpdates): Young Aaron is unjustly sent to a reformatory, where he meets Fire Wolf--older, a born rebel, and a talented singer. After Wolf dies in a motorcycle crash, Aaron becomes a rock musician, thus beginning a frenzied odyssey through late 1960s America.---- **Won the 15th Shogakukan Manga Award in 1969**

Six lost souls gather in a candle-lit room with a mysterious host. None of them know exactly how they came to be there, but there's only one way out. Each of us follows a path preordained by destiny. If the souls are judged to have lost their path by mistake they will be returned to it. But if destiny says their time is up: they have to move on.

From ANN: February 23rd, 20XX. Looking for a job in the famous TV station at Odaiba, college senior Jin Mishima attended the recruitment orientation. Not far away from the station, Nanako Okano, a gothic lolita trying to attend a concert, found out that her friends tricked her about the concert ticket because of jealousy. The two bumped into each other and "reunited" -- they were junior high classmates -- moments before an earthquake of Richter Scale 8.1 turned the island (the entire city, in fact) into ruins.

Kaname lost his older brother Souta in an accident, too young to die at seventeen. They are so different from each other that the only thing common between them is a book written by Tsujiura Ryousuke. What happens when Kaname meet Tsujiura-san, the author both brothers respect and admire, after Souta’s funeral?

Set in Los Angeles, two troubled young men support each other and seek hope in the future. Earl collects the recipes for the cake shop his late mother left behind, while Randy got involved with a group of thieves and can't escape.

In the far off the future, man has lived for his own selfish, personal gain. Ignoring the demands of God, mankind is brutally punished by from the skies during an event known as "The Calamity". With half of humanity eradicated, clans of males and females soon rise and become separatist. The male led kingdom of Zod fight tirelessly against the kingdom of Halwatat - a misandrist matriarchy where men are deemed both inferior and bringers of every form of destruction. Maraya, a warrior princess and soon to be queen of Halwatat, is banished from her kingdom due to the machinations of her rival Deborah after a misunderstanding. Will Maraya be received back into her kingdom? Or will she find out the true meaning behind "The Calamity"?

From Tokyopop: Kaito Yagami is a florist/gardener by day and a hired assassin by night. He kills using plants to make money to care for his brother who is confined in a hospital.