Now, let me get an erection again!” Tatsuya Jonouchi, the young handsome president of the Jonouchi group, has a secret. He suffers from erectile dysfunction. Tatsuya, who was convinced that Kaori holds the key to overcoming that only weakness, starts the hunt for her body!?
A collection of short stories which contains:- **Edelweiss** (エーデルワイス) - A tale centered on one man, his one-sided love, and the edelweiss, the flower that always evades him. - **First Love** (初恋, Hatsukoi) - Adaptation of Turgenev's novella of the same name. - **Selena's Grief** (セレナのなげき, Selena no Nageki)- **Venus Dream** (ビーナスの夢, Venus no Yume)- **Peacock Stone** (くじゃく石, Kujaku Ishi)- **Heliotrope Love** (ヘリオトロープの恋, Heliotrope no Koi) - Adaptation of Turgenev's novel, Smoke.
The year is 2029, and Hibino is an ex-police officer who now makes a living running errands for the leader of what appears to be a high-end gang. But how do a civil uprising in Niger, the attack on a radical military figure in Japan, and a bone-marrow thief tastelessly dubbed "The Vampire" connect Hibino to the mysterious white-haired boy who is forever confined to an enormous library reading through scores of books?
From MangaHelpers: Technology has now allowed the full integration of virtual reality in massive multiplayer gaming. Gamers can now immerse themselves in a fantasy world, and fully experience a role-playing game. The first game to implement this system was called "Eden." Gamers around the world flocked to their first chance of being part of this system. Three years have passed since the discovery of the bug in "Eden." This bug prevented anyone from "logging out" of this game. Players were forever trapped in the fantasy world of Eden, and now had to fight to survive inside the game. Our main character, nicknamed "Teacher," continues to follow the road of the beginners course inside the game. Tirelessly training his skills, he fights alone against any enemy to become the strongest player in Eden. [DrCoke]
In the panic surrounding a worldwide pandemic which kills 15 percent of the population and cripples many more, a secret organization, the Propater, topples the UN and seizes control of much of the world. A boy and a girl, raised in an abandoned virology research center, immune to the virus, are attacked by the Propater and escape. Based strongly on Gnostic mythology, all major characters are named after gnostic deities, and have analogous roles.
Oba Tamako tells of her time being at art high school.
Developed by “God’s Domain Technologies”, virtual reality has taken the world by storm. The virtual world “Eden’s Paradise” is described as a mysterious and flawless universe, and has become the place that every gamer dreams of. Those in reality feel disappointment towards the real world, or want to escape from it, or are possessed by greed, or have dreams, or simply feel boredom - people with all these reasons challenge the trials to enter Eden’s Paradise one after the other....
Midori and Tokio have lived separately since their parents died in a fire 13 years ago. Midori hates her school and foster home and drops out of school and leaves home. On her way to Tokyo Tower, she meets a man who happens to be her brother Tokio. Midori has no idea that this man is her real brother. She ends up back at her foster home, where she is habitually raped by her stepbrother. One day, Tokio rescues Midori when she is cornered by her stepbrother. "I am your real brother and I have come to take you back." Hearing Tokio's words, Midori jumps from the second floor into the arms of her long-lost brother. Reunited, the two estranged siblings go in search of Eden, a paradise where nobody has ever been to. A schoolgirl who was adopted by a family experiences hardships at school and home. Her foster family treats her as Reika, their daughter who had died a couple years ago. Suddenly, her real blood-related brother appears before her, who has been searching for her for years. Now her life is turned upside down. Will she learn to trust other people again? From ANN: Flower of Eden was slated for release on January 2006 by TOKYOPOP, but was cancelled after author Yuki Suetsugu admitted to copying numerous panels from Takehiko Inoue's manga titles Slam Dunk and REAL. Kodansha has ceased distribution of all 12-volumes of Eden no Hana.
Akira and his classmates are travelling on a plane when it crashes onto an island inhabited by species thought to have been extinct. The situation becomes increasingly desperate as some of Akira's classmates are eaten alive, while some kill others in desperation. Now Akira and a few other survivors are trying to survive what seems to be a horrible nightmare.
In the distant future, humanity is now only made up of women. Kohane Sumino has just enrolled into the prestigious Shirasakuya Academy that contains within it a secluded courtyard garden maintained by the Gardening Club. Legend has it that if two people pledge their love for each other underneath a pair of trees in that garden, they will be bound for eternity. Kohane seeks out the garden on her first day of school, where she meets Rekka Hanatsuka, the friendly self-proclaimed acting president of the Gardening Club. Although Kohane proves to be fairly popular early on, she soon learns that paradise is not without its thorns.
From Fujoshi Bitches Photographer Akiba is indebted to Arimura for giving him work so he is asked by Arimura to take a young man under his wing. He takes in a guy named Ikumi who seems to be involved with the straight Arimura. Even though they are lovers, Ikumi has no idea when Arimura will be back. Regardless of what he does in this complicated situation, Akiba gets depressed about this troublesome mess he has gotten himself in, but Ikumi’s innocent nature proves to be likable and living with him is surprisingly pleasant. The dazzlingly gentle blessed days of an up-and-coming photographer and a freeloader uke!
In a world with floating cities know as Eden, a young boy named Jorrne attempts to return to Eden to be reunited with his mother. Born with the destiny of bearing god-killing powers, he is the object of Eden's attention--both as something to study, and something to destroy. Aided by a young magic-wielding girl named Elisiss, her sister Enefeaa, and a swordsman sent from Eden, Jorrne travels to find his way home and to discover the truth behind his power.