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Manga adaptation of 1980s. Five hundred years ago, Rudolf von Goldenbaum united the disparate governments of humankind and established a mighty human empire, a tribute to his own greatness that stretched across the galaxy. Demanding loyalty and discipline, Rudolf created an order designed to long outlast his own rule; but all human works fade in time. Today, the decaying empire faces the threat of the Free Planets Alliance, and military leaders on both sides jockey for power in the face of a seemingly inevitable conflict. On the side of the empire, the young general Reinhard von Lohengramm sees war as opportunity, and the empire as soft clay ready for his own sculpting. On the side of the alliance, would-be historian Yang Wen-li would like nothing better than to live out his days in peace - but times of war have little use for men who waste their days studying the mistakes of the past. Circumstances will make heroes and villains of both these men, as they write new history one blood-splattered page at a time. ---

The series began as a fairly humorous and lighthearted satire of Japan\'s teenage delinquent-gang subculture told from the perspective of Matsushita Tadashi (who also narrates these early Karate Bu stories), a 2nd year student at Kangokou High and a constant target of Kangokou\'s numerous bullies who beat him up routinely after school. He is almost always accompanied by his best friend Saitou Takaki, who is also constantly harassed. As the pair grow increasingly tired of being victimized they decide to join the titular Karate Club, which is notorious throughout Osaka\'s youth gangs for training and producing the city\'s most hardened and toughest teenage thugs while maintaining the facade of a legit school sports club. But when they join the club, they find themselves picked on just as much if not worse by the club\'s current members. But as the story progresses they grow to be increasingly capable fighters. Along with the manga\'s change in attitude and central character, the various teenage fighters throughout the series grew increasingly stronger and even began to tap into superhuman ki abilities, putting Osu!! Karate Bu in the company of other similar epic Shōnen fighting manga such as Yu Yu Hakusho, Dragon Ball, and Fist of the North Star. Osu!! Karate Bu was wildly popular in its native Japan, but is otherwise almost completely unknown in most other countries. It spawned a four episode OVA mini-series released over a period of two years from 1990-1992, a 1990 live action movie, and a 1994 Super Famicom fighting game.

Frederick F. Brown is a mobile suit trainee in one of Zeon\'s schools, but always had a hard time keeping up with everyone. Ten months after training hard, he\'s thrust into actual combat for the first time together with Zeon\'s declaration of war. He becomes witness to the horrors and atrocities associated with war first hand as he fights to stay alive.

\"My name is Gen Kurosu, and as long as I stand, the Victory Flag will never fly over the heads of the Red Army! The machines roar and blood sprays! My name is Gen Kurosu!\" Motocross is a sport in which contestants race for fame on steel horses through rugged, rough terrain. The essence of motocross is the struggle against the harsh nature and oneself. This is the story of a lone warrior who, despite being called \"Stupid Don Quixote,\" stands in the way of the \"Red Army,\" the most powerful motocross team in Japan, which has achieved an undefeated record of 150 victories in a single year. This is the memorable first serial publication of manga master Tetsuo Hara!

(from ebookjapan): Lily has had the same dream over and over since her mother died when she was six years old. Now 17 years old and she still has the same dream, but on a trip, the huge tower in the fog that she saw in her dream appears in reality.

A collection of Mizuno one-shots, including some of her earliest works: - **Night of Blue Stars** (青い星の夜, Aoi Hoshi no Yoru) - **Carnival!** (カーニバル！) - **Granite** (みかげ石, Mikageishi) - **The King Who Ate Blue Roses** (青いバラをたべた王様, Aoi Bara wo Tabeta Ousama) - **The Swan of Tuonela** (トゥオネラの白鳥, Tuonela no Hakucho) - Adaptation of Sibelius\'s tone poem. - **Tale of One Snowy Night** (ある雪の夜の物語, Aru Yuki no Yoru no Monogatari) - **The Mermaid Lights the Fire** (人魚が火をともす, Ningyo ga Hi wo Tomosu) - **Star Child** (星の子, Hoshi no Ko) - The \'title\' one-shot of this compilation. Goro is an astronomer down on his luck, struggling to discover something. One night, an little angelic being named Chiru comes down from the stars, changing Goro\'s life... - **Glass Angel** (ガラスの天使, Garasu no Tenshi) - **Two Suns** (二つの太陽, Futatsu no Taiyou) (Note: Official raw only for Star Child).

Seinen One-shot compilation containing 15 one-shots, published between 1968 and 1976, with an emphasis on themes of eroticism and SF. Chiefly contains works published in Gekiga magazines.

You made me like this. You have to take responsibility, Jaehee.” It’s been ten years since Jaehee last saw Sae-heon. Back then, Sae-heon was her whole world. But after a miserable breakup, Jaehee left all of that behind her and has been focusing solely on her career. At least that’s what she thought until she unexpectedly reunites with Sae-heon, but this time as boss and employee. On top of Sae-heon acting like the worst boss ever, he makes an infuriating proposal, a relationship with no strings attached. Will these high school sweethearts find a way back to each other?