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Publisher Hayakawa is celebrating its 70th anniversary with two manga anthology reprints. One collection is dedicated to mystery works while the other compiles sci-fi stories printed over the publisher’s long career.

COMPILER is a story about the Igarashi brothers Nachi and Toshi, and two beauties from another dimension, Compiler and Assembler. Originally sent to conquer Earth through a game of destruction and creation, Compiler and Assembler ended up deciding that living in our world is more fun than conquering it. They moved in with Nachi and Toshi. A growing relationship began to develop between Nachi and Compiler, and Toshi and Assembler, though none of them can bring themselves to admit it outright. Meanwhile, the people who sent Compiler and Assembler to conquer Earth were outraged by their apparent betrayal. They sent two assassins, Bios and Directory, to deal with the renegades and proceed with the invasion plan. And so, the misadventures begin...

1st story: Angels exist and Kashii Kiyoharu, grandson of the man who "created" the angel, has been hired to befriend him. His name is Toki. Kashii soon finds out why the scientists need him around. Toki is lonely, but no one wants to get near him unless it's necessary since he eats human flesh. What has Kashii gotten himself into? 2nd story: Everyone expects Tokiwo to go to a good university. However Tokiwo doesn't want to in order to "play it safe". One night there was suddenly an earthquake. The stone he was looking at started to glow and out of his floor comes someone who looks exactly like his childhood friend Jiu. Well there is a difference. This "Jiu" is dressed for combat and has a very large weapon. Just what does the stone have to do with "Jiu" and who gave Tokiwo the stone?

The story revolves around a convenience store “Paraiso” (paradise). The store was once very successful and attracted quite a crowd because of its “unique” employees. But suddenly, various weird mishaps started happening one after another in the store, making it lose its popularity and making the customers believe it's cursed. A fresh college graduate, Ichinotani Hikaru, going to a job interview, somehow ends up getting forced into a job in this store. What kind of fate awaits him now~ by Hidoi~! Translators

Wasteland sống trong một bệnh viện bí ẩn được gọi là “thư viện”, nơi có một số môi trường kỳ lạ. tuy nhiên anh ta đã trốn thoát được với sự giúp đỡ của giám đốc bệnh viện trẻ tuổi Mo Xiao, nhưng anh ta ngay lập tức phát hiện ra rằng thế giới đang đối mặt với sự sụp đổ, rằng công ước giới hạn trừng phạt vũ trụ bí ẩn sắp có mặt trên Trái đất và anh ta có thể là chìa khóa cho ngăn chặn mọi thứ đó.

In 2016 a meltdown of a nuclear power plant creates a big catastrophe in Tokyo. 20 years later, the city has become a ghost town due to the high levels of radiation. From that area a distress signal is received. The Self Defence forces dispatch 3 girls from the special unit Coppelion to search for survivors. But why aren't they wearing any protection against radiation? - Taken from Baka-Updates

Note: This is the Asamiya version of the manga. A schoolgirl gains self-confidence, new friends, and a cache of chic outfits when she becomes the computer-programming magical girl, Corrector Yui. She must stop the rogue A.I. Gurossa (Artificial Intelligence computer program) and his hench-programs from taking control of the global computer network. In this future, all human activity is supported by computers, so it's possible to control the world using the network. Important note: There are two versions of the Corrector Yui manga series. This is the original one that was written and drawn by Kia Asamiya and published by Shogakkukan in Japan and does not have a release date in the States yet. The Corrector Yui manga that Tokyopop is publishing is done by shojo artist Keiko Okamoto and is a manga adaptation of the anime series. Source: Manga-Updates

The world is devastated by the sudden stampede of the mysterious invading creatures called 'cosmof'. Amakawa Alice still believes that her family, that disappeared 6 years ago, will return. Can she protect her home on her own?

Spike, Jet, Faye and Ed - cowboys on the new frontier. Together this band of interplanetary bounty hunters take on jobs that anyone in their right mind would turn down.

From Tokyopop: Kai Lucas hires the Bebop crew to find his mischievous doppelganger, but the bounty goes bust and Spike and Jet once again find themselves broke - and hungry. And to add to their woes, Spike ends up mysteriously on the police's most wanted list, either the butt of a joke or the victim of a severe computer glitch. But what's worse, being targeted by every bounty hunter in the solar system, or taking on a kid-genius, a genius puppy and a genus: fatale, species: femme as part of the crew. Well, if Scorpion or the Dragon Head Family doesn't kill them, the extra mouths to feed certainly will.

In 7 days planet Graceland is about to be destroyed. The planet, locked in a vicious civil war, has been threatened with termination by the Milky Way Federation.But hidden somewhere on the planet is an immense fortune placed there by the deceased Pirate King Bruce. Bruce bequeathed the fortune to his young daughter Franka, but she’s not the only one looking for the treasure.Now a race is on. Bruce’s daughter Franka along with the space pirate Mister and his band of coyotes must battle against the 12 SISTERs led by Madame Marciano. With only 7 days left it’s going to be one explosive treasure hunt.

In an ancient era full of dangers, an isolated city without any help, human beings who lost their industrial civilization discovered, that those ferocious ancient behemoths were not the only threat…