From ANN: There was once an ogre (oni) mother who gave birth to a human-looking child. Instead of an ogre's horn, this child was born with a sword in hand called the "Onigirimaru" or Ogre Slayer. He has no name and is only refered to by the name of his sword. Though he appears human, he is pure ogre. Believing that he will become human once all of his kind vanished from the world of humans, he sets out on his destiny to slay all of his kind. Even now, in the mother world of Japan, he is still out there slaying ogres.
A police story about two very different types of men teaming up to fight crimes in high places. The combination turns out to be one-of-a-kind. The story is based on the adventures of a pair of policemen, Hashiba Shigemi 26 years old and Keiichi Sasaki, 22. The two handsome young men are somewhat nonconformist and often act of impulse; especially the impetious Hashiba. They solve crimes with "less-than-orthodox" methods and push themselves to the limits of the legality; Often engaging themselves more on hunches and "faith" than for the same law; but after all they are the best "Combination" that can be found, thus the title of the series. They prefer to take action against the politically corrupt and the dealings of the yakuza. The Japanese Robin Hood?
Throughout his childhood, Makunouchi Ippo has always been picked on by his fellow classmates. Long hours helping his mother run their family business, a fishing boat store, has left him without the time to make friends and so he remains an introverted loner, doomed to be beaten day in and day out. Although he hates being bullied, he hates himself even more for not being able to fight back against his tormentors. "What is it like to be strong?" he asks himself as he stares at his clenched fist. "I want to be strong." His encounter with Takamura Mamoru, a professional boxer, leads to the discovery of a dynamite punch that opens up the doorway to a whole new world where that dream can become a reality. At the Kamogawa Gym, Ippo now trains with the aspirations of becoming a professional boxer and discovering what it means to be strong.
300 years ago, a powerful warlord rebelled against the Heavenly Emperor. After killing the Emperor, the warlord crowned himself as the new Emperor, starting a cruel reign. But there is a prophecy: Six Stars will one day assemble and overthrow his tyrannical rule ... Now, the ruler of the Yasha Clan has found Ashura, the last of the Ashura Clan, and together they set out to find the Six Stars and fulfill the prophecy.
Maeda is a new student in the Teiken High School. He stutters when he's nervous and he's rather clumsy. He gets noted immediately because he hits a teacher during the entrance ceremony. Some clubs search to enlist him as they see in him a force they can use to get even with other clubs. But Maeda is a loner and has only one dream: becoming boxing champion. His first objective is to beat the leader of the boxing club. "Rokudenashi" translates as "good for nothing". Masanori Morita's (Rookies) first serialization, and a true Jump classic. More focused on gang warfare than boxing.
A boy named Chinmi is very infatuated with billiards. Problems arise when a new student body president, Olive, suddenly decided to cut the funding for his billiards club. Unhappy with that, Chinmi wants to convince Olive that his billiards club is worthy of the funding. He decided to challenge a two-time former national billiards champion. Will Chinmi be able to defend his club?
Patalliro is the story of the young boy king, Patalliro, and his many misadventures as he avoids being assassinated by various beautiful boys with the help of his bodyguard, Major Jack Bancoran, of England's Information Bureau. Later they're joined by the hot-blooded Maraich, and a beautiful jealous and hateful relationship blossoms between him and Bancoran. *The scanlation group skipped chapter 4 because it had nothing to do with the main storyline. **There are no missing chapters. "Patalliro. Stardust Project" goes instead of chapters 13-14.
What happens when a gay art thief and a conservative NATO officer cross paths? Disaster, of course. Dorian is an aristocrat, a thief and a hedonist; Klaus is a duty-driven espionage agent with no patience for fools. Follow them as they chase each other across the globe -- from Britain to Baghdad, from Alaska to Alexandria, from Moscow to Madrid. Spectacular locations and non-stop adventures await! *Volume 2 contains Ivy Navy, an unrelated oneshot. *Volume 15 (not yet published in English) contains The Tale of a Priest and a Doctor, an unrelated oneshot
One of the first Super Robot manga and the one that introduced most of the traits of the Mecha genre. Constructed with the Super-Alloy Z, Mazinger was built by Professor Juzo Kabuto as a weapon against the Mechanical Beasts of the evil Dr. Hell. Koji Kabuto, the grandson of Professor Kabuto, becomes the pilot of Mazinger Z when his grandfather is killed, and battles from there on against Dr. Hell and his allies. This is the first series that introduced the concept of a pilot inside a Mecha, which all series from then on have followed. Great Mazinger (Sequel) Mazinger Angel (Alternate Story) Shin Mazinger Zero (Alternate Story) UFO Robo Grendizer (Sequel) Z Mazinger (Alternate Story)
An ordinary office worker, Akira Ichijo, was attacked by a Minotaur on his way home from work. In the next moment, he woke up in his office desk, Akira was resurrected from death, inherited his level and status, and possessed a unique skill called "Return from the Underworld" that allowed him to restart his life at a certain time. Now Akira makes full use of his skill and everything he had to search and survive with his childhood friend Nao Nanase to face this cruel world!!
