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Your body is their business! Five young students at a Buddhist university, three guys and two girls, find little call for their job skills in today\'s Tokyo…among the living, that is! But all that stuff in college they were told would never pay off — you know, channeling, dowsing, ESP — gives them a direct line to the dead… the dead who are still trapped in their corpses and can\'t move on to the next reincarnation. The five form the *Kurosagi* (\"Black Heron”, their ominous bird logo) *Corpse Delivery Service*: whether suicide, murder, accident, or illness, they\'ll carry your body wherever it needs to go to free your soul! The kids from Kurosagi can smell a customer a mile away — it\'s a good thing one of the girls majored in embalming!

Tate Karito is the famed freelance bodyguard, the 'Shield of Aegis'.

From ShoujoMagic: High school freshmen and twins, Nae and Moe, and Ken and Takeshi, enjoy their lives as students and close friends. Until Moe suddenly dies in a traffic accident...and her corpse disappears? Between the vanishing corpse and a pharmaceutical corporation, her three remaining friends are struck with the reality that something is amiss in their world...

Gorou Saruwatari and Lostman are mountain climbers who have ascended some of the highest mountains around the world. At the peak of Mount Everest, they see the ISA Space Station in the sky above and become determined to go into space. At the same time, NASA begins a program to research and obtain a new energy source which has been discovered on the moon. Gorou and Lostman attempt to join the program through different approaches: Lostman becomes a pilot and Gorou takes a job as a construction worker.

Meirin, a junior high schooler, is the real identity of the famous "Dr. Rin" who heads a very popular feng sui website. She is in love with her best friend Asuka, a member of the soccer team. "Dr. Rin"'s advice has granted success for many, yet Meirin's own love life doesn't seem to be going too smoothly? An earlier work by the mangaka of the popular "Beauty Pop"!

The story revolves around Daibutsu, a middle aged former rally driver who lives with his wife Kumiko and their son. Daibutsu is a former rally driver, who used to participate in the All Japan Rally Championship. Daibutsu proceeded to go to his garage to rebuild his, Mitsubishi Starion 4WD, named Jackie, a Group B rally car which was banned at the end of the 1986 season. He then proceeds to sets his return to racing by challenging people on the street with his car.

Hiromi is a high school girl who has never had a boyfriend but has always enjoyed matchmaking. Riko (her younger sister) is experiencing her first love. To make it a success, Hiromi tries to find out who is the special someone in her sister's heart. To her surprise, it is Nan--best known to be the school's most flirtatious guy. It would appear that Hiromi has to face her toughest matchmaking challenge ever.

Changing schools is something Yuuchi is accustomed to, due to his parent's profession, and with their recent venture to Africa, he is returning to his aunt's home after 7 years. The time that has passed since his last visit has faded his memories of the people he knew, and the ties that bonded them to him, including his cousin Nayuki. Slowly those people, coincidently all being girls, find their way back to him. However, time has passed and things have happened in their own lives that sets the tone for the series. Secrets that are coming to surface, and memories that are returning to not only Yuuichi, but to those surrounding him. A very heartwarming tale that touches upon a spectrum of emotions, mystery, and the supernatural.

Follow the daily life and adventures of Dr. Hoop and his assistant, the robot Lancelot, across the planet Phantasmagoria in these short stories brimming with all sorts of peculiar characters. Experience the unique warmth and creativity Tamura Shigeru has to offer in this nostalgic world of his creation - infused with a touch of both humor and sadness.

A collection of 9 wonderfully weird and violent short stories from the mind of Kaneko Atsushi. Includes \"A Convenient Fiction,\" \"The Paranormal Phenomena Research Society,\" \"BANG! x3,\" \"Eat Meat!,\" \"Hit and Run,\" \"The Thief and the Pencil,\" \"Full of Holes\" and others.