The girls are sold as prostitutes in the towns that dot the arid desert. Each of them is forced to receive the lusts of men for their own reasons, and each of them fall in love. They have men they are in love with, but prostitutes aren't free to choose who they love. "Love or life, which is more important to you?" "I pick love." "But you can't be in love if you're dead." Is there a way for these women to survive in a world filled with lust and violence? One day, Candy and Susie run from the brothel, seeking the freedom they can never hand. "We are stronger creatures!" Obey your instincts— the voice from within!
Since entering university, Izumi has been approached by strangers on campus. It seems like there's another 'Izumi' who wears glasses just like him, and he recklessly takes on other people's requests. In an unexpected turn of events, he got to know this Izumi, so he started following him around to prevent people from mistaking them... A slow, quiet, heartful, twilight romance.
Do Myung is caught breaking up with his lover by Seol Haejin, the apple of his eye, whom he has been guarding for a long time. Seol Haejin begins to get jealous and starts to bully Do Myung."We shouldn't be doing this. I am ashamed to face the Chairman and Madam"+
Sakazaki Riko, age 31 and also known as Magic Girl Collie, is lonely. Ever since she was a child, she used her magical powers of being able to turn into an adult to help people and solve cases. It has been decades since she started and Riko is now 31 years old and single. The one magic power she had is now useless as she's already a grown up. Find out what happens to a witch after her prime who goes off to search for someone special.
Ms. Aoshika is not only divorced, but an underappreciated teacher at her job. But one drunken mishap leads her to witness firsthand the brutal assault and murder of a young man. However, after fainting, she awakens to discover that all of the assailants have been seriously wounded. And to her further surprise, the next day she discovers that not only is the young man, Akira, she met the night before alive, but he is now her new transfer student. "Wolf Guy - Ookami no Monshou" is a modern adaptation of Wolf Guy (SAKAGUCHI Hisashi) in a more violent and sinister setting.
"My sweet sacrifice... I shall relish every morsel of you." With no family left and burdened with the ability to perceive animosity in others, Yukio decides to flee the village. When he does, they capture him and decide to give him to the Demon G** as a sacrifice. Exhausted from the villagers hate, a burning desire to annihilate the village that casted him out began to grow. Yukio strikes a bargain with the Demon G**: his own flesh in exchange for their destruction. But as he offers himself up to be consumed, Yukio finds himself engulfed in sensations of warmth and affection he never thought possible. As the Demon G**'s touch and words envelop him, Yukio's world spins into a dizzying blur of ecstasy and longing... Something he had never experienced before...!!+
Despite the food shortages caused by famine, the mountain village where the protagonist Kai lives is able to pursue a somewhat better life than others by hunting wild animals. However, one day, a man who says he got lost in the mountains comes to the village. Kai is suspicious of the man, who refuses to make eye contact, but he and his family welcome him. That night, another uninvited beast though sneaks into the outskirts of the village...
Comics Underground Japan presents the wild, subversive world of Japan’s most accomplished underground comics artists. Some of the dozen artists included in this anthology will be familiar to followers of manga; others make their American debut in these pages. The richly imaginative stories in this volume show a great range of graphic style, from painstakingly detailed craftsmanship to exuberant, maniacal renderings. At the heart of each work in this anthology is a unique personal vision and a fierce artistic compulsion–these manga artists are the misfits of the art form, and they are its visionaries.
