Growing older is pretty rough and Kenji is finding out just how hard it can be as life starts wearing down on him. On top of trying to make ends meet running a convenience store he has to care for the niece that his missing sister left in his care. Memories of youth make it easier, until those memories come back to haunt him. Continuation of Urasawa Naoki's masterpiece, 20th Century Boys. -- Wikipedia
Descript. from [PRISMS]: About a robot, Jack, who appears frequently in Shimizu's SF stories. He's a robot with very human-like psyche. He once believed that he was human and he can even consume food, unlike many of the other robots of those times. While performing bounty-hunting duties on a strange planet, he has a flashback to the time he believes he was human... In this flashback, he and his partner are imprisoned and are given scarce food everyday. They share that meager meal, half and half. Yet as the days pass, the delivery of food becomes more scarce. His partner's strength is waining (she's a human being), yet Jack, though he feels the same consuming hunger as his partner, is physically still very apt. They're rescued several months later, but his partner had already died from starvation. Jack, who finds out for the first time that he's not human, still lives. - About a robot, Jack, who appears frequently in Shimizu's SF stories. He's a robot with very human-like psyche and he once believed that he was human and he can even consume food, unlike many of the other robots of those times. However, a cruel incident opened his eyes to the truth and he decided to perform bounty-hunting duties on a strange planet. That's where he meets Ruby, who turns into an innocent-looking youngster and a beautiful and seducing woman at night... she's a Photuris - a human tribe that preys on other humans in order to survive... This bunko volume starts of with the main story "22XX", but also contains science-fiction stories like "To Be Loved At the Ends of Times", "Continuation of the Dream", "A Long Night in August" and "A Robot's Mind (mimicry)."
"In this world, is there really such a thing as an awesome guy?" From the mangaka of KISS--a cool high school romance laced with the thrill of street dancing! Midori just started high school and isn't interested in guys. She thinks they're all like her brother, Takeshi, who is rude and spoiled. Her way of thinking changes when a classmate of hers is pulled into the street dancing team led by Takeshi and his best friend, Sutou. At first glance Higa may seem like a plain and quiet guy--but when the music starts flowing and his body starts moving--he transforms into a completely different person... Even Midori can't keep her eyes off him.
Two months after coming to Tokyo, Iku is enjoying otaku life, but something mysterious is happening to him: He's started to see ghosts! One particular ghost - who's always standing on top of the pedestrian bridge at night - catches his interest, but he studiously ignores it... Until one day the guy turns up at his apartment holding a doujin Iku had dropped. He says his name is Seo Mimori, and seeing as he's a lost soul with nowhere to go, Iku doesn't really resist when he "moves in." But then a shocking secret about Mimori's death is revealed... 23:45 Re: (Sequel)
This is the sequel of 23:45 manga.
1-2) 24 Jikan Eikyou-chuu Nakamichi works in the 24-hour convenience store on Sano's way home from school. Nakamichi is baffled by the amount of lollipops Sano buy everyday! But he gets very used to seeing Sano around, that when suddenly Sano stops showing his face at the store, he misses him! What happens to Sano? And why buy so many lollipops? 3-5) 24 Jikan Renai-chuu Yoshino, an ordinary guy works at a convenience store where he meets a beautiful Yagami-san. He overhears Yagami-san having an argument over the phone with who he assumes is a girlfriend. What will Yoshino do when he sees Yagami drunk and collapsed outside the convenience store, and hears him whisper a guy's name in his sleep? 6-8) Extra: Jikan Eikyou-chuu
7 years ago a strange disaster occurred in the 24th ward when laws of reality were distorted in that area. Our main character is a high school boy who lost his little brother. Can Hanako-san from his school help him find his sibling again? But more importantly who is this Hanako-san of the 24th ward?
He's going at her so hard. She knows it's wrong, but it feels so good, she can't stop! Chikage Ayashiro (26) has been thrown into a project with her boss, Toru Aogiri, who's a playboy and hard to grasp. After a kick-off party, she ends up alone with him for some reason! But, once the two talk, he seems more serious and... Drunk, they wind up at a hotel where Toru turns out to be kind... As her body melts and he has his way with her, she can't stop screaming. It's her first time, and with someone she was hesitant around. So, why does it feel so good...!?
This is a tale about the mysterious 27 College Street. The peach tree outside of the library bloomed out of season, and a man wearing an old military uniform stood under the peach tree…
"I'll make sure you'll have a good time." 29-year-old virgin, Chiaki, housesits her uncle's big house. She enjoys her freedom living by herself for the first time, but a strange man shows up at the house suddenly claiming he also lives in the house. He turns out to be the president of the company where Chiaki works! He caresses her in the bathroom, during dinner, at the office, and melts her body...What do you mean this is a secret project of the company...?
School will bring a fresh start and a way to break free from her seemingly cursed fate. Disaster strikes before she even arrives for her first day at school and a most embarrassing secret is discovered by Chun Hyuk, an aspiring band vocalist who loves only money and music. Can Yu Goon Goon and her best friend, Da-Jung, find a way to shut the mouths of Chun Hyuk and his fellow band members before her high school life is ruined? Da Jung wants to make a deal with the guys but how high a price are the girls willing to pay?
