Manga adaptation of Sima Qian's Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), which depicts famous people and events drawn mostly from 8th century BC~2nd century BC of Chinese history.
A collection of 3 stories: 1) Ninohime no Monogatari In the times of wars, a princess and a vassal fall in love and the two are bound by strong ties of love despite different ranks. Soon they are at the mercy of their fates, and what they decide to do is...? 2) Racing Queen When it comes to being a racing queen (it's like being a cheerleader for Nascar), you're either a bitch or a lost puppy. Ei learns this lesson the hard way from Akane, the reigning racing queen of the famous Meitoh Team, when Ei joins the team to put herself through college. It's only by doing harm to others that you succeed, and once you've succeeded, everyone wants to do harm to you. Ei's dream was to be the top racing queen, but once she gets there, it turns into her worst nightmare... *This story was also published as part of the anthology "Bitter - Nakechau Koi Monogatari" scanlated by ShoujoMagic.* 3) Chijou 20m de Aimashou
A short but nice story, if you like Hanamizawa's work, you will LOVE this. A girl confesses to another girl. This girl confessed to sets up the other girl with her (annoying) brother, who looks like her. What predicament awaits the young girl and the brother? Note: Included in REC Volume 1.
Things just keep getting hotter for Christie as she faces up against her first ever fan convention. She's got a boyfriend, but suddenly she's not sure if he's really the one for her, and the events of the con keep throwing her in Matt's path. Matt's somewhat of a mystery, too. He's always got those wacky sunglasses on, and he can't seem to decide if he wants to be nice to Christie or just be a sarcastic jerk. Throw in an encounter with Lida Zeff, manga-ka extraordinaire, and Christie's dealing with one surprise after another. Of course, convention weekends tend to end all too quickly, and what will happen when suddenly distance is added to all of the factors keeping Christie and Matt apart? Dramacon tied with Fred Gallagher's Megatokyo for the Best Continuing OEL Manga. It was also nominated for a 2006 Harvey Award, and a 2007 Will Eisner Award, but did not win either.
This story describes a man named Nan Gong Sheng who gets caught in a terrible conspiracy while trying to learn about his life story. Forced to stand against his people, he starts to try and find a ancient book called "Tian Yuan Ce" in an attempt to stop a terror plot. While following the world in the mysterious book, characters with mysterious powers started emerging. Feelings within the demons have also started arising.
1) Present This follows the main character through three periods of her life -- ages 13, 18, and 21. Aki leads a normal life. She has friends, a family who cares about her, and a talent for writing. There's nothing seemingly wrong with her life, or herself for that matter. But when the the start of a new school year leads her to be in the same class as Yoshiko, a classmate a year older than her who still carried with her noticeable scars from the horrific burns she suffered from a fire, she begins to discover the best and worst in herself. 2) The Whereabouts of the Prince For Haruka, Ami was a love at first sight. Everyone around him questions his tastes, calling her a plain Jane, but to him, it's as if she has a halo over her head. When he gets a friend to ask what her idea of the perfect guy is, she replies "someone prince-like." He takes this literally, and this sets him off on a journey to become the "Prince" of her dreams. 3) There's Something I Want to Ask You Sae receives a phone call from Ayumu, a former classmate of hers. She finds it odd, because it had been years since they had seen each other, and back when they went to the same high school, she had never even spoken to her. When they bump into each other at their high school reunion, she finds that Ayumu has changed completely from her former high school self---with the help of some plastic surgery. With this chance meeting, they become fast friends, but there's something strange about Ayumu that she just can't put her finger on...
A collection of seven short stories and a collection of color pages from Rokudenashi Blues from Morita Masanori's career. - Suberu o Itowazu (Setting Up to Fail) A story of two stand-up comedians preparing to participate in a school festival. - Bachi-Atari Rock The pilot oneshot that would eventually lead to the creation of the one volume series under the same name, Bachi-Atari Rock. - Let's Spend The Night Together The story of Tatsumi Shindo, a wrestler coming from a Yakuza family. While he has no interest of having the life of a Yakuza, Tatsumi is stuck having his matches watch by his father and the rest of the yakuza and scaring his opponents. He hopes to be able to prove himself as a strong wrestler and not someone whose family intimidates the opponent. - Jumpin' Jack Flash - Synchronicity - Mysterious Kid - Stay Here
From ShoujoMagic: In 12 months you'll be invited into the life of a group of students who discover with joy and sadness the meaning of "Love."
All Sonoko wants for Christmas is to spend it with her boyfriend. However, it seems that he can’t spare her a few minutes on Christmas, as she’s not his top priority. To make things worse, she’s starting to feel more and more drawn to Takatsuki, a classmate who once confessed his feelings to her…
1-5) Renai Jikaku Shoujou The beautiful, strong Agatsuma Tamaki has a weakness~ his kohai* (*junior in age or rank), Sawamura Kei, who simply just drives Tamaki up the wall by his mere existence. On one fateful night, Tamaki's guilty secret was discovered by no other than…! Will romance blossom between this wild but emotionally inept couple? 6) Kimi to Boku no Itsu Pobun Horiuchi has always been precognitive and his cousin always gave him a hard time for that. Now his bully of a cousin has to stay with his family temporarily and his ribbing doesn't stop. Oneshot also found in Saikou no Kimi 7) Afterword
A new series celebrating the 30th anniversary of V Gundam's broadcast! What memories from that day will find themselves resurfacing?
The Empire of Corpses is a story that takes place in 19th century Europe, and revolves around John Watson, who is scouted by the government to become a secret agent. However, Watson lives in a world where "Frankensteins"—human corpses that are re-purposed with a false soul in order to use them as labourers—are used to improve industrial development.
