At the end of the era, the sisters who used the mecha fought against the foreign mecha creatures.
Scralette is young, extremely pretty and rich! With her black credit card, she can afford all the luxuries about which others only dream. During Powershoppen get Scralette a small figure for her teach a great and lucky live.
Oba Tamako tells of her time being at art high school.
Power Snips is a collection of side stories that further explores the setting of the manga series, Pumpkin Scissors. Along with familiar faces from Army Intelligence State Section III, new characters also appear to help tell stories of "what happened before", "what happened during", and "what happened afterwards". A young woman worried about her own towering stature meets a certain corporal who's even taller. Sent to infiltrate the Republic of Frost, Cold Vitter stumbles upon a "cat" and a child "gray" as ash. Lieutenant Alice and Corporal Oland form a contract. These stories and more touch on events behind the scenes and between the cracks, expanding the world of Pumpkin Scissors!
Kiryu Umon, a man who was disowned by his father and has been living as a vagrant. But after his supposedly-estranged father calls him back, he finds himself undertaking a mission for the eighth generation shogun, Yoshimune. His role in said mission was to transport a certain something from Nagasaki to Edo But as interests collide, thus marks the beginning of a tumultuous journey!
1. Natsu no Aza (Summer Birthmark)2. Fuyu no Usagi (Winter Rabbit)3. Aki no Mayu (Autumn Cocoon)4. Haru no Semi (Spring Cicada)
What to do when you're a young Asian immigrant, living in a European slum, with no choice but to hit rock-bottom? On the usual menu, blackmailing, theft, prostitution…until one day, enough is enough. But the mafia won’t stand for that! Narrowly escaping the people who wanted him dead, Maoye is then picked up by a bizarre old woman. Taken care of in her hut filled with killer bees, he must listen to the strange stories she tells him every day. A story of wild young kids, even wilder and younger than him. They're on the run as well...but ready to do anything to find love and peace, no matter the price!
Vanilla and Chocolat are twin gods of a peaceful tropical island. Short vignettes highlight their everyday lives in the magical setting.
A collection of standalone stories written by both Furuya Usamaru and Otsuichi. The stories all revolve around the common troubles that teenagers go through, whether it be falling out with a friend, being bullied, or dieting.
"I … ..can't live without you." A handsome man slides his moist fingers over the smooth skin of a young girl. His eyes are warm and his delicacy is such that you will believe he’s in love. The world divided between the "World of the Gods", the "Other World", and the "Earthly World", was filled with chaos. In the realm of the gods, the gods enjoyed eternal life. The goddess Persephone works hard every day to care for the plants so that her life will sprout on the earth, but the shoots she raised withered. She will be taken over by Hades, the master of the underworld, who has come to welcome "death". Persephone laments her grief, but she is moved by Hades' encouragement, and is drawn to his quiet, calm and gentle side... Meanwhile, Persephone decides to offer her own body to save Hades, who has been caught up in the conspiracy of the divine world.
Araragi Riuichi is a law student. But unlike others, he is very aware of human lives and how people can toy with them. So when he sees that a man is trying to kill a kid, he decides to come in action. But although he believes it`s the right thing to do, the police doesn`t share his idea, and so Araragi goes off on his own to fulfill his dreams and make a better world. But then in his way... The Araragi Way. taken from Manga Daisuki
Contains 12 chapters: 9 short stories, and 3 Miss China stories. 1. The Universe is so Vast and Wonderful! 2. Leaving One Night by the Light of the Full Moon 3. To Invoke the Stars 4. Little Melancholy 5. The Young Scientists' Club 6. See You Later, God Willing 7. Marsy in the Land of Time 8. Natsuko 9. The Young Scientist Club on Mars 10. The Melancholy of China 11. China's Wish 12. China Strikes Back The Japanese edition collects all 12 chapters in one volume. The Spanish edition from Glénat released the full series in 3 volumes. The English edition from Dark Horse published only the Miss China chapters, first in comic format, then in one trade paperback.
