A collection of short side stories taking place in the world of Tensura --------- The ordinary Mikami Satoru found himself dying after being stabbed by a slasher. It should have been the end of his meager 37 years, but he found himself deaf and blind after hearing a mysterious voice. He had been reincarnated into a slime! While complaining about becoming the weak but famous slime and enjoying the life of a slime at the same time, Mikami Satoru met with the Catastrophe-level monster “Storm Dragon Veldora”, and his fate began to move.
Lies! They were all lies! The scriptures were a lie! The Western Paradise was a lie! Even universal salvation was all just a lie! Back then, the Westbound Team perished while on a pilgrimage in search of holy scriptures. The so-called "Eighty-One Tribulations" were just eighty-one different paths to death. So, aspiring pilgrims, do you still dare… to embark on this journey to the west?
The title story, “The Mermaid Prince,†told in three chapters, is a coming-of-age story set in Okinawa. The boy, Mugi, has a fascination with mermaids. He moved in from Tokyo when his sister got married to a local man, and doesn’t quite fit in. On the day he met the girl, Madori, she was just coming to terms with her new family situation. His thoughtful gesture made her view him as her Prince Charming. In the second story, “Snowy Day,†a homeless father and son take refuge from the snow in a library. The librarian soon finds out there is more to them than meets the eye. The third story, “Ametsukigahara,†is a two-parter about a girl named Akari. There’s not much she cares about in this world, except maybe her friendship with Fumika, who’s afraid of boys. But then Fumika gets a boyfriend, and something happens that makes Akari even more jaded than she already was.
After the carriage she had embarked upon crashed, Stella is saved by a tall dark and handsome stranger and brought to the mysterious mansion surrounded by poisonous roses in which he lives with three other gorgeous men. However, with no money left, Stella is forced to work as a maid which will prove dangerous for her because she is yet to find out that all four men are actually vampires!
Itsuki Minami needs no introduction – everybody’s heard of the “Babyface” of the Eastside. He’s the toughest kid at Higashi Junior High School, easy on the eyes but dangerously tough when he needs to be. Plus, Itsuki lives with the mysterious and sexy Noyamano sisters. Life is never dull, but it becomes dangerous when Itsuki leads his school to victory over some vindictive Westside punks with gangster connections. Now he stands to lose his school, his friends, and everything he cares about. But in his darkest hour, the Noyamano girls come to Itsuki’s aid. They can teach him a powerful skill that will save their school from the gangsters’ siege and introduce Itsuki to a thrilling and terrifying new world. Note: Won the 2006 Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category. A new edition named Air Gear Unlimited was released in 2014. The format is bigger and it contains some coloured pages.
Yamada Takashi lost his life in the snowy mountains—that is what he thought, but he then appeared in an unknown place; another world that looked like the game he played. Moreover there are many things that he doesn't know... While puzzled, he still retains the strongest class ability and is relieved. High rank magician, "Wise man" Marius is still living till today.
The story is about a guy who died due to a car crash because of a young couple making out (what bad luck!) And he was reincarnated into a fantasy world - but as a dragon! An extremely funny and powerful one! Let's see how our unlucky main character lives as a badass dragon!?
In this sequel to The Pure Knight’s☆Shining Journey, we see what happens after the elf Elcielas and the knight Gael successfully save the king. After getting to know Elcielas better, Gael realizes what he now feels for the elf, and makes a decision that will change the relationship between them forever. What will be the end of the fantasy adventure between a transcendently beautiful elf and his pure-hearted virgin knight? This volume also includes a destined love story between a handsome knight and a blind elf.
Aqi (ah-chee), a boy with god-like strength, finally gets fed up with his fellow villagers are constantly relying on him to help them. So he leaves on an adventure to save the world! (but from what, we have yet to find out...) After quickly getting lost in the nearby forest, he finds a girl named Misu about to be eaten by the dangerous wildlife of the forest! Using his inhuman strength he saves her, and after finding out she can cook, he decides to bring her along on his adventures!
