Some live in the deep darkness behind your eyelids. Some eat silence. Some thoughtlessly kill. Some simply drive men mad. Shortly after life emerged from the primordial ooze, these strange creatures, called "mushi", came into being. Ginko, a wanderer with a sardonic smile, is a "mushishi" one who has the knowledge and the skill, to help people get rid of their various mushi related problems.
Na Ning was mistreated in her previous life, and in her next life, she vowed to make those who harmed her pay double for what they did to her. On her next journey, she was constantly faced with danger. She only trusted herself, only to find that things were not as simple as she thought. Love and regret entangled together, chaos and war rising, the political power is changing. And her memory came back to her as if she just woke up from a dream. It turns out that everything was part of a conspiracy that has nothing to do with him! She meets him again, but as a stranger. Can they let go of the past and continue to move on?
Nishimi Kaoru has moved from city to city and school to school because of his father’s job, so having his first day at a new school was just routine for him. Being intellectual in addition to being a transfer student all the time, he has always been seen as an outcast. All he has had to do was bear it as usual until the next time he moved. But things were slightly different this time. First, he started to get close to the class president, Mukae Ritsuko, and secondly, unlikely as it seemed, he grew closer to Kawabuchi Sentaro. Sentaro was infamous for getting into fights, skipping class and was an overall bad boy. Strangely enough, the three of them find common ground in music, namely jazz, and Kaoru finds himself actually enjoying the new town. This series won the 57th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga. ***Volume 10 is a side story.
The young man Huey took over the old mansion of his deceased bibliomanic grand father as well as the book collection that's stored in there. But there was a condition: he also had to inherit the "Bibliotheca". When he inspects the mansion, Huey discovers a cellar filled with piled up books. In the midst of them he comes across a black-dressed girl who's silently reading a book. She's called Dalian and has a big lock hanging in front of her. She herself is the entrance to the "Bibliotheca of Dantalian" which contains the prohibited "Phantom Books".
Masterless samurai Akitsu Masanosuke is a skilled and loyal swordsman, but his naïve, diffident nature has more than once caused him to be let go by the lords who employ him. Hungry and desperate, he agrees to become a bodyguard for Yaichi, the charismatic leader of a group calling itself “Five Leaves.” Although disturbed by the gang’s sinister activities, Masa begins to suspect that Yaichi’s motivations are not what they seem. And despite his misgivings, the deeper he’s drawn into the world of the Five Leaves, the more he finds himself fascinated by these devious, mysterious outlaws.
The main protagonist is a Iga ninja named Saizou, who meets an Izumo priestess and protects her on her short journey to Sanada Yukimura. Sanada Yukimura is a powerful warlord in the Sengoku era. Sanada wants to gather 10 warriors, a party unrivaled in skill and power, to set his still secret plan into action.
Gabimaru the Empty, a former ninja assassin known feared as a heartless husk of a man, spends his days on death row wondering when an executioner skilled enough to so much as harm him will arrive, as he thinks nothing of seeing an end to his meaningless existence... Or so he thought. Then the lady executioner, Asaemon the Beheader, rekindles his hope with an astounding proposition. If he ever wishes to see his beloved wife again, he is, under the auspices of the shogunate, to embark on a perilous voyage to the mysterious mystic island said to house the elixir of immortality. Should he be the one among many rival death-row fiends and scoundrels to find the elixir, he’ll earn a full exoneration, and, more importantly, a chance at an ordinary married life with the light of his life--the woman who made the world seem not so ugly. What awaits them is a journey like no other!
From Fifay.net: At the end of the Sui Dynasty (581AD - 618AD), the oppression from the Imperial Court threw China into chaos as rebellions erupted all over the country. Duke of Tang, Li Yuan, decides to return to his hometown Taiyuan in order to avoid the dangerous political games. Meanwhile, a young priestess prophesizes a white dragon--the symbol of rulers--for the Li family. She keeps a close eye on the second son, Li Shimin. The question remains: who would be the next ruler of the land? Read and see!
This is a novel shot, so basically there are not much pictures and the shot only consist of words and very little illustrations. 11 Pages altogether, inclcuding the cover page. This is about two childhood friends who meet up.
After my previous life was cut short, I was reincarnated in a world of early modern-style warfare where line infantry exchanges gunfire. Being a commoner second lieutenant, I was shunned as "Krombertz the Grim Reaper" because of the many deaths of my men in battle. With that, I was assigned to the 6th Special Tasks Brigade, an all-female unit, as a staff officer. The brigade commander, who is up to something, and the carefree non-commissioned officer are women, while the foot soldiers are just girls who are practically amateurs. In this world, if you don't fight, you will be killed. That being the case, I have to do something about this... but how?!
The villainess of an Otome Game, Eleanor, was still young when she first heard somebody's "Inner voice". Tired of always hearing people's crude attention and their calculating, untrue, and heartless thoughts, at some point she had closed off her heart and given up on love.Then, she meets the first prince, Asher, at a ball. He's handsome, and speaks with a calm voice. No matter how you look at him, you'd think he's a perfect person. And then..."Pheww, I'm so nervous. Okay, I'll do my best! One, two, let's gooo!"He's actually a timid and pure prince!?For the first time, Eleanor is curious about the boy with the calming "inner voice". Could that turn into love...?
In the land now known as the Philippines, there was a time when colonial Spain ruled for more than 300 years. During a period when native Filipinos once called Indios were oppressed, exploited, and stripped of their human rights, Jose Rizal was born on the outskirts of Manila. "What does it mean to be a Filipino?" "Is it possible to incite change through knowledge and not violence?" He thought of those every day. A doctor, novelist, and a painter who can speak 15 languages, Jose Rizal is a legendary figure who brought about national revolution through one epic novel!
