Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideous secret that drove Ash's older brother mad in Vietnam has suddenly fallen into Papa's insatiably ambitious hands--and it's exactly the wrong time for Eiji Okamura, a pure-hearted young photographer from Japan, to make Ash Lynx's acquaintance... **[WARNING: Just in case you missed it, this is a TRAGEDY. If you don't want to cry, don't start reading it!]**
From MangaHelpers: Mai has been helping out her childhood friend, Kunimitsu, every morning with soccer practice ever since they were little. After years of practice, Kunimitsu has been MVP 2 years in a row at the middle school nationals. One day, Reika - one of Kunimitsu's admirers - witnesses the two childhood friends practicing, and is shocked by Mai's ability to keep up. Determined to prove herself to Kunimitsu, Reika challenges Mai to a soccer challenge. Caught between her childhood crush and new competition, will Mai be able to hold her composure? With a tendency to get too nervous or fantasize about Kunimitsu, Mai has a hard time playing soccer outside of practice. Can she stop her lewd fantasies long enough to beat Reika?
Third year middle school student Anna has begun living with fourth year college student Ema, and is swung about by the tactless Ema. Drawn in by the romantic designs of Ema, the once perfectly ordinary Ema, is brought into the adult world. And then, she is shown the scene of a kiss between two girls...
"When we enter high school, be sure to make me your own." was the promise made to Tetsuo Sugihara by childhood friend Kaede Shiraishi as young children before she moved away. Kaede never left Tetsuo's mind for a second for eight whole years, his dreams finally came true when they both reunited in high school. However his dream is crushed when she started dating his older brother. crushed and broken hearted he decides to take up a shady middle aged man on a job offer in Tokyo's Shimokitazawa district instead of college with his crush and older brother and after graduation sets off for his chance for change in this youth drama that tugs at your heartstrings as it depicts a young man who continues to mature through his many encounters and leave you wondering the questions,What awaits Tetsuo during his journey? Who awaits Tetsuo during his journey? Will he love again?...
Yasuke was working up the nerve to admit his feelings for his childhood buddy Akari one day. It was an ideal opportunity, because the both of them were planning to eat dinner together at the shrine of his family. Before dinner, he inadvertently breaks a holy mirror and runs through the day-to-day shrine rites. A goddess, who appears just like a girl that is cute, curses him if he is ever separated from her and he can perish. All too late, he learns that she is a goddess of misfortune, whenever she is worried and terrible things occur around her. Will he have the ability to get the goddess? And just how will he ever describe this to Akari?
Taking place in a four year period, the story centers on two young women, 19-year old Irene "Rally" Vincent and her partner, 17-year old "Minnie" May Hopkins. Rally and May operate the titular "Gunsmith Cats" gunshop in Chicago, Illinois. Rally also works as a bounty hunter, assisted by May, which is the impetus behind many of the stories. From Baka-Updates: Girls, guns, and grenades! Meet Rally Vincent and Minnie May. By day, they work at the Chicago gun shop that they own. By night (or holidays or week-ends), they moonlight as a pair of bounty hunters called the Gunsmith Cats. Rally is an expert at firearms, being able to judge the condition of a gun with a glance, and being an expert marksman. Minnie May is younger and less disciplined; and has an absolute fascination with explosives. Lots of explosives. Especially big ones. Together, they form an unbeatable team; much to the consternation of the local ATF bureau. Set in the city of Chicago, this action-adventure series features a lot of gunfights, car chases, and general mayhem.
Hajime and Eiji, who were childhood friends, have been reunited at an all-boy's high school (oh, the possibilities). Their friendship is still as strong, but it seems as Eiji is ready to confess. Will Hajime accept the confession? How many other boys in this school will be joining the boi love craze? And will anyone ever call Uncle Kai-Sensei? from A-F
A romantic story set in showbusiness and modeling world, CRASH reveals the influence played and the links joining the publicity, cinema and TV worlds: as a vector to the image manipulation, that tends too often to dehumanize the top model or actor, reducing him to a simple image in 2-dimension.
From Kotonoha: Seventh grader Hayashi Renei is troubled by a strange dream: Her dead brother-- killed in an automobile accident--comes back to life as Coo. The dream comes again the following night and then every night thereafter. Coo's world is a cruel one--crueler than the real world, even--with its own share of pain, suffering, and sadness. Renei is searching for her house with her brother and others whom she meets in Coo's world so that she can return to reality and the land of the living...
From Tokyopop: Confidential Confessions is a shocking new manga series that deals with many of the hard-hitting issues that teens face today. Using emotionally moving storylines and multi-dimensional characters, each groundbreaking volume tackles such topics as teen prostitution, rape, HIV, stalkers, suicide, and sexual harassment. Vol. 1:: Tobira (MOMOCHI Reiko) Ch. 01-03: The Door Ch. 04: Mistakes Vol. 2:: Namida Tears Vol. 3:; Memai (MOMOCHI Reiko) Ch. 01: Our Future Ch. 02-04: Dizziness Vol. 4:: Itami Ch. 01: Pain Ch. 02: Distortion Ch. 03: Tomorrow Ch. 04: Forbidden Kiss Vol. 5:: Himitsu (MOMOCHI Reiko) Vol. 6:: Uwasa
A collection of many short stories... [From ShoujoMagic]: [VOL. 01: STORY 01] (English Title) Like a Lamb, Like a Wolf (Japanese Title) 羊のように狼のように Straight-laced magazine editor Shizutani Miyako, age 25, has taken every precaution to ensure a steady and predictable life. No surprise is a good one...until she meets Takamura Shuuichi, a photographer with a talent for bringing out the sexual beauty of a woman. Now Miyako is fighting to keep her hard exterior from crumbling (and her nose from bleeding!) over something as flighty as... love? [VOL. 01: STORY 02] (English Title) I Want to Lose Myself (Japanese Title) お・ぼ・れ・た・い Office lady Mayumi passionately loves...her supervisor's work ethic? Her friends think it's weird that Mayumi isn't physically attracted to Kuroiwa, but she's just never thought of him that way...until now that it's been mentioned. One night after that, the two of them are working overtime alone when Kuroiwa accidentally falls asleep, and Mayumi decides to take off his shirt...and then his pants! And the only reason she stops there is because Kuroiwa wakes up! Mayumi's never had the hots like this before! What's an inexperienced girl to do? [VOL. 01: STORY 03] (English Title) Please Punish Me (Japanese Title) おしおきしてね [VOL. 02: STORY 01] (English Title) 1001 Nights with You (Japanese Title) あなたと千夜一夜 Ooizumi Sonoka is a hard-working OL (office lady) who single-handedly carries the workload of three, so she doesn't have time for love. After being slighted at a subordinate's wedding, though, she gets uncharacteristically drunk. When she wakes up, Sonoko is in bed with a strange man! She's so flustered that she even runs off wearing his pants by mistake! But she can't help feeling that she'd like to see him again... Then, the very next day, her new section chief turns out to be Houjou, the man she slept with!? In an attempt to prove to him that she's not just some lazy, drunken slut--she tries to show him how hard she can work...?? Chapters 1-3. [VOL. 02: STORY 02] (English Title) He's 100% SILK (Japanese Title) 彼はＳＩＬＫ１００％ [VOL. 03] (English Title) 1001 Nights with You Chapters 4-8. [VOL. 04] (English Title) 1001 Nights with You Chapters 9-13. [VOL. 05: STORY 01] (English Title) 1001 Nights with You Chapters 14-16 (end). [VOL. 05: STORY 02] (English Title) After Black Tea (Japanese Title) 紅茶のあとに [VOL. 06: STORY 01] (English Title) Honey Moon (Japanese Title) 蜜の月 The continued adventures of Sonoko and Houjou. [VOL. 06: STORY 02] (English Title) Though Thou Canst Smell the Colors (Japanese Title) 色は匂へど dropped by ShoujoMagic on 10-15-07
A monster appears close to a village. To prevent it from attacking, the villagers offer it the town's only virgin, Popa, as a sacrifice. The monster doesn't like the taste...
