A collection of one-shots publlished between 2007-2008 published on various magazines and the Nisekoi pilot chapter: 1. Island (2007, Akamaru Jump) For the last 400 years, an island has been completely surrounded by walls, isolated from the rest of the world. Aira and Marue have always dreamed of voyaging outside the walls, where lies a devastating truth unbeknownst to them. 2. Koi no Kami-sama (2007, Weekly Shonen Jump) Tsuchibe Taichi, a boy who loves shoujo manga and believes in love above all else, ironically has the worst luck in love. His latest attempt in love is at the new transfer student, but a strange otherworldly force seems to be repelling him from her. 3. Williams (2007, Weekly Shonen Jump) William is a young boy who idolizes Aradoff, a character from a popular novel which told Aradoff's adventures, and always dreams of having a grand adventure on his own. William's meeting with the novel author finally puts him on an adventure to prove that the novel is not merely a fiction. 4. Personant (2008, Jump SQ) In the year 3333, everyone wears personants, technologically advanced masks, to maintain equality and peace, because they eliminate the "differences" in people that lead to discrimination and conflict. It has been 100 years since the government implemented this "personant system," so society has adapted. Yet one man exists as the only one in the world without a personant: the wanted criminal Damore! 5. Apple (2008, Young Magazine) The main character (the blond ponytailed guy - yeah, guy) is Aramiya Satoshi, whose main ability is shape-shifting into any animal... though at some point he has plants growing out of him, so he is able shape-shift into any living thing. I'm not sure if he was naturally born that way or if he was a biological experiment. Anyway, he's a pretty easy-going guy who just wants to be left alone to enjoy his solitary life in the middle of a junkyard, but apparently some army or another is always after him because of his ability. Luckily, he is able to fight off entire tank battalions before breakfast.
From: BAP Scans He is a clone. He is a clone that wants to kill. When he awoke, the only words he remembers are, "If you meet the Buddha, kill the Buddha, If you meet the God, kill the God." His "older body" was killed mysteriously. Rumor says that his "older self" was tortured and killed by a group called "Alethia". Now, Alethia are hunting him. And he must stop them, stop this terrorist organization before they destroy the whole world.
From Bamboo Garden Five different- very different- stories. But all are tragedies with a twist at the end. Some may have cut-off endings; but there's a true philosophy at the end. First story- Two cuts of the devil (done by BGscans) About a mood-obsessed girl, a crazy count, the girl's servant- and a cup of chocolate tea. Second story- Mr Laurence's dilemma (done by BGscans) About a tax collector who goes to Scotland to collect the whiskey and Scotland's rebellious yet ingenuous way of protecting it. Or do they really not know? Third story- The sultan's dialiah (done by BGscans) An emperor has sacrificed a daughter for the sake of peace between his country Bizantin and the Sultan- the lord-'s country. He dies, but what of his daughter? Fourth story- Scary bread (done by BGscans) About a Christian that attempts to 'teach' the vikings. But as time grows the Christian grows weary, for she is doing something very wrong and she knows it. Fifth story- Happy Epicurean (working project) About a little boy who can otherwise be known as a carnivore...
Black Haze follows the storyline a lad who takes a key, of Rood Chrishi -- he's truly the well-known Black Magician, [Strike], among the most youthful but most powerful wizards on the planet. Despite this, recently, the grasp of his organization's has just been delivering out him on assignments that are little, like orchestrating small payback schemes for customers and running errands. One day, the strong Duchess Dayner Artian, that has come to request because of his firm aid is encountered by Rood. Lidusis, her second boy, hasn't been fitting in well at college, therefore she'd enjoy Rood to assist out him. To achieve this, Rood should go under-cover as students in the famous school of Helios, in order to find out just why everyone else calls the son of an duke, a 'Monster'. Naturally, Rood shortly comes to understand that there's a great deal more going on at this unique college than meets the eye...
A Japanese girl is sold off to a South American business tycoon who takes her away to this foreign land. Here, he seduces her and the two slowly fall into a love trap. But while this occurs, another force interrupts the two’s love-web. A revolution and rebellion starts to take away, separating the two.
The eve of the French revolution, 1772: The eldest brother of the Sanson family, Charles-Henri, has grown as an executioner, while his sister Marie-Joseph has been living freely in the Versailles. But then Marie-Joseph's first love, a man named Alain, is killed by aristocrats... The histories of innocents plunges into the arc of the crimson revolution, Rouge! Note: This is a direct continuation of the storyline of Innocent, focusing more on Marie. The change in titles is due to a change in the magazine.
Through the looking glass into Camelot Garden, falls a boy named Ryu, whose purpose is to crush this weird, semi-malignant fantasy world. Oh yeah, and the below is a direct quote from the beginning of the story. The Lady of Shallot by Alfred Lord Tennyson There she weaves by night and day A magic web with colours gay. She has heard a whisper say, A curse is on her if she stay To look down to Camelot. But in her web she still delights To weave the mirror’s magic sights: A funeral, with plumes and lights And music, came from Camelot. “I am half-sick of shadows,” said The Lady of Shalott. “Tirra lirra, tirra lirra,” Sang Sir Lancelot. She left the web: she left the loom: She looked down to Camelot.
From Tokyopop: After a near-fatal car accident, surgeons rebuilt Reiji with prosthetic parts and renamed him Himejima Kazemichi. It was a second chance at life...but there was no guarantee that his new body would last. As his artificial heart runs down, Kazemichi embarks on a journey to discover what his life really means, and live--and love--to the fullest. Along the way, he uncovers dark secrets about his past...including the organization that was responsible for resurrecting him...
A young boy walks away from home after a quarrel with his father at night and later gets kidnapped. He finds himself in a strange laboratory after waking up, facing a challenge of life and death. He survives the test along with some other men, and later they find out a big secret, a secret that totally changes their lives. So, how will they react? And what else will they find as their adventures go on?
Based on the PlayStation 2 game of the same name. A teenager who was orphaned as a young boy returns to the city of his childhood. Shortly after transferring to Gekkoukan High School, he is attacked by Shadows — creatures that feed on the minds of their victims. He soon discovers that he shares a special ability with other students at his new school. From them, he learns of the “Dark Hour,” a hidden time that exists between one day and the next, swarming with Shadows. He joins the Special Extracurricular Execute Sector (SEES), and with his new friends, confronts the threat of the Shadows.
A young girl was on the phone one night when she spotted a bizarre figure outside of the phone booth. When she checks outside, the figure is gone. However, on her way back, the figure reappears, chases her down, and attacks her! A police officer finds himself led to the family of a certain girl named Miyako - but Miyako's family claims that nothing went into their home. Is there more to Miyako than meets the eye?A set of early horror one-shots by Shinichi Koga. Also contains:- **The Man-Eating Tree Demon**- **Snake Man**
Taro Kajiura and his friends from the same folkloristic research group at Tonan University went on a trip to Ikishima island in order to pursue the origins of the myth about princess Kwannon. At the same time the villagers of Ikishima were holding the annual festival in which outsiders were forbidden to participate in since 400 years. The consequences for breaking that rule were more severe that anyone had imagined...
