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"Spirit Mages" fight evil threats to humanity by borrowing the power of contracted spirits. Roak Aleas, a second-year student at Utrea Academy, the training institution for Spirit Mages, possesses skills ranking second in his year. Yet, he has never once summoned a contracted spirit, leading the entire academy to focus on him, evaluating that he "must be hiding his true power." However, as for Roak himself... "Why don't I summon my contracted spirit? Because I don't have any...!" His strength comes solely from endlessly honing his swordsmanship and martial arts using the only spirit he can contract – a micro-spirit. In reality, he's always fighting desperately just to stay alive...!? Amidst all this, he gets chosen as a member to explore the highly dangerous "Lunar Ruins"...!? The Spirit Mage who everyone thinks is hiding his true power actually always fights with everything he's got. He's not refusing to summon his Contracted Spirits, he just doesn't have any!—this Spirit Mage is still too strong!? A fantasy of misunderstood overpowered heroism, surpassing even the strongest through effort alone! (Source: Overlap, translated)
The boy asked the man, the man answered....."I've been there, in the Korakuen Arena, fought against Hanayama Kaoru, it was amazing." The boy asked him again but this time a question that terrified him to the core 'Where's the amusement park?" the man had no answer. This is a series of illustrated tales about a dark place inside the world of the Baki series, the so-called "Amusement Park" come and discover by yourself why strong men fear it so much. Take a peek at darkness itself!!!
In 1705, a rash of murders takes place in Lotto Valentino, a provincial city on the Italian peninsula. The murderer, who wears a pure white mask and places one such mask on all of their victims, is known as the "Mask Maker," and anyone who witnesses their murders becomes their next victim. Huey Laforet, a boy who attends a "private school" for alchemy, hates everything about the world. Monica Campanella, his schoolmate, confesses her feelings for him. Elmer C. Albatross arrives in town as the school's newest student. Niki, a merchant's slave girl, witnesses one of the Mask Maker's crimes. All four youths must confront the Mask Maker and a conspiracy to control the entire city — the start of a 300-year-long struggle amongst immortals.
Meet Makoto, a tall girl and a bit of a tomboy who has been doing some modeling, who accidentally discovers that she has one hell of a vertical leap and is persuaded to try out for a volleyball team. We follow her as she discovers her natural talent and desire to make the Olympics…
Anyone would have a bittersweet anecdote or two of commuting to school back when they were still students. Even when it's cold, or when you're not allowed to take the long route and buy snacks to eat, or when you're not supposed to wear a sports jersey; just getting to exchange glances once with that person you liked made it all okay! Unfolding on the stage of a certain high school is an omnibus talk about going to and from school, an offering meant for everyone who's ever been a student before. (Source: Young Magazine, translated)
Two years after Lordlake was razed by her Sun Rune, Queen Arshtat dispatches her son the Prince, her sister Sialeeds, and their royal bodyguards Lyon and Georg Prime to inspect the state of the ruined town. The Prince sees the grim state of the dried-up town and report on it, but Arshtat scorns this; she declares that Lordlake's citizens deserve their desolation for stealing the Dawn Rune. Arshtat's husband Ferid pulls her back to her senses, and she dismisses the inspection party with a whisper. The next issue of contention is the Sacred Games for Princess Lymsleia's hand in marriage, being held somewhat early for the ten-year old Lymsleia. The two main contestants, both representing themselves with a champion, hail from rival noble houses: The foppish Euram Barows, and Sialeeds' former fiance, the charismatic Gizel Godwin. The royal family, however, favors the mysterious outsider Belcoot, as a neutral option less likely to cause strife; the Prince attempts to aid Belcoot quietly with Ferid's approval. However, Gizel successfully rigs the Games to his advantage, and his champion Childerich defeats a drugged Belcoot while the Barow's champion is disqualified. However, Lord Marscal Godwin, Gizel's father, is less than impressed with Gizel's activities, thinking that he has made an enemy of the Prince and the royal family as a whole with his plotting. Additionally, the royal family took Zegai, the Barows champion, into their own personal custody, who could perhaps help reveal the Godwins cheating and offer an excuse to annul the engagement. Thus, the Godwins launch a preemptive attack at the engagement ceremony in Sol-Falena, Falena's capital. Arshtat and Ferid had anticipated and prepared for the attack, but not the involvement of the elite Nether Gate assassins, who overwhelm the palace's defenses. The struggle culminates in Arshtat and Ferid's deaths, while Lymsleia finds herself a captive. The Prince Ardil, Lyon, Georg, and Sialeeds are forced to flee.
A girl and a handsome young man fight against a sinister criminal. (Source: Ultimate Manga Guide)
The setting is Kowloon Walled City, a dense high-rise slum where no laws apply. Here, people and creatures of all races gather. The landlord Ryoma meets the girl Meichi, a spirit attached to a teapot. It is a love that is pure but complicated, the start of a chaotic Asian love-story. (Source: Weekly Shounen Sunday, translated)