It is 1904, 37th year of the Meiji era. Shintaro Umakai, a former diplomat to Russia, has returned to Japan after the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese war. Heart-broken at leaving his beloved Sophia in Russia, Shintaro accepts a teaching position at a mysterious girls school. Only the girls school turns out to be a battleship and his pupils command strange and bizarre powers--powers that may win the war with Russia. Based on an original hentai game by ELF, Shintaro is both charmed and appalled by his winsome students. Yet these girls will come to depend on their sensei for their very survival, and Shintaro must shoulder greater responsibilities in the face of overwhelming heartbreak. For Russia also has a girls school with strange and bizarre powers...

Cover illustration: K子 1. **Ichinichi dake no Kanojo** (一日だけの彼女) \[ゆずひ\] 2. **Marmalade Boy** (ままれーどぼぅい) \[Bau\] 3. **Ore to Josou to Yuurei to!?** (俺と女装と幽霊と!?) \[Shimesaba\] 4. **Hebi Ichigo to Watashi.: Ohirome-hen** (ヘビイチゴと私。～お披露目編～) \[Mori Seishirou\] 5. **Mezame no Ippo?** (目覚めの一歩?) \[Nakayama Miyuki\] 6. **Okaken!!** (おかけん!!) \[Hazumi Nariyuki\] 7. **Doushite Kou Natta** (どーしてこーなった) \[Haraya Hiro (ハラヤヒロ)\] 8. **Sakuragisou e Youkoso 2** (桜木荘へようこそ2) \[Suzunari Ichigo\] 9. **Hajimari wa Itsumo Totsuzen...** (はじまりはいつも突然…) \[Hoshino Madoka (星野円)\] 10. **made ☆ in ☆ OTOME** \[Arikawa Kinu (有川キヌ)\] 11. **Josou Debut Shita Ato** (女装デビューした後) \[Emiri\]

1. **Zenryoku Otome 5** (全力乙女5) 2. **Dousei Chuu! 4** (同棲ちゅう！ 4) 3. **Kawaii Ano Ko no Himitsu wa ne** (可愛いあの子の秘密はね) \[Seisuke Akari\] 4. **Kanojo na Senpai.** (彼女な先輩。) \[Hoshino Madoka (星野円)\] 5. **Boku no Koto Suki ni Natte** (ボクのことスキになって) \[Minadori Naya\] 6. **Decoration** (デコレーション) 7. **Ichijin Koukou Engeki-bu no Kaijin** (一迅高校演劇部の怪人) 8. **Haruno to Natsukawa. Sono 8** (春野と夏川。その8)

When you fall in love, you lose sight of everything else? Kitami is an ordinary high school girl secretly interested in Touno-senpai of the Astronomy Club. He's such a handsome guy, but actually…

300 years after the Death of Star Face, marionettes were created with maiden circuits based on the six originals, however, the maiden circuits have degenerated in each generation of marionettes, and marionettes with defective maiden circuits become rogue marionettes that go berserk and destroy anything in their path. Kitajima, the daughter of the late professor Kitajima who was researching the cure for maiden circuits going out of control, wishes to finish her late father’s work and is looking for the “Inheritance of Face”. It is said to contain the answers as to why later maiden circuits are going haywire. But as they went to investigate the tomb of Face, they were attacked by a group of rogue marionettes and they were rescued by a strange marionette who calls herself, Zero. *Note: This series was originally written as an OVA sequel for Saber Marionette R, but it was later abandoned. Instead, an 8 chapter serial was released. The first 7 chapters are manga, while the last chapter was released in novel format. This chapter is not included in this entry.*

Collection of drawings and sketches (from which the term manga was derived). Compiled by KATANO Toshiro

Original JP: [Comic Growl](https://comic-growl.com/series/0596c8f23c697)

Yamano always carries emergency supplies, just like her mother taught her. But one day, a coworker says, "You just want to save yourself, don’t you?"—and those words shake her. What does it truly mean to be prepared? (Source: Kiss Kodansha, translated) *Winner of the 2nd "Adult Women's Manga Awards".*

This book contains 23 stories from the final year of an era dominated by one-shot manga, the year 1983! Experience series from acclaimed manga artists that were originally featured in magazines like Shonen Jump, Shonen Sunday, Shonen Magazine, and Shonen Champion. The book also features columns on Shonen Sunday and a look back at pop culture in 1983. 1. **Uchuu Kara no Otoshidama** (宇宙からのおとし玉) \[Fujiko F Fujio\] 2. **Yoru no Kuufukusha-tachi** ( 夜の空腹者たち) \[Naoki Urasawa\] 3. **Boku to Furio to Koutei de** (ぼくとフリオと校庭で) \[Daijiro Morohoshi\] 4. **Warau Mokuteki** (笑う標的) \[Rumiko Takahashi\] 5. **ＰＯＣＫＹ** \[Hisashi Eguchi\] 6. **Arisa☆Arisa** (ありさ☆ありさ) \[Fujihiko Hosono\] 7. **1, 2, Step!** (１・２・ステップ！) \[Hideo Aya\] 8. **Umi Monogatari** (海ものがたり) \[Ayumi Tachihara\] 9. **Hashire! Biitoruzu** (走れ！びーとるず) \[Akira Oze\] 10. **Nanpa-chan (Part 1)** (ナンパちゃん（Part１)) \[Satosumi Takaguchi\] 11. **I Am U-tousei** (アイアムU等生) \[Youji Fukuyama\] 12. **Adauchi Miko-chan** (仇討ちミコちゃん) \[Tatsuhiko Yamagami\] 13. **Tabun The Gigolo** (多分・ザ・ジゴロ) \[Yoshinori Kobayashi\] 14. **Super Kanbee** (すーぱー勘兵衛) \[Yuu Koyama\] 15. **Yuusei Kara no Bishoujo X** (遊星からの美少女X) \[Miki Tori\] 16. **Sleeping　Beauty** \[Keiko Fukuyama\] 17. **Solar Sniper** (ソーラー・スナイパー) \[Yuki Hijiri\] 18. **Kakashitei** (案山子亭) \[Yousuke Takahashi\] 19. **Zenkai Jitterbug!!** (全開ジルバ！！) \[Masahiro Shibata\] 20. **Ryouma wa Kaze** (竜馬は風) \[Kei Tsukasa\] 21. **Kaere Ringu e!** (かえれリングへ！) \[Ryouji Ryuusaki\] 22. **CITY HUNTER -XYZ-** (シティハンター－XYZ－) \[Tsukasa Houjo\] 23. **Hanatare Joudo** (はなたれ浄土) \[Osamu Tezuka\]