Ryuuji is not your average high school student. With the family business struggling, and the atmosphere at home growing tense, he doesn't have time or the money for leisure—he's too busy with part-time work. So of course, when a talent scout offers him a place in the dog-eat-dog world of the entertainment industry, he turns him down. Except this talent scout is surprisingly persistent...
Matsumi Sachiko's always searching for love in the wrong places. She's made more blunders in the love department than she can count over the years, and things just never seem to go well for her. She's quick to sleep with others in her search for that special someone only to regret it later. Lately, her luck's taken an even worse turn for the worst when the guy she'd started to have feelings for asked her if she wanted to become his "sex friend"! Will she ever find "the one"?
Chiyo and Akehiko (both 15 years old) have been brought up in an amicable environment at a prosperous restaurant in Japan. They live a safe, happy life, but, as was the norm in feudal Japan, they train at the local dojo with determination to become strong. The times are turbulent, and violence brims the streets of nineteenth century Japan. Under such conditions the boys will have to learn what it means to wield a sword, to take someone's life and understand the precarious life of living by the sword.
Official anthology featuring Bungou Stray Dogs characters by various mangaka. Cover illustration: Harukawa35 Color illustrations: Ruzuru Akashiba, Yukisuke Yanagi, Sanami Suzuki 1. **Poe to Ranpo to Oyatsu to Koucha** (ポオと乱歩と御入つと紅茶) \[Adachi Imaru\] 2. **Ringo Nyoyasha** (林檎如夜叉, Apple Demon) \[Nykken\] 3. **Hitoyasumi** (ひとやすみ, Break) \[soroisora (しろいそら)\] 4. **Wakuwaku Fukubukuro** (わくわく福袋, Exciting Grab Bag) \[Toriyasu\] 5. **Kokufu Sensen Ijou Nashi** (黒布戦線異状なし, All Quiet on the Black Cloth Front) \[Akari Maki (アラキマリ)\] 6. **Hirotsu-san no Kissaten** (広津さんの喫茶店, Hirotsu-san's Coffee Shop) \[Ayashiro Yashino (綾代ゃしの)\] 7. **Iraijin wa Cute na Ghost** (依頼人はキュートなゴースト, The Client is a Cute Ghost) \[otakumi\] 8. **Ame no Naka no Chiisana Houmonsha** (雨の中の小さな訪問者, The Little Visitor in the Rain) \[togekinoko\] 9. **Zenjidou Jisatsu Machine** (全自動自殺マシーン, Fully Automatic Suicide Machine) \[Akabane Zero (赤羽ぜろ)\] 10. **Вы wa Nanishi ni Nippon e** (Выは何しにニッポンへ, Why Did You Come to Japan?) \[Kanai Neco\] 11. **Kunikida-san ga Nekomu Hanashi** (国木田さんが寝込む話, The Story of Kunikida Falling Asleep) \[Hashino Saru\] 12. **Toaru Ryouken no Kyuujitsu** (とある猟犬の休日, A Hunting Dogs' Holiday) \[Kino Hinoki\] 13. **Meido Biyori** (冥土日和, Infernal Day) \[Keigen Asuka\] 14. **Kimetsuke wa Jinsei no Kutsuu wo Tsutsumu Oblaat nari** (決めつけは人生の苦痛を包むオブラートなり) \[Hideki\]
In a world approaching its end, humanity has built a colossal, multi-layered city that rises high into the sky through the power of advanced technology. As the city continues to expand, its inhabitants live their lives within and around the vast structure, creating new connections and leaving behind the fruits of human endeavor. Spanning different eras in this dying world, the story presents a series of snapshots that capture the lives, hopes, and everyday experiences of the people who inhabit the towering metropolis—a record of humanity and the traces it leaves behind. (Source: Shinchosha, translated)
A manga anthology based on DMM and Nitro+'s browser game Touken Ranbu -online- where the sword boys attend high school.
In the year 1492 of the Gregorian Calendar, in the Eastern Kingdom of Mikado... The Samurai guard the Luxurors and Casualries—the people of Mikado. The wild Samurai Walter seeks to improve his self-taught, but unrefined skill. The Samurai Gina watches keeps a close, worried watch on the wild Walter. One night, the pair, while keeping watch, are suddenly transported to an unknown world... There, they see a tyrant—a demon that is far stronger than any they have encountered! As a result of the battle with the tyrant, the fate of this pair begins to shift...!
Contains three short stories: Cream Caramel Because her parents are transferred away due to their jobs, Mikoto, a grade 11 student, starts living alone on 100,000 yen per month. But the place she lives at is a horribly old apartment... And the one living in the room next to hers is a super cool boy...?! White Summer Mana and Shou have to go their separate ways after graduation, will they be able to stay together when they're hours apart? There Are Days Like That, Too Sonomi has been in love with Ikuta-san since she was in the seventh grade, four years before this story takes place. Ikuta-san suddenly starts working at her uncle's cafe, and it seems like Sonomi might have a chance to be his little sister, since he's been going out with another girl for those same four years that she's loved him. (Source: Intercross and Forbidden Garden)
Natsume is the loner type. He doesn't like to get involved in peoples issues, nor does he put himself in the spotlight. Kudou's the exact opposite. He uses his looks and charms makes him a perfect player. These two don't know each other, despite attending the same college... until Kudou stole two of Natsume's girlfriends. Now his pride has been hurt by the same man, what will Natsume do?
Kei often gets involved in fights, despite of him being weak and always end up losing… One day, while helping a friend to bring some textbooks to an old building of his school, he and his childhood friend, Tomoe, are attacked by a monster. In order to save his friend, Kei will choose to become a Grave Protector! Note: Cerberus in ancient Greek mythology was a hell hound that guarded the gates of the Underworld preventing those who have crossed the river Styx from ever escaping.
Homura Kamishiro, the strongest mage in the world, saved it from the demon king Typhon 5 years ago. Since then, he's known as The Traitor and Fiend Summoner, who sold his soul to inhumane beings. What will happen when he joins New Tokyo Magic Academy's 101st Training Platoon and what mysterious promise he made back in time about its cute leader in cowgirl clothes, Hoshikawa?
Shuuichi Inaba is a student of a special high school for young prodigies and one of the users of the newest and most popular application called 'Alice in Cyberland' - an app with an AI that enables its users to talk to them as with any other human. When some of the students of his high school start to get attacked by a mysterious culprit, Shuuichi is determined to find out who it is. In his investigation, he stumbles upon 'Alice' - a special kind of program, which, in return for helping him with the case, demands only to know something he would usually never tell anyone - his biggest and deepest secret.
