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Contains 6 short stories: 1. Kuzeinke Saidai no Shou (The Biggest Show of the Kuzein Family) 2. Seifuku wa Nugenai (Can't Take Off My Uniform) 3. [Brigit no Bansan (Brigit's Supper)](https://mangabaka.org/search?q=myanimelist%3A17307) 4. Shizuru Cinema (Shizuru Film) 5. Kasou Senryaku Kagami-uchi (Lower Class Tactic: Kagami \[mirror\] move) 6. Emerald
These stories are told with the same bold, kinetic art style and brilliantly paced storytelling that Samura's Blade of the Immortal epic is famous for. The main offering, "Ohikkoshi," follows the turbulent paths of several twenty-something art students as they fall in love, fall in lust, play in rock bands, ride motorbikes, eat, sleep (together), and try to avoid making life decisions while drunk. This romantic comedy is a "Japanese art school confidential" packed with absurd humor, obscure death metal references, and some expertly placed, dramatic revelations. "Luncheon of Tears Diary" is a vibrant, genre-busting tale that also peppers its humor with sharp, dramatic moments. Natsumi Funabashi, a virgin, is an aspiring manga creator on a quest for love and a fulfilling career. Along the way, she has to cope with overzealous men, gang warfare, a mahjong addiction, and a lascivious manga editor. This collection is rounded off by Samura's hilarious "Kyoto Super Barhopping Journal: Bloodbath at Midorogaike," a rare, autobiographical travel piece. (Source: Dark Horse) **Included one-shots:** Shoujo Mangaka Mushuku: Namida no Luncheon Nikki, Midorogaike ni Shura wo Mita
Tadashi Tanaka is a typical office worker whose life comes to an abrupt end at the age of forty-one due to cancer. But instead of going to heaven, he finds himself in a world resembling medieval Europe. Much like the Middle Ages, there are no modern conveniences, people eat with their hands, and pigs roam free in the streets. Worst of all, wars between nations are an everyday occurrence. Now, Tadashi Tanaka must live his second life as Varian de Lioncourt. Can an ordinary office worker survive in this cruel world? Varian’s rise to power begins here! (Source: J-Novel Club)
Crisis City is the most dangerous corner of Tokyo, a town so disaster-prone that a boring day is big news. Luckily, it has brave defenders: the Crisis Girls, young ladies born of a cursed bloodline who use their power to protect the innocent. Grave-Digger Kaede is Crisis City’s appointed savior…and she’s got maybe a few screws loose. Killer penguins, nefarious chihuahuas, and those who would dare put chocolate cakes in peril are bound to meet their match when the world’s cutest necromancer is on the scene! (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
Rendered immortal by an infusion of mystical worms that can repair any wound, the masterless samurai Manji wanders the hillsides of feudal Japan, his quest to slay one thousand evil men to atone for his past sins. By his side is the young woman Rin, an orphan who seeks vengeance for the murders of her parents. Driven in a quest for absolution, the two have faced many deadly challenges, both natural and supernatural. But can they survive their greatest battle, against the all-powerful Inugami? Hiroaki Samura's groundbreaking tale of redemption and magic finds new life in this first prose novel, featuring six all new illustrations by Samura. (Source: Dark Horse)
Aico Tachibana is recovering from both a car accident that took her father and shattered her body, then a from a world-shaking biological disaster that engulfed her mother and brother. Her rehabilitation is like getting used to a brand-new body, but as a young transfer student shows her, that is no simile. Her body is not her own. Now she must escape shadowy forces who want to kidnap her and join a desperate mission into an organic-matter-infested valley to find the fate of her family, the truth of herself, and quite possibly, save the world. (Source: Kodansha USA)
Please Twins! is a story mainly revolving around three high school students: Maiku Kamishiro, Karen Onodera, and Miina Miyafuji. The three were drawn together by a photograph of their childhood home which later makes all of them seek out the house in the picture. However, the picture only has two children - a boy and a girl. Hence, only one of the girls, Karen or Miina, is related to Maiku. The only other identifying feature of the pair in the picture is that the boy and the girl have eyes of the same color; a feature that furthers the ambiguity as all three of them have the same eye color. The main concern of the male lead, Maiku, is that he is in love with both of the girls. In addition, the two girls are in love with Maiku, forming a love triangle of potential incest. The three main characters, mostly the two female leads, are in a predicament of wanting to discover their past versus the risk of losing a romantic relationship.
Reincarnated as a villainess in an Otome game, Cecilia realizes that she’ll die no matter what route she takes. To avoid her fate, she crossdresses and takes on a new identity! (Source: Yen Press)
After being reincarnated as the villainess of her favorite dating sim, Cecilia Sylvie realizes she’s slated for an untimely demise no matter how the game’s story unfolds. Convinced she can cheat death by assuming a new identity, she becomes Cecil Admina, the dashing son of a baron. Unfortunately, Cecilia adapts to the role a little too well-and ends up replacing her brother as one of the knights who protects the heroine! To top it all off, the prince betrothed to Cecilia is now catching feelings for her alter ego…?! This villainess will do whatever it takes to achieve a carefree life, but if her guise ever slips, it’s Game Over! (Source: Yen Press)
The sequel is set in the Bakumatsu period in the 19th century (the original manga was set in the earlier Edo period), and follows the main character Manji, who starts the story in a life of seclusion in the Tosa domain, but heads to the capital for a certain reason. The story will have him confronting the strongest warriors of the time. (Source: Anime News Network)