Etsuko Morohashi was a prisoner who claimed innocence but was sentenced to death. The sentence was seemingly executed, but she survived. Then, she was told by a mysterious man that he will change her identity and keep her alive as a different person if she agrees to become an assassin. If she refuses, she will die, but if she agrees, she will see her son after five years. Etsuko becomes an assassin for a mysterious organization as "Saeko Kirihara" so that she can someday be reunited with her son.
Collection of shorts and oneshots. Title story was originally published between 1977 and 1978 in Comic Yarou.
Twenty years after "Nihon Jūkyōden," the "Jūkyōden" series is reborn in the 21st century. The protagonist, Hinata Haruka, is a third-year university student and world champion judo player. He mastered rock 'n' roll judo through surfing on Nichinan Beach in his hometown of Miyazaki and training in the ocean with his brother! Carrying the hopes of his late mother, he challenges for the world championships! Haruka is approached by his childhood friend and nemesis, Narukami Shion of Shinbukai Karate. Narukami's backer, the Gyōko Group, which controls Japan's political and financial world, is a global conglomerate that has colluded with state power and grown its business through acts of violence... This thrilling and dynamic story is worthy of the series' finale and will thrill your heart! ------------------ Juukyouden series: 1) [Juukyouden](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=112750) 2) [Shouwa Juukyouden](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=110020) 3) [Gendai Juukyouden](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=110699) 4) [Otoko Yawakyouden](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=124612) 5) [Nippon Juukyouden](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=114814) 6) [Shin Juukyouden](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=50845)
This collection of Twitter-famous self-contained yonkoma (four panel manga) is available in English for the first time! Always ridiculous, always irreverent, and sometimes flat out raunchy, each punchline reminds us that hey, life isn't that bad after all...until when it is. But we can still laugh at it!
Hijiri Nagata, a sales representative for a medical equipment company, collapses on a train platform from sheer exhaustion after working himself to the brink. Later, he meets Shuuhei Kurusu, the station attendant who came to his aid, and thanks him. Though Shuuhei brushes it off with a casual *"Please, don’t mention it,"* Hijiri offers his business card and suggests they have dinner together. When the evening arrives, the first thing Shuuhei does is ask about Hijiri's health, which makes his heart warm. Spending time with the easygoing, same-aged Shuuhei slowly begins to change Hijiri, who has long sacrificed his personal life and friendships for the sake of work... (Source: LEED Publishing, translated) *Note: Includes one extra chapter.*
A sequel of Shito Choufu, taking place in Tepito, Mexico.
This is the first manga adaptation of a classic work of everyday mystery that vividly reveals the mysterious events that suddenly appear in our lives. I, a university student in the Faculty of Literature, and Enshi Shunoutei, a comic storyteller, solve the mysteries and wonders that lurk in everyday life. A dream that was never meant to be seen, a cup of tea with a lot of sugar in it, a wooden horse that disappeared from a kindergarten for one night... Five stories that depict the light and darkness that arise when people live and interact with each other. (Source: Leed, translated)