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On his way home from work, the 26 year old salaryman, Kawakita Osamu, encounters an alien named Lilin. She and her species plan on invading the earth but she ended up getting stranded on this planet. Can Osamu raise her to become a kind-hearted kid before her species eradicates humanity in five years? *Note: Includes 3 extra chapters.*
In the future, as people with ESP increase in numbers, so does the possible good and evil they can cause to society. The Japanese government establishes of the Base of Backing ESP Laboratory (BABEL), a special esper organization tasked with dealing with situations that can't be resolved by ordinary means, including dealing with espers engaged in criminal activity. Prodigy Kouichi Minamoto is assigned by BABEL to the task of supervising the most powerful espers in the country, a trio of gifted but mischievous young girls known as "The Children". The Children and Minamoto must deal with several enemy organizations, each with conflicted views regarding the role of espers in the world, including "PANDRA", a cadre of rogue espers determined to wage war against the rest of mankind; "Black Phantom", a mercenary organization who brainwashes espers into living tools of destruction; and the "Normal People", composed solely of non-esper individuals who view espers only as a threat to be vanquished. (Source: Wikipedia) **Included one-shot:** Volume 1: Zettai Karen Children (pilot)
Ikuru is a boy who doesn't have long to live. Grown up question the purpose of his life and the reason for his death, he's grown up constantly confused and lonely. Now, learning that he hasn't long to live, he requests that a special "girl" called a AGH-RMS be given to him. These people are genetically made so that they help heal and ease the mental burdens of someone who hasn't long to live. This manga is cute, sad and ultimately a story about life, death and humanity. (Source: Solaris-SVU)
Overdevelopment and crowding in Japan has forced many of its indigenous spirits and ghosts to lose their homes. Due to problems caused by the homeless spirits, a new profession was created, the Ghost Sweepers (GS). Private exorcists for hire; they serve only the highest bidder to survive in the cutthroat corporate world. Among this, the Mikami GS Company, led by Reiko Mikami and her two assistants, the teenage boy Tadao Yokoshima and the ghost girl Okinu, is said to be the best. (Source: Wikipedia) **Included one-shot:** Volume 1: Gokuraku Mouja (Ghost Sweeping in the Haunted Mansion)
In Change 123, we meet Motoko, a girl with a very strange problem. In order to cope with her 3 adoptive fathers' incredibly intensive training methods, she developed multiple personalities, each with a different martial specialty. But what happens if none of them can beat her opponent on their own? And what further nugget of wisdom will be imparted by the great Kamen Raider? This one has lots of pretty girls, great art, and comedy. (Source: SnoopyCool)
Kurokami Medaka, a first year, is elected as Student Council President, and the first thing she does is establish a suggestion box, later dubbed by students the "Medaka Box". Medaka encourages students to submit any problem to the box without hesitation and promises to take on any issue from anyone. Since Medaka won the Student Council elections with a staggering 98% of the vote, she ends up as the Council's only member. She asks her childhood friend, Hitoyoshi Zenkichi, for help and he grudgingly agrees, becoming the Student Council's lowest ranking member. Soon Medaka recruits two more people to the Student Council, the former judo club member Akune Kouki as secretary and the current swim club member Kikaijima Mogana, on loan for 300 yen a day, as treasurer. Now the Student Council members spend their days solving the problems submitted through the Medaka Box, whether they be hooligans in clubs where they don't belong, girls who need help writing love letters or people who've lost their pets, gradually earning the respect and admiration of the entire school. Included chapters: Volume 15 contains the gaiden "Good Loser Kumagawa" (グッドルーザー球磨川); *Jump NEXT (2011/12/26)* Volume 22 contains the gaiden "Good Loser Kumagawa Final" (完結編).
For his twentieth birthday, Shizuka chooses to go to a hot springs alone. To his surprise, he also ends up seeing his first naked woman... a passed out drunk girl. Soon afterward he enters college, and his friend from high school convinces him to join the female dominated travel and hot springs club. Amazingly, the girl he saw naked, Ruka, is also a member of the club! Now he must interact with his club more or less normally, and pretend he doesn't imagine Ruka naked every time he sees her. He is determined that his embarrassing secret never be made public! (Source: MangaHelpers) Volume 10 contains three bangai-hen chapters. **Included one-shots:** Volume 5: Katakoi (カタコイ); Weekly Young Jump Vol.53 2006.09.25 Volume 10: Toori no Kado wo Magaru made (通りの角を曲がるまで, Until I Turn Around the Corner)
During the early 20th century, along with technological advancements, scientists were able to develop sophisticated magic. The combination of science and sorcery was Makinot, circuits made from spells that were put into objects to bring them to life and even gain a personality. It was developed as a military weapon and has now spread throughout the world. Akabane Raishin is now attending the Royal Academy to become the best in the world. Accompanied by the lovely teenage girl Yaya, who is actually Raishin’s puppet weapon, he plans on rocketing to the top of the class. However, his test scores come nearly dead last although his combat skills and determination are second to none. Raishin has to compete with the most deadliest of classmates if he wants to come out as the king.
There is a saying that if you find a Japanese maple leaf with eight tips you will find everlasting love. A popular high school actress is now making a film about that legend at the main character's high school, who in turn has a crush on her. One day after school he runs into her and helps her escape from some pursuing staff members. It turns out that since she started acting right after middle school she hasn't had any experience with love and that is hurting the production of the movie. So to get some experience with love she invites him out on a date. **Included one-shots:** **Volume 1: Koisome Momiji (pilot)** **Volume 2: FamiDol!** Daichi's, a teenage boy with little experience with women, life takes an unexpected turn of events. After his mother's remarriage, he obtains a new sister, who is no other than the famous idol Asano Nanami. What is Daichi going to do when they end up alone together and Nanami wants nothing to do with him?
Hii-chan is my sister's friend, who likes to come by our house where my sister and I live together. She's absolutely gorgeous, but she has a strange sense of personal space, and it's got me, Asahi, all flustered. Is she just teasing me…? (Source: Tonari no Young Jump, translated)
This protagonist, the most demonically strong exorcist. Akira the S-class exorcist sent from Germany to investigate a paranormal event in a certain city in Japan. He shoots creatures from other worlds with his beautiful exorcist partner Chikage.