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Follows the trials and tribulations of the titular sukeban, Rei Koujinyama, an athletic but not very bright high school girl prone to solving problems with her nunchaku rather than her wits. When the beautiful, intelligent, immensly rich and seemingly perfect zaibatsu heiress Shizuka Ayakouji transfers from Tokyo into Rei's rural school, the differences between them immediately causes them to clash, and before long their rivalry ends up involving their entire school. Will the two girls ever be able to see eye to eye, or are they destined to stay on bad terms? *Note: Chapters 1-6 were initially omitted from the volume release and were later compiled in the "Mabudachi Jingi: Kurumada Masami Shoki Tanpenshuu" volume, while volume 1 of the series starts with chapter 7. Volume 2 also includes the one-shot Mikeneko Rock as a bonus.*
*REFORMER* tells the crude story of the anti-hero Mizuno, a retired hitman with a mysterious past who has a tendency to act before he thinks. (Source: SMAC! Web Magazine)
Hikaru Sudo is a doctor who treats cyborgs, AI. and humans in the year 2175. A mother rejoices at the birth of her child, a boy is believed to have been infected with a cyber virus, and a stubborn old man hates the AI that is keeping him alive in a medical unit. This book contains five superb stories of various patients. (Source: Akita Shoten, translated)
There is a mysterious group of people who inflict cruel and fatal games on people for their own amusement. Tatsuya and Misa are out on a date in an amusement park when they wander into one of these horrific competitions on the tallest roller coaster on earth. The seats fall out of their 12-person roller coaster car, and they are told that the game will end when all but one person has fallen to their death. Will the passengers be able to find a way to escape the competition? Will there be any retribution against the orchestrators of this sick crime?
Yui is a young woman who, as a favour to her sister, goes to a stranger's family to decline a marriage request addressed to her. The latter, too busy, doesn't have time to go there herself... But for Yui, what seemed like a burden turns out to be a real godsend: when she meets Kosuke, the suitor, it's love at first sight... Yui then takes her sister's place and a new love story begins!
Akira and Kou, siblings abandoned by their parents, lived huddled together in a corner of a shop in the bustling downtown area of a certain town. They were offered food and shelter in exchange for working for the shop, and faced with this cruel fate, they were on the verge of giving up on life. That was until one day, a man appeared in that town—and the boy, who had nothing else to cling to but ballet, began to push forward relentlessly—a soul-stirring ballet romance begins!!!
Shou is seen fighting with a local gang that terrorizes the nearby town, he defeats them rather quickly with his powers. And is joined by his pet Pii-tan a falcon, whom he have been friends with since childhood. Later as the gang resumes their activities and are driving recklessly through town, they are forcefully stopped by a T. rex. Though its appearance differs from a usual T. rex in that it looks like it has an armor. Even though it kills the gang, they are not his mission. Instead he is looking for a traitor who happens to be Shirin, who wields a Fairy armor. Shou finds him eventually face to face with Shirin who is as small as a fairy with her armor on, badly hurt. The T. rex goes by the name Tyranno and find Shou with Shirin and wastes no time and tries to stomp them to death. Pii-tan comes to the rescue and manages to draw Tyranno's attention away from Shou, who flees into a nearby house with Shirin.
A collection of short stories by Murasaki Yamada that gently embraces women who are struggling as mothers, as women, and sometimes with life choices. 1. **Asphalt Mizuumi** (アスファルト湖) 2. **Hirogaru Sumai** (拡がる住まい) 3. **Arashi** (嵐) 1 4. **Arashi** (嵐) 2 5. **Hana wo Sarau** (花をさらう) 6. **Glass Tama** (ガラス玉) 7. **Chisana Iede** (小さな家出) 8. **Umi to Ojisan** (海とおじさん) 9. **Houseki** (宝石) 10. **Mado** (窓) 11. **Kamisama** (神様) 13. **Itsumo Iru** (いつも居る)