Behind the scenes of the “Hero” and “Devil” that everyone knows well, there was a swirl of strategies to maintain a balanced power relationship with each other! 500 years since the last battle of "Hero" vs. "Devil," the Helenes Kingdom, faced with population growth and food shortages, decided to cultivate territory in the buffer zone “ambiguous navel.” As a result, the balance that has been maintained begins to collapse.

Toki is a former Hokuto practitioner, and his incredible strength coped with his knowledge of the assassin art would be enough to call him devil.... But Toki's kindness and desire to help people prevent them from calling him devil, they instead can only whisper words akin to that of 'savior'.

"The stars that don't shine in Tokyo surely do shine in a different town..." Tsutsumi Koutarou, who couldn't be a senior at a college-oriented high school in Tokyo, moves into Himi City, Toyama Prefecture with his distant relatives and spends one school year there. "I wouldn't be able to shine for the rest of my life..." He's hurt, and depressed. However, his encounter with a girl named Nagisa changes his "tomorrow" little by little. Now, Hara Hidenori begins "the sweetest 'starting-over' love story in the world"...

In the world of Noramimi, families frequently have "mascots." Funny characters that live with the family and acts as companions to the children until they grow older. Noramimi is one such mascot. Unfortunately for him, he's of an ogre (well everyone else thinks he's a monk) type and not popular, so he's doing his "home stay" with Hello Kids, an agency that sets up mascots with families. He really wishes a family would adopt him though... (Source: MangaScreener)

Side stories included in the "Kingdom: Highlights" books: **Volume 1**: 1. **Kongou** (金剛) 2. **Umazakehei Sanbyaku** (馬酒兵三百) **Volume 2**: 3. **Li Mu**(李牧): An insight to the past of Li Mu and Hai Yin as they resist the forces of the Xion Nus. 4. **Meng Wu and Chu Zi** (蒙武と楚子)

When 16-year-old Yamato Sakura, returns to Japan, after being overseas, she is excited to be reunited with her best friend, Ai Kirishima. Minutes before their meeting, Yamato remembers how kind Ai was, but Ai has changed over these five years from a geeky child to a delinquent! Yamato tries to find out what had happened to her.

Alice is a rich man's daughter. She dreams becoming a pianist, but her life changed when her father went bankrupt. Mansion in London was taken in the form of debt, and family moved to villa in small town...

At a glance, Oriko Amano is a cool, handsome male university student, whilst on the other hand, Natsuo Koike is small and childlike in appearance. However, the truth is that Oriko is actually a girl, and they are both twenty years old! Dekoboko Girlish is a 4-koma that follows the daily lives of Oriko, Natsuo and the other members of their university's classical theatre group.

Venice, 17th century. Safinia lives a simple and happy life with her father, a renowned artisan and his apprentice Angelo. Everything changes when a man named Ricardo Carrá comes looking for her saying the rich Poliziano family wants her as the lady's companion who has "a weak constitution". However there's more to it than it seems and after her refusal, her father is mysteriously accused of robbery and murdered.

Dragon Gon... A 36 year old bachelor and lusterless boxer who is on the verge of retirement. By all expectations, he would quietly and uneventfully retire. Until he happened to meet a vivacious actress... Love, laughter, and boxing; a drama about the prime of life now unfolds!

The student council is full of strange, quirky people with clashing personalities. One person in particular, Tsubaki Kiyoi (nicknamed Tsubakiyo), has a special talent that only one other person knows about-- when she touches someone, she can access their thoughts and memories. But because of this talent, she is very introverted and damaged inside. Can she overcome her fear of coming in contact with other humans, and take control of her power? *Note: Chapter count includes the one-shot "BAD GIRL"*