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On his way back from school, Tairadori Nodoka spots a crane in distress and decides to help it. What he did not expect is that, after jokingly telling it to return the favor, it would actually come the next morning to do so! But the one who came is... not that crane? A Oneshot by the Mangaka behind Paper Braver, Fujichika Koume, which was published in Weekly Shonen Champion's 25th issue of 2016. It's based on a story from Japanese folklore called "The Grateful Crane" or "Tsuru no Ongaeshi" (鶴の恩返し, lit. "Crane's Return of a Favor").
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The anime is set in an alternate version of Heian-kyou, the old name of Kyoto and the capital during Japan's Heian era. This alternate version of the city is named Denji Heian-kyou. A delinquent high schooler named Takeru Narehira resides in our world, but after an unfortunate accident, is transported to Denji Heian-kyou. Here, he immediately meets Tsukimiya, a woman he has seen many times before in his dreams before. Hardly a moment passes after that encounter when Takeru and Tsukimiya encounter an oni monster, and lose their lives. Takeru awakens, stunned to find himself again at Denji Heian-kyou. He puts together that he has the power to go back in time. Now he resolves to learn this world's version of mystical onmyōjutsu techniques, and become an onmyōji sorcerer to save Tsukimiya. (Source: Anime News Network)
Based on the eponymous novel, the story focuses on Hiraga Josef Kou, a genius scientist, and Robert Nicholas, an archives and cryptanalysis expert. They are partners and two of the Vatican's "miracle examiners," whose job it is to travel the world and conduct investigations to verify the authenticity of claims regarding miracles. In the *Bachikan Kiseki Chousakan* series: V.1 - *Kuro no Gakuen* (Black Academy) V.2 - *Satan no Sabaki* (Satan's Judgement)
An island named Hatsune-jima shaped similarly to a crescent moon is famous for its cheery blossom trees, one of which is rumored to make any wish come true. One day, the unofficial newspaper club decides to challenge the official newspaper club to see who can write a better article. Ricca Morizono, the president of the newspaper club, accepts the challenge along with Himeno Katsuragi, Charles Yoshino, Sara Rukawa, Aoi Hinomoto and the only male member of the club, Kiyotaka Yoshino, the protagonist. However the girls start to find Kiyotaka quite a distraction.
*Note: Includes one extra chapter.*
Fuuta-kun travels across the country with a "looking for work" sign, doing part-time jobs while trying to save 1 million yen. How will he make it through the all of the trouble that he gets roped into? (Source: Shogakukan, translated)
A collection of the author's best works.
