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Even though he failed his entrance examination, Shumpei scouts out the entrance ceremony of Waseda University and determines in his mind that he will devote the next year studying to get into the university. As he is leaving the campus, Momoko, an energetic freshman, suddenly drafts Shumpei against his will to help her sell school maps to fellow freshmen. Although annoyed by her overbearing persistence, Shumpei eventually befriends Momoko; but her doctor-boyfriend and his hang-ups about his former high school sweetheart keep them from getting any closer. Won the 7th Kodansha Manga Award for general manga in 1983.
Amano Mizuna, 19-years-old. Likes cute little things, but she's not very good with animals. One night, a stray dog who jumped in front of her, caused her to fall off her bike. But unlike before, this dog captivated her....?!
At age three, Tafelina Lowell Lera Duval was disowned by her birth parents, but was that actually a blessing in disguise? Raised in a remote region of Ozeria by the kind earl of Peylon, she was allowed to hunt in a forest full of monsters, invent magic tools based on memories of her previous life, and let her extraordinary magical talents flourish. But that all begins to change with the approach of her thirteenth birthday. As the child of a noble, she’s obligated to attend an academy meant to raise and educate the next generation of nobles. That means moving to the royal capital, a sprawling city quite unlike her beloved home. Lera soon feels like a fish out of water, and things only get worse with kidnappings, the appearance of her half sister, and more. But Lera’s not one to be disheartened easily and that isn’t about to change! (Source: J-Novel Club)
A collection of sad/dark stories set in the town of Carocheila.
Since his girlfriend was beaten to death by a biker gang, Yamato Souhei has driven himself to become stronger and better at fighting. He's newly out of juvenile detention, and his friend Kijima helps him get back into life with a new job. His strength will be useful for the bouncer organization "Back Drop," which will make use of his abilities to provide security for clubs and other places. Before he even signs on with the company, though, he happens across a group of people beating a man to death. Yamato can't save the man, but he does see the face of one of the attackers. Along with his new job as a bouncer, it looks like Yamato has become involved in a dangerous cycle of violence. (Source: MangaHelpers)
Oh, the majesty of historical manga! The blade arts of the "Devil" tasked with striking down evils threatening a peaceful Edo! Heizou Hasegawa, upholding the role of chief officer protecting against crime and arson! In 1783, the heart of the Tenmei era, Hasegawa held the office of chief director of the department charged with sustaining safety in the region, suppressing the most vile of thieves and criminals, an individual largely feared, renowned as Devil Heizou...
In a city stricken by corruption, money and power govern everything. Life is especially difficult for chimeras, half-humans, half-animals. Despised by all, they form the lowest social class. Aron is one of them. Even worse, he's been raised like a beast by the mafia in one and only goal : killing. Isolated and maltreated, he kept the mental age of a child. His only hideaway is a picture book in which a little girl with blue eyes brings the hero of the story to heaven. Aron dreams of only one thing : to find this angel in order to be freed from his life of suffering. So when, in the middle of a mission, he comes across Leila, a young girl with the same eyes as the girl in the book, it's a revelation : It's her that'll free him ! For the first time in his life, he disobeys his master and runs away with her ! Now the mafia is after him in a world he doesn't know the first thing about with a girl who hates him more than anything. (Source : Nautiljon, translated)