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Obsessed with medieval fantasies, Marina develops a revolutionary VR device that can bring fictional worlds to life. Her dreams come true when she transports herself to Lasnarok, the setting of her own novel. The problem is, she can't get back out! Disguised as a runaway slave boy named Rino, she comes face-to-face with the main character she created, the ambitious Edward Allen Dihas. Can Marina help him overthrow the emperor and survive to make it out alive? (Source: TappyToon)
A couple thousand years of solitude would wear down any young man—that is, anyone except Asley, an eternally youthful and eternally foolish sorcerer. After all, he has man's best friend...er, familiar, to keep him company. When his Level 100 canine companion Pochi demands that he get some fresh air for the first time in two centuries, Asley sets out to reintegrate into society and test his magic mettle. His mission? Dropping several unglamorous titles from his repertoire and restoring his good (okay, decent) name. A brand-new world and fresh adventures await Asley after his many years of hermitage. Perhaps he'll lend Pochi a hand to place first in the mysterious Familiar Feud. Or maybe he'll lose all vestiges of dignity and turn tail. Whichever comes first! No matter what, Asley has great evil to fight, a big world to save, and even a little growing up to do...that is, if he can endure Pochi's “friendly advice” along the way! (Source: J-Novel Club)
One day, while dungeon-diving for work, Hajime the adventurer encounters a starving girl named Rirui. The poor girl has been abandoned by her parents and has no relatives she can rely on. Unable to turn a blind eye, Hajime declares, *“If you’re gonna join my party, then stop crying!”* So begins their life together…but as it turns out, Rirui is no ordinary little girl! *Source: K MANGA*
Freya thinks of herself as a simple village girl, but her idyllic life is shattered when she is caught up in the aftermath of a treacherous Sigurdian plot. She bears a striking resemblance to her country’s beloved Prince Edvard, who lays dying from poison. Without its ruler, all of Tyr will quickly be engulfed by Sigurdian violence. Now Freya must take Prince Edvard’s place and lead his valiant knights in defending the realm! (Source: VIZ Media) *Note: Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category.*
Centuries in the future, in the year After Colony 195, Earth is surrounded by orbiting space colonies. The colonists are cruelly oppressed by the Earth Alliance, which uses huge humanoid fighting machines called "mobile suits" to control the populace. Behind this tyranny is the secret society called "Oz," which has infiltrated the Alliance military and steered it towards its repressive course. Now, the space colonies are ready to strike back. Five young pilots, equipped with advanced mobile suits called "Gundams," are sent to Earth to wage guerilla war against Oz and its Alliance puppets. The war to decide humanity's destiny begins.
Seong-Yun Han was just a boy when his parents were killed by monsters unleashed during a mysterious calamity called the “Dungeon Break.” Seven years later, Seong-Yun is devastated to find that his grinding efforts to become a Hunter – fierce warriors who seek out and destroy monsters – are entirely in vain, as his fighting attributes have not increased at all. Seong-Yun’s world flips on a dime when he accepts an invitation to join the Tower of Trials, an otherworldly realm where challengers must overcome trials that pit them against monsters and humans alike. (Source: WEBTOON)
Seven years since the rare solar eclipse occurred, Adashino continues to assist those in medical need. After visiting a patient at a beachside home, the tactful doctor notices a shadow resembling a bird. This spontaneous sighting leads Adashino to reminisce about a story Ginko once told him about a Mushi that assumes the same form. Such a revelation, however, may lead to false optimism. (Source: MAL Rewrite)
A cyber-punkish collection of stories revolving around the theme of the "DOLL." 1. **Gum no Iranai Kodomo-tachi** (Keep Those Condoms Away From Our Kids) The tale of boys and girls who have lost their sexual desire. 2. **Rissa no Tetsu no Hitsugi** (The Iron Maiden) The tale of the strain a girl experiences from having grown up in a home without love. 3. **Shuuseki Kairo no Himawari** (The Sunflower Quality Of An Integrated Circuit) Vanilla is a maidroid in the home of an elderly master and his younger wife. The atmosphere in the house is cold and stiff because the wife is having an affair with a younger man. The lonely master comes to look upon Vanilla as his own dear child. He suggests that when the sunflowers bloom, they go outside together to watch them. "Is that a command, sir?" asks Vanilla. "It is not a command," he replies. "It is a promise." And so forms the piercing and painful integrated circuit—the alternating current of intercourse—between a lonely old man and the emotionless Vanilla. 4. **Bara Tessen no Mukougawa** (The Other Side of the Rose Wire) What was the thing a girl like an angel endlessly carried? 5. **Kago no Sakana** (Fish Out of Water) A mermaid is brought out of her dream. 6. **Koubutsu-kun** (Mister Mineral) Inside the body of a cute girl who's just like a doll... are internal organs, and blood, and... 7. **Anata wa Ikiteiru** (Alive) The sad tale of a human and a clone who pass right by each other.
After a freak accident involving some lightning winds up zapping him dead, 15-year-old Mochizuki Touya wakes up to find himself face-to-face with God. “I am afraid to say that I have made a bit of a blunder...” laments the old coot. But all is not lost! God says that he can reincarnate Touya into a world of fantasy, and as a bonus, he gets to bring his smartphone along with! So begins Touya's adventure in a new, anachronistic pseudo-medieval world. Friends! Laughs! Tears! Inexplicable Deus ex Machina! He sets off on a journey full of wonder as he absentmindedly travels from place to place, following whatever goal catches his fancy. The curtains lift on an epic tale of swords, sorcery, and smartphone apps! (Source: J-Novel Club)
Blinded in a freak accident, Kai's vision is restored years later through a corneal transplant. His new eyes, however, can't seem to focus on his family or girlfriend. They are instead drawn to Hizuki, the surgeon who performed the operation. Is it because of the doctor's alluring scent, which Kai finds strangely familiar? Or could it be because the transplanted corneas last belonged to Hizuki's lover...? (Source: DramaQueen)
A virus researcher was reincarnated into another world...as the virus itself? The virus holds incredible power, but it's transmission may just be a matter of life or death! (Source: Kodansha USA)