The protagonist, Oji Yukito, is a 17-year old drug dealer. "I don't know if I can really rap." "I don't have anything to sing about. I don't have anything to… say…" He lost his meth-addicted mother and beloved sister when he was a child, and he was left all alone in the world, except for his best friend, the only one who still believed in him… He is beaten by his boss until he bled, even as he continues to hustle as a drug dealer. What feelings reside in his heart? Highly praised by fellow artists, this is an extreme human drama about people seeking salvation through music. (Source: Shogakukan, translated)

Abused by her family, Noel was almost killed by her older sister, which led to the development of her magical talent and the ability to cast barriers, which saved her from death. To escape her abusive family, she applies for a scholarship to live in a dormitory at a national school, but the skill she demonstrates on the entrance exam, 'putting protectors on eggs', will change her destiny... https://www.cmoa.jp/title/267153/

As the third son of a pauper samurai, Kanzaemon Hoshino is not allowed to have dreams- but dream he did in secret, of becoming the world’s best archer in the Toshiya, also known as the ‘Olympics of the Edo era’. Opportunity soon presents itself when he stops a raging bull in front of the master of the top archery dojo in Japan. Where sons of nobler samurai see an amateur, Master Nagaya sees an unpolished prodigy. (Source: Shogakukan Asia)

Different manga artist across Japan joined in this collaboration of 15 mini stories connected to the anime Escaflowne. Most stories in this are humorus, but some are serious. Escaflowne is about a girl, Hitomi, pulled into another world called Gaia, and there she meets a refugee prince named Van. Together with a legendary armor called Escaflowne, they try to put things to right. (Source: Anime News Network)

This is the second omnibus edition containing separate but similarly-themed sentimental love stories that were very popular in *Betsucomi*, the bible of manga for girls!

"Miss Kagome, my guardian, please come inside." Chant this spell and I, Kagome, will be your guardian.... Shingo was visiting her mother that was hospitalized when he was introduced to an odd lady named Kagome. Kagome claimed to be his guardian. Who is Kagome? Furthermore, what is Kagome?

Our almighty Luu Bu meets his crisis for all life: he is taken to the future world with the appearance of an elementary schoolgirl. *Includes 2 bonus chapters.*

The sound, the smell, the taste, the texture, the temperature, the weight, the pain. A detective who can see things that are not visible to the naked eye, this is the story of Higurashi Tabito's search for love.

Based on anime of the same name. Set in a world where fairies possess and reside within animals, granting them special powers. By surgically removing and transplanting the organs of a possessed animal into a human, humans can partially summon the fairy and use it as a weapon. Eventually, such individuals were used for war, and were called "Fairy Soldiers." After a long war, these soldiers lost their purpose, and had to reintegrate into society. From the government, to the mafia, and even becoming terrorists, each tread their own path. The story begins nine years after the end of the war, and centers on the protagonist Marlya. Marlya is a fresh recruit of "Dorothea," an organization dedicated to the investigation and suppression of fairy-related crimes and incidents. Even in peacetime, the government is still unstable after the war. Many criminals still have lingering wounds from the previous conflict, and there are terrorist groups bent on revenge. This is the story of Fairy Soldiers seeking their own justice in a chaotic postwar world. [ANN]