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Famicom Rocky is basically Rocky the movie, but with old NES-era video games. The series stars an ineloquent brute of a protagonist who has long, extensive training montages so that he can dramatically compete against vaguely imposing rivals who, for narrative purposes, are deluded into thinking they're better at video games than him.
When Taka Sawatari and his mother were heading home after having dinner,they were attacked by a motorcycle gang. They got saved by a mysterious young man. The next day, Sawatari learned that that young man was a professional racer who has the same name first name, Taka Toujou. In a race, Sawatari loses control when entering a curve, nearly killing Toujou. After the event, the two become rivals as they compete against each other with their racing skills.
Lampo, a boy living in a port town on the Evlian Peninsula, meets Yoshino, a girl protected by a robot that fell from the sky while he was fishing. She is a priestess of the Jehuan Kingdom says that she cannot return to the Kingdom of God until she finds out the true intentions of her attendant Taihou, who took her away, but the Kingdom's army arrives on the peninsula to bring Yoshino back.
The Jindai Entertainment Office fights against skeletal beasts that are harmful to mankind. Aoharu Kubota, who works there, is unintentionally involved in the battle against the monsters, but he has a secret that even he does not know...
In a world haunted by dangerous supernatural forces, there are still some problems you can't solve no matter how much spiritual power you have. And a good thing too--because phony exorcist Reigen Arataka doesn't have any! But that's never stopped Reigen from running a ghostbusting business...and his new part-time office assistant is none other than Tome Kurata, a girl obsesssed with the strange and unxplained--and the schoolmate of Reigen's protégé, Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama. Yet whereas Mob's incredible psychic strength resolved many a case for Reigen, Tome is as powerless as her boss! Or so she may think at first...but if there's one thing a master scam artist knows how to teach, it's the power of confidence and belief! (Source: Dark Horse)
**In this charming tale, a woman gets transported to a fantasy world and pursues her own quest: opening a book café!** Tsukina is a single, thirty-something office worker whose favorite thing is curling up with a good book. When a god tells her that she must go to another world to become its magical savior, Tsukina isn’t interested. She has zero desire to go on some grand hero’s journey. So when she arrives in this strange new land, she decides to use her magical powers to create a cozy little book café instead. Her first customer is a handsome soldier who loves reading almost as much as she does. But when a fellow “savior” starts causing trouble, Tsukina might have to play the hero after all! *Source: Seven Seas Entertainment, Vol. 1*
A "best of" collection of creepy tales from Eisner award winner and legendary horror master Junji Ito. This ultimate collection presents the most remarkable short works of Junji Ito’s career, featuring an adaptation of Rampo Edogawa’s classic horror story "Human Chair" and fan favorite "The Enigma of Amigara Fault." In a deluxe presentation with special color pages and color illustrations from his most recent long-form manga No Longer Human, every page invites readers to revel in a world of terror. Contains: 1. Okuman Bocchi (Billions Alone) 2. Ningen Isu (The Human Chair) \[Story: Edogawa Ranpo\] 3. Kono Yo no Hoka no Koi (An Unearthly Love) \[Story: Edogawa Ranpo\] 4. Mouten no Venus (Venus in the Blind Spot) 5. Name Onna (The Licking Woman) 6. Umezu-sensei to Watashi (Master Umezz and Me) 7. Miirareta Kirida Kyouju (How Love Came to Professor Kirida) 8. Ashura no Dansou no Kai (The Enigma of Amigara Fault) 9. Daikokubashira Hiwa (The Sad Tale of the Principal Post) 10. Wasuregatami (Keepsake) (Source: VIZ Media)
Forever Haunted A boy sits in a room. Alone. Telling tales of horror. One by one. Night by night. The shadows breed terror. Shall we begin? One day, an elementary school child named Yuuma tries to jump out of his classroom window. His classmate Hina stops him and, in a bid to stall for time, asks him, “Do you know the round of a hundred ghost stories?” Hina tells Yuuma about a ritual where, if you tell a hundred ghost stories, you’ll see ghosts afterward. Learning this gives Yuuma a new lease on life. Chapter by chapter, he shares ghost stories with the reader, slowly but surely inching his way toward one hundred… (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
Wisteria is an orphan girl living in a corner of the British Empire at the end of the 19th century. Her life is desolate and bleak–until she encounters Malbus, a powerful but equally lonely immortal being with a furry appearance, hounded by hunters. Together, Wisteria and Malbus roam the Empire–populated by humans and human-like beasts–in search of a place where they can live together in peace. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
Hikigaya Hachiman is a high school boy with twisted character. He prefers to go against the trend and refuses to make friends with anybody. In order to get Hachiman back the right track, his school teacher Hiratsuka Shizuka forces him to enter 'Public Service Club'. There he meets other problematic students. *Includes volumes 6.5, 7.5, 10.5, and 14.5.*