Manga Niku features individual stories drawn by 23 manga creators. (Source: Anime News Network)

Two childhood friends in their first-year of university formed a band together. But even as the school festival concert date approaches, they're still looking for a singer. That was when they heard a jingle coming from a passing bread truck and fell in love with the sound of that voice… (Source: TongLi, translated)

*Note: Includes four extra chapters.*

Luka is bullied at school because of his background. The only friend he has is Ian, his dorm roommate. Each time Ian steps in to help, Luka can’t help feeling helpless. One Monday, he skips class and sneaks into an abandoned library, only to find someone already there. The boy introduces himself as Oliver and soon becomes someone who truly understands him. But there's one problem, Luka is the only one who can see him... (Source: LEED Publishing, translated) *Note: Includes one extra chapter.*

An anthology of Sansha Sanyou by various mangaka.

The young girl Wisteria has sacrificed her eyesight in order to compensate for entering into a contract to live with the immortal demon Malbus. During a journey to find Malbus' former breathren, they come across a forest garden: the place where Malbus' former contractant Ofelia devoted her life to researching the "Rose of Hope". She once said, "After I've died, I want you to see the rose bloom with your own eyes." But the garden she left behind has been mercilessly laid to waste, and there's nothing left to see...? So in order to fulfill Malbus' old contract, they proceed deeper into the forest to confront the source of the destruction... Source: Shogakukan

Collection of stories based on the theme of "tears". Cover illustration: Kuz Kuroda 1. **Kaerazu no natsu** (還らずの夏) by Makine Kureta {血涙 - Tears of Blood} 2. **Kokoro Drops** (こころドロップス) by Asu {共涙 - Common Tears ?} 3. (悪癖ホスピタリズム) by Tokico Kirishiki {催涙 - Tears Catalyst ?} 4. **Akuheki Hospitalism** (オオカミの嘘とワニの罠) by ko {空涙 - Crocodile Tears } 5. **Himitsu no shizuku** (ひみつの雫) by Hatoji Erisaki {暗涙 - Silent Tears} 6. **Namida-iro prologue** (涙色プロローグ) by Amaretto {諸涙 - Numerous Tears} 7. **Haru to umi** (春と海) by Mokoto {鼻涙 - Nose Tears} 8. **Full with you** by Tadano {感涙 - Tears of Gratitude}

A prequel to the 2011 video game El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron. Enoch, freshly summoned from Earth by God to serve as a clerk in Heaven, is thrust into a world where not everything is what it seems. A conspiracy is brewing in Heaven, and the only one on his side is an angel by the name of Lucifel...

Isurugi Takuma lives in the Meiji Era as a police officer, protecting the lives of citizens. He works hard at his duties in the new era, but his heart is always with Mogami Reijirou, whom he met on the battlefield at the end of the Edo Era. Unable to forget the turbulent times and his longing for the sword, Takuma, upon reuniting with Reijirou, once again heads into deadly battle as part of the Drawn Sword Squad. Thus begins a youthful drama of cutting through the Meiji Era with a sword!

The manga is set in the year 2018, and begins with the "Helltopia Incident," the worst terrorist attack in Japanese history. The perpetrators are evil cyborgs with abilities that far surpass those of normal humans. A normal high school student named Tsunehiko Kamijō gets involved in the incident.