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The cover art is by the one and only Poyoyon♥Rock! Plus, a lineup of other talented artists bring you the world of Mai-HiME. Filled with laughter and tears, this is a truly satisfying read! Enjoy both illustrations and manga in this magnificent anthology!
85Celebrating his 45th anniversary in 2019, Watase Seizo is a pioneer of color comics in Japan. His urban and stylish stories continues to attract many readers, especially with his masterpiece "Heart Cocktail" (1983-89). Mr. Watase's works, which are comics full of charm in each single image, have a timeless universality that continues to be loved. They have been used in many fashion magazines, book covers, record/CD jackets, corporate advertisements, and calendars. In addition, there have been many promotional works drawn at the request of companies. This book is a collection of rare short stories, including the title story "Heart Cocktail Renaissance" published in 2018, as well as works drawn for corporate tie-ins, all in one place. It will be a unique opportunity for long-time fans to be reunited with fantastic works, and for new readers to be touched by "Watase World" for the first time. (Source: Shogakukan, translated) Included Stories: **Heart Cocktail Renaissance** (ハートカクテル ルネサンス, 2017) **Heart Cocktail Ishinomaki** (ハートカクテル石巻, 2016) **Dolphin People** (ドルフィンピープル, 2004) **Sometimes Happy** (2008-2009) **Tomorrow no Iro** (TOMORROWの色, 2011) **46000-Nichi no Koi** (46000日の恋) **Portugal** (ボーチュガル, 2018) **TWINKLE STORY**
Misaki Aguri is the only girl in the Judo team, and she has a crush on the Captain. One day, one of her friends tells her of an old Chinese magic spell, that if the caster wears the same pajamas as her crush, she will appear in his room! Just slide his picture under your pillow and TADA! However, things don't go exactly as planned... (Source: Shogakukan, translated) *Note: Yuu Watase's debut work.*
In a world where humans and gods coexist, Arata is the unfortunate successor to the matriarchal Hime Clan--unfortunate because if he's not cross-dressing to hide his gender one minute, he's fleeing for his life the next! When Arata winds up in the modern world and switches places with a boy named Arata Hinohara, it's a wonder which Arata's actually better off... Hinohara is the spitting image of Arata, so he suddenly finds himself fighting people after his life! As he navigates through this foreign world filled with power-hungry warriors, who will come to his aid? One thing's for sure--it's not easy being Arata! (Source: VIZ Media) *Note: The first 4 volumes of the Remastered edition follows the story of the first 8 volumes of the original. From volume 5 significant changes are made to the story, causing the two editions to diverge.*
Pairing: Midoriya Izuku x Bakugou Katsuki Anthology of doujinshi from different artists. Website [Pixiv](https://www.pixiv.net/artworks/85712205) Twitter Cover + colour illustrations: Manekineko Comic: Asanuno, Unomaru, KINARI Kanny, Sasabuchi, SATSUKI Fumi, SODA Monaka, Takehara, Chiyaya, Chouko, HAGURE Yanagi, Fujita, mocha, moto, Yazaki, Yuu, Rokuwari, Watase Novel: Umacho, eda, Okitsugu, Touna, 64, YAKAN Hokou Scanlated stories: • *Consummation Communication* by moto • *The First Time* by Unomaru • *Transparent Desire* by Chouko • *First Love* by SODA Monaka
Dark Dash, in short DD, is an ESP power that only shows its true face at night or in the dark. When activated, a certain part of one's skin is turned dark grey. How much and wide it turns into dark grey determines how strong the DD user is. And it appears there are many people who have this DD power. This caused DD users to form a group. There are people who wish to abuse their given power. Sheiha who turns his whole body into dark grey has gathered DDs and built a company that looks like a normal company (STAD; Special Training Association of Dark Dash) from the outside but does killing from the inside. Their job is assassination. STAD also owns a large and famous private school which STAD finds most of its DD users. The main character here is Tenka, the boy in the above image. Tenka has DD power. And Tenka's whole body turns black, which is stronger than dark grey. But he has been hiding this since he had no knowledge of Dark Dash. One day, Dr. Suoh approaches Tenky knowing he is a DD but not knowing he is the most powerful DD ever born. Dr. Suoh is anti-STAD as he is against STAD for murdering people. and there is one more person who is with Dr. Suoh. Her name is Lenong who loves Sheiha and Sheiha also loves her. But Lenong ran from Sheiha as Sheiha once attempted to rape Lenong.
The manga centres on Natsuno, a woman who has the ability to hear music from people. She aspired to be a violin luthier but ended up succeeding her family's Kyoto tea shop when her mother passed away. (Source: Anime News Network)
