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PKST has been caught in jail after a heist, and Torazo is the only one that isn't in the prison. Will Peinto, Kuronoa and Sinigami be able to escape safely... (Source: Media Factory, translated)
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A woman's young son is kidnapped and the only clue to his disappearance is a note starting with the words "This is a quiz." What follows is a fast-paced and stylish whodunnit which leads chief investigator Kaoru Kiriko of the Special Investigation Team down a trail of increasingly perplexing riddles that all the while seem to mock the efforts of the police. Street-smart Kaoru may be the kidnapper's intellectual match, but as she gets closer to her mark, she finds herself becoming the hunted rather than the hunter. (Source: TBS)
Matataburris is a girl who retrieves requested items from a polluted sea. People who have extended their lifespans through body mechanization seek her out to recover mementos left behind on the ocean floor. (Source: Harta, translated)
Mary is an orphan who has been blessed with the special ability to copy other people's hair color. As a body double for Leonora, the youngest princess of the Granberg Kingdom, she is subjected to a strict lady's education, and before she knows it, Leonora is dumping most of her work on her. One day, the eldest son of the Marquis, Alberto, is chosen as Leonora's potential fiancé. However, Leonora is dissatisfied with the engagement and orders Mary to find some flaws in Alberto in order to break it off...!? (Source: Kodansha, translated)
The story centers on Hino Mari, a 32-year-old apparel shop worker. Her catchphrase is "It's not my fault," and when she spills coffee on someone on a rush-hour commuter train, she blames them, saying, "You're the one who invaded my personal space," and "You sensed I might get caught, but you didn't move away. That's poor crisis management." Then, at her workplace, Kurata Aoi, a self-blaming woman, appears, always thinking she's to blame whenever trouble arises. Mari, who sees Aoi as her enemy, tries to control her position by believing she's the victim no matter what happens at work, but... (Source: Natalie, translated)
Born in Domrémy in 1412, Joan of Arc heard divine voices asking her to “save France” from English enemies when she was only 13 years old. At the time, the interminable Hundred Years War pitted the two rival kingdoms against each other, plunging the people into disarray. Determined to accomplish her mission, she manages to meet the Dauphin of France a few years later. This decisive moment will allow him to go into battle and lift the siege of Orléans, in order to lead the future King Charles VII to the throne. But Joan of Arc will eventually be captured by the English. Accused of heresy, she died at the age of 19, condemned to the stake. (Source: Nobi-Nobi, translated) *Note: The 10th volume in Poplar Publishing's Comic World Biography (コミック版 世界の伝記) series.*
From Jakarta to Cameroon, from the Iran-Iraq border to Tokyo, the lives of people summoned across time and space from different places, are played out within the fate of a damaged piano called "Valfaart". The story, which flows freely in a series of thought-provoking pauses and intersections of time, is transformed into a dream that the piano has always seen, entrusted to Traumerei... This is the long-awaited third work of Shimada. Look at the amazing secret! (Source: Seirin Kogeisha, translated) *Note: Won the Tezuka Osamu Creative Award in 2008.*
