The first selection (English edition) from Japanese independent alternative comic magazine «USCA». The contributors are young and energetic cartoonists, NISHIMURA Tsuchika, SINZO Keigo, MIYAZAKI Natsujikei, TANIGUCHI Natsuko, HIRANO Ryo, and diverse artists, MOTO Hideyasu, BRIDGE SHIP HOUSE, Zajirogh, SANUKI Naoya, error403, KAMODA Jun, Skirt,NATSUME Tomoyuki, etc. USCA presents you 15 not mainstream but artistic Japanese comics today. Contents: NISHIMURA Tsuchika 西村ツチカ "The Woman Who Planted Flowers" SHINZO Keigo 真造圭伍 "Me & My Brother - One Summer" MIYAZAKI Natsujikei 宮崎夏次系 "Lunch Time" TANIGUCHI Natsuko 谷口菜津子 "I Love You To DEATH, Takada-kun" MOTO Hideyasu 本秀康 "Birthday Party"（太田出版刊『本秀康の描く4ページ』より「息子の誕生パーティ」をリライト） BRIDGE SHIP HOUSE "meter" Zajirogh 座二郎 "A NIGHT BEFORE WEDDING" KASABE Tetsu 笠辺哲 "Hawaii" KATSUHIKA Keita かつしかけいた "Town Trail" HIRANO Ryo ひらのりょう "Password" SANUKI Naoya サヌキナオヤ "Sweat Dreams" Yoshie 嘉江 "Ubasute" OOTA Motoyuki 太田基之 "effect" KAMODA Jun 鴨田潤 "BGM:Jelly Fish" error403 "MacroMesoMicro"

"From today onwards, I'm your brother!" -- A sudden event happened when Myouou, a cool high school student, was tightly wrapped in the arms of a charming prince-like man! It turns out that this man, Yukiya used to stay around his neighborhood. Yukiya is 2 years Myouou's senior. Because of their parents' remarriage, Myouou became brothers with Yukiya. Myouou used to admire Yukiya as a big brother but Yukiya became a frivolous and empty-headed person. What surprised Myouou most is that Yukiya kept up his sexual harrassment in the name of love! Yukiya even used his ways and means to transfer into Myouou's class. Just like that, the love attack from Yukiya continues day and night. How will the relationship between the Prince of Rampage & Haughty Depressed Boy turn out? From Renta!: Akio, who's not the friendliest high schooler, finds himself in the arms of another guy! The guy turns out to be Yukiya, an older friend from Akio's childhood who used to live nearby. Yukiya and Akio are now stepbrothers after their parents got remarried! This is a naughty love story with lots of previously unpublished material.

When Shiho Nishina got worried about her sex life with her husband, her husband proposed to her, "Why don't we go to a couple exchange party?" At first Shiho strongly turned down the idea, but eventually, she gave in because her husband was very persuasive. "We're just going to observe, okay?" Shiho said as she reluctantly agreed to it. Meanwhile, a former diplomat Mr. Kubozuka ran a couple exchange club, "Aquarium," with his wife in their house. At first, Shiho was being very cautious, but gradually, she got attracted to Mr. and Mrs. Kubozuka's charm and finally agreed to exchange couples with them. It seemed that their sex problem had disappeard and they had found happiness, but as it turned out, that was just the beginning of their nightmare... [Official English Translation](https://coolmic.me/titles/695)

A woman new to the world of acting keeps playing all these minor roles--just trying to and carve out her place in acting world. When the most handsome actor in her acting agency, who is currently dominating the acting world with his refreshing and prince-like attitude, offers to help her make a break in the industry. Though he seems like a prince, behind close doors, he's extremely sadistic. One day they land roles playing lovers. But she has a secret, she's actually completely "inexperienced"...?! When shock begins to set in--she would have to act out scenes she's never actually experienced before?! That's when he teases her, "Before you have to play the part, why don't I 'teach' you it all first." While he looks at her with such smoldering and kind eyes, he also looks downs on her and teases her at every turn sending her heart all over the place! **Official Translations:** English ([Coolmic](https://coolmic.me/titles/3354), [Renta](https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/147857)), [Korean](https://page.kakao.com/content/65853879)

Compilation Edition containing various Ishinomori's work: 1. Kamen Rider Amazon (1974) 2. E konte Manga Kamen Raida (1979) 3. Kimiwa Kamen Raida o Mitaka? (1986)

Forty-five of Japan’s leading manga artists illustrate Star Wars! Explore the galaxy through the beautiful artwork of 45 outstanding Japanese manga artists and illustrators, including Akira Himekawa, Kamome Shirahama, and Taiyo Matsumoto. Celebrating the universal appeal of these iconic characters and their timeless stories, this collection presents each artist’s unique tribute to the Star Wars universe and is a must-have for fans of Star Wars and manga alike!

Musica Nostra is a collaborative work where various mangaka draw and/ or write about music and bands that inspire them, published in the Grand Jump. It includes Urasawa's musings about guitarists and playing guitar; his traveling to Sunset Sound in Los Angeles to record a song with Mike Viola and Jim Keltner, the latter of which sends a picture of Urasawa's The Beatles manga to Ringo Starr, and why their performance is credited to "Monaka"; Urasawa seeing Neil Young and Paul McCartney perform at Desert Trip; his meeting with Jack Oliver and depicting how the English record executive started working at Apple Records. *Note: this manga includes written chapters and drawn chapters, and never got a total volume release. This entry includes only the manga chapters.*

"Now, bridal candidates, let's start out bachelorette competition!" The battle for the right to marry death row inmate Akamitsu Onisakaki begins...! [Official English Translation](https://coolmic.me/titles/673)

I, Lesedi, have been reincarnated in the comic book world of “Diamond Hope”. I’m the villainess of this world, and I was dumped by my fiance… Before I get kicked out of my mansion, I used my knowledge from my previous life to save money, and plan to enjoy this world to the fullest! Or so I thought. My father threatened to put me in a convent if I don’t get married!! I tried my hardest to find a partner, but no one wants a lady who’s been tossed to the side by her fiance… But one day, I heard a voice at a garden party. “Help me!!” A-a-a tanuki?! *Source: MangaPlaza*

Hiyoshi is a boy from a humble family, the son of a samurai turned farmer. Small and ugly, everyone knows him as “Monkey Face”, being a constant object of jokes and ridicule. But behind his wrinkled face, Hiyoshi hides great virtues: he is a tenacious, intelligent, tremendously persuasive boy, in addition to possessing unusual impudence and ambition. Armed only with his bare hands, Hiyoshi sets out to make his way into the intricate world of warlords. Based on the real life of Hideyoshi Toyotomi (1537-1598), a key figure in Japanese history, Taiko takes the reader on an exciting journey through feudal Japan, immersing them in a frenetic parade of epic deeds, battles and military expeditions. It's set at the end of the 16th century, the last years of Sengoku, a time of bloody and long civil wars, and describes a decisive time, in which Japan was pacified. A feat carried out by the three great daimyos or feudal lords, known as the unifiers of the country. The charismatic but brutal Nobunaga, the cunning and intelligent Hideyoshi and the patient and mature Tokugawa.