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From the mind that brought you I'll comes a story set in a unique world of samurais and man-slayers reminiscent of the Japan of old. One man wanders the land with a deep past, a deep secret, and a "merciful" right hand... (Source: Mangacity)
A collection of surreal, steampunk-inspired short stories. Escapism through music, mechanical dolls, and dragons. Included Stories: 1-3. **Turandot no Renkinjutsushi** (トーランドットの錬金術師) 4-5. **AFTER THE HEAT** 6. **OXID MUSIC** 7-18. **Paradise Dragon** (パラダイスドラゴン)
Long before Kenshiro said, "You're already dead," a different Kenshiro walked the violent streets of Shanghai. The city is in constant crisis as two mafia families battle one another for supremacy. In the crossfire, a little girl named Erika is orphaned and soon taken under the wing of martial artist Liu Fei-Yan. Sorrow seems to follow the girl, as every time Fei-Yan attempts to hand her off, her new guardians end up dead. Fei-Yan decides to bring the girl to a man named Guise but instead crosses paths with powerful Kenshiro Kasumi.
Of Shaman King fame, here's another series by Hiroyuki Takei about a buddha with the 1,000 arms armor. Sennju, an emissary of the buddha Kannon, appears in the human world to find and protect the reincarnation of the buddha Mirokou. The emissary arrives on Earth just in time to save a young girl from being bullied by some rough looking men. Just who is this girl and will she believe that he's a buddha who was sent by Kannon? (Source: MangaCity) **Included one-shots:** Volume 1: Butsu Zone (pilot) Volume 2: Death Zero Volume 3: Itako no Anna
Chie is a girl really anxious about her future and aims for Tokyo University, Kanae is quite a silly girl. One day Kanae decides to buy plenty of lottery tickets, and they hit the first prize! Which means they won 700 millions yens ?! Such a sudden pressure makes Chie unable to concentrate on her exams... Now she's desperate !! With all that money in her pocket she's going to enjoy her life at the fullest ! A money and girls comedy that begins by hitting the jackpot at the lottery !! (Source: Pocket Magazine, translated)
The story of Faust and Eliza's encounter, the brief happiness they find after their illness, and the tragedy that befalls them. What is death? What is life? This is the story of Faust VIII, who kept resisting these questions.
It was 3002, and the human civilization had crumbled and rebuilt itself again and again over the thousand years, despite the destruction and challenge brought by the harsh nature. In this era of constant war against nature and havoc, construction teams were the star of economy system, the conquering force as well as a weapon themselves, because heavy robots were used in construction works to speed up efficiency. Jumbor was the leader of a famous construction team of a little country with a cute princess. One day, as their group was about to start a reconstruction work of a tunnel which was destroyed by an earthquake, a much more powerful construction team arrived and claimed the land in no time, killing Jumbor who tried to protect his teammates against the cruel opponents... Jumbor woke up in 3007, finding himself revived in his own clone body (memory transplanted) which has a physical age of 5 years old, and in addition to that, his body was partly mechanized. His robot arms are linked up to and directly controlled by his brain's signals. He was told that the country had gone and the princess and the king disappeared, and he discovered that his mechanized body is very powerful. He was also told he was 'last of the series'.
Set 25 years after the original series, centered around a 42-year-old Sagawa.
