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A metaphorical depiction of Japan's apprehension concerning the advance of western culture in the country during the period preceding the Meiji Era. Historical figures and psychedelic experiences are on the menu.
I am the strong-willed Earl’s daughter, Yulias, who loves making money and loathes the thought of losing any due to my spirit of enterprise. I knew my fiancé was a person with a bad head but I never thought that it was to that extent. If you plan to annul our engagement, I will gladly receive the consolation money for it. Let’s annul the engagement.
*Based off of the Maken X video game for the Dreamcast.* Due to an accident at her father's scientific research institute, Kay, an ordinary teenager, is forced to become the owner of "Machina," a strange shaped sword with the power to capture human souls. Kay now fights against freakish fiends in a world of "Images," a horrible place formed by the each character's imagination. In this world of "Images," values are confused: enemies become friends, good becomes evil, and vice-versa. Kay must continue her battle in a place called "5 Minutes into the Future." (Source: Anime News Network)
Mera Eriko is a normal high school student who was bitten by a strange insect while playing in the forest. The insect planted an embryo in the back of her neck, trying to make her their host mother. Not long after, Meira developed the ability to communicate with the insects. One night when studying in the library, she was sexually assaulted by the librarian. Calling out for help, the insects swarmed her attacker and ate him alive. The police arrives and begins to question Mera. Slowly, the insects begin to infect the other students as well.....
Sixth grade. The rather timid boy Junki winds up changing schools and hasn't quite found his place. The search for his missing cat leads him straight to Eto, a deliquent boy in his class. Eto himself is something of a mystery: he seems to live on the streets, looking forward to each day as a new adventure. This is the story of two very different boys as they experience, overcome, and rejoice in "life" as it occurs -- from the cruelties of the world to the simple beauty of nature. The 2017 reprint contains an extra side story not in the original print. Additionally, there are two other side stories printed in the author's short story collection Henkyo de.
A collection of four stories from Chinese folklore. Three of them (A Mercy Destiny, The Madman of the Flowers. and The Origin of Love) have the same characters that appeared in Hana no Koe: Dai-Chun, Song Gui-Xiang, and Ru-Chun in the Tang Dynasty. Dai-Chun and Song try to help their friends to solve their problems of vanity, pride, egoism, and envy, but Song's naivete complicates the situation.
Once an OL (Office Lady) around 30 and born with memories of her past life, when Tsubaki was around 4 years old, from the words of her half-sister who she also thought held memories of her past life, she recalled that this world was from an otome game. In the game, the half-sister born from a lover was the heroine, and she was the villainess noble girl who tormented her. Furthermore, the END always concluded with a suicide. But in this world, there were a lot of differences in the setting. Thinking that she might be able to save her mother who commits suicide, it’s a story where she does her best in protecting her mother and the main capture target character, her cousin from her half-sister’s devil like clutches. *Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.*
A tale of human emotion set in the Edo period, centered around Yukinari, an executioner, and the people around him. In this era, most criminals faced execution. One day, Saichiro, the son of a town doctor, witnesses Yukinari executing a criminal. Later, Saichiro sees Yukinari ignoring the pleas of the criminal's family. Yukinari, who seems to regard people as mere objects, responds to Saichiro's inquiry about why he won't listen to the family by saying, "I merely execute the sentence." Saichiro was dissatisfied with the answer, but then something happened... The story of a man who kills and lives unfolds. (Source: Natalie, translated)
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I was reborn as the heroine of a shoujo manga I had read in my previous life. Yay! That’s not it! Out of everyone, I was reborn as the heroine that I hated. I don’t want to be that girl, I don’t want to stick to men that like such a girl either! In preparation for the high school entrance ceremony, I decided. I will completely avoid the hero and make the rival character and the hero stick together. Since the high school entrance ceremony, I stealthily watched over the hero and the rival character from the shadows and saw them grinning and getting along with each other. Even though I was just gazing at them, I somehow became acquaintances with the rival character and am having tea with them right now.
A zany, surrealistic perversion of Edo-period travel literature, *Yajikita in Deep* was adapted into a film in 2004. **Note:** Won the 2001 Tezuka Osamu Award for Excellence.