The basic plot is that an orphan girl named Midori is taken in (read: enslaved) by a traveling freak show. The freak show includes such unsavory characters as a mummyman, a snake woman, and a drooling man with no limbs. The owner of the freak show, the eponymous Mr. Arashi, is a strict man who allows his freaks very little freedom or joy in life. He is especially cruel to Midori, our heroine. Midori works, not as a freak since she is normal, but as a sort of caretaker of the freaks. (Source: everything2)
The Cosmic Era. Coordinators, born through genetic modification and Naturals, who are born naturally. Both experienced two great wars. People devoted themselves to fighting for things they believed in and things they should protect. Fighting gives birth to hatred and hatred in turn gives birth to sorrow. The battlefield swallows the fate of the soldiers and turned into the gravestone to an invisible future. Although a transient piece arrived in the end, the scars of war run deep. Yet in such a world, there were those who walked a path they strongly believed. Engineers giving their lives and roles to that which was discarded and destroyed: Junkers. Those who fight for those without power: Mercenaries. Those who convey the truth to the people: Journalists. Even if they deviate from the noble path, they will follow a path they believe in according to their own beliefs... Astray.
An evil organization of androids called Numbers is threatening to take over the world! Luckily, a top secret defense force of specially trained operatives called MAPPO (Monster Attack Professional & Pacific Organization) is there to stop them. So what happens when a MAPPO agent in high school gets a new classmate that's a wacky-looking Number? (Source: VIZ Media) **Included one-shots**: Volume 4: Saishuu Heiki Kon-chan Volume 5: Shimatsuya K
Yoshitoshi Heion, 15 years old, average guy, finally begin his high school life. He hadn't been part of any club activities during all his school life. But he meets Rina Fujimoto at his new school and she seems to want to be part of the wind orchestra. Problem: It has been disbanded last year. How will it turn out ?
A tumultuous gale storm, a gym battle between Pokémon, encounters with various animals and creatures, an exciting quest down into the depths of a sealed maze, thus heightening the thrills Ash and his friends experience during their trip into the unexpected! Will Ash and his buddies brave all danger and make it out alive? Read all about it in this comic book adaptation of the popular anime series. It’s red-hot!! (Source: Chuang-Yi)
An ancient seal has been broken, sending a flood of demons into the mortal realm. Hizuru Oborozuki and Takuya Hijou, descendants of the great savior who banished the demons in the past, must fight the evil spirits using their mystical powers. In order to give the world a fighting chance, Takuya uses his music to transform Hizuru into a beautiful warrior. Some things are worth fighting for, but is the Earth one of them? (Source: TOKYOPOP)
In the mid 21st century, human civilization is in dire straits. Gene technology had found a huge market, and due to huge profits, research had accelerated accordingly. An “immortality” gene no longer seemed like a mere dream. However, a sample of this gene was accidentally mixed with a biohazard, creating a new life-form. “They” also took in genetic materials from the natural world, evolving into an enemy that has invaded the human world. The “Shahel” are now a force capable of defeating human military forces, and at this point in time both the North and South American continents have fallen under their control. The USA, among others, no longer exists on the map. In Japan, the government has created and is working on improving a “samurai” unit to oppose the Shahel, utilizing soldiers enhanced with nano-machines to connect with an armored exoskeleton. It is at this point that Tsukahara Takemichi is assigned to the 1st platoon at the “Place of the Samurai.”
Totsuka Yukikazu is an ordinary high school boy with ordinary high school worries. His life is turned upside down when he and his class are transported to another universe. In this new universe Yukikazu’s classmates are hailed as heroes, while Yukikazu is inspired to follow a different path: starting from the bottom as a lowly military recruit. Can he climb the ranks, survive life as a soldier, and find out the truth behind this mysterious summoning? *Source: Mangamo*
Absolute power corrupts in all ages and all administrations. This is a never-ending truth. The iron fist of graft in the velvet glove of government-run enterprise continues to expand the power of money-mad politicians and bureaucrats who abuse their authority, deceive the citizens, and line their pockets with financial kickbacks. The newly established Government Crime Investigation Agency (GCIA) vows to prosecute political corruption and uproot the evil that police and the courts have failed to find. The man given the ultimate authority to lead a cavalry against political corruption is government crime investigation agent Zaizen Joutarou!
An empire falling to ruin: The Kio Empire. Living in that empire, is an overweight 5-year-old abandoned by his parents, Prince Ageha. Ageha has memories from a previous life of him living as a Japanese man in another world. He then encounters his younger half-brother, Regulus. Ageha had a vision that Regulus will kill him in the future over inheritance, so Ageha sets out to raise him after Regulus's mother passed. Once the sparkling and fluffy-haired Regulus cozied up to Ageha, He turned into a doting older brother before he even realized! Enjoy a fantasy story of young brothers managing their kingdom, sometimes involving the gods, as they reform it step by step to bring a better land to the next generation! (Source: MangaPlaza)
This is the story of Hayamizu Akira, a rich girl with society connections, a planned out future, and she hates it. She wants nothing to do with the snobs in her mother's life. One day when running away from one of her mother's "events" she accidentally falls in with a gambler on the run from a loan shark. They wind up at the local speedboat race, where he wins enough money to pay off his creditors. But what Akira notices is that the winner of the exciting race is a woman, and she decides right there and then that this is what she wants to do. Can she escape her mother's clutches and pursue her dreams to become a pro speedboat racer?
Third-grader Shota Aikawa's pet beetle evolves from a larva to a pupa to a superhot human! The wacky adventures of the Aikawa family and the fabulous beetle who would be king now begins! You're gonna LARVA this new comedy manga! (Source: MANGA Plus) **Included one-shot:** Volume 2: Shinrin Shuugosha Moriking

