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Day after day, Tokiwagi Towa spends all of his time toiling at his part-time job. His life was far from fulfilling. One day, by a strange coincidence, he gets involved with Wakamiya Rin, a beauty who was the most popular girl in his school. They weren’t supposed to have anything to do with each other. And yet, this is how these two people gradually come to a compromise with each other’s differences.
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Betting his youth on a bloodcurdling manga apprenticeship! Ichitaro Hata, the main character, started working as an assistant for a popular mangaka, and met Sosuke Otani, an unparalleled mangaka. Impressed by Otani's description of "A Man's Promise" Ichitaro became his apprentice and began training in the art of manga...! This is the first volume of the "record of the soul" of the young man who supported the dawn of "Weekly Shonen Jump" and who continued to pursue the "Man's Promise" in his works and in his life!
*Note: Serialized as Hirahira-kun Seishun Taiko, and published as a book titled Hirahira-kun Seishun Nikki by Kodama Shuppan.*
The village where her best friend disappeared is a land ruled by terrifying "dolls." One day, her best friend Chiyo suddenly disappears. In order to find her, Mocha goes alone to the "doll village" where she was taken. However, the village is locked up tight, and no one knows where Chiyo is. The village is overflowing with "dolls," and a horrifying custom still remains... This is a suspenseful horror story of desperation, set in modern-day rural Japan! (Source: Magazine Edge, translated)
This series redraws the period of the life of the actress/singer/idol Aya Ueto up to the point when the movie Azumi is realized.
American football player, Taka Yuhino, aspires to become a superstar in the NFL, the professional football league in the United States. In order to train himself further, he travels to the United States where he meets his childhood coach, Bob McKenzie! On the way there, he meets the members of the U.S. football team. Confronted by their condescending attitude, Taka challenges them to a game...? Won the 2nd Kodansha Manga Award for Shounen in 1978.
The manga is set in a fantasy world where the Church of Light and the Church of Darkness have waged an unending thousand-year war, though the Church of Light seems to finally be losing. In desperation, the Church of Light magically summons a hero to their side. Though powerful, the hero is burdened with a terrible destiny: that she will die in nine days. Now the hero and her companion priestess go on their short journey as the last hope of the Church of Light. (Source: Anime News Network)
