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Dream Gentleman: Twilight Arc
Mugen Shinshi Ouma-hen· 夢幻紳士 逢魔篇
manga

From BookWalker Bizarre monsters attack Mugen Mamiya, who continues to drink at a restaurant on the outskirts of town... A total of 12 volumes of "Majiya Edition Youkai Change" series, including "Temome", which depicts a lovely clairvoyant girl, and "Onmaraki", which saves a man possessed by a woman's obsession. The second work in the new series serialized in "Mystery Magazine" following "Genso-hen"!

Dream Gentleman: Illusion Arc
Mugen Shinshi: Gensou-hen· 夢幻紳士 幻想編
manga

This is the fifth iteration of the Mugen Shinshi franchise. A guardian angel in black saves "me," who has inherited a huge inheritance, from a crisis. This collection contains a total of 12 stories serialized in Mystery Magazine. (Source: Hayakawa Publishing, translated) Included Stories: \- 電波塔 \- 女か虎か \- 木乃伊の恋 \- 瞬きよりも速く \- Shall We Dance? \- 暗くなるまで待って \- 渚にて \- 眠れる森の美女 \- 父、帰る \- 影が行く \- 長いお別れ \- 君の名は *Note: In 2007, volume 1 of Shinsouban Mugen Gaiden clarified the different versions of the story and iterations of the protagonist, Mamiya Mugen. This series was designated "Seinen tantei C version."*

Neo Genma Wars
Shin Genma Taisen· 新幻魔大戦
manga

The second installment in the popular "Genma Taisen" series. Humanity is on the verge of extinction after losing a battle against "Genma," the destroyer of the universe. Princess Beatrice, the leader of the Esper Squadron, plays her last trump card: humanity's only time leaper, Ojiki. She is sent back in time to create more people with supernatural powers and to create a powerful esper squadron that will be ready to defend against the "Phantom Demon" when it strikes. Can the future of mankind be changed? This work is the basis of the novel version that became a huge hit. Ojiki time jumps to Edo in 1639!

The Guin Saga
Guin Saga· グイン・サーガ
novel #940

From Vertical: In a single day and night of fierce fighting, the Archduchy of Mongaul has overrun its elegant neighbor, Parros. The lost priest kingdom's surviving royalty, the young twins Rinda and Remus, hide in a forest in the forbidding wild Marches. There they are saved by a mysterious creature with a man's body and a leopard's head who has just emerged from a deep sleep and only remembers his name. Guin. Was continued under Yu Godai and Yume Yohino after the death of Kaoru Kurimoto in 2009. Vol 130 was her last. The longest single-writer's novel series in the world. The artists: Naoyuki Kato Vol 1-19 Yoshitaka Amano Vol 20-57 Jun Suemi Vol 58-87 Shinobu Tanno Vol 88-147

Genocidal Organ
虐殺器官
novel
#5,489

From Viz: The war on terror exploded, literally, the day Sarajevo was destroyed by a homemade nuclear device. The leading democracies transformed into total surveillance states, and the developing world has drowned under a wave of genocides. The mysterious American John Paul seems to be behind the collapse of the world system, and it’s up to intelligence agent Clavis Shepherd to track John Paul across the wreckage of civilizations, and to find the true heart of darkness—a genocidal organ.

And Then There Were None
Soshite Dare mo Inakunatta· そして誰もいなくなった
manga

Ten men and women of various ages and occupations who have never met each other are invited to this isolated island. However, the unidentified host is nowhere to be seen on the island, and soon, at the dinner table, a mysterious voice is heard exposing the crimes of their pasts... and one by one, they are killed just as the lyrics of the eerie nursery rhyme say. This masterpiece by the "Queen of Mystery" has shocked and terrified over 100 million people around the world, and was also voted the best overseas mystery of all time in Japan. Now it has been fully adapted into a comic! (Source: HayaComic, translated)

Mardock Scramble
マルドゥック・スクランブル
novel
#2,818

From Viz: Why me? It was to be the last thought a young prostitute, Rune-Balot, would ever have...as a human anyway. Taken in by a devious gambler named Shell, she became a slave to his cruel desires and would have been killed by his hand if not for the self-aware All-Purpose Tool (and little yellow mouse) known as Oeufcoque. Now a cyborg, Balot is not only nigh-invulnerable but has the ability to disrupt electrical systems of all sorts. But even these powers may not be enough for Balot to deal with Shell, who offloads his memories to remain above the law, the immense assassin Dimsdale-Boiled, or the neon-noir streets of Mardock City itself. Note: Won Nihon SF Taisho Award in 2003.

Harmony
ハーモニー
novel
#4,127

From Viz: In the future, Utopia has finally been achieved thanks to medical nanotechnology and a powerful ethic of social welfare and mutual consideration. This perfect world isn't that perfect though, and three young girls stand up to totalitarian kindness and super-medicine by attempting suicide via starvation. It doesn't work, but one of the girls, Tuan Kirie, grows up to be a member of the World Health Organization. As a crisis threatens the harmony of the new world, Tuan rediscovers another member of her suicide pact, and together they must help save the planet from itself. Note: Won Seiun Award and Nihon SF Taisho Award in 2009.

Battle Fairy Yukikaze
Sentou Yousei Yukikaze· 戦闘妖精・雪風
novel
#2,185

More than thirty years ago, a super-dimensional passageway suddenly appeared over the continent of Antarctica. Fighters from the mysterious alien force known as JAM poured through the passage, the first wave of an attempted terrestrial invasion. Their ferocity was unquestionable, their aim unknown. Humanity, united by a common enemy, managed to repel the invaders, chasing them back through the passageway to the strange planet nicknamed "Fairy." The task of finishing the battle was given to the newly formed FAF, a combat force created to go to Fairy and eliminate the JAM bases once and for all. Now, in the midst of a war with no end in sight, Second Lieutenant Rei Fukai carries out his missions in the skies over Fairy. Attached to Tactical Combat and Surveillance Unit 3 of the Special Air Force, his duty is to gather information on the enemy and bring it back to base - no matter the human cost. His only constant companion in this lonely task is his fighter plane, the sentient FFR-31 Sylphid, call sign: Yukikaze. Note: Won Seiun Award in 1985 and in 2000.

Nanako S.O.S.
Nanako SOS· ななこSOS
manga

Nanako is a supergirl. She became a friend of Yotsuya and Idabashi, a genius who think all time to money and an otaku. She can fly, has super strength and she is smart and shy. The story unfolds as Nanako encounters a variety of dangerous missions and mysterious events, but her natural sunny disposition helps her through all the incidents as she solves each mystery one after the other. Grotesque and hilarious manga that became an '80 cult.

The Trials and Tribulations of My Next Life as a Noblewoman
Tensei Reijou to Suuki na Jinsei o· 転生令嬢と数奇な人生を
novel
#5,799

Karen is reborn in another world, but she’s entirely ordinary—no powers, no special skills, and no grand mission to accomplish. Fortunately, life is easy as a rich noble. Karen lives the good life until her mother completely forgets everything about her. When it’s discovered that Karen is actually the child of an affair, she’s banished from the family and forced to live on her own as a fourteen-year-old commoner! However, two years later, her family presents her with a chance to rejoin the ranks of the nobility under one condition: she must marry either the elderly, widowed margrave who lives on the frontier, or the dashing soldier who’s seemingly destined for greatness. Which will she choose? *Source: J-Novel Club, Vol. 1*

Last and First Idol
Saigo ni shite saisho no Idol· 最後にして最初のアイドル
novel
#6,878

"Bye-bye, Earth! My idol activities here were so much fun!" 4th Hayakawa SF Contest Special Prize 48th Seiun Award (Japanese Short Story Division) 27th Dark Seiun Award (Guest Division) 16th Sense of Gender Award (Future Idol Award) Last and First Idol earned the first ever special prize in the Hayakawa SF Contest, and the first debut work to win the Seiun Award in 42 years! This existential widescreen yuri baroque proletariat hard sci-fi idol story has carved out a new legend in science fiction history! Also includes Evolution Girls, in which some gacha-expert friends race to find the truth of the universe, and Dark Seiyuu, a brand-new space opera about voice actors! Gengen Kusano’s astounding debut collection!