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Except for her red hair, Yoko Nakajima is a typical, obedient Japanese high-school student. Her life is fairly ordinary—that is, until Keiki, a unicorn in the guise of a young blond-haired boy, tells her that she is his master and must return to their kingdom. When the boy mysteriously vanishes, Yoko is left alone, confused, and wandering through a foreign land with nothing to help protect her save a magic sword and a magic stone. When Keiki suddenly appears at Yoko’s school, little does she realize that her life is about to change. Lost in a strange land--without a map—and demons on her trail, Yoko begins her quest for both survival and self-discovery. (Source: TOKYOPOP)
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Lady of Pharis is a tale that delves deeply into the history of this magical island and introduces a whole new cast of characters including Flaus, a beautiful and savage warrior fire maiden, Bled, a soldier for hire, and Wort, a Pharis priest. When an evil duke uses black magic to unleash a demonic vampire spirit, the tenuous balance between good and evil that prevailed in Lodoss after the War of the Gods is disrupted. The stage is set for a conflict that will embroil the ancient kingdoms of Moss and Valis in a desperate battle with the Demon Lord, and Flaus and her companions join forces with the legendary King Gahn, the Warrior Order of Pharis priests, and a beautiful and mysterious woman warrior to defeat the evil that threatens to overwhelm all of Lodoss.
Naruse Osamu is a top reporter for the Tokyo Times. He’s hardly had a day off in years, so when his free time is interrupted while on a visit home, he is not surprised. Osamu is sent to investigate an abandoned seaplane called the Shirase. The Shirase was the plane used in an expedition to find a lost land that scientists believed to exist. Naruse’s investigation takes him across the world, and into the Lost Continent. He will return with proof, for no one will believe him otherwise.
On the outskirts of Neo-Hong Kong lies a mysterious Chinese-style garden. Legend has it that anyone who looks upon the fairy of the garden will die before the night is out. Five years ago, Douglas Pyke was charged with discovering the true nature of this fairy, but when he accidentally killed a woman in the line of duty, he left the police force forever. Now, a cabbie and sometime private eye, he is asked to find a missing scientist and confront the mysteries of the garden once more.
A thousand years before Christ, the last king of an ancient dynasty had to sacrifice his own life and that of his friends and allies to seal away a demon fox causing chaos in his land and driving people to despair. During the Heian period that golden-haired nine-tailed vixen, known as Daji in China and Kayo in India, whose malign influence led to the dramatic downfall of the governments, reappeared in Japan... In Kyoto, a misfortune befalls Mikuzu's family after the head of the household nearly shoots a fox with an arrow. Now Mikuzu, a daughter of a ronin, with a help of her neighbour and a childhood friend Onioumaru, is looking for a way to cure her gravely ill father. Once the demon fox abducts Mikuzu, meaning to recommence her misadventures in a new incarnation, the battle to save the girl and to restore the seal begins.
After a year of depending on her ministers to govern the kingdom of Kei, Yoko follows Keiki's advice and descends the mountain to live among her people, eager to learn how to be a better leader from the village’s wise-man, Enho. However, when Enho is kidnapped, Yoko finds herself thrust into an all-out war between the kingdoms. Friendships and alliances are put to the test during the Battle of Wa Province. Can Yoko summon the strength to take up her responsibilities as king? (Source: TOKYOPOP)
Born in Japan and raised as a human, Taiki is overwhelmed when he's brought back to the kingdom of Tai, where he's told he's a kirin. With little knowledge or guidance, he must trust his latent instincts to choose a king for the Kingdom of Tai from among dozens of men and women who seek the position. Will the frustrated Taiki, who can't even figure out how to transform into animal form, make the right choice? And more important, will he discover the kirin that lives within? (Source: TOKYOPOP)
When only an eggfruit, the kirin of the En Kingdom, Rokuta, was transported to Japan for his own protection. But he was abandoned soon after birth by his surrogate parents, left to fend for himself in the mountains. It just so happened that at the same time, a young boy in the En Kingdom named Koya was also abandoned by his own parents, after which he was raised by demon beasts. Their similar circumstances aren't the only thing to bind these two boys, though. Twenty years after their abandonment, their destinies intersect, with potentially disaster consequences for the En Kingdom. (Source: TOKYOPOP)
From SevenSeas: When high school student Youko Nakajima is approached by an enigmatic, blonde-haired stranger named Keiki, her life is turned upside down. Whisked away into the perilous world of the Twelve Kingdoms. A realm teeming with mythical beasts, ancient prophecies, and political intrigue. Youko finds herself alone and hunted. With danger at every corner, she must fight to survive, all while grappling with shocking revelations about her true identity that could shatter everything she thought she knew.
Twenty-seven years have passed since the previous king died in Kyo-kuni. Without a king, public order has broken down, and demons roam the land. Concerned about the deepening chaos in the country, a 12-year-old girl named Shujo makes a fateful decision. If the adults lack courage, then I shall be king! (Source: Shinchosha, translated)