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Rainbow - Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin
RAINBOW: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin· RAINBOW 二舎六房の七人
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Six minors (16-17 years) answering to the nicknames of Joe, Mario, Suppon, Baremoto, Heitai, and Kyabetsu are put into a reformatory for offenses such as aggravated assault, swindling, flight, etc. Their stay in hell begins immediately. Accommodated by a doctor pedophile, they are placed under the watch of a despotic and brutal crew. Cellmates with a certain Sakuragi (called Anchan), the tension rises between the band of buddies and their new "friend." A brawl breaks out, and our six prisoners are done rossés by the mysterious young man, thanks to his boxing talent. The story will not only follow the lives of these seven characters surviving in their hellish environment, but also their disillusions due to the rejection by the outside world and by their close relations. This is about the extraodinary and invincible friendships between these young men. *Note: Won the 2005 Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general category.*

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The cave beckons. Deep in the rainforest of a southern resort island, where bones of forgotten soldiers abound, another corpse is nothing special. A young couple grieves the death of their young son, but the husband sets out in search of a waterfall said to bring those who see it newfound happiness. The wife is a skeptic, opposed to the trek, but "anything to start afresh," he says, so they try it. Anything... (Source: Kana)

The Tree of Death: Yomotsuhegui
Yomotsuhegui: Shisha no Kuni no Kajitsu· ヨモツヘグイ 死者の国の果実
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Nawa Kanetsugu used to be a police officer, until his wife and child were murdered and he sought revenge by any means necessary. In a new quest for vengeance after he’s released from prison, he discovers that a mortal wound won’t kill him. A confrontation with a mysterious girl shows Nawa that he’s eaten the fruit of Yomotsuhegui, the tree in the realm of the dead, and now he’s an immortal with monstrous powers. The girl is a god of death who wants his help to fight other dangerous immortals, since there may still be a seed of justice in his heart. Will Nawa find his humanity again in saving others from supernatural evil, or will these ghastly powers turn him into a monster? (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

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The end of the civil war signaled the start of the industrial revolution in the United States and immigrants from all over the world traveled to find their American dream. But what awaited the majority of them was poverty, discrimination, and hopelessness. Manhattan, New York was full of immigrants flooding through the ports and the 6th district, Five Points, was considered at the time, the world’s worst slum. The mobsters corrupted the entire area, including the police by paying them off; Five Points was the mob’s territory and they were the law. But even in Five Points, where there seemed to be nothing but robbery, prostitution, and murder, showed some signs of hope. Luke Burns was an honest and righteous teenager who realized that the mob was the cause of the harsh lifestyle and that joining the mobsters would not bring him the American dream. But his older brother, Brad Burns, had become the assassin to the biggest mob group of Five Points, the Grave Diggers, a secret he kept from Luke for his own protection. Brad was known as the Grim Reaper and his reputation preceded him as a ruthless and skilled killer.

Toujuushi
Toujuushi Bestiarius· 闘獣士 ベスティアリウス
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Set in fictional Rome, slaves, criminals, orphans, and monsters fight in the Colosseum. Losing means death. Winning means you live for another day. Fin, a talented gladiator, was raised and trained by the last living wyvern. Yet fate and the emperor are cruel to the two.

Kansen Rettō
Kansen Rettou· 感染列島
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In the year 2011, 3rd of January One day, a doctor name: Matsuoka Tsuyoshi treated one of his patient in the hospital. He thought that his patient only caught a normal flu, nothing serious and only needs some rest, but who knows that the 2nd day, that patient began to have most of his organs fail and die! Later on, more and more other patients and people began to have the same conditions as the 1st patient! The whole japan began to panic and the unknown flu(virus) began to spread to the peoples and tragedy follows!

GeneX
X-Gene· X-GENE
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X-gene is about a few chosen people, whose DNA contains genes from certain unique animals that can turn them into that animal and receive its attributes. What makes this game even more deadly is that they can kill and consume other X-genes?(as they are referred as in the manga) powers and use it for themselves. But they need to hurry, for only one can enter the ark.

Wife of a Spy
Spy no Tsuma· スパイの妻
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Manga adaptation of the movie Spy no Tsuma. Set in 1940, Yusaku (Issey Takahashi) runs a trading company in Kobe, Japan and he he is married to Satoko (Yu Aoi). While on a business trip in Manchuria, Yusaku learns of a horrific national secret. For the sake of justice, he decides to let the whole world know about his discovery. Satoko believes Yusaku, who is now accused of being a traitor. She swears to be with Yusaku no matter the consequences.

Geroi in the Far North
Kyokuhoku no Geroy: 8-gatsu 17-nichi no Kaisen· 極北のゲロイ ~8月17日の開戦~
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Summer, 1945. Shumushu Island, at the northeastern tip of the Kuril Islands, is the front line of the war against the United States. On this far northern island, after the Pacific War was supposed to have ended, an unexpected battle is about to begin. (Source: Gekkan Sunday, translated)