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Two young men vow to transform the destiny of Japan, by any means. As children, they survived the horrors of the Cambodian killing fields together. Now, can they topple the leaders of both the Japanese Parliament and the yakuza crime syndicate? Although cold and calculating when need be, Hojo and Asami exemplify the traits their colleagues lack: loyalty to friends, compassion for the downtrodden...and an irresistible way with women. Deputy Police Chief Ishihara sets out to expose their ingenious machinations, but instead falls helplessly in love with Hojo...
One day, a wanderer appears out of the wasteland to bring justice to the guilty and hope to the people—a warrior named Ken, a man who bears seven scars upon his chest and holds the secret of a mysterious martial art known as Hokuto Shinken, the Divine Fist of the North Star! (Source: VIZ Media)
A mysterious man known as "the King of Death" roams the streets of pre-war Shanghai in this action-packed prequel to Fist of the North Star. Shanghai in the 1930s is a dangerous place. Foreign governments and Chinese factions have carved the city into different quarters, each with its own laws and government, and all rife with corruption. As the major powers vie for political control, the streets are left to local gangs. Life is cheap, and death is always near. In days past, one man walked these mean streets battling the forces of evil. He was known only as Yan Wang, "the King of Death." Few knew who he really was, but many knew that he was a master of Hokuto Shinken - Fist of the North Star - a lethal martial art. He disappeared years ago after dispatching the city's worst gangsters, and is now rumored to be in Japan. Various people have come to Japan in search of him, but who will find him first?
A bright-spirited young historical scholar, Iba, disappears while on a lone expedition to study the ancient Silk Road. A year later his girlfriend, Kyoko, sets out for the Silk Road in order to find clues that will help to unravel the mystery of Iba's disappearance. When she arrives, she finds the charm she gave Iba for protection and moments later she is sucked into a black vortex and loses consciousness. Kyoko awakes to find herself in a very different place and discovers that that Iba is not only alive but is a warrior-slave under the reign of Genghis Khan in 13th century Mongolia! At last, when Iba and Kyoko reunite, they find that there are a series of fates, crueler than the ones they have already endured, awaiting them... (Source: Dark Horse)
Yuka Katsuragi, a beautiful TV news reporter, has attracted the affections of a Yakuza thug, Katsuji Yashima, who travels with his brother all the way to Spain to find her, only to have his affections rebuffed by Yuka. A terrible earthquake hits, and Katsuji, his brother, and Yuka, along with four high-schoolers in Spain on a field trip, all fall deep underground. While trapped below the surface, they encounter a mysterious old woman who reveals to them prophecies that the wealthy nation of Japan will meet the same demise as the once-prosperous city of Carthage. Katsuji and the others insult the old woman, who then sends them to see the world of the future with their own eyes, a future of desolation and death... (Source: Dark Horse)
From Ebookjapan: Saburo, a new doctor, met a man in downtown Susukino, Sapporo. Saburo sees the life of a fierce doctor in Tetsuro Kokubu, who has suddenly disappeared after having shown great promise for the future due to his competence at a university hospital. The gekiga contains nine heart-wrenching arcs including "The End of Snow," which depicts the past of Kokubu, who established a small clinic in a backstreet of Shinjuku and is called "Dr. Kumahige" by the residents of the town.
Pretty little Mai Hyodo is a high school freshman who just couldn't look any cuter in her high school "sailor" uniform. But Mai's dream is to restore the Kanto Hyodo Gang, a crime family headed by her late father. And with Tetsu, her father's ex-lieutenant, she's "doing what it takes" to restore the organization to its former standing.
Sanada Yukimura is called the most powerful warrior in history. Oda Nobunaga taught Yukimura about the vastness of the world, Akechi Mitsuhide taught him about the greatness of Nobunaga, and Hashiba Hideyoshi taught him the "taste" of women... but they also taught him about the irreplaceable "youth"...! This is a unique ballad of youth set in the Sengoku period, in which the spirit of Rokubunzen of Sanada in Shinshu runs through the warring world! (Source: Shogakukan, translated)
