A collection of one-shots by Lun Lun Yamamoto, all done for *Flowers*, filled with bittersweetness and charm. - **Between Us** (ないしょの話, Naisho no Hanashi) - **Miss Schwartz is in Despair** (ミス・シュワルツは絶望している, Miss Schwartz wa Zetsubou Shiteiru): An older woman who isolates herself from others gets a new perspective on things when she meets the town alien. - **Future Prescription** (未来処方箋, Mirai Shohousen) - **My Rose-Colored World** (ぼくのばら色の世界, Boku no Bara-iro no Sekai) - **Cynthia** (シンシア) - **Sky-Blue Lily** (空色のリリィ, Sorairo no Lily) Placed 16th on Kono Manga Sugoi! in 2014.
In a world that's heading towards its end, Shirou, a scientist whose sole purpose in life is to create butterflies that can purify the world, encountered a male humanoid called Kuroe. What is Kuroe's real identity? Why does he proclaim in wanting to meet Shirou? This is an eternal love story that was born at the end of the world.
Kaka, an unusually strong girl with a talent for combat, sees it has her duty to protect and assist her caretaker and master Genjou-sama, a kind but frail young priest who nearly died saving her from a tiger. When poisoned water threatens to destroy their village, Genjou-sama leaves for the capital to find a solution. In his absence, demons burn down their formerly peaceful village and transform the villagers placed under Kaka's care into monkeys. Kaka flees in a desperate attempt to find Genjou-sama, only to find a haughty powerful spirit is now using his body as a vessel! She learns that the human Emperor has been secretly replaced by the evil Demon King, and that this spirit has come back for one simple purpose: to restore order. The contact he offers is simple. If she accompanies him on his journey to the capital and all goes according to plan, the spirit will give Genjou-sama back, relinquishing the priest's body and retrieving his soul from the underworld. Will Kaka take the risk?
Narumi Detective Agency is where the people of old Japan go to for mysterious and supernatural cases. But Narumi is just the face of the operation and the real hero is Kuzunoha Raido, the devil summoner. As a devil summoner, Raido can call upon many different demons to assist him in solving cases that deal with other demons causing harm in the human world. Lately, there have been a surge of cases and a powerful summoner seems to be behind all the incidents. Is the Narumi-Raido combo strong enough to overcome the demon force more powerful than anything they have experienced before? > Part of the Megami Tensei series ( https://mangadex.org/quick_search/shin%20megami%20tensei )
The story is about a girl name Rindou Runa, she's quite lame in real life. She loves to day dream most of the time and lives in a boarding school. Runa tends to be a klutz which ends up with Runa having to get help from her best friend to overcome the parodies. However, one day, a girl and a boy appear and snatch her bracelet. The bracelet once belonged to her mother and was passed down to her. The bracelet acts as an amulet, making it valuable. Thus, Runa decides to run away with the amulet. In the end, the girl and boy transform into a cat and an owl, what is happening in Runa's life and why did the girl-boy pair transform into animals...?
What if all the nursery rhymes you heard as a child were real - and more importantly, what if they were all out to kill you?
“O, Hero!” With that cliched line, Kazuya Souma found himself summoned to another world and his adventure–-did not begin. After he presents his plan to strengthen the country economically and militarily, the king cedes the throne to him and Souma finds himself saddled with ruling the nation! What’s more, he’s betrothed to the king’s daughter now…?! In order to get the country back on its feet, Souma calls the wise, the talented, and the gifted to his side. Five people gather before the newly crowned Souma. Just what are the many talents and abilities they possess…?! What path will his outlook as a realist take Souma and the people of his country down? A revolutionary transferred-to-another-world administrative fantasy series starts here!
The Indigo League: the ultimate challenge for Pokémon trainers. Structured like a massive tournament, anyone eager to show off their Pokémon can participate, from rookies to gym leaders to even the Elite Four themselves. This is the story of Red, Blue, and Green, three friends who decide to partake in the tournament. Author's Pixiv: https://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=411252 Author's Twitter: @seijyun09 Author's Booth: https://seijun.booth.pm/
Singer-songwriter, Tetsuta, became unable to sing because of throat surgery, a step before his major debut. After turning down his friend who asked him to compose a song, he goes to the sea and meets Nagi, a young man who runs a restaurant with his father. This mysterious youth invites Tetsuta to their restaurant and listens to his troubles, which ended with him staying the night. Tetsuta hears Nagi’s singing voice and receives an electrifying impact from within his body. For the first time in his life, he wants someone else to sing the songs he composed.
From Viz: After a escaping the unwanted attentions of some bored soldiers with the help of a handsome stranger, Sophie returns home only to be accosted by the infamous Witch of the Waste! The Witch lays a curse on her, turning Sophie into a creaky old woman. Sophie knows she has to leave town, and soon finds herself taking shelter in the moving castle of the dread wizard Howl...who is rumored to eat women's hearts!
Galactic Era 366, a malevolent entity, "The Ten Wise Men", manipulated the Crest of Annihilation in an attempt to destroy the entire universe. Their aspirations were crushed by the heroes' actions across many planets, and the Ten Wise Men were defeated. The Universe was at peace once again. Thereafter, the heroes decided to go their separate ways. And two years later... Precis and Leon are studying abroad on Earth. Then one day, they received an SOS from Opera and Ernest, saying that they had crashed on an underdeveloped planet. And the both of them, gathering some old friends, set off to Edifice to rescue them. But what they will find there will lead them on another adventure in which they will need to save a planet, and possibly the entire universe once again.
Nanako Kobayashi, a 17-year-old teenager, has an ugly face who seems to not have a care for the world. One day, she got a call, only to be given two choices to answer a question. A devil suddenly appears, taking the form of her teddy bear. The devil is willing to grant her three wishes; each based on two options; What wishes will Nanako choose? [From Ushi]: "Once upon a time I dreamed I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of following my fancies as a butterfly, and was unconscious of my individuality as a man. Suddenly I woke, and there I lay, myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man." -Chinese proverb from 3rd century B.C.