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14-year-old Eriko finds herself left in charge of her younger brother Daigo when their parents suddenly disappear one warm summer evening. Trapped in a world that is very much like their own save for the lack of their parents, Eriko and Daigo find themselves desperate to return to the worrywart mother and apathetic father they never thought they'd miss so badly...

From Tokyopop: Eiri Kurahashi is an art school student, with a job at a local antique store. It's there that he develops a strange obsession. He finds himself entranced by a portrait of a Victorian-era girl named Cossette. It's a portrait with a strange history--everyone who has owned it has been murdered in a bizarre fashion. But the story runs much deeper than that. Cossette was savagely murdered by her lover, who also happens to be the artist who painted the portrait. When the new owner of the portrait nearly kills himself, Eiri decides to get involved. And that's when Cossette begins speaking to him...

Normal City is set in the far future where mankind exists on other planets. The existence of ESPs is accepted- but only as a "tool" for the army. The main character's name, "Kitty 101", was given to her by a scientist named Troll. Kitty 101 was biologically created by combining several strings of DNA with man-made DNA. She was also given an XY chromosome which turns her into a male on a regular basis. When she was a baby, Kitty 101 was stolen by one of Troll's scientists, Jason Haven, who wanted to save her from the experiments. He named her Mars Haven and brought her up as his own daughter because she reminded him of his lost daughter. Time passes, and Troll proceeds with his experiments on the ESPs under his disposal.

[Otome Cafe & Maid Latte] The Guardian with rabbit ears proclaims the sad truth. "If your lost memories are not recovered, your soul will be destroyed." And so our protagonist Minori naturally begins to search for her lost memories. Little by little, the shocking truth becomes clear. Minori is actually...? A bus accident occurs with one of the twin sisters dying. Shiori and Minori fight over one body to be able to return to the real world with the help of their spirit guardians. The one to collect the most memories wins.

[From Manga-Sketchbook]: Female assassins mix sex and death in a pair of hard-boiled well-drawn film-noir stories of love and murder. From Baka-Updates: Two linked stories, both revolving around a deadly female assassin. In Hotel Harbour View, a Japanese expatriate in Hong Kong spends his time drinking whisky, photographing a high class prostitute and waiting for death at the hands of the assassin he knows is coming for him. In Brief Encounter, a notorious Parisian assassin is himself marked for assassination and his hunter is no stranger to him.

Rookie police detective, Ichiko Hanamori (AKA “Wanko”), is newly assigned to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s Squad 6 Criminal Investigation First Division. She dresses in strange Lolita fashion and gets in the way of crime scenes, but her dog-like sense of smell sometimes contributes to the solution of difficult cases. Through the eyes of the young woman who struggles to become a detective, “Deka Wanko” takes drastic measures to reform this brutal society. Is it possible that this can this be a great touching story?!!!

After living his life as a male bishoujo, 16-year-old Asakawa Tomoki has received the ultimate confession: from a vampire.

PSYREN follows the adventures of Ageha Yoshina, a high school student who is chosen by Nemesis Q as a participant in the Psyren games. The games take place in a world known initially as Psyren, which is revealed to be the real world in the future. Ageha and his friends attempt to alter the future and save the world from becoming Psyren.

Sagimiya Makage is new to an all girls school and doesn't feel like she will fit in. However, at the entrance ceremony someone even more weird than Makage introduces herself as an actual witch doctor who is employed to help with the school's curse.Shrugging it off, Makage later on makes a good friend at the dorms who won't wake up from the curse! How will Makage help her friend, and what is the secret behind this curse anyway?

The Abyss, a horrifying world inhabited by monstrous creatures called Chains, resembles a broken toy box. Many believe it to be a mere legend used to frighten misbehaving children. Oz Vessalius, the playful and cheerful heir to the Vessalius family, is among those who believed the tales until the Baskerville Clan condemns him to the Abyss during his coming-of-age ceremony for a crime he did not commit nor remember. To escape, Oz strikes a pact with Alice, an extraordinary Chain who can manifest as human. However, his journey back home is fraught with ceaseless despair as he and his comrades unravel the mysteries of his wrongdoing, the Abyss, and a hundred-year-old tragedy. They are confronted by the Baskervilles and vengeful spirits from the past. The volume also includes a one-shot story called Pandora Hearts (Pilot).

From Intercross: Mikage is a transfer student who lost of all his memories. At the new class, what awaited him isn't dreams, friendship, or hope, but his teacher's "commands"... This is a forbidden school story that cannot be found anywhere else!!

From: Easy Going Scans Mia has a special talent which she didn’t know she had until recently. If she concentrates, she can transfer in another dimension called “Layers”. That dimension has no people except those that can transfer of course and... The monsters that lurk there! If you accidentally get trapped in “Layers” your only hope is... The Special Class! Original webcomic LAYERS HAS A SEQUEL CALLED LAYERS ANARCHY.