Gil has lived his entire life as a gladiator. He knows nothing but the kill-or-be-killed environment of the colosseum. He’s never had a friend. He’s never felt pleasure or satisfaction. And he’s fine with that. Really, it’s fine. Then, one day, a fire breaks out, ripping across the colosseum and burning everything in its path. As Gil walks through the rubble of his former life towards freedom, he finds he… kind of likes it? Join a former gladiator as he discovers the joys and complications of a free life. Freed from his prison and let loose in a fantasy world of monsters and dragons, the former strongest gladiator is still ridiculously strong as a civilian! (Source: Silent Manga Audition)
From Naono Holics: A deadly curse is slowly killing Teo, and none of the healers or magic users he's ever met have been able to help him - until one day, during his travels, he finds the natural spirit Arvahany. Arvahany hates humans and has secrets of his own, not the least of which is that he has lost a considerable part of his powers. Teo has something he wants, and so he binds him with a contract to save himself, promising Teo to break his curse at the end of it, as a reward. But will the two be able to save each other? It might be much harder than either of them thought...
Kuji Yakurou is a high school teacher who was cheated on and dumped by his girlfriend because of his "lack of masculinity." Shouldn't the world be beyond gender stereotypes by now? He is in anguish, when Akano, a model, influencer, high achiever, and president of the Biology Club, asks him to be the advisor of the Biology Club. She then begins to explain how "masculinity" is necessary to attract females, using the flamboyant feathers of a peacock as an example of "biology"...!
The President desires to permit romantic relationships among students in school. However, the school counselor insists that he demonstrate that the practice is secure for the pupils to engage in. As a solution, he and the Vice President decide to go out together. Unfortunately, neither of them are comfortable with physical intimacy, and the counselor desires confirmation that they are truly going out.
Debuting in 2010, and hailed as one of the most imaginative new cartoonists of her generation, Natsujikei Miyazaki's work has been recognized by the Japan Media Arts Festival as well as "Best Manga" lists such as OREMAN and KONO MANGA GA SUGOl!. TO, ARU HI NO SUGOKU FUSHIGI collects 33 stories serialized in Hayakawa's SF Magazine. Small sci fi fragments infused with an ecstatic sense of playfulness and wonder, that slice through that mysterious, inescapable thing "everyday life". Source: Glacier Bay Books
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Mary Shelley is short of money after the publication of her famous novel. Despite the critical success of the work, the widow struggles to make ends meet and provide for her son's needs. One day, she makes a most astonishing discovery: the creature she had imagined in her novel has come to life, but this time in female form! Mary is then entrusted with a mission by the British secret services: to tame and make presentable this strange creature before Queen Victoria's big ball. The inventor of Frankenstein's monster will have to draw on her imagination to coax this resurrected fighter, whose body is marked with scars...
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Kaoru Momota, a young man in high school, intervened when Hime Orihara, a fellow high school student, was being sexually harassed on a train. As a result, they both developed an attraction to each other. However, Hime carried a secret that was too difficult to disclose. She finally confessed, "I'm actually 27 years old." The revelation shocked Kaoru, as he discovered that Hime was actually a woman who was much older than he thought.
A woman named Mieko, is in her late twenties exhausted by her busy everyday life, catches a glimpse of students enjoying their youth and suddenly recalls her own younger days. Driven by alcohol, she puts on that sailor uniform and ventures out to a park in the middle of the night. There, she runs into an impossibly perfect, stunningly handsome young man. A painfully realistic life story, vividly brought to life by a rising talent with extraordinary skill!
Itsuya-san is in pursuit of a mystical art instructor who ventures to a petite township and adeptly tackles the intricate predicaments of her pupils and their kin.