Supernatural - Page 627

This is the story of a girl who works as a performer at sake houses, but who has a unique ability. She has a tattoo of an eye on her hand which endows her with the ability of "second sight." Though this often comes in handy, it also complicates her life. She is constantly getting involved in situations with various supernatural creatures, such as animal spirits, kappas, and more.[credit: tethysdust]

This is the era of Louis XIV the Sun King. Mystical Poets write their poems in the blood of young maidens in order to gain power. The poems are a call for an uprising against the government. The police force and French army have proved useless in stopping these murderous Poets. Only one person is able to rise against them, and she's dead. She fights through her brother d'Eon de Beaumont's body, slaying the Poets and retrieving their poems for revenge, as the Poets were the ones who took her life.

Folklore detective Asou Daisuke would rather deal with normal, everyday, things like cheating spouses, embezzling partners and the like. (That and his huge collection of ero-manga.) Because whenever he deals with the supernatural, he gets the hiccups. But no matter, an endless stream of desperate people come to him troubled by what he calls allegories. Those are stories, usually urban legends, that one believes to be true and if one believes strong enough can cause them to become true. His first case involves "The Man Under The Bed." Can he stop this creepy man with an axe before he chops up kawaii Hiranuma Kanae? Why does Asou count his hiccups, and just who is that strange girl in his bathroom?

Miki Donoue has been plagued by bad luck since childhood... Then, one evening, he encounters a mysterious, semi-transparent man who claims to live by consuming other people's emotions. Is this merely a dangerous deception, or could this intriguing stranger change the direction of Miki's life?

This is the love story between a youkai and a human and the problems they face.

From MangaHelpers: The Kirionira are the demons that live in another dimension and invade the human world through their dreams. The only defense humanity has against the demonic assault are the hunters who rely on their sex drive as a source of power to fight against them. Riku Yoichi came from a long line of hunters and had high amounts of sexual energy which allowed him to be a great hunter. He moved away from his home town after middle school to demolish the Kirionira and was successful in finishing off the king and ending the battle forever. However, the peace came at the price of Yoichi losing his sex mojo. Returning back to his home town, he soon learns that the demon invasion was not over, but without his sex drive, he is helpless to fight back. He tries convincing his childhood friend Namba Midori and her female classmates to get him sexually aroused, but they want nothing to do with it. [vyc]

Aqua Blue Ether (Mizuiro Ether) A collection of one-shots. In "Tears of Pearl," a girl befriends a mermaid. In "Dreading Spring," a girl is sad that her friend will be moving away. "Half Moon, Ephemeral and Eternal" is about a musician adjusting to her new celebrity status.

Jubei is a painter of cats in Edo. Accompanied by Nita, a mythical two-tailed monster cat that can speak human language, Jubei encounters various cats in the city of Edo.

Teito Klein is a former slave who now attends the Barsburg Empire's military academy because of his capability to use a sort of unnatural power, Zaiphon. The skill is uncommon and therefore highly prized. Teito is an amnesiac who often has dreams that are awful. The night time prior to Teito the graduation test and his only friend, Mikage, vow they'll not ever left each other. Teito overhears people talking about him, a day later. Ceasing to hear, he suddenly understands that Chief of Staff Ayanami, the loudspeaker, is the one who killed the guy that is recognizable in his fantasies: the king of the ruined Raggs Kingdom, his dad. One of his subordinates is found eavesdropping and attempts to assault Ayanami but immediately brings down Teito and sent to jail. Mikage comes to help him escape, and then discover that Teito has managed to fight by himself past the guards. The two flee through the creating but are cornered on a balcony. Although a Zaiphon blast wounds him that he is directed at by Ayanami Teito feigns to hold Mikage hostage, then makes his getaway. Three bishops in the nearby 7th District find the wounded Teito and consider him to a closeby church to recuperate, where he's shielded due to the law of safety of the 7th District. In due time, it's found that Teito takes the Eye of Mikhail, a strong talisman for which his home land was ruined. This reality, along with a reunion that is fateful, catapults Teito in to a pursuit of vengeance from the Barsburg Empire as well as for information about his earlier. In once, he is thrown by his position as the bearer of the Eye of Mikhail in to the longstanding battle involving the bad Verloren the 07 Ghosts, and his adversaries.

Shinba, who's always isolated himself and never made friends, finds stones that contain the souls of dead famous people. With his special power, he uses the stones to be people he thinks he could never be like.

As part of the Manga Classic Literature (Koten Bungaku) series, Ikeda adapts for manga the tale of the bamboo cutter. This is a Japanese folk-tale dating from the 10th century. One day, an old and childless bamboo cutter discovers a child inside a glowing bamboo plant. The child grows up into a beautiful lady, Kaguya Hime (Princess Kaguya) and the news of her unusual beauty spreads around...

Neko Majin is a parody of Dragonball Z by Akira Toriyama. The protagonist Neko Majin fights evil-doers and has a few other Dragonball Z-esque adventures. Short stories : • Neko Majin • Neko Majin Z • Neko Majin Mike