They arrive in silence and darkness. They descend from the skies. They have a hunger for human flesh. They are everywhere. They are parasites, alien creatures who must invade - and take control of - a human host to survive. And once they have infected their victims, they can assume any deadly form they choose: monsters with giant teeth, winged demons, creatures with blades for hands. But most have chosen to conceal their lethal purpose behind ordinary human faces. So no one knows their secret - except an ordinary high school student. Shinichi is battling for control of his own body against an alien parasite, but can he find a way to warn humanity of the horrors to come? Won the 1993 Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga and the Seiun Award for Best Comic of the Year in 1996.
From NetComics: A pulse-quickening tale of swords, sorcery, far-away kingdoms, and the fairest princess in the land... with a twist. When Prince Jed's bride-to-be, Elena, elopes two days before their wedding, her desperate family dresses up their youngest son Nicole and sends him to get married in her place. With his beautiful blue eyes, flowing blond hair and strategically placed apples, nobody bats an eye at the pretty young 'maiden' standing before them. But how long can Nicole keep up this charade? Despite the odds against them, the two princes share many adventures and intimacies in this mesmerizing romantic drama. Note: There are both male/female and shounen-ai pairings in this story.
Sayoko is a newly transferred student: gifted with rare beauty and mysterious and magnetic charm, she captures every student's attention. Among them, the introverted Yuiko and the grumpy Mari become friends with Sayoko, while Ryou, a known womanizer, wastes no time and tries to hit on her, unleashing his girlfriend's rage. But this story has countless plot twists, characters and secrets… From Banana Fish and Yasha's author, a manga that won a Shogakukan Award and defined as "a must" by Matt Thorn, one of the greatest shoujo manga experts. Recently Kisshou Tennyo became popular again thanks to the TV drama and the movie adaptation! Kissh? Tennyo received the 1983 Shogakukan Manga Award for sh?jo manga.
Najika Kazami is a girl who is passionate about food, whether it comes to eating or cooking. She treasures the place she calls home, an orphanage in Hokkaido called Lavender House, as well as its owner, Hagio. But as much as Hagio and the fellow orphans love her, Najika decides to leave the orphanage to attend a special academy in Tokyo, hoping to achieve her dreams of being a pastry chef. However, Najika has another reason for leaving for the academy. She hopes to find the boy she calls the "Flan Prince"—a boy who touched her heart with a cup of flan seven years ago. Now 13 years old, Najika finds that the spoon that he left behind with the flan shares its emblem with the school she has been accepted to—the prestigious Seika Academy. With high hopes, Najika enters her school's beautiful campus and becomes a first-year student in Seika's junior high division. While unpopular with her fellow classmates due to her love of eating, she seems to find support from two boys who recognize her culinary talents—the popular brothers Daichi and Sora Kitazawa. Will Najika be able to find her place in the academy with her cooking, and perhaps also reunite with her Flan Prince?
"Please marry me."A 2 billion won contract offered to a private military company's mercenary. The condition is one year of marriage."Customer, are you perhaps crazy?""You're the only lunatic that's fine with having a divorce history."Lee Raehwa, the only daughter of Daesan Construction. In order to break free from her father's control and complete her painting, Raehwa hires a legal guardian for one year. But the only hope she hired, Gwon Itae, was unpredictable and crazy person The marriage and cohabitation, started as a contractual relationship, take an increasingly strange turn...---It tells the story of a woman who hired a mercenary to marry her for a year. She is the only daughter of a large construction company, who wants to free herself from her grandfather's control and dedicate herself to painting. He is a former soldier with an unpredictable personality, who works for a private military company. They begin a fake marriage for 20 billion won, but soon find themselves involved in several hilarious and dangerous situations. Will the two be able to keep the contract until the end, or will they truly fall in love?
A disrespectful bitch can never have a long lasting love, but her love is rather sad and short-lived
Taken from Perfect Illusions: Yuma is having trouble warding off perverts every morning on her way to school. Her classmate Suwa starts going to school with her, in order to protect her, and the two become a couple. However, Yuma is also interested in her biology teacher who rides the same train as her every morning, and… The series is composed of coherent episodes that feature different characters. Kiyoku Yawaku won the 33rd Kodansha Manga Award for shoujo in 2009.
Nagai Jinsei, aka "Bare-Knuckles Jinsei". Born in a dumpster, raised in an orphanage, living as a yakuza, he is tough enough that he fights all his fights bare-handed, and is covered with countless knife and bullet scars from his battles. But his life changes when he saves the five-year-old Ayumi, daughter of the new police chief, Enjoji Masayoshi, and befriends their family. For the first time in his life, Jinsei feels like he's found a family of his own, and decides to start his life over, but his past and his ties to the yakuza keep getting in the way.c
KMS Potato Times, is a collection of rare/new/unknown manga series that Kisu KMS wishes to show to the English Manga Fans. Technically, since Kisu KMS dedicates itself on bringing rare series every month , but due to the number of current staff and stuff in real life, we're not capable of taking each and one of them without a translator. Thus KMS Potato Times is born.It's main purpose is to show possible mangas for scanlators to work on.-- (Permission Acquired from Grumpy)
Collection of short stories by Kaori Ozaki ("Immortal Rain"), including her debut story. The earliest story in the volume was written when she was sixteen, and the last one when she was nineteen. CAUTION: There is quite a lot of nudity here; it's more art-house variety than hentai, but if you'd rather not deal with nudity period, this probably isn't the book for you. The stories are good, though.
Knights is a shounen manga tale about squire Mistletien, called 'Mist' for short. Taking place in a medieval world in which the church and her representatives are burning people en masse on suspicion of witchcraft, Mist and his organization are taking a stand against the church and the 'Saints' who are perpetuating the witch hunts. Mist is feared and hated by the village-folk because of his appearence, wearing a mask to disguise himself and going by the moniker 'The Black Knight.' He travels with Euphemia, a young girl who is as expert with mixing potions and poisons as Mist is with a sword, and together they rescue those who are to be executed on suspicion of witchcraft.
The night sky is black, shrouded with a fog of soot and toxins. The gears of China's industrial revolution turn, unceasing, manufacturing the wants of the world, forcing the consequences upward, until the lights of the heavens have dimmed, and vanished... But there will be stars this night. The Knites have made it their mission to bring the stars back to the night in China, hanging from the tails of kites. Some call it foolishness--the personified ideals of a naive young dreamer. Others will find hope in the Knites' work, beyond dreams, that someday the shroud will lift, and people will see beyond the towering factories and monoliths of industry and gaze upon the true stars once more. Until that day arrives though, the hopes and dreams of those who dare will be carried upward to the sky, set aloft by the wards of hope--The Knites.