In the land now known as the Philippines, there was a time when colonial Spain ruled for more than 300 years. During a period when native Filipinos once called Indios were oppressed, exploited, and stripped of their human rights, Jose Rizal was born on the outskirts of Manila. "What does it mean to be a Filipino?" "Is it possible to incite change through knowledge and not violence?" He thought of those every day. A doctor, novelist, and a painter who can speak 15 languages, Jose Rizal is a legendary figure who brought about national revolution through one epic novel!

Shokudama is set in late Edo, the time when our contemporary food culture first began to develop. In the city full of lively merchants and townsmen, Himura Tamanosuke, a freelance guardian with a sharp sword skill, live frivolously with his two younger siblings. One night, he was visited by the “Souls of Food” demanding to help them return to Nirvana since his dead Father couldn’t. Tamanosuke couldn't just sleep on the "nightmare" since he was threatened by death curse... But how exactly should he help 108 food souls!

10-year old Ken (Ken'ichi) Mitsoba is an average kid who goes to elementary school, and struggles with his studies. Meanwhile from ninja land aka Land of the Ninjas, a little ninja named Kanzo Hattori comes, and befriends Ken'ichi. Hattori is now a part of the mitsoba family along with his brother Shinzou, and his ninja dog, Shishi-Maru. Hattori helps Ken'ichi with his problems, and constantly keeps an eye on him, as a good friend.

After the death of his father, Akihito Kuze became the family head of a viscountcy at the age of 10. A major-domo, Tomoyuki Katsuragi, who has both brains and beauty, takes care of the young master. Katsuragi is talented and very popular in society, but he is cold to Akihito. Does Katsuragi hate Akihito!? Akihito begins to be attracted to Katsuragi and wants to know the reason why Katsuragi is cold to him and…!? A classical romance of a young viscount and a butler.

An adaptation of Edogawa Ranpo's eponymous novel. It's Tokyo and the year is 1924. A young tradesman by the name of Minoura Kinnosuke finds his fiancée murdered inside a locked room. As he struggles to find the culprit, a doctor by the name of Moroto Michio, who has long harboured unrequited feelings towards Minoura, offers to help solve the case.

The gate that leads the souls of the dead into the Underworld – that is called “Shisei Gokumon”. There is a watchman at the front and the back of the gate.The black Gozu and the white Mezu.The only time they are able to meet is during the diminutive span of time when the gate is open. “I want to touch the ox-headed demon dyed in darkness.” “I don’t want to stain the pure white horse-headed demon.” Two beings who can never be permitted to touch each other, despite their mutual affections. So close...yet so far. Those thoughts could only lead to... If they were human,perhaps this could be referred to as “love”.

Once in the age of the knights, Kato decided to take his first steps towards knighthood t with the goal of having his own army. A long and neverending journey awaits the little boy, yet with such a strong will Kato's got, he turns every trouble into a milestone, every enemy into an encounter unforgettable.

Featuring a later period of the Shinsengumi, it starts as the Bakumatsu ends, and is about the remnants of the Shinsengumi that fought during the Boshin war. Divided into three sections, each of which deals with one of the leading characters, first Nomura Risaburou, then Souma Kozue, and finally Hijikata Toshizou.

Summary by Dangerous Pleasures provided by Backlash67 from intro page: He has the seal of the beast carved into his skin. The story of rogue monk Ashiya Douman begins now!

A former Nazi official is kept captive by the ruthless young doctor who knows him so very well and is determined to make him pay for the past... 1) Zion no Koeda - Kapitel 1 2) Zion no Koeda - Kapitel 2 3) Chrysalis Lying injured and near death on a battlefield, Douglas Carlisle hears an old, forgotten call, and discovers a new reason to live. 4) Netsu no Ori From Blissful Sin World War II has broken out and Germany is rife with Nazi activity. Once an accomplished and praised pianist, Ernst now spends his time confined in the home of his past pupil, Albert. As the Nazi party begins its last march towards the annihilation of the Jewish people, Ernst struggles to survive with Albert, a man whose beliefs and feelings strongly contrast. Will Ernst ever fly free, or will Albert cut his wings and tie him to his side forever more? 5) Paldias 6) Zion no Koeda - paw extra 1 7) Zion no Koeda - paw extra 2 8) Zion no Koeda - paw extra 3 9) Zion no Koeda - Kapitel 3

Long long ago, there were two neighboring nations who were on bad terms."The grass from your nation keeps getting into mine every single day". "The sound of futons getting hit in your nation is annoying". They argued over dull subjects like these. At long last, they got into a war because of the dog shit incident, And in the confusion, the gods intervened and mediated a truce between the heads of the two nations. This is what they said to say: Land A will send the most beautiful girl in the land to Land B, And Land B will send the smartest boy in the land to land A, and they will both be wed.

Every world is like a flower, The secular realm as we know it is but a speck of dust in the hands of deities and demons. One moment for them, a thousand years in the mortal world. Even mountain ranges and vast oceans are but mere illusions The Tianyuan God Sect was once the mightiest sect in the great Dashang. Ye Xingyun’s master and also the sect leader of the Tianyuan God Sect, Diejiu ascends to become a deity and leaves the sect in the hands of Yi Xingyun who’s cultivation has stagnated due to missing one of the eight veins

The manga’s story follows Kimura Shigenari, a real-life samurai who served Toyotomi Hideyori. Kimura fights in the Siege of Osaka in 1615, but is hit with a mysterious light. He wakes up in a land ruled by England’s legendary King Arthur.

Can a liar lead a life of good? Utsuho’s truthfulness as a child resulted in an enormous catastrophe, and he decided to lie from that day forward. Raised in a village of orphans by a monk, Utsuho is an unrepentant troublemaker. The monk eventually inspires him to help people, but there’s no way Utsuho’s going to lead an honest life! Instead, he’s going to use his talents for mischief and deception for good!

This is a story from the early 17th century, where everything was still in chaos. A Story about Judicial Duels, and the law and order that will be introduced... In the Holy Roman Empire that rules all of the Europe Continent...

From Viz: Miaka Yuuki is an ordinary junior-high student who is suddenly whisked away into the world of a book, The Universe Of The Four Gods. There she becomes the priestess of the god Suzaku, and is charged with finding all seven of her Celestial-Warrior protectors.

The brothers perform the banned alchemic technique of human transmutation in a effort to resurrect her when Trisha dies of the plague. As a result, the transmutation backfires and in law with equal exchange, the left leg and Alphonse's whole body of Edward are ruined. Edward loses his right arm to save Alphonse's soul, binding it having a blood seal into a suit of armour. Roy Mustang invites Edward to become a method to restore Alphonse's body to be researched by a State Alchemist. Edward triumphs, becoming the name according to his prosthetic post limbs, the Fullmetal Alchemist. Three years on, the Elrics search for the legendary Philosopher's Stone to realize their aims. Marcoh sends his notes to be found by them, however they learn the essential factor to really make the Stone is human sacrifices. The buddy of Mustang, Maes Hughes, carries on their research, but is shot dead with a disguised Envy for finding the strategies of the Homunculi. Seeing with Izumi, the Elrics learn human transmutation was perpetrated by her on her stillborn child. The rogue homunculus Greed captures Alphonse, but is saved by Amestris' president King Bradley, shown to function as homunculus Wrath. Greed is thus melted down by and reabsorbed inside the originator Father of the Homunculi. Winry and the Elrics return to Central City to go to with Hughes but learn of his passing. Lieutenant Maria Ross is framed for Hughes' homicide, but is apparently killed by Mustang. Yet, Edward learns Ross' departure was staged so she can be smuggled by Mustang from the united states to Xing, helped by Xingese prince Ling Yao. Hohenheim is reunited with by Edward but despises him for his long absence at residence. As the narrative advances, the Homunculi are encountered by the protagonists repeatedly. Mustang kills lust; Mustang and Ling captures Gluttony, however he ends up consuming Envy into his null, and Edward, Ling -like belly. Gluttony takes Alphonse to meet Father, but Ling turns right into a homunculus, specifically the newest avatar of Greed, when the others escape from the belly of Gluttony. The Elrics are released to continue their pursuit provided that Father isn't opposed by them. Locating an underground tunnel beneath Briggs, General Olivier Armstrong find Father and the Elrics has been creating a national transmutation group and intends to give its citizens so he is able to ascend to godhood. Greed recovers betrays Father and his previous self's memories, teaming up with after, and Edward, the chimera minions of Kimblee Hohenheim. Hohenheim discloses to his sons individually that he's not mortal, turned right into a living Philosopher's Stone by Father four hundred years back. The Promise Day arrives and Father prepares to begin his strategy having an eclipse and the ones who attempted human transmutation as his sacrifices that are essential. The various protagonists conflict with Father's minions, with all the Homunculi expiring. Following a forced Mustang, as well as the Elrics, Izumi, Hohenheim are collected as the causes dad activates the national transmutation. Nevertheless, Scar and Hohenheim activate the Amestrians to be saved by countermeasures. Greed is ruined by Father, although dad is faced above ground where the protagonists fight him to wear down his Philosopher's Stone. Alphonse, whose armour is all but ruined through the last conflict against Father, gives his spirit to regain the right arm, who in turn ruins Father's Stone, sending him back to the ethereal Gate of Truth of Edward. Edward loses his power to do alchemy to recover soul and Alphonse's body. Hohenheim sees the grave where he dies having a grin of Trisha.

The story is set in the Taisho Era at the beginning of the 20th century — except the era did not end in 15 years (as it did in real life) but lasted 25 years. To protect her family who fell from their former glory, a girl decides to marry a man whose name she does not even know. However, before she does, her little brother commits suicide in a mysterious fire, with an old book in hand. The Imperial Library Information Assets Management Bureau — also known as "Fukurō" — then appears before the confused girl. According to the Fukurō, there exists books called Maremono, which exert a great influence on those who read it. Moreover, the girl gained the ability to see an "Aura" due to the incident with her brother. Despite her confusion, the girl chooses to leave the "birdcage" of her former life.

Another collection of short stories by Kayono involving strange worlds. 1) Secretly a Woman (Shinobi no Onna) - By day she's an ambiguous high school girl, but by night...she transforms into a super-hot male host (gigolo)! Yes, Yuka is "Secretly a Woman," but then a woman named Renka comes to the host club and steals both her body and her heart...!? 2) Butterfly Night - From Kayono's "Arabian Nights" series. Princess Sheherazade is sent to marry a vile sultan in order to keep him from conquering her father's kingdom, but she's kidnapped en route by the masked Devil Mariam, who will do what it takes to exact revenge against the sultan -- including stealing the virginity of the sultan's pretty bride-to-be...! Published in Chokotto Abunai Koimonogatari. 3) Lovers in the Tower that Touches Heaven - Ruby, Baghdad's top dancer, is waiting for Jank to return home. When he does, he tells her that he only escaped death by promising Garuda, a carnivorous devil living in the desert, that he could have Ruby for one week. What will happen to Ruby?!

As the name implies, the manga deals with the "light and darkness" of the 16th-century Scottish, playwright, and troupe manager William Shakespeare.

For 100 billion years shinjins (demigod) fighting against akujins (demons), Shinjins believe for akujins as evil race. Therefore shinjins decided to execute them all, But for 100 billion years always akujins manage to protect their planet and their self, Until now descendant of shinjins starting to attacked again on akujins.

A continuation of the manga series Shirley. It began in October 2006 in the Comic Beam Fellows! magazine, the next couple chapters were released in 2010 in the Fellows! magazine. After another hiatus two more chapters were released in Harta magazine in the issues of March and April of 2013. It has no connection with the other maid story of the author, also Emma is a Victorian Maid, but Shirley is a Edwardian Maid.

Based on the series of novels by acclaimed wuxia author, Jin Yong, the comic's initial part of the story revolves around a highly coveted manual containing a powerful martial arts technique known as the "Bixie Swordplay Manual". The manual is an heirloom of the Lin family, who run the Fuwei Agency, a private security service, in Fuzhou. Yu Canghai, the leader of the Qingcheng Sect, leads his followers to massacre the Lins and attempts to seize the manual for himself, but does not find it. Lin Pingzhi, the sole survivor from the Lin family, is saved by Yue Buqun, the head of the Mount Hua Sect, which is a member of the Five Mountains Sword Sects Alliance. Yue Buqun accepts Lin Pingzhi as an apprentice and trains him in swordplay. Meanwhile, Yue Buqun's most senior student, Linghu Chong, an orphaned, happy-go-lucky but honourable swordsman who has a penchant for alcoholic drinks finds himself befriending the notorious bandit Tian Boguang and saves Yilin, a nun from the (North) Mount Heng Sect, from Tian's lecherous advances. However, that is just the beginning of a series of escalating conflicts as various individuals take to extreme measures to attain the manual as well as achieve their personal goals.

Over four decades ago, Yoshihiro Tatsumi expanded the horizons of comics storytelling by using the visual language of manga to tell gritty, literary stories about the private lives of everyday people. He has been called "the grandfather of Japanese alternative comics" and has influenced generations of cartoonists around the world. Now the visionary creator of "The Push Man and Other Stories" and "Good-bye" has turned his incisive, unflinching gaze upon himself. Over ten years in the making, "A Drifting Life" is Tatsumis' most ambitious, personal, and heart felt work: an autobiographical bildungsroman in comics form. Using his life long obsession with comics as a frame work, Tatsumi weaves a complex story that encompasses family dynamics, Japanese culture and history, first love, the intricacies of the manga industry, and most importantly, what it means to be an artist. Alternately humorous, enlightening, and haunting, this is the masterful summation of a fascinating life and a historic career. Note: Won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Grand Prize in 2009, the Best Reality-Based Work and the Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia for the Eisner Award in 2010.