During the Japanese Asset Price Bubble, everyone, men or women, young or old, lived in a world that was filled with frenzy. In the air where strength overruns weakness, there is a "woman" who tries to avenge her past. But, there's a twist with this "woman". One is that she was a cold killer. Second is that this "woman" is actually a man.
From MangaHelpers: When Fujiwara Motomu was first introduced to live rock music, he decided it was amazing and he wanted to be a part of it! He ran into a band member from "Blue Bears" (the band he first saw live) at a convenience store, and begged the band member to let him join. The band member told him that if he could get the top rank at the Japan Academy of Music (J.A.M.), he could join them. Fujiwara (nicknamed Fuji Cue) immediately started practicing guitar, and somehow managed to pass the entrance exam for the J.A.M.. At the entrance ceremony, he found that he would be paired with another student, and they would be required to give a live performance at the Welcome Convention. His partner, Hoshikawa Uta, is an incredibly talented girl, who suffers from crippling stage fright. Will they make it through their live performance, and will he be able to achieve his dream of getting to the top? [tethysdust]
The story of the nine stage girls from Seisho Music Academy and their daily lives before the TV Anime!
The protagonist, an egocentric man who's led a successful life as the CEO of a company in modern society is murdered and reborn as a beautiful lady named Paril from a noble family in a fantasy world. Once he wakes up, (now in the body of Paril,) he finds out that he's now in the body of an "inferior being" and that all his wealth, achievements and successful life have vanished. Therefore, he decides to rebuild everything from scratch and make it to the "top of the pyramid" in this parallel world.
Festival Island. A paradise for all men. But is it really a festival for everyone there?
From Tokyopop: Some of our most cherished manga characters are blessed with magical powers...others have an extraordinary combination superhuman strength and cunning intellect. But Hibiki? Her only real skill seems to be making a pot of delicious tea... Or is it?!
Kei is a young, not-so-successful screenwriter. One day, she finds an unexpected visitor at the door of her apartment. A little girl named Niko, a secret child of a famous actress Mifuyu Shibano. Niko is sent to Kei because she is the only person who knows this secret, since she used to work for Mifuyu when she was not so famous. As she begins to live with Niko, she finds the girl is very self-contained. She tries an 'exchange diary' to communicate with her.
This city is awfully big. Although we may not know each other, we may have brushed past each other on the road at some point. Perhaps we share a love of reading the same book and listening to the same song, or perhaps we’ll talk about love with an expiration date of one day. But on this day, we saw each other’s true selves, and that will forever be engraved on our lives.
Kamiwazumi Jun lives alone in an old house with a shrine. As a result, people sometimes leave random things outside his house, like kittens... or an unconscious naked girl?! The woman in question claims to be a robot from the future who has come back in time to protect Jun, the future messiah. She has no qualms about nudity, and retrieves useful objects from a "9th dimensional pocket" between her legs. Once Jun has accepted that her story must be true, he also has to figure out how to work a sexy robot girl into his everyday life, which also includes explaining her to a cute childhood friend that has a crush on him.
Kentarou is a plain, nondescript college student who has never had a girlfriend or any friends. After getting hit on the head by a wayward ball, he begins to notice that there are increasingly long periods of time in which he cannot remember what he was doing. One afternoon, he regains consciousness in an apartment he'd never been to before - and sitting next to him is a young man who then tells him "You're being possessed by the spirit of my dead girlfriend"...
As a famous professional e-sports team, V-ings has won rising reputation and popularity with its strength. But due to the rival’s conspiracy, they lost their well-deserved rank in a world-class competition, suffered public criticism and even got banned from the competition. The team crumbled, and captain Channing faced great pressure. At its lowest point and with a ruined reputation, V-ings is now about to make a thrilling comeback…
Fumi Koito used to be raised by an old housekeeper named Hatoko Natsuyaki. He would call her "Peppermint Nanny" because she would eat his leftover peppermint candy drops, because he hates how they taste, then breathe into his nose because he likes the smell. Now Fumi is in his mid-20's and living on his own as a cram school teacher. One day a little girl no more than nine years old shows up at his house. It turns out she is his old nanny who misses cooking and tending to his every need. But because she is pushing eighty and has grown too frail, she drank a mysterious bottle of medicine to regain her youth, and accidentally drank too much. Thus begins their new life together, with the reader frequently left guessing who is taking care of whom
"Ryouichi did anything I told him to." Cousins and childhood friends, Issei and Ryouichi. Between bossy heir of a company president Issei and gloomy, always obedient Ryouichi arose a warped master-slave relationship. Letting the adored Issei conquer him, young Ryouichi gave his body over to pleasure. However, a few years later, with these two working at the same company, has the relationship between these two started to change?
"Starting today, you belong to me. You'll work for me. I'm saying this nicely, but this is what's going down." Hashiba, a salesman of a sweatshop-like corporation, bursts into his director's office to turn in his resignation, only to walk in on a shakedown by a gang...! Coming in at the worst possible time, Hashiba is handed over to the leader of the gang, Miki, as a collateral for a debt. What's more, when he finds out Hashiba is gay, Miki tells him to suck him off while forcibly thrusting his cock into Hashiba's mouth...!
[Modified from Pipe Dream Holidays (formerly Kyuumu Scanlations)]: This is a volume containing three short stories ("Legend of Purusateia", "My Most Important Thing!" & "Angel's Love Song"). They're all really cute and have happy cute endings so if you like cute shoujo, this is something you might want to read.
This was Takahashi's first foray into manga for children. It follows MOON, a giant alien rabbit who is trying to get back to his planet. He lands in Japan and gets help from a young boy named Shota. The first few chapters revolve around Shota trying to overcome his fear of heights.
From Tokyopop: Goddess Pandora was sent to Earth to collect "gifts" that were spread among humans. She has a nice body that can tempt anyone who looks at her, but when she uses her powers, she shrinks to a young girl's body. The only way to gain her power back is to kiss her reluctant peon, Aoi.
During the Great Yan dynasty (756-763), The Eleventh Miss Luo was forced to marry her brother-in-law as a second wife. She thought it was an arranged marriage, but for the benefit of the family, she unexpectedly became the true favorite of this man’s heart. Even though she is a concubine’s daughter, why should she be bullied? Let’s see how the little concubine’s daughter finally became the mistress of the house!