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There are three series of Baki; this one is Grappler Baki, the first one. 1-Grappler Baki(1991-1999) 42 volumes 2-New Grappler Baki(1999-2005) 31 volumes 3-Hanma Baki: Son of Ogre(2005-12-05) 37 volumes Hanma Baki's dream is to be the Strongest in the World. The mysterious, young, martial artist aspires to follow in his sinister father's footsteps as the world's strongest creature. But to what lengths will Baki go? We follow the young grappler as he matures in a world full of some of the strongest fighters and how he overcomes all obstacles in order to face his father one day in the fighting ring. From the jungles to and underground martial arts tournament, Baki is put to the test from fighters all over the world.

Life at the Yanagizawa private high school is boring for all attending students who prefer to stare at their smartphones for most of the day, just playing games and chatting to each other. Everyone’s dormant lifestyle though seems to awaken when they are asked to vote for a classmate who will be asked to clear a task or otherwise become the “sacrifice” and suffer a “social death”! What does this mean though? Who will be the first one to be voted and what is a “social death”? The students will find out very soon that some games are far from innocent…

In the late 1990s, society is descending into ecological collapse and totalitarianism. Saiga Rikioh, 21, finds himself in jail. Set in the near future, at the privately-owned Tokyo State Prison. Like the chilling wind of the end of a century, a mysterious man with a six-pointed star on his fist entered the pen. Saiga Riki-Oh--serving a term of three years, due to assault, his first offense. Riki-Oh openly antagonizes The Four Emperors, four powerful prisoners that control the prison and keep the rest of the inmates in line.

Due to a harsh experience in life, Haruno eventually becomes a cleaning specialist in the field of clearing the remnants of the deceased. After a particular day, Haruno becomes involved in the curious case of 'END'.

Mikado High School trains the best students to be the best mercenary bodyguards. But Morito Hayama, a merc escort student with no rank whatsoever, is suddenly assigned to guard a person so highly valued that no escort has ever survived before. Will his subject survive the experience? Will HE survive?!

Ikuo Ryuuzaki and Danno Tatsuya are 2 orphaned boys who were looked after by a person they called 'sensei'. Following their sensei's brutal murder, the two vow to hunt down the killers and the police officers who neglected to properly investigate the case. 15 years later, Ryuuzaki is a police detective and Tatsuya has become the leader of a group of mobsters. Helping each other out behind the scenes, they strive to rise to the tops of their respective fields so that they may exact their vengeance.

A Sip of PoisonA slave can never go against their master. Every slave knows that, so Baek-ha's resigned herself to her fate as a lowly servant. She's determined to keep her head low to survive, and it looks like she'll be able to spend her days trapped in the all-too familiar, safe cycle of labor. That is, until the day her master brings an unexpected guest into the house. Baek-ha instantly knows that this man is dangeroushis eyes are full of an unfamiliar madness. There's a poison in his gaze, and Baek-ha must do everything to make sure she doesn't get addicted to it.

The students of Kamishiro High-School Class 2-A swore revenge on their homeroom teacher, Takao Nanami. Against her, a fake suicide had been concerted, meant to be played out by one of her students, whose actual death would later sink the class into confusion. Who soiled the water with blood? Skinned of its trust, their friendship became an urge to sate each other’s hunger.

One night, Mr. Kano, a high school teacher, was led by children wearing peculiar masks to a shop run by a strange man. “Do you have anything that you’ve lost… that changed your life?” Mr. Kano begins to tell the story of his sultry love affair with his student, Itaru Enatsu… Students and teachers, step-brothers… In a world on the border of this world and the next, what will they choose? Love? Or illusion? The curtain raises on Nobita Akiharu’s beautiful world, a boy’s love omnibus!

From Blu: Mistaken identities, bizarre accidents and pratfalls, tragic pasts and plenty of broken hearts, and that’s just for starters! Love Mode tells the story of the lives of the men involved with the classy male escort service, Blue Boy. Lovelines intertwine and cross, friendships are made and broken in this boys’ love classic! Sequel: Lover's Mode

Koe de Oshigoto! is a story about Aoyagi Kanna, a 16 year-old girl who was asked to become an ero-ge seiyuu* on her 16th birthday by her 28 year-old sister at her ero-ge company. Can she do the job properly while she's still innocent and inexperienced? *Note: ero-ge seiyuu means erotic game voice actress.

Susumu Hayashi, his twin brother Tsutomu and Sakura Toyama are childhood friends. Tsutomu disappeared when he was ten years old. Then two years later, he reappeared—this time only in front of Susumu. And what’s more, from inside a mirror! Now, events that no one has ever experienced take place in this bizarre love triangle!! Aoyama’s love story starts off with a twist: The twin brothers Susumu and Tsutomu have been friends with the girl Sakura since they were kids. But when Tsutomu mysteriously disappears at the age of ten, Susumu and Sakura begin to drift apart. What Sakura doesn’t know: Tsutomu has returned, not as a person, but as the mirror image of Susumu. That is, whenever Susumu looks in a mirror, he sees his brother who talks to him. Thus begins a bizarre love triangle between Sakura, who torments the poor Susumu as much as she is being tormented by her peers, Susumu, who keeps thinking he has to save Sakura because he likes her, and Tsutomu, who despite being stuck in a mirror pulls everyone’s strings. Aoyama’s lively narrative and her beautifully rich artwork lend this strange story a surprisingly charming touch. Considering that SWWEEET is her first series, it’s amazing how well she did her job. From the paneling to the layout to the pacing, everything is excellently executed. If you like unusual and exotic youth love stories, you should definitely give SWWEEET a try.