A collection of Mizuno one-shots, including some of her earliest works: - **Night of Blue Stars** (青い星の夜, Aoi Hoshi no Yoru) - **Carnival!** (カーニバル!) - **Granite** (みかげ石, Mikageishi) - **The King Who Ate Blue Roses** (青いバラをたべた王様, Aoi Bara wo Tabeta Ousama) - **The Swan of Tuonela** (トゥオネラの白鳥, Tuonela no Hakucho) - Adaptation of Sibelius\'s tone poem. - **Tale of One Snowy Night** (ある雪の夜の物語, Aru Yuki no Yoru no Monogatari) - **The Mermaid Lights the Fire** (人魚が火をともす, Ningyo ga Hi wo Tomosu) - **Star Child** (星の子, Hoshi no Ko) - The \'title\' one-shot of this compilation. Goro is an astronomer down on his luck, struggling to discover something. One night, an little angelic being named Chiru comes down from the stars, changing Goro\'s life... - **Glass Angel** (ガラスの天使, Garasu no Tenshi) - **Two Suns** (二つの太陽, Futatsu no Taiyou) (Note: Official raw only for Star Child).
A collection of SF one-shots by Tezuka from different magazines. --- **Volume 80 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
The story of Dr. Mami, an ugly hunchback who invents a secret potion that makes her beautiful!
Mayumi Makimura is the confident, bright young daughter of a famous professor working on an experimental submarine, the plans for which are being hunted by the female terrorist, Phantom Mouse. However, upon being hit by a meteor, Mayumi is given a form with otherworldly abilities. And in this form, she takes the name \'Super Rose\'...
The manga stars the black-silhouetted "criminal" that appears in Detective Conan chapters to represent the mystery culprits.
Hatori Chise has lived a life full of neglect and abuse, devoid of anything resembling love. Far from the warmth of family, she has had her share of troubles and pitfalls. Just when all hope seems lost, a fateful encounter awaits her. When a man with the head of a beast, wielding strange powers, obtains her through a slave auction, Chise’s life will never be the same again. The man is a “magus,” a sorcerer of great power, who decides to free Chise from the bonds of captivity. The magus then makes a bold statement: Chise will become his apprentice and his bride.
QingKong, the renowned hacker known as FeiKong, was actually a 17-year-old girl who lived alone and tirelessly searched for her missing parents. Every week, she traveled by train to visit her aunt and noticed a boy who also frequented the route. Despite seeing him regularly, they had never spoken until one fateful day when they decided to meet outside of the train. Their brief encounter set in motion a series of unforeseen events that led them to a shadowy group with inexplicable control over everything, though its existence went unverified. The story took a dramatic turn when the boy suddenly vanished, and they found themselves transported to an alternate universe.
Upon waking up, a group of bewildered individuals discover that they are stranded in a desolate, unfamiliar school and unable to recollect how they arrived there. The eerie atmosphere and menacing creatures that haunt the grounds point to an ominous conclusion - they have been abducted against their will, imprisoned with no hope of escape. With 13 people already fallen victim to their captors, it remains a mystery why they were targeted. The burning question that consumes them all is: which of them will make it out of this encounter alive?