A fantasy epic of truly magnificent scale with gorgeous illustrations. In just two volumes, the author manages to create an incredibly rich and fascinating world that is full of wonders and enchanting beauties. A world in which men are watched over by the mechanical goddess Marie who at times appears on the sky. Marie's music brings people happiness and harmony. Their life is free from advanced technology and the longing for progress. The main story centers around Kai, a young man who develops a deep affection for Marie. His quest for enlightenment leads him inside Marie's mechanical body where he learns the unbelievable truth about her and his own world.
"Long ago, when danger approached the Earth there existed people exhibiting superhuman powers in order to save it; helping the weak and defeating evil for justice, not hesitating to sacrifice such beings... People distinguished them by calling them heroes. However... the era somehow changed..."
The anthology is a set of four-panel manga from the Toaru Majutsu no Index light novel creators Kazuma Kamachi and Kiyotaka Haimura and the A Certain Scientific Railgun spinoff manga creator Motoi Fuyukawa. Each Story is written and drawn by various other mangaka.Related:> To Aru Majutsu no Index (Main Story)(http://www.batoto.net/comic/_/comics/to-aru-majutsu-no-index-r635)> To Aru Kagaku no Railgun (Side Story)(http://www.batoto.net/comic/_/comics/to-aru-kagaku-no-railgun-r661)
From Cidsa: A spaceship lands on a bathhouse which belongs to Kazuto's family. Inside is Princess Warukure (Valkyrie) who gives part of her soul to Kazuto to save him from death (caused by her crash). Since she only has half of her soul, she turns into her child self. Now Kazuto and company must figure out how to fix the bathhouse and change Warukure back to normal.
Kurosaka Kendo is just your normal high school boy, who likes to skip cleaning duty. But Gengo's peaceful life ends, when he one night meets a strange man. That man claims to be an alien and is in need of Gengo's body to survive on earth. Now, Gengo must not only deal with alien now resting inside of him, but also with other aliens, who for some reason seem to be after him!
From Evil Flowers: How many doors must you open before you can reach heaven? Is it after the next one, or the one after the next one?
[From Kotonoha]: While it’s not explicitly mentioned in the story, it’s believed that Suzumega is at least somewhat related to Abara since it features the Gaunas.
The planet of Salami is almost identical to planet Earth. Judging from the appearance, there's nothing different from Earth... Except... The sense of beauty is VERY different. Aimi is an orphan living with her step-mother and step-sisters, and she is what we consider as being beautiful, but what THEY consider as ugly. Yet, that doesn't end the story. Just by an accident, Aimi somehow stumbles upon Earth and meets Kyou Naruse, a self-centered person, a full-blown "narcissist. Kyou comes in, smooth and suave like any prince should, to help Aimi off her feet but she calls him "ugly!" Our very own Cinderella Story... or not.
Space calendar year 999 ... three pretty girls, "monster hunters" Team herds, roam the galaxy. Joining them travel a young chef under the frail lines which lurks the legend of the galactic furnaces: Caisar! Of his chopper, he slays all the ingredients with ease and pitfalls that lie ahead ... but what is its real purpose? SF-kitchen action, dive into the adventure!
From Cireus-Anime website: Saiga Junki is a normal high school boy who tends to be a little apathetic in general but who does manage to get better than average grades. When his archaeologist father, who went to investigate some ruins, is found dead, the family travels to the excavation site where Junki meets a mysterious stranger who gives him a ‘gift’: an ancient artifact that his father left for him …
Shou lives out in the country. He has a big crush on his childhood friend Sora, but is afraid that she thinks of him only as a little brother. One day, Sora announces that she was abducted by aliens. Later that day, Shou confesses his feelings for her and she dies shortly afterward. Shou is still in shock from her loss, when an alien girl named Lila comes down from the sky. She has a disk that contains a brain scan of Sora, and she can run Sora's personality in her own body. She also wants to have a child with him. Will Shou be able to cope with all of these sudden changes, and will he be able to keep Sora with him after all?
The Nightmare of Fabrication is a beautifully drawn full-colour manga from Yoshitoshi ABe. The 18 page short story can be found in the Lain Omnipresence in Wired artbook. It's a bonus story which apparently isn't related with neither the anime nor the PS game. It shows characters who were included in the PS game but not in the TV series (like the psychiatrist), but also determinant characters from the anime who didn't appear in the videogame (like Deus).