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Comic Maplestory is an ongoing children's manhwa that has about 90 volumes as of December 2017. The first volume was released in 2003 and in this series, you will meet characters of the Maple World universe! Follow the protagonist Dodo and his friends as they go on various quests and learn the dark secrets of their world.

A hot-blooded manga publication fighting action series by the creators of "Akumetsu" and "Wolf Guy - Wolfen Crest." In the manga publication industry, there is a legend: If you leave a message on a bulletin board in the train station at Shibuya, you can obtain the services of a certain man ... No, not City H*nter. Comic Master J -- an assistant mangaka who can instantly complete any publication manuscript in any art style for the price of 5 million Yen. However, he refuses to work on manga without a "soul." But what is J's true identity? Why does he wear an overcoat lined with pens and rulers? Is his real name B*ack Jack? And for what reason does a man of such artistic talent choose to live in the shadows of the industry, rather than working on a manga of his own creation? J's past and his relationship with the mysterious organization "CLUB" may tie in with a secret war for the fate of human culture as we know it ...

Publisher Hayakawa is celebrating its 70th anniversary with two manga anthology reprints. One collection is dedicated to mystery works while the other compiles sci-fi stories printed over the publisher’s long career.

20-year-old Minoru Aihara has come to Tokyo to make his dreams of becoming an action manga artist come true. To his amazement, he lands a job as a live-in assistant of his favorite mangaka, Kenji Takakura, who writes a popular fighting manga called "Ultimate Banchou." Upon arriving at his new workplace, however, he discovers that his idol is not the tough guy he'd always imagined. The truth is, Kenji Takakura is the pen name of Ichiko Sekai, a girl his age who is basically a moe character (she looks and acts like a little kid). After Aihara's obvious disappointment starts them off on the wrong foot, it's going to be tough for him to prove to her that he has what it takes to be a manga artist!

A collection of short stories from Kaneko Atsushi..

Comics Underground Japan presents the wild, subversive world of Japan’s most accomplished underground comics artists. Some of the dozen artists included in this anthology will be familiar to followers of manga; others make their American debut in these pages. The richly imaginative stories in this volume show a great range of graphic style, from painstakingly detailed craftsmanship to exuberant, maniacal renderings. At the heart of each work in this anthology is a unique personal vision and a fierce artistic compulsion–these manga artists are the misfits of the art form, and they are its visionaries.

She is a 24-year-old woman who was just sacked. He is a 15-year-old teen. When the grandmother whom she dearly respected passes away, both the woman and the teen came to stay under a single roof. Will they ever find their safe heaven?

After living his entire 30 years in a small, rural city, Mitsuru has decided to move to Tokyo. His reason is for one thing only….because he is gay, and he wants to lose his virginity. So Mitsuru joins an online dating site, wanting a one night stand. There he meets Haruka, one of the best looking guys he has ever met.

After failing the first blind date in his life, Oh Do-Kyung calls the friend who arranged the date. He's in the bathroom. During their conversation, his friend says something which angers Do-Kyung, which leads him to accidentally shouting his secret. His secret is that he is gay. To his shock, he realizes that there are other people in the bathroom: friends from his college department and even a senior student that he is on good terms with. Worried about whether or not they heard his secret, Do-Kyung's life completely changes.

The childhood friend I loved in junior high school and high school has suddenly moved to the apartment right across from mine! I'm dead-set on hating him, yet the memories of how much I longed for him in the past are slowly coming back, and... wait a minute. How did I end up in his room...!?

Companion is about the people who escort you from purgatory into the world of the dead. After you die you must go through your personal gate into the world of the dead, and companions are the ones who lead you there.

If a future full of wealth and Honor is guaranteed, will you reverse your choice of Death? A fierce competition began to seize the Last chance of revival only given to those who Died on their Own.so, if you want to live again, then hang in there!