DEMONS

After a long and treacherous journey, our Hero finally arrives at the Dark Lady's castle only to find himself being asked for help. The Hero explains how the war that the demons have brought upon the humans have killed thousands and put more in misery. The queen of demons however argues that this war has made the human society band together as one and showed empirical evidence how it has increased population, increased production, boosted economy and improved society overall. Furthermore, she explains to the Hero that ending this war will result in a civil war that will produce more bloodshed than there ever was. The Hero, convinced that the only way to bring peace, relatively speaking, is to join forces with the Dark Lady, agrees to help with her plans!

Isaeng and Jeongto were inseparable childhood friends until Jeongto’s father died tragically at the hands of a bitter soul. These two friends reunite ten years later as adversaries: Isaeng guides souls to the afterlife, while Jeongto gives souls another chance to live. After all this time, can these two work out their issues? And what do the Kings of Hell have to do with all of this?

The world is divided into two factions: humans and monsters called katawara. Despite being a katawara, Tama loves humans and vows to protect them from evil, even if it means fighting her own kind. Her brother Jinka, however, hates humans, despite mostly being one. The siblings are joined by a cowardly swordsman named Shinsuke, who wants to learn how to become strong. When the group uncovers a plot to experiment on humans and transform them into monsters, they vow to defeat whoever is behind it... Even if it means battling an entire army of warriors. The people they meet, places they see, and creatures they battle will be legendary!

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Chihiro Saitou (27) has never had a boyfriend because of her too-high standards. So, in order to forget about reality, she loses herself in super lewd fantasies. One day, while she's lost in a steamy daydream, the new hire, Rem, suddenly hugs her from behind. She is surprised to find that he is reenacting her fantasy perfectly... when he suddenly grows horns and a tail, and asks her to make a deal with him in exchange for her fantasies...! He can reenact her fantasies so perfectly, the pleasure lingers in her body for a while afterwards!! Is it really okay to make a deal with an incubus!? A love story starting from a contract between an incubus and a fantasy-driven career woman.

Shooting Star Maybe is crossover manga between various series illustrated by Suzuhito Yasuda. The series included in the croosover manga are Yozakura Quartet, Durarara!!, Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no ha Machigatteiru Darou ka and Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor. The manga was a limited edition from Animate, offered to those who bought both the Shooting Star Etiquette and Shooting Star Dandyism which were available within the limited edition bundle, the Shooting Star Premium Box 2.

Published in 1997 in an issue of Weekly Shonen Jump for the "Jump Readers' Cup", this manga tells the story of two young demons named Bubul and Purupuru who venture outside of their village to the human world to make snowmen. During this activity, they hear an approaching car and quickly check it out which leads into hijnx. This manga won the award that year, marking the first time Toriyama won it since his 1981 one-shot "Pola & Roid" and its demon world notably has several concepts that would be reused in Cowa, one of his single-volume length tales.

One year after the failure of his first manga, Awawa World, Toriyama once again tried his hand at manga creation for the Monthly Young Jump award and crafted Mysterious Rain Jack, a one-shot mystery comedy that features an unnamed detective and his bumbling inspector ally who try to crack the case of a string of mysterious thefts that revolve around various items such as sweets and Cola. The story notably features character designs and scenarios that would later find their way into his most popular work, Dr. Slump. In particular, the lead detective's design would eventually be reused for Kurikinton Soramame and there's an appearance by an ogre who would later become Thunder Ogre Goronbo. The work was unfortunately rejected which was in large part due to the usage of several designs lifted straight from the space opera film Star Wars. Despite this however, Kazuhiko Torishima, who would later become Toriyama's editor, contacted him with words of encouragement that kept him going until he eventually found success. Like Awawa World, this manga would be republished in two parts in the "Bird Land Press" fanclub newsletter and would have its master materials brought out for display during a roaming art exhibition in the 1990s that was dedicated entirely to Toriyama's work. Unfortunately it along with Awawa World had its master materials stolen and when coupled with the use of copyrighted designs? This means an official rerelease is highly unlikely.

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