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(from ebookjapan): **"I will become the best financier in Osaka!"** Tatsuyuki Haibara, unemployed after his company went bankrupt, decides that finance is his true calling and goes to work as a salesman for the finance company Teikoku Kinyu (Imperial Finance). However, it is not a sweet job, and Haibara is confronted with various human dramas and underworld situations related to money, such as a woman who became a soap opera star by shouldering a debt, a man who got involved in fraud, and a confrontation with an underworld moneylender... The story is set in Osaka, the commercial capital of Japan, and is the first in a series of Osaka Finance manga! --- - **Won the Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga in 1992** - **Won the Osamu Tezuka Excellence Award in 1997**

Six hundred years ago, under the Wu Dynasty, martial arts thrived. And among warriors, one saying was passed down through generations: Anyone can become a martial artist but only the truly gifted can become a Brewmaster. In a world where strength is forged in spirit and power flows through elemental energy, Ye Ling, a young man with an extraordinary sensitivity to the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, sets out on an unorthodox path: Not as a fighter, but as a cultivation brewmastera master of brewing spirit elixirs that can change destinies. Amid rival clans, ancient secrets, and power-hungry warriors, Ye Lings path will challenge what it means to be strongand prove that in a world ruled by fists, the true alchemy of power lies in what you create.

A mere villager, Cross Vish, somehow ended up joining the hero's party by some strange twist of fate. Cross, an ordinary man with no special powers whatsoever. Yet, for some reason, the heroes genuinely considered Cross a true comrade. There was no way he would ever be banished from the party. And that was precisely why Cross kept agonizing. What could a useless person like him possibly contribute to the hero's party? And then... Cross came to understand his role. At the very moment when the Demon King, on the verge of death, unleashed magic toward the hero.

Xiangshang travels back in time to medieval China after a bizarre incident, only to wake up in the body of a queen. The queen’s husband, Lenghui, does not seem particularly fond of his wife. Despite her unfortunate circumstances, Xiangshang is determined to turn things around and stops taking the cruelty towards her. Will she grow closer to Lenghui? How will she adjust to this new life?

Hajun, who lost his parents and lived with his grandmother, has become a police officer to uncover the truth behind his parents’ deaths, but life as a patrol officer is far from the detective career he once dreamed of. It’s nothing but exhausting.“I wish legendary detectives would appear and give me a clue about the case.” Feeling frustrated, he visits the old vinyl house where he once lived with his parents… There, he finds a book that belongs to his father.When he opens the book, what appears before Hajun’s eyes are legendary murderers? Wait, why are you here?!

Kabukicho—a city rampant with murder, robbery, assault, and theft. Amid the chaos, a "weapons dealer" provides tools for survival. Tosa, a handyman renowned as Kabukicho's strongest, runs an orphanage for children without parents, just like himself. Though poor, he lived a happy life with the children until a conflict with an anti-social organization robbed him of his most precious bonds. Devastated and consumed by rage, Tosa embarks on a quest for revenge. To curb his recklessness, the informant Mitsuki introduces him to a man: Kai, the "weapons dealer" of Kabukicho. The fateful meeting between the handyman Tosa and the weapons dealer Kai sets the city in motion—a gritty hard-action tale set in Kabukicho!

DISCLAIMER: GRAPHIC SEXUALITY. "A year and a half at his first job, Akira Shoji runs into a student teacher from his high school days, Ryoko. But she, who once had a relationship with him, now has a ring sparkling on her left ring finger... Set in the world of advertising, this love story faithfully depicts the trembling hearts of men and women.." (C)MIDORI TAKANASHI / Beaglee Inc.

Students from a university mystery club decide to visit an island which was the site of a grisly multiple murder the year before. Predictably, they get picked off one by one by an unseen murderer. Is there a madman on the loose? What connection is there to the earlier murders? The answer is a bombshell revelation which few readers will see coming.

Humanity has lost. By the end of World War Three, the R-virus has decimated 80% of the world’s population. To make matters worse, the virus transforms the infected into mindless monsters who crave human flesh, with some evolving into powerful beings with special powers called “Rayers”. The last remaining human settlements live in fear, their survival entirely dependent on the R-X, teenagers who have gained special abilities themselves through contact with Rayers. Wielding lethal weapons and supernatural abilities, the R-X fights to defend what little hope humanity has left.

One day in summer, when the cicadas are chirping loudly. Haruka Nanami, a sophomore in high school, receives a confession from Kudo Satoru, a student at a neighboring high school. Haruka is at a loss, saying, "I've never even talked to him before..." Kudo suggests that they start out as friends, and the two exchange contact information. At the same time, at a railroad crossing in the town where the two live, a series of similar accidents occur day after day. They are madly in love. They want to be together, but they can't. A midsummer horror love story that you will never forget.

A feeling of emptiness that never seems to know fullness. A never ending cycle of despair that resembles the birth of life. It only knows the everlasting torture of life. Never wasting away and always being there to witness it all to the very end. Immortality? Godlike status? No. It’s a much more worse case than that. It’s always being in the start but never feeling the satisfaction of crossing the finish line. It’s having all the power in the world but never knowing when or how to use it. It’s a case we call “Yoyokuu Hosts”. Read YoYoKuus on manhuascan

One day, the revolutionary choreographer of the European ballet world, Jean Berger, encounters a certain boy. That boy's name is Lucifer.He's also the dancer Jean has long been seeking. As though manipulated by the strings of fate, the two begin to collaborate on an original routine based on the life of legendary dancer Nijinsky...Serialized from 1984 to 1990, this is one of the author's lauded masterpieces that explores the art of ballet.

A woman at a memorial for her grandfather meets an old acquaintance of his.

Edith is a lonely girl with no family, treated cruelly by her step-parents and stepsister. One day, a marriage proposal comes for her stepsister from the prestigious Grandvelle Count’s family—specifically their eldest son, Lionel. But the engagement has a hidden condition… and suddenly, Edith is chosen to take her sister’s place as the bride. Her fiancé has only one year left to live. What begins as a substitute engagement slowly turns into a heartfelt romance—can true love create a miracle in the face of fate?

Let’s each save the other once. That’s where it ends. I never wanted to get addicted to sex. No—that's not true. I just had never wanted it before. Now, he wants her. An obsession begins, so twisted it’s unclear who’s ruining whom.

I possessed an extra in the original story, but then my father hit me on the head with a liquor bottle and I passed out. Three days later, when 'Seraphy' finally opened her eyes, the first thing she decided was to kick her father out. So what if she became an unfilial daughter? First, she had to survive. She would strip her abusive, gambling-addicted father of his title, revive the ruined family, and find a way back to her original world! “I’ve found the land abandoned by the gods!” That’s how she naturally started interfering with the original plot and became Countess Validus, blessed by the gods. “I’m thinking of starting a business...” “You want to enter the Magic Tower?” “This bill has way too many issues!” “Want to get sponsored?” “Should I start a school?” She kept meddling without a hint of guilt, and before she knew it… “My lady! No—my lord!” “Serah, I’ll become your subordinate.” “If Serah says it, I’ll believe it without question.” “The Countess is this nation’s hope.” “Would you accept me?” All Seraphy wanted was to make her life easier, earn money, and gain a little honor, so she couldn’t understand why everyone kept crowding around, treating her like a goddess, swearing loyalty, and making a fuss.

Due to his prosopagnosia, Sang struggles with maintaining a normal school life. It’s hard to make friends when everyone’s face looks like an egg… literally. There’s only one person he can recognize -- Ujeong, a mysterious girl who seems to struggle with fitting in herself. In their pursuit to be “ordinary”, these two high-schoolers forge an unexpected friendship.

Is the terrible heartache caused by a distant lover? Or is it the ties and obsession that follow along, like love that won't come true...? *From the same author of Missing Love: The Marrying Man

Satoru Takeichi, also known as Ichigo, works at a sawmill.While working, he got into a mechanical problem and ended up having the first joint of his right little finger amputated. He and other employees searched for the cut off part, but couldn't find it.Ichigo goes straight to the hospital and receives treatment. However, when he returned to his apartment after being hospitalized for a few days, he found another version of him...From there, a strange shared life with another begins...

The emperor of the Phoenix Empire, who is known as a great and powerful emperor, the Heavenly Emperor, Shouko. Kouhi, who was born and raised by a proud female warrior, Empress Rei, a member of the "Female Crown" Tribe, lived her life with the goal of becoming an emperor in the future. Kouhi was given the right to succeed to the throne in accordance with Emperor Shouko the Great's intention to make his own son an equal candidate for succession, but there is no precedent for a woman to sit on the throne in the Phoenix Empire. While many of her old-fashioned subjects supported the brothers, believing that "women are not allowed to participate in politics," Kouhi spent her days training to develop "kingly qualities" that would make her a better emperor than anyone else. Then one day, an incident that will greatly change the fate of Phoenix Country and Kouhi occurred!? The grand founding story of the Warrior Princess begins!

Cat hybrid Myunggu is sick of the lack of affection he doesn’t receive from his owner, Kyung, compared to the other pets in the neighborhood. When his recent attempt to kill himself ends in failure, he runs into the local dog that offers a way out of his current household, but is that really what Myunggu wants...?

To Rei, her business-motivated marriage is a hellish ordeal—a life shackled by control and forced attempts to conceive by her husband Masaichiro. Her only meager means of revenge are the birth control pills she takes in secret. However, even Rei has a ray of light in her life: a food truck she visits daily that is run by Mikio, a kind, handsome young man. The fleeting lunches with Mikio allow Rei to truly be herself. But her pills don't remain a secret for much longer, and Masaichiro forces her to quit her job upon their discovery. On her final day, when all hope of ever seeing Mikio again is seemingly lost... a man comes in to rob the bank she works at! From the moment Rei sees him, she is strangely drawn to him, kicking off their dramatic romance.

Taiyou is a high-school musician with dreams of stardom, but when his bandmates quit in order to focus on school, it feels like Taiyou’s dreams are slipping away. In an act of desperation, Taiyou strong-arms his sullen classmate Hikari into forming a band with him. The two boys are total opposites, but together they might just be able to create something amazing.

Demon Bai Youling went wild on the day of her wedding, and was pierced by a sword by her lover. Waking up again and rebirth with the body of the dead girl of the Bai family. Face-slapped scumbag men and bitches, re-walking to the peak

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The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. A certain high-ranking official, falsely accused of a crime of high treason, dies—his throat cut by the sword of Yu Gangjin, whom he had brought into his household to raise and adopt. “Yu Gangjin, you wretch… you, to my daughter…!” “Do not worry… Your daughter Han Jiyu, whom you have raised as your greatest treasure, will marry me and live well.” The little boy he had no choice but to abandon when he became a fugitive. The karma of that day returned without the slightest deviation and drove a dagger into its master’s own heart. The boy who lived a twisted life, leaning on a severed bond. “I… I was wrong, Gangjin! So stop!” The adopted younger brother who murdered my father has come looking for me again. “My elder sister’s body—now, from the tips of her hair to the ends of her toenails—belongs only to me.”

My fate is to be the substitute bride of this cruel lord… After her cousin elopes, Elizabeth is chosen to take her place as a bride for Lord Raymond. Elizabeth lived miserably in a convent for the last thirteen years, and she feels marriage will be her chance to finally have a happy family. Though Raymond frightens her at times, with his cold and cruel eyes, Elizabeth begins to see glimpses of his sincerity and kindness, and she settles into life with him. Until she hears a rumor in the castle that Raymond’s previous wife was killed…by him!

On the day of the execution, the radiant Son of God, Cecil, saves the vampire Blanche. Unaware that their fateful encounter and the love that follows are all part of a carefully laid, sweetly baited trap. The most dangerous hunters often appear as prey. Behind Blanche’s innocent smile hides the Empire’s most wanted interstellar pirate. A demon sent to lure the noble Son of God into corruption. Yet beneath Cecil’s holy exterior lies a ruthless, godlike force that looks down on all creation. In this deadly game of seduction and deception… who is the hunter, and who is truly the prey?

Chizuru, an orphan, becomes the wife of Toshiro, a hero of the Northern War. Though she had long harbored feelings for him, their marriage had a hidden purpose: to offer Chizuru as a sacrificial offering, a tradition upheld by the Hojo clan—Toshiro's family—for generations. On the day of the sacrifice, Chizuru learns the cruel truth. As she sheds silent tears, she whispers, “Just once... I wanted to hear you say you loved me.” At that very moment, Toshiro appears before her—her beloved. What hidden feelings does he reveal to Chizuru? Thus begins the story of a clumsy yet pure-hearted love between husband and wife, starting at the break of dawn.

Mel Slofy an orphan of commoner by birth whose hair turned completely white due to a fever she suffered as a child. Though she survived the illness, she was abandoned by her parents while unconscious, left behind because of their crushing debts, and was eventually taken in by Noma. One fateful day, the Heaven Duke, his mind clouded by the shock of losing his youngest daughter, mistakes Mel for his own daughter, Bleria Charlotte Heaven, because of her similar hair color. However, The duke’s desperate actions spark unsettling rumors in the village, forcing his son, the young duke, Damian Jeremiah Heaven, to step in to protect his family’s reputation. To suppress the growing gossip about his father's madness, Damian orders Mel to pose as his sister, Bleria. Thus, Mel begins a new life as Bleria Charlotte Heaven, preparing for her engagement to Gopher Isaac Allknight, the heir to the prestigious Allknight Ducal family.

Jesus is about a high profile assassin who plans to fake his own death, laying low from all the Mafia's hitmen and the FBI that are after him. He plans to live his life by using the money he got from the drug smuggling he stole from the mafia gangs, which was one of the reasons that he got chased. Somehow, his plan fails and he couldn't get those drugs his old timed friend hid for him as it somehow got concealed in a school's wall, with a super strength blackboard on top of it. He has no choice but to pose himself as a high school teacher to guard his stash. While he tries to pretend to be an ordinary citizen as much as possible, hoping that he won't get caught, he often gets involved with cases after cases dealing with crimes and criminals. Will his true identity get busted? How much can he tolerate living his life in a normal world?

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The terrorist group "Shinbunshi" was punishing bad guys and distributing their actions on the Internet. Hanaoka Takeru, a high school student, is shocked by them and starts working as a copycat with his childhood friend, Endo Sota, and his classmate, Nishizawa Kyoko. The three begin collecting money from people in the name of "righteous loss" in exchange for punishing the bad guys and distributing the whole story on the Internet.The copycats become online heroes, and their activities continue even after the death of the real Shinbunshi. Eventually, the police begin to investigate them as well.

One is a demon-eye beauty who hides the secrets of the Dragon clan and the other is an orphan who has been in officialdom and was betrayed by his master. In the whirlpool of power conspiracy, the two men unfold a period of love and hatred that is unreasonable and chaotic.

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Lee Sian is a woman fated to die in May. She is afflicted by a curse that dictates she must die in May, the same month her entire family was annihilated. Perhaps it's fate, or perhaps it's a cursed connection. Tae Go-eun is a dangerous man who promises to save her. His simmering possessiveness fixates solely on her.

According to urban legend, the guilty are sentenced to fall to the Tokyo Underworld. There, they are given no mercy and are mercilessly judged for their crimes in the cruelest ways imaginable!!

Iseohee, a third-generation chaebol, was living the carefree lifeliving off her wealthy father and spending money without a care. Marriage? Not even on the radar. But one day, Chae Seunghyun, an old acquaintance from her study-abroad days, suddenly proposes: "Lets get married, Iseohee. You and me." A typical political marriage in their worldnothing new. With his face and credentials, she figures, why not? What she didnt account for was his mother: Madam Hong, notoriously known as the Lee Soon-ja of the upper class, a woman infamous for terrorizing her daughters-in-law. Iseohee had always pitied whoever would marry into that family. Turns out, she's the one. Youre the perfect candidate for my wife. Of course, that includes being able to handle my mother. You insane bastard. From a pampered slacker to the future daughter-in-law of hells matriarch, Iseohee faces the greatest crisis of her life. Can their marriage survive the stormor even make it to the altar?

When I came to, I was tied up by a junior holding a whip and a stun gun"Could you put this in your mouth for me?"A totally unreasonable junior and a heart-pounding torture comedy!

A renowned matchmaker in London society, a 29-year-old "spinster."These two contrasting terms both refer to Laura Pendleten.She was asked to find a match for a man named Ian Dalten.However, the man, who seemed like the perfect catch in every way, proposed to Laura.

It's the Fall of their senior year in middle school. Due to her parent´s divorce, an emptiness has settled at the bottom of Azusa's heart. Her classmate, Itsuki, has experienced the same with his parent's divorce and sees through Azusa's feelings. Sharing this "something," the two of them promise to be together for the rest of their lives despite all the changes happening around them. What is a bond that lasts forever? What is a real bond like? This is a story of how the two of them move forward while in doubt and fumbling around for answers.

Maggie is a twenty-nine-year-old lawyer still burdened by her unrequited first love from ten years ago. She feels too cowardly to move on, and her love life has been stagnant ever since, but one day, she gets a call from her first love, Matt! He wants to hire her as his personal lawyer. Maggie’s heart is pounding at the thought of being able to reunite with him after ten years. However, at their meeting place, she encounters a man she did not expect. After Maggie quits her job and is hired by Matt, he proposes a marriage of convenience, but Maggie is unsure of what step to take. However, time is running out and she must decide…

From Tokyopop: Rain Jewlitt, known as the Methuselah, is a spaced-out, immortal, 624-year-old man dressed in priest's clothes. He's got eternal youth and a large price on his head ... put there by those questing after the secret of his immortality. Machika Balfaltin is a tomboyish, energetic 14-year-old girl who, upon the death of her grandfather, sets out to kill Methuselah, the one bounty her assassin grandfather, Zol the Grim Reaper, couldn't kill. Instead, however, Machika ends up being saved by Rain again and again from other aspiring bounty hunters attacking them both. Sound like the beginnings of an odd relationship? You won't believe where their journey takes them ...

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"My dad is a famous guitarist. Sometimes, he shows up out of the blue, and teaches me how to play guitar. Mom hates Dad and the guitar, and she takes it out on me... But I won't let that stop me. Even if I'm scolded, even if I'm bullied - so long as I have this, I'll be just fine." A stirring and emotional one-shot by Wakatake Abishi about one girl's drive for rock that never stops ringing!

The curtain rises on the theater of Fate. Winner of Harta Magazine's second newcomer oneshot competition, Yatagarasu Cup.

Genshiken follows the lives of a group of college students drawn together by their shared hobbies, and the trials and adventures associated with being otaku.Genshiken Nidaime ("Second Generation") is a continuation of the previous series, with chapter numbering starting at 56. In the Japanese edition, the first volume of Nidaime is numbered Volume 10, to continue from the end of the 9-volume Genshiken series. The US edition renumbers the volumes so that the "Second Season" starts with Volume 1.

Yeonsu, who lost her father and now bears the burden of supporting her family in place of her ailing mother, one day receives an outrageous proposal from Madam Son—the wife of Assemblyman Yoon, her late father’s longtime friend. The proposal: to bear the child of Cha Taegeon, the vice president of the Haesin Group, while pretending to be Madam Son’s daughter, Hyein. Yeonsu firmly refuses, but eventually gives in when Madam Son uses her mother’s health as leverage to blackmail her. —“You signed the contract yourself. You agreed to have my child.” As Taegun embraces Yeonsu, the tide of his emotions crashes into her as rage and contempt. And with each repeated encounter, Yeonsu’s heart becomes more and more conflicted. As time goes by, the tangled emotions between them begin to stir deeper and deeper blue waves...