The story of Nishi and Izumi, before the events of GANTZ.

Genjou Sanzo, Son Goku, Sha Gojyo, and Cho Hakkai are summoned by the Heavenly Lords of Sanbutsushin to go and stop the revival of the evil youkai Gyuumao.


This is the pilot chapter/doujin of the manga Gensomaden Saiyuki, done by Kazuya Minekura as a part of the circle Studio Backgammon.

Twin Brothers Thor and Rai, the sons of murder parents are sent to prison star Kimera. What was waiting for them is a planet where meat eating plants rules and society is in four different colony based on skin color. Will the boys survive in these harsh conditions!?


(Source: MU)


Includes a two-part short called "Death Game".

Juu Ou Sei was re-released in a three-volume edition. This is the edition that was released in official English translation by Tokyopop from August 12, 2008 to June 1, 2009.

Publishers:

• LaLa (magazine)

Like, Like, Love is an extra one-shot of FAKE that Sanami Matoh included in her illustration book, Monotone.


It takes place a few years after the conclusion of FAKE, and shows who ends up with whom.

Johnathan Perkins, son of Vietnam War hero "Perky" Perkins, is an U.S. exchange officer serving in British Special Air Service (SAS). He and Sergei, a Russian Spetsnaz exchange officer, participate covert SAS actions behind enemy lines alongside British soldiers in Operation Desert Storm.


(Source: ANN)

Shoei Academy is a prestigious private school system for young boys from well-to-do families. Newly appointed teacher Mr. Reiji Kurashina soon finds himself to be the center of attention at Shoei Academy – the center of attention for young men who are just about to ripe, that is! What does cool and collected Kurashina-sensei do when he becomes the object of love!


(Source: DMP)

Shiritsu Shouei Gakuen Danshi Koutoubu: Kurashina-sensei no Junan was partially published in English as Kurashina Sensei's Passion by Juné from September 9, 2009 to September 14, 2010, before the license was dropped.

A collection of one-shots:


0) Introduction to Three Quarters - Renai no Plus-Minus


1) The Border of Plus and Minus (Kyoikaisen no Plus-Minus)

Yamashita meets and, to his annoyance yet not surprised, falls in love with womanizer Fukazawa. He's torn between his desire to be in love and his fear of being hurt again. (Yamashita originally appears in Yamagata's Fake Fur.)


2) Karugarui koi de ikkou


3) Mahiru no Ue


4) Three Quarters


5) Three Quarters (Fukazawa side)


6) Blue Air (Aoi Air)

Takahara is in love with his carefree childhood friend Kusumi, but afraid that revealing his feelings would ruin their friendship and harmony. However, their school friends are starting to question the closeness of their friendship...


7) Sleeping Lovers

Minato likes having a warm body in bed to huggle up with, but every person who shared his bed gets annoyed that he won't do any more than huggle. He doesn't think no one would ever understand the simple joy of sharing a bed. That's until he meets a young stranger named Ren. Ren agrees to share the bed with Minao, but on one condition: help him to find "Kanou".


8) Atogaki


(Source: M-U)

The story is set in the Sengoku period. A rounin called Nanashi (meaning "nameless") saves a young boy named Kotarou at an abandoned temple. Kotarou has no family, is pursued by a mysterious militia organization from China, and hires Nanashi as his bodyguard. Amongst the men who pursue Kotarou is a man called Rarou, a skilled warrior with blond hair and blue eyes. He obeys an old man called Byakuran and is a member of the Chinese militia. Unlike his companions in the militia, he isn't serving any Emperor and just wants to fight with the strong.


(Source: Iwa ni Hana)

A short crossover chapter between Souichi and Tomie.

Yaneura no Nagai Kami (Long Hair in the Attic)

The beautiful, long-haired Chiemi Amano has just been dumped by her playboy boyfriend, leaving her utterly dejected. Returning home, she begins to recall fond memories, such as how she grew her hair out for him. But now, these once pleasant recollections only further her depression, leading her to decide that cutting off her hair can free her from the heartbreak. However, she finds that doing so is no longer a decision she can make...


Yurushi (Approval/Permission)

Again and again, Kyousuke has been trying to get permission to marry his love Misuzu. Yet no matter how many times he asks her father, he is repeatedly denied due to his low social standing. After countless months, Kyousuke finally gives up and breaks things off with Misuzu. Only later does she come to him and plead for him to return. But strange events have unfolded while Kyousuke was absent, and he may not be prepared for the truth that faces him.


Hachi no Su (Beehive)

Takano is an adamant fan of bees and makes beehive collecting a hobby of his. His only rival in the neighbourhood is a strange, unkempt boy, who handles bees as if he were one of them. But one day, the boy goes missing, and rumours circulate that his ghost is haunting the woods. When Takano spots a rare hornet, he sets off towards the woods to chase it, where the truth of the boy's disappearance will be unveiled...


Hakumei (Dying Young)

Ayako and her friends Chizuru and Hiroko belong to a group deemed "The Ugly Trio" due to their less-than-stellar looks. That is until Chizuru mysteriously starts to undergo a slow transformation, becoming prettier and prettier by the day. However, the prettier she gets, the less healthy she becomes, and soon —after becoming a lovely beauty—Chizuru collapses and dies. This event sets the precedent of what's to come, as slowly more and more girls start to become prettier...


Kubi no Nai Choukoku (Headless Sculptures)

Though friends Shimada and Rumi regularly walk home together, Rumi finds herself going alone one day when Shimada stays behind to help Mr. Okabe. An art teacher dedicated to crafting headless sculptures, Mr. Okabe enlists Shimada's help to meet the deadline for his next exhibition. But when Rumi goes to pick up Shimada the next day, he oddly refuses and stays home. At school, Rumi is met with shocking news: Mr. Okabe has been gruesomely decapitated, and his head is still missing. When Rumi tries to question Shimada for information, he tells her to follow him to the art room, within which the truth lies.


Niku-iro no Kai (Flesh-Colored Horror)

Walking home alone one night, kindergarten teacher Momoko Takigawa is assaulted by a shadowy figure who throws a sticky substance onto her. Hard enough to get off her skin, Momoko is left with no choice but to cut her hair short to remove it. Back at school, Momoko has a tough time handling her problem student, Chikara—a boy who stands out for his rough skin and violent fixation on peeling whatever's around him. Momoko decides that visiting Chikara's home for counsel may help. But in this attempt to remedy Chikara's issues, Momoko finds herself coming into contact with her mysterious attacker once more.


1. Long Hair in the Attic

2. Permission/Forgiveness

3. The Bee Hive

4. Dying Young

5. Headless Statues

6. Flesh Coloured Horror

Ito Junji Kyoufu Manga Collection - Flesh-Colored Horror was published in English as Flesh-Colored Horror by ComicsOne on July 15, 2001 as the third book in their The Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection.

Publishers:

• Hontou ni Atta Kowai Hanashi (magazine)

A girl, Sheeta, falls from the skies, slowed by the power of a mysterious, glowing necklace. In a mining town sheltered among the mountains, Pazu, an engineer's apprentice with big dreams, catches her. As it happens they both want to find Laputa, the legendary flying castle in the sky.

The Mythology is the plan of the gods. A perfect story created by them, that should never be changed in any way. However, there where mortals who altered the Mythology with their own hands. Pegasus Seiya, Ryuji Takane, Kojiro of the Fuuma, and many others were brought to this prison, where they're going to be erased to restore the Mythology to its original course... But they're not going to disappear without fighting for their existence.

A high school student suffers an accident and wakes up in Elysion in the world of the dead. In search of answers, he meets Hades, the god of the underworld.


(Source: MangaDex, edited)

The god of war and guardian of his namesake planet, Mars, was once sealed away by Seiya, but time has passed and his revival is at hand. Meanwhile, Saori Kido (Athena) is raising the boy Kouga, whose life Seiya saved, and he's been training every day to become a Saint in order to prepare for the coming crisis...


Unaware of his destiny, when Kouga awakens to the power of his Cosmo hidden inside him, the curtain will rise upon the legend of a new Saint.

The story takes place between Poseidon and Hades.


Athena and their knights must fight against powerful giants who lives on mount Etna, in Italy.

An introduction for the fifth movie drawn by Kurumada.

Ourouden was released in English as King Of Wolves by Dark Horse on June 7, 2005 and in Polish as Król Wilków by Hanami on June 30, 2009—the volume is comprised of Ourou and Ourouden.

Publishers:

• Animal House (magazine)

From an early age, the strong-minded swordswoman Hattori Ran was trained in ninjutsu both day and night. She loathes the idea of her arranged marriage and decides to run off.


(Source: MU)

Kendo champ Suguri Toma may be super-athletic but he's not spectacularly bright. One day, a girl named Itsuki Aizawa shows up, and says she's on the run and needs someone to hide her. Toma is instantly smitten by Itsuki and vows to become her protector and help her make it to her upcoming ballet audition. But the next thing he knows, this blond dude named Karma shows up and snatches Itsuki away.

Toma wants so badly to be with her that the next thing he knows he's willed himself to this other planet/dimension called 'Tao.' Turns out that there's life all over the universe but not enough resources to support everyone, so delegates from all the worlds have gotten together and decided there'll be a big tournament to determine who gets to survive.


The blond and strapping Karma turns out to be the team leader of the gladiators for Earth ... and Toma has stumbled his way onto the team, too. Let the intergalactic fight-for-your-right-to-exist games begin ... (Source: Tokyopop)

Toma was published in English as Warriors of Tao by Tokyopop from August 1, 2004 to May 10, 2005.

Shigeta, a young woman of 24, spends her days working at Tanaka Books and fretting over her love-life or, more accurately, the lack thereof. The thing is, though, the biggest obstacle between Shigeta and a satisfying relationship seems to be Shigeta herself. When it comes to men, the poor girl has exceedingly poor judgement, exacerbated by her even poorer self-esteem.


(Source: Tokyopop)

Happy Mania was published in English by Tokyopop from April 15, 2003 to December 7, 2004.

Publishers:

• Feel Young (magazine)

Shoko Hidaka’s breakthrough comic is a collection of eye-opening love stories. Yousuke suddenly shows up on the door step of his old high school buddy Tanigawa after years of no contact. While the two had a budding relationship back in school, things fell apart and they decided to part ways and search for their true love. However, it might be that their relationship in the golden days of high school was what they have been looking for all along.


(Source: Juné)

The story follows the French mercenary Pip Bernadotte as he joins the resistance in their fight against the Nazi occupation. Although a Hentai manga at heart, the story is not bad, and features many prototypes of the characters featured in Hirano's more famous work, Hellsing.

During the summer of his second year in high school, Maki Sonoda found love for the first time in the arms of his cram school teacher, Haruji Shirai. Blinded by the illusions of his first love, Maki can think only of getting to know Haruji more. But, things become complicated when Maki realizes that Haruji is really in love with high school teacher Mr. Mizuguchi. Three men find themselves intertwined in this tantalizing love triangle full of emotion. (Source: Juné)

Special one-shot introducing the main characters six months after the battle of Tropaion Tower.

The story will tell how the five main characters were moving forward in their respective fields and daily lives.

A card that surpasses the Three Mythic Gods!? Kaiba has obtained a mysterious card, the "Pyramid of Light"! Meanwhile, Yugi hears an ominous premonition involving Kaiba and the other Yugi that grasps Kaiba's own life and the fate of the two Yugis. A dangerous duel has begun!


(Source: Tatsu no Kiba Productions)

Each novel contains several short stories, many of which were originally serialized in Jump Square; however, each novel also contains at least one new story (the titular story), specially written for the novel.


(Source: Katekyo Wikia)

Reborn vs Evil Hitmen is the 176.1st chapter of Akira Amano's Katekyo Hitman Reborn! and is assumed to take place before the Future Arc, therefore this chapter takes place in Namimori present.


(Source: Reborn Wikia)

In Karakura Town, there has been a sudden outbreak of unidentifiable spirits called "blanks" (vacant souls) while in the skies of Soul Society, the real world has been reflected. A mysterious female shinigami called Senna has appeared before Ichigo along with a man named Ganryu, leading a group called the "Dark Ones."


(Source: ANN)

A short story released in the Bleach: 13 BLADEs. special commemorative databook to celebrate the 13th anniversary of Bleach. The story takes place during the second invasion of Seireitei by the Wandenreich.


(Source: Bleach Wiki)

Bleach: Can't Fear Your Own World reveals more details about the four Noble Houses, the Soul King, Arrancar and Fullbringers.

The novel focuses on the reconstruction of Soul Society after Yhwach's defeat, and on the official couples' love lives and marriage: specifically, on Rukia and Renji's childhood friend romance.


(Source: TV Tropes)

A novel set during the seventeenth month timeskip after the battle with Aizen.

Follows the events during the seventeen month timeskip after the Aizen battle, involving the eighth generation Kenpachi and a revived Szayel Aporro Granz.

Short stories featured in the Bleach: Official Character Book 3 UNMASKED include "not be, but be," a short manga depicting Ulquiorra Cifer's past "Nestle to Night"; a short story written by Matsubara Makoto depicting the fates of Tier Harribel, Emilou Apacci, Franceska Mila Rose, and Cyan Sung-Sun after the battle with Aizen; and a short story about a conversation between Rangiku Matsumoto and Izuru Kira about Gin Ichimaru.

Kenji was born in 1960. At that time, Japan was running toward the future. In the time of the economic growth, Japanese children saw a lot of cultural movement. Some are gone, some remain. "20th century boys" this based on that chaos. Kentaro Takekuma, who was born in the same year as Kenji, is going to reexamine the culture of that period.


This is the best guidebook to understand the background of 20th Century Boys.

Two manga artists are trying their best to have their work accepted by someone who appears to be their superior. However their latest work has been denied and their superior requests that they should write a manga about a drama where a man protects the peace of the world. The two get together and begin to write a manga about a boy who promises a girl protection!


(Source: Mamo)

A spin-off of Jigoku Sensei Nube taking place three years later.


Izuna Hazuki is a 17-year-old high school Itako, a person in tune with spirits, that works in the city as a Reibaishi. There are evil spirits in the world that take advantage of people's insecurities, emotional stress and weakness. These evil spirits take over people and enhance their negative energy, eventually harming themselves and the people around them. Some evil spirits make young girls looking to be in the spotlight into arsonists and other spirits tap into men's sexual desires to make them into monsters. Izuna's job is to use her ability as a Reibaishi and remove the spirits that are taking advantage of humans. Using her Kuda, a fox like spirit pet that detects and destroys evil spirits, and her own abilities, Izuna shines the light in the darkness between fantasy and reality.


(Source: MU)

It follows the story of a humanoid created by a robotics expert named Dr. Otoi for his grandson, Nobuhiko. But in the process of writing and applying the programming, an unfortunate mishap takes place! Nobuhiko sneezes. Now, whenever Nobuhiko sneezes, the humanoid (named Signal) transforms from a temperamental adult robot into a chocolate-loving baby version of himself.


Despite this little error, the days spent with the Otoi crew are usually fun. Animals, people, and robots all can live in harmony.


Until one day, Signal is attacked by Pulse, a robot created by Dr. Otoi some time ago. Much like a prototype for Signal. Pulse is incredibly nearsighted, but makes up for what he lacks in vision with firepower. Dr. Otoi's mysterious rival has packed him to the brim with amazing weaponry, with the intent of stealing the Doctor's most recent robo technology.


(Source: Wikipedia)

Twin Signal had one volume published in English by Media Blasters on November 7, 2006. The second volume was scheduled for March 2007, but never released, and the publisher has since become defunct.

Publishers:

• Shounen Gangan (magazine)

A pilot chapter to the Blood Alone storyline.