A collection of Mizuno one-shots, including some of her earliest works: - **Night of Blue Stars** (青い星の夜, Aoi Hoshi no Yoru) - **Carnival!** (カーニバル!) - **Granite** (みかげ石, Mikageishi) - **The King Who Ate Blue Roses** (青いバラをたべた王様, Aoi Bara wo Tabeta Ousama) - **The Swan of Tuonela** (トゥオネラの白鳥, Tuonela no Hakucho) - Adaptation of Sibelius\'s tone poem. - **Tale of One Snowy Night** (ある雪の夜の物語, Aru Yuki no Yoru no Monogatari) - **The Mermaid Lights the Fire** (人魚が火をともす, Ningyo ga Hi wo Tomosu) - **Star Child** (星の子, Hoshi no Ko) - The \'title\' one-shot of this compilation. Goro is an astronomer down on his luck, struggling to discover something. One night, an little angelic being named Chiru comes down from the stars, changing Goro\'s life... - **Glass Angel** (ガラスの天使, Garasu no Tenshi) - **Two Suns** (二つの太陽, Futatsu no Taiyou) (Note: Official raw only for Star Child).
A collection of SF one-shots by Tezuka from different magazines. --- **Volume 80 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
The story of Dr. Mami, an ugly hunchback who invents a secret potion that makes her beautiful!
Mayumi Makimura is the confident, bright young daughter of a famous professor working on an experimental submarine, the plans for which are being hunted by the female terrorist, Phantom Mouse. However, upon being hit by a meteor, Mayumi is given a form with otherworldly abilities. And in this form, she takes the name \'Super Rose\'...
Tanupi is kind of tall for a tanuki... A short comic series from Q-Rais.
QingKong, the renowned hacker known as FeiKong, was actually a 17-year-old girl who lived alone and tirelessly searched for her missing parents. Every week, she traveled by train to visit her aunt and noticed a boy who also frequented the route. Despite seeing him regularly, they had never spoken until one fateful day when they decided to meet outside of the train. Their brief encounter set in motion a series of unforeseen events that led them to a shadowy group with inexplicable control over everything, though its existence went unverified. The story took a dramatic turn when the boy suddenly vanished, and they found themselves transported to an alternate universe.
The manga stars the black-silhouetted "criminal" that appears in Detective Conan chapters to represent the mystery culprits.
A year ago, Natsumi Kimiyoshi and her family left the mountain settlement of Okinomiya, which was haunted by the local folklore of Oyashiro's curse that befalls those who leave Okinomiya or the adjacent hamlet of Hinamizawa. To their surprise, their life remained calm and peaceful until gas erupted from the swamp beside Hinamizawa, causing numerous deaths. Unfortunately, Natsumi was unaware that the catastrophic "Great Hinamizawa Disaster" would soon lead to many terrifying misfortunes. After the incident, Natsumi's grandmother, who had previously lived in Hinamizawa, began exhibiting extremely suspicious behavior. She believed that Oyashiro's curse was imminent and tried to quell it by placing talismans all over their home and killing puppies. These terrifying and erratic actions caused Natsumi and her family to fear for their safety, leading her mother to commit an unspeakable act.
Presented in this book are nine of Junji Ito's top short stories, handpicked by the author himself and given insightful notes and comments. The featured stories are: 1. Secondhand Record (Chuuko Record, 中古レコード) 2. Chills (Samuke, 寒気) 3. Model Look (ファッションモデル) 4. Hung Balloons (Kubitsuri Kikyuu, 首吊り気球) 5. Puppet Mansion (Ayatsuri Yashiki, あやつり屋敷) 6. Artist (Gaka, 画家) 7. The Never-Ending Dream (Nagai Yume, 長い夢) 8. Venerated Ancestors (Gosenzo-sama, ご先祖様) 9. Slathered (グリセリド) 10. Model Look: Cursed Frame (Fashion Model: Norowareta Framing, ファッションモデル・呪われたフレーミング) [new]