Three students are living fairly normal lives when, one day, they are overcome with intense stomach pain and a star symbol appears like a tatoo on their skin. With the symbol came supernatural powers, as well as enemies coming to kill them. As more and more people develop similar supernatural powers, the story starts to turn into a Battle Royalesque bloody playground, only with an entire city as the setting and many innocents caught in the crossfire. Among other themes, the story asks the question, "When is it alright to kill?" and delves deep into the darkness of the human psyche.
The sun's rays enter the city of light, as various stories unfold: Bright, dark and harsh; a story filled with people from whom you'd want to avert your eyes. Yet, it's close to reality; so maybe it's true to humanity. Like an old bond between a boy and a girl, a friendship is born between girls who rarely speak to each other. A man who dirties his hands for money, and the girlfriend who waits for him to come home.
The story follows Hikari Shirochi, an ordinary high school boy whose hobbies are games and PC-modding. In the first chapter, mysterious phenomena occur to his body, which conducts static electricity unusually well.
A collection of stories: 1-3. Hime to Knight to, Tonari to Watashi. The one I'm falling in love with isn't my knight but I can't seem to forget about him... Just what should I do with these feelings of mine? 4. Bokura no Koi no Yamai Her close friend Hiiragi has suddenly forgotten her! Will she be able to get his memories back? 5. Seito Kaishitsu, Megane no Uso. - Kare ga Doku o Haku Riyuu Under hypnosis, the megane student council president confesses his love to me?! But wait! Is it only under hypnosis, it is really true?
The 17th Emperor, a woman, owes her throne to the Duke of Roark, who aided her ascent over her brothers. Though publicly revered, she harbors a secret liaison with the duke, her devoted supporter. Behind closed doors, she surrenders to him, shedding her regal facade. One fateful night, he breaches protocol, entering her chamber unbidden. Ignoring her protests, he asserts his desire, ravishing her despite her pleas. Authority crumbles in his presence as he claims her body, indifferent to her dignity. In his embrace, she is powerless, succumbing to his primal urges in a tumult of passion and betrayal.
(from ebookjapan):Babel II is back! Koichi Yamano, a 16-year-old ESPer boy, is now called 101 at a research institute, where he donates his special blood to give vitality to the sick. However, he escapes when he finds out that ESPers are actually being created and misused by a huge organization. The battle between 101 and the organization has begun as 101 tries to dispose of his ESP abilites in order to keep the peace!
From Ivyscan: Having been born with an ability to destroy things without having to touch them, a man was abandoned by his mother when he was a child. His name long forgotten, he continues to travel aimlessly, crossing paths with those with superhuman powers along the way. These encounters are perhaps brought about by his own power.
Ostracized and attacked by his home village after the death of his mother, the half-human half-demon Elliot establishes himself as a dungeon lord with the help of his father's succubus.
A hardworking career woman who never married died alone, found in a miserable state. Her niece, Yamaguchi Narumi (35 and single), who was hit hard by the news shifted from looking for marriage to preparing for her death. She decided that the only way to die alone without bothering anyone and die better is to live the same way. This is the birth of a definitive beautiful human life story about facing love and death in earnest.
This is about two siblings with the vampire-like tendency for blood, and at first share the same home alone till their caring aunt decides to move in with her husband to care for them, however their normal life is going to get far crazier as a doctor and other characters become involved in the plot. From Tokyopop: The members of the Takashiro family share a terrible curse: only human blood can slake their thirst. Sent away after the death of his mother, Kuzuna Takashiro remained blissfully unaware of his 'condition.' When Kazuna's teenage hormones begin to rage, his uncontrollable bloodlust suddenly rears its head...
Featuring a later period of the Shinsengumi, it starts as the Bakumatsu ends, and is about the remnants of the Shinsengumi that fought during the Boshin war. Divided into three sections, each of which deals with one of the leading characters, first Nomura Risaburou, then Souma Kozue, and finally Hijikata Toshizou.