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MANGA , MANGA (Anthology)A unique publication from before Shogakukan Inc. established Viz Communications in 1987 (the first full-fledged business in the United States by a Japanese Manga publisher), MANGA was an 88-page anthology of 10 short stories in both color and black-and-white: An experiment by Masaichi Mukaide, the publication's editor, this may have been too far ahead of its time, in many aspects.Features a stunning roster of authors of that time: such as Hiroshi Hirata, Yosuke Tamori, Yukinobu Hoshino, Katsuhiro Otomo, Keizo Miyanishi, Noboru Miyama, Yoji Fukuyama, & Noriyoshi Orai (illustration) and with Hajime Sorayama featured on its cover, Back cover by Hiroshi Hirata, and Chika Oya in charge of coloring the illustration indicated.
A protector, with an arm of steel, able to deflect bullets, swearing never to take a life. That is Tate Karito, the Shield in the Dark.
Onmyoji and Yokai? A girl's bizarre Taisho romance! When she was in the first grade of elementary school, her whole family was involved in an accident, but she is the only one who survived. In her third year of junior high school, she passes by the accident site again and is somehow transported back to the Taisho Era! The next day, Nanoka's physical abilities are awakened when she is told by Mao, a boy she met there who is an Onmyoji, "You are a demon, aren't you?"<br> ___<br> Official Release:<br> - Indonesian release by <a href="https://www.gramedia.com/products/mao-01" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Elex Media</a> (2021)
After cruelly executing the wicked ghosts that killed his parents, a young boy named Lee-se is branded as a monster by his village. Having lost all attachment to life, Lee-se meets Mong-ryeon, a goblin and ghost hunter, and adopts a new goal: to exterminate all ghosts from the world. As they begin living together, Mong-ryeon discovers a unique trait in Lee-se and sends him to 'Daemudo,' a cultivation sect known as the executioners of the cultivation world.<br> <br> <a href="https://series.naver.com/novel/detail.series?productNo=13958113" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Original Novel</a> <br> <br> <b>Original Webtoon:</b> <br> <a href="https://comic.naver.com/webtoon/list?titleId=851689" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Naver Webtoon</a>, <a href="https://series.naver.com/comic/detail.series?productNo=14298592" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Naver Series</a>
I'm a roleplayer. The kind of gamer who builds an entire character around a class and enjoys staying in character from start to finish.<br> <br> If you're too embarrassed to commit to the bit, you're not a real roleplayer.<br> <br> "Keep talking. I'm starting to wonder just how much of my wrath you can endure."<br> <br> So, as usual, when I started a newly released game, I immersed myself in my latest role: a knight with a demon sealed inside his arm...<br> <br> And I roleplayed to my heart's content...<br> <br> "Log out."<br> <br> 「Command unavailable.」<br> <br> "...? Log out."<br> <br> 「Command unavailable.」<br> <br> "...???"<br> <br> That was the moment I realized one very important fact.<br> <br> I was screwed.<br> <br> No... I was completely fucked.<br> <br> <b>Original Webtoon:</b> <br> <a href="https://page.kakao.com/content/69510272" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">KakaoPage</a>, <a href="https://webtoon.kakao.com/content/%EC%A3%BC%EC%9D%B8%EA%B3%B5%EC%9D%B4-%EC%BB%A8%EC%85%89%EC%B6%A9%EC%9D%B4%EB%A9%B4-%EA%B3%A4%EB%9E%80%ED%95%9C%EA%B0%80%EC%9A%94/4911" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Daum</a>
“I will reclaim the honor that was trampled beneath your feet.”<br> <br> After seven years of isolation, her unjust prison sentence finally comes to an end.<br> <br> April Lunos lost her parents and her family’s honor as the price for trying to punish the fiancé who betrayed her.<br> <br> Now, she is determined to take her revenge. But what awaits her beyond prison is not freedom…<br> <br> It is another fabricated accusation.<br> <br> “Arrest April Lunos. She is the prime suspect in the series of murders committed over the past three years.”<br> <br> A serial murder case… pinned on someone who spent those very years behind bars?<br> <br> Amid this absurd accusation, she comes face to face with Vijin Deus—the younger brother of her former fiancé and her childhood friend.<br> <br> Why has Vijin come to the estate?<br> <br> And can April clear her name and restore the spring her family once lost? <br> <br> <b>Original Webtoon:</b> <br> <a href="https://webtoon.kakao.com/content/%EC%A0%80%ED%83%9D%EC%9D%80-%EB%B4%84%EC%9D%84-%EA%B8%B0%EB%8B%A4%EB%A6%B0%EB%8B%A4/4896?tab=continue" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Daum</a>, <a href="https://page.kakao.com/content/69479740" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">KakaoPage</a>
In a brutal medieval world where innocence means life and guilt means death, Aron, captain of the castle guard, enforces order within the fortress. But when demons begin to corrupt men’s hearts, violent events erupt, including repeated attempts to assassinate the lady of the castle. As Aron hunts the culprits, he encounters a demon that marks him, granting incredible strength but tainting his body with dark magic. Now, with his mind clouded and powers growing, Aron must unravel the mystery before the castle and his soul fall to ruin.<br> <br> <b>Original Novel:</b> <br> Chapters: <a href="https://series.naver.com/novel/detail.series?productNo=8831201" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Naver Series</a>, <a href="https://novel.munpia.com/315038" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Munpia</a> <br> Volumes: <a href="https://series.naver.com/novel/detail.series?productNo=10046773" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Naver Series</a>, <a href="https://novel.munpia.com/376920" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Munpia</a><br> <br> <b>Original Webtoon:</b> <br> <a href="https://comic.naver.com/webtoon/list?titleId=831416" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Naver Webtoon</a>, <a href="https://series.naver.com/comic/detail.series?productNo=11583362" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Naver Series</a> <br> <br> <b>Official Translations:</b><br> <a href="https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/the-roguish-guard-in-a-medieval-fantasy/list?title_no=7370" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">English</a>, <a href="https://www.webtoons.com/zh-hant/fantasy/the-roguish-guard-in-a-medieval-fantasy/list?title_no=7285" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">T.Chinese</a>, <a href="https://www.webtoons.com/fr/action/the-roguish-guard-in-a-medieval-fantasy/list?title_no=7922" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">French</a>, <a href="https://www.webtoons.com/id/FANTASY/-/list?title_no=7187" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Indonesian</a>, <a href="https://www.webtoons.com/th/fantasy/the-roguish-guard-in-a-medieval-fantasy/list?title_no=7995" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Thai</a>, <a href="https://manga.line.me/product/periodic?id=Z0003816" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Japanese</a>
Hakua Kamishiro is a model student serving as the Student Council President. His life is shattered when a group of jealous classmates orchestrates a "crime" that leaves his younger sister unconscious after a hit-and-run, followed shortly by the tragic suicide of his mother.Crushed by a sense of loss and utter helplessness, Hakua finds an unexpected ally in his junior from the student council, Maria Yagi. She offers a chilling solution: "We are going to make everyone who made you suffer take their own lives." With Maria's help, Hakua resolves to exact his revenge on the three people who destroyed his family.
At nineteen, he’s endured a life more hellish than hell itself. For the sake of revenge, he finally makes a pact with the demon inside him, and is reborn as a monster.
Naive housewife Jo Mihyeon, burdened by her husband's debts, ends up meeting up with notorious loan shark Baek Sahyun. The shady contract she was forced into slowly begins to twist both their lives. [Original Webtoon](https://www.toomics.com/webtoon/episode/toon/8745)
“Did you come here to save me?”<br> <br> It was a question so naïve it was almost laughable—yet within it lay her final hope. But the man, wearing an expression full of disgust, replied: “Of course not. I came here to drag you into hell.”<br> <br> In his first life, Giscard Lodbrok cast Diana Brien into hell.<br> <br> “You have to endure me. Just three years… that’s all. I won’t hold back for those three years. You’ll have to take all of my emotions.”<br> <br> —I know.<br> <br> That’s why I’m doing this now.<br> <br> Diana nodded dryly, while the man lowered his head, whispering brokenly into her embrace, “Damn it… Then why did you abandon me?”<br> <br> In his second life, Giscard Lodbrok fell into hell because of Diana Brien.
Around the offices of Tozai News, Shiro Yamaoka has a reputation for being over-blunt, under-ambitious, and generally an all-around slacker. So why has he been given the important job of coming up with the "Ultimate Menu" to celebrate the newspaper's 100th anniversary? Because he possesses qualities his other colleagues don't: an exquisitely discerning palate, an encyclopedic knowledge of food and drink, and a masterful touch in the kitchen.<br> <br> ---<br> - <b>Won the Shogakukan Manga Award for Seinen/General in 1987</b>
