Nezumi is a girl who was raised as a hitman by the yakuza and grew up not knowing human love. An ordinary young man, Ao, knows nothing. They fall in love and start to live together, but the evil hand is close at hand...<br> ___<br> Read the prequel oneshot featuring Messiah-chan's backstory <a href="https://mangadex.org/title/a53ff4b3-1514-4b91-9fa0-acd99dd797de/gomennasai-messiah-chan" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>.
A string of mysterious disappearances has been making headlines. Rumor has it that all the missing people have been "reincarnated into another world." Yoshimichi, the protagonist, dismisses the gossip as nonsense until one day, even his childhood friend, Yuma, suddenly vanishes without a trace. His classmate Otogi insists that Yuuma's disappearance must be an isekai reincarnation and excitedly declares that she wants to go to another world too! Before Yoshimichi can stop her, she drags him into a suspicious building!?
(from ebookjapan): Some 3,500 years ago, the Arians living on the banks of the Indus River had established a caste system with Brahmins at the top. Shortly before the birth of Siddhartha, the hero of this story, Chapra, who was born a slave, became his adopted son after helping a general of the Kosala kingdom. He then hid his origins and sought the position of power, but Chapra, too, could not escape the curse of the status system... Here begins the epic story of the Buddha's life and the times in which he lived! The complete biography of Buddha, as seen by Osamu Tezuka. --- Official Release: - English release by [Kodansha US](https://kodansha.us/series/buddha/) - Indonesian release by Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia (KPG) --- - **Won the 21st Bungei Shunju Manga Award in 1975, along with another short work of Tezuka's, Animal Tsurezuregusa (included in Paper Fortress)** --- **Volumes 287-300 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
Nanase Takeshi is a normal high-school student with a slightly traumatic past. You could say he's hard-working but in reality, he really cares about what others think about him. One day, however, he sees a girl wearing a uniform he had never seen before, who had collapsed on his school grounds. She is Aiba Mui and her appearance marks the beginning to a series of weird incidents. She once said, "to be honest, I'm a magic user and sorry……I turned you into one too." Adaptation of the [light novel](https://www.novelupdates.com/series/mahou-sensou/) series written by Suzuki Hisashi with illustrations by Luna-Lia
Shinkichi, 21, is hired as a servant by Mrs. Toyoshiga, a sought-after music teacher. Despite the considerable age difference, they become lovers. But Toyoshiga is a jealous woman who can't stand the attention her female students pay Shinkichi, particularly the young and pretty O-hisa. This consuming jealousy may be the cause of the boil that appears one day under the teacher's left eye and grows disfiguring. “Kasane” is inspired by a famous Japanese legend that is still often performed in Kabuki theater today.
A catastrophic event has thrust the world into an age where disease begets disease. Ostracized for his unconventional treatment methods, the dark Doctor Ikuru is stricken with an immortalizing disease. On a desperate mission to die, he must save a world desperate to live. This medical science-fiction adventure will go to the very edge of humanity and back in one man's search for an ending to his suffering, all while saving the world he wishes to leave. (Source: MANGA Plus) Note: The manga got originally published as a short series of 4 chapters on February, 2020 in Shounen Jump +. On September 6, 2022, the manga got serialized and its 4 original chapters got republished as part of the serialization.
The familiar jingle of a colorful truck is a constant in the suburban sprawl. The Ice Cream Man moves through these neighborhoods, a figure of both comfort and unsettling presence. He encounters residents grappling with private agonies—a man lost in addiction, a family haunted by quiet dread, a child trapped in a fantastical daydream. Each finds their personal sorrow reflected back at them through his offerings. A simple transaction at his window can become a pivotal moment, the taste of a treat shifting a life's trajectory without warning. His true nature remains ambiguous, existing somewhere between a kindly neighbor and an architect of fates. The only certainty is the sound of his bell on the afternoon air.
Ian, a young man with a fractured family history, travels from Australia to England to America in the hope of realizing his dreams and reuniting with his beloved sister. His story unfolds backwards through the framing narrative of Jim, a reporter driven to capture Ian’s experiences in a novel: not simple. A story within a story, a book within a book, a tale about the search for family, for an emotional home.
Erotic horror in extreme conditions! In that closed village, there was a demon that ate humans and assaulted women until they died...! What should have been a fun little trip for childhood friends turns into a hellish scene when they get lost in a cursed abandoned village.
Theo, who has been hiding his past and living a new life as an accountant at a small art gallery in New York, goes to meet a mysterious benefactor who suddenly appears when the gallery is in financial difficulty. There, Theo meets his half-brother Cedric, who he abandoned in 'paradise' 20 years ago, and the tragedy begins when Cedric 'subdues' Theodore. (Source: Peanutoon, translated) *Note: Part of Peanutoon's Hardcore BL Danpyeonseon (하드코어 BL 단편선) Collection.*
Leaf thought he knew what temptation was, but it wasn’t until he saw Camellia for the first time that he understood what it really meant. The entire gang agrees that the young man is a rare beauty—the difference is that they can recognize him for the forbidden fruit he is. Yet, in spite of their warnings to stay clear of their boss’s so-called wife, he finds that he’s no saint. Will an affair with Camellia be his salvation, or will he find that his pleasure came at much too high a cost? (Source: Tapas) *Note: Includes one extra chapter.*
Demon Lord Yami, exhausted by the prolonged war, begs Hero Lux to "kill her." But the hero couldn't bring himself to kill the lonely girl. And Yami fell in love for the first time. Lux faked the Demon Lord's death and ended the war. However, their peaceful life together didn't last long, and Lux died of illness. In her despair, Yami delivered his ashes to his hometown, where she found his younger brother, Ray, who bore a striking resemblance to him. With nowhere else to go, Yami hides her true identity and takes up residence in the accessory workshop run by Ray. Eventually, she realizes that the Demon Lord's magic brings about mysterious miracles for the owners of the accessories... (Source: Kadokawa, translated)