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Majo Taisen - The War of Greedy Witches

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32 Witches throughout the history fight in a deathmatch tournament so their desire will be granted From the author of Kakegurui

Honey, I’m Going On a Strike

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Cassia Ruberno, Countess of the Simone Empire, marries Zester Greze, a commoner war hero, at the order of emperor. After living for 10 years with no love or money, he dies of incurable disease. No, I only thought that he was dead. At the same time as his death, Cassia returns to the first day she met him, 10 years ago. However, I don't want to repeat the same life as before, so I declared a "strike." Cassia, who was blunt and knew nothing but war, was determined to live on her own without being discouraged. Strangely, Zester in this life continues to try to get into Cassia's heart. Cassia, who didn't hate Zester’s efforts and changes at the same time, said, “I think that maybe I can manage change it in this life.”

Sigrid

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She always lived by the rules. She thought her life had been honourable. She was loyal to the emperor, even at the cost of her life. But the only thing she got in return was the blade of the guillotine."Why? Why is it like this?" she kept asking before her death.However, when she opened her eyes, she had returned to five years before she died."Was the way I lived wrong?" she kept thinking.Sigrid decided to change her way of life. What to eat, what to wear, what to buy, everything. The way she changed led her to be the centre of everything. Although, everything eventually started to go back to the way it was. And so, Sigrid came face-to-face with her old rival and enemy, Veramud."It begins by making friends."

Green Blood

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From MangaHelpers:The end of the civil war signaled the start of the industrial revolution in the United States and immigrants from all over the world traveled to find their American dream. But what awaited the majority of them was poverty, discrimination, and hopelessness. Manhattan, New York was full of immigrants flooding through the ports and the 6th district, Five Points, was considered at the time, the world’s worst slum. The mobsters corrupted the entire area, including the police by paying them off; Five Points was the mob's territory and they were the law.But even Five Points, where there seemed to be nothing but robbery, prostitution, and murder, showed some signs of hope. Luke Burns was an honest and righteous teenager who realized that the mob was the cause of their harsh lifestyle and that joining the mobsters would not bring him the American dream. But his older brother, Brad Burns, had become an assassin for the biggest mob group of Five Points, the Grave Diggers, a secret he kept from Luke for his own protection. Brad was known as the Grim Reaper and his reputation preceded him as a ruthless and skilled killer.

Rainbow

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From: Easy Going Scans Six minors (16 - 17 years) answering to the nicknames of Joe, Mario, Suppon, Baremoto, Heitai, and Kyabetsu are put into a reformatory for offenses such as aggravated assault, swindling, flight, etc.Their stay in hell begins immediately. Accommodated by a doctor pedophile, they are placed under the watch of a despotic and brutal crew. Cellmates with a certain Sakuragi (called Anchan), the tension rises between the band of buddies and their new "friend." A brawl breaks out, and our six prisoners are done rossés by the mysterious young man, thanks to his boxing talent. The story will not only follow the lives of these seven characters surviving in their hellish environment, but also their disillusions due to the rejection by the outside world and by their close relations. This is about the extraodinary and invincible friendships between these young men.Note: Won the 2005 Shogakukan Manga Award for the seinen/general category along with A Spirit of the Sun.

From the Red Fog

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This work is a story about a boy, Rwanda, whose mother is a vicious murderer, set in England at the end of the 19th century. Rwanda, who has long been confined in the basement, grew up and left the house after a certain incident. Eventually, he arrived at the town and was picked up by a staff member of the nursing home and decided to live in the facility. But peaceful everyday life is only boring for Rwanda…

Billy Bat

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Billy Bat is a comic-in-a-comic and the real protagonist is a Japanese-American artist named Kevin Yamagata who draws Billy Bat for "Marble Comics".Shortly after they transition to the artist in his studio with his assistant, two actual detectives, who look like Laurel and Hardy in Dick Tracy era suits and trench coats, knock on the door and appropriate Kevin's room for the purpose of conducting surveillance on a room in an adjacent building. One of the detectives, the skinny “Laurel”, sees Kevin's work and it turns out he's a Billy Bat fan. The other chubby "Hardy" detective picks up a page and says that the characters look familiar and accuses Kevin of translating an old "Jap" comic.As Hardy remembers the comic he thinks Kevin is ripping off, we make another Urasawaesque time jump to 1949 Tokyo.Note: Won the Max und Moritz Prize for "Best international Comic" in 2014.

Heavenly Inquisition Sword

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“He is the master of the Nine Heavens.”Yeon Jeokha was the child of a second wife. Viciously bullied by his father’s first wife and his siblings, he was later imprisoned in a warehouse after his father died of illness…It has been ten years since his escape after he had learned martial arts that were out of the world.“I regard the Yeon Family with great bitterness.”The unstoppable adventure of the sole successor of the Heavenly Inquisition Sword, Yeon Jeokha, begins now!

Taiyou to Tsuki no Hagane

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Kounosuke Ryuudo is a samurai who is stuck in perpetual poverty. Looking for a job is fruitless, as he cannot wield a blade. Quite literally, in fact. One day, after being accosted by some criminals and wishing to only reach the sweet embrace of death, he receives a marriage proposal from a mysterious woman... The newest work from the author of Kasane.

Shoukoku no Altair Gaiden - Toukoku no Subaru

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The curtain rises on an Oriental Reconquista spin-off of Kato Kotono's "Shoukoku no Altair", set far to the east of Rumeliana is the once peaceful and beautiful island nation of Kusanagi, which has been annexed by the larger country of Cinili and fallen into ruin.