Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou

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From MangaProject:This is the story of Alpha Hasseno, an Alpha 7 M2 series robot. Left by her owner, she appears and acts fully human while running a small coffee shop named Cafe Alpha. It is a light-hearted story about the people Alpha comes into contact with behind the backdrop of a futuristic country-side in Japan. As we meet Alpha, she makes a shopping trip to Yokohama.Note: Won the 2007 Seiun Award for Best Manga.

Hirayasumi

5.10

29-year-old freeter Ikuta Hiroto is a carefree young man without a love life, regular job, or any real worries about the future. He inherits an old house from the neighbourhood granny, where his 18-year-old cousin, Natsumi moves in with him to study art in Tokyo. This is a story about Hiroto and the people around him who struggle with life.

Tomie

9.00

Every man who encounters Tomie becomes obsessed with her and eventually kills and dismembers her. But Tomie is not human, and always comes back...Notes:1) There is a third volume of Tomie called "Tomie: Again" which was included in the new japanese reissued two- volume version of the Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection (伊藤潤二 恐怖博物館). These new stories are not included in the original ComicsOne editions of Tomie, but are available in Dark Horse's Museum of Terror volume 2.2) Besides Junji Ito's Horror Comic Collection (Also called Museum of Terror), in 2000 Tomie was also published in a compilatory tankoubon called "Tomie, The Complete of Tomie" -「富江」 （全）THE COMPLETE OF TOMIE-. Regardless of the title, this volume does not include "Tomie Again" within its pages.3) Some people also consider "Tomie no kyoufu gaka" [ シリーズ富江の 恐怖 画家] as part of the Tomie franchise. Tomie no kyoufu gaka was the first Tomie's compilatory tankoubon that was ever released (It was published in 1996) and features five stand-alone stories (Gaka, Ansatsu, Mouhatsu, Youjo and Takitsubo) that were published a year later in Junji Ito's Horror Comic Collection.

Hellbound

8.00

Repent, or face hell on Earth! In Seoul, apparitions have started appearing before those who have done wrong to notify them of when they will die. A new religious group explains these happenings as God condemning people to make them live more righteously. Detective Jin is assigned to investigate the latest incident, just as his wife’s murderer is scheduled to be released from prison.Suddenly, it is a supernatural phenomenon that humans cannot know whether it is a miracle or a curse. The hell that people make to deal with the unbearable reality.

Sun ken Rock

7.00

Sun ken Rock Manga is a Japanese manga series illustrated and written by Boichi. A year after, Ken found that Yumin had actually became an officer in Korea. Yearning to view the girl he loved, Ken dropped out of high school become an officer just like Yumin and so that you can go to Korea. Though Ken was able to go to Korea, he found himself unable to become an officer and instead became a poor Shut in with occupation or no cash. From being mistreated with a bunch gang members after helping an old man, he was scouted by the head of a nearby gang headed by Tae-Soo Park who made him the manager that was new The storyline revolves around Ken (the chief protagonist), a guy from an upper class family that was orphaned young because of his family's engagement with all the Yakuza; he became a highschool delinquent known for fighting. The thing that moves actions to be taken by him is through his amorous fondness Yumi, to get a classmate. At the first, the gang did not even have a foundation and solely consisted of few members. As the narrative advances The Sun ken Rock gang becomes larger as new members were recruited by them and take over other gangs' territories and investments. The Sun ken Rock Group gets an MMORPG firm, a substantial casino, among the greatest television media firms in Korea, in addition to garnering political favors (making them the strongest gang in Korea). Yet, throughout this, Ken has done his best to evade disclosing himself as a gang leader to Yumin as she despises gangs. In between the rise of Ken, Yumin and he got closer and Yumin began to have feelings for Ken. Nevertheless, matters were constantly complicated from the interference of either Ken's gang actions and the Yakuza links of Yumin. The collection, despite being quite adult-oriented, espouses many shonen-esque worth, including the need for camaraderie as well as the notion of being a "true man". Main characters in Sun ken rock manga Ken Kitano : high school delinquent as well as the main protagonist who leaves Japan in pursuit of his love, Yumin and drops out of school. While in Korea he lives his life as a shut in for a whole year being not able to locate a real occupation. After saving an old man from being killed by loan sharks, he was scouted and encouraged to join an area gang(gondal) to work under Taesoo as among his underlings. After fighting against Taesoo, he was offered the job of manager rather. He declined since he desired to join the police force alongside Yumin but Taesoo finally controls him into taking the position. His strength and awareness of justice earns him the devotion of the local community as well as his gang. Ken's parents were killed over the course of a Yakuza war when he was 13. The character design of Ken is greatly impacted from Vash of Trigun Manga.Yumi "Yumin" Yoshizawa : Ken's love interest, a daughter that left Japan to become a policeman in the section in charge of organized crime. Her true name is Yumi and she's really Japanese. She hates gangsters, after it's found that she's the daughter of a Japanese Yakuza Boss that killed the parents of Ken. When she was young, her hate of gangs is because of her mom and sister being killed by other Yakuza. As the daughter of a Yakuza leader, she is an extremely competent fighter and has mastered some martial arts. She also has feelings for Ken while not understanding he's an underworld leader. She's shocked when she discovers that Ken is the leader from Banphuong. Feeling betrayed in the beginning, she faces Ken to forgive him after an apology afterwards, after which she cheers him with Ban-Phuong about the duel. The two decide to assault her dad's headquarters, but determine to take off time in a favorite holiday hotspot and ultimately make love in a church in a thunderstorm Other manga: + Read Dragon ball manga+ Panlong manga

Brother for Rent

8.00

What the young girl rents is not a movie, but a brother, and the wonderful warm feeling of spending time with him. With her parents deceased, and her once kind brother changed... What the girl seeks is the warmth of a family that she once had. Even if it's a rental one.

Jigokuraku (KAKU Yuuji)

9.00

Gabimaru the Empty, a former ninja assassin known feared as a heartless husk of a man, spends his days on death row wondering when an executioner skilled enough to so much as harm him will arrive, as he thinks nothing of seeing an end to his meaningless existence... Or so he thought. Then the lady executioner, Asaemon the Beheader, rekindles his hope with an astounding proposition. If he ever wishes to see his beloved wife again, he is, under the auspices of the shogunate, to embark on a perilous voyage to the mysterious mystic island said to house the elixir of immortality. Should he be the one among many rival death-row fiends and scoundrels to find the elixir, he'll earn a full exoneration, and, more importantly, a chance at an ordinary married life with the light of his life--the woman who made the world seem not so ugly. What awaits them is a journey like no other!

Solanin

7.00

From Viz:College graduates struggle to cope with the real world. Music offers refuge in this modern manga with an American attitude.Meiko Inoue is a recent college grad working as an office lady in a job she hates. Her boyfriend Shigeo is permanently crashing at her apartment because his job as a freelance illustrator doesn't pay enough for rent. And her parents in the country keep sending her boxes of veggies that just rot in her fridge. Straddling the line between her years as a student and the rest of her life, Meiko struggles with the feeling that she's just not cut out to be a part of the real world.Note: Was nominated for the 2009 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Japan. It was nominated for the 2009 Harvey Award for Best American Edition of Foreign Material.

Ichi the Killer

8.00

In Shinjuku Kabuki-Cho, the biggest sin town in Japan, there are two crazy guys. Ichi is a coward and a wimp, but once he breaks into tears, he turns into a human weapon. With great martial arts skill and a blade hidden in his boots, he butchers a bunch of enemies into mincemeat in the blink of an eye. His arch enemy is Kakihara, a yakuza boss who's tired of everything, including himself. Only when he pierces, cuts, and burns his own and other people's bodies does he feel that he is alive.

Onani Master Kurosawa

10.00

Onani means masturbation. And that's what this guy is good at. Every day after school, he sneaks into the mostly unused girls bathroom on the 3rd floor, and masturbates. Until one day, when he's caught by a bullied girl with a hidden agenda.This is a story of mistakes, redemption, and the choices made in between. It contains the worst and best of the human condition.