A collection of shorts by Byungjun Byun, artist of young sensible works on the life in the city, including "Princess Anna" and "Run, Bonggu". Many included shorts have received renowned awards from Korea and Japan.
"No matter what kinds of challenges I will face, I must overcome it." The smiling bright girl, Goo Eun Sae. Ever since she was little, she was raised in an orphanage. Because she is the number one student of the entire nation, she was chosen by the chairman of a rich company to help his son be the top ten students of his school. In turn, the chairman will send money to Eun Sae's orphanage to help the kids. No big deal right? However... "My god! The chairman's son is in 400th place of the entire school?! How can I help him raise up into top ten in only one year?!" Can the bright girl, Goo Eun Sae do it? For the children's sake she must try her best. But what kind of person is the chairman's son? How many more hardships will Eun Sae face? Will her smiling, innocent face like sunshine shed painful tears? Will love bloom out of this?
On the outskirts of Neo-Hong Kong lies a mysterious Chinese-style garden. Legend has it that anyone who looks upon the fairy of the garden will die before the night is out. Five years ago, Douglas Pyke was charged with discovering the true nature of this fairy, but when he accidentally killed a woman in the line of duty, he left the police force forever. Now, a cabbie and sometime private eye, he is asked to find a missing scientist and confront the mysteries of the garden once more.
The 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake took the lives of 70,000 people. This manga is an account of the families who suffered and survived through this hardship.
Based on DECO*27's popular Vocaloid song "Mozaik Role." Megumi Nakashiro never believed in doppelgangers or any of that occult stuff. Sure, she was a member of the occult club, but that was only because her boyfriend Kubohara was in it. However, her view starts changing when her boyfriend suddenly disappears and a girl named Megumi Kokusenya joins her class..
In an alternate history of the aftermath of World War II, Japan has been cleaved in half, with the southHonshu and the other islandsallied with the United States and the northern island Hokkaido annexed by the enigmatic Union. It was on Hokkaido that a mysterious tower had been built, a strand of metal reaching up out of the atmosphere, visible from the northern tip of Honshu. In 1996, three teenagers, Hiroki, Takuya and Sayuri, make a pactthey will build an experimental aircraft, almost invisible to surveillance, cross over to Hokkaido and unlock the secrets of the tower. Their dream was never realized, because Sayuri was sent to Tokyo for treatment after she fell into a coma. It is now three years later. The rosy illusions of youth have fallen away, but not the unbreakable strength of the trio's promise. The truth of the tower will be uncovered, and with it, the link between it and Sayuri's mysterious, carefully tended condition.+
The Pesern Empire is trying to protect the Crocus Frontline for the Henka Inland Allied Forces trying to break through. The drawn-out war and butter cold forces two men from opposite sides under one blanket. But loyalty to one's country cannot be stopped by just a measly blanket.
A story follows Yuji, a high school freshman who, after being mugged by a couple of crooks, discovers he can control energy. Shortly after his confused discovery, a man in white asked him to join a school with energy users like him. After seeing how the unnoticeable world of energy users operate, he decides to go with the flow and tag along with his two best friends, his childhood crush, Schrödinger Kohai, his short senior, and his nutjob teacher to exorcise corrupted spirits, but he'll soon find out this side of the world isn't just about bettering the lives of civilians and exorcising corrupted spirits...
When he was just a student, Soohyun, ranked second, felt envious of the perfect Eunsung. Although he tried catching Eunsung, his soul aflame with passion, it wasn't enough, and he lost all his motivation upon graduation.As time passed, Soohyun forgot everything. However, when he saw Eunsung collapse for the first time, he felt extreme pleasure. With his obsession for Eunsung rekindling, he has a desire to see him fall even further in-front of him...
Malice, Ignorance, and Urban Legends --. The crossroads of music and the story of darkness corrupting people!! Nagisa, a girl living in a fierce environment, both at home and school. Through music, she got addicted to the people on the internet. One day, she walked past a mysterious girl at the train station she usually goes to, and the world around her changed. What she wandered into, is exactly the infamous 'Kisaragi Station', an urban tale popular among internet forums. As she fights against the monsters after her, what is the truth unraveling in front of her that makes her want to look away...?!
"Can you help me paint after school?" asks my classmate Naomi. Our feet carry us to the art storage room that no one goes to. I quietly become her assistant in producing artworks. Naomi suddenly arrived at an Osaka art high school. The pride of the gifted, hardworking Renji gets torn to shreds by her ominous talent. Renji bluffs "I can come up with something like that too." But, he gradually finds himself enthralled by her talent. He writhes in-between his self-consciousness and inferiority complex. Is she his rival or is she...?! They produce eccentric, sensual works after school. A striking story of art and youth released by a brilliant newcomer.
