In a country very much like present-day Japan, governed by an emperor who rules with an iron fist, a dark disease known as "BT" is spreading out-of-control...all those infected will be overtaken by an insatiable desire to kill. The emperor charges a group of skilled men with the responsibility of eliminating all "BT carriers." Among them are two brothers with cursed blood running through their veins. Though they appear fearless, there is one thing even they seem to dread; the "yomizakura" - a mark of death which serves as a chain binding them to their traumatic childhoods...
Ever since Xiao Qiao was little, she's loved mythical fantasy books about magicians and can't wait to grow up to be an author so she can lose herself in magic! She's always believed that one day a magician will appear an take her away to a magical land- but nobody believes in dreams nowadays, or do they? One day whilst daydreaming on the way home from school Xiao Qiao falls down an uncovered drain and finds herself not in a sewer but in another country with two moons... And a less than ecstatic young magician called Liang! Not only is she disappointed to learn that a wizard's magic only matures when they reach 80 but there are also no mod cons such as electrivity or cell phones. Is Xiao Qiao going to be able to enjoy her "dream come true" after all? And will she ever manage to find her way back home?
One-shot compilation of Shimamoto's earlier works for Shogakukan:- **Blazing Transfer Student - Kaiju Battle!** (炎の転校生・怪獣戦闘!, Honoo no Tenkousei - Kaijuu Sentou!): Noboru Takizawa and crew are back for another chaotic event, this time dealing with an alien invasion. A bonus story done half a year after serialization finished.- **Warrior of the Sun Wind Breaker X** (太陽の戦士ウインドブレーカーX, Taiyou no Senshi Wind Breaker X)- **Hardly a Hero** (ほとんどヒーロー, Hotondo Hero)- **My Love Qualifications Are Nothing!** (恋の資格がナッシング, Koi no Shikaku ga Nothing): Shimamoto's sole shojo work, serialized in Ciao.
Harada Izumi has just transferred to a new high school and is doing her best to fit in, which isn’t easy when you have a secret as big as hers – that she can read minds! And it doesn’t help when she is seated next to Akechi Kikumaru, a handsome young man she immediately takes an interest in who is more than a little bit of a pervert!
Once upon a time, there was a mountain with a temple on it.Two priests lived inside the temple.They didn’t live there as part of their credo, but in order to eat people.
In a move designed to try, and reform the infamous Saiyan Assassin into a good person, Enma-ou bonds Raditz's spirit to that of his pure hearted his brother, Son Goku. Now, with just one year until Nappa and Vejita's imminent arrival on Earth, the two have been tasked with traveling along The Great Snake Way, and seeking the tutelage of Kaio-sama, in order to grow stronger to face the looming Saiyan threat. Will Raditz reform? Will poor Goku make it out with his heart unblemished? And most importantly: Will these two ever learn to get along??
In the not so distant future, Earth is invaded by aliens. The United Nations instates a draft, and all humans on Earth are eligible to become soldiers. Kurando Nieno is a rather scrawny high school student, scoring the lowest scores possible on the preliminary draft physical. During an air raid from the aforementioned aliens, a rather irritable black haired girl crash lands in front of Nieno and attempts to drink his blood. The United Nations air force and Eliza the vampire have selected Nieno as Eliza's delicious new food source!
Chinami was born with psychic powers. She has always wanted to join the Psycho Police Force. However, she doesn't know how to control her powers, so she failed the entry exam. However, after being saved from a psychic criminal, she joins the Psycho Merchants instead.
Asagi is an exorcist with a tragic past.One day, an encounter with a certain ayakashi causes him to recall that tragic past…
A thousand years before Christ, the last king of an ancient dynasty was seduced by a fox spirit that caused chaos in his land and drove his people to despair, before she killed the king and was finally sealed by an exorcist. During the Heian Period that golden-haired, nine-tailed vixen, known as Daji in China and Kayo in India, reappeared in Japan... In Kyoto, misfortune befalls Mikuzu's family after her father nearly shoots a fox with an arrow. Now Mikuzu, with the help of her neighbour and a childhood friend Oniomaru, is looking for a way to cure him. But once the fox spirit abducts Mikuzu, meaning to recommence her misadventures in a new incarnation, the battle to save the girl and to restore the seal begins.
A freeter happily moves into a cheap single-person apartment, only to discover that there is a girl already living there - who proposes to him on the spot?!
