We all hate the greedy villains hell-bent on sabotage. Enter Carnelia Easter, the awful secondary villainess of the romance I’m reading, who trapped the prince in marriage at the behest of the evil empress. ... more>>

I didn’t shed a tear when her head’s lopped off, but now I’m Carnelia! I gotta play this smart and convince him to divorce me instead! Still, between the prince, the empress, the heroine, the second prince, my terrible health... this story’s getting unpredictable. Will I survive after all? <<less

In an alchemical ritual gone wrong, Edward Elric lost his arm and his leg, and his brother Alphonse became nothing but a soul in a suit of armor. Equipped with mechanical "auto-mail" limbs, Edward becomes a state alchemist, seeking the one thing that can restore his brother and himself... the legendary Philosopher's Stone.... more>>

Won the 49th Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shounen category.

Won the 15th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Award New Artist Prize.

Won the Eagle Award's "Favourite Manga" in 2010/2011.

Won the Seiun Award for best science fiction comic in 2011. <<less

Nagasawa Shiina is just an average 3rd year high school student until her parents' company goes bankrupt. In order to pay the bills, she sells herself into prostitution. At her first job, a mysterious masked man crashes the party... and it's someone she knows.... more>>

Akumetsu is the story of Shou, a vigilante that's out trying to straighten the corrupt Japanese Government through terrorism with his "One man, One kill" code of action. <<less

Humanity, having faced extinction at the end of the 20th century, would not have entered the new millennium if it weren't for them. In 1969, during their youth, they created a symbol. In 1997, as the coming disaster slowly starts to unfold, that symbol returns. This is the story of a group of boys who try to save the world.... more>>

Note: Won the Kodansha Manga Award in the category "Best General Manga" in 2001. Won the Seiun Award for Best Comic in 2008. Won Best U.S. Edition of International Material at the Eisner Awards in 2011 and 2013. <<less

In the panic surrounding a worldwide pandemic which kills 15 percent of the population and cripples many more, a secret organization, the Propater, topples the UN and seizes control of much of the world. A boy and a girl, raised in an abandoned virology research center, immune to the virus, are attacked by the Propater and escape.... more>>

Based strongly on Gnostic mythology, all major characters are named after gnostic deities, and have analogous roles. <<less

The long-lasting war between the Northern and the Southern Kingdoms is unbearable. So the northern Prince Johane and the southern Princess Euda decide to tell... more>> everyone they are in love, because their marriage can stop the war. But the truth is they don’t get along at all! <<less

Someone - or something - is destroying the seven most powerful robots in the world one after the other; brutally dismantling them without any provocation on their part. Gesicht, one of the seven and a detective for the European Federation, embarks on a mission to capture the killer...and confront the mysteries behind the vague but disturbing memories that keep haunting him in his dreams.... more>>

Note: Won the Seiun Award for Best Comic in 2010. <<less

Henrietta barely survived a brutal attack that killed her family. 'Rescued' by the Social Welfare Agency, her injuries were repaired with robotic components and she was brainwashed. Lost with the memory of her family's deaths was almost every trace of her own humanity. Now, she is an extraordinarily lethal cyborg assassin, obediently working with her handler Giuseppe to carry out her deadly tasks. Despite her conditioning and programming, Henrietta still has the heart of a young girl. She has not completely forgotten how to love, yet the very emotion is contrary to her training and programming. Can the Gunslinger Girl survive? Can she find peace in a struggle against her very nature?... more>>

Notes: Won Excellence Prize from Japan Media Arts Festival in 2012 <<less

The background is an unknown medieval era where there are three countries. Among the three countries, there is an island country called "Ramira". The empire,... more>> Ramira, is where most of stories will unfold. There are generations of princesses, and the first 27 volumes set the story for the eventual regaining of Ramira by the greatest Empress of Ramira, Preia, who was beloved by the people and had many loyal men under her. <<less

Two young men vow to transform the destiny of Japan, by any means. As children, they survived the horrors of the Cambodian killing fields together. Now, can they topple the leaders of both the Japanese Parliament and the yakuza crime syndicate?... more>>

Although cold and calculating when need be, Hojo and Asami exemplify the traits their colleagues lack: loyalty to friends, compassion for the downtrodden...and an irresistible way with women.

Deputy Police Chief Ishihara sets out to expose their ingenious machinations, but instead falls helplessly in love with Hojo...

Note:

While this was originally 12 volumes in Japanese, when translated into English by Viz it was printed three ways: first in comic book form (each issue had 2 chapters), second in a 5-part 14-vol compilation of the comic books, and finally in a 9 volume manga series. Because the translation is so early, the books were flipped to English left-to-right orientation.

The nine English volumes correspond to these compilation parts, floppy issues, and original chapters:

V1: Part 1, Issues 1-4, Chapters 01-12

V2: Part 1, Issues 5-9, Chapters 13-27

V3: Part 2, Issues 1-5, Chapters 01-13

V4: Part 2, Issues 5-9, Chapters 14-26

V5: Part 3, Issues 1-7, Chapters 01-13

V6: Part 3, Issues 7-8, Chapters 14-16; Part 4, Issues 1-5, Chapters 01-09

V7: Part 4, Issues 5-7, Chapters 10-14; Part 5, Issues 1-3, Chapters 01-05

V8: Part 5, Issues 3-8, Chapters 06-15

V9: Part 5, Issues 8-13, Chapters 16-22 <<less

Shurei Hong, destitute but of noble birth, has always dreamed of working as a civil servant in the imperial court of Saiunkoku, but women are barred from holding office. The emperor Ryuki, however, refuses to take command, leaving everything to his advisors. Shurei is asked to become a consort to the emperor to persuade the ne’er-do-well ruler to govern.... more>>

Shurei enters the palace as Ryuki’s consort, but he has yet to seek her out. It is rumored that men, not women, share the emperor’s bedchamber. Shurei must think of a way to stop the emperor from shirking his responsibilities, but she has to find him first! <<less

Divine Bells - they choose their own masters and they determine the status, prestige, and influence of the countries their masters rule. The presence or lack of these Bells also has great consequence in the lives of each country's royalty. In particular, the personal and political futures of King Hong-Ryeong seem doomed without a Bell, but at equally great peril if he obtains one.... more>>

But are the Divine Bells simple magical charms, deities of great powers, or something else altogether? And when the owner of three of the eight existing Divine Bells dies, leaving them to choose new owners, where will the resulting turmoil lead? <<less

Leticia's father, the current king, is very wise and knew that both of his older sons have their own supporters, and that if either one became king, the other brother's supporters would rebel—throwing the country into a civil war. ... more>>

To prevent this, the king decided to announce that he will retire while he's still alive and make his daughter, the princess, his successor! However, the princess doesn't have any political allies. So she decides to gather a group of knights loyal to her and form her own "round table" before the day of her coronation.

The only problem is all of the good knights who are strong and skillful and loyal have already been snatched up by her father and brothers for their own personal guards...

(Based on a light novel, also being translated by AQUA Scans.)

Note: The Aria magazine deleted the website of okoborehime so we can assume it was cancelled. <<less

Makoto is a quiet, unobtrusive boy with passable looks and average grades. The last thing he expects is to be noticed by Yuuki. A model student who is as popular as he is notorious for his brilliance, his look and his uncanny knack for always having his way with everyone.... more>>

Thus begins the fateful partnership between a nondescript high-school student with budding supernatural powers and an intelligent, charming young terrorist-in-the-making. <<less

“Wait for me, Louisa.” ... more>>

Those were the words that the hero, Graham, said to me before he set off to defeat the demon king. Graham who is both my childhood friend and lover. But, I have no intention of waiting. In fact, I have the memories of my past three lives, and in all past three lives, I have been the hero’s childhood friend and lover. However, all past three heroes always found other women and never came back to me! That’s why I will no longer waste my time waiting for the hero to come back, this time I will definitely be happy! <<less

Volume 1: Crest of the Stars (Seikai no Monshou)... more>>

Volume 2: Banner of the Stars (Seikai no Senki)

Volume 3: Banner of the Stars II (Seikai no Senki II)

After his home world was taken over by Abh - a space-faring race that rules over half of humankind - a boy named Jinto becomes a member of Abh nobility, and enrolls in their military school.

After asking a young Abh girl who was sent to pick him up for her name, he later discovers that she is one of the potential heirs for the whole Abh empire.

Will their friendship survive that discovery, and start of a war that will engulf whole galaxy? <<less

In the 18th century, The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was an elective monarchy, in which the king was elected by the nobility. The kingdom thrived under its... more>> unprecedented in the history of Europe, yet flawed democratic political system. Many difficult trials stand in front of this freedom-loving country. Will democracy yield to tyranny? Read "Ten no Hate Made" to find out! Created by the author of world famous "Lady Oscar" (Versailles no Bara) - Riyoko Ikeda - this gripping historical story of war, love and deceit is certainly worth reading! <<less

Like the earlier Battle Royales, a class of middle school students are picked to compete in fights to the death on an island until there is only one left.... more>>

The manga follows the point of view of Girl #10 Makoto Hashimoto, an unlucky girl who fears that her class will be chosen to participate in "the program," a mysterious event that forces students to kill each other. Makoto attends Shikanotoride Junior High School. After the encouragement of her best friend Itou Yamamoto and her mother she decides to face the chances. Her fears are supposedly put to rest when word spreads that all 50 Programs had already been executed in the year making them 100% unlikely to participate.... <<less

This is the story of two of the greatest military commanders in history: the Roman Publius Cornelius Scipio and the Carthaginian Hannibal. The story follows... more>> the two of them from their early life on. Hannibal is initially shown as a strangely silent infant, who seemed like the gods forgot to put a soul in his little body. However, he soon begins to speak in a way that shows his remarkable abilities. Hannibal and Scipio are driven enemies, and their struggle shaped an era. <<less

Bai Pingting has always been unable to believe the saying "a woman's virtue is ignorance". She is a maid of Jing Anwang, but she lives even better than some wealthy women. She is also wiser than most men and she hopes for a higher intellect.... more>>

Even if that man is an enemy, both are full of lies and conspiracies. She is not fond of that man. But between a choice the love and loyalty, she will begin to think that she isn't as meaningful as she once thought she was...

Manhua covers Chap 1-10 of the novel <<less

His Majesty comes close so handsome that flushed queen pushes him reflexively and falls with him together into the pool. Then they swap their bodies. The way to swap back is unknown. The most important thing is that the emperor is quite angry now!! Before every comes to normal, emperor has to deal with his mean imperial concubines that he never knows and the queen has to mediate between those ministeries...... more>>

Official English Translation: , <<less

The story is set in "No. 6," a future model city in 2013. Raised as a top-ranking elite since the age of two, a boy... more>> named Shion lives in an exclusive area in No. 6. On the night of his 12th birthday, he rescues a boy who calls himself "Nezumi" ("Rat"). Nezumi ran away from the city's Special Security Area. From that moment on, Shion's life is changed forever... <<less

On a continent ruled by turmoil, the Lords have the power of a holy seal that can calm the chaos and protect the people. However,... more>> before anyone realized it, the rulers cast aside their creed of purifying the chaos and instead, began fighting each other for their holy seals in order to gain dominion over one another. Shiruka Meltesu, an isolated mage who scorns the Lords for abandoning their creed, and a wandering knight named Theo Corneo, who is on a journey of training to one day liberate his hometown, make an everlasting oath to work together to reform this continent dominated by wars and chaos. <<less

When schoolgirl Takiko Okuda attempts to destroy her father's translation of The Universe of the Four Gods, she is instead literally sucked into the story, becoming the Priestess of Genbu in an epic journey to find the seven Celestial Warriors.... more>>

Also included is a side story (Ayashi no Ceres Gaiden) in Vol. 6 that covers events after the end of the series where Aya dreams of Ceres' past. <<less

Orbiting serenely above a long-ago poisoned earth, the last bastion of human civilization is the space colonies. After a terrorist attack, the colonists are forced... more>> into exile on the blighted planet below. In the confusion, a young mother is separated from her family and is flung into a bleak, uncertain future... But Sarah will not rest until she finds her children. <<less