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".... more>>

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. <<less

I'll be retired starting from today. But what should I do? I don't have any skills, and I don't have the brains to do business.... more>> My only strength is being invincible. What a pain... <<less

World-class detective Kiyotaka Narumi's last words prior to his sudden disappearance continue to haunt his younger brother, Ayumu. The cheeky 10th-grader becomes equally embroiled in... more>> the mystery of the doomed “Blade Children” when he is mistakenly named the prime suspect in a murder at his school. Led by Ayumu's sister-in-law, Kiyotaka's wife and fellow detective, Madoka, the investigation into the murder gives Ayumu a chance to clear his name. But in doing so, he not only uncovers ties to the Blade Children but also more questions than answers about who and what they are. <<less

While most people avoid the suffocating pollution covering the world...... more>>

Deliverymen press on, so the citizens can get the packages they desperately need. They are known... as the Delivery Knights! <<less

On one tragic night, murder and betrayal took place in the royal palace. Amidst the blazing fire, two sole survivors escape, with one badly wounded.... more>> Following their order, they seek help in the Red Lights District from a famous Gisaeng, asking for aid and shelter. Who are they? Just what happened? Ten years later, with a new Emperor on the throne, this section of the city is still as busy as ever and appears to be relatively calm and normal... However, beneath all that, in the villagers' hearts, the dissatisfaction for the Emperor rises... with their only hope and support being their secret hero, "Crimson Moon." Just who is he? Why is he the rebel's leader? And what happened to the victims of that night ten years ago? As these mysteries slowly unravel, the secrets from the past and the event that took place ten years ago slowly resurface once again... <<less

The year is 2061, when space travel is now possible and commercially viable, and the students of Caird High School embark on their Planet Camp.... more>>

But soon after Group B5 arrived at their planetary camp site, a mysterious and unforeseen sentient light sphere warps its 9 members into outer space, stranding them 5012 light years away from their home planet.

With the discovery of an old, unmanned spaceship nearby, the students must stay strong, manage their limited resources and remain united in the darkness of space, so that all of them can survive their long and likely perilous trek back home aboard the Astra.

Notes: Won Manga Taisho Award 2019 <<less

There was once a hero who vanquished the darkness of the land and liberated the people. He then built a kingdom, and had his descendants rule as kings. Although they had ruled the land for so many years, in reality, political power was being wielded solely by the aristocrats of each region.... more>>

One day, this seemingly peaceful kingdom was disturbed by the mysterious death of the principal heir to the throne. The sequence of events that this assassination set into motion, would soon come to involve all of those with the right to become the next king... <<less

In the near future, human technology becomes centered around Mystickers, or tattoo-like stickers which are placed on objects in order to use their abilities. But... more>> Mystickers can do much more than this, a secret only "Blazers" know. A secret Daichi, a good-humored teenager with an obsession for all things "cool," is destined to find out when he suddenly finds himself targeted by people who tell him he, too, is a Blazer... <<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

Makoto is in love with his childhood friend Ai. However, every night he is plagued with a strange dream where there is a station he... more>> does not know, the curtain to a chilling suspense story of love and survival opens. <<less

Thousands of years ago, Vampire King Akabara "Red Rose" Strauss lost both his kingdom and his queen. Since humans were unable to kill the queen, they sealed her away, erecting thousands of fake seals so that the king would never find her true location. Despite being pursued by relentless dhampires, Akabara continues to search for his queen to this day...... more>>

Akabara's quest takes a sinister turn when an entity called the Black Swan appears. The Black Swan inhabits the body of a young human girl every 50 years, giving her the power to destroy the Vampire King and his queen. With each incarnation the Black Swan grows stronger--will the 49th Black Swan mean the end of Akabara? <<less

Hisui, a crossdresser dancer who works for the Golden Rooster Theatre Group, was orphaned when her parents were killed by a group of bandits ten years ago and her brother Kohaku was abducted. When the group performed in the capital, she met with the Emperor who looks like her missing brother. He suddenly summoned her to the imperial palace. Could the Emperor possibly be her long lost brother?!... more>>

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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

This is a school that prepares people for roles in fantasy stories. However, those who possess the "traits" of a "warrior" or "wizard" are but... more>> a few. Most will become no more than mere "villagers". I, Satou, am also one of those "villagers"; but one day, a girl possessing the trait of "demon lord", Ryuugamine Ouko, set her eyes on me. She's short and a surprisingly calm, good girl, but she'll abruptly mutter about destroying mankind; give me a break. Taking up the opposition with passion is my childhood friend, Hikarigaoka Tsubasa; she's more trouble. This girl is also quite the beauty, but as soon as she makes up her mind, she's an absolute troublemaker... <<less

A new discovered 10th planet, called Lametal, will collide with earth on 9th September 1999. While the impact won't affect the giant ice planet critically,... more>> earth will be destroyed. Yayoi, daughter of Lametal's queen and entrusted with the mission to abduct a large number of humans for slavery, befriends the orphaned boy Hajime and starts to question the intentions of her mother. Together with her human family and friends, she takes up the fight against Lametal and searches for a way to avoid earth's destruction. <<less

Everyone on the Clockwork Planet considers Naoto Miura a machinery nut. Every moment of every day, he has his mind on gears and his hands... more>> tinkering with delicate mechanical motors, but nobody understands how he can hear and feel gears in operation, even from a long distance away. Then one day, a clockwork maiden falls from the sky, presaging events that would shake the whole world. <<less

It's New Year's Eve, and there's a countdown party at the luxury hotel, Babel. Kouta, a new hotel employee who's dissatisfied with his own status quo, finds his fate forever changed following an encounter with two mysterious guests: Ozaki and Naomi. ... more>>

On New Year's Day, he bears witness to a world-changing event. And with The Babel as his stage, navigating a complex web of human relations, Kouta's mission begins! <<less

Through the activity of “Elfenbein” – an anti-government organization that Fon, Jacques and their other classmates established – Fon, now a 3rd year student in... more>> Ilegenes Military Academy, became a threat for those important people in the government with connections to the black market. Meanwhile, two female military cadets entered the academy – something unusual in the all-male environment of the academy. One of them, Gabrielle, is surrounded by mysterious movements of unrest… The long-awaited new series of Ilegenes finally begins!! <<less

She is the War Goddess. She is the Death. She is the soul of hundreds of troops. She fought for country, but her mom was... more>> framed up and got killed. She swore to revenge, however, she found a dreadful plot behind it. He is a swordsman. He is a miracle doctor. He is also a perfect-pretended spy. He is gentle and loyal. He came to her with his intention, but healed her all wounds and fell in love with her unconsciously. <<less

In the year 2999, only eleven cities still survive on Earth. The climate has changed drastically, and a biochemical apocalypse has made women extinct. For centuries, the male population of Earth has survived by depending on only one woman, called the Holy Mother, whose ova are harvested to create genetically engineered children. By now, any concept of a world in which women exist as ordinary people is long gone. Society has re-structured itself around all-male families, and relationships between men and adolescent boys have become the norm.... more>>

At the beginning of Marginal, the Holy Mother is assassinated by a terrorist known as Grinja. The government in power doesn't want to start a mass panic, so it pretends that the Holy Mother has only shed her vessel, and that she will be miraculously "reborn" in the near future. The public, which is superstitious and devout, believes this easily. Only government officials know that behind the scenes, there is a frantic effort to create a being able to give birth.

The manga's story revolves around Kira, who becomes involved in a three-way relationship with Grinja, the aforementioned terrorist, and Ashijin, a young man who calls himself Kira's owner. A complex plot and flawless world-building make the story irresistible, and Kira's search for freedom is as symbolic as it is gripping. <<less

Tragically, a noble girl was forced to marry a notoriously cold-hearted Duke. Yet it seems as though spring has come and the flowers are in... more>> bloom... wait, why are you smiling so lovingly at your brother? Your Majesty, I really have no intention of taking your brother, the Duke, away from you! Please believe me! <<less

Set in 1809, this story involves Carl Czerny, Franz Peter Schubert, and Ludwig van Beethoven as they attempt to investigate the mystery surrounding Mozart's piece... more>> "Mozart's Lullabies," driven by the death of a storeowner. Want to know more? Want to unravel the mystery? Read it! <<less

The case files of the detectives at the Shinjuku Police Station paint an unapologetic picture of the worst of human nature, the horrors of everyday life, and the people that are the products of them. In this society, abused children grow up twisted, and traumatized victims turn to violence for revenge. ... more>>

The line between victim and criminal is often blurred when even the worst offenders are those society once failed to save. Left behind in the passing of the years, former detective Iida Kyouya must once more pick up his gun. <<less

500 years before the story of Saiyuki, a heretic child with golden eyes is brought into Heaven. He is given into the reluctant care of... more>> a minor deity named Konzen, the nephew of the Merciful Goddess Kanzeon Bosatsu. Konzen eventually gives the child the name "Goku". Goku becomes friends with two other minor gods, Marshal Tenpou and General Kenren of the Western Army of Heaven. He also meets a strange little boy who seems to be his own age, the War Prince Nataku. Although Goku is happy in his new home, Heaven is not kind to heretics. There are those who would use Nataku and Goku as tools in an attempt to seize the throne of Heaven, and Konzen, Tenpou, and Kenren may not be able to save them. <<less

The “Curse Killing Arc” . . . The “Time Killing Arc” . . . As each incarnation of the terrible events in Hinamizawa unfolds, Rika Furude must watch as her friends descend into madness and despair, knowing the only fate that awaits her is death. With the unique ability to see all of these worlds, Rika desperately searches for the common links between them, which will help her break the cycle and give her and her friends a happy future beyond June 1983. But with less than a month before the cotton drifting in her current life, will Rika be able to change destiny in time?... more>>

The story of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is divided into a total of eight chapters: four "Question" arcs and four "Answer" arcs. Each chapter keeps the same main characters, but ends in a different way. However, each chapter gives valuable answers, hints, and clues to the previous one, while at the same time bringing forth even more mysteries.

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