When I was 15, I lost my right hand on the battlefield. When I was 24, I mastered the skills that were necessary for my survival.... more>>

But I was always told the same things, over and over:

“Just quit. I'll gray even faster if I try to teach you sōjutsu.”

“But if you weren’t disabled, you could’ve learned anything you wanted, with nothing holding you back.”

“Hey, let's just collect herbs. Why are you so obsessed with swordsmanship?”

“Just live like everybody else.”

When I was 39, I lost my left hand and fell off a cliff. And when I swallowed the Artifact I had no knowledge about...

[ Searching powers… ]

- Availability for growth

- Desire for knowledge

- Abyssal greed

- Power and tenacity

- Talentless persistence

-Reversing the instincts

After the battle, I was reborn as a 15 year old rookie.

《Experience points increased! 》

《Experience points increased! 》

《Experience points increased! 》

《Experience points increased! 》

《Experience points increased! 》

From weather-worn mercenary Chris to young soldier Chris!

It's the story of a skillful lad that found the glory on the battlefield.

It's the story of a talentless man going beyond, overstepping the limits.

It's the story of an ordinary man becoming a knight.

It's the story of an unordinary monarch protecting his people.

It's the story of a man that returned to save his continent.

《Experience points acquired!》 <<less

In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi “Immortal” Sugimoto scratches out a meager existence during the postwar gold rush in the wilderness of Hokkaido. When he stumbles across a map to a fortune in hidden Ainu gold, he sets off on a treacherous quest to find it. But Sugimoto is not the only interested party, and everyone who knows about the gold will kill to possess it! Faced with the harsh conditions of the northern wilderness, ruthless criminals and rogue Japanese soldiers, Sugimoto will need all his skills and luck—and the help of an Ainu girl named Asirpa—to survive.... more>>

Note: Won the 9th Manga Taisho Award in 2016 and the 22nd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2018.

Was nominated for the 20th and 21st Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and the 40th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2016. Won the 24th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards Social Impact Award in 2021. <<less

A gate appears in Tokyo's Ginza district sometime in the 21st century. From the gate pours out monsters, knights from middle-age Europe, and other fantasy-like beings, and they kill many of the citizens of Tokyo. This event is known as the Ginza Incident.... more>>

The government sends a small group of soldiers from the Japanese Self-Defense Forces to the alternate world beyond the gate. Led by otaku soldier Yōji, they find that the villages in the world are being attacked by a dragon. An elf girl who is a survivor from the dragon's rampage joins the group in their travels across the dangerous new world. <<less

“Who am I?”... more>>

The legend of the French Foreign Legion, ‘Kang Chan’!

During the African war, he was called ‘God of Blackfield’, the black land’s God, by his enemies who were terrified but in awe of him.

However, during a mission to kill Masallan, the brain behind SISS, the group of sunni supporters, Kang Chan was killed in action by an unknown bullet shot from behind him.

As his vision got blurry, he saw his thirteen team members, who had absolute faith in him, getting killed one after another.

As Kang Chan was awaiting death after being shot by a traitor, he was saved by a mysterious power and woke up 3 years later in South Korea.

However, he was in the body of another ‘Kang Chan’, a 19-year-old high school boy who was being bullied at school.

Kang Chan’s journey to get revenge on the traitor and to find out the truth behind his rebirth begins now! <<less

Kasia del Roman is a soldier crafted to become an assassin. She lost her human emotions long ago and lived her life as a simple... more>> tool, just to be thrown away in her final moments. She couldn’t even die a proper death as she opened her eyes to a battlefield of a different world. Will she live the same life she did in her original world? <<less

The bow is a weapon that dominates everything in sight, even for targets hiding at distances too far for the eyes to see. Just imagine... more>> a weapon you cannot even see targeting your life. What could possibly be scarier than that? A training regime from hell with a brutal grandfather. A joyful trip to Zhongyuan in search of a wife. The rise of a hero who will overturn the Murim world. Ki Guided Arrow - a fresh take on Ki Guidance that is stronger than both the Ki Guided Sword and Blade! Fire the arrow into tomorrow! <<less

Glory is won over the roar of cannon fire, and peacetime exists simply to prepare for the next battle.... more>>

A soldier in a militarily-advanced nation, Balzer had no problems gaining rank. However, his career takes a sudden turn when he's assigned as an adviser at a military school in a neighbouring allied nation. Struggling to manage with minimum military power at hand, inexperienced students to take care of, and civilian opposition against firearms to alleviate, will Major Balzer be able to win over the other soldiers, his charges and the civilians? <<less

He is a typical poor kid in the Republic of Korea, 21-year-old Kang Sung-jae, who is struggling to make ends meet when he receives his... more>> enlistment notice. He has a chance to become a legendary chef in the army by following a “game instruction” that only he can see. <<less

Yusung is a genius doctor famous in the medical world. He, who spent his whole life in an operation room, died in a traffic accident,... more>> and when he woke up, he was in another world. But…a saint? A holy empire? Healing magic? "I put so much effort into learning medicine, but now all I need to do is touch someone and they're healed? Seriously, I think I've gone crazy." <<less

Zu Sheng Xia, a rebellious, wild and intractable troublemaker who fights a lot at school. Leng Ye Chen, the third master of Leng family. He... more>> looks cold and serious on the outside, but deep inside he's a flirty and scheming fox. The first time they meet, Sheng Xia falls for him, but having sworn loyalty as her father's brother, he's her third uncle?! No worries! She is smarter than that! Come and see her how to take down the cold, elegant and scheming General step by step. <<less

In the distant future, there exists a man named Ragnarok Guy, aka the Godkiller, the sole survivor of an elite band of superhuman soldiers. But... more>> now, he lives his life as a fugitive, pursued by a massive federation who wants nothing but to wipe him out. What are his secrets? And what is his goal? Find out in this action-packed sci-fi epic! <<less

After the end of the One Year War, a man named Led Wayline was recruited to serve in the Federation Survey Service. One thing is... more>> though, Led has no idea who he was. But as the time passes by, he gets some dreams of his ties with a Zeon pilot named Johnny Ridden. <<less

On the planet of Hekiou, there is a continuing war between the first wave of immigrants and the second. An important section of the military uses a native creature, the Niebass, to give its soldiers translocation abilities. These soldiers are all women, with the alien creature transplanted into their wombs. Some people see this practice as a violation of human women by aliens, and Mana Oga's boyfriend has a similar perspective on the matter. Mana Oga is a new soldier in this section, and the story follows her and the other women in her group who accept the alien creatures into their wombs in order to defend their homes.... more>>

Note: Won Nihon SF Taisho Award in 2016. Was nominated for Seiun Award in 2017. <<less

A post apocalyptic world without an ability to use fire.... more>>

But there is a single woman who can cast fire and she is wanted. <<less

It's been declared that Nishi High will close in two years. Since then, the student population has dropped to a mere seven. Hazakura Motoya, one of the remaining students, decides to stay for the free ride through high school.... more>>

Suddenly, everyone is shocked when they receive three new transfer students, Kayama, Mizumura, and Toujou, girls who are actually members of a special military division.

Soon after, Motoya and the three girls witness a giant tower suddenly appearing on the school grounds. Motoya is destined to enter with the girls in order to uncover the mysteries of this tower.

Digital publication: and <<less

Shiina Atsushi, a Japanese-American boy, lives in Japan during WWII. He comes across a Chinese girl, collapsed among the debris of a collapsed building, with... more>> a strange glowing symbol on her back. She claims she's from another world that has been destroyed. As she attempts to leave, the military arrive and demand she go with them. Who is this mysterious girl? What will young Atsushi do? <<less

An elite military unit conducts its duties alongside sabertooth tigers trained to assist their human masters. The Royal Kingdom invades the Empire in their desire for world dominion...after the disastrous opening battle of the war, the unit fights to save not only itself but their comrades from the enemy.... more>>

Nominated for the 1st Manga Taisho in 2008. <<less

Eripha is the only girl in the garrison of the World Government's army that is protecting the city of Eldorado from terrorists. After being stationed... more>> there for three months she finally warms up to a boy in the same troop, Melka Dracea. But a sudden raid from the terrorists and a close encounter with the their leader changes their situation, drastically. <<less

The manga centers on stories about both Suzaku and Kallen that were not portrayed in the original story.

The world is in a war against an alien race called "Mimics," who have taken over most of the world with a mission to eliminate the human race. Keiji Kiriya is a new recruit in the United Defense Force, which is battling against these "Mimics." On his first day of deployment, Keiji and his unit encounter "Mimics" and are all killed... Or was it all a dream? For some inexplicable reason, after every time he dies, he is resurrected and returned back to the day before the battle. Why does this happen to Keiji and how can he escape from this never ending cycle?... more>>

Note: Nominated for the Eisner award for the "Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia" in 2015. <<less

This is the fictional story of an all-female German tank squad, which was "lost in the darkness of history," called Schaferhund. They're fierce fighters who... more>> don't fear death, and who think of themselves as expendable. They are typically up against the resistance, who will even use children to murder German soldiers. One day, they get a new commander, a young man who values the human lives of the people under his command. There's plenty of friction between the former acting commander of the squad, Kaya, and the new commander--and not only because he accidentally saw her (and many other female soldiers) mostly naked. What will the future hold in store for Schaferhund? <<less

In The Unwomanly Face of War, Alexievich chronicles the experiences of the Soviet women who fought on the front lines, on the home front, and... more>> in the occupied territories. These women—more than a million in total—were nurses and doctors, pilots, tank drivers, machine-gunners, and snipers. They battled alongside men, and yet, after the victory, their efforts and sacrifices were forgotten. <<less

An expansion of the Strike Witches series, World Witches - Contrail of Witches details the short stories of various witches from areas of the European... more>> front of the Neuroi War. <<less

This Dark fantasy story follows a boy named Muoru who has been falsely arrested and sent to a cemetery to perform forced labor. There, he... more>> meets a beautiful girl named Meria, who calls herself the "grave keeper". Muoru becomes fascinated with Meria as he spends his days digging a hole containing the undead monster named "The Dark." <<less

From the author of MachiMaho and Black Gyaru School comes Souryuu's newest work.... more>>

Notes:

0 = the letter "O"

4 = the kanji "shi"

R = the letter "r"

1 = the letter "i"

"04R1" becomes "Oshiri"

Japanese for that sweet ass! <<less