Apollo´s Song follows the tragic journey of Shogo, a young man whose abusive childhood has instilled in him a loathing for love so profound he finds himself compelled to acts of violence when he is witness to any act of intimacy or affection whether by human or beast. His hate is such that the gods intervene, cursing Shogo to experience love throughout the ages ultimately to…
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Collection of Golden Times related one-shots:
• Golden Time
A story of how a man falls into an ecchi situation with a hot teacher (in the staff toilet).
• -Hatsujouki- / -Estrus-
A story of how a man falls into an ecchi situation with a hot teacher (in a hot spring).
• -Kanketsusen- / -Ass Sweat-
A story of how a man falls into an ecchi situation with a hot teacher (in the…
A semi-autobiographical account of the desperate final weeks of a Japanese infantry unit at the end of WW2, based on the author's experience.
Note: Won Best U.S. Edition of International Material at the Eisner Awards in 2012.
Rudo survives in the slums of a floating city, where the poor struggle to get by while the wealthy live in luxury—casually dumping their garbage into the vast abyss below. His life shatters when he’s falsely framed for murder; the unjust verdict delivers a horrific punishment: exile over the edge, tossed down with the trash into the abyss.
On…
Keiichi Oda, a tired office worker, commutes back and forth from work, and on his way he periodically stumbles upon Madoka's apartment window where she runs a ramen shop... later an okonomiyaki shop... later, an ice fishing hole... later, a sauna... later, a climbing wall...
Who is this mysterious, silent and pretty woman? Where the hell does she get all this stuff from? Why…
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The temptations of three hormone-fueled boys, space detectives, robots, fairies, and a series of mysterious murders-though seemingly unconnected, the common thread between them is the maze-like apartment complex known as the Skygrazer. To unravel this enigma, a spunky rookie detective named Saeko Sakuraba is on the case, but she may just find all the twists and…
Okitegami Kyouko is a famous detective who solves cases in a single day. In fact, she has to, since her memories only last for one day before they 'reset.' However, for important things, she writes messages for herself down on her body with a special pen. One of her common clients is Kakushidate Yakusuke, a man who is often wrongly suspected of committing crimes.
Muriel takes a chance and hurries over to try out for a casting. On her way there, she is knocked off her bike by the dance prodigy, Alosza. Somehow, she is cast into a musical as his partner!
1 + 1 = 3. That is the power of Magic!
Kishimori Rino, a third-year student who’s on her way to become a singer. She has both the looks and the talent. Nakanome Kei is a natural musician who's in the same grade as Rino.
He has already developed his own unique style of music. Rino and Kei are both attracted to each other.
However, they are both still lacking something important…
From Vertical:
Yosuke's family has a strange tradition. Once every sixty years they receive an egg from a mermaid. When the egg matures, his family dutifully returns it to the sea, where the whole process is then repeated. In exchange for this favor, the merpeople bless his coastal town with bountiful catches of fish and calm seas. But as commercial development encroaches on…