(Rainbow Field, a location within the manga) is a heavy book. Its thick black cover and roughly 300-page girth are a sign of things to come: this is a black, bleak story, complicated and convoluted. It is a story that you can read again and again, and notice new things each time. It is a story that you need to read again and again to puzzle together. It is a story heavy with symbolism and maddeningly intricate. Suzuki is a troubled boy. He's lived with uncaring foster parents for most of his life, alienated from the other kids at his school, owner of a cynical, unhappy mentality. Komatsuzaki is a violent, unpredictable bully whose head trauma causes him to act in mysterious, inexplicable ways. Arakawa is a no-nonsense, normal girl who pines after Komatsuzaki but can never have him. A teacher with just one working eye. A mother who committed suicide. A daughter in an endless coma. Attempted rape, murder, extortion, sexual deviance, and a freakish explosion in the butterfly population. All of these elements are whirled together in a story spanning 10 years, a tale of blackness, pain and apocalypse. And maybe just a bit of hope and redemption. It's a spiritual cross between the misanthropic suburban malevolence of Kyoko Okazaki's Rivers Edge and the eerie mysticality of Donnie Darko. (taken from Mangascreener)

It is currently the Taiheimeji Era. It is a reign ruled by the Tokugawa shogunate. Inside this shogunate, there is a group of warriors that support the government. They are the Manyuu Clan. In this current era, breasts mean everything. If you have breasts, you are guaranteed wealth and popularity. If you lack them, you are rarely considered "human". Members of the Manyuu Clan help raise the future big breasts. Written on a secret scroll possessed by the clan, there is said to be various techniques on how to grow big and beautiful breasts. Chifusa is to be successor of the clan. However, she takes the secret scroll and runs away with it, hoping to fight against the cruel world that the Manyuu Clan has created...

Hasuno Miu, a high school teenage girl, loves her big brother, Keiichiro, and believes he is the gentlest and kindest person ever. Miu learns that there is a suspicious pervert lurking around the community and, to her surprise, stumbles upon a couple that matches that description. Miu escapes back to her house only to find that the man and the woman is none other than her brother Keiichiro and his summoned demon sex slave Manimani. It turns out that Keiichiro is a magician that was able to summon Manimani from the depths of hell. With everything she thought of her brother shattered into oblivion, Miu has no idea what to do.

A short story collection of Jirô Matsumoto’s, things get nasty, and wet. Seriously, in each of those stories there’s enough body fluid sloshing about to fill a swimming pool. Note: This manga contains adult content. For mature audiences only.

A scientist finds a brain in an alley and implants it into the body of his beloved, Nina. It turns out the brain belonged to a boy, Misumi Yutaka, and he is none too happy to find himself in a female body. What happened to Yutaka's body and why was his brain in the middle of an alley? What will happen to "Nina" when the female parts of "her" body start to have an effect on "his" mind? You'll have to read to find out.

Collection of 23 stories about love in the everyday life of the Japanese. Contains: • Holiday Part 2 A girl reads a shoujo manga and is left unsatisfied by the ending. • At the Park Two best friends, one of them whose name is Yoko, spends time with each other as they set of fireworks at the park, but there is a meaning behind the get together. What is the reason for it? • Painfully from the Heart Showing the connection between pain and love • Heavy and Pop (?) A prostitute thinks about the concept of love. • Sweet A girl reflects herself cheating on her boyfriend.

Trepanation is the procedure of drilling a hole in the skull. It is said to increase the blood circulation and improve pressure inside the skull. It is also said to bring out a person's sixth sense, the ability to use ESP, see ghosts, move objects with one's mind. This is speculative fiction based on the concept of trepanation.

A former Nazi official is kept captive by the ruthless young doctor who knows him so very well and is determined to make him pay for the past... 1) Zion no Koeda - Kapitel 1 2) Zion no Koeda - Kapitel 2 3) Chrysalis Lying injured and near death on a battlefield, Douglas Carlisle hears an old, forgotten call, and discovers a new reason to live. 4) Netsu no Ori From Blissful Sin World War II has broken out and Germany is rife with Nazi activity. Once an accomplished and praised pianist, Ernst now spends his time confined in the home of his past pupil, Albert. As the Nazi party begins its last march towards the annihilation of the Jewish people, Ernst struggles to survive with Albert, a man whose beliefs and feelings strongly contrast. Will Ernst ever fly free, or will Albert cut his wings and tie him to his side forever more? 5) Paldias 6) Zion no Koeda - paw extra 1 7) Zion no Koeda - paw extra 2 8) Zion no Koeda - paw extra 3 9) Zion no Koeda - Kapitel 3

Yuri Shimai (?????, lit. Lily Sisters) was a manga anthology magazine published quarterly by Japanese publisher Sun Magazine. It was part of what still is a small niche market, with only a few manga magazines in Japan that specializes in the yuri genre. The magazine also contained one-shots and light novels. The anthology was discontinued in February 2005 before the sixth volume was published. It was revived as Comic Yuri Hime by Ichijinsha in July 2005, with many of the same manga authors returning. The magazine's cover illustrations were done by Reine Hibiki, the illustrator of the yuri light novel series Maria-sama ga Miteru.

A yaoi little mermaid! French Orion washes up on the shore of a small Japanese island with no memories of himself, other than his name. He's taken in by pretty teenager Tooya, and isn't in a hurry to leave. But how did he end up on the island in the first place?

From Aerandria Scans: Princess Olga has been putting off her marriage for a long time by setting her suitors to impossible tasks and requiring rare gifts. What she loves most of all are magic objects and one day she discovers a bracelet which allows her to slip into a different world. That world seems to be very different from hers, but it turns out she had more in common with the bronze-skinned princess Abed than she originally thought.

Collection of short stories: 1) Teasing the Fingers, Eyes and Lips I secretly have a crush on Taki, who is cool and mean, but he actually is very kind. I wanted to be his girlfriend, so when I confessed my feelings to him, he gave me a passionate kiss, but he rejected me saying, "I can't be with you Kurumi." Why? I don't know what he is thinking--!! 2) My SuperHero 3) You were Born to Fall in Love 4) Shy Boyfriend (From Midnight Scans)

Hajime and Eiji, who were childhood friends, have been reunited at an all-boy's high school (oh, the possibilities). Their friendship is still as strong, but it seems as Eiji is ready to confess. Will Hajime accept the confession? How many other boys in this school will be joining the boi love craze? And will anyone ever call Uncle Kai-Sensei? from A-F

1) A Confession of his Own GuiltyStory of a high-school student who was sexually assaulted when young, and grew up to be openly homosexual. He always tries to antagonise a teacher whom he doesn't see eye to eye...2) RiskyA university student moves into his brother's apartment in the city but has yet to see his sibling, but the brother's friend just wouldn't stop hanging around.3) Kimi Sae Oreba...This story is the beginning to one of her book Kimi Sae Ireba... (chapter 1-3). A man marries his supervisor's daughter and she passes away soon after. The supervisor tries to get him to remarry.4) Kyoushi BA teacher chances upon a teacher-student relationship.+

A former prostitute and a man with a violent past meet in near-future Japan. Sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll collide in the Japanese underworld.

Can a male escort find love with a needy author?

Nagisa and Takaya are cousins, both brought up by Takaya's mother since the death of Nagisa's mother. While Takaya is boy with a bright personality, Nagisa feels himself sullied, because his stepmother rapes him on a regular basis. An extra of this story can be found in Yoiko no Sumu Machi.

Vow of Vengeance. Seventeenth-century Japan: A rebellion in the Aizu teritory has been brutally crushed, leaving twenty one brave warriors dead and most of the nuns of the local convent slaughtered. Now the surviving nuns have sworn to seek revenge. They turn to the greatest swordsman of the land to train them so they can kill the ones who slew the men and the other nuns.

For the right price, no secret is safe! In the grimy motels and smoky back rooms of Tokyo, three men -- professional Cho, talented but unpredictable Ken, and clueless apprentice Smile -- have set up business as VOYEURS, INC., using the latest surveillance equipment and oldest crooked tactics to expose the peccadilloes, perversions and crimes of corrupt and powerful men. The creator of the drama VOYEUR returns in this new series! Above from www.viz.com

A collection of shorts by Byungjun Byun, artist of young sensible works on the life in the city, including "Princess Anna" and "Run, Bonggu". Many included shorts have received renowned awards from Korea and Japan.

[From Tokyopop]: Nanase, a beautiful young telepath, returns to her hometown to settle down and lead a quiet life. However, her unique abilities make that impossible--even in the most remote location. Then she meets Norio, an abused little boy with extraordinary powers of his own. Nanase takes him under her wing, and from there they wander...two outsiders traveling from one strange encounter to another.

Suou Hozumi is the over protected heir of the Suou family. His grandfather barely lets him out of the house, so when an accident brings suave Kanzaki Shougo into Hozumi's life, he can't resist the appeal of the kind older man. But innocent Hozumi has no idea what his new friend is capable of...

Susumu Hayashi, his twin brother Tsutomu and Sakura Toyama are childhood friends. Tsutomu disappeared when he was ten years old. Then two years later, he reappeared—this time only in front of Susumu. And what’s more, from inside a mirror! Now, events that no one has ever experienced take place in this bizarre love triangle!! Aoyama’s love story starts off with a twist: The twin brothers Susumu and Tsutomu have been friends with the girl Sakura since they were kids. But when Tsutomu mysteriously disappears at the age of ten, Susumu and Sakura begin to drift apart. What Sakura doesn’t know: Tsutomu has returned, not as a person, but as the mirror image of Susumu. That is, whenever Susumu looks in a mirror, he sees his brother who talks to him. Thus begins a bizarre love triangle between Sakura, who torments the poor Susumu as much as she is being tormented by her peers, Susumu, who keeps thinking he has to save Sakura because he likes her, and Tsutomu, who despite being stuck in a mirror pulls everyone’s strings. Aoyama’s lively narrative and her beautifully rich artwork lend this strange story a surprisingly charming touch. Considering that SWWEEET is her first series, it’s amazing how well she did her job. From the paneling to the layout to the pacing, everything is excellently executed. If you like unusual and exotic youth love stories, you should definitely give SWWEEET a try.

Plica-chan is the bittersweet, realistic story of Plica, a young lesbian looking for love in modern Japan. Emphasis on the bitter, rather than the sweet - not because Plica doesn't find love, don't get me wrong! Bitter 'cause she's just a bitter kind of gal. The manga, which is written in 4-panel strip style, originally ran in Anise magazine, and now runs in the LOUD News, the newsletter for the LOUD organization. It can also be found online. Plica's comments are often on the nature of sexuality, the relationships between men and women, and between women and women. The whole strip starts on a low note, as Plica returns from an ex-lover's wedding. But not too long into it, Plica meets Mari, for whom she starts to have feelings pretty soon. But, like most butches, Plica is too unsure to try anything. Thank goodness femme Mari is, like so many femmes, perfectly willing to go after what she wants. She and Plica have been together since. As I said, it's a bittersweet comic - rather more real than fanciful, so don't expect roses and lillies. :-) The art takes some getting used to if you're used to the more traditional manga style but it's good to take a break from the usual now and then. :-) From okazu.blogspot.com