Chi is back! Manga’s most famous cat returns with a brand new series! Chi’s Sweet Adventures collects dozens of new full-color kitty tales made for readers of all ages!

This historic collaboration with legendary creator Shirow Masamune based on the classic manga features four all-new stories in a beautiful full-color 160-page hardcover, by some of the world's most innovative comics writers and artists, plus a cover by the acclaimed Dustin Nguyen (Descender) and pinup illustration by Becky Cloonan. The stories in Global Neural Network bring a 21st-century perspective to its questions of human identity and the border between mind and machine that made The Ghost in the Shell one of the most revered manga of all time, and unleash top Western comics artists on eye-popping action scenes starring Kusanagi, Batou, Togusa, Aramaki, and all the members of Section 9! Original stories by:• Alex de Campi (Twisted Romance) and Giannis Milonogiannis (Prophet)• Brenden Fletcher (Gotham Academy, Motor Crush) and LRNZ (Golem)• Genevieve Valentine (Mechanique, Icon) and Brent Schoonover (The Astonishing Ant-Man)• Max Gladstone (the Craft Sequence) and David López (All-New Wolverine)

A battle between modern-day spies and Edo Period shinobi begins!"Predator" is an intelligence agency organized in modern Japan.Ichinami and Sankai, members of the organization, are ordered to retrieve a small nuclear weapon. However, during their mission, they're suddenly enveloped in a blinding light.The next thing they know, they find themselves in a completely different landscape than the one they were in before. It's the Edo Period. The two of them had traveled back in time with a small core!The person behind the time slip was Ieyasu Tokugawa. He was planning to conquer the world and obtain the small core. This is where the story begins.A battle between modern Japanese spies and a ninja army led by Ieyasu's vassal, Hattori Hanzo. Don't miss this covert battle that transcends time and space!(Source: Amazon Japan)

This story is based on the life of the famous historical author, Izumi Kyoka, who wrote about the fantastic in the Meiji period. In this manga, Kyoka writes for the Fantasy Club magazine, and he encounters many supernatural, often onmyoudou-related, incidents. Together with his managing editor Kozuki Masumi, other friends and colleagues, and his own mysterious abilities, Kyoka tries to find a way to resolve each mysterious situation

Mikado Hideo, who died in an accident, was reincarnated in another world as Lars Irving, the second son of a fallen aristocrat. Lars was not loved by his family in his previous life, but in this world he was doted on by his parents and older brother and lived happily. He was criticized for his "super jack-of-all-trades", which he received at the age of 5, as a "missing skill", but his family doesn't care and lives a carefree life. One day, he learns that his father was a former feudal lord. As he continued to investigate, Lars suspected that the current lord's trap had ruined him, and he began to take action to return his parents to the lord. The "super jack-of-all-trades", which was thought to be a lost skill, turned out to be a cheat skill, and Lars was embroiled in a big incident. The struggle of the ruined nobles who strive to solve the case with the failing skill "Super jack-of-all-trades" now begins!

From Weblations Official Synopsis: The man-eating monster 'Infectee'. I became a monster.

Moriyama is a well-off executive director of a high-class company, with a wife and two children. However, Moriyama isn't all he seems: He is in fact a Zainichi Korean who changed his name and identity after the war to shield himself from discrimination. One night, he is asked by an old friend to shelter a fellow countryman, Jo, who has come for his own reasons. Moriyama, who has distanced himself from his roots until now, must confront not only his heritage, but his past.A sealed one-shot of Tezuka's focusing on Zainichi Koreans, it has never been recollected or reprinted in any capacity.

Uigang Bang is an ordinary small business owner who leads an ordinary life until unordinary things start to unfold in his life. His business partner suddenly disappears, leaving a notorious loan shark chasing after his company. His wife and their child-like dog survive an attempted murder by an impulsive killer only to live in fear of his second attack. Uigang faces the killer to end the matter, but things go south and now he faces two dead bodies instead. Just when he's debating whether to turn himself in, he receives a life-changing offer -- do you want to become a hitman?

After years of being unlucky with girls, Ishimaru Daito only wishes to enjoy his high school life with a normal, cute girlfriend. However, after losing a game to his two new seniors Sasahara Kiyoka and Tomochika Asami, he is forced to join the < Humanism Studies > club which is actually a torture studies club. Will Ishimaru get the normal high school life he always wanted?

I, Tendou Haru, who was somehow aiming for becoming a mangaka, became a winner in life. Super rich bishoujo elementary school student, Nijou Touka was a big fan of mine, on top of that, she said that she is going to be my patron. Just like that, my ideal living off someone lifestyle had started.

Dotsuki Manzai is an anthology set in the worlds of Tsukihime, Melty Blood, and Fate/stay night.Later in 2012 it received a reprint called Dotsuki Manzai Sanshin which contained previously unpublished chapters.

Shuichi Kagaya isn't human. He has an unnatural sense of smell, and can transform into an incredibly powerful beast... of sorts. He does all he can to avoid standing out and being discovered, but no good deed goes unpunished, and his decision to use his power to save a girl spells the end for his quiet life.

The world is full of suffering. Times are good for Alakshmi, the Goddess of Bad Luck. Too good in fact, as it's making her gain weight at an alarming pace. Now she must go to the human world and do good deeds to slim down.

On the day of her grandmother's funeral, Ichika meets Aria, a beautiful foreigner who claims to be her grandmother's friend.But Ichika soon finds that Aria is no normal human ; she is a vampire, and their relationship has just begun...

The near future, in a quiet seaside town. Yoshioka, who had recently lost his wife, just wants to spend the rest of his days in peace. However, Yoshioka's children, worried about their father's health, sent a housekeeping robot to help him. Yoshioka's quiet life is now changing.

Socially-awkward Uehara has wanted to be an entomologist since he was a kid, and he spent all his time chasing that dream. When he failed, he was forced to come back to his home island, where his mother was completely unsympathetic to his problems. He arrived to his home island along with many other tourists, who were there to observe an unusual astronomical event. Afterward, Uehara encountered a strange bug whose bite transformed his body (including his penis). What is happening to Uehara, and what will become of his life?

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After falling into the gap between worlds, I gained “the ability to identify something’s status” for the cost of a single limitation. However, other than this skill I was completely ordinary. All I could do after landing in a strange world, was see through the status of things and use that information for my own growth. One day, after being assaulted by enemies, a lone figure appeared and saved my life. What’s more, that person had an incredible “secret”.

Collection of works by TAKAYAMA Kazumasa published in Garo.Table of contents:Page 5 - 落差Page 27 - 夜行 (Night Train)Page 49 - 未知Page 65 - 楽観Page 87 - 百眼の巨人Page 133 - ラストゲームPage 149 - サイレント (Silent)Page 169 - パープル マジツク (Purple Magic)

There was a time when mages were feared. In the Kingdom of Fulgund a female spellsword called Alfiris travels in hope to become a "person who can save others". However, those who manipulate magic are shunned even by the mercenary guild. If one day she finds a travel companion and her "curse brand" is seen... When one day she is reunited with Sister Anorn, a drunk who considers her a "friend", and gathers other companions to slay an archfiend― When overwhelming despair strikes them, Alfiris's right arm bursts into flames and a different persona emerges!

Published in Comic Baku #1.

Toritsuki Biyori. A first-year member of society. I work at a very common youkai garden. Under the guidance of youkai doctor Goro Mutsu, Toritsuki will be responsible for raising youkai …?

Sol is a young man whose eyes are beginning to fail him - and fast. Sol also has a habit of watching the house on the other side of the river behind his home. He fancies a certain woman residing there who always wears a white dress, and makes it his aim to see her before his vision vanishes completely. The woman is not as she seems, however...

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