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It is an era of remarkable gourmet cuisine, and Toriko is the exclusive hunter capable of sourcing the world's top restaurants with ferocious ingredients. Toriko is a Gourmet Hunter who tracks and conquers the most tantalizing and perilous creatures using his own hands. However, will his abilities be put to the test by an enormous, eight-legged alligator as huge as a tank?

As the name implies, the manga deals with the "light and darkness" of the 16th-century Scottish, playwright, and troupe manager William Shakespeare.

From Kotonoha Wolfsmund is a dark historical manga set in the early 14th century of Europe (Switzerland). The story revolves around the eponymous fortress in the St. Gotthard Pass which is ruled by a sadistic tyrant. Basically, each chapter deals with characters who for some reason have to cross the pass and who end up getting interrogated by the mentioned tyrant. What sets this manga apart is the fact that there's rarely a happy ending for our protagonists. The author pulls no punches to show us just how brutal and inhuman the Middle Ages really were. Other manga: + Yu-Gi-Oh manga + Phantom Blood manga

The girl in my class who is always sleeping is like a shark.<br><br>Sharp eyes like a shark,<br>Hair like a back fin,<br>A skirt that is way too long.<br><br>However, I want to get to know this shark-girl!

From Antisense Scanslations: Kazura, an office lady, only ever gets teased by her boss, Inukai. Her job? She transforms into a dog spirit to perform exorcists. However, there's one small problem. In order to do her work as a dog spirit, she has to be kissed by the boss, or she can't transform. Now then, let's begin this inhuman romance! -------- From MangaHelpers: Kazura has an unusual job in a department that handles clearing out demons and spirits. Her teammates include a super-otaku, a former delinquent with fire powers, a drunken magic sword wielder, a British exorcist and a powerful Buddhist monk. Kazura's role is not so glamorous, though. She forms a team with her manager, as a vessel for the dog spirits he controls. When he kisses her, she is possessed by the powerful dog spirit Bentengou for about five minutes, after which she usually wakes up to herself doing something embarassing, like licking her "master's" face! [tethysdust]

From Tokyopop: An ancient seal has been broken, sending a flood of demons into the mortal realm. Hizuru Oborozuki and Takuya Hijou, descendants of the great savior who banished the demons in the past, must fight the evil spirits using their mystical powers. In order to give the world a fighting chance, Takuya uses his music to transform Hizuru into a beautiful warrior. Some things are worth fighting for, but is the Earth one of them?

(Xiao Pan) Ten different Chinese authors decided to talk about their own vision of Beijing life, and the changes made to the city due to the 2008 Olympics. Various subjects are drawn here (destruction of old houses, athlete selection, pollution...) and the graphic styles vary from standard black ink to coloured works looking like contemporary art.

From MangaHelpers: Sawamura Soushi is a soldier in a war-torn future. He meets a cute, innocent young girl named Nadeko, with whom he starts up a friendship. Nadeko is a flower girl, one of the girls who has a flower growing from her heart. One day, when Sawamura is trying to protect her from danger, she confesses her love to him and protects him with the plant growth that suddenly comes forth from her body. Sawamura soon learns that there is a special squad of flower girls and their partners, and that their abilities are awakened when they fall in love. But does he really love a girl that is a decade his junior, and will he be willing to be a good partner for her? What's more, he learns that the awakening also starts the growing of the flowers in their bodies, so that the flower girl soldiers have only a short while longer to live. How can Sawamura and Nadeko make the best of such a terrible situation? [tethysdust]

Kazuya is a 28 year-old divorced salaryman, who is convinced by his boss one night to go with him to a massage parlor. He does and meets a pretty young woman named Nagisa. He takes her card, but loses it when his aunt makes him help clean up the house in the front of the complex they live in (she's the landlord) so that a new boarder can come live with them. Of course, it's Nagisa, and her 4 children, from toddler to teenager. Their father has died and she's doing everything she can to support these kids. Oh, and one more thing. She's only 21 years old, and may have never even consummated her marriage!

The continuation of the adventures of the Ouu army. The story is centered around Weed's children ? Sirius, Orion, Rigel, and Bellatrix and several other children of Ouu's veterans. New characters have been introduced such as Kurohabaki Masamune, the current main antagonist and leader of the notorious Kurohabaki Clan. Source: Ginga Wiki

A collection of short stories. Chapter 1: Witch of the Flower Forest The quiet old lady who lives alone has long being rumoured to be an evil witch. Two siblings are determined to discover the truth, and decide to visit her little cottage in the middle of the woods... Chapter 5: 'Faraway Phan Thiet'- A boy finds out his crush is going back to Phan Thiet in Vietnam and asks his teacher about what kind of place it is.

"Can you help me paint after school?" asks my classmate Naomi. Our feet carry us to the art storage room that no one goes to. I quietly become her assistant in producing artworks. Naomi suddenly arrived at an Osaka art high school. The pride of the gifted, hardworking Renji gets torn to shreds by her ominous talent. Renji bluffs "I can come up with something like that too." But, he gradually finds himself enthralled by her talent. He writhes in-between his self-consciousness and inferiority complex. Is she his rival or is she...?! They produce eccentric, sensual works after school. A striking story of art and youth released by a brilliant newcomer.