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Universal Century 0079. The Magellan-class battleship Toutatis tracked a Musai-class ship on its way towards Side 2 for a preemptive attack following the Duchy of Zeon's declaration of war. Eventually they crash-landed on the Island Iffish colony and what they saw there was a landscape wiped out by poison gas, realizing Zeon's aim to drop the colony on the Earth. The Toutatis, equipped with a nuclear warhead, attempts to destroy the colony. Meanwhile, a Zaku platoon had entered the colony by chance, ordered to subdue and silence dissent among friendly forces.

During the Edo period, Japan faced an unexpected invasion from extraterrestrial beings referred to as the "Amanto." The samurai fought hard to defeat them, but it was an impossible task to accomplish. Thus, the Shogun reluctantly agreed to surrender, leading to a fragile treaty between the Shogunate and the Amanto. This treaty had a colossal impact on Japan, prohibiting the use of swords and utterly extinguishing the samurai spirit. Nevertheless, one man, determined to rekindle his samurai legacy, refused to let his spirit die. Gintoki Sakata, an idiosyncratic character wielding a wooden sword, makes a living by performing miscellaneous tasks. He is accompanied by Shinpachi Shimura, his understudy, Kagura, a powerful alien, and a massive dog named Sadaharu. Together, these characters jointly operate the Yorozuya business, often engaging in bizarre and comical incidents. Furthermore, the manga series features several one-shot stories like "Dandelion," "Shirokuro," "13," and "Bankara-san ga Tooru," published in volumes 1, 2, 24, and 38, respectively.

"In the name of the moon, I shall punish you!" Usagi Tsukino is a cheerful 14-year-old who attends Juuban Municipal Junior High School. She prefers eating and playing video games to studying, which results in her notably poor grades. She also gets easily upset, whether by baseless insults or reasonable reprimands. It is very unlikely that she could be known as anything but a bad influence and a crybaby, but that begins to change when she meets a black cat. Given a special brooch from the black cat named Luna, Usagi can use it to transform into a guardian of justice named Sailor Moon! She is now tasked to protect the Earth from all that is evil and to find both a missing princess and a sacred jewel known as the Mystical Silver Crystal. Whether she likes it or not, Usagi's beautiful transformation marks the start of meeting the mysterious Tuxedo Mask, fighting alongside new comrades, and learning to take responsibility in this acclaimed magical girl classic.

Arrested for reckless space driving, super human Chiharu and cyborg Makina are sentenced to clean the Milky☆Subway—an old interplanetary train. Easy enough, right? Wrong. When the train suddenly takes off, they are thrown into a high-speed space-train spectacle packed with chaos, no plans, and zero strategy. Just pure momentum!

Will a girl who is half-human and half-mermaid resolve the conflict between humans and mer-people, or will her involvement lead to the extinction of all life on Earth? Shona, a merman traveling to his birthplace to reproduce, runs into Jimmy, a young human who can't remember his past. Together, they set out to find the missing girl. Can they prevent a mysterious prophecy from coming true, or will Jimmy's true identity obstruct their progress and bring about the world's downfall?

Alice seems perfect—she's beautiful, athletic, and popular. But when it comes to academics, she struggles to keep up and often fumbles with words. One day, a comment from her brilliant yet aloof classmate, Rui, sparks something in her, pushing her to chase her dream. Winner of Manga Taisho Awards 2025.

In this collection of speculative fiction written between 1968 and 1973, Osamu Tezuka brings to life a series of unsettling and suspenseful short stories. A Nazi lieutenant, sentenced to death for his war crimes, arrogantly believes he can escape his fate, but he soon learns the error of his ways. A female android follows her heart and marries for love, only to find herself lost and struggling to manage the consequences of her decision. When a married man uncovers a secret experimentation on his city, he wrestles with both his desire to save the people and his temptation towards adultery. On a dim and deserted road, a cab driver picks up a suspicious passenger who turns out to be completely unaware of the cab driver's true identity. An educated man falls hard for a mysterious woman who holds a life-altering secret. Young American students come face to face with the brutality of war. A revolutionary's attempts to overthrow the government falter. And when space hippies break the rules of a crucial interstellar peace conference, the expected results remain out of reach. These unsettling stories will leave readers grappling with the depths of despair and the hope that persists against all odds.

AEUG Ensign Reccoa Londe tipped off Lieutenant Quattro (known as Char Aznable) and his team, including Lieutenant JGs Apolly and Roberto, about potential mobile suit development occurring in the Green Noa civilian colonies. The team heads to Green Noa to investigate. Meanwhile, Kamille Bidan rushes to the spaceport at Green Noa 1 in the hope of getting an autograph from famed Captain Bright Noa, who is on duty. Jerid and his companions interrupt and taunt Bright about his recent two rank demotion for refusing to join the Titans. Jerid grabs Kamille's photo and tries to force Bright to sign it as an elite member of the Federation. A brawl erupts, and Kamille is taken into custody for questioning by Matosh. After confirming Kamille's story, he is released from captivity just as the Gundam MK-II violently crashes into the building.

The Earth was left behind by humanity in order to preserve it and now, they reside in a massive circular edifice that hangs 35 kilometers above the planet. One's position here determines their social status; the higher the floor, the greater the prestige. Mitsu is a young man who just graduated junior high school, and his father used to work as a window cleaner. However, Mitsu is forced to take over his father's job when he goes missing and is believed dead. Through this new occupation, Mitsu gains a distinct viewpoint on the living conditions in the Saturn Apartments.

Goku has become bored with his mundane life on Earth after defeating Boo. Despite his wife Chi-chi's urging for him to find a job, his obsession with training and fighting stronger foes consumes him. Meanwhile, Beerus, the God of Destruction, and his assistant Whis travel the cosmos in search of excitement and sustenance. After destroying a helpless victim, Beerus remembers fragments from his dreams about a mysterious entity known as the "Super Saiyan God" and becomes obsessed with finding this elusive being. Is this the opportunity for Goku to discover his purpose once more?

Asumi Kamogawa, a petite 14-year-old, possesses an unbridled adoration for the cosmos, particularly the twinkling stars. Under the tutelage of an affable ghost who wears a colossal lion head and goes by the nickname "Lion-san," she has been studying space since infancy. Despite an unsteady home life, Asumi resolves to join the Tokyo Space School. In no time, Asumi befriends a cadre of classmates, including her childhood friend Shinnosuke Fuchuuya, who sports spectacles and harbors a staunch brutal honesty, Kei Oumi, a cordial young woman who drew inspiration from Neil Armstrong's photos of the moon landing, Marika Ukita, an enigmatic and stunningly gorgeous girl with a few secrets of her own, and Shuu Suzuki, a bold and bright boy who maintains a laidback approach. The setting of Futatsu no Spica is an alternative future in which Japan's maiden human-crafted spacecraft crashed in 2010, and it follows the growth of these high schoolers as they travel toward the stars.

An alternative version of the Lost World