Tokkyu! -- KOMORI Yoichi & KUBO Mitsurou

Synopsis:

Hyogo Kanbayashi! Our new hero who dreams of entering Tokkyu!! Tokkyu is a group of great people who have done a lot of good for many people because of their work of helping. As the spearhead of the main rescue team in Japan, entering Tokkyu is getting harder and harder. Hyogo fights desperately to get through it.

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• 20 volumes (END)

Smash! -- SAKI Kaori

Synopsis:

Shota really enjoys playing badminton and is good at it. But he has no interest in joining competitions or anything like that, let alone interhigh. But since his meeting with a mute girl who is good at badminton, Shota seems to have started to get serious about it. Plus, suddenly someone he doesn't know invites him to compete.

Although he was overwhelmed in keeping up with his opponent's game, Shota really enjoyed the match. From there, he finally decided to focus more on badminton by enrolling in Tojodaini school, which is famous for its badminton athletes!!

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• 18 volumes (END)

Kunai Legend - IORI Tabasa

Synopsis:

Kunai Kumori comes from a long line of vampire ninjas and upon his 14th birthday, his father decides to entrust the family duties to him. He is now responsible for tracking down and killing other vampire ninjas. Armed only with his father’s sword and a strange ability that allows him to grow taller when he drinks the blood of others, he sets out on his mission. During his days of hunting ninjas, Kunai learns of the existence of a fearsome nemesis, Seihaku, and together with his partner, Jakuto, he races through the city at night to seal Seihaku away.

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• Japanese title: Kunai Den
• 4 volumes (END)

Wild Life -- FUJISAKI Masato

Synopsis:

Tessho Iwashiro is a delinquent high school student who is not good at music, even singing out of tune, let alone in school! His only skill is his keen sense of rhythm. When he feels his future is bleak, he meets a veterinarian named Kashu. He admires this doctor for selflessly saving the life of his dog, Inu.

Finally, Tessho gets his license to become a veterinarian. He joins RED, a veterinary hospital dedicated to helping animals without profit. He works in Division 2, Wild Life (the division that handles special animals). There, he works alongside the beautiful nurse, Seno Mika, under the supervision of Tsukasa Ryoto, who has keen eyesight. Tessho and his friends have a variety of patients to treat, and there are many funny and touching incidents throughout. What's clear is that Tessho is willing to risk his life to save his patients, regardless of whether they are animals or humans! Follow this veterinary drama in Wild Life...

NOTE:

• Won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shounen in 2006
• 27 volumes (END)

Cage of Eden --- YAMADA Yoshinobu

Synopsis:

Akira and his classmates are traveling on a plane when it crashes onto an island inhabited by a species thought to be extinct. Things get even more complicated as some of Akira's classmates are eaten alive, while some kill others in desperation. Now Akira and the few other survivors are trying to survive what seems to be a horrific nightmare.

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• 21 volumes (END)

School Rumble -- KOBAYASHI Jin

Synopsis:

SUBTLETY IS FOR WIMPS! She is a second-year high school student with a single all-consuming question: Will the boy she likes ever really notice her? He is the school’s most notorious juvenile delinquent and he’s suddenly come to a shocking realization: He’s got a huge crush, and now he must tell her how he feels. Life-changing obsessions, colossal foul-ups, grand schemes, deep-seated anxieties, and raging hormones–School Rumble portrays high school as it really is: Over-the-top comedy!

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• 11 volumes (END)

Sora The Wingless Duck -- HINATA Takeshi

Synopsis:

Weak, dirty and short (149 cm)! That is the description of SORA KURUMATANI, a high school student who dreams of following in his mother's footsteps to become a professional basketball player. With only "wings" (worn shoes given by his mother), he tries to achieve his dream by forming a strong basketball club at Kuzuryu High School (where he goes to school). However, it turns out that this is not easy for Sora because it turns out that the male basketball players at his high school are all delinquents.

Sora's adventure begins to recruit and form a solid basketball team. This team consists of Sora himself (shooting guard), Kenji Natsume (small forward), Momoharu Hanazono (center), Chiaki Hanazono (point guard), Masahiro Chaki (point guard), Ryuhei Nabeshima (guard) and Shinichi Yasuhara (guard), and lastly Kaname Shigeyoshi (198 cm tall!). Supported by Nao Nanao, the beautiful and strategic female manager, they prepare for the official match! Follow the story of Sora and friends in Sora, The Wingless Duck...

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• 51 Volumes (Hiatus)

Shibatora -- ANDO Yuma & ASAKI Masashi

Synopsis:

Officer Shibata Taketora works in a local koban (a small police office). He may have a child-like face on the outside, but he's more serious than anyone in his pursuit of justice! With his goal being to become a detective, Taketora confronts everyday problems that happen within the town! Various incidents within the street make him chase after and apprehend criminals!

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• 15 volumes (END)

DIVE!! -- MORI Eto & IKENO Masahiro

Synopsis:

Tomoki Sakai is a member of the MDC. The "Mizuki Diving Club" aka: MDC is not doing very well. Their sponsors are getting ready to pull their support, but they do give the team a ray of hope. They tell them that if the new coach Kayoko Asaki can make one member enter the Olympics, that they will not pull their support. Can they accomplish this feat within a year? or just "drown in their own sorrows"?

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• 5 volumes (END)

Beck -- HAROLD Sakuishi

Synopsis:

For the first 14 years of his life, Yukio Tanaka has been one of those boring guys. He has no hobbies, a weak taste in music, and only a small vestige of personality. He yearns for an exciting life, but his shy, somewhat neurotic personality makes him his own worst enemy. Little does he know that his life is about to change forever when he meets Ryusuke Minami, a wild and unpredictable 16-year-old new to America, who happens to be in a rock-and-roll band named after Frankenstein's patched-up dog--Beck.

NOTE:

• Won the 26th Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shounen in 2002 (shared with Cromartie High School)
• 34 volumes (END)

The Ruler of Nabari -- KAMATANI Yuhki

Synopsis:

There is a Hijutsu (secret technique) that rules the world of Nabari (Shinobi) and the surface world called Shinra Bansho (creation technique). Whoever possesses this technique will rule the world. This Hijutsu now resides within Miharu Rokujo, a normal middle school student, despite his aloofness.

Miharu suddenly becomes the target of the ninja clans of the Nabari world: Banten, which seeks to seal the Hijutsu, and Kairoshuu, which seeks to exploit it.

To save the lives of his teacher and friends from Banten, Miharu is forced to accompany Yoi-te to Kairoshuu. Yoi-te then asks Miharu to master Shinra Bansho so he can eliminate him. Together with Kairoshuu, they must collect the five Kinjutsushusho (secret scrolls) from each ninja village to discover the secret of Shinra Bansho. The situation becomes difficult because Yoi-te himself is dying from the Kira technique he has mastered, and they also have to fight Kairoshuu, who is trying to separate them. What will happen to Miharu and Yoi-te next? Just read Ruler of Nabari.

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• Japanese title: Nabari no Ou
• 14 volumes (END)

Capeta -- SODA Masahito

 

Synopsis:

Taira Capeta was a fourth-grade boy who had lost his mother when he was very young. Although he pretended to be tough in front of his father, he actually felt lonely. One day, his father brought home some junk parts from his workplace and made a racing kart. They soon went to a circuit to drive the kart. However, Capeta found that its frame was bent and it could hardly run straight. But, with his technique, he managed to drive the kart. Moreover, he followed closely behind the fastest kart on the track and nearly left it behind. The driver in the kart was Minamoto Naomi, the champion of the East Japan Junior Kart. Watching their chase, Naomi's mother, Minamoto Nanako, advised Capeta to take part in the official race.

NOTE:

• Won the Kodansha Manga Award for Shounen in 2005.

Stand By Me -- OBA Takahiro

Synopsis:

Miyamoto Tomoya, a problem student at Hino High School, secretly harbors feelings for his childhood friend, Yuki. Up until this point, it's a familiar story. But there's one difference: Japan is at war. In the year 20XX, six months after the outbreak of war, the government, struggling with a military shortage, requests that each school select volunteers for the military. Struggling to respond, Hino High School decides to forcibly send Tomoya. However, Yuki finds out about the decision before Tomoya does, and without telling him, she enlists in the Self-Defense Forces in his place. What will Tomoya do when he finds out all about it? A youthful war love story that realistically depicts the "future" that awaits us! Set in a future Japan where war has become a daily occurrence... Six months after the outbreak of war, the government, struggling with a military shortage, requests that each school select volunteers for the military. Struggling to respond, Hino High School decides to forcibly send out problem student Miyamoto Tomoya. Tomoya, unaware of the situation, is filled with thoughts of his childhood friend Yuki. But one day, he learns that Yuki has volunteered to join the Self-Defense Forces...!?

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• 2 volumes (END)

Over Drive -- YASUDA Tsuyoshi

Synopsis:

Shinozaki Mikoto is a student whose life is really routine. Going to school, going home, going to school, going home. Nothing changes until the day the girl he likes talks to him and introduces him to cycling. His life now has a new meaning, and a bright path has shown itself to Shinozaki. Experiencing both failure and success throughout his training, he works hard to become the best cyclist in the world.

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• 17 volumes (END)

Kurozakuro -- NATSUME Yoshinori

Synopsis:

Nature has a food chain. The "law of the jungle" pyramid shows that humans are the strongest creatures because they eat both carnivores and herbivores. What would happen if a man-eating creature existed? That would be the Ogre, a man-eating demon born from a seed that entered a human body...

Mikito Sakurai is a gentle-hearted high school student who doesn't want to hurt others and would rather be hurt than hurt themselves. Because of this, he is often the butt of the jokes of his classmates. One day, he dreams of meeting a mysterious boy named Zakuro and asking for his powers. That's the beginning of his adventure as a man-eating demon!

At first, Mikito decides to commit suicide because he's afraid of his appetite for humans. However, he eventually comes to his senses and decides to find a way to break the curse. He goes to school as usual, but suddenly, an Ogre-hunting hunter appears in his class! What will happen to Mikito next? Read on for Kurozakuro...

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• 7 volumes (END)

Dr. Koto -- Yamada Takatoshi

Synopsis:
It is about a young, prominent surgeon, who left a prestigious hospital in Tokyo and moved to an isolated island in the southern part of Japan. He works at a clinic there as the only doctor on the island. First the islanders didn't trust him but slowly he gains their respect.

In 2004 Dr. Koto Shinryoujo won the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga.

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* Japanese title: Dr Koto Shinryoujo

Ifrit -- YOSHIDA Masanori

Synopsis:

Regular customers are killing time at a certain coffee shop called "Kujo." Their target is a beautiful woman named Ninami who lives in the shop. As the news of a series of unexplained burned and frozen bodies being discovered is broadcast on TV, Ninami returns from shopping, but she and another man living in the shop, Yuu, are young men with a somewhat mysterious air about them. Just then, an argument breaks out outside the shop, and the energetic Ninami immediately steps in to mediate, but...!?

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• 9 volumes (END)

Detective School Q -- AMAGI Seimaru & SATO Fumiya

Synopsis:

Kyu's greatest desire is to become a detective. To fulfil his wish, he goes to take the entrance exam to get into the detective school run by Dan Morihiko, one of the most famous detectives ever! At the exam, he meets Megu, Kinta, Kazuma, and Ryu as they all try to pass the gruelling three-part exam. Kyu wants to solve mysteries, and he gets his wish: his first real case appears in the midst of the exam.

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• Japanese title: Tantei Gakuen Q 
  
• 22 volumes (END)