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Ochou, a shinobi, assumes the identity of Kochou, a courtesan, to track down other shinobi who have deviated from their path.
A mysterious young man with extraordinary powers is the main focus of the plot. He constantly changes schools and confronts numerous supernatural beings.
Taichi Kurobe, a high school boy with absolutely no confidence in himself, has lost the will to live. One day, while he's on the rooftop, a shinigami appears before him The shinigami offers him a deal: in exchange for receiving his soul on graduation day, Taichi will be granted the power to rehearse an entire day once. During the short time remaining until graduation, Taichi decides to use this power to walk a different path in life than the one he’s known.
Although his MS-14B Gelgoog High Mobility Type suffered severe damage from the FA-78-1 Gundam Full Armor Type's unstoppable firepower, Johnny Ridden survived the grueling battle of A Baoa Qu. He managed to reunite with his modified MS-06R-2 Zaku II High Mobility Type, nicknamed the "Full Bullet Zaku," thanks to the help of a fellow soldier and a Dolos-class carrier.
Astro must defeat terrifying aliens and receive training from the strict knight Tiamat to save the planet. Can a young boy like Astro rise up to become a true prince and rescue the planet?
Hinata, a high school student yearns to be seen as a tough guy; a dream that is constantly challenged by his classmates who mercilessly bully him due to his uncanny resemblance to a girl. Despite this, Hinata's luck takes a dramatic turn when he gains the ability to transform into a gunner princess fighter. With his new powers, he plans to put an end to the harassment and finally achieve the manly persona he so desires. Bonus story: Kurage's Love.
Bekku Nanaki, a clairvoyant who could foresee disasters, moved to Tokyo from a rural area to escape from her visions. While residing there, she narrowly avoids being crushed by a billboard during a calamity on the street, but a mobile fish merchant saves her life. The next day, she recognizes the kind stranger as Banjou Kizaki, her former schoolmate who was held back in school for his alleged bad luck that caused accidents and incidents. Despite his reputation, she becomes fascinated by his peculiar behavior when he explains it as having the power to change the future.
Against odds of 0.0000001%, he becomes an apostle serving the [Deity of Abundance]. It’s clearly an agriculture-related deity… yet his basic skill is decapitation. One swing and the farming’s done. Crop processing, done in a snap. – Selling a health supplement that’s really good, but impossible to explain.
Once the shame of his family, now a maxed-out memory martial arts cheat character?! After dying and awakening, he returns to the front lines—this time he’s truly not a loser!
After God’s departure, people still sought blessings from Him, and because they followed different deities, two separate nations emerged, locked in conflict against each other. Meanwhile, other powers also made their appearance. Herrick, serving as a blood slave warden of the empire, gradually uncovered the truth about the blood slaves during his tenure and rescued Alice, who was herself a blood slave. During their escape, they unexpectedly gained the trust of a child with strange powers. As Herrick grew disillusioned with the empire’s actions, Alice proposed the goal of becoming a god, and thus the three of them embarked on the path to divinity.
Toa was reincarnated as the second son of a noble family while retaining memories of his life on Earth. Although he aimed for a leisurely and comfortable life in another world, he was exiled to a border fort at a young age due to his lack of talent in swordsmanship and magic. Ten years later, following his father’s death, he was called back only to be disowned by his older brother, Grass, who had inherited the family. Undaunted by these harsh circumstances, Toa decided to use the skills and knowledge he acquired at the border fort to become an adventurer. However, after helping a girl named Nikka during the guild’s entrance exam, he becomes entangled in an incident that shakes the royal capital–!? The exhilarating battle fantasy begins, where those who underestimate him will pay double!
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.
