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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 the year 2063, humanity dominates the vast reaches of the universe. A collection of eager students, accompanied by a child, from Caird High School, set out on an expedition to MCPA, a far-off planet situated nine light-years away. Two of the participants in the group are Kanata Hoshijima, a bold and physically-fit individual, and the lovable Aries Spring. Their escapade is quickly transformed into a nerve-racking experience as a strange, luminous sphere pursues and captures them upon their arrival on MCPA. The orb transports the students to a hazardous region of space, which is approximately 5,012 light-years from safety. With limited resources and no prospect of rescue, the only option for them to make it back home is to board an abandoned spacecraft, sparking a demanding fight for survival and exposing the dark reality of their perilous journey.
During hyper-space navigation, Imperial Galactic Navy Officer Alan Corinth's spaceship is unexpectedly attacked and shot down. By a stroke of luck, Alan is the sole survivor despite the severe damage sustained by the vessel, causing it to lose its navigation capabilities and crash onto a nearby planet. Alan deploys an escape pod to the planet alone and begins his quest for survival. To his surprise, he discovers a thriving human civilization on the underdeveloped planet whose genetic code closely mirrors his own. Despite being thrown into a world of swords and magic and feeling disoriented, Alan attempts to assimilate himself with his new comrades and make the most of his situation by using the symbiotic nanomachines [Nanom] within his body. As Alan adjusts to his new surroundings, he wonders about what he will accomplish in this unfamiliar world. Prepare for a medieval sci-fi fantasy adventure!
After the Mazon invaders kill Tadashi Daiba's father, he grows frustrated by the Earth government's dismissive approach. Tadashi's imprisonment takes a sharp turn when he receives an invitation to board the Arcadia, captained by the renowned Captain Herlock. Tadashi joins the crew on a voyage to face the Mazon and other dangerous entities across the galaxy endangering humanity's survival, shaping his path far into the future.
In the future, a vast starfaring society has been established by humanity. However, the community is suffering from melancholy and monotony as they are continuously conquered and dominated by an aggressor. To fight against this widespread apathy, Herlock decides to take initiative and rally a group of rebels aboard his spacecraft, Arcadia, to launch daring attacks on those who oppress Earth. The invaders include the Mazone, a species of organic, plant-like women who had visited Earth in the distant past and have come back to claim it as their own.
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.
Crest of the Stars follows Ghintec Linn (aka Jinto Lynn), a young count whose world is taken over by the space-dwelling race of the Abh. When Ghintec was a young boy, his father, Rock Lynn, under threat of invasion, handed over their world, Martine, to the Abh in exchange for a position within Abh society. Young Ghintec is sent off to school to learn the ways of Abh nobility and the story of Crest of the Stars picks up as he meets the young Abh princess, Lamhirh (aka Lafiel) as they are about to travel to military school for Ghintec's further training. However, in the midst of their travels, Lamhirh and Ghintec (along with the Abh ship Gothlauth, aka Gosroth) find themselves at the very beginnings of a war between the Abh Empire and the Four Nations Alliance of humankind—an anti-Abh alliance of the democratic nations of the United Mankind, the Federation of Hania, the Republic of Greater Alcont, and the People's Sovereign Union of Planets.
Prior to the One Year War, Zionic Co. was in the process of creating a novel class of manned robots, which eventually became known as Mobile Suits, that utilized a thermonuclear reactor safeguarded by Minovsky particles as its energy source. The project was assigned to Hosioka, a seemingly inferior steelworks company, due to confidentiality and safety concerns.
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?
A common individual finds themselves enamored with a planetary guardian superhero! Though vastly dissimilar in their situations, capabilities, and backgrounds, they gradually build a connection, provide mutual aid, and eventually embark on an unparalleled tale of interstellar love!
For as long as he can remember, Chuuta Kokonose, a 14-year-old boy, has been tormented by an elusive voice in his head, causing his peers to ridicule him for talking to himself. One day, an otherworldly creature, resembling a jellyfish with three eyes, pays him a visit, and he is transported to a galactic police station where he meets a diverse cast of inhabitants. The bureau's chief, Laine Brick, sees great potential in Chuuta and invites him to join their agency, ēlDLIVE. Chuuta's crush, Misuzu Sonokata, already a member of ēlDLIVE, opposes his joining, citing his lack of qualifications. Nevertheless, encouraged by the mysterious voice, Chuuta takes the qualifying exam, only to discover that the voice is actually an extraterrestrial coexisting within him all along. Together with Misuzu and their fellow agents, Chuuta dedicates himself to maintaining order and protecting the various worlds under the agency's jurisdiction.
