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During the past decades, Japan has become the shining star of Asia, with its noteworthy achievements in the fields of science, technology, medicine, quality of life, and many others.<br> <br> Yet, while there are a great number of rich and successful Japanese people, there are even more of those engaged in a furious struggle for something as simple as earning to cover their day-to-day living expenses; all the while battling dangerous and money-consuming addictions such as gambling and alcoholism.<br> <br> What would these poor and not-so people do when they require the money to fulfill their never-ending desires, the desires that are part and parcel of being human? Just how miserable and dangerous might their lives become were they to fall into traps laid by <i>yamikin</i>, the loan sharks of the Japanese financial world's dark side, whose only goal is to ensnare such weak-willed souls?<br> <br> Adapted into film and a J-Drama.<br> <br> --- <br> - <b>Won the 56th Shogakukan Manga Award for General Manga in 2011</b><br> - <b>Won the 23rd Japan Media Arts Festival Social Impact Award in 2020</b>
A school just like any other in a town just like any other. A teacher just like any other and a mother just like any other. This was supposed to be a normal parent-teacher relationship just like any other... Until that nightmare of a "home visit" happened. What begins as a "corporal punishment incident" in a quiet town rapidly captures national attention, spiraling into a full-blown trial. With the eyes of the nation watching, the hammer of justice appears ready to strike its decisive blow... Note: Manga adaption of Masami Fukuda's nonfiction novel, serialized on Monthly Comic Bunch.
Seiji has had unnaturally bad luck ever since he inadvertently went to the underworld as a kid. That day, when he brought back Hades's pomegranate from the Underworld, is when his world suddenly turned into disarray! Distinguished manga artist Kanno Aya takes on the underworld in this dark fantasy!
In the deep, deep forest. a Tamagotake mushroom fairy who has been left alone in the world after her parents were killed is chasing after the culprit, a Tsukiyotake, to take revenge on him. In the Sea of Trees, where life and death intersect, can the young Tamago take revenge on the hated Tsukiyo? An unprecedented mushroom suspense begins.
After losing her parents at the age of 12, Layla Llewellyn is passed from one uncaring relative to another until she’s sent away to another country altogether. Arriving in the Empire of Berg, she is placed in the care of Bill Remmer, a gruff distant relative who seems to care for little else other than his work as a groundskeeper for the renowned Herhardt family. After years of neglect, all Layla wants is a place to call home, but her encounters with the dashing Duke Matthias von Herhardt and the rest of high society pose trials and tribulations for the tender-hearted girl.<br> <br> <b>Original Webtoon:</b> <br> <a href="https://comic.naver.com/webtoon/list?titleId=814826" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Naver Webtoon</a>, <a href="https://series.naver.com/comic/detail.series?productNo=10134702" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Naver Series</a><br> <br> <b>Official Translation:</b> <br> <a href="https://www.webtoons.com/en/drama/cry-or-better-yet-beg/list?title_no=5815" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">English</a>, <a href="https://www.webtoons.com/th/romantic-fantasy/cry-or-better-yet-beg/list?title_no=5900" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Thai</a>, <a href="https://www.webtoons.com/id/romantic-fantasy/cry-or-better-yet-beg/list?title_no=5756" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Indonesian</a>, <a href="https://www.dongmanmanhua.cn/LOVE/kubaqidaoyemeiguanxi/list?title_no=2681" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">S.Chinese</a>, <a href="https://www.webtoons.com/zh-hant/western-palace/cry-or-better-yet-beg/list?title_no=5923" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">T.Chinese</a>, <a href="https://manga.line.me/product/periodic?id=Z0003224" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Japanese</a>, <a href="https://www.webtoons.com/fr/romance/cry-or-better-yet-beg/list?title_no=6397" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">French</a>, <a href="https://www.webtoons.com/es/romance/cry-or-better-yet-beg/list?title_no=6384" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Spanish</a><br> <br> <b><i>Note:</b> The series is set in the same universe as <a href="https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=8372207455" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bastian</a>.</i>
High schooler Sasae Hatsushima has been summoned to a world of dark fantasy to defeat an undead army. That shouldn't be hard when he has the help of his hyper-competent stepmom and her two younger daughters, a high school karate champion and a girl genius! But to gain the powers needed for their quest, a great and painful price must be paid... And who better to pay it than Sasae, who seems utterly ordinary compared to his brilliant stepfamily?
As a child, Shin Woo-jin was abducted and held captive in a warehouse, where he was forced to live as a slave. Against all odds, he was eventually rescued and finally stepped into the outside world. Although he was free, Woo-jin was far from like other children. He possessed a remarkable gift—the ability to read people. By paying attention to the slightest facial expressions and subconscious gestures, he could effortlessly discern their thoughts, emotions, and intentions with incredible precision. Much like a profiler or a modern-day Sherlock Holmes, Woo-jin learned to navigate the world, relying on his observations. However, for someone who perceives so much, leading a normal life became the greatest challenge of all.
Summoned to another world to stop the Demon Lord, the protagonist is granted an impossibly broken SSR skill: [Alter World 18+]. This ultimate ability allows him to copy any target’s skills by “conquering” them-and if things go south, he can loop back in time to the very beginning as many times as he wants! Conquering a person……? ‘18+’…? It’s just like a dating sim! A super horny one! Under the guise of saving the world, his relentless quest to build the ultimate harem begins! **
Lumen, a city on the farthest reaches at the edge of the feared magical borderland. Roy is an new F-ranked adventurer that wandered to Lumen on his own whim. Life on this monster-infested outpost should be a harsh burden for a newbie like him... however, Roy's actually top-class in both swordsmanship and magic?! The sudden appearance of this out-classed "novice" causes havoc in the world, starting in this remote city!<br> <br> Source: Alpha Manga
"I would die if it would allow me to touch you. That is my love." Airhead Yuri and her boyfriend Aono had a perfectly normal relationship until one day Aono suddenly "passed away"... They will never be bound together, and they cannot even touch. This is their difficult and almost too sincere love story.
An award-winning, interconnected crime series. Criminal follows a cast of heist crews, corrupt cops, and small-time hustlers tied to the Center City underworld. Every volume tells a standalone story, but recurring characters and locations build a sprawling, interconnected history across the entire series.
From Denpa: <br> After World War II, Allied Command in Japan developed a new agency to help manage terrorism and violence within the Pacific region. The agency was staffed with ninja and they were initially tasked to handle domestic affairs. Eventually, that program grew to its current form, managing 20,000 ninja across a range of domestic and international affairs. One of those ninja happens to be Kudo. The seventeen-year-old high school loser is now poised to be the next line of defense against a potential surge in foreign assassins invading Tokyo.
