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A collection of discrete but interconnected love stories centering around trains and train stations. • Overpass Junction Two people's lives intersect at a train station.
In middle school, Ichinose Kimitaka taught his friends how to play basketball. Despite his experience with the sport, his friends quickly outmatched him in skill. After an incident brought on by his frustration and jealousy, he was crushed to overhear those same 'friends' discussing how they wished he'd just kill himself. On his way to toss out his special basketball shoes, he met a girl who was just as frustrated, throwing her own dancing shoes away. She was so tall, and her hands and feet are so large, that she had been rejected from her chosen hobby of Spanish dancing. He urged her to give basketball a try, and the two exchanged their shoes instead of throwing them away. As he enters high school, Kimitaka learns that meeting him changed that girl's life for the better, and she is now a happy, social basketball player. Will Kimitaka be able to find the courage to make new friends and pursue his own talents?
Yonagahiko - a god(?) with a human face and a serpentine body - lives on a mountain-side with a small, mysterious boy named Tetsuichi. There is a popular legend about that mountain; a legend which tells the tale of a human who once slew the mountain god and gained possession of his powers...
"A mysterious robot suddenly appears in the streets of Tokyo. Boy detective Shotaro Kaneda approaches the mystery of Tetsujin 28, a robotic weapon developed by the Japanese Army during the war."The first in a series color reprints of the blockbuster hit Tetsujin 28-go, including full color and two-color pages.
The magazine-sized (B5 size) "Tetsujin 28-go", which was published by Kobunsha as "Kappa Comics" in 20 volumes around 1965, has been reprinted. The original 4 colors and 2 colors are faithfully reproduced.
The King of Iron fist tournament usually centers in the feud between the Mishima family, and the 6th iteration of this tournament is by no means different in such aspect... However 'family feud' is a little bit of an understatement when we look at the full scale world war that is being waged between the corporations lead by Kazuya Mishima (father) and Jin Kazama (son). The story of the manga focus in this feud, but through the perspective of Asuka Kazama, meddlesome girl that likes to prevent conflict and punish evil doers using her family inherited Kazama Ryuu kobujutsu. Her strong sense of justice forces her to take a stand against the chaos that her cousin Jin Kazama is wrecking at a worldwide scale. Asuka is virtually a town hero in Osaka and is known for having little patience, so "saving the world" by smacking around Jin sounds right about her area of specialty. .... Unfortunately for Asuka, before she can properly engage in her destined battle, she happens to stumble into Lili Rochefort, her self proclaimed rival who is in desperate need of a bloody rematch to avenge an humiliating lost to Asuka in the previous tournament... Lili will certainly not budge at anything before having her sweet victory against the Kazama style, and will follow Asuka everywhere until she can achieve this... And just like that, Asuka's "world rescue plan" gets over shadowed by the necessity of getting Lili out of her life, without totally demolishing every bone of her 'only daughter of rich father', 'spoiled egoistic sadist princess' sweet little body. Has the bonds of an unlikely friendship just been formed? Note: Previously named as Tetsuman Comic
Demon girl who can't go home meets middle schooler who helps her get on in the human world.
A collection horror and supernatural-themed short stories.
Kiriya Rinji, an online mahjong player, neglected his life in order to become good at it, which ended in his wife divorcing him. In order to pay the child support for his daughter, Koume, he goes to the seedy Kabukichou district and starts playing east-only games. Barely surviving thanks to his online experience, he decides to adjust his playing style for real mahjong. At that time, his ex-wife, Hanako, suddenly collapses and Rinji has to take care of his daughter Koume. Not being able to pay for the living expenses he decides to feed himself and his daughter with mahjong. However, Hanako's colleague from work, Arino, confronts Rinji telling him he proposed to Hanako and asking if his mahjong is strong enough to feed and protect a family. Arino challenged Rinji in a mahjong match for the right of protecting Hanako and Koume, with two mahjong pros, Gouno and Hira, participating. It became an intense match with Gouno and Hira betting their pride, Arino thinking of a family life with Hanako, and similar motives clashing, however, Rinji proved his determination and ability to take care of his family and was the overall winner of the night.
A manga based off of the movie.
The year is 1949. Japan had been defeated in World War II and was occupied by Allied Forces consisting of American, Australian, British, Indian and New Zealander troops. A young woman meets a young man. Both have lost everything because of the war. Tome Kano, a barmaid, and Katsuya Ranzaki, a wealthy investor. The two are fed up with their lives and want to live "real lives" for once. Katsuya's starting up an all-girls baseball team with Tome on it allows them to do this. In this dramatic story, the dreams of a nation come alive. Through the determination and strength of Katsuya and Tome, girls baseball becomes a sensation, and Tome a superstar.
A collection of two shojo short-serials and a one-shot from Tetsuya Chiba. Part of a three-volume short stories series, alongside a volume of his shonen work and his essay manga. Includes "Papa's Bride", "Jumbo Rico", and "Like the Wind".
