This historic collaboration with legendary creator Shirow Masamune based on the classic manga features four all-new stories in a beautiful full-color 160-page hardcover, by some of the world's most innovative comics writers and artists, plus a cover by the acclaimed Dustin Nguyen (Descender) and pinup illustration by Becky Cloonan. The stories in Global Neural Network bring a 21st-century perspective to its questions of human identity and the border between mind and machine that made The Ghost in the Shell one of the most revered manga of all time, and unleash top Western comics artists on eye-popping action scenes starring Kusanagi, Batou, Togusa, Aramaki, and all the members of Section 9! Original stories by:• Alex de Campi (Twisted Romance) and Giannis Milonogiannis (Prophet)• Brenden Fletcher (Gotham Academy, Motor Crush) and LRNZ (Golem)• Genevieve Valentine (Mechanique, Icon) and Brent Schoonover (The Astonishing Ant-Man)• Max Gladstone (the Craft Sequence) and David López (All-New Wolverine)
Stand Alone Complex takes place in the year 2030, in the fictional Japanese city of New Port. The story follows the members of Public Security Section 9, a special-operations task-force made up of former military officers and police detectives. The manga presents individual cases that Section 9 investigates, along with an ongoing, more serious investigation into the serial killer and hacker known only as “The Laughing Man.”
What if the world was divided into people with martial arts powers and people without? Taeyeon Kang was one of the lucky few born with such powers. He enrolls in Murim Police University, a special school for those with powers to stand on the side of justice… but he has a secret of his own. He’s here to uncover the truth behind his father’s disappearance as well as seek protection from the Evil Murim Faction which is after his family’s secret book of martial arts techniques. At the same time, the legendary Ghost King makes his grand return, years after his mysterious disappearance. Just who is this masked anti-hero?
Yumeko is a girl obsessed with the occult. Her best friend, Satoru, is a skeptic. But one day Satoru dies and comes back as a ghost that only Yumeko can see.
Ho-Jin, a health trainer (fitness trainer?), suffers with stress-related insomnia due to relationship issues with his lover. Recommended by his friend, Ho-Jin attempts to cure his insomnia by sleeping naked, but instead, he unwillingly seduces a ghost that dwells in his house… Editor’s statement: Ghost in funeral garments is scary, but a naked ghost is sexy! Webtoons you may also like: + Refrain Love + Cohabitation + Narakarana
Su Sheng was born with the Character Yin. A fortune teller came to her house and told her parents that she must marry a dead man or she wouldn't live over 18 years old. A few months before her 18th birthday, weird things started to happen.
As a punishment for losing a game, Shinji is forced to take pictures in the science room after school, and as someone who hates ghosts, he’s terrified. After timidly going into the science room, he finds a so-called ghost named Sagara. Sagara takes a liking to him and tells him to come back because if he doesn’t, he’ll be cursed. Going to the science room after school becomes an everyday thing until one day, Sagara says that he’s disappearing and kisses Shinji in this after-school high school ghost romance by Nayuta Nago☆
While executing a ghost expelling task, Li Lingdao, a wizard living on ghost expelling meets the female ghost Yu Xi at the last gasp, who is keeping off killing from the departed souls. Unexpectedly, Li Lingdao does not release her soul, but brings her back to his apartment, heals her and lets her live at his home. At ordinary times, Li Lingdao goes out to execute various haunting tasks. At the same time, different ghosts attack Yu Xi, expecting to get the soul jade. A series of stories happen between Yu Xi and Li Lingdao when he protects her. Yu Xi’s life secret is revealed little by little… MangaToon got authorization from SaManHua to publish this manga, the content is the author's own point of view, and does not represent the stand of MangaToon.
In modern-day Paris, 20-year old Christine Daaé is an aspiring opera singer whose dreams were shattered by a traumatic incident during an audition one year ago. She has all but given up on returning to the stage, until a mysterious voice on the roof of the Paris Opera House offers her the chance to get her life back. But in order to achieve her dreams, she'll have to ask herself if she's willing to believe in this ghost… and if she can trust him. A modern retelling of "The Phantom of the Opera" by Gaston Leroux.
In a certain part of town, there is a very exclusive restaurant. So exclusive that only ghosts get to dine there! Yes, it’s a ghost-only restaurant where ghouls and goblins freely roam, drink and eat! Strange? Not until you meet the only waitress there, who happens to be a full-blooded human! ~Taken from Aerandria NOTE: On hiatus
The trainer, ho-jin, suffered from insomnia after fighting with his girlfriend. His friend advised him to sleep without wearing anything. But, the ghost tried to attract him from that night.
If there was a bad luck contest, our heroine would win hands down. In addition to living alone, abandoned by her family, she is harassed night and day by ghosts. Fortunately, the wheel is turning. One fine day, three brothers arrive at her home and claim to be shamans specializing in exorcism. From now on, they do everything to protect the supernatural!