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Story about Makoto Osawa, a university student on the regatta (rowing) team. He and his friend have dominated the intercollegiate competition for the double scull. Along with his friend's girlfriend (and team manager) Misao , the team has dreams of participating in an Olympic competition. But his friend's death in a racing accident leaves Makoto broken up, and he has to deal with pulling himself together as well as facing the trials of love and friendship.

Chiara is a scholarship student starting her first year at Krisopras High School, an elite private school for the rich and famous. A commoner compared to her peers, Chiara’s first day is full of surprises. But the real shock comes when she ends up being chosen as the only "public" member of a private group dedicated to serving justice for the student body. Will she be able to cope with the life of a student at Krisopras High School along with her newfound position, and who is this "president" shrouded in mystery?

The life of a magical girl isn't all fighting witches and collecting grief seeds. When they aren't kicking butt, Homura Akemi and her friends face the same trials as normal high school girls! In this four-panel comedy, glimpse a sillier side of the girls from the bestselling Puella Magi Madoka Magica series!

A seminal history of Date Masamune. Yokoyama has a plain and matter of fact style for history without really trying to dramatize it.

From Spicy Scanlations: Tatsuo is a makeup artist for a fashion photographer and is sick and tired of the models fawning over the new hairstylist, Haga. One morning, he comes across one of the models running out of Haga's room with tears in her eyes and has a long talk with him about how rude and antisocial he is. That's when Tatsuo realizes, Haga doesn't really know how to treat others and doesn't even have a single friend - until now?

A triangle love between a school girl, who tried to steal her childhood friend's girlfriend away from him.

[from cotton candy scans]Is it pleasant to be object of obsession of a perfect man? This is the start of a cohabitation story between a woman who thinks "it's more fun to be fulfilled with my interests rather than love", Waka, and a man who has an unrequited love while doing everything he can to persuade her, Shinobu! Waka, who's a librarian, was looking for a place to move into with her huge collection of books. In the midst of that, she suddenly reunited with Shinobu, a researcher, who suddenly kissed her back in high school while reading Tanizaki Junichirou's "A Fool's Love"...?! They suddenly started living together, and when he confessed that he "liked" her, Waka turned him down immediately...?!!

Marie is trapped in a horrible situation. She's being constantly tormented by her classmates and regularly molested by her teacher. With nowhere else to turn, she finds herself asking for supernatural help from one of the seven demons of the seven mysteries of her school. All she desires is the death of her cruel classmates and teacher. How far will Marie be willing to go in order to achieve the murders that would free her from her living hell? Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni takes place in an unnamed school setting and is composed of numerous self-contained short stories, each told from the perspective of a student or staff member from the school. These stories feature bullying as a major overlying theme, as each story's protagonist is depicted as being either a victim of bullying or a bully themselves. Higanbana revolves around a series of urban legends caused by supernatural beings called y?kai, each of which claims ownership of a particular "mystery" and kills anyone who tries to investigate it. There are a total of seven "mysteries" at the start of the series, with numerous y?kai fighting each other in an ongoing turf war for ownership of these mysteries, which is granted to the seven y?kai who emerge victorious in the conflict. The stories' protagonists interact with at least one of the school's resident y?kai, who force the protagonists to deal with the consequences of their actions regarding bullying.

Chise has always believed: "Mom's actions are for my sake, so they're correct"—even when feeling suffocated. One night, she sees the delinquent classmate Asahi ride his bike with his friends, and starts to become intrigued by him...?

The Calamity War that engulfed all of Earth, and the Gundams deployed then which were said to have brought it to an end. 300 years later, some have been hidden, some abandoned. Argie Mirage, a boy who carries the past of his family's death at the hands of a Gundam, meets Volco Warren, a boy who wishes to rebuild the Gundam his family left behind. To destroy a Gundam. To rebuild a Gundam. In the midst of the two boys' intersecting fates, the Astaroth will awaken from its 300 year slumber. Side story set in the Mobile Suit Gundam - Iron Blooded Orphans universe.

Once Wang Bai awakes, he realises he’s somehow crossed over into a fantasy world, and that he’s even lying in a coffin! After receiving a portion of his memories, he realises that this body is the sect master of the Demon Sect, who has committed unthinkable crimes and made millions of enemies. Worst of all… he has lost all of his cultivation, and his previous disciples who harbour ill intent towards him have all become big shots Σ(っ °Д °;) the Ruler of the Palace of Five Poisons, the Lord of the Temple of the Demon God, the Leader of the righteous Way… should I just lie back down in the coffin and never get out?

In the tale, an unnamed narrator pieces together the story of an area known by the locals as the "blasted heath" in the wild hills west of Arkham, Massachusetts. The narrator discovers that many years ago a meteorite crashed there, poisoning every living being nearby; vegetation grows large but foul tasting, animals are driven mad and deformed into grotesque shapes, and the people go insane or die one by one.