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A series of 5 'picture book' manga for very young children, Ishinomori crafts his own tales that fit right at home with well-known Japanese folklore, gracing them with dozens and dozens of gorgeously done two-page spreads.- **Child of the Stars** - Hikaru is a boy of mysterious parentage, said to have come down from the stars. One day, Hikaru comes to face an oni with his own reason for attacking Hikaru, one connected to Hikaru's past.- **The Dragon's Whiskers** - Taro's mother is ill, but legend has it that if she drinks a boiled dragon's whisker, her illness will be cured. Taro goes on his quest to obtain this whisker.- **Tale of the 1000 Year-Old Cedar** - A tengu father suddenly finds himself responsible for several human children. A yamauba offers to care for the children by becoming their mother, but he refuses. Frustrated, the yamauba is set on making him suffer...- **Aim For It! Saburota** - Saburota's father was killed by a whale ('the white monster'), and his mother dies from the shock. Now orphaned, Saburota aims to become a great harpooner to avenge his parent's deaths.- **Kon Kon Kon** - A young boy who doubts kitsune ends up crossing paths with one, as he suddenly ends up in different worlds, much to his confusion...
Another take on the little mermai...merman?
From MangaScreener: In the world of Noramimi families frequently have "mascots". Funny characters that live with the family and acts as companions to the children until they grow older. Noramimi is one such mascot. Unfortuantely for him, he's of an ogre (well everyone else thinks he's a monk) type and not popular so he's doing his "home stay" with Hello Kids, an agency which sets up mascots with families. He really wishes a family would adopt him though...
Princess Michiru is in love with her private tutor, Sakaki. This is the romcom between the two's every day life.
"I'm gonna fuck you so hard one day..." A countryside boy and a city boy, together 24/7. Ayumu seems to always be making passes at Hiromi, but is he even aware of this "unconscious sexual harassment?" And when they both end up at Ayumu's house one day, can Hiromi hold off his advances...?
"What can I do to get closer to you?" Today as well, he watches her intently from afar.
Dinner with friends takes a turn when Yeonji's coldhearted college ex shows up. After all those years, Ava wants to try again and to date like they used to. Should Yeonji give it a second chance, when all Ava did was leave her broken and humiliated? And why is Ava reaching out now, just as their old college friend, Mojoo, has returned from abroad? The timing's peculiar, but something's different about Ava. Will the two rekindle a broken love? Or will dark secrets of the past stand in their way?
Despite being very pretty, 15-year-old Mirai-chan doesn't have any friends due to her pessimistic personality. Tooru-kun is very handsome, elegant, and bright but he doesn't even have a friend, but is it because of his social status? They both want friendship but since it is the first time for them, will it be the beginning of the most immature love in the world?
S Tier Hunter Sa Hyun--a member of HN, one of the world's top guilds--came to see Jeong Yi-Seon. "I came to scout you, Mr. Jeong." "Like hell you are, if you're approaching me like that." "I don't think you know what exactly 'hell' is, but......" Sa-hyun let out a laugh, looking just as if he were in a painting. "Let's make a contract, shall we?" "I'm not interested in any 'contract,' so please stop following me. You're getting..." "I'll take care of them for you." "What?" Still full of laughter, he stared right at him. He was definitely smiling, but his icy eyes still sent a shiver down Yi-Seon's spine. Sa Hyun approached the stiff Yi-seon, one step at a time. Leaning down, he whispered. Whispered in a kind, friendly voice. "Those corpses that haunt you... I'll take care of them."
In “Blue Dragon”, “shadows” can fuse with their "hosts". This is the history of the teenager, Ral, and his "shadow", the Blue Dragon "Grado", that his father, a king, imprisoned together in the dungeon of the castle when Ral was a young baby. One day, when the "shadows" besieges the castle, his personal educator, Mio, releases him to protect the castle and repel the “shadows”.
A writer writes a story about a writer who writes a story about a writer who writes a story about a writer who writes a story about... what?
• 197X Long, long ago, when things like VHS, Betamax and satellite broadcasting didn’t exist yet, there lived a boy who loved watching movies over anything else - until one day he found something much more interesting to do in the darkness of the movie hall…
