MYSTERY

The boy asked the man, the man answered....."I've been there, in the Korakuen Arena, fought against Hanayama Kaoru, it was amazing."The boy asked him again but this time a question that terrified him to the core 'Where's the amusement park?" the man had no answer.This is a series of tales about a dark place inside the world of the Baki series, the so-called "Amusement Park" come and discover by yourself why strong men fear it so much. Take a peek at darkness itself!!!

Post-Apocalypse story set in Tokyo, 2037. The story of a man's revenge after he lost everything.

The story is about a girl name Rindou Runa, she's quite lame in real life. She loves to day dream most of the time and lives in a boarding school. Runa tends to be a klutz which ends up with Runa having to get help from her best friend to overcome the parodies. However, one day, a girl and a boy appear and snatch her bracelet. The bracelet once belonged to her mother and was passed down to her. The bracelet acts as an amulet, making it valuable. Thus, Runa decides to run away with the amulet. In the end, the girl and boy transform into a cat and an owl, what is happening in Runa's life and why did the girl-boy pair transform into animals...?

Down-on-his-luck painter Iori Midorizawa puts strange things onto the canvasthings nobody else sees. One day he is met with the opportunity to illustrate a book written by an author who admires his work. Iori takes the project, but feels uneasy about the author's mysterious urgings. "I know you see them too. If we work together, we can save them." What kind of an offer is that?

Lupin the Third and his motley crew return in Shin Lupin III! This time, several of the stories are either brand new or adapted from or to the Lupin Part 2 anime, and the beginning story was even animated by itself several years later! Lupin the Third is the grandson of the famous literary thief Arsne Lupin, and his partners in crime include the sharpshooter Jigen Daisuke, the stoic samurai Goemon Ishikawa the Thirteenth, and the on-again-off-again lover/rival Fujiko Mine. Their object is to steal the most valuable and important items while evading the guard of Inspector Koichi Zenigata, the ever-vigilant ICPO chief whose life goal is to capture Lupin, but when it's fulfilled, he's lost his purpose! What kids of exciting adventures will they get themselves into in...Shin Lupin III!

From Tokyopop:Shima and Kaori are two teenage detectives who have their own odd-jobs agency, Anything Inc. If they take your case, you know your satisfaction will be guaranteed! Shima is a smart kid with a knack for solving other people's problems. He's recently lost his parents to an arson's fire. Now the sight of fire makes him cringe, often reducing the super sleuth into a pool of tears. Kaori, a supermodel, seems an unlikely partner for Shima, but they've been best friends since Kaori hired the junior Sherlock to rid him of a troublesome stalker. For some reason, Shima is comfortable mourning in front of the handsome Kaori; on his end, Kaori trusts Shima to help him suppress his over-aggressive modeling persona, Kyo.

Summary by Hyper Parfait:Kuchiki, a flutist, was plagued by nightmares every night that forced her to seek the help of counselor Matsuzaki. Ishikura, a police inspector, unexpectedly discovered a headless mummified body in an empty apartment and is now on the case. When Kuchiki regains her lost memories, the curtains also opens to a tragedy!

The Executioner and Her Way of Life manga, Shokei Shoujo no Ikirumichi (Virgin Road) , The Lost Ones are strangers from another world, hailing from a place no one has ever heard of called "Japan." These wanderers have been associated with catastrophes since many years ago and the solemn duty of exterminating them without remorse falls to Menou, a young Executioner. But when her mission is complicated by a Japanese girl named Akari who refuses to die, Menou embarks on a peculiar journey to find something that can slay even an immortal who insists on traveling with her would-be-killer!

In a world where every boy and girl has a special power called Iris, Toru who, as a result of not having any kind of special power, was bullied from a young age, lives by his motto "minimal exposure" to live without standing out. But his peaceful school life changes when he receives a certain confession from the school's most popular girl, Koyuki. His motto begins to shake.

Yasuoka Shion lost her parents, and her voice, when she was young...in a murder.She was found amidst a blood-soaked room, and the only hint for the suspect was a Shougi board and one piece: the King. Now, Shion steps into the world of female professional Shougi players. As her popularity and fame slowly rises, so do the questions about her past, particularly the murder case that was never solved.

Ah Shui, who's having a vacation overseas, got scammed of all his money. In order to get the money to buy a plane ticket home, the moneyless Ah Shui can only take on a part time food delivery guy at a Chinese restaurant. Just when he can finally go home after delivering for the last time, he got dragged into endless conspiracies because of this food deliverywhat's even terrifying, he seems to have become a monster that chooses to swallow people

As far as the public is concerned, Rocoponearth's only alienhasn't done much but loaf around in the 8 years since he crash-landed in Tokyo with no memory of his past. Granted, that is what he likes to do, and he does spend a lot of time playing video games. But as an alien to whom earth laws technically do not apply, he's been hard at work in a top-secret capacity: government-sanctioned extrajudicial assassin, cleaning up the worst of society that the law is either too slow or too powerless to confront. After years of dispatching hapless crime lords and their goons, things have gotten comfortable. But Rocopon is about to meet his match in more ways than onefed up with his sloppy ways, headquarters has assigned him a straight-laced partner, and the criminal underground has enlisted the help of those who are a little more than human+

A bloodstained man stands in front of a terrified girl. He proclaims his love for her and makes this ominous declaration: A year from now, she will either die alone or will be with him forever. Now, rumors abound about the cursed girl that causes any boy who proclaims his love for her to die. Join us to discover the mysteries of Metronome.

The Sea Kingdom was invaded by the Totsusa Kingdom, but Wadanohara and her familiars managed to hold them back. The two princesses faced off with one another -- and suddenly the two kingdoms were at peace.The war was seemingly over.... However, Wadanohara's original familiar, Samekichi, was thinking."Wadanohara.. I will definitely... protect you."What are his true intentions? All will be revealed soon.

With her parents dead or missing, Azuma has been taken into her uncle's family. However her new family has been harshly abusing her, to the point she has become so mentally unstable she developed the rare syndrome of Alice in Mirrorland, which makes her see things that shouldn't be there reflected on mirrors, water, glass, etc. Everything begins when the things she sees start affecting the real world directly, and the barrier between reality and illusion breaks apart. Welcome to the world at the other side of the mirror. Welcome to wonderland.

Yamada is stranded on an island without any ships passing by who isn't sure why he's there because he can't really recall, so after finding his sports bag, he assumes he was on a school trip. With only 7 days of food, he eventually decides to make a boat to leave the island. He thought he was alone on the island until a girl named Imaise Chika was found eating his food, where they then decide to continue making a boat. Since the boat only had room for one, Yamada decided to set off for help, but returned upon noticing that not only did Imaise put her rations in his bag, they were mostly untouched as well. After returning, he noticed she made the oar out of a fishing lance and he decides they can live on the island longer.

Once upon a time, there existed a giant tree that was the source of mana. A war, however, caused this tree to wither away, and a hero's life was sacrificed in order to take its place. Grieving over the loss, the goddess disappeared unto the heavens. The goddess left the angels with this edict: "You must wake me, for if I should sleep, the world shall be destroyed." The angels bore the Chosen One, who headed towards the tower that reached up unto the heavens. And that marked the beginning of the regeneration of the world.Colette is the next Chosen of Mana to undertake the Journey of Regeneration in order to regenerate the dying world of Sylvarant. On the Day of Prophecy, Colette receives the oracle at the Martel Temple and thus began her journey to heaven. Together with her two childhood friends Lloyd and Genis, her teacher Raine and the mercenary Kratos hired to protect her, they set off on a journey to regenerate the world.

From CMX Manga:This suspenseful, supernatural series tells the tale of Canon, the only student to escape from a bloody vampire attack that took the lives of her fellow classmates and turned her into one of the undead. Struggling against the terrible needs that compel her, Canon commits herself to use her powers for good and do whatever she can to avenge the deaths of her friends and her own terrible fate. Joining forces with a talking, vampire crow, she begins her quest to find Rodd, Lord of the Vampires.

Seven former fellow middle school students are forced to participate in a "death game" by an eerie rabbit'. They have never met after graduating but now they must complete 6 death games within one hour to escape their entrapment! A game of despair begins as their dark past is revealed and their fragile relationships are put to the test!

A boy, with a virus which unlocks the primal beast, desires forgotten memories.(Source: Izumo no Ryuu)

Under the Rose contains two stories:

U.C. 0087, amidst the three-way conflict between the Titans, the AEUG and Axis Zeon, the Titans ship Hecate, carrying a new prototype Gundam, finds itself adrift in space after an attack by the AEUG damaged the ship's propulsion system. While the Hecate was stranded in space, most of the ship's crew would succumb to the murder spree of a so-called "wearwolf".

They say that a spirit sometimes appears on a certain crossing in town. One day, a high school boy named Sahara gets into an accident on that very crossing, causing his and his friends' lives to change forever.

"It is a story full of sadness. From now let's recite a slow and beautiful story from long ago." Shiva, a young girl who loves to stroll about in the countryside, lives in a vacant village with her guardian, a wendigo-like gentleman. He forbids her from going outside, so she won't be cursed, but Shiva's curiosity makes her yearn for the outside world. What is this curse about?

From: Easy Going ScansOfficer Park Yoon Hee is a beautiful young detective who has high hopes of being accepted in the Violent Crime Division. However, her father and chief of police, has other plans for her so instead of the Violent Crime Division he assigns her on the Unsolved Crime Division were nothing ever gets done and there is only 2 staff members including her!The excitement that she most eagerly longs for though, is about to barge in her life when she will meet a mysterious boyOriginal webcomic

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"Ever since that night, I've lived only to kill you."Kohaku was the lone survivor from her hometown, which was sunk and destroyed by the kingdom's guardian water dragon. She entered the Imperial Place under the guise of a lady-in-waiting, plotting to take revenge on Prince Miaki, who was supposed to be the only person who could control the dragon.However, he seemed nothing like she imagined. And when he caught her, he unexpectedly asked her, "Why don't you pretend to be my consort instead?"This begins their thrilling contract marriage, to uncover the plot involving the succession to the throne!+

The death of his mother leads to Tomoki living with Murakami-san, the Prime Minister. However Tomoki soon learns that nothing is what it seems, least of all Murakami-san himself.

A boy named Aoi Asumori, a high school student with a peculiar constitution that can see spirits is secretly in love with his classmate Ai ichinose, who is very popular because of her bright personality. However there is a large number of spirits lingering in the background... Why are they coming after her? As an inexplicable incident creeps in, Aoi decides to become a hero that can protect her...

Maya is a mysterious young girl who is hired as an assistant to detective Matsunomiya. The Imperial City of the Taisho Era has a mixture of Eastern and Western cultures... What kind of adventure will the two encounter here?

From Esthtique:During the period when the Tang Dynasty was at its peak of success, imperial court general, Huangfu Duanhua, was whisked away into a series of bizarre and supernatural events after his friend accidentally stepped into a store owned by a Persian merchant. This then led to many incidents that were kept sealed by the empire for a thousand yearsCourt disputes, strife in the royal family As the wheels of the perilous history are set in motion, where will they lead?

There is a planet where all the inhabitants have mysteriously disappeared. This planet was called "Earth." Four people (Shiki, Miyuki, Yoshimura, and Satou) are dispatched to investigate the planet, its remaining living things, and the remains of the culture that once thrived there. Together, they pass peaceful days on the quiet Earth.

When My Bloodline Was Destroyed, I Became InvincibleQin lie, brought up in a Yun province household, was the first one out of the four great clans who awakened the raging flames bloodline. His childhood friend Yun Xi, came to be jealous of him, which resulted in his step father taking away his bloodline and abolishing his cultivation, but unexpectedly, he obtained the inheritance of the Origin Celestial and embarked on a journey of supreme honor spanning over three thousand worlds, absolutely invincible.

Metropolitan Police Department, First Investigative Division, Eighth Criminal Investigation Unit - also known as "The Eighth". In order to solve vicious and unusual crimes, an elite force serving as both a surpression and execution force was created.Among them is a man with a high arrest rate, in contrast with his bewildered demeanor. Chigira Hinato: what deep secret lies behind his high arrest rate?

Over 20 generations ago an army of soldiers, monks and alchemists gave their lives to seal away one of the world's darkest secrets. In order to protect humanity, their souls were woven together to create a barrier, and their bodies turned to stone - preserved in time for their souls to return to should the barrier ever be broken. However the price was not paid by them alone- Now, centuries later, 4 youngsters variously affected by the curse, unwittingly stumble into this mystery...

Somewhere, someplace... in a world where everything stands the same, the two of them lives. This is the beginning of their story.

A collection of one-shots done during the 1970s (and one from 1980), all regarding some aspect of Tezuka's early life. Includes a reflection of his time at the famous Tokiwa-so.- **Record of the Life of Gachaboy**: A reflection on Tezuka's career up to that point. Tezuka encounters the G** of Manga right after the war, who nicknames Tezuka "Gachaboy". He is determined to see Tezuka become a great mangaka, no matter what - and restore manga's presence in Japan.- **Paper Fortress**: Right at the end of the war, Tezuka is doing manga in private in high school. He meets a girl who fully understands his situation, and they get along well. In a society where manga, dancing, and even informal relationships are forbidden, how will Tezuka, crazy about manga, keep on?- **Hungry Blues**: Directly following *Paper Fortress*, Tezuka is now a hungry, desperate student with little luck on his path in manga. Things change when he comes across a young lady who works for a newspaper, and he manages to land a serial for it. However, in an era rife with turmoil and starvation, Tezuka's own stomach may prove to be a serious intrusion in not just his manga-making career, but his very life.- **Tokiwa-so Monogatari**: Part of a series recounting memories within the famous apartment complex, Tezuka showcases its history through commentary from the building itself!- **The Letter that Came**: Tezuka receives an ominous letter that may put him in hot water.- **Animal Tsurezuregusa**: Two reflections on animals Tezuka had encountered in his early years - the first a horse, the second two tanuki.An excerpt of *Dotsuitare* featuring Tezuka is also included at the end.---**Volume 274 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

The story revolves around Suzunoki Hatsune, a normal high school girl... or so she strongly wishes, because she has no desire to succeed her stepfather as the strongest onmyouji in modern Japan. Still, she has the ability to see spirits, and as luck would have it, her emerging abilities are pointing her to a terrifying truth behind the deaths of her parents... and her stepfather may be involved!?

Meet Watase, an awkward teen with an unusual power over the written word. One day he uses that power to do something impossible, which draws the attention of Aiba, a girl he finds interesting. But Aiba lives in a secret world of her own devising, believing that the world around her is a lie. And so Watase's impossible act seems like fate to Aiba, and sets the pair down an unexpected path.

A young girl named Hinomori Asami starts her studies at the Sakura Hill School for Girls in Tokyo, but the capital is a dangerous place, and mysteries abound.

*previous named as Angels Falling Down."What is the boundary between game and reality".The world is in danger. Strange juggernauts called "Angels" have started to appear all around the planet, presenting riddles called "Angel Paradox" to whoever happens to be in the near vicinity. Answer right and your land will receive God's blessing. However, fail to solve the paradox and the whole place will be literaly nuked with divine punishment...

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The story takes place in the '60s, in a mysterious city where madness and lust seem to be the citizens' constant companions. A detective named Sada (with a "certain" wound) pursues a woman accused of murder.

In order to save her stupid and athletic crush from getting into a college that she thinks is a scam, Mei decides to apply for it herself. But here is where things get tricky: it is a magic school.

After the crime rate began to spiral out of control in the third Toutoh empire, a law was established to help expedite trials and relieve the pressure on the overcrowded prisons, which were filled to the brim with criminals who had been sentenced to life in prison without any chance of parole. According to this new law, trials could be held and the accused criminals sentenced to death even if they hadn't been captured yet. Moreover, in order to capture/kill these criminals who had been given a punishment by the courts, the Special Executions police force was created...

Two twin brothers Ry and Key were trained in martial arts since childhood by their Martial Arts father, "Rokuu Riley" as they are now young adults a tournament begins in their city and they feel they are called to accomplish something much greater in life. And in their own ways they will not stop until they have succeeded no matter what challenges, threats or obstacles come into their lives.

There have been many outstanding cases and events in all parts of the world, which are often dubbed as mysterious, strange, and supernatural concepts, which are daunting. A female officer named Mu Xi & her sidekick dive deep into dark secrets in the night. Will she be able to solve this case or will she end up in the dark?

This is the story of a prince, Izegole, the sixth son of the Agon family. The family that years ago took control of all the 500 villages of their continent. Izegole and his brothers and sisters are in charge of security in all the villages while the king, their father, takes care of politics. But one day everything changes, when a killer is sent to kill Izegole, a God comes to Earth with a secret mission and one after an other, his World, all that he considers important crumbles before him and leaving him but with hobson's choice: fight or fall? What will he choose?(find more info at the link: http://myselfmanga.webs.com/)