Collection of short works by Mitsuhashi Otoya published in Garo: B氏の気がかりな待 (B SHI NO KIGAKARINA MACHI) The Killers ムーンライト (Moonlight) シグナルムーンデイ (Signal Moon Day) 巻貝を飼う男 (MAKIGAI O KAU OTOKO) 力さん (TSUTOMU SAN) 川の向う (KAWA NO MUKŌ) えはがき童話 (E HAGAKI DŌWA) 月 (TSUKI) 恋 (KOI) 初子の欲情 (HATSUNE NO YOKUJŌ) やうやう白くなり行く (YAUYAU SHIROKU NARĪKU) 深夜 (SHINYA) 天涯1 (TENGAI 1) 天涯3 (TENGAI 3) 天涯4 (TENGAI 4) 路傍の石 (ROBŌ NO ISHI) ぎらぎら (GIRAGIRA)
This book includes all the stories from Inu o Kau and Toudo no Tabibito, and two works never reprinted before, Hiken Zangetsu and Hyakunen no Keifu.
Kokomi enters into a new school but ends up tering her clothes. The kind and popular Hajime lends her some clothes and she falls in love with him at first sight, after not being able to speak to him for a long time, she discovers a terrible truth about him but is undeterred into trying to win his heart.
As a child, Thorfinn sat at the feet of the great Leif Ericson and thrilled to wild tales of a land far to the west. But his youthful fantasies were shattered by a mercenary raid. Raised by the Vikings who murdered his family, Thorfinn became a terrifying warrior, forever seeking to kill the band's leader, Askeladd, and avenge his father. Sustaining Throfinn through his ordeal are his pride in his family and his dreams of a fertile westward land, a land without war or slavery... the land Leif called Vinland. Note: Was nominated for the 2008 Manga Taisho award. Won the Grand Prize in the manga division of the Japan Media Arts awards in 2009. Won the 36th Kodansha Manga Award for Best General Manga in 2012.
A hardboiled espionage action story featuring Major Eberbach. Can he elude the pursuit of the genius assassin from the KGB?
Set from 1581 to 1586 with flashbacks further into the past, this is the story of Tyrian Persimmon. Born to a Spanish mother with an English husband in this era of conflict between the two contries, Tyrian favors Spain. His father suspects that Tyrian is not his son because he doesn\'t look like the man at all, and regularly beats him. His mother\'s lover is discovered to be a Spanish spy and flees the country. Tyrian is determined to join the navy and eventually rejoin Geraldo. At the age of 19 he begins to make his ruthless way up the ranks of the English navy. Note: Tyrian Persimmon was ancestor of one Major Klaus Heinz von dem Eberbach from From Eroica with Love.
A gal girl who will become a yandere in 10 days and it will be because of me...
In a prison so big that it is called a city, all sorts of criminals have been amassed. Due to the inescapable walls, the population only continues to grow. Within are a pair of siblings - a young girl and a recently born boy. What will be their fate in this desolate, cold city...? A story of hope and struggle begins.
Sonokawa Junpei is a 19-year-old who works multiple part-time jobs to support his little sister and unwell mother. One day, he discovers a major cash prize at the company where he works as a janitor, V Line, for anyone who can discover the cheating method of a major champion (a user named 'M') of their online mahjong game. As it happens, this same 'M' shows up at the family restaurant where Junpei also works, and Junpei jumps at the opportunity to get money for his family! His strategy is to befriend 'M' (whose name is Mizuki) and uncover his cheating method. When he goes to Mizuki's house, though, it is clear that the befriending part is going to be a challenge. He learns from Mizuki's older sister that he suffered head trauma in the accident that killed their parents. Since then, he has lacked the ability to experience emotion, though he has also gained amazing powers of memory. He spends all of his time playing--and winning--online mahjong. Now, Junpei wants to genuinely become Mizuki's friend, and to help prove that he is a genius, not a cheater!
Itsuki, a young girl, encountered a captivating boy residing in a castle atop a mountain during her childhood. This boy became her refuge after her parents abandoned her with her step-siblings. However, one day, he mysteriously disappeared. Now, burdened with the responsibilities that her parents should have shouldered, Itsuki yearns for someone to care for her instead. Unexpectedly, the boy from her past reappears and rescues her from a near-fatal incident. Yet, he behaves strangely, deviating from Itsuki's previous perception of him. She wonders about his intentions and what he desires from her.
Frederick F. Brown is a mobile suit trainee in one of Zeon\'s schools, but always had a hard time keeping up with everyone. Ten months after training hard, he\'s thrust into actual combat for the first time together with Zeon\'s declaration of war. He becomes witness to the horrors and atrocities associated with war first hand as he fights to stay alive.
