After a traumatic incident, Jun Sakurada refuses to interact with the outside world and return to school--he even shuts out his sister, his closest friend. Jun spends most of his time online buying spiritual items that are obvious rip-offs. One day he finds a website that curiously enough asks him to put his order in his desk drawer. Thinking it's a joke, Jun plays along. The following day a suitcase arrives containing a doll named Shinku... that comes to life before his very eyes! Welcome to the world of Rozen Maiden, where Jun must enter an all-new reality to protect and serve a living doll...

Dragon Ball follows the adventures of Goku from his childhood through adulthood as he trains in martial arts and explores the world in search of the seven mystical orbs known as the Dragon Balls, which can summon a wish-granting dragon when gathered. Along his journey, Goku makes several friends and battles a wide variety of villains, many of whom also seek the Dragon Balls for their own desires. Along the way becoming the strongest warrior in the universe.

A tale of a young hero on a magical journey.

From AQUA Scans:

A poor high-school girl meets a magician!
One day, a suspicious Ikemen appears in front of Saga Honoka, a stingy highschool girl. He continuously tries to persuade Honoka that he is a magician of a secret organization, "Rosen Kreuz", realist Honoka refuses to believe him. A mean magician and a poor highschool girl; a magical romantic comedy begins!

This is a world where there are three classes- Royals, Nobility, and Commoners. The Commoners are at the mercy of the Royals and the Nobility. There is magic, and an elusive siren...how does it all come together?

In an RPG-esque world where people's positions in society are decided at birth, Tolza is a "subjugator" who's on a quest to defeat the demon king. He meets and teams up with various people during his adventures, though the dangerous nature of their world means that many of them die. However, as a subjugator Tolza possesses a special ability which he keeps secret at all cost: he gets stronger every time one of his companions dies.

In the 17th year of the glorious republic, Sun Dianying dug underneath the coffin of Empress Dowager Cixi in the Eastern Qing tombs to find a hidden stone door below, which was guarded by a monster who feasts on the flesh of humans. It is said that by feeding it, you would be allowed access to the stone door and possibly immortality. Our hero embarks on a journey to find the Soul Burial Door, uncovering secrets of the Qing Dynasty along the way.

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It’s said that the Great Demon Lord Satan once went to the world of humans to train, however he was eaten by the humans after he passed out in a desert. Feared of the humans, many demons refused to wander the world of humans. In order to become a Super-Mega-Demon Lord, our prince Lucifer finally decides to wander the world of humans to collect 10 billion devil points.

A tale of mystery and magic. Naito and Yuta Fuuga are twin brothers with very different personalities. While Naito is elegant and good in school, Yuta is athletic and often winds up in fights. Despite this, they maintain a close relationship. When their father turns up missing, both must travel to Dubai in search of him. A mysterious peddler has other plans though, as the twins soon find themselves in the world of One Thousand and One Nights.

Whilst searching for porn on the internet Sudo Kansuke, a 20-year-old university student, gets sucked into an RPG world called Munberdia. He is the chosen hero who carries the sword of light. Only the sword of light is not what you would expect.

Mounted warriors line up and rush to the assault. Brandishing swords on horseback, the warriors slash at each other... This kind of image of feudal combat is all a lie. Well, then, how did Samurai really fight? A declaration of war has now been made against the lie of combat that was forged during the Edo period, and continued uncontested to this very day.

From Antisense Scanslations:

Mimori is the princess of the frog kingdom, a fantastical place populated by the human frog tribe and, well... frogs. One day a young boy named Aoi shows up on the borders of the kingdom, claiming that Mimori's elder brother Makaeru cast a spell on him that causes him to transform into a frog when splashed with water. Together, Mimori and Aoi set out on a journey to find a spell to cure him. (And things only get weirder from here on out.)

From Fateful Encounters:

Power, body, charisma all together it shakes the mind. Provoked the gym teacher to seduce his nervous mind. The first kiss then, second kiss to seduce. Who is really the person that makes Chunja's heart thump? That person is...!!


As the school outcast, Chun ja has resigned herself to be being bullied, ostracized and just generally ignored. All this changes one day, however, when she becomes involved with the new gym teacher and the school rebel, Seo Lu, and eventually finds herself drawn to both of them.

Growing up in the late 16th century Sengoku era Japan, Shinmen Takezō is shunned by the local villagers as a devil child due to his wild and violent nature. Running away from home with a fellow boy at age 17, Takezo joins the Toyotomi army to fight the Tokugawa clan at the Battle of Sekigahara. However, the Tokugawa win a crushing victory, leading to nearly three hundred years of Shogunate rule. Takezo and his friend manage to survive the battle and afterwards swear to do great things with their lives. However, after their paths separate, Takezo becomes a wanted criminal and must change his name and his nature in order to escape an ignoble death.

Note: Won the 24th Kodansha Manga Award in the general category in 2000. Won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2002 and was nominated for the 2003 Eisner Award in the Best Writer/Artist category.

A hilarious and touching story with a touch of horror, Donyatsu—meaning doughnuts in Japanese, but with the words nyaa (meow) and yatsu (a sort of rude word for guy) shoehorned in—is about a cat with a doughnut body in a post-apocalyptic Tokyo, along with his food-based buddies, terrestrial enemies, shiritori-winning wreck of a robot/mecha, enigmatic food-based pig, and of course, the invading aliens...?

If a manga that has sweet, sweet animals playing soccer with a human skull doesn't bother you, chances are you will crave Donyatsu.

As a continuation of Rozen Maiden, the story starts with an older Jun, who is now a university student. While working at a bookstore as his part time job, he finds an unaddressed copy of the first issue of a weekly magazine "How to Make a Girl" containing a spring. He brings it home, and soon starts receiving further issues of the magazine by post, each issue having one part of a doll's body as a gift. One day, after putting much effort into assembling the fifth Rozen Maiden doll Shinku, he receives a notification that the publication has been cancelled, leaving him with an incomplete doll. Suddenly, he receives a mysterious text message from his old number, claiming to be the Jun Sakurada asking for help against the seventh Rozen Maiden doll Kirakisho...

Note: The official title of this Shueisha edition in Japanese is ローゼンメイデン in katakana, in order to set it apart from the title of the "original" Gentosha edition, which was "Rozen Maiden" in Latin letters while katakana only served as a pronunciation aid (furigana).

Zeo, a mysterious young wizard with a giant sword, finds himself in the city of Monea. He has no interest in getting involved with other adventurers, but circumstances leave him no choice but to find himself a party. He is therefore dragged into a group of misfit adventurers led by the pretty priest Tia. Tia seems very interested in making him their ally, and he soon learns why. Tia is determined to hunt down the wizard and summoned demon that destroyed her town and family, and she intends to do this by first summoning the demon. However, demon summoning magic is forbidden, punishable by death. Tia needs to learn about the art of demon summoning, and she needs a wizard for the summoning itself. Little does she know, Zeo actually has his very own illegal summoned demon, which is why he was so insistent that he wanted to adventure alone. Will he be willing to help Tia with her quest, or will his secret lead to his execution?

An anthology comic of Infinite Stratos by various mangaka.