MATURE

From Blue Flor:A domestic comedy about couples in apartments.

Through round after round of extensive plastic surgery and vigorous maintenance, Ririko has become the absolute manifestation of beauty, and becomes a wildly successful model, actress and singer. However, soon her body, unable to withstand the burdens of surgery, begins to crumble, and along with it so does her mind, as she plummets towards a frightening and inevitable end.A story about a woman's vanity, greed, hatred and despair, by the author of River's Edge.Helter Skelter won the 2003 excellence prize at the Japanese Media Arts Festival, and the 2004 Osamu Tezuka Culture Prize.

From HaruHime:The story sets place on a certain southern island. Kakeru, Mana's brother-in-law, has been demanding her body for two years now. One day, Mana goes swimming in the ocean and meets Akihiro. Akihiro transfers into her class, and the two start going out. Although she is pulled in my Akihiro's bright and kind personality, her frightening life that she spends with Kakeru ceases to change, and the secrecy makes her suffer. On the other side of the situation, Akihiro senses something isn't right. Mana and Akihiro go to a summer festival, where Kakeru shows up with his childhood friend Ayano. Upon seeing Kakeru follow Mana, Ayano asks Akihiro, "Don't you think that Kakeru likes Mana?" Akihiro pulls Kakeru away from Mana, and declares, "Mana is my girlfriend." However, an angered Kakeru knocks Akihiro down, injures him, and before Akihiro's eyes begins to hold Mana

When Maria lost her job and isn't able to pay her rent on time, she doesn't have any other way to earn money. She then agrees to make a deal with the CEO's son for money.

Scientists discover a new material that renders people immune to all existing weapons. But these "peacemakers" instead transform world war into a martial-arts free-for-all! Rasputin plots with Russian President Putinov to control the global supply. Opposing them are the unstoppable Axe Bogan, a certain master in a jumpsuit from China, and a slew of other muscular heroes!

A mysterious enemy from another dimension suddenly attacks a rich country. The vassals panic at the outrageous situation. Genjuro, a samurai, is determined to defeat this huge, unidentified enemy. The only thing he can rely on is his will to be and his determination to survive against an enemy who wants to bring everything to nothing. A unique science fiction work by Masashi Tanaka with his outstanding descriptive skills and ideas!+

Satou Juubee, a pervert and fighting expert, has moved to a new home again started off his ridiculous school life with other interesting people. The first one he met was a girl called Ayako, who has unrealistic expectations in Tokyo life. They had some extra-ordinarily close body contact.Another important character is Takano Teruhisa, a Judo talent, and had some sort of special relationship with Satou.Satou is from a rich family. His father work as a politician and is very weak at any spicy stuff. Unfortunately, Satou is very good at cooking super killing hot curry. Satou's sister is studying in middle school, beginning to be interested in sex related issues. Their home can rarely be quiet.(Taken from Baka-updates manga)

From ice_blossom:18 year-old Yoshino is in love with his sister, Himeko, who has brother complex towards him. Yoshino and Himeko's father remarriage introduced new members to the family. Tsubaki, who is of the same age as Himeko, is as beautiful as a bisque doll. This new step-brother plans to expose Yoshino's secret feelings for Himeko. Yoshino thought that the underlying reason of Tsubaki doing this is because he likes Himeko too. However, never did he expect that Tsubaki was doing this for. . .Special/Extra: Hana had always wanted to have a boyfriend and she finally had her first one. Rei was disturbed when he found out that his beloved sister accepted a guy. He was determined not to allow any guy to have Hana. Rei let his feelings show and confessed to Hana. Hana was disgusted by the twisted feelings Rei had for her. Rei decided to leave when rejected. Hana did not want Rei to leave her, what should she do?Tsubaki's story: An extra about Tsubaki.

From Aerandria Scans:Tezuka Ayane was aiming to become a pianist. She was also working as a part-time home-tutor when she met Narumiya Kou. She found herself falling for him, but there was a difference in their ages and her feelings didn't seem to be returned. Six years have passed since then and Ayane is a music teacher in an all-girls school. One day, she goes to a jazz-piano audition and meets Kou there..!

Lemnear is a female warrior who is out to slay the evil sorcerer Gardein. Gardein massacred Lemnear's family and practically everyone in her hometown several years back, and Lemnear is determined not to let him get away with it. Lemnear is no ordinary girl however, for she is the legendary Champion of Silver... destined to end the reign of darkness and chaos.

Hiro is a high school student refusing to go to school after a traumatic run-in with the local bullies. But his feeble life is forever changed when, one day, he applies online for a new gadget called "JUNK".

The unknown story of a certain day in Annie and Mikasa's life.

The pasts of Walter, Hellsing and Millennium are revealed in this exciting prequel to the main Hellsing storyline, which takes place during the WWII era -- September, 1944 to be exact -- somewhere around Nazi-occupied Warsaw, Poland.From Baka-Updates:Hellsing, an organization devoted to the elimination of the vampire threat, has recently uncovered information regarding the attempted production of "man-made" undead. The world is presently in the thick of WWII, and the current leader of Hellsing fears the Nazis could potentially use these creatures as front-line super-soldiers. Although the technology of creating artificial vampires is still in its infancy, it has advanced enough to be a serious threat. In an attempt to put a stop to this perverse and dangerous experimentation, Hellsing has sent two of its most skillful agents to Poland. A young man by the name of Walter C. Dornes - a.k.a. "The Angel of Death," and Alucard, an ancient vampire currently in forced service to the Hellsing Organization. Together, they attempt to stop the progress of the Nazi's efforts.NOTE: On hiatus

In the Middle Ages, jousting was a duel between knights who put their prides on the line in an effort to take down their opponent in one sweeping blow. Even with the changing of time, jousting is still being done. In one country it has gone from "duel" to "sport" and everyone, girls as well, is encouraged to become knights and take up the sport. One girl, Celia, is no exception. It was through jousting that she met her first love, a jousting student named Takahiro in her youth. However, before she could talk with him, tragedy struck in the form of a jousting accident and he returned to his country before she could approach him. Years pass and Celia has become a strong young woman. Attending Winford Academy, she studies the art of jousting as well as how to become a knight. It is a new school year and she sees Takahiro among the new students. Will she be able to approach Takahiro this time? Will she become a knight? Only time will tell as the story unfolds.

Although a 19th-century philosopher once said that "God is dead" (It was Nietzsche) the Rakia story has God descending to Earth in the 21st century and assuming the form of a girl. ("Rakia" is the Hebrew word for the skies or the firmament.)

After a heated argument with her mother, Keito runs away from home without knowing where to go. When she helps an old woman to carry her bags home, the woman offers to put her up in one of her rooms. Keito accepts and starts to pick up the pieces of her life. When she's not drawing her own comic, which features a black jazz singer named Angie, the young woman works at a record shop. That's where she meets and falls in love with Niki, an attractive trumpeter in a funk band. They sleep with each other. Unfortunately for Keito, Niki then explains that she's not interested in a serious relationship, but Keito is not willing to give up that easily...

For four decades, Golgo 13 has been the world's greatest assassin for hire - sometimes to settle a private score, and sometimes to change history! His real name and nationality are unknown - but his legend is everywhere. G13 never fails a job, and never sees his clients again... ...unless they try to betray him! In 1976 Golgo 13 won the 21st Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga.

The latest horror series from Rei Mikamoto. Follows Mio Amasato, a high school girl who controls a bizarre mechanical doll.

From FairGame (JCafe24):Magical rod "ryin rod" has been awakened. When the compatible user "magical girl pretty bell" appears, it always says that the world will be at risk. Milk and Cocoa are angels who protect the rod and support magical girl pretty bell, They have come to the town where a compatible user, Misaki Eri lives, while being attacked by an enermy. However the rod didn't point to Eri but pointed to a body building neighbor, Takada Atsushi. why did the rod pick Atsushi instead of Eri? and why there are two compatible users?

A collection of 5 short stories:1-5) Honey Baby -Already wise to the world and yet still naive to love, 14-year-old Aizawa struggles for affection from the one he loves, his 27-year-old teacher, Tachibana.- mochi*mochi6) S -Junya and Kaoru have an understanding; they have sex with no strings attached. But nothing is as easy as it seems.- PresenceDear

Jun is an 18-year-old high school student. He hides the fact that he is gay from his mother and other people. Miura-san is a classmate of Jun. She likes reading books about BL (genre depicting homoerotic stories). Jun tells Miura-san that BL is just fantasy and that gayness in real life is dirty. Miura-san tells Jun that his remark is offensive to gay people. Nevertheless, Jun and Miura-san become close. Jun becomes interested in Miura-san and Miura-san begins to have feelings for Jun. One day, Miura-san tells Jun that she likes him.

Another series by the author of Jigokuren ~Love in Hell~. Set in the same world as Love in Hell but with all new characters.Spinoff series to Jigokuren - Love in the Hell.

A series of events after the mysterious alien weapon "yuanling" fell to earth.

Guts, known as the Black Swordsman, seeks sanctuary from the demonic forces attracted to him and his woman because of a demonic mark on their necks, and also vengeance against the man who branded him as an unholy sacrifice. Aided only by his titanic strength gained from a harsh childhood lived with mercenaries, a gigantic sword, and an iron prosthetic left hand, Guts must struggle against his bleak destiny, all the while fighting with a rage that might strip him of his humanity.[u][*]Won the Award for Excellence at the sixth installment of Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2002.[/u][b]Links to AnimeNewsNetwork:[/b]Movies:[*][url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=12397]The Golden Age Arc I[/url][*][url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=13799]The Golden Age Arc II[/url][*][url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=13800]The Golden Age Arc III[/url]Anime (2015):[*][url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=328]Season 1[/url][*][url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=18160]Season 2[/url][*][url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=19015]Season 3[/url]Show more

Caught with a severe fever, Tobio Ikuse, a second-year high school student, was forced to miss his school trip on a luxury liner with his schoolmates. Four days later, Tobio hears the news about the disappearance of the teachers and second-year students from his school, and it devastates him. A few months after the incident, Tobio, having slowly recovered from the sudden loss of his friends, accidentally encounters one of them again. Chasing after his missing friend Sasaki, Tobio finally manages to catch up to him but is shocked to see Sasaki alongside a Lizard Monster who attacks him together with the monster. Cornered by the monster, Tobio is rescued by another survivor of the missing luxury liner, Natsume Minagawa, who then hands him an egg before parting ways. Later that night, Tobio finds himself under attack, again, this time by two people with monsters. Amidst all the ensuing chaos, out of Tobio's shadow, came out a Puppy that rescues him. After fending off the two monsters, Natsume once again approaches Tobio before finally deciding to take him to their hideout.

The girls are sold as prostitutes in the towns that dot the arid desert. Each of them is forced to receive the lusts of men for their own reasons, and each of them fall in love. They have men they are in love with, but prostitutes aren't free to choose who they love. "Love or life, which is more important to you?" "I pick love." "But you can't be in love if you're dead." Is there a way for these women to survive in a world filled with lust and violence? One day, Candy and Susie run from the brothel, seeking the freedom they can never hand. "We are stronger creatures!" Obey your instincts the voice from within!

From MangaHelpers: Professor Doug Wright teaches at Bennett University, teaching subjects such as bio-terrorism and chemical warfare. One day, he receives a letter from Asia's largest private high school academy: Marhawa Academy. The letter reads: "A biohazard has occurred inside the academy grounds." Doug immediately departs to investigate this incident with his nephew, Ricky, as his assistant. What he finds there looks to be another Raccoon City inside all over again. With the help of Chris Redfield and the BSAA [Bio-Terror Special Operations Unit], will he be able to stop the madness of the t-virus inside this isolated school? [DrCoke]

Hasuno Miu, a high school teenage girl, loves her big brother, Keiichiro, and believes he is the gentlest and kindest person ever. Miu learns that there is a suspicious pervert lurking around the community and, to her surprise, stumbles upon a couple that matches that description. Miu escapes back to her house only to find that the man and the woman is none other than her brother Keiichiro and his summoned demon sex slave Manimani. It turns out that Keiichiro is a magician that was able to summon Manimani from the depths of hell. With everything she thought of her brother shattered into oblivion, Miu has no idea what to do.

Mochida Michiru has begun to live alone in an apartment like she wished. While making courtesy calls for the New Year calls around the building, she seems to recognize the man living next door to her! He's in some sort of really popular idol group. A "SWITCH" member! It is Fujiya Masato! From that day on, love begins for Michiru who has bad prospects ahead! There's plenty of forbidden love between a performer and the ordinary Michiru in this drawn title along with a collection of pleasant love stories with innocent and sometimes perverted girls!!

The story follows the crazy misadventures of Kaizo Katsu, a former child prodigy turned weirdo after his female childhood friend, Umi, kicked him off a jungle gym in the playground, and he got a huge bump in the head. With this set up, Kaizo (believes he is a cyborg) and his classmates, Umi (will go revealing her dark side with every chapter), Suzu, and Chitan (an inferior being?), will treat in every chapter a different topic of life with the hilarious and interesting way of thinking of the author Kumeta. The attacks of different geniuses/weirdos will create a lot of funny situations. Included is a story called Yuuryoubukken Chuukaishimasu (A Brooding, Gloomy Property) in vol. 13: A young man moves from his hometown to Tokyo to attend university there and looks for cheap accommodation. He does indeed find something, but what is the non-monetary price for this?

Dark fantasy story follows a boy named Muoru who has been falsely arrested and sent to a cemetery to perform forced labor. There, he calls himself the "grave keeper" and meets a beautiful girl named Meria. Muoru becomes fascinated with Meria as he spends his days digging a hole containing the undead monster named "The Dark."

The story revolves around the relationships between the members of an all-male college photography club. Chapter 1-4, 7: * First Side * Second Side * Last Side * Other Side * Conscious ~ Mix Version Isumi's photography club has started its summer workshop! Little did he know that the cool and handsome Shinooka would declare his love and the photography addict-Okutsura-would harass himUnder such circumustances, can he get out alive? Chapter 5: Conscious ~ Side Story Chapter 6: Hidden Desires Within An Uniform

Kuuki no Soko is a collection of short stories drawn by the genial writer between 1971 and 1972, is known in Japan as a true masterpiece.Belonging to the most mature Tezuka's period, it touches many genres: from pure science fiction to the Nazi era. We find stories of spying, lawsuits against animal testing as far as stories about the more complex dynamics of the human mind.And the human mind is the leitmotif of the entire volume, namely the duality present in every one of us, and then, mercy, love, understanding, living with the cruelty and violence until somenthing happen in our mind and we discover a side of us unknown to ourselves ... and we are not always adequately prepared to reagins ...

Kurata Yuki is staying alone at home while his parents are off on their vacation. His childhood friends Nekoyanagi Mei and Inui Sayo are helping him with the household stuff in the mean time. Mei is outspoken and active while Sayo is calm and knowledgeable. They have known each other for their entire life and they treat each other like they were real siblings. Little do any of them know, they'll be involved in a love triangle a year from now.

From Amazon.com: A volume of four terrifyingly witty novellas. Skin and Bone: Poor Taichi is bullied incessantly at school because of her weight problem, but she undertakes a diet from hell, which leaves her nothing more than skin and bone. The Red Satchel: Haruna's deathly appearance shocks her friends when she returns to school. She disappears again, leaving only her red school satchel and its gruesome contents. Two Sisters: Young, beautiful Ms. Numata is a popluar teacher, but her outer appearance hides a ghastly truth she has kept secret since birth. Caterpillar: No one can understand Mayuko's obsession with caterpillars, but everyone at school hates her for it. She is bullied relentlessly, but knows that her destiny lies in a different place.

From Manga UpdatesThere is a strange breed of mechanical creatures, aptly called "Machines," who will, on the condition that their Host never love another person for as long as they live (else the debt will be paid in blood), grant their wielders fortune and prosperity. And where a Host has betrayed his Machine, you are sure to find a member of the mysterious Gari family, wielders and hunters of Machines, in the ensuing carnageSo it was justifiable when the Gari family was dispatched to Shakunage High School to covertly investigate a brutal murder perpetrated by the spindly hands of a Machine But it wasn't so justifiable when Hanare Shizuma, a youth with an agenda of his own, enrolls at the High School soon thereafter, hell-bent on conducting his own investigation and soon meets the head of the family of hunters, shockingly enough, a girl his own age. But little do either of them know that their encounter will set the cogs of fate spinning rapidly into motion

The Vampire Bund, a peaceful island nation of vampires off the coast of Tokyo, ruled by Princess Mina Tepes, has seen its share of conflict and turmoil. Yet there are times of relative tranquility when the Bund is a popular tourist destination.When two teenage tourists visit the Bund and are unexpectedly turned into vampires, they appeal to Mina and her loyal lycanthrope bodyguard, Akira, for help. Their only hope is to find a cure to reverse their vampirism within forty eight hours, or they will be stuck as vampires forever.Unfortunately for them, their race against time turns into a game of cat and mouse that takes them across the entire Bund in pursuit of the one person who holds the key to their salvation.

A story focusing on a group of college friends, and their lives. Each chapter focuses on a different friend, and their relationships with various other characters.

Manga adaptation of Dante Alighieri's classic work "The Divine Comedy".Note: This scanlation comes from the paperback version that came out after the original. The original has 3 volumes.

After the world ended in the original Devilman, Akira Fudo is in hell, seeking the soul of his beloved Miki while at the same time Doctor Hell is beseeching the underworld for power in order to get his revenge upon the hated Mazinger. Akira sets in motion a chain of events that earn the enmity of Hades himself, who'll stop at nothing to avenge the slights Akira commits against him.

A high-school student named Yu Komori is bitten by a radioactive spider, which gave him spider-like powers. Yu faces Japanese versions of villains such as Electro, the Lizard and the Kangaroo. Yu also has an Aunt May (her name is "Mei"), and the publisher of the Joho newspaper is a counterpart to J. Jonah Jameson.Only 7 out of the 13 Japanese stories in total were fully translated by Marvel, with heavy edits to remove the violent scenes. After that the title was cancelled, which was a likely decision by Marvel since the stories written by Hirai departed even further from the source material, and included scenes of sexual and gruesome imagery of a kind not seen in the original US Spider-Man comics.

A short fast-paced horror manga about a woman who is attacked by an ogre and rescued by an ogre hunter, who informs her that she's been cursed and the ogre has been summoned to kill her.Will the ogre hunter be successful at removing the curse, banishing the ogre, and saving the woman?Note: although this is primarily a horror manga, there is a moderate amount of nudity and small amount of explicit sex.

Hirono Hiro is a high-school student, and secretly a shoujo mangaka, to all but his childhood friend and ko uhai, Kei Shindo. One cold Christmas after meeting a mysterious woman in church, a strange girl steals his bike.. Running after her, he finds her collapsed on the street. Learning her name is Miyamura Miyako, and that her bag was stolen by a man on a motorbike, Hirono finds himself spending time with Miyako, much to the dismay of Kei...

[From Attractive Fascinante] :1-5) To Takei, who's a Math teacher in high school, the school is the perfect feasting ground for students. But never did he expect that one of his former students would become a teacher as well as his colleague! For the number one lusty teacher Takei, his days of humiliation are starting soon!6)Our Oath- The mixed up sex lives between a businessman, his secretary, and their two sons.Junai Fetizm (Sequel)

In a school where students are into different classes based on their grades there is a prince who is the idol of the school, a cute and shy boy called Renjou Kaoru, but Amakawa Yumi, a second year student, doesn't seem to be interested in him. She's already in love with Kokonoe Yukito, a guy into the same class as her and a childhood friend of Kaoru! What she still doesn't seem to know is that the cute and shy little boy is not actually as he appears to be...-- Shoujo Manga Maniac

In the fall of 1966, tensions run high on the U.S. Air Force base in Japan on the eve of the Vietnam War. After a series of suspicious suicides in a nearby town, an additional threat has infiltrated the military compound - vampires. A covert team of government agents committed to the elimination of vampires dispatch a mysterious young woman named Saya who, in the guise of a schoolgirl, must uncover the origin of the demonic plague, eliminate the ghastly beasts and stop their reign of terror before time runs out. She is the last remaining original.taken from manga.com

Deep kiss, torrid kiss... Discover the 1st volume of the collection of the mangaka Kasane Katsumoto! Collection of stories about the difficulty in love and making confessions, Deep Kiss is a first sensual and romantic incursion into Lolita's universe...1. The Gaze - Nana has been fascinated with Onozato ever since she noticed his cold gaze. When she confesses to him, he tells her he likes girls with a different style - and that she should try out. Will she listen to him?2. Deep Kiss - Yuka has always attracted guys only interested in her body because of her big breasts. What she really wants is someone who will love her for herself...3. Magic Fingers - Haruna starts getting worried when her boyfriend, Kazuto, spends more time at work than with her...4. Summer MemoriesYuki moves back to her hometown after splitting up with her boyfriend. There she meets up with Kohei, her high school friend

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