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In the vast realm of a massively multiplayer online game, players fight, level up, and shape their own destinies. But while others chase glory with swords and spells, one man chooses a path no one dares to take— The path of the Parasite Mage. Unloved by the system. Mocked by players. Yet behind the scenes, this strange and overlooked class holds terrifying potential. By infesting bosses, draining enemies, and thriving off others’ strength, he plays a different kind of game—one that only a true tactician can master. With strategy, patience, and a dash of madness, the Parasite Mage begins his ascent from ridicule to dominance, turning every enemy into fuel for his rise.

In ancient times, there existed the land of Wa, split between the reign of the gods and the world of man. It was an age when gods and men existed together. Miyo, an orphan girl, spent her days trying to accept her upcoming death as the designated sacrifice for the god worshipped by her village, Kippuuson-no-Mikoto-no-Kami. However, her fate changed as she encountered En-no-Ozuno, a monk with supernatural abilities capable of conversing with the gods. An orphan girl, a great monk, and a demon boy. Follow their adventure as they encounter the gods, traveling through even dimension and time.

A collection of 15 stories from the madman Hideshi Hino. Stories 1-11 appeared in the monthly horror magazine Pandora from 1989-1990. Stories 12-15 are culled from various magazines from 1986-1990. #1 The Brain Demon and the Maggot Snake // 脳魔鬼、蛆蛇 #2 Funeral Procession of the Dead //死者の葬列 #3 The Devil's Fetus Fish //魔胎魚 #4 The Skeleton Doll //骨人形 #5 Black Christmas // ブラック・クリスマス #6 Snow Skull // 雪どくろ #7 The Alien Egg // エイリアン・エッグ #8 The Impish Hina Doll // 鬼子雛 #9 The Flowering Corpse // 花屍 #10 Aquatic Gaki // 水餓鬼 #11 Rot Bugs // 腐乱虫 #12 Flesh in a Bottle // 瓶詰の肉塊 #13 The Strangest Pachinko Parlor // 世にも怪奇なパチンコ屋 #14 Loathed Face // いまわしの顔 #15 In the Sea of Deformed Wombs // 奇胎の海

In year 2088 AD, the Arahan company materialized all five senses And released a virtual reality game called ‘Life Cry’. At the time Life Cry opened its door, One dark gamer knocks on that door. A gamer who digs up hidden secrets Lime’s ‘Life Cry’ begins! --- - [Official Japanese Translation](https://piccoma.com/web/product/83765)

1. Kaki (柿) 2. Konpaku (魂魄) 3. Shinsui (浸水) 4. Misogi Mushi (みそぎ虫) 5. Meiro (迷路) 6. Tatari (祟り) 7. Su (巣) 8. Shinjitsu (真実) 9. Ussurato (うっすらと) 10. Oharai (お祓い) 11. Jusobutsu (呪詛仏) 12. Ujimushibutsu (蛆虫仏) 13. Tsume Nasake (爪情け) 14. Ana (穴) 15. P-Busshitsu (P物質) 16. Jusokou (呪詛考) 17. Shokuminchi (植民地) 18. Chikyuu (地球) 19. Obon Mushi (お盆虫) 20. Tarushirushu (タルシル珠) 21. Reidousetsu (霊動説) 22. Boureibo (亡霊墓) 23. Jiko Kakuritsu Hanabi (自己確立花火) 24. Hari no mushiro (針の筵) 25. Hijiki mushi (ひじき虫) 26. Hotaru (蛍) 27. Ame no neko tsuka (雨の猫塚) 28. Hizou (秘蔵) 29. Onnen dama (怨念玉) 30. Reishou koku (霊障国) 31. Kenen Tomurai (犬猿弔い) 32. Tsukushi (つくし) 33. Nichibotsu (日没)

The Fudanuki name is one that evokes disdain in the hearts of many. The controlling patriarch, Reizo illegally places him and most of his family in cryosleep with the hopes of further increasing his wealth through interest. Twenty years later, 1992, one of the Fudanuki, Shiro, awakens his brother Ichiro. Ichiro, whose mind had deteriorated by the time spent in cryosleep goes on to kill his father in an act of mindless vengeance and heads off into the world. Little does Ichiro know that society, much like himself, has also degraded in that time. Initially serialized in 1970 before being suspended in April of that year. Serialization resumed in September of 1972 in Tezuka's own COM magazine before the magazine ceased publication in February of 1973. Another early gekiga of Tezuka's and contains many themes and elements that one could find in Tezuka's later serials, such as MW, Barbara, and Ayako. [Official English](https://emanga.com/collections/osamu-tezuka/products/record-of-the-glass-castle?variant=522050928661) --- **Volume 322 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

Thermal Blood is the quintessential sentai hero. However, a surprise attack by an enemy causes his body to be… changed. His old hot-blooded persona unable to work with his new body, he must take a different venue for fighting crime…

Wallace, the head librarian of the "Library of the End," has no memory. And what lies inside the forgotten library in the furthest end of the world are only a taciturn maid and the "Magic Monsters of the Books" that he just can't get through. The library gets no visitors and, as the head librarian, Wallace cannot leave. So he lives his days in relative solitude, unable to discover his past. And then, one day. He met Lucia, a witch apprentice from the "Village of the Beginning," through a mirror. This is a story of them, a lonely and gentle fantasy story; a fairytale that will not be passed down to anyone. [Official Website](https://dengekibunko.jp/title/saihate/)

Kiichi Nakai, CEO of Heartful Company, is confronted with a grim diagnosis.To make the most of his final days, he commits to only carrying out good deeds. Here begins a tale of love and passion for doing the right thing, a story to warm even the coldest of hearts.

A boy said to have been taken by a tengu to the "Enchanted Realm". From his mouth pours the tale of an unbelievable world made real—those who yearn for it race toward the pinnacle of "martial prowess".

Published as part of the Pokémon Card GB Final Tactical Book strategy guide, a Japanese guidebook for the Pokémon TCG.

“I am a knight of Latem. We’re not destined to stand under the same sky.” She had become Karina Apocalita, the personification of evil and a member of the heterogeneous race that ruled the world with malevolence. The plot began to twist and turn when Karina unknowingly saved the life of Reneiger, a justful knight and the heroine’s first love. Reneiger became doubtful of his faith, eventually losing his glow and radiant platinum blond. Soon the sacred knight fell from grace and aligned himself to Karina’s fate. “There’s no turning back now. Dear God, please forgive me.” He knew he would never be able to escape from her hands. --- "I am a knight of Latem, and that means I cannot coexist under the same sky as you." After entering the book *A Trapped Bird Cannot Escape*, I realized that I had taken over the body of Karina Apocalypta, a member of a species that reigns as the evil of the world. However, the novel's plot begins to twist after I saved the life of Reneiger, the first love of the female protagonist, who happens to be a holy knight. Reneiger begins to doubt his faith, ultimately losing his brilliant platinum hair. Thus, the once sacred holy knight turns corrupt and eventually sympathizes with Karina's fate... "Now we have each other's desires," Karina said while caressing his cheek. It was a feeling of being pulled in by each fascinating tendril of thorny vines. Reneiger couldn't bear it, "It can't be undone." --- In a land overshadowed by darkness, Karina Apocalita rises as a formidable figure, her being a tapestry of power from a diverse race. Her destiny intertwines with Reneiger, a knight from the virtuous Latem order, known for justice and as the former love of a legendary heroine. Their paths take an unforeseen turn when Karina, unaware of her impact, saves Reneiger's life. This act, challenging his convictions, triggers a crisis within him, tarnishing his once radiant aura and precipitating a fall from grace. Faced with his altered fate, Reneiger prays for forgiveness, realizing his escape from Karina's shadow is but a dream. This pivotal moment raises a haunting question: will Reneiger rediscover the light, or be consumed by the darkness emanating from Karina?

"With this power, couldn't I become a mysterious mage who stands out while no one knows who he is?" Higashiyama Touri is reincarnated and granted the ultimate talent for a rare and special type of magic, "Dimensional Magic" by God himself. Dreaming of becoming the cool, enigmatic powerhouse whose name spreads through whispered rumors while he enjoys a quiet drink at the bar, Touri decides to act out his fantasy. Right after reincarnating, he rescues an adventurer party from being wiped out by a giant monster. Expecting the girls to spread rumors about him, he is shocked when instead... the country's strongest party, full of beautiful women, starts following him around?!

Freshly in love with the school's notorious occult freak, second year Kurumi is delighted when her confession is met with a “yes”. But the dates that await her will be much more difficult than she thinks… From the mind behind *One More Day With Ai-chan* comes a heart-warming tale of young love and self-discovery.

**What is a *Human*?** This is a world in which monsters and demons live. Every few years, a *Human* appears, almost as if they are reborn here. These *Humans* require great care when picking food for them. They become sick at the slightest change in temperature. They get hurt from the smallest of falls. But *Humans*, unlike Une (dogs), Nosa (cats), and Eshigu (rabbits), have a unique kind of loyalty and intelligence, and even something endearing about them... A diary manga about an encounter and their daily life. Along with its illustrated guide, this book is a great pickup for first-time *Human* owners!

Alec, the youngest brother of the Moonalt family, the pride of the kingdom, is suddenly banished from his family home. His parents were disgusted by his purple hair and eyes, which no one should have been born with, and shunned him. Wandering around with nowhere to go, Alec meets two adventurer-like girls named Lilina and Teal. This is the beginning of the expansion of his closed world! The beloved boy's warm and friendly fantasy life is about to begin!!

Jihan Han, a normal university student who lived an ordinary life, got into a work accident and already said goodbye to his life, but suddenly he got a chance from an unknown god to resurrect in another world! "Can I see the level and skills?" "Use your skills to level up. Distribute stats and use items." "Am I in another world as a playable character?" Jihan Han came to the fantasy world with the powers of a playable character. Now he will play under the name of Rudin in another world! **Original Webtoon:** [Ridibooks](https://ridibooks.com/books/2107083463), [KakaoPage](https://page.kakao.com/content/56630472), [Naver Series](https://series.naver.com/comic/detail.series?productNo=6101520), [Comico](https://www.comico.kr/comic/7628) **Official Translations:** [S.Chinese](https://manga.bilibili.com/detail/mc31399)

"I will never cuckold you!" A young man reincarnated as a villain character in a game tries to live an honest life to avoid a bad ending, but for some reason he ends up becoming friends with the heroines...!? "Dungeon Brave Soul", it is a game that drew in many men, and at the same time, it is a game that broke the brains of many men with its sequel's NTR, depression, and bad ending. All because of the overwhelmingly hated antagonist of "Dunbure 2"... The young man who was reincarnated as Zenon Baskerville, however, in order to avoid the bad ending according to the scenario of "Dunbure 2", He tries to live honestly...!?

Theodore Miller knows everything about magic… except how to use it. Just as he’s about to flunk out of Berghen Academy, Theo chances upon a grimoire named “Gluttony” that manifests as a magic-hungry creature on his hand. The more magical texts and artifacts Gluttony consumes, the more powerful Theo becomes, quickly making him the academy’s star student. Sure, he now lives under constant threat of being eaten by an insatiable parasite, but Theo is finally on his way to becoming a real wizard. --- - [Original Webtoon <Webtoon kakao>](https://webtoon.kakao.com/content/%EC%B1%85-%EB%A8%B9%EB%8A%94-%EB%A7%88%EB%B2%95%EC%82%AC/2658) --- - [Official Japanese Translation](https://piccoma.com/web/product/82021)

*A work of two parts: the second never finished due to the magazine suspending publication.* **Part 1 (Vol 1-3)**: **"Long, long ago, humans lived almost the same as beasts… If you got hungry, you could just find something to kill and eat it. If someone attacked you, kill them too. Everything was kill to survive, kill to survive. Then people started acting smart and making laws. The laws kept them from doing pretty much everything they wanted to do. Beasts, on the other hand, still have no laws, or etiquette. I predict the day will come when an almost mutant breed of humans will appear, sinking to the level of beasts for freedom… Here, I will call them *Vampires…*"** A young boy, Toppei, visits Osamu Tezuka at his anime studio, Mushi Pro, one morning imploring Tezuka to hire him. Tezuka hires Toppei, who makes himself an active part of the team, but as time goes on, the Mushi Pro staff begin to pick up on Toppei's bizarre tendencies... **Part 2 (Vol 4)**: A certain fellow has made it out of the events of Part 1, now set on using a newly introduced species, the Weko, to attain domination. The Weko, the natural foil to the Vampires, are a dying species. Past and present are interweaved, explaining the history and sightings of the Weko, as one of them finds himself wrapped up in that man's scheme... Tezuka's parody of Shakespeare's Macbeth. --- **Volumes 142-144, 320 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

The earth is suddenly surrounded by a tsunami of unknown origin and a powerful flood makes the mountains tremble in the waves as the ground groans… Su Yi wakes up to find the city flooded, corpses revived and beasts mutated… In the game of the gods, the hunt and Evolution begins.

‘Square’ is a region covered in monster-infested miasma. ‘Pieces’ are people aiming to recapture Square, fighting life and death battles every day with the fate of humanity in their hands. ‘Tellus’, a boy living in the monsters’ den, aims to become a piece with the hope of avenging his parents who were attacked by monsters. ‘Rune’, a member of the Trick Troupe that take care of Tellus, worries for the reckless kid. But one day, Tellus leaves town and sets out to fight monsters without their knowledge. A monster suddenly appears before him, the very one he swore revenge against for his parents, ‘Eques’!! “Everyone who took care of me… I’ll save you all for sure!” And so grand quest for revenge begins!

Masaru is an ordinary middle-aged guy who does construction work on convenience stores and home centers. Reincarnated in a young body, bunch of low-quality skills but are good for his own profession, decides to do construction again, girls with rabbit ears, slow life. ___ [Web Novel](https://ncode.syosetu.com/n4823do/) (Raw)

Adventurers return from the dungeon. In the hands of the wizard Mana, who is changing clothes, is the "dangerous swimsuit" found in the dungeon. "What would happen if I wore such a naughty swimsuit?" - It was a gateway to a sweet world.

When Naoya Toudou is goaded into playing a childish fortune-telling game called "Persona," the last thing he expected was to summon a girl pleading for help. The girl's wails overwhelm Naoya's senses, leading him to awaken in a strange place that exists between consciousness and unconsciousness where a mysterious entity resides. Introducing themselves as Philemon, they grant him the ability to wield a "Persona"—a being that exists as an "other self"—before he wakes up in the school's infirmary. Though Naoya's friends also recall meeting the same entity, they think nothing of it as they head to the hospital to see their sick friend, Maki Sonomura. During their visit, Sonomura disappears in the middle of her surgery and the patients within the hospital suddenly become hostile. Cornered, the group members each call forth their Personas, who fend off the rest of the assailants much to their surprise. Concerned for their friend, the group sets out to find Sonomura all while gathering more information about the ominous situation they are in.

"The Great Dark Circus descends from a rotten, cursed, demon-related lineage. Every sin, every flaw and every torment from men are represented in our show. Come and watch, meet the tragedy of the ventriloquist mother, the secret of the butterfly princess and the angst of the mist-man... Going into the roaming black tent of the Great Dark Circus is acceding to the magic of its phenomena, and that magic will be the source of our misfortune, because we are all of them."

Hell? Far from it. After all, isn't this what you wanted? After choosing to end his own life, Huiseo Yun awakens adrift on a wooden raft in a bleak, desolate ocean. Attacked by a monstrous creature that defies reality, he questions if it's a dream... but his instincts scream otherwise. Just when all seems lost, he is rescued by a mysterious woman who resembles a grim reaper. As he catches his breath, Huiseo asks: am I in hell?

In the year 200X, a supervillain who goes by the name Lord Gokibu wants to steal the fossil of the Insect King, 15 year-old Sho Amano uses his new spider powers to become Spider-Man J, to prevent this from happening. During his time as a superhero, he meets Japanese versions of Elektra, Dr. Doom, Blade, and the Fantastic Four.

"Granma didn't tell' em like that..." Everyone has a favorite hero from their fairy tales, but who's the strongest of them all!? This is a tale of death and rebirth. In order to accomplish their dream, hopes, wishes, revenge and salvation, the heroes of classic fairy tales will engage in a duel to death! The warriors are resurrected and summoned to the Nightmare Coliseum by a mysterious monster who calls himself "Grimm P." and he promises the ultimate prize "You can resurrect anyone you want and live happily ever after" This tournament is filled with bloody carnage, if you want to win, you better toss common sense out of the way because it is not needed. This is a dark fantasy battle action manga where bizarre characters from fairy tales come to life. Legends like Red Riding Hood, Snow White, Pinocchio, and Beauty and the Beast engage in surrealistic killing matches. Right of the bat, we have Son Goku versus Momotaro! 32 characters will engage in sudden transformations, bloody battles, and tragic stories that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Sure grandma didn't tell 'em like that!!

Do Kyunwoo is the black sheep of his renowned swordsman family. He cannot even catch a rabbit on his own. On his first day of fifth grade, he meets a transfer student and recalls his past life. He had reincarnated into the world of a game he used to play called [Brave Hearts]. He was already frustrated that he had reincarnated as a loser, but on top of that, the transfer student is an intermediate/mid-tier boss who will destroy the world! "Why are you being so nice to me?" "Because I want to be friends with you." Do Kyunwoo's plan is to become friends with the transfer student in order to prevent the end of the world! The goal is to survive in this new world and to reach an ending he desires. To these ends, he becomes best friends with the mid-level boss.