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Anthology of shorts based on Shin Megami Tensei IV.

1000 years ago, a war between humans and space witches ravaged the stars, destroying countless planets and taking even more lives. Eventually, the humans captured the most powerful witch and imprisoned her as a war criminal under the treaty. The castle where the Magic Lord is sealed away is watched over by a village where everyone has developed weak magical powers- everyone but Mugi that is. Determined to prove that he doesn't need magic, Mugi accidentally flies into the monster-infested forest surrounding the castle and is saved by a girl that he has never seen before…

Anthology of shorts based on Shin Megami Tensei III - Nocturne. --- **Chapters**: 1. **Hikawa's Misfortune** by Koyano Hiroko 2. **Obelisk Warfront** by Kasori Riara 3. **Magatama of Love** by Shinosuke 4. **Vortex Walker** by Hodogaya Usagi 5. **What It Means to Live** by Makihara Hisato 6. **The Girls' Vortex World** by Matsuyama Noboru 7. **The Little Princess** by Kawamoto Yutaro 8. **Lost in the Amala Network** by Hidaka Youko 9. **Unchanging Feelings** by Daiden Ryuuou 10. **Together Until Zoshigaya** by Yamazaki Wataru (Wata Ruh) 11. **Parting Ways** by Tomoedou Aoi 12. **Fun with Demons** by S. Fuga 13. **My Ears Aren't That Big!** by Sawaki Takahiro 14. **Kinda Like Megaten** by Matsuda Hiroya-e 15. **Vortex Wanderer** by Murata Rakutou 16. **Tokyo Day Tours** by Fujimaru Yashi

The people and cyborgs of the Scrap Yard live beneath the flying city of Tiphares, whose inhabitants dump their junk in the Scrap Yard and rules above it's inhabitants. One day doc Ido, a former Tipharean citizen, finds the intact head of young cyborg-girl in a vast pile of scrap. He takes her in and gives her a body and the name Alita. Alita then discovers since long forgotten fighting techniques hidden in her body and decides to become a hunter-warrior like Ido.

(from ebookjapan): **"If you can't stand your sadness, just look up to the sky and call me. I'll be watching you from this train, that is running through the Galaxy. Since I've started this never-ending journey, I've never forgotten you. I'm always beside you, so please don't cry."** A boy, Tetsuro Hoshino, and his mother dream of getting a machine body that can live for 1000 years. However, his mother is killed by Count Mecha's human hunters. Tetsuro escapes and collapses in a snowstorm, but is rescued by a mysterious beautiful woman named Maetel. She offers him a pass on the "Galaxy Express 999" train to Andromeda, to a planet where he can obtain a mechanical body for free, if he accompanies her... This masterpiece was adapted into an anime and became a huge hit. Through the boy Tetsuro and the mysterious woman Maetel, who travel from the Milky Way to Andromeda on the Galaxy Express 999 in order to obtain a mechanical body, this full-length drama explains what "life" means to human beings. **Note: Volume count based on the bunkoban. 1st part "Andromeda" concludes on vol 12 chapter 91. 2nd part "Eternal" concludes on chapter 138+**[138 is last collected in the Bunkoban version but there are 7 more chapters only collected in the Eternal collectors edition vol 4] --- - **Won the Shougakukan Manga Award in 1977 for Shonen**

Maybe you don't know what's really going on out there. Everyone has someone they're looking for, and so do I. Everyone has someone they feel sorry for, and so do I. I've never been brave, until now. This is the time to begin, and the time to end, how do you survive when an apocalyptic plague comes?

**"In the year 199X… The world was NOT engulfed by the flames of nuclear war!"** Bat is your ordinary college student, working several part-time jobs to get by. But all that changes once his friend, Lin, brings in a man named Kenshiro to work at his convenience store. Bat quickly grows to hate Kenshiro - but unfortunately for him, that's just the beginning of many wacky adventures… And all he can do is retort! This is a chibi gag manga of Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken). Taking place in a world where the apocalypse didn't happen, all the characters have relatively normal lives. The martial artists are all drawn Design Deformed (or DD), while most other characters look normal. However, this can be enjoyed both on its own and as a companion piece to the original Fist of the North Star! **Note:** [Was up for consideration for localization by SMA.](https://www.manga-audition.com/comic-zenon/dd-hokuto-no-ken-by-kajio/) However, SMA has stopped all attempts at localizing manga after December 2016. Done by Osamu Kajisa, of [Bartender à Paris](https://mangadex.org/title/13da00cf-f2e1-40a5-a625-77c2c048e2b9/bartender-a-paris) fame. Here, he goes by the pen name Kajio(カジオ) which is a combination of his first and last name.

On a world with no women, the surviving men have reintroduced the female in the form of an android. Called Marionettes, they are built to serve men and are limited in their interactions with humans. That is until a poor boy named Otaru Mamiya encounters a Marionette named Lime. Lime is a Saber model with a special circuit that gives her emotions. When Otaru awakens two more Saber Marionettes, his life as an 'average' man quickly becomes as extraordinary as the lives of his eager, busty new friends. --- **Links:** - [Artist's Twitter](https://twitter.com/kotoyoshi_y)

The background is in the distant future, a post-apocalyptic world after the destruction brought about by Armageddon. The war between humans (Terran) and vampires (Methuselah) continues, as a struggle between two factions: the Vatican and the New Human Empire. Yet, amidst the bloodshed and violence, many desire a peaceful co-existence between the two species. However, standing between them and this goal is the Rosenkreuz Orden, a group of vampire extremists who manipulate the two sides and pit them against each other. To combat them, the Vatican special operations group "AX," led by Cardinal Caterina Sforza, must use everything they have - even a vampire who preys on the blood of other vampires. Adapted from the light novel series of the same name. [See AnimeNewsNetwork for the anime.](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4874)

In the distant future, advances in AI technology led to wars being fought without human soldiers. However, at the end of the 22nd century, a mysterious aircraft called "Gayla" shut down all AI, and humanity now must relearn how to wage war. Sakamoto Teppei joins the military in hopes of becoming a soldier, where he is sent into a simulation of the Battle of Waterloo to learn how to kill people.

What can you do when you're mistakenly accused for murder? Nothing. You just go to prison. Lucky you; your inmates are some of the biggest cutthroats in the prison. Seriously, you are lucky. Especially when zombies attack. [Official Thai](https://www.vibulkijshop.com/category/103/%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B1%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%99-action/%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%8C-%E0%B8%9C%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%81) [Official Korean](http://book.interpark.com/amway/product/BookDisplay.do?_method=detail&sc.shopNo=0000400000&sc.prdNo=255646966)

In the horror of witnessing so many classmates perish before his eyes in a violent train wreck, Teru discovers two survivors in the tunnel: Ako and Nobuo. But salvation from this bloody carnage is far from their grasp. As they try to dig out from the wreck in order to come up with a plan to stay alive, the lack of light and food, combined with the stench of death and decay, will lead one member of the group down a dark and demented path. And with sudden, violent earthquakes shaking the tunnel, escaping to the outside world may lead them to an even greater danger…

At the turn of the previous century, the earth quaked. The earth's crust began to shift for the fourth time, centering around the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. The entire world's land mass was reduced to 3/5 of the planet, and the human population was reduced by a third. Put simply…the earth had gotten old. In 2039, there was only one country that continued to prosper, glaring around at the rest of the dying planet: Japan. Todoroki Jin returns to Tokyo, the city where he was born, in hopes of finding his friend Ryoma. Little does Jin know about how Tokyo's changed since his last visit… The oneshot at the end of volume 3 is called **Warrior of the Holy Flame, Abi**. Recommended for fans of [Riki-Oh](https://mangadex.org/manga/3710/)

The great Demon Lord Dante, exploiting the weakness of a boy exposed to his demonic influence in his dreams, is awakened from a thousand-year sleep. The intent of this being, a survivor of an ancient and forgotten civilization, is to wipe out the whole human race. But it's not that simple: the motivations of the demon aren't so wicked as one might think, and they will combine with the life of the boy, which hangs between nightmares and craziness. In the meanwhile, the Satanists fight against the hierarchy of the church to obtain a justice which is, as it's easy to guess, that of the Demon Lord. This series didn't have an ending until it's remake in 2002. Dante's themes and design elements would appear in Nagai's following works, such as Mazinger Z, and Devilman.

At the end of the 21st century, humans have made great advancements in technology and were able to create a giant energy source to power that technology. However, this new source of energy overloaded and turned into a more devastating force than nuclear weapons. The catastrophe wiped out the majority of human civilization and those who survived lived in terror of the anarchy that took over. Hagakure Kakugo comes from a secret family that has protected people for generations from powerful organizations and evil from taking over. They are only awoken in time of need and it has been decades since Kakugo was conscious. His body had been heavily modified by fusing it with metals to enhance both his offense and defense. He uses an armor called the Exoskull that attaches to him to greatly boost his already superhuman power. Thus begins a story about a young man and his armor’s journey through hell.

Wataru ran away from home to find . . . something. Something fun, something exciting, something different. What he found was all three, with emphasis on "different"! Mian Toris is an enigma, an endearing, buxom redhead with a big sword and a penchant for dog collars and trouble! All the fleets of Helgebard are after her lovely tail, and she's drafted Wataru and his sidekick Babo to be her companions for the escape run. The authorities claim she's the harbinger of Armageddon, with aspirations to destroy the whole planet, but from where Wataru is sitting, she's the answer to his prayers. He found his something, and no one is going to come between the two of them!

After going through the various events at the Fenrir Far East Branch,Alisa develops a feeling similar to respect for 1st Unit leader, Yuu. Meanwhile, Alisa and Yuu are dispatched to Aegis Island on a protection mission.

In the far future, war has destroyed the entire Earth, leaving only a barren wasteland called Sand Land where the supply of water is controlled by the greedy king. In search of a long-lost lake, Sheriff Rao asked the king of the demons for help… and got the king's son, Beelzebub, and his assistant, Thief. Together the unlikely trio sets off across the desert, facing dragons, bandits, and the deadliest foe of all… the King's Army itself! It's travel adventure and tank action in this new story from the creator of Dragon Ball! [Official English](https://www.viz.com/sand-land)

After Kusakabe Honoka is diagnosed with an untreatable disease, her father puts her in cold sleep in hopes for the future. When she wakes up, it seems all of civilization has been destroyed. All she has to help her in this future world is Haco, a dog-like robot that was created to protect her. What happened to the world while she was asleep!?

Out of nowhere, a Japanese elementary school is transported out of the world they know, and into a nightmarish wasteland. Have they gone to another planet, or is this toxic world actually a vision of Earth's future? Soon, the students and teachers must struggle to survive in impossible conditions, besieged by terrifying creatures and beset by madness. Part Lord of the Flies, part post-apocalyptic science fiction, The Drifting Classroom (1972-1974) is a classic can't-put-down manga series. It was adapted into a Japanese live-action movie (1987). --- - **Won the 20th Shogakukan Manga Award in 1975**

From pastel rhapsody: Atelier "Paraiso." A place which is protected by God and where people study painting. As the war worsens, they seek their own heaven, not to be entangled in the harsh reality.

A compilation of short stories by Keiichi Koike. - **Knockin' on Heaven's Door** - **3,000 Leagues in Search of Mother** - **Lazarus Franco's 4 A.M.** - **The Ronin and the Sea** - **Looper** - **Kenbo's Diary** - **Sponge Generation** - **Airway** - **Stereo Scope** - **Horizon** - **Landed** An astronaut sent on a space mission promises his wife and child that he will come back to them. Published in English in Epic Illustrated #26, October 1984 [Official English](https://lastgasp.com/products/heavens-door-extra-works)

The advent of a great cold wave, devastating damage, and a world reset. After awakening from a 500-year-old artificial hibernation, Taro Maizuru realizes that he has lost everything he ever had, including his beloved family and his fortune. Crawling back from the depths of despair in pursuit of an ideal life and purpose, he leaves the distant land he is in, with his sights set on his homeland, Japan. (Source: K Manga)

It is the 21st century, and technology has progressed further than humanity itself could imagine. 2003, Tobio, the son of the head of the Ministry of Science, is killed in an accident. Mad from his grief, his father, Dr. Tenma, orders immediately the construction of a new, robot Tobio - a child of science. While initially delighted at seeing his son reborn, gradually Tenma grew fed up at the fact that this new Tobio could not age and grow. In this newfound frustration, he sold him off to a robot circus. There 'Tobio' was given the new name Atom (Astro Boy). Later, he would be taken in by Professor Ochanomizu, who serves as his guardian. Human-robot conflict occurs over and over again, and is a major driving force. Atom never gets appreciation for his work in stopping plots and conspiracies on the international and even intergalactic scale solely because he is a robot. The authorities doubt him because he is a robot. And as a robot, he has difficulty fully connecting with not just the humans around him (like his school friends), but even his robot family. Atom's serialization was unfinished, as the magazine it was in ceased publication. While there was content for Atom after this, the narrative never properly concluded. [Official English](https://www.darkhorse.com/Search/Browse/%22astro+boy%22/PpwNwkt8) --- **Volumes 221-238, 240-242, 251 and 252 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

A different perspective on the zombie apocalypse.

The protagonist wakes up after 200 years of hibernation and finds that human beings have been destroyed. All humanoid animal girls live on the wasteland. In order to survive, the protagonist must use his scientific and cultural knowledge as a human being and collect capable beast girls. Pursue the threat of barbaric races and establish an apocalyptic ideal state. Fortunately, the birthplace is a high-tech research institute-and he is the savior appointed by scientists.

Level up in the apocalypse, unlock evolutionary genes, and begin evolving to the extreme! It is the end of the world and no one is safe. Yang Hao was forced out from his shelter to survive on his own but inadvertently discovered the "Attribute Acquisition System" during a moment of crisis. "Attributes Acquired: Strength +1, Speed +1." "Acquired Mutated Attribute: Blood Awakening!" Thus, he proclaimed: "From today onwards, all the food, women, and lands that I desire shall be mine!" Since then, the mountains of corpses including mutants, evolved beasts, and ancient warriors paved a bloody path for him to ascend to the title of King of the Apocalypse! (Source: INKR) Note: Chapter count includes a prologue chapter.