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The series began as a fairly humorous and lighthearted satire of Japan's teenage delinquent-gang subculture told from the perspective of Matsushita Tadashi (who also narrates these early Karate Bu stories), a 2nd year student at Kangokou High and a constant target of Kangokou's numerous bullies who beat him up routinely after school. He is almost always accompanied by his best friend Saitou Takaki, who is also constantly harassed. As the pair grow increasingly tired of being victimized they decide to join the titular Karate Club, which is notorious throughout Osaka's youth gangs for training and producing the city's most hardened and toughest teenage thugs while maintaining the facade of a legit school sports club. But when they join the club, they find themselves picked on just as much if not worse by the club's current members. But as the story progresses they grow to be increasingly capable fighters. Along with the manga's change in attitude and central character, the various teenage fighters throughout the series grew increasingly stronger and even began to tap into superhuman ki abilities, putting Osu!! Karate Bu in the company of other similar epic Shōnen fighting manga such as Yu Yu Hakusho, Dragon Ball, and Fist of the North Star. Osu!! Karate Bu was wildly popular in its native Japan, but is otherwise almost completely unknown in most other countries. It spawned a four episode OVA mini-series released over a period of two years from 1990-1992, a 1990 live action movie, and a 1994 Super Famicom fighting game.
The story revolves around the lives of two rough-and-tumble high school friends Kato Hiroshi and Nakama Toru, who seemed to make a habit of getting into trouble and starting up fights. In keeping with the spirit of the manga, Toru and Hiroshi sport slicked back 50's style perms and adopted exaggerated swaggers that made them comical and yet also oddly cool. The drama also features an assortment of outlandish characters who sport even weirder fashions and hairdos. To describe the action in this drama, think Fight Club meets The Breakfast Club.
Kenta is a young boy who dreams about being a super hero called Wingman. All his classmates love it when he disturbs the courses to apply his holy judgment, as much as the teacher hates that. One day while coming home he finds a beautifull girl in a bikini. Aoi Yume, she gives him a wonderful item, the book of dream which can make anything written on it true, and so began the life of the real super hero for our dear Hirono.
This manga includes two different stories. 1) Harmony of the Stars (2 chapters) : The first one is about a girl, Yukiko, who is always doing what others tell her to do and a boy, Wada, who can\'t stand how his classmates always taking advantage of her naivety and kindness and tries to knock some sense into her. 2) (4 chapters) Mayuko and Sugikake\'s story : Mayuko had an unrequited love with her cousin and promised herself to not fall in love again but everything changes when Sugikake, her sempai in the volley club, starts picking on her.
The manga is about ten-year-old Chie, \"the most unfortunate girl in Japan,\" who manages her family diner while her unemployed yakuza father and her mother are separated. Note: Jarinko Chie won the 26th Shogakukan Manga Award for best general manga in 1981.
One day, the British youth trio of Heath, Justin, and Vergil are told by the angel Doziel that they are part of \"Van Rose\". The Van Roses are a male-only clan that Doziel created from Eve\'s ribs, many of whom are historical figures of all ages, east and west, and the chosen ones are temporarily transsexual and female. He had a child and was growing his blood. Therefore, they are homosexual.
Disappointed that the girl he loves does not return his affections, Eitaro attempts to commit suicide. But his near dead-body is discovered by a scientist and his mind is transferred to the body of a young girl. As a girl, Eitaro soon learns that the girl of his dreams did in fact love him, so they try to make the relationship work despite the fact that Eitaro is in a girl's body.
(from ebookjapan): Lily has had the same dream over and over since her mother died when she was six years old. Now 17 years old and she still has the same dream, but on a trip, the huge tower in the fog that she saw in her dream appears in reality.
His sure name is Suke and his given name is Banji, but he\'s known as Sukeban. Any town the Suke family has settled in just can\'t contain the violent nature of this family, forcing them to move time and time again. Because of his name, Banji ends up transferring to Amazon School as a female student! However, this situation coupled with Sukeban\'s rebellious nature undoubtedly will result in mayhem littered with maddening jokes and lewdity. The manga has been adapted into two live-action films and an OVA.
His family name is Suke and his given name is Banji, but he\'s known as Sukeban. Any town the Suke clan settles in just can\'t contain the violent nature of this family, forcing them to move time and time again. Because of his name, Banji ends up transferring to Amazon School as a female student! However, this situation coupled with Sukeban\'s rebellious nature undoubtedly will result in mayhem littered with maddening jokes and lewdity. The manga has been adapted into two live-action films and an OVA.
(from ebookjapan): Kaoru, a commoner, and Reiko, a daughter of a conglomerate, who attend Aisei Women\'s Academy, are bitter enemies. They are complete opposites in their upbringing and personalities, but when their parents remarry, they end up becoming sisters. Although they repel and hurt each other, they gradually come to understand each other and deepen their bond, but eventually, Reiko develops a love for Kaoru... Kaoru and Reiko embark on a solitary journey together as they face the absurdities of the world.... Riyoko Ikeda delicately depicts the emotional turmoil of adolescent girls in this much-talked-about work! Note: Also contains the one-shot Gomennasai: Ryoko Hagiwara, an elementary school girl, decides to stand up for Yasue Yamada, an impoverished girl in her class. Little did she know the harsh reality awaiting her... A work that frankly depicts class divide and privilege, and how children emulate the practices and discrimination of adults.
Tensai Bakabon (Or, \"The Genius Bakabon\" ) is a gag manga starring ironically the titular character\'s father, only known as \"Bakabon\'s Papa\". The manga generally centers around episodic stories of Papa causing trouble around town due to his own and his son\'s complete and utter incompetence. This usually attracts the attention of the local trigger-happy policeman \"Honkan\", as well as causing issues for Bakabon\'s mother (Also just known as \"Bakabon\'s Mama\" ) and his younger, but extremely intelligent brother, Hajime. While the series is quite old, many of the jokes and stories are timeless in execution, and hold up well today, which is largely why it\'s considered a classic series in Japan. 3 Bilingual comics where released by Kodansha in the early 2000s. --- - **Won the Bungeishunjū Manga Award in 1971**
