In a modern country where the government is controlled by a Martial Shogun and samurai receive much respect, there lives identical twins of the Sakakido family. Kou, the brother, is very feminine, excels at cooking, cleaning, arts and crafts. Tsukiko, the sister, is masculine, loves fighting and is a combat genius. The twins learn about the Samurai High School, where men test their strength and women test their femininity, but the only way they can attend is by swapping places. If they are to be found cheating, they will be executed so they have to overcome their gender differences and maintain their secret. [vyc]
Udagawa Gosuke, the protagonist, inherited his father's dojo after his father and elder brother were forced to commit hara-kiri. As a second son, it was not expected that he would inherit the dojo. This tragic event left him with a lack of self-confidence, causing him to practice fencing daily at a nearby dojo. Unfortunately, the people at the dojo were unkind to him, leading him to create a new dojo and style of fencing for those who simply enjoy it. What sets this shounen apart is that the male and female leads are married, albeit at a very young age of 15. The female lead, Udagawa Shino, is Gosuke's senpai's younger sister and is quite peculiar. She has a strange obsession with rabbits and even makes rabbit masks as a source of income. When Gosuke creates his new dojo, he introduces a unique style of swordsmanship called "Rabbit style fencing."
Nobunaga was just taken out of power and there are signs of civil unrest even in the far reaches of Kyuushuu. A small precinct of Kyuushuu is ruled by the Harima family and headed by the 15 year old Harunobu who. despite everyone’s hopes, has no interest in war nor being a lord. Instead, he spends his time surveying the land to make maps or record plant and animal life. Harunobu’s dream is to create an encyclopedia that contains all the information in the world. So when the opportunity to travel the world and eventually end in Rome appears, Harunobu leaves the land in capable hands and sets sail on his journey that he has dreamed of his entire life.
“If a male child is born, I will kill you all.“ Uha and Ren, two 7-year-old boys from a village of beggars, want to become the legendary sword that draws forth its blade and defeats monsters. One day, the two boys rescue a fallen legendary sword user, Aiji, in the forest near their village and bring him back. They plead with him to confirm whether they possess any abilities of the legendary sword themselves. Aiji agrees to check their abilities on the condition that they become his disciples, and he begins to train Uha and Ren, who awaken the powers of the legendary sword. Seven years pass, and while Ren is away on an errand, the cursed sword, Habuna, enemies of the legendary sword, comes to the village and kills all the villagers, intending to kill both Aiji and Uha as well...
Samurai Shodown II adaptation by Ohno Shiro.
Among the warrior class, those who mock the honor of others and stain their own are hated. The newly-wed Udagawa Gosuke and Shino are two people trying to live in this rigid society as husband and wife. Moved by Shino’s honest and sincere personality, Gosuke becomes determined to live freely! His goal? To establish the world’s best swordsmanship dojo!! Let’s raise the curtain on this pure samurai story!!!
After losing his parents in a fatal car accident and sustaining severe injuries himself, Asafuji Taisei felt discouraged about his return to baseball, despite making a miraculous recovery. He faced a daunting prospect of a protracted rehabilitation process. However, one day while watching an old CRT TV that his parents gave him, he reminisced about his promise to take them to Koushien. This ignited a new sense of purpose in him. But can Taisei overcome his two-year hiatus from baseball and make it to Koushien?
The story starts with Sanda, a second year middle school student, getting attacked with a kitchen knife by his classmate Fuyumura. While Sanda couldn’t make sense of the situation at first, he gradually came to believe that Fuyumura’s actions were just mean acts stemming off from the latter having a peculiar puberty phase.
From Viz: 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 Z!
Sumire Sangatsu is a high school girl with no confidence and she can't confess her feelings to a boy she's in love with. One day, she finds Nanami, who just overflows with confidence, and decides to be his apprentice. Everyone has their way, but is it all right?!
From the story "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" It was during the final days of the year 200 AD, when the Han dynasty saw its end. Its demise ushered in a new era of chaos, brought on by several regional lords vying to rule China. There were those who sought absolute power as well as those who fought for justice. Some simply fought for the sake of their beliefs. Many would rise and fall in their attempts to dominate the land... and here are their stories.
Chihiro Furuya is a male high-school student having a keen fascination with zombies, collection zombie-associated videogames, movie and manga, and even to the idea of wanting to "kiss a zombie girl". After the departure of his pet cat, Babu, he tries to resurrect an old manuscript, which describes the procedure for making a potion for resurrection being used by it. Only at that time, he sees a girl named Rea Sanka, who has runaway at home. In a effort to commit suicide, she drinks an example of the "resurrection" potion that is made in the toxic Hydrangea macrophylla bloom, even though this fails to eliminate her. Following a disagreement with her dad, she dies and falls from a cliff by accident. Nevertheless, as an effect of the potion, she becomes. The storyline follows the existence of Chihiro and his new 'zombie girl-friend'.