Interest Stacks

1. Karakuri no Kimi (Puppet Princess) 2. Tenohira no Uta (Song of the Open Palm) 3. Renrakusen Kitan (Strange Ferry Tale) 4. Merry-Go-Round e! (To the Merry-Go-Round!) 5-6. Yoru ni Sanpo shinai ka ne (Shall We Go Out Walking by Night?)

Ushio to Tora centers around the travails and battles of Ushio Aotsuki, who is constantly being stalked and aided by a gigantic, supernatural and sometimes invisible tiger-like monster. Ushio's family maintains a Shinto temple in Japan, where ~500 years ago, his samurai ancestor battled that same tiger to a standstill, and eventually trapped him against a rock using a blessed spear called the "Beast Spear," which in addition to its intrinsic formidability as a weapon, can also endow its wielder with the martial ability of the ancestor who originally wielded it. Ushio accidentally unsealed the cave Tora was trapped in. Initially, Ushio refuses to remove the spear pinning Tora down, but Tora's unsealed presence summons various monsters who wish to fight him, and by extension Ushio. Ushio is forced to free Tora, who would like to eat Ushio, but dares not since Ushio keeps the spear close by. The series focuses on their relationship, interspersed with battles against mythological foes, and with Tora's attempts to grapple with modern life. (Source: Wikipedia)

1-2. Shungeki no Kokuu (Attack of a Moment) 3. Sora ni Hane ga... (In the Sky, a Feather...) 4-5. Gemel Uchuu Buki-ten (Gemel's Shop of Space Weapons) 6. Gastroking no Touchaku (The Advent of Gastroking)

In this one shot volume Kazuhiro Fujita describes us the past of some characters of his masterpiece Ushio and Tora. In particular he describes the past of Tora, the tiger-monster that follows Ushio.

Katou Narumi suffers from Zonapha Syndrome, a rare ailment that stops his breathing unless he makes people laugh. He's been forced to abandon his training in Chinese kenpo and return to Japan, where he now works as a clown. The only problem: he's not very funny. One day he meets Saiga Masaru, the recent inheritor of a huge fortune, who gives him the first laugh he's gotten all day. When he realizes Masaru is being pursued by assassins, he steps in to protect the boy, only to discover that instead of conventional weapons, the assassins wield huge, eerie puppets. They soon encounter the mysterious Shirogane, who controls a puppet of her own, and claims she was sent from France by Masaru's late grandfather to protect him. Their paths intertwine and diverge, splitting into two stories: Karakuri and Circus, puppets and performers, tears and laughter. The strange circus of living dolls that spreads Zonapha Syndrome, the human puppets known collectively as the Shirogane, and the puppeteers whose undying grudge set in motion both sides of this performance. (Source: Batoto)

Every 40 years, there will be a Gathering of Human Kids, whom will take part in a mysterious Game "Bakegyamon," created by the Hell Master. There is a rumor... when the final winner emerges, the child will receive a wish. Because of that rumor, lots of active kids, will like to start an Expedition! What will happen to them, in this mysterious game? (Source: MU)

The mountain gods have sent down a punishment to the people of Japan. An owl by the name of Minerva. All who fall under this owl's gaze die, their eyes spurting out blood. One man stood up to the owl, a famous hunter by the name of Uhei, however just as he was about to loose the finishing bullet, he was interrupted by the American army taking the owl into their care for study. Thirteen years later, an American warship crashes into a Tokyo harbor, and all the men on board are dead, their eyes bleeding. The owl has been freed, and it now rampages throughout Tokyo, killing at random and in mass amounts. The American government has decided that only Uhei, the man who nearly killed the beast before, can help them. So they send the Delta Force and CIA out to see just how the bird can be brought down... (Source: MU)

In the Scotland Yard, there is kept a famous miscellany of criminal memorabilia known as the Black Museum. It is rumored that some time in the mid-19th-century, evidence from a certain investigation undertaken by the London Police in 1837 was removed from the collection by persons unknown... Within these pages, an account of monsters, villains, and men unfolds, chronicling a hidden history of the terror of Victorian England—the mysterious figure known in popular folklore as "Spring-Heeled Jack." (Source: MangaHelpers) Also includes the Springald Ibun: Mother Goose.

Series by Fujita Kazuhiro about characters from fairy tales, mythology, and stories coming to life. Gekko Iwasaki, a high-school student, is selected as executor of "Moonlight Ordinance" and fights against the residents. In this fairy tale, there is a world which is strangely affected by blue moonlight once in dozens of years. "Moonlight Ordinance" is a rule to restore the world to its former condition. (Source: Shougakukan)

Collection of special chapters that were published for 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake Relief Effort Project.

Deep in Scotland Yard in London sits an evidence room, where artifacts of the greatest mysteries in London history are kept. In this "Black Museum" sits two bullets, fused together after a head-on collision. This was the key piece of evidence in a case that brought together a supernatural Man in Gray and the famous nurse and activist Florence Nightingale—the only person who can see him. Surrounded by war and suffering, the lady enters into a desperate pact with this ghostlike man... (Source: Kodansha Comics USA)

A mysterious mansion has towered proudly over the Tokyo district of Numanakarai since the Taisho period. Those who enter either never escape, or leave having experienced horrors untold, and with the desire to take revenge. (Source: MU)