Kanane Shinohara's been in plenty of relationships, but they've never panned out. Now, she's in her mid-30s and has become incapable of falling in love. As she drinks her sorrows away, she convinces herself that the reason she can't find a decent man lies within her. However, before Kanane has a chance to fully accept her "harsh reality," a handsome man named Shirosaki appears before her. Has she finally met her Prince Charming? Or is there something more to him?Deep down, all Kana...

How reliable would you say your memory is? As humans, our minds can omit memories. Memories can become idealized. Sometimes, they can even be entirely fabricated. There are various ways by which one's recollection of past events can become distorted. One could even say that it is a type of mental defense mechanism meant to protect us. But what if you had the chance to see your memories in their original state, unblemished and untouched...? Would you take it? Meet Hakucho, the hippocampus a...

From daring prison escapes to the near destruction of their entire school, the boys of Hachimitsu Private Academy have been to hell and back countless times. Now, Kiyoshi is dead set on confessing his love for Chiyo, but one last gauntlet stands in his way. While he's always thrived in times of crisis, has Kiyoshi finally gotten too big for his britches? It's the wet and wild end of Prison School!

In the aftermath of his battle with Goku, Vegeta retreats from Earth, vowing revenge. In search of a way to resurrect their dead friends, Kuririn, Gohan, and Bulma go into space in search of Namek--Piccolo's home planet where the Dragon Balls were originally made. But Namek has become a battleground, where evil emperor Freeza and his minions are slaughtering the peaceful Namekians to fulfill Freeza's wish for immortality! Stranded on a planet full of enemies, the three astronauts radio bac...

Trapped on war-torn Planet Namek, Earth's heroes Gohan, Kuririn and Bulma struggle to keep the Dragon Balls out of the hands of both Vegeta and the planet-destroying Emperor Freeza. But even a power-up courtesy of the Great Elder of Namek may not be enough to save them from Freeza's reinforcements: the Ginyu Force, the five strongest fighters in outer space, led by the supervillain Captain Ginyu! Desperate times call for desperate measures, and Gohan and Kuririn find themselves with an unl...

Granolah and Goku’s battle reaches its climax! And Granolah is willing to put his life on the line to take Vegeta down with him too! But Monaito has an important tale for all three fighters—the truth about what happened on planet Cereal all those years ago…

In yet another naughty volume of Dr. Slump, Senbei and old man Tsun Tsuru-Ten head to the local public bathhouse sporting X-ray specs, not realizing that everyone there is already naked. And when Senbei is forced to explain Arale's existence to his grandfather, he pretends she was a free toy in a box of caramels…

Chihiro drifts through life with no purpose, going from girl to girl, until one day he finds an abandoned kitten in a box. He quickly falls in love with little Shiro and couldn’t imagine his life without her. One evening, Chihiro finds Shiro has fallen ill. While searching aimlessly for an animal hospital, he runs into Kumazawa, a local vet who takes Shiro into his care. Watching Kumazawa in action, Chihiro realizes he wishes to learn the value of life and asks Kumazawa to consider hiring ...

An exciting fantasy about a ruthless mercenary with a unique sword-manipulating ability and his journey alongside unexpected companions.As the user of a new magic never before recorded in the history of magic, dubbed the "Swords Sorcery", that allows its user to control swords with magic, making them fly through the air and cut through the enemy, Aldis works as a mercenary who gets paid to kill, escort or investigate at his client's request.On his way back ...

An exciting fantasy about a ruthless mercenary with a unique sword-manipulating ability and his journey alongside unexpected companions.As the user of a new magic never before recorded in the history of magic, dubbed the "Swords Sorcery", that allows its user to control swords with magic, making them fly through the air and cut through the enemy, Aldis works as a mercenary who gets paid to kill, escort or investigate at his client's request.On his way back ...

While studies of San children have attained the peculiar status of having delineated the prototype for hunter-gatherer childhood, relatively few serious ethnographic studies of San children have been conducted since an initial flurry of research in the 1960s and 1970s. Based on the author’s long-term field research among several San groups of Southern Africa, this book reconsiders hunter-gatherer childhood using “play” as a key concept. Playfulness pervades the intricate practices of careg...

Three years ago, a gifted hand surgeon stopped operating.Now he works in an outpatient clinic, treating pain that will not heal — pain that leaves no trace on X-rays, MRI, or blood tests. He has learned that not all wounds can be seen, and not all pain belongs neatly on the map of the body.Then Sawaki appears: a quiet man with severe pain in his right forearm. Every examination is normal. There is no injury, no inflammation, no nerve damage. And yet the pain remains.