Osada Yu-Ko

Kinjiro Yaoi is the terror of his high school. Inveterate and incorrigible hothead brawler, he is the type to let his fists speak generously at every opportunity. At the opposite extreme, his childhood friend, Kuriko is sweetness incarnate. But shortly before his 18th birthday, a tragedy touches the girl, who was attacked on the return of high school. Traumatized, she no longer has the strength to go back to school and lives confined to her home, cut off from the outside world. Kinjiro, meanwhile, is consumed with guilt. He who was not present to defend his friend relentlessly tries to find a way to get out of his depression. His decision was made: to the image of the comic professionals who made the happiness of Kuriko before the attack, he will also become a champion of laughter and devote his life to bring a smile to her friend!

Barrels life takes an unexpected turn the day he crosses paths with Trigger, a self-proclaimed genius of conduct. Mechanically propelled, in the adventure of a lifetime: Run day Burst, the race that crosses every continent, country and half the globe! There's only one rule: 'Put on your tires!' The race car that speaks across the country, where they forge their daredevil legend, one whose reputation transcends borders.

The world changed because one girl lost the one dearest to her. The grief-stricken girl kept searching for a way to bring him back to her, eventually became a scientist, creating a substance that looked to have promising results. That substance was ‘Metaphysic particles’ which could transform mankind’s wildest dreams into reality, wondrous particles that could smash the divide between the spirit and the being. But a grave error occurred in the research before it reached completion, and the Metaphysic particles were spread throughout the world. Incredible occurrences were happening throughout the world. ‘Monsters’ which preyed on humans appeared, recognized by the masses to be a consequence of the Metaphysic particles. It appeared to them to be the girl’s fault, and they ostracized her, calling her ‘The Witch’. But from the masses emerged people who could use the Metaphysic particles to do battle with the monsters, Knights of Justice who transformed their beliefs into magical creatures to defeat the monsters. Using the twelve devices ‘Accessories’ that could magnify these beliefs, they became known as ‘12’ This is a story of a world where dreams become reality…

In the wasteland following the great nuclear war, a legend grew of a man. A man of impossible strength and endurance. The master of a legendary martial art, Hokuto Shinken, The Divine Fist of the North Star. Yet before Ken claimed the title of the Fist, there was another master trained in the art of Hokuto Shinken… The King of Fists, Raoh: the ultimate assassin, the ultimate warrior. This is the story of the world before Fist of the North Star, and how one man took the future of a savage world into his deadly hands and reshaped its destiny. Not as a hero but as a conqueror. For in the mind of the man called Raoh, the only way to save mankind is to grind it under his giant heel! The greatest battle is about to begin in Legends of the Dark King!

(From the back of volume 1): Kakashi is a small-town boy with a big dream: to travel around the world. He's so determined to leave his little island home that he stows away onboard a marvelous zeppelin - one that just happens to be loaded with treasure and a gang of ruthless criminals!

Shiori was once a guitarist in a light music club in high school. But her first live performance was dashed when her brother ran away from home with a lot of debt, to become a musician in Tokyo. A decade later, Shiori is now a high school teacher, leading a boring, uneventful life and paying off the debt... till she runs into the ghost of none other than a famous guitarist Jim-you-know-who.