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Once again, The Throne of Caprice has ascended for the take. Whether the desire is of benevolence or madness, the Throne cares not. The mountain has risen and the world shudders as the vying persons and coalitions struggle for their own ultimate end.For thou to stand at the top and seize both keys, become The Absolute.
Princess Acacia (name of a flower) of Libya is engaged to the the prince of Hittite. They are madly in love with each other. But Lamec, the young king of Egypt, while conquering Libya (and killing Acacia's parents) falls in love with Acacia. He brought her back to Egypt with an intention of marrying her. But Lamec is already engaged to the powerful princess of Egypt. It is because of her who gave up the throne for Lamec that he was able to become king. The Egyptian princess throws Lamec, the king, (no, I'm not kidding) into prison because he wanted to break up their engagement. After giving up on changing Lamec's mind, she kills him. The prince of Hittite came to try to save Acacia but failed. He died while protecting her. The evil Egyptian princess then throws Acacia into a dungeon and opens the water ways for her to drown. All 4 reincarnated 3000 years later into modern Seoul. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 1st volume is about their 1st life. From then on is about their modern life which tells about Acacia's path to stardom as a successful actress while having the reincarnated Egyptian princess, now named Chang Heri and is a child actress prodigy, as the rival. The prince of Hittites as a famous idol singer, Woo Su, and Lamec, Egyptian king, as president of Heri's agency/TV station.
On the secluded island of Rokkenjima, owned by the rich and powerful Ushiromiya family, mysterious murders begin to occur as outlined on the epitaph of the Golden Witch Beatrice, whose existence has been continually denied by Battler Ushiromiya. When Beatrice defaults a win against Battler, she loses the will to continue and withdraws. As Battler waits for her to awaken, the witches Bernkastel and Lambdadelta wreck havoc upon the game board and the fates of those on Rokkenjima. When Battler re-enters the game to take the game board back for Beatrice, he discovers the circumstances have changed. In 1986, detective Erika Furudo has joined the inhabitants of Rokkenjima, approaching the murders from a "mystery" perspective in contrast to Battler's approach of "anti-fantasy" and denying magic. As Erika's investigation begins, the consequences of Natsuhi Ushiromiya's past actions regarding an offer from the family head, Kinzo, surface.
From etc: Based on historical setting of Korea during the Josun Age. Long ago, in Jushin, secret royal inspectors named "Angyo Onshi" wandered the country and restored the order. But now that Jushin is destroyed, only one is still wandering...
Five short stories. - Inu wo Kau (Raising a Dog) - Soshite Neko wo Kau (And Then, Caring for a Cat) - Niwa no Nagame (View of the Backyard) - Sannin no Hibi (Three People's Days) - Yakusoku no Chi (Promised Land) The first one tells the death of an old dog, hence the title. The last one is a bit similar to a later work of the author, Kamigami no Itadaki. Inu wo Kau won the Shogakukan Manga Award (examination committee special) in 1992.
Du Ming, young anesthetist in a big Chinese hospital, is haunted by the memory of Zhang Qian: a young lady coming from the same school as him , who bewitched him by the sulphurous beauty and the aura of strangeness she emits. After graduating, Du Ming stayed in touch with Zhang Qian, who writes him. Now a terrible piece of news arises: the young lady is said to have committed suicide. From Manga-News.
From MangaHelpers: One day, Matsui Sakura receives an invitation to a "Revenge Game," and decides to attend. At the location indicated, she ends up locked in a dorm-like building with four of her classmates. It appears that the Revenge Game is being run by a wealthy classmate, Saionji, who was bullied so badly by some of the students that it ruined his life. Now he is taking his revenge, in a brutal game that allows him to have one of his former tormentors killed each morning. However, Sakura--a lonely, quiet, orphan girl--does not understand why she is there, unless it was due to her inaction in stopping the bullying of others. She's also the only one who received an invitation, while the others were abducted or tricked into attending. What is the final purpose of this game? [tethysdust]
Sakura Nakahara is a middle schol girl that is in love with her cool neighbor Takehiko. Following a trendy charm she writes down Takehiko's name but it is discover by her classmate, Yuki, who's in love with her. Sakura begs Yuki to keep it a secret so he agrees if she promises to do things for him. After sometime, eventually Sakura falls in love with Yuki...
The Empire of Britannia invaded Japan using giant robot weapons called Knightmare Frames. Japan was reduced to Area 11, an imperial colony, and its people referred to as the Elevens. At the time, Lelouch, a young Britannian boy exiled to Japan, vowed to his Japanese friend Suzaku that he would destroy Britannia. Years later, Lelouch is a high school student who regularly skips school to play chess and gamble. When he stumbles on a terrorist group of Elevens who are caught by a Britannian task force after stealing a military secret, Lelouch is unexpectedly reunited with Suzaku, who works as a member of the Britannian military. As the rest of the task force arrives, Suzaku is shot for disobeying orders, while the military secret, a young girl, gives Lelouch the power to make anyone obey any order. Taking command of the terrorists, Lelouch adopts the alias "Zero" and begins his rebellion to crush Britannia once and for all. However, his greatest friend soon becomes one of his most troubling enemies when Suzaku becomes the pilot of Britannia's new test model Knightmare, the Lancelot. Note: Storyline is a bit different than the anime.
Demon brothers Tao Tie and Kui Long arrived at a village to receive a ritual sacrifice that happens every 10 years. Kui Long introduces himself as Wu Chen to a girl named Tan Hua. Turns out that Tan Hua actually died from an illness beforehand, but her brother, the doctor gave her a medicine to revive her so that she would be the sacrifice instead of him. Neither Kui Long nor Tan Hua knew each others role in the approaching ritual...
