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This one-shot is the adaptation of two movies: Zatoichi's Vengeance (Tokuzo Tanaka) and Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (Kazuo Ikehiro).The Ballad of Zatoichi:Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi." Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that "Taichi" was the man's young son. Along his travels, he also met a blind monk who makes Zatoichi question his murderous lifestyle. In trying to help the town, Zatoichi kills some gangsters and becomes a hero to the boy. He must make a choice of whether to stay and defend the town or to leave and be on his way.Zatoichi's Pilgrimage:After he's ambushed in a small village terrorized by a gang of thieves, the legendary blind swordsman Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man in self-defense. As fate would have it, his travels soon lead him to Okichi, a woman whom Zatoichi discovers is the sister of the young man whose life he stole. In anger, Okichi attacks the blind swordsman, but her conscience gets the better of her, and as she tends his wounds, the two fall in love.
On present day Earth in the bustling city of Hotaru, lives a lazy, uninspired 17 year old highschool student of Gunma High, Izumi Kaivou. Due to his extreme laziness he often finds himself in trouble performing even the simplest tasks of everyday life, relying on his younger sister to take care of him, although he'd never actually admit that. Meanwhile on the planet Trilliaus, the planet's defense forces have been reduced to nothing more than a group of militia. Of the milita, 19 year old Ryoku Eikiro is one of only three that remain to dedicate their life to putting an end to the death and destruction that has plagued the planet since Zaigou's arrival, whom is desperately in search of something, but what? Kaivou's apocalyptic premonitions and bizarre nightmares foresee that soon nobodies life will ever be the same again...
From: Easy Going Scans The story of three average women, and their not-so-common everyday life.
God knows who once said that “To be a scholar is to be at the top of society”, making the entire Feng Dynasty give up on martial arts to focus on education and they even opened the imperial exams to women ! As the last illiterate of her time, the martial artist’s daughter, Cheng Manyi, decided to pretend to be an educated lady to fulfill her father’s wish, for her to marry a scholar—— As a result, many famous scholarly families came to ask for her hand in marriage and now, her husband expects her to succeed the exams and bring honor to his household !
From http://www.niko-niko.net/sites.html: Ashita no Nadja is the story of a young girl who grew up in an orphanage in England. One day she learns she may not be an orphan after all, and suddenly finds herself chased by some strange men. She ends up fleeing the orphanage and joins a travelling troupe of entertainers. The show follows her travels across Europe as she tries to find her mother and figure out who she really is. A bit more info about the manga is at http://www.niko-niko.net/nadja/ under 'Extras', and info about the anime series and merchandise.
From SCX-Scans: Chiyoko is a 4th grader who loves chocolate! Along with her mother and father (who run a patisserie), the daughter of a japanese sweets shop who sees Chiyoko as her rival, Azuki-chan, and Azuki’s mature little sister Kanoko-chan, she lives everyday happily with a bit of silliness.
1) If It's Not You For Suwa, a hunk like him needs a pretty girl by his side. Theoretically. But in fact, he's going out with Fujisaki, four-eyed and average looking. It's just a temporary relationship for Suwa, only until he finds a girlfriend... But then, why does he feel so guilty when he takes an interest in someone else? 2) Are You Lovely 3) Two Glasses 4) Moonlight Stroll 5) Even a Dog Wouldn't Take a Bite
A girl with a love who happens to be from a long time ago.
[From ShoujoMagic]: Nagisa's biology teacher, Mr. Fujiki, always warned her to watch out for guys who would take advantage of her. But it's the last day of summer break, and Nagisa is determined to find love before she goes back to school! The handsome man she meets gives Nagisa the same warning Mr. Fujiki did... but there's something important that neither of them has mentioned to her!
A nerdy school girl discovers that through her glasses she can see the red thread of fate connecting couples. But who does the thread around her own finger lead to?
After the mysterious demise of the venerable Master Shanxian from the Huashan Sect in a duel with the demonic martial artist Lu Keshen, his direct disciple, Qingfeng, is left alone. Soon after, a malevolent enchantress from the demonic sect, eager to obtain the legendary Four Divine Swords, launches a surprise attack on Huashan Sect. In his quest to thwart the enchantress, Qingfeng comes into contact with the White Tiger Sword, one of the Four Divine Swords. Unexpectedly, he becomes the rightful owner of the White Tiger Sword, setting the stage for a destiny he never anticipated.+
