ATTRACTIVE ART
Jolyne, Fly High with GUCCI
2015-05-09
Jolyne, Fly High with GUCCI is a new full-color one-shot manga starring Jolyne Cujoh featured in the February 2013 issue of Shueisha's women's fashion magazine, Spur. "Jolyne, fly high with GUCCI" features the protagonist of Part VI: Stone Ocean, Jolyne Cujoh and 3 Vento Aureo's characters: Leone Abbachio ,Bruno Buccellati ,& Polpo. This is the second JJBA-Related one-shot published in that magazine.SummaryThe story starts in a airport, where Jolyne is waiting for a plane for Tokyo. Ten days beforehand, her mother died from a illness. Jolyne is later seen thinking about how her mother made her clothing to fit Jolyne before she died. Then, Jolyne turns to see a small blue unicorn looking at her, with three men close by. Two men, revealed to be Buccellati & Abbachio, are goverment agents while the other, Polpo, was a citizen who lost a pet. Buccellati says that the animal is very important to the goverment & asks to search Jolyne. After she refuses, Buccellati looks at the survaillence where Jolyne is seen with the pet, shown to be the unicorn she saw earlier. The unicorn is seen bleeding, leading Buccellati to warn Polpo about the consequences of potenitally harming it. Then, Jolyne is seen kneeling down in front of the camera, when she gets up, the unicorn has disappeared. Buccellati corners Jolyne to hand it over or to be arrested. Jolyne, confused & in tears, still refuses saying that it would be all alone in a strange country. When Buccellati goes to apprehend her, he notices the unicorn on her scarf. Jolyne realizes that it is a dream, that also have given her newfound hope in herself. She comes to the conclusion that the dream is a message, it is also power.
Tomino no Jigoku
2015-01-09
Maruo's newest work, a story of twins being forced to join a travelling freak show.
Inugami Hakase
2014-11-18
In Japanese mythology an inugami is a type of shikigami, similar to a familiar spirit, resembling, and usually originating from, a dog, and most commonly carrying out vengeance or acting as guardians on behalf of the inugami-mochi, or "inugami owner". Inugami are extremely powerful and capable of existing independently, as well as turning on their "owners" and even possessing humans.
Demon's Voice
2014-11-05
This one-shot was a short extra in a guide book for a Sirens game. A mysterious siren out at sea drives fishermen to madness.
Rohan at the Louvre
2014-04-30
As Rohan, a young Japanese manga artist, is drawing, he meets a mysterious, beautiful woman who tells him of a cursed 200-year-old painting. The painting was created using the blackest ink ever known, which came from a 1,000-year-old tree that the painter had cut down without the approval of the Emperor. The painter was executed for this, but the painting was saved from destruction by a curator of the Louvre. A decade later, Rohan visits Paris and asks the museum to unearth the painting from deep within its archives—but he is completely unprepared for the power of the curse he has unleashed.
kishibe rohan wa ugokanai
2014-04-07
A series of oneshots which focus on Rohan Kishibe, an eccentric mangaka that appeared in Part 4 of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Diamond is Unbreakable.Kishibe Rohan is a mangaka with the ability to read people's memories -- a power he refers to as "Heaven's Door". He seeks out the supernatural to see for himself what his mysterious skills are all about, and to bring more realism into his manga.Currently released chapters include: (In Chronological Order)1. Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe - Episode 16: At a Confessional2. Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe - Episode 2: Mutsukabeza3. Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe - Episode 5: Village of Millionaires4. Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe - Episode 6: Poaching Reef5. Extra: Rohan Kishibe Goes to Gucci
Kanojo no Omoide...
2013-12-19
Plot: Collection of short stories, including;- Flower- Memories- SOUND OF SAND- Farewell To Weapons- Hair- Electric Bird Land- MINOR SWING- Chronicle of The Planet TAKO- Chronicle of The Planet TAKO, Chapter of Dawnlight- Fire-ball- That's Amazing World - Magic pot of Aladdin- That's Amazing World - Noah's Ark- That's Amazing World - old man and sea- That's Amazing World - Knights of The Round Table
Shin Takarazima
2013-03-06
The manga that made Tezuka famous. It is an action-adventure drama inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson's book.One day a boy named Pete finds a map of "Treasure Island" that his deceased father left behind. He starts on a voyage to find it together with "Captain," who was a friend of his father. But his ship is attacked by pirates, led by Bowarl, and the two are caught. When a storm hits the pirate ship, the two are thrown into the sea and washed up on the shore of a solitary island in the southern ocean. To their surprise, this island is the one they have been looking for....The Western-style art and fast-paced storyline attracted much attention, and it became a best seller with 400,000 copies sold, laying the groundwork for the manga craze and its modern style.The original version of "New Treasure Island" was based on Tezuka Osamu's manuscript, but substantial modifications were made by Sasaki Shichima, who cut nearly 60 pages and also changed some of the lines. When publishing "The Complete Works of Tezuka Osamu," Tezuka Osamu remade it based on his memory to make it closer to his original.Was adapted into animation.
Aterui Ii-sei
2012-02-20
The Emishi warrior Aterui, a guardian deity protecting the mysterious power source called the Dragon from the gods of destruction, is reincarnated into the body of mild-mannered archaeologist and professor Kogami Ryuichi.
The Melody of Iron
2011-04-26
Dan Takuya has both of his arms severed and is left for dead. He learns to control new arms made of iron with telekinesis and goes out for revenge.
The Crater
2011-03-10
Plot: A collection of often-surreal short stories intended to present various messages or morals.
Yume kara Samete mo Koishiteru
2011-02-11
Marika is impulsive and hates to lose. She's also a woman who falls in love easily. She falls for a sexy older man, a cool classmate, and a beautiful wealthy man. And the man she chooses in the end...? A romantic love story, from the love of her student days to her marriage.
Human Clock
2011-01-14
"When I talk about ‘warped manga from a warping mind’, I’m thinking about this kind of incoherent story. ‘The Human Clock’ is a lot simpler to explain. The hero is Yubi Chizuo again. He’s a student like before, but this time round he’s a dro
Paranoia Star
2011-01-14
Collection of short stories by Maruo.It's almost impossible to summarize them, most of them aren't really plot driven but they deal with abnormal states of the mind and are permeated by a general surrealism.As in many of this works, he shows reference