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The Conditions For Paradise
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Contains:1) Rakuen no Jouken (The Conditions for Paradise)Two adult women figuring out the boundaries in their relationship--is too much freedom a bad thing?2) Hoshi no Mukougawa (Beyond the Stars)Chapter 1 prequel. It's about how Sarina and Sumi
Aoki Umi No Toraware Hime
2012-06-15
In the only neutral country surrounded by many other countries, Kourozen, also known as God's country the princess, Matsurika, is troubled by a proposal from Prince Orland of Cantabria, a major power. One night, Matsurika is suddenly kidnapped by an intruder and brought to the open sea.The man, Raju, who calls himself a pirate, says he will sacrifice Matsurika on the legendary altar, to attain his wish---The princess of God's country, the pirate surrounded by mystery.A pirate tale about an ancient lore and the legendary altar. Let the battle begin!!!
Danna ga Nani o Itte Iru ka Wakaranai Ken
2014-06-08
The manga follows the daily life of an earnest, hardworking office lady named Kaoru and her otaku husband, who is totally immersed in a certain huge net bulletin board system.
Switch (mochizuki Karin)
2011-01-14
Kei is a quiet student that doesn't really like adults or teachers too much. However, after getting to know her English teacher, she begins to fall for him.-- Manga Updates
Body and Soul
2011-02-11
From Shoujo Manga Maniac:Body & Soul is a manga "wellness guide," and also a surprising and touching love story. The initial story of Miku's quest for health precedes a fantastic love adventure, where love appears little by little, and where we don't expect it...
Mangaka-san to Assistant-san to
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. A Life Description about the Mangaka Aito Yuuki and his Assistant Ashisu Sahoto.Aito-san doesn't understand the feelings of the characters on his stories. So He asks Ashisu to help him. Ashisu would do everything for the work. She would even let him touch her breast so he will know how it feels like?!The Habit?! The Pervert?! Can we understand them? That's the Comedy of a Mangaka Life.The mangaka alternates between the standard style and the 4koma.
Take Over Zone (Yaoi)
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Welcome to the lives and tangled loves of the Track and Field team! Stern coach Wada, dedicated and enthusiastic runner Ogasawara, kind and gentle captain Takashima, playful, teasing 2nd year Yamauchi, stoic and bad-tempered Konno and talented former runner Hashimoto Mizuki who must overcome the past if he wants to run again.
antique bakery dj you're not even human (Yaoi)
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Kanari Hitodenashi - Pairing: Kuze Shouhei x Ono YuusukeThis is a story about right after Ono gets rejected by Tachibana and ends up going to that gay bar. Right away he finds someone and ends up sleeping with him. (from Anna)Hatsukoi - Pairing: Katagiri x OnoOno's Kitchen Dream - Pairing: Chikage x OnoOno is talking to Kanda about a sex scenario involving him and Chikage after he admires Chikage looking sexy. (from Anna)Neko To Ojisan - Pairing: Shouhei Kuze x Kazutoshi SaikiShouhei Kuze, the first man Ono slept with, uses Ono's charms to bag himself a homophobe for the night.Kouzuka No Ehon - Pairing: VariousSome yaoi fangirls decide to come into the Antique Bakery and begin to speculate the type of pairings that could exist amongst the staff. Very funny, you got to just love Ono and Tachibana in this doujinshi! (from neutral)Eien Wa Arimasu Ka? - Pairing: Ono x TachibanaOno ends up pretty beat after sleeping with someone. After that occurs, he goes to Tachibana's place crying and Tachibana does the first aid thing on him. While Tachibana is giving Ono a shower (he's washing his hair for him), Ono ends up crying and seducing Tachibana. Which ends up with Ono completely molesting Tachibana of course... (from Anna)Akuma No Youna Otoko - Pairing: Chikage x OnoChikage volunteers to go back to Ono's apartment with him during work hours in case the abusive former boyfriend is still there.Aoi Tori - Pairing: Chikage x OnoOno moves to a new apartment, and Chikage and Ono try to figure out what their relationship will be now.Tameiki wo Tsukinagara - Pairing: Chikage x OnoOno cheats on Chikage, gets sick, and talks to Tachibana.Tanabata No Yoru - Pairing: Chikage x OnoOno's flashback on school days when he first fell in love with Tachibana.[Chapter 10 is missing]- Will Be Reported Soon.
R.i.p.
2011-01-14
Transylvania Rose is a bored angel who descends to Earth to clean a few souls. When she witnesses a depressed undertaker slitting his wrists, Rose rips off one of her wings and gives it to the undertaker, trapping them both somewhere between heaven and he
Touhou Sangetsusei - Oriental Sacred Place
2011-01-14
Plot: Continuation of Touhou Sangatsusei ~ Strange and Bright Nature Deity.
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Onisarashi-hen
2011-01-27
Plot: Summer 1983...Hinamizawa is a tranquil village, but its inhabitants have been plagued by strange deaths and unexplained disappearances seemingly every year. Some say it's the terrifying curse of Hinamizawa's legendary deity, Oyashiro-sama, causing victims to be spirited away by monsters, but is this town harboring dark, horrying secrets even more sinister than any supersition or myth?In Onisarashi-hen, a former resident of Hinamizawa named Natsumi is introduced, and her life after the Hinamizawa disaster is explored.A year had passed since Natsumi's family moved to this city. Natsumi became acquainted with her new life, surrounded by friends as they went home together peacefully every day.However, the news streamed through the television one day would change her fate substantially. A toxic gas disaster had occurred at a rural village. Furthermore, the village that got caught in the disaster was the one that Natsumi's family used to live in. Shocked by the incident, Natsumi's grandmother told her "this is Oyashiro-sama's curse'. What is this "Oyashiro-sama's curse" that grandmother is speaking of...?The event marked the beginning of grandmother's eccentric behavior. A dissonant tone within the family indeed. As the calmness becomes concealed with each passing day, the uncertainties in Natsumi's life begin to appear...The story is divided into a total of eight chapters: four "Question" arcs and four "Answer" arcs. Each chapter keeps the same main characters, but ends in a different way. However, each chapter gives valuable answers, hints, and clues to the previous one, while at the same time bringing forth even more mysteries.The question arcs are:Onikakushi-hen,Watanagashi-hen,Tatarigoroshi-hen andHimatsubushi-hen.The answer arcs are:Meakashi-hen,Tsumihoroboshi-hen,Minagoroshi-hen andMatsuribayashi-hen.The side story arcs are: Onisarashi-hen, Yoigoshi-hen, and Utsutsukowashi-hen
Dororon Enbi-chan
2014-08-04
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Based off Dororon Enma-kun but with the genders reversed! Also has an extra story.(Source: Manga Updates)Related:> Dororon Enma-Kun( http://www.mangago.com/read-manga/dororon-enma-kun/ )> Satanikus Enma Kerberos( http://www.mangago.com/read-manga/satanikus-enma-kerberos/ )
Chicha Koi Nikki
2015-04-17
Nakamura Yukiko is a 13 year old middle school student, who lives together with her mother and her big brother. Since her mother got a new job, her family has recently moved from a small village in the mountains to the local town. Yukiko, however, misses her friends from the village and has problems adapting to the fast-paced town life. Will she ever come to like her new home?
Yume Yume You You
2011-01-14
Yume Yume * You You is about Kagura Yume, a girl with a twin sister who hogs the spotlight. Yume feels inferior to her sister since she's smarter, prettier, and more popular than her.One day, while slacking off on her studies, Yume discovers a mysteriou
Junjou Mistake (Yaoi)
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Isaka is secretly in love with his caretaker and former childhood friend Asahina. However, Asahina seems to be obsessed with Isaka's father... or so it seems.NOTE: This story is tied into Junjou Romantica, involving Akihiko's editor and his secretary, t
Not/love (Yaoi)
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Sex and an insider perspective in exchange for a place to stay. That's the deal young prostitute Bun strikes with jaded detective Daisuke.But how long can their relationship last when they’re both insisting that it's Not/Love?Miyamoto Kano's "Walker
One Piece dj - Jakkureira (Can you say you love me?) (Yaoi)
2014-10-10
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Pairing: Zoro x Sanji
Ubatte Choudai (Yaoi)
2015-01-19
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. College student, Yuugo, is under heavy attack by his supper good-looking best friend, Masatoshi! As much as he keeps telling himself, "We're both men!", Yuugo is quickly losing ground! Especially when Masatoshi decided to make his move and forcibly kissed him!
Go! Baajinaru Hanayuki
2011-01-14
From Nekohana:It all starts when Tomoe's hair gets caught in Kouga's button. Like a red-string of fate they're tied together. Through a twist of that fate Tomoe is forced to work in a house of prostitution lead by the Yakuza (Japanese gangsters/mafia),
Himikoi
2012-08-23
From Osuwari Team:What if the secret she could never tell was revealed, just before her high school graduation? So that she could face the feelings of Yoshii, who she has a crush on, the two of them begin a secret game in their secret place. With the last day of school threatening, what will be the outcome of her love...?
Kagerou Daze Official Anthology Comic -SUMMER-
2014-04-13
An anthology of comedic Kagerou Daze stories set in the summer by various authors:1) Illusion Summers by Aki Arata2) Summer Festival by Osora3) Black Horror Memory by Satou Toshio4) Stranded Days. by Ayane Shikihito5) Kisaragi ☆ Summer Project by Komesuke6) Start the Festival! by Ooshima Renmei7) With a Clear Mind, Even Fires Will Cool by Sada Uoji8) Your Voice and Soda Ice Cream by Itokichi9) Flowing Noodles Warning by Toudzuki Youko10) A Common Summer Story at the Beach by Tanaka Strike11) Perfect Weather for Laundry by Peco12) Konoha, Summer, and I (Physics) by Ryuuseee13) Mekakushi Summer Vacation! by WannyanpuuRelated:> Kagerou Daze( http://www.mangago.com/read-manga/kagerou-daze/ )
Happy Yarou Wedding (Yaoi)
2011-02-11
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Kimono Series Book 1"I'm Tsuzaki Yuuhi. For some reason I am working as housekeeper for Professor Toudou Akira... even though he has a son, I... am in love?!" Introduces also Saijo Chiharu and Kazuki Toudou.
Le Portrait De Petite Cosette
2011-01-14
From Tokyopop:Eiri Kurahashi is an art school student, with a job at a local antique store. It's there that he develops a strange obsession. He finds himself entranced by a portrait of a Victorian-era girl named Cossette. It's a portrait with a strange history--everyone who has owned it has been murdered in a bizarre fashion. But the story runs much deeper than that. Cossette was savagely murdered by her lover, who also happens to be the artist who painted the portrait. When the new owner of the portrait nearly kills himself, Eiri decides to get involved. And that's when Cossette begins speaking to him...
Sayonara Sorcier
2014-02-24
In the late 19th century in Paris, Theodorus van Gogh, famous art dealer in Paris and the branch manager of the prestigious Goupil & Cie patroned exclusively by Bourgeoisie clients, seeks to embrace new art talents and techniques. However, the period is full of the prestigious and conservative who think that art belongs solely to the upper echelon of the society whereas commoners are considered as unable to appreciate art.Stating that "Destroying the system from within is more interesting", Thedorus struggles to overcome the obstacle by bring forth works which depict the truth and daily lives of people which are not acknowledged by the academy.Rank #1 in Kono Manga ga Sugoi 2014.
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
Kidou Senshi Gundam: Acguy Hokubei Oudan 2250 Miles
2015-03-08
This story takes place during December 0079 U.C. where two brothers are forced to traverse the North American territory as the rear guard of the retreating Principality of Zeon forces, using MSM-04 Acguy amphibious mobile suits, after the Principality fails to capture the Earth Federation's headquarters at Jaburo. However it doesn't take long before these two brothers are the only ones left alive and are faced with the prospect of travelling over two thousand miles, without supplies and backup.
Haikyu!! Dj - Nyankyu!!
2015-04-02
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Pairing: Kuroo x Kenma
Kindan no Amai Kajitsu (Yaoi)
2011-02-11
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. (taken from liquid passion) collection of one shots featuring taboo relationships. We have teachers with students, students engaging in threesomes, doctors and patients enjoying each other.2) In My Room- When Misaki's older boyfriend kicks him out, he moves in with sex friend Makino and his roommate Youji as their maid. Job details include cooking, cleaning, and sex!3)Window Seat Paranoia- Yuzuki finally gets his coveted window seat, though now he also sits next to super good student, Kiryuu. But Kiryuu turns out to be an alright guy, though sometimes he gives Yuzuki some strange looks...4)The Distance Between You and Me- Okutsu's gay and has a crush on his drinking buddy Suou. When Suou sees him with a sex friend, Okutsu figures their relationship is over, but Suou surprises him with a proposition.5)Satisfy Me With a Real Kiss- Student council president Masaki has never lacked for sex partners and has no intention of settling down. But when cute and direct Tomoru tranfers into his school, Masaki is determined to catch him. Will his promiscuous ways end up destroying his chances with his latest love?
Horimiya
2012-09-05
From MangaHelpers:Hori may seem like a normal teenage girl, but she's a completely different person after school. In her workaholic parents' absence, Hori has been like a parent for her little brother since she was young herself. Between taking care of her brother, feeding them both, and housework, she doesn't have much time for a usual teenage social life. One day, she meets someone else who does not present his true self at school: a quiet, glasses-wearing boy called Miyamura. She'd assumed he was bookish, and possibly an otaku, but Hori couldn't have been more wrong. Outside of school, Miyamura is a friendly guy with many piercings, and he's not very good at academics. Now the two of them have someone with whom they can share both halves of their lives! [tethysdust]From Shoujo Crusade:Hori is your average teenage girl... she has a side she wants no one else to ever find about. Then there's her classmate Miyamura, your generic glasses-wearing boy in school and a totally different person outside. When the two meet unexpectedly, they discover each others' secrets and develop an unexpected friendship.
Undercurrent
2011-01-14
The manga begins as Kanae Sekiguchi, proprietor of the Tsuki no Yu bathhouse, struggles to reopen her business after the unexplained disappearance of her husband...
Milky Boy
2011-01-27
Plot: CheSuBin is a sparkling high school girl with a height complex; this, however, has launched her into the modeling industry. There is just one problem... she has to pose as a male model! What kind of misfortune has fallen upon her? For a girl who's under a lot of stress, it just might prove to be fortunate. And her fellow student and CF Model, GanUnKyuk, just might trigger her love someday: "For you to see my true feelings~ would my pitiful self end up hurting?!"
Koutetsu No Hanappashira
2012-02-08
Omaezaki Sanemichi was born into a near-perfect existence. His family is wealthy and powerful, and he's good-natured, smart, and athletic as well! All the girls at his high school dream of having a Cinderella-style romance with him, and, though they are desperately jealous of him, none of the boys can come up with a legitimate reason to publicly hate him.But one day the unthinkable happens: Sanemichi's family's flagship company collapses, and his father flees. Sanemichi and his former servants, the teenage siblings Natsuno and Asasuzu and the absent-minded old man Furukawa, are left without a dime. Will Sanemichi be able to maintain his gentlemanly behavior despite the humiliation and many hardships that face him?Â
Tsuki No Sango
2012-08-15
The story takes place in approximately the year 3000, when humankind arrived at the peak of its civilization, but is loosing it's will to keep living. It follows a girl, called "princess" by those around her, living on a small island with a fifty person colony and a shinning coral reef. She is descendent of Moon people, and it focuses upon how her ancestor supposedly came to Earth.
Yuusha Mushoku
2012-09-09
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Original douijinshi about the unemployed female Hero, Mahiro, and the three girls around her.Done by Harada Takehito, famous for being the artist for several games made by Nippon Ichi. Published under the circle, Haradaya.
Dokonimo Nai Kuni (Yaoi)
2013-02-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. [From Nakama]For a captain and a subordinate, pure love is born out of an unfeeling time of war, strict rules and order, and a superior-subordinate relationship. Settled in the southern front, a subordinate, Hayakawa, is often punished for causing minor problems by the strict captain, Takeuchi. However there is a secret between the two of them… The war ends, and time passes by. The two return to Japan on their decommissioned ship and decide to live together, but…
Asaekkiga
2014-05-18
Bizarre and funny comic strips by Yang Young-soon.Note: The chapter order does not currently reflect any actual ordering. Each chapter/strip is self-contained and they can be read in any order. The current ordering is just based off of available translations.
Aitsu Ni Koishita Yottsu No Wake
2015-12-05
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. These stories about 4 typical high school girls' love life are Yokoyama Mayumi first work.Story 1: A Real WorldAfter 2 years Eri gets back together with her ex-boyfriend.Story 2: Lip LockNina made him break his "right hand" so she tries to make it
Liar Game - Roots of A
2014-02-09
Roots of A is essentially a manga short featuring Akiyama during his senior year of college. In it, Akiyama and four of his classmates are taking a criminal psychology course and given an assignment where they must construct a profile of a person based on a letter they sent. This outcome of the assignment, plus what the professor says afterwards, is what prompts Akiyama to enter grad-school and continue to study psychology.
Uso To Kiss (Yaoi)
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Can love overcome all? One night stands rarely lead to the sweet romance that everyone dreams of - but for Haru and Tatsuya, maybe they're the lucky ones. Meeting by chance at the bar where Haru works part-time, Tatsuya is immediately attracted.After th
Sayonara Football
2011-12-15
Onda Nozomi is in her second year on the middle school soccer team but has yet to play a single game because she is a girl. Growing up playing soccer, she has the technical skills, endurance and the elegance. However, as a girl, she can’t overcome the physical difference and she can see all her male teammates that she grew up playing soccer with get further and further away from her. Even her younger brother, Junpei, who is also on the team, is starting to rise above her. Coach Samejima sees that Nozomi is an amazing player but because soccer is such a physical sport, he can’t let her play. Nozomi isn’t the kind of girl that just gives up so she practices harder than anyone and drives the team in the hopes of one day playing in a game.
Senpai (Bikke)
2013-01-11
(From Baka-Updates) Fujinami Kou is a high school second-year who had lost his boyfriend, an upperclassman schoolmate, to a car accident an year previously. On the anniversary of Misumi senpai's death, Kou is dispirited and contemplating skipping school. Kakitsubata Saki, a first-year, sees him and offers help, assuming that he's ill. As Kou startles at the sight of Saki's face and mentions that he resembles "the person I used to go out with", the younger boy is instantly intrigued and resolves to discover his sorrowful, introverted upperclassman's secret.
Macaroni
2011-01-14
Plucked out of his small country village, Robin is headed for a long journey with two guys he must depend on: a lawless and possible cheat named Ted Viper and a ladies' man named Sydney Rush.Mamahara mixes silly Western with a fun shonen-ai tale very we
Medaka Box
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Kurokami Medaka, a first year, is elected as Student Council President, and the first thing she does is establish a suggestion box. Since she was just elected as Student Council President, she's holding all the Student Council's responsibilities, and wearing their armbands.So, she asks her childhood friend Hitoyoshi Zenkichi, for help.
Pet Oshigotochuu (Yaoi)
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Mizuki has just lost his job. Without money or a place to live, Mizuki has no choice but to stay with his older brother in his company dorm room. Since non-employees are not allowed in the dorm, Mizuki must live there in secret, like a house cat. At first
Competition Training Love Swim (Yaoi)
2013-06-25
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. not found...
Onnanoko Awase
2013-09-07
A collection of short stories:• Tenshi na Kanojo (Angelic Girl)• Girls' Union
Hatsukoi Monster
2015-01-31
15 years old Kaho comes from a rich family. One day, she is saved by a boy from a truck. She immediately fall in love with him. He agrees to go out with her but there is something she didn't know about him : he is in elementary school.
Hajishirazu Na Yoru (Yaoi)
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Collection of oneshots: 1) Mika Tsuki no Kimi (You at the New Moon)Teruya has been in love with his teacher and local temple priest, Kaoru-sensei, since he was seven. But sensei just won't believe him! What will it take to get his attention?2) Aisarete mo Inai (Not Loved)It's been twelve years since Detective Andou lost his leg in an accident saving punk kid Jurouta. Jurouta's cleaned up his act since then, but it hasn't diminished his guilt, or his feelings for Andou. But when teenager Takemura wanders into their lives, he upsets the delicate balance between the two men.3) Yawara Kana Onto (Gentle Warmth)A man with a fetish for teddy bear gets the surprise of a lifetime when he wakes up to another man who looks like one...4) Shameless NightNanase is constantly bombarded by people who want him. They stalk and harass him, wanting to have lunch or (more to the point) sex. Because of this, Nanase relies on his cousin, Wataru, for protection against all the crazy stalkers, perverts, and freaks after his body. But in trying to gain Wataru's approval, Nanase seems to have lost him, and when he finds out the truth about Wataru, will he still avoid the intimacy of love?5) Amai Karada (Sweet Body)En has been with Ayumu-sama since he was a child, tempted with delicious cakes, and taking care of the disabled Ayumu-sama, heir to a great fortune. But Ayumu is capricious, and when his younger brother tries to "borrow" En, Ayumu chases poor En away. Can Ayumu live without En's sweet body?6) Mika Tsuki no Kimi (You at the New Moon) extra - New Moon GloomKarou-sensei realizes that Teruya has gotten tall and strong, something that Teruya reminds him with with a quick flip. Accused of having lost his sweet & innocent charm, Teruya frets and wonders: did he lose all his appeal?
Kindai Renai
2011-01-14
Collection of 9 oneshots:1) Enduring Broken Love2) Eve's Fruit3) Soloist4) Prayer Beads5) Thanks6) Constellation Fortune7) Breakfast8) Bonsai9) Paper Bag
Wadatsumi
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. In an postapocalyptic world practically covered with water, Wadatsumi, a boy who lives in that he think to be the last earth piece, knows a mysterious girl dragged by the waves of the sea.Where she comes from? There are more zones of earth in the world?! (Source: mangaupdates)