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Haru Meguru
2014-02-28
Life can be so wonderful as terrible.The young Umeno, bullied since she started high school, decided to put an end to her life, but her suicide attempt failed and she survives. And it's precisely in the hospital that fate seems to provide her a new beginning, she'll know people who would show her a different meaning of life, above all a boy her own age in a terminal illness ...Can hope germinate even in the coldest of winters?
Grand Doll
2015-06-04
On his way home from school, the shy young boy Tecchin finds the body of a young girl lying in the street. He alerts the police, only to come back to find she has been replaced with a life-sized doll. Tecchin takes the doll home and repairs it. She comes to life and tells him that they are both Grand Dolls, alien beings bent on world domination.
Drifters
2011-01-14
Plot: The story of Drifters takes place during Japan's Sengoku period (roughly XV to XVII century), a time of constant warring between the island's states, and a natural setting of choice for samurai stories.
Fruits Basket
2014-06-25
Tohru Honda has been living in a tent since her mother dies in a car accident, but ends up living instead with Yuki Sohma, her school's "prince", along with his relatives Shigure and Kyo. But Tohru soon discovers that the Sohma clan has a secret of it's own: certain members of the family are possessed by the animals of the Zodiac, so whenever they are hugged by a member of the opposite sex they turn into that animal! Tohru promises to keep their secret and vows to somehow break the curse, and she may just end up healing the Sohma clan members in other ways as well...From Baka-Updates:Tohru Honda, an orphaned high school girl, is taken in by the wealthy Shigure Sohma when he realizes she has nowhere else to go. However, the Sohma family shares a secret, and it isn't long before Tohru discovers that there's a reason why her classmates, Yuki and Kyo Sohma, never let girls get near them, and never talk about their lives before they lived with Shigure. And before she knows it, Tohru has become so tangled up in the lives of each member of the Sohma family that she couldn't leave even if she wanted to. As she learns more and more about the truth of the Sohma family and the nature of their secrets, she desperately searches for a way that she can save them. But what can one girl do, especially when it seems that she may have been part of someone's plan all along . . .Fruits Basket received the 2001 Kodansha Manga Award in the sh?jo manga category and the "Best Manga" award at the 2007 American Anime Awards.
High School
2011-01-14
Jo Pae, who is not really a sane boy, in this current era, wants to become emperor of Korea... His first step when he enters high school is to become the leader of the strongest school there is. Unexpectedly, he actually takes down all of the school's yankees.Jo Pae is now the enemy to kill! All rival schools want his head, whatever the means!
Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni - Himatsubushi
2011-01-14
After moving into the quiet town of Hinamizawa, Maebara Keiichi spends his days blissfully in school often playing games with his local friends. However, appearances can be deceiving. One fateful day, Keiichi stumbles upon news of a murder that had occurred in Hinamizawa. From this point on, horrific events unfold in front of Keiichi, as he soon learns his close friends may not be all that they seem. Based on the amateur mystery game by 7th Expansion, the story is told in a series of different scenarios.Himatsubushi is the fourth in a series of manga following the different scenarios of the Higurashi games. It focuses on Akasaka Mamoru, a police investigator from Tokyo and his visit to Hinamizawa a few years before the murders.
Marine Blue
2011-01-14
From M.N.M.:Young Chaeyeon has just lost her father and suddenly ends up living on an island with her grandfather. That's where she'll meet a strange boy coming from the sea who will change her life. Apparently mute, the young man will quickly give proo
Sailor Moon
2011-01-14
'Manga' Main Story: Vol.1-10, 12-18Short Storys: Vol.011, 019The Manga Art Books: Vol.A'Anime' TokyoPop SE: Vol.B Ch.001.1-005 (Traslated for from the Japanes Books, and part of the German FB)German FanBooks (FanBuch): Vol.B Ch.007-018Scolastic Novel:Vol.C Ch. 001Kodansha Books: Vol.C Ch.003Smile Novels (Tokyopop): Vol.C Ch.004Usagi Tsukino is just a normal 8th grader: a bit lazy, a crybaby, and not the best student; but a great friend with a big heart. Usagi's normal life changes forever when she meets a talking cat named Luna, who gives her a magical broach, which can transform her into the soldier of love and justice, Sailor Moon. Usagi must find the other Sailor Soldiers, Moon Princess, and a powerful stone known as the Silver Millennium Crystal, in order to defeat an evil enemy. This foe is also searching for the Crystal, and if it falls into their hands, the world as they know it could end. And then there's Tuxedo Mask, a masked man with hidden intentions – is he friend or foe? Deep inside, Usagi hopes for him to be an ally.Note: A few name changes were made to the English version of the manga that might confuse some people. In brief, they are:Usagi Tsukino – Serena "Bunny" TsukinoAmi – AmyRei – RayeMakoto – LitaMinako – MinaMamoru Chiba – Darien ShieldsChibiusa – RiniSetsuna – TristaHaruka– AmaraMichiru– Michelle**For more, go to the manga 'CodeName: Sailor V' to read more about the adventures of Sailor Venus and Artemis, before they joined the Sailor Soldiers.**
Trouble G
2011-01-14
Jin-Hung has an unusual power. She can see ghosts and make them disappear with a single word!.One day, walking through the streets, she sees a guy about to get hit by a car. Jin-Hung runs to him to help him only to discover he was a ghost!But he was n
Yu-Gi-Oh!
2011-01-14
Sitting by himself in the back of the class, 10th-grader Yugi always had his head in some game--until he solved the Millennium Puzzle, an Egyptian artifact containing the spirit of a master gambler from the age of the pharaohs! Awakened after three thousand years, the King of Games possesses Yugi, recklessly challenging bullies and evil-doers to the Shadow Games, where the stakes are high, and even the most ordinary bet may result in weirdness and danger beyond belief! Let the games...begin!
Hinamizawa Bus Stop
2012-02-22
In the recesses of mountain... there's a bus stop at outskirts of a village, it's called "Hinamizawa bus stop". Rika, a female high-school student, together with her junior, Mion visit this place. Twisted relationships that are concerned with the dam construction in Hinamizawa, and the stories of the curse of "Oyashiro-sama" that takes root in this area. What waiting for them is a tragedy, or else...?
Sai:taker - Futari No Artemis
2012-04-03
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. In the future, an energy source called "Life" has become incredibly important. Certain people are able to synchronize with devices called "Sai" which gives them the ability to extract "Life" and have super powers. These people are known as "Sai Takers." Within the "Sai Takers" there is an even smaller group, "Original Takers." "Original Takers" have a contract with a magical device, and they can manipulate "Life" without the use of a "Sai." These powerful people are also immortal, and they only die if they run out of "Life." The world admires "Sai Takers," but "Original Takers" are careful to keep their identities secret. Nanase Kyouya is an ordinary teenage boy, who moved in with the girls Igarashi Kyouka and Yuma after the death of his parents. Yuma is a "Sai Taker," but Kyouka is an "Original Taker." One day, he goes with them to see a new model under testing of a magical device, based after Kyouka's. After a deadly terrorist attack, Kyouka desperately contracts Kyouya to the new device model to save his life. The device has some side effects, however, one of which is that it transforms Kyouya into a girl! Now Kyouya is secretly an "Original Taker", and he must go to the elite "Sai Taker" school, as a girl, with Yuma. Will he be able to keep enough "Life" to stay alive? Will he be able to navigate his life as a girl? What other side effects of this device lie in wait for him?
Aru to Neri to Sono Shuuhen (Yaoi)
2012-04-06
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. From Stiletto Heels:Alvin Dolce (nicknamed Al) is a self-proclaimed third-rate politician who is currently living together with his lover Neri. Things go well for the two until an impending campaign run urges Alvin away to Milano. Neri, uninterested in politics, turns down Alvin's invitation to join him there, and Alvin, distrusting Neri's loyalty in the relationship, takes off for Milano alone.Contains other stories about Al and about the boisterious and loveable people in his life.Â
Today's Romantics Club Manhwa
2012-04-24
Guy Kim is busy.Soo Ri Oh is busy.So Ryong Rhee is busy.Eun Rae Lee is busy.Everyone is busy actually.That's why we all have the right to romanticize.Forever young.Those that are tired of the busy life~ We provide the best romanticism you require!Soo Ri Oh is busy.So Ryong Rhee is busy.Eun Rae Lee is busy.Everyone is busy actually.That's why we all have the right to romanticize.Forever young.Those that are tired of the busy life~ We provide the best romanticism you require!Original webcomic
Kunoichi Joshikousei Otonashi-san
2014-02-13
Otonashi-san has just transferred into a perfectly ordinary high school.Silent and impassive, she's actually a kunoichi, a female ninja! (Not that she hides it well...)See what a ninja, the famous traditional Japanese hero, would be like as a high school girl in this off-beat, four-panel manga!Don't miss Otonashi-san's quirky appeal!!
Death Sin
2014-08-28
A seventeen year old boy named Connor must live with a terrible secret. He was born with a cursed Right Eye that draws him to scenes of immense cruelty and violence. Drawn to punish sinners whenever he finds them he must find the reason why he holds the power to send others to Hell.
Guarding
2015-06-02
Lin Xiaoyou, childhood friend of Xi Yu, died at the age of 14, but her spirit refused to pass onto the afterlife. Instead, she stuck around and became Yu's "guardian angel" due to a promise she made to him. Under Xiaoyou's constant guarding, Yu hasn't had a single girlfriend even though he's already 24. Being in a proper relationship has become his goal in life, but such a simple wish brings about a series of terrifying incidents. Is Xiaoyou really a "guardian angel", or is she actually an "evil spirit"?!
Mirai No Utena
2011-01-14
From CMX:Matsuyuki Takeru could not have anticipated the decidedly different turn his life has taken. After his mother's death, life continued at a reasonably normal pace — he studied hard for exams, played fantasy role-playing games, even fell in lov
Overdose (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. Chikao is a gentle soul who has the bad luck of falling in love with Yuuji, a playboy and cheat. Can his love withstand the heartache or will Yuuji go to far?
S. I. D.
2011-05-28
As a little boy, Si Mun, the grandson of a famous shaman, had the ability to see - and communicate with - ghosts. His grandmother gave him a talisman which temporarily rid him of this ability and erased his memories of any supernatural phenomena he had witnessed.Years later, Si Mun is working a hectic, yet ordinary, job as a homicide detective in the Korean police force. His grandmother has since passed on - and the powers she sealed away appear to be reawakening...Original webcomic
Totsugami
2011-10-31
From FairGame:Narukami Tasuku isn't just an average high schooler. He can see a ghost and demons, even thought he doesn't want to. One day he was involve in one incident and found out that his family's were totsugamimori, the one who protect the totsugamizuka. He is the only person in his family that he became a heir of totsugamimori, and now, as a heir of tosugamimori, he was drag into their world...
They Are Something Special Manhwa
2012-06-11
Our young heroine - Choi Lee Na. She has a brother who's the leader of a gang of four members. All four of them are arrogant and one of them seems to be a playboy. On one stormy night, Lee Na somehow bumps into one of them and ever since then, she cant forget about him. Could this be the beginning of love?
Legendary Gambler Tetsuya
2012-06-29
In the year 1947, the people of Shinjuku are down on their luck. With little money to buy food or necessities, some resort to gambling in order to survive. Traveling Tetsuya chooses to spend his time at Mahjong parlors where he is wiping the floor clean with his adversaries. However, Tetsuya meets the intensely-skilled Boushu-san, this is when he realizes that his skills are still lacking.
Hachi Ichi
2012-07-13
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Kiss Scans:Shinichirou would rather spend his life playing games on the internet, but sadly he's a heir to a company. His grandfather deems his current life-style unfit for a heir, so he throws him into a house with eight young and beautiful girls. What's more, within one year he'll have to choose one of them as his bride. What will happen to him now?Â
Koe No Katachi
2013-02-27
(from MyAnimeList) A one-shot about a middle school class that accepts a girl with impaired hearing. Although this one-shot won the 80th Weekly Shounen Magazine Newbie Best Mangaka Award, the vector of the content made it difficult for publication on any manga magazine, until it was picked up, after months of legal dispute, by the February edition of Bessatsu Shounen Magazine, where it got first place despite its being a one-shot. This one-shot was recently publicized again on the 12th edition of the 2013 Weekly Shounen Magazine.
Norn 9 - Norn Nonet
2015-01-20
The story takes place a little in the future. Guided by one particular song, young elementary-schooler Suzuhara Sorata, from the Heisei Era, is warped through a time skip to an unfamiliar place that looks much like the towns from the Meiji or Taishou period from his textbooks. In this world, he meets three young ladies and nine young men and joins them on a journey aboard the mysterious Norn ship, a giant globe that floats in midair. (Source wiki)
Stand by Me (Yaoi)
2014-12-27
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Story of Hatta Shuuji's encounter with problem-child and popular model Haru. Incidentally Shuuji is the childhood friend and ex-housekeeper of Maruyama Mie from .
Bremen
2011-01-14
Reiji and Kasuga head out to Tokyo to become the "Gods of Rock," but they seem to always attract trouble. On their way, Hayama Ryo and Fujii Ran join them in their quest. Despite its rockstar type look, this manga really is about action.
Ensemble (yubi)
2011-01-14
Becomming part of a family...Bohm(Spring in Korean), on his way to give his dad, Detective Kim,(who's been working for 10-days-straight) some underpants at the police station, sees a girl by a vending machine and wishes to see her again...Mahnsoo, the
Just 20cm Away From You (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. Hidaka Atsushi and Sakaki Youichi have known each other since senior high school, and are now going to the same college together. They share a "rotten relationship", according to Atsushi, who, at one time, gave in to temptation and slept with his friend. Disgruntled about having to play the "bottom" role (since Youichi is 20cm taller than him), Atushi seeks out a smaller, cute boy to whom he can play seme to.
Maruhi Ren'ai Choukyou - Host Yuugi
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. Kai is the number one host. A young handsome man, who wears the mask the perfect gentleman and lover. If you have the money! Kai cares only for money and will gladly do anything for it. Is this cold, cruel lady killer even capable of loving? One
S+
2011-01-14
This is basically about a group called ICA who one day show up at school and took Akane away telling her to provide information about her brother Akihei but she refuses to. After a while she changed her mind and agree to help them because she only wants Akihei to herself.
Seishun Danshi Shugei Club (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. The craft's club president at Seishun Boy's High is nothing but an exceptional beauty, Kurone Kanae is known throughout the school body. A mid year enrollment student, Matsuda Mirayoshi makes a sudden decision in joining the club upon setting his eyes on
Soko Wa Nemuri No Mori
2011-01-14
Consists of three oneshots:1) Soko wa Nemuri no Mori - Yui has stopped growing because of something that happened when she was 12 years old. One day, 18-year-old Yuri found a young man with amnesia near the hidden cottage she lives in, and brought him
Kageno datte Seishun Shitai
2015-02-16
Meet Kageno, the super dull, glasses wearing, short first year high school girl. She has no friends and envies people who are enjoying their youth. Meet Mitsunaga Youta, the most popular handsome guy in school. Girls constantly confesses their love to him, but he has no plans of dating anyone. After a string of events, he decides to ask Kageno to be his fake girlfriend for a month in order to stop the girls from confessing to him in exchange for his friendship. How will Kageno face all the ordeal that is about to come?This is the beginning of a love comedy between the school idol and the negative girl.
Baraou No Souretsu
2013-11-04
Richard, the ambitious third son of the House of York, believes he is cursed, damned from birth to eternal darkness. But is it truly fate that sets him on the path to personal destruction? Or his own tormented longings? Based on an early draft of Shakespeare’s Richard III, Aya Kanno's dark fantasy finds the man who could be king standing between worlds, between classes, between good and evil.
Like Doodling
2013-12-15
Original webtoon: http://comics.nate.com/webtoon/detail.php?btno=61463&bsno=340936#view
Haru Matsu Bokura
2015-01-25
From Summer Rain:Mizuki had always dreamt of breaking out of her shell and finding true friends as she enters high school. However, she suddenly encounters a group of four good-looking guys from the basketball team, guiding her life into an unexpected direction...?
666 Satan
2011-01-14
Ruby Crescent is an ordinary girl, who likes to go out with boys and shop. Her life is changed dramatically when her father dies and she becomes a treasure hunter as he was. Her objective is to find O-Parts -- magical items hidden under the ground which grant people superhuman powers and can only be used by an O.P.T. (O-Part Tactician) or descendant of the Angel and Devil. She soon meets a mysterious boy named Jio who, due to having a dark, lonely past, seeks to conquer the world. Jio is hostile to her at first, but ends up travelling with Ruby as her bodyguard. When Ruby is attacked by an O.P.T. claiming to be Satan, Jio rushes to her rescue and a battle occurs. Initially they are on the losing side, but Jio releases his true power and is revealed to be not only an O.P.T., but the real Satan. Thus, the two continue to travel together in hopes of unlocking their pasts.
Hell's Kitchen
2011-10-02
From: Easy Going Scans Dogma, the Earl of Poor eating comes to train high school student Satoru into the perfect chef. But what awaits Satoru at the end of his training is only death. His teacher is not an ordinary noble but a demon from hell who promises to eat his soul, spiced with a lifetime of cooking expertise. Will Satoru abandon his normal life to become the puppet of this demonic earl? How will he cope with his life's expiry tag? Let’s have a taste of this Heresy Gourmet!Â
Bengo!
2011-01-14
Long ago Bengo was a feminine weak looking child who was bullied in school. Koudai was the first to stand up for Bengo. Eventually the two had become good friends until they had to part ways, under some unfortunate circumstances. In the present, Koudai is a lawyer renowned for his massive losing streak, who is assigned to a new sure loss case. While meeting with his new wacky client, a familiar face appears… (Synopsis from OMFGG scans)
Capeta
2011-01-14
Taira Capeta was a 4th grader boy. He had lost his mother when he had been very little. Although he pretended to be tough in front of his father, actually he felt lonely. One day, his father brought junk parts home from his workplace and made a racing kart. Soon, they went to a circuit to drive the kart. However, Capeta found that its frame was bent and it could hardly run straight. But, with his technique he managed the kart. Furthermore, he followed soon after the fast kart and he could nearly leave it behind. The driver in the kart was Minamoto Naomi, the champion of the East Japan Junior Kart. Looking at their chase, Naomi’s mother, Minamoto Nanako, advised Capeta to take part in the official race.This manga won the Kodansha Manga Award for sh?nen in 2005.
Mr. Fullswing
2011-01-14
From Ignition-One:Baseball, girls, gags, and one big idiot, that's Mr Fullswing for you. The new generation of sports/gag manga has been born with the release of this insane series. So what are you waiting for? Get to reading!
Card Captor Sakura
2011-01-24
One day, Sakura Kinomoto accidentally opened a book containing dozens of magical cards called Clow Cards, and they scattered around her hometown of Tomoeda. Sakura was chosen to be the master of these cards and has been enlisted by the sun-based guardian Kerberos to use her magic and reclaim these cards before they make any more trouble in town. She is encouraged by her best friend Tomoyo Daidouji, and she meets a rival cardcaptor, Syaoran Li, who is a direct descendant of the creator of the Clow Cards.
Everyday Smile (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. Collection of oneshots:1. Hinata (In the Sun)A boy who's been scarred from abuse from his parents finds safety and love in the peaceful life of a retired photographer and his newborn.The sequel to this story is the fifth story of A Bird in a Dream.2. Hohoemi no Nichijou (Everyday Smile)The cheerful smile of a fellow coworker brings out the softer side of the otherwise emotionless business chief.3. Koibito no Kaikata (How to Own A Lover)A rather reluctant salaryman is faced with the exasperating advances of a fellow coworker, who insists on being his pet.4. Omowaku no Arika (Where Expectations Lie)Everyone thinks Kouzuki is cute and harmless, but the truth is quite different and Masayuki is about to find that out...5. Bousoushinka no Yukue (The Whereabouts of Runaway Evolution)A story about two brothers and their circumstances.6. Higashi ni aru Uchuu (Ocean in the East)Kyoue wants just one thing; to see the ocean.7. True Expectations (Where Expectations Lie bonus)
Magico
2011-04-03
Sixteen-year-old Emma finally arrives at the capital city Hawk Eye after escaping from being held captive for her entire life. But as soon as she arrives, every man in the city, including the king, falls madly in love with her. She is about to be forced into marriage, but is saved by a sorcerer. The sorcerer identifies himself as Shion, one of the youngest and most talented in the nation. They have met before, but Emma has no recollection.Shion explains to Emma that she is cursed with the Ekidona, a mysterious magic that happens every 500 years where a girl is born with her heart packed with such powerful dark magic that it has the potential to destroy the world. With such power, one could rule the world, and Shion explains to Emma that people are going to try and hunt her down to get her heart. However, Emma is told that there exists a ritual that will rid her of the Ekidona curse but doing so will require a long and arduous process. The first of that being Emma and Shion will have to marry each other...
Cube X Cursed X Curious
2013-06-18
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Adapted from the novel C³One day the high school student Yachi Haruaki received a mysterious black box sent by his father from abroad. It was a "Cursed" object which could assume human form. The black box whose name was Fia came to Haruaki wanting to rid herself of the curse. Together with Haruaki and his boarder Konoha, Fia decides to do helpful things in order to neutralize the negative energy that was built within her, to be free from the curse that bound her.
Love Maniac
2011-08-31
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Plot: Mayu's a looker and she knows it. However, her rotten personality and selfish ways are too much for ANY guy, and she's never been able to date a guy for longer than a month before he dumps her! Things start looking up when she bumps into Miki, a childhood friend she hasn't seen since middle school who has a...very girly side to him, and she finds out that he goes to the same school as her latest crush! She decides to take advantage of this but first she has to butter up to him...instead she finds herself falling for him! Can she really be falling for a guy who paints his nails?!
Kobayashi Ga Kawai Sugite Tsurai!!
2012-12-17
Viz: The comedy starts when the cross-dressing begins! The Kobayashi twins, Mego and Mitsuru, were named after historical figures, but only Mego has grown up with a taste for history. So when Mitsuru is in danger of losing his weekends to extra history classes, he convinces his sister to swap clothes with him and ace his tests! After all, how hard can it be for them to play each other? But Mego can’t rely on just her book smarts in Mitsuru’s all-boys, delinquents’ paradise of a high school. And Mitsuru finds life as a high school girl to be much more complicated than he expected!
Rin (harold Sakuishi)
2012-12-26
Fushimi is a high-school student who also aspires to be a mangaka. Rin is a model who appears to be able to see the future. What will happen in the future?
Kaidan to Odorou, Soshite Anata wa Kaidan de Odoru
2013-12-25
The story is set in a middle school in Shishibone city. Tomohiro Miyajima, the main character of the story, and his group of friends are busy studying for an exam. One day, in search for a thrilling mystery as well as easy money, they take several donation boxes and fabricate a curse to scare everyone: “Ohone-sama’s curseâ€. After scrawling 骨 (bone) all over the chalkboards and spreading rumors of the curse, the donation boxes are quickly filled and the curse becomes a major legend of the school. Of course, only Tomohiro and his friends knew the curse was fake. It wasn’t possible for anything to happen.That is, until they receive a donation of 50,000 yen and a letter to go with it, reading: “Please curse Tanashi Miyokoâ€Immediately after that letter, bullying and crimes in the school escalated, strange incidents occur, and Tomohiro and his friends are left with a much bigger mystery than they wanted to have, that they are forced to investigate by themselves. What happened shouldn’t have happened. Those who are alive should not be alive, those who know what they know shouldn’t have been able to know, and familiar faces are hardly what they seem, but why? And how?—Note: The world that this story is set in is the world shown at the end of Higurashi Kai, where Frederica Bernkastel meets Tanashi Miyoko and Miyoko’s parents do not die.