Training under the legendary Renjirô Uzura, Mamoru is honing his skills as a monster hunter when a fearsome Tengu attacks the shrine! The master and pupil leap to the defence of Mamoru’s younger siblings, but the beast is vicious and begins to acquire power beyond imagining. Will Mamoru be able to defeat the beast to protect his siblings, or will they have to take up the sword and learn his skills?

In the mountains above Japan, Mamoru Yamaemori spends his days tending to his family shrine, fighting Tengu – monsters who feast on human flesh – and making sure his two younger brothers will never have to pick up his mantle. Unable to escape the life forced upon him by his parents and a dark ritual involving Tengu blood, all he knows is that his existence is a curse: he is destined to die young in the service of others. But to fight monsters, Mamoru must dance that line between loving older brother and mindless beast – or else he risks becoming that which he is sworn to destroy.

The chaos continues in this prequel to the hit anime on Crunchyroll, as ferocious fights are even more devastating and dangerous. The Burst Angels are still far from becoming Tokyo’s top mercenaries, now they’re being hunted by a dangerous cyborg… Perfect for fans of the anime, girls-with-guns, and Shonen manga. The battles become more legendary, and the foes more fearsome, in this second volume of the prequel to the eponymous hit anime. We delve even further into the mysterious Jo’s past, as she continues to learn about the person she may have previously been. A dangerous cyborg, who seems to know Jo from a past life, is hot on Jo and Meg’s heels. The enemy is set on destroying both in the name of revenge, which leads to a clash that pushes Jo to her limits. Interference from strangers marks the beginnings of the team coming together, but can the ‘Jack Of All Trades’ duo suddenly trust the sudden appearance of the potential allies?

The epic conclusion of The Poetry of Ran, as Torue, a young bard, records the exploits of the untouchable monster hunter Ran – a man who absorbs the evil he destroys into himself to prevent it from leaking out into the world…

Powerful enemies begin to appear on the Noto Shrine Guardian’s territory, stretching their resources and testing their strength to its limit. As backup, Mamoru joins the battle in Noto against the Type-One Ratengu. Mamoru and his new allies therefore take to the mountains to seek out and destroy any opposition, but he must keep one eye on his enemies, and the other on those fighting alongside him.

From the stars came the Super Dimensional Fortress (SDF-1), a massive starship that crash landed on Macross Island – bringing the miraculous science of Robotechnology to Earth. However it also brought the Zentraedi, a powerful race of aliens who would stop at nothing to reclaim the SDF-1 for their overlords, known as the Robotech Masters. As the war raged across the solar system, the human forces under the command of Captain Henry Gloval endured many heartbreaks and hard-won victories because of his crew of heroes: chief among them ace fighter pilot Roy Fokker, his younger brother Rick Hunter, and Gloval’s trusted XO, Lisa Hayes. Unexpectedly, a young singer named Lynn Minmei became a symbol for peace and hope for both humans and Zentraedi alike, as the two species began to realize that they were not so different as they thought. The First Robotech War ended, with the destruction of the SDF-1, and its sister ship the SDF-2, at the hands of the mad Zentraedi tyrant Khyron during his infamous suicide attack. Now a legendary hero who lost nearly everything during the war, Rick Hunter must face a new threat rising from the ashes of history, and take to the skies once more…

The Shakespearean plays contain a stunning breadth and depth of knowledge about English history, European royal history, classical and contemporary literature, and about the complex relationships between the various royal courts of the day. Authorship by the Elizabethan Court is therefore discernible based on content alone, that is, by what the plays revealed and just as importantly, what they threatened to reveal about international royal affairs if the will of Elizabeth was not respected. One of the most significant (and surprising) functions of the plays was to act as a type of "Defense Program" for Queen Elizabeth's throne against her European rivals. However, the plays also served to instill solidarity in the members of the Elizabethan Court and to inspire the English people as well. The plays accomplished all of this without coming across as overly pedantic. They were not merely great works of literature, but a brilliant expression of Elizabethan foreign and domestic policy! The story of Shakespeare turns out to be the story of Don Juan of Austria, from his princely legitimization as a boy; to liaisons with royals ladies from his teens; to being hailed at the age of 24 as “Savior of Europe” at the Battle of Lepanto (1571); to his suppression by jealous males of the Habsburg royal family (1578); and to his rehab by Queen Elizabeth under the English identity of George Carey. As George Carey, Don Juan had been present at the christening of his true son King James in Scotland (1566) and in command of the strategic Isle of Wight during the invasion of the Spanish Armada (1588). He was intimately involved in the founding of the Shakespeare Company both before and after becoming Queen Elizabeth’s “Lord Chamberlain.” The rise, fall and rising again of this international man of mystery was the central theme of the Shakespeare plays. He and Queen Elizabeth appear again and again in the plays, and under such character names as Claudio and Isabella in Measure for Measure; Claudio and Hero in Much Ado About Nothing; Claudius and Gertrude in Hamlet; Bassanio and Portia in The Merchant of Venice; Duke Theseus and Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Petruchio and Kate in The Taming of the Shrew; and even Falstaff and Mistress Quickly of the Henry IV plays. Don Juan was the love of Queen Elizabeth’s life and she found a way to keep him near. Together they not only founded the Stuart Dynasty but became the progenitors of future generations of European royalty.