Immortal Rain - Recommendations

• Vol: 2; Ch: 20
• 1995 - 1997

“Vash, the Stampede” - worth 60 billion dollars to the one who can turn him in. Bounty hunters everywhere are on the lookout for this legendary gunman, not to mention insurance agents Meryl Stryfe and Milly Thompson, who are tasked with preventing any potential damage that this Vash can cause. But with 60 billion on his head, Vash is not an easy man to find.

• Vol: 21; Ch: 83
• 2003 - 2018

In a dark and distant future, Armageddon has given rise to the fabled Second Moon - and a perpetual war between the vampires and the humans! Esther is a nun in the city of Istavan. When she crosses paths with Abel Nightroad, a priest sent from the Vatican to combat the local order of vampires, the two form a holy alliance to battle the most evil of threats.  

• Vol: 14; Ch: 57
• 1991 - 2003

On her way home from school one day, Noriko is unexpectedly plunged into a strange and extraordinary fantasy world. Her troubles compound exponentially when she is rescued and befriended by a handsome young man by the name of Izark. He may be brave and courageous, but inside Izark lurks the darkest evil imaginable. And according to an ancient prophecy, Noriko possesses the power to unleash that evil. Now, inexorably bound together, these two unlikely allies must navigate a world both wondrous and hostile.

• Vol: 19+; Ch: 97+
• 2013 - ?

Chise Hatori was a child nobody wanted. Told by her own mother that she should never have been born and passed from one neglectful guardian to the next, the young girl has grown up feeling lost, hopeless, and emotionally numb. At age fifteen she sells herself into slavery, desperate for a home where somebody - anybody - actually wants her to be there, and is purchased by a mysterious being with a skull for a head. He whisks Chise off to his home in England and introduces her to a world of talking animals, dragons, and faeries, declaring that she is to become his apprentice in magic... and also his bride!

• Vol: 2
• 1988

In a world dominated by the ultimate family corporation, a man arrives by unusual means in the worst part of the worst city in the world: Tokyo Darkside. His origin is uncertain, his powers unknown, and his motivations obscure. We know only that his purpose is ‘renewal’. Of what? Or whom? This complex and highly symbolic movie will appeal to any who enjoys trying puzzle understanding from fragments. The fights are spectacular, and it does make sense… eventually.

• Vol: 2; Ch: 12
• 2006 - 2007

In a distant Island, people suffer from a strange disease called "Pinocchio". This disease causes patient's limbs to rot, and before long, leads to death. But disease can be cured by using artificial limbs or "exchanging" limbs of people with special antibodies. These people with the antibodies, who only exist one in ten-thousand, are called Donors, and their bodies considered national treasures. One day, Dorothy, a Donor, exchanges her precious right eye for a male Plastica (a robot servant) who was about to be thrown away. Their meeting sparks the beginning of a story of a strange mistress and her strange Plastica.

• Vol: 3; Ch: 15
• 1994 - 1996

A meek comic artist Nishi tries to win the heart of his lifelong crush, Myon, who is engaged to a muscle-bound trucker. After a gangster shoots up the coffee shop where Myon's sister works, Nishi is forced to be assertive, and takes the two women with him on an adventure of great proportions.

• Vol: 2; Ch: 6
• 1999 - 2000

Serika, a high-school student, is known for being a well rounded girl with an attractive face and figure. She is clear-headed and has a talent for sports. But she's an... android!?

• Vol: 4; Ch: 15
• 2010 - 2015

A devastating disease called Melancholia spreads across certain areas of the city, causing the unfortunate person to lose their memories of their most important person. Kazanami Toki is unaware that he has caught the incurable disease, but "by chance" he meets his forgotten lover, Hanamiya Yuna. After their fateful encounter, he is left with a strange feeling he is unable to understand.

• Vol: 7; Ch: 37
• 1994 - 1997

Long ago, the Emperor possessed great mystical powers… and now, a young boy wonders: will he have them as well? With no memories, and only a rose-shaped scar on his forehead as a clue, he ponders his legacy while on the run with the girl who rescued him from a group of armed warriors. She takes him to a scientist who seems sure Rose is the Emperor's clone, and that this young boy must assume the mantle of leadership. But opposing forces have created another clone from the Emperor's DNA… and the struggle for power begins.