Kumo no Graduale - Recommendations

• Vol: 1; Ch: 10
• 2004

• Vol: 7; Ch: 30
• 2006 - 2008

One of the Japanese promos calls it "Da Vinci Code meets Jurassic Park". It's got dinosaurs, spies, intrigue, action, and conspiracy, all rendered in lovely film noir-esque art with a little fan service cherry on top.

• Vol: 2; Ch: 14
• 2005 - 2006

As London prepares for the first World Expo, the young Ray Steam receives a package containing the Steam Ball, a small and incredibly powerful engine containing hyper-pressurized steam. Developed by Ray’s father and grandfather in America under the supervision of (and funded by) the O’Hara Foundation, the Steam Ball could prove to be an asset to civilization or a great danger. But after Ray finds out that the Steam Ball must not fall into the O’Hara Foundation’s hands, he sets forth on a mission to keep the item safe and away from those who would use it to fuel a brutal war...

• Vol: 1; Ch: 10
• 2011 - 2012

Claus, Lavie, Alvis, and our other heroes board the colony ship, Exile, to return home to the planet humanity abandoned hundreds of years ago. A few months have passed and the quiet, peaceful life they had hoped for is suddenly disrupted when a familiar enemy appears. How did the enemy they left behind a world ago follow them all the way home!?

• Vol: 1; Ch: 13
• 2009 - 2010

• Vol: 3; Ch: 16
• 2011 - 2012

Vanships are flying vehicles that float and fly with the use of a rare metal called Claudia. Fam and Jize are young female pilots in the kingdom of Turan who have made a name for themselves for their creativeness and excellent piloting. Turan is currently run by the two princesses, Lilly, the older of the two sisters, and Milia. Then there is Dio, a mysterious pilot who drifted into town several months ago who is just as talented of a pilot as Fam. When the neighboring Ades Republic declares war on Turan, the paths of these people cross and they have to work together if they want to survive.

• Vol: 13; Ch: 52
• 1994 - 2000

Steam City is a metropolis continually enshrouded in a veil of mist. With the steam obscuring vision, the police frequently have trouble with opportunistic criminals who use the limited visibility to commit countless crimes. Many years ago a man known as the Phantom Knight murdered a detective and his wife only sparing the life of their young son. Now, Narutaki is older and runs a detective agency. One night while out on a case, Narutaki encounters the Phantom Knight who has returned to Steam City in order to kill the young orphan. However, instead of killing him immediately he informs the sleuth of his plan: he will bring terror upon the city and turn it into a living nightmare. Now Narutaki alongside his new sidekicks, Ling Ling and her steam-powered robot Goriki, must protect his hometown and prevent the Phantom’s attacks.

• Vol: 5; Ch: 26
• 2018 - 2023

In the Yellow City, factory smoke clouds the sky. Young Theo has never left the city or seen the stars. He's always dreamed of adventure, but eventually he has to face reality and start working at the Chikuwa Repair Shop. Then, everything changes when he finds a little girl with a single wing - an injured angel who's lost her memory!

• Vol: 3; Ch: 22
• 2000 - 2002

In the holy land of Nostralgia, isolation is the norm. Surrounded by a towering wall and a waterfall, its citizens are forbidden to try to climb the waterfall, for only demons live outside and leaving will bring a great calamity. Milo is a talented machinist who lives in Nostralgia and pines for her fiancé, Albert, who broke the law and escaped to the outside world years ago. She longs to find him someday, and when she finds a strange machine in the water that says its name is Edison, it seems that Milo finally has her chance...

• Vol: 20; Ch: 99
• 2006 - 2015

In the land of eternal darkness, a place where the ground is perpetually-encased with snow and ice, people's hearts are entrusted to a select few. Delivering these hearts to their destination is the role of those known as Letter Bees, who transverse the frozen land to deliver the documents and letters. Following in the footsteps of the one who delivered him to the destination, Lag Seeing wants to become a Letter Bee and thank the one who inspired him to do so, Gauche Suede. Only now that the time has come, Gauche is nowhere to be found...