Yami no Aegis - Recommendations

• Vol: 3; Ch: 17
• 1997 - 1998

When Ayaka Nozawa's parents are killed by members of the Okima yakuza, she is told by a friend to run to White Dragon, an assassin for hire. Infuriated by the injustice inflicted upon her, White Dragon agrees to help her exact her revenge; but even after her revenge is carried out, the two are forced to stay together, since the only food White Dragon can now eat is Ayaka's cooking! Who will White Dragon be hired to help next, and how will he continue to protect Ayaka?

• Vol: 2; Ch: 12
• 2005

Memori Fujieda is not only a university student, he's also the pretty face of his brother's bodyguard company, taking on important cases with ease. But when the mysterious Yuuki Shin comes along, wishing to join the company, Memori finds himself with an unlikely partner – a partner with a dangerous, deadly secret...

• Vol: 3
• 2002 - 2003

Muchaca Smooth is a legendary man-for-hire--a deadly combination of assassin, bodyguard, private investigator and bounty hunter. He is also an aficionado of The Movement, an era of hip-hop musical brilliance that barely survived to the end of the 20th century.

• Vol: 3; Ch: 16
• 1980 - 1984

Hotel detective Doll is assigned to protect the president of the United States during his stay at the luxurious Sunrise Hotel. While assisting a hotel guest who has fallen ill, she discovers and kills an assassin, but something tells her the danger isn’t over yet… 

• Vol: 2; Ch: 4
• 2005

Matsumiya Kana lost everything when her father was arrested and charged with embezzling funds from the Japanese Ministry of Defense. However, she soon learns that her father actually worked for a secret organization within the Department of Internal Affairs, and was in charge of embezzling money to support it off the books. He was being used by an "embezzlement group" within the secret organization, and that group is willing to kill to keep their activities quiet. The life of his daughter, Kana, is the perfect blackmail to ensure his silence. Within a corrupt agency, where anyone could be a traitor, will Kana be able to avoid falling into the hands of those plotting against her...?

• Vol: 1; Ch: 6
• 2000

MIHAI, the "Weepy Old Killer": A former hitman now trying to live a quiet life but haunted by the deaths of his victims and his lover. BADOU, the "Gun Smoker": A chain-smoking "information broker" and hired gun whose reckless façade hides a serious intent. NAOTO, the "Blade Maiden": A preternaturally skilled swordswoman with a single desire: revenge against the assassin who cut down her family. HEINE, the "Stray Dog": A cipher with a metal collar bolted to his neck, a disturbing talent for mayhem, and a childhood sacrificed to the thing known as "Kerberos." Driven by their ghosts--both dead and alive--and their desire for truth, all are struggling to solve the secrets of the past while surviving the dangerous present--by gun and sword and courage and luck.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 2
• 1985

Two linked stories, both revolving around a deadly female assassin. In Hotel Harbour View, a Japanese expatriate in Hong Kong spends his time drinking whisky, photographing a high class prostitute and waiting for death at the hands of the assassin he knows is coming for him. In Brief Encounter, a notorious Parisian assassin is himself marked for assassination and his hunter is no stranger to him.

• One Shot
• 2010

Iori and Nachi are the "perfect pair" of the bodyguard agency Shelter. Partners since childhood, they bicker constantly, but when the latest mission threatens to separate them, is that really okay...?

• Vol: 4; Ch: 34
• 2012 - 2014

Shizuka is a policewoman who loves her silencer more than anything. Back in Japan after an internship in the United States, she is ban from the police. Transferred to the sordid "Security Annex Office", she has to team with a corrupt and pervers coworker. During a trivial investigation, she witnesses an atrocious murder and decides to lead the investigation. She does not know it yet, but she's going ahead to a terrible threat!

• Vol: 6; Ch: 29
• 2009 - 2012

A nameless high school dropout teenager turns into an assassin for hire. He is a complete loner who uses his knife to kill his targets without any emotion or hesitation. He kills anyone who gets in his way whether they be a complete stranger or even the client that hired him in the first place. He meets a man named Iwanishi after one of his jobs goes bad. Iwanishi nicknames him Semi (Cicada) because he apparently talks too much and offers to become his manager, handling the business side of assassination. But it seems like Iwanishi has some secret agenda Semi isn’t aware of.