During WW2 a strange new alien, the Genjuu (幻獣), appeared who's sole purpose is to kill off Humanity. Whenever they appear the Genjuu give off a strange odor that is acid to a human and killed off a lot of the warriors sent to fight it. Flash foward 50 years. Hayami Atsushi is a pilot of the 5121. The number of adults killed off in the war has forced the government to form the High School Defense force, where children of a certain age and skill are fostered in dorms to fight off the aliens. They use new mecha (HWTs) and special anti alien suits made by the Shibamura group. One day they get a new transfer student. A hot shot mecha pilot who seems to be made out of ice and is a pro at killing the Genjuu. She introduces herself as Shibamura Mai.
Who is this Mai? Why did she come to the 5121? Why does she hate the Genjuu so much.
Source: Forbin at MIKOMI
Ink Nijihara is a girl in high school. Unfortunately her crush Nao Tezuka barely recognizes her. To make matters worse, she is very short. Now Ink meets a talking duck and becomes a magical girl that teaches Nao english in disguise.
After 30 years of peace is Kisawazu, the Eight Swords of Sealing are scattered from the Yatsurugi Shrine once more. This even reawakens the Undersea Empire Zabun, who plan on finding the swords and using them to reawaken their master King Orga. As well as them, the mystical embodiment of the phoenix, Yatsurugi, arrives and merges with Takeru Yamato, a young fisherman and regular visitor to the shrine. Now with this new power, Yatsurugi, and eventually the similar deity Kisara, come forth to stop the unsealing of King Orga and return the Swords to the Shrine, as had been dne for many generations before them.
Takeru Yagi lives a normal, average life. He lives with his adoptive father Rokunosuke, and eats breakfast with two neighborhood girls, the sisters Asuka and Kotono. Takeru attends a kendo club at school with his best friend and rival Takeshi. It's an idyllic, peaceful life, where the greatest drama is whether Takeru or Takeshi will represent the school at the kendo tournament. Then one day, everything changes. Takeru and his friends are transported to a world like their own, yet fallen to ruin and filled with monsters. Moreover, people in strange clothes are highly interested in all of them.
The story follows Minori Tochino, a girl who is into festivals, and her friends as they strive to revive the festivals that once were a dynamic cultural part of their city station's west side.
Kazuhiko Ota takes a daytime stroll through the good old townscapes and old temples in the countryside.
At night, he visits carefully selected "quality izakayas" that are rooted in the local area to show you the owner's special dishes and fine sake!
We also introduce the Ota way of sake drinking and give you the lowdown on cups and utensils.
Walking through the curtain of an izakaya at dusk and slowly enjoying a selection of sake and snacks...
A few words with the owner or the hostess. The restaurant you enter on a whim becomes the most memorable part of your trip.
The restaurant makes you think: "Ah... I want to go to such an izakaya"