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To commemorate Ponycon X (10), the author has made corrections to the past Japony manga and is now in higher resolution. Japan Ponycon is an exchange event for fans of the cartoon "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic." This is a story about Poniko, the mascot character and her friends.

"The Survival of Humanity in a Submerged Earth" The endless monsoon began when an icy comet collided with the Moon, triggering a catastrophic flood on Earth. For 70 years, unrelenting rain fell, ultimately submerging the entire planet.Having lost their land, humanity's survival now depends on life at sea. The once-dominant species that ruled the Earth is no more. Sea creatures, mutated into grotesque beings known as "leviathans," now pose a deadly threat to human life. As the world teeters on the brink of collapse, two siblings, Bota and Rita, must navigate a dangerous new reality filled with monstrous threats, human conflict, and the destruction of the environment.

In a world where humans and monsters coexist... The Katananomikoto, who wields the divine sword, and the Saya-Miko, a shrine maiden who channels divine power into that blade—together, they’ve protected the world from monsters and have been revered for generations. Saki was born the eldest daughter of the prestigious Saya-Miko clan, destined to inherit their sacred power. Yet, she was the only one born without any ability. Scorned as a “useless Saya-Miko,” constantly compared to her gifted younger sister, she lived a life of rejection and humiliation. Clinging to the words of her late grandmother—her only ally—Saki endured in silence. Until one day, her sister’s scheme leaves her vulnerable, and she is attacked by a monster. Just as death closes in, a man appears: Suguru, the strongest Katananomikoto of all. And with their fated encounter, the wheels of Saki’s destiny begin to turn...

Roy dreamed of becoming the greatest adventurer, just like the hero who raised him. But his dream was shattered when he was granted the [Summoner] class—a job considered the absolute weakest because no one had ever managed to form a contract with a summon. Unable to unlock his power, Roy was relegated to the life of a guild errand boy, his hopes fading with each passing day. His fate takes a dramatic turn when he finally forges a pact with the "Sword of Guidance," a legendary summon weapon that awakens his true potential. Now, wielding the power to command legendary beasts—from a mole that swims through the earth to a dragon wreathed in hellfire—Roy's journey can finally begin. Alongside a party of unique allies, he'll overcome every obstacle and rise from the world's weakest summoner to its undisputed strongest!

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Tori, a handyman who was dismissed by his former companions, is suddenly appointed as a caretaker by the strongest adventurer-the "White Witch." However, her home is in a terrible state, completely messy due to her having zero life skills...!? Drawing on his many years of experience, he embarks on a hectic yet heartwarming new life!

Driven by the belief that he is forging a better society, Kawsma, an ex-soldier who is mutated into a man-eating monster, set out on a mission to assassinate the hyper-nationalistic leader Vlad. Yet, blinded by his cause, he fails to see that each act of violence strips away his humanity, turning him into the very monster he is fighting against. Do people still care about each other? When will all this crusade ever stops?

A world where dungeons have appeared and humans have acquired magical powers - here, the amount of magical power one is born with is an index of your strength. Amachi Kai, the weakest conqueror with little magical power, is challenging the dungeon to earn money for the medical expenses of his sick sister, Nagi. However, Nagi's condition suddenly worsens. A huge amount of money is urgently needed for her treatment--!? In a dilemma, Kai recklessly participates in the investigation of an unknown dungeon with a large reward at stake...

There's rarely a dull moment in the Four-Cornered World: Harefolk Hunter's party is moving up the ranks and making a name for themselves on the frontier; Priestess, Female Knight, Witch, and High-Elf Archer get mixed up in a fortress siege battle; Goblin Slayer receives an invitation from Spearman and Heavy Warrior; and the people in the water town are up to their usual tricks. Based on the episodic Vol 12 of the Light Novel skipped by the manga adaptation.

From Comipress: The hero is a high school student with the very odd name of Yubi Chizuo ('Finger Mapguy'). He lives in a cheap boarding house with a scummy river oozing by in front of it. The locals use the river as a handy place to get rid of their trash. Flies result. In abundance. The infestation gives Yubi Chizuo no end of trouble. One evening, a particularly large specimen buzzes up in front of Chizuo, and addresses him in fluent Japanese. Understandably shocked, our hero swats the six-legged prodigy flat on the spot. Chizuo finds himself haunted by the Ghost of the Talking Fly. And then he realizes that a mysterious black cat has started tailing him everywhere he goes...

Seongwu is a former special forces soldier who has returned to college after completing his national service. His ordinary life as a student is shattered during class one day when he and his fellow students are faced with a mysterious prompt asking them to “select a role.” Seongwu chooses the necromancer, a rare ability that grants him the power to control the undead. With the campus and outside world seemingly on the brink of collapse, Seongwu must use his newfound powers to battle fearsome monsters and help save his fellow students. But will they make it out alive?

The Demon Prince of Momochi House continues years later, with Himari and Aoi living together and mysterious beings from the spiritual realm having entered the new Momochi house!

[Naive Spy Girl x A Stunningly Beautiful Mafia Demon] The demon leader who lives on human desires is unexpectedly bound to fate with the spy girl "Pearl", and the cold demon has the only weakness. In this sweet and dangerous love chase, the two open the most painful forbidden area in each other's hearts and know each other's unknown past, and at this moment, a deeper conspiracy and danger are approaching them.....

In a world swarming with yokai demons... One day, mediocre exorcist Kazami encounters a beautiful girl named Paira. But who is she?! And could the seemingly useless Kazami actually have a special ability? Get ready for a new generation of yokai battle comedy manga! [MANGA Plus]

Once upon a time there was a brother and sister who were shepherds in a land where there were more sheep than people. However, the sister was a werewolf. What is the answer that the older brother, Uru, and the werewolf sister, Yufu, arrive at every day while being tossed about being "different from humans" ? A story that makes you realize the forms of the kindness of the people you meet.

[The horizontal thread is memory, the vertical thread is time.] A ghost enters 'fable garden', a school for human who see ghosts. He comes in perfectly imitating a human and has what he is looking for.

Since long ago, non-humans have come to this town seeking for wives. Despite Miyako's dissent from that custom, she was chosen as the bride of an unmarried god. This interspecies romance story takes place far in the future after Jingai-san no Yome.

Reality and manga meld as one under the influence of a grinding meta-feud between a once beloved mangaka and his outraged fanbase. Expat Press presents Vitiators by Elytron Frass and Charles N.: a satiric metafictional atrocity in graphic novel form. Vitiators openly invites its readers to become complicit in the psycho-delic celebration of its gore eroded exploits and offenses. If you committed suicide your family would find this book in your room and judge you. Vitiators proves that a God exists, but it doesn’t love us.

As the final years of the Sengoku period dwindle away, Ginko, the strongest swordsman of the era, has yet to find a worthy opponent to slake her thirst for a fight to the death. Just when she's finally lost hope that anyone stronger than her exists, she gets transported to another world! And the first thing Ginko sees there is—a dragon?!

Eli is a witch who lives in the Sea of Trees. Eli, who has lived for a long time, has written down her records in the form of a book, which has been passed down to future generations. One day, Eli sets out on a journey to a town where there are parchment craftsmen. On the way, Eli hears rumors of a monster from a merchant, and when she stops at an abandoned village, she is attacked by its residents. However, the residents have their own reasons for attacking Eli... The story of a witch who lives to understand the world unfolds. (Source: Natalie, translated)

The cadets of Akademeia's Class Zero are legends, with strength and magic unrivaled, and crimson capes symbolizing the great Vermilion Bird of the Dominion. But will their elite training be enough to keep them alive when a war breaks out and the Class Zero cadets find themselves at the front and center of a bloody political battlefield?!

Manga adaptations of assorted Kamen Rider and Super Sentai TV shows and movies, serialized in Telemanga Heroes magazine.

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I’m just a peace-loving guy who enjoys a quiet life. So can someone explain how I ended up reincarnated as the Demon King, destined to lead an army against humanity?!

A dungeon-guiding gig goes sideways for explorer Stetch Atelier when the prince who hired him tricks him into activating a fatal curse. But instead of staying dead, Stetch is resurrected by a sentient artifact that offers him a deal that may help him get his revenge. To hold up his end of the bargain, Stetch sets off on a long journey of raiding dungeons, slaying monsters, and making new enemies and friends along the way.

“Hi! My name is Minji Kim. I used to be a teenage girl but after waking up from a nap one day, I turned into a fugly lizard! I want to go home! Somebody help! Wait… but, if I'm in this strange body, who’s in mine?!” Minji is a high school girl living a normal life in an ordinary world. After waking up from her usual nap in class one day, she discovers that she has transformed into a powerful dragon who lives in an out-of-the-ordinary land. Minji forms a group of eccentric friends by using her wits, and together they embark on a journey to help Minji find her way back to her own world. Will Minji ever be able to return home?

This is a story from once upon a time - but not recently. In an abandoned village at the foot of Mount Mitsukado, there lived gods in human form. Monokai (specters) come to the village carrying goods to sell to the gods, and mysterious shadows lurk in the forest. This is a mysterious tale of everyday life that traces the lives and memories of the gods. Why do the gods take on human form and why do the specters appear one after another?

From Google Translate (slightly tweaked): A dragon-man exchange student, Hon-san, moves in next door to college student Himesaki Toko. Contrary to her godly appearance, Hon-san is careless and absent-minded, and Toko can't help but notice her. A fantasy intercultural exchange comedy that begins leisurely in a student dormitory!

In a world governed by Chi and dimensional hierarchies, Shinra Yamadas life changes when he consumes a mysterious heart, allowing the entity Akuma Obscura to possess him. Joined by Espertha Yakuzu, a vessel for dangerous energy, and Noboru Kojima, a cunning wind Chi user, Shinra embarks on a journey of self-discovery and cosmic ascension. As he rises through six tiers of existence, from mortal to godlike, Shinra battles clans, gods, and abstract beings while uncovering the secrets of Chi and his connection to the multiverse. Tai Chi Convergence is a tale of power, sacrifice, and the struggle to reclaim hope in a universe teetering on chaos. (Source: MangaPlus for Creators)

He, determined to experience his new-found emotions, She, trying her hardest to keep all emotions inside. Two different choices : Ignore the ever-horrifying looking spirits or exorcise them. Kageyama Shigeo and Yotsuya Miko have more in common that they could realize, can the somehow help eachother with these troubling emotions when they cross paths?

Chapter 1 in Naver's 2024 Rookie Short Story Collection (2024 루키 단편선).

Saburo Onishi (or "Sabutan") wanders into a four-dimensional world through a crack in the wall of a underground road under construction. There he gains the ability to stop time. He decides to use this ability to help people. --- **Volumes 56 and 57 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

In the near future, the Earth itself has given up on humanity and began to produce "witches," creatures designed to exterminate humans. The Witch of Time has cursed all humans to die when they reach adulthood, leaving only children as the only survivors on the planet. The remaining children are also being hunted by various witches and dying every day. But there is one girl who refuses to give up, and she is determined to strike back against the witches?

Mitrov, a young noble with no interest beyond food, is exiled from his family and forced to make his way as an adventurer. However, his first dive into the labyrinth ends in disaster. Trapped by monsters, his fate seems sealed. But just as death closes in, a swift and skilled elf named Gracie saved him. Now, with his first-ever companion by his side, Mitrov steps into a new world of adventure, forging bonds and discovering a life beyond his appetite.

An "unknown boy" has defeated the Demon King and saved the world. The whole world waits to learn of who he is, but it turns out the boy himself has forgotten everything. Then two people appear before him, both claiming to be his "family".

To reclaim his native island, Auk, a young penguin, embarks on a journey across the hostile and colonized lands of Antarctica ! FR/ Pour reconqurir son le natale, Auk, un jeune manchot, entreprend un voyage sur les terres hostiles et colonises de l'Antarctique !

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A world where the worth of ones life is decided by ones Level. Theo, an S-Rank adventurer, had reincarnated thousand years later in a future where the people had forgotten about the power called Level Up. In this world where a person would be Level 1 at birth, humanity is persecuted as the weakest race and the people lived everyday while fearing the danger of monsters. However, in their midst only Theo, who was chosen to be a sacrifice for the monsters, knew that humans can become the strongest because only they have the ability to Level Up.

Leftover PrinceA cook that's also a hero and a swordsman are going to an adventure. They have to slay the dragon that's terrorize the village and wants to devour the mayor's grandchild. Will they be able to slay the dragon and save the village?

Sejun, your average Seoul underdog, didn't expect to grow tomatoes full time when he stumbled into the mysterious dungeon full of monster quest and extravagant rewards . Yet,there he was, as a farmer growing and selling cash crops while clearing numerous quest that came his way will sejun make it out of the dungeon with the plush rewards he hoped for? At least he has what it takes: optimism ,resourfulness and a group of loyal furry friends

The threat of invasive species is no exception, even in a fantasy world!? Rokuroku of the Invasive Magical Creatures Countermeasures Division is investigating foreign magical creatures with the newly-appointed Ninin. Rokuroku is overwhelmed by the super-energetic elf girl Ninin, but? Slimes, Carbuncles, Gargoyles To save various magical creatures, the Invasive Magical Creatures Countermeasures Division sets out again today!!!

Dead poor, plain-looking, and no magical powe... Mel Lislis, a pitiful elf girl, enlists in the "Enoch Royal Knights" to earn money working away from home. She's assigned as a medic to the "Enoch Second Expedition Unit, " a squad responsible for monster extermination and disaster relief missions. With eccentric teammates, harsh expeditions, and constant chaos overwhelming Mel, what finally breaks her spirit is the absolutely terrible preserved food. Shocked by how everyone else can eat it without complaint, she decides to use her elven wisdom to improve their meals!A food-centric adventure fantasy begins -prepare to get hungry!