The book investigates the complexity of the Latin American mega cities and the multiple commitments of the apparatus of the state with a focus on the failures of the public water sector. It offers an innovative interpretation of large-scale urbanization, one of the most challenging questions affecting Latin American governments and society.

Sorawo and Toriko have finished their training camp with a private military corporation at the Farm in the Mountains. Unfortunately, a comment by Runa Urumi has left a sour note between the pair... Sorawo also has a nightmarish ordeal involving lap pillows in “Have You Heard of a Reverse Lap Pillow?” There’s scenery produced by cognitive scientist Kozakura’s ghost story maker and an artifact left behind by Satsuki Uruma in “All Possible Ghost Stories.” The girls even go exploring for ammun...

The dangerous and deadly realm of the Otherside—where urban legends roam—calls to two women!As Sorawo and Toriko shuttle between the ordinary and the extraordinary, their days are as riddled with the bizarre as ever. But on the flip side, things may finally be heating up between the two women... When Sorawo, plagued with feverish delusions, asks Toriko for a slap to bring her back to her senses, she's shocked when the other woman decides to kiss her instead!

Romance is boring, so Sorawo has created a special kind of relationship with Toriko that is all their own, but she struggles to communicate what exactly it is to the people they know. Meanwhile, Sorawo and Toriko’s exploration and study of the Otherside continues. During their summer break, the pair take a job from DS Research to help a private military company do some anti-Otherside training at the Farm. And it sounds like Runa Urumi will be involved too...?

Saya Hokage, a high school girl who is unable to sleep due to insomnia, encounters Hitsuji Konparu, a girl who can put anyone to sleep as a "lover" in a dream. When Hitsuji's senpai – Ran Aizome – sees potential in Saya, she ends up joining them and their group of Sleepwalkers. As it turns out, unbeknownst to the common citizens in their town, a battle has been unfolding between the Suiju – beings that possess people's spirits in the land of sleep – and the Sleepwalkers, who have the power...

Un incontro inaspettato. Due vite che si sfiorano.Yuuga Fumoto sembra freddo e distaccato, ma dietro il suo sguardo c'è molto di più. E Koyori sta per scoprirlo.Un manga inedito, creato in esclusiva per Shirokuro dalla talentuosa Ishida IoriScopri il primo capitolo e lasciati trasportare in una storia delicata, intensa, e sorprendentemente divertente!

Her first encounter with Toriko Nishina was on the Otherside after seeing "that thing" and nearly dying.Ever since that day, exhausted university student Sorawo Kamikoshi's life changed. In this Otherworld, full of mystery, which exists alongside our own, dangerous beings like the Kunekune and Hasshaku-sama that are spoken of in real ghost stories appear. For research, for profit, and to find an important person, Toriko and Sorawo set foot into the abnormal.A tale of two gi...

In a world plagued by supernatural monsters, children with magic-like talents are trained to fight against them...but who are the true enemies?An academy on an island in unnavigable waters. There, students trained tirelessly, to fight back against the enemies of humanity. The protagonist, a student newly transferred there, also sets out with the intention of eradicating all enemies of humankind. An unpredictable, intellectual suspense story of justice and evil.

Coral is self-conscious about her rust-colored hair. Neither her family nor her childhood friends ever cared for her. To make matters worse, she was sold by her stepmother to a man living in the remote frontier. Her husband, Jade, is a marquis and head of the noble house that commands the dragon knights. Bound by a contract to continue his bloodline, Coral is required to welcome him into her bed each month."Even if you're scared, you can't stop me."Although it began simply ...

In this sci-fi/fantasy survival thriller, the dangerous and deadly realm of the Otherside--where urban legends, cryptids, and folkloric legends roam--calls to two women, both in search of something. As they set out to sate their curiosity and explore this other world, will the most earth-shattering thing they discover on the Otherside be their feelings for each other?While on the trail of alleged paranormal activity, amateur urban explorer, depressed college studen...

The dangerous and deadly realm of the Otherside—where urban legends roam—calls to two women!Trapped alone in the interstitial space between the real world and the Otherside, Sorawo must crack the riddle of how her unexpected reflection in mirrors is linked to her and Toriko’s past. But Toriko, connected to Sorawo only by phone call, doesn't realize that Sorawo is being stalked by the worst version of herself in that parallel dimension...Meanwhile, awaiting ...

A pop idol in near future Japan. Her every move controlled in the present and haunted by the past.The stage is the surveillance society of near-future Tokyo. In order to become an idol, Rei has sacrificed her private life as she focuses on her solo activities. Haunted by guilt, the insidious manipulations of a controlling talent manager, and the corporate bioapps colonizing her body, Rei must find a way to reclaim her discarded anonymity and autonomy within a cyberpunk society wher...