Gon and his friends Leorio and Kurapika have more to worry about than just the Hunter Exam - their fellow applicants are deadly serious. Hisoka, the mad magician, nearly kills them in a mock test and Killua reveals that appearances can be deceiving. Then there are the tests, which prove to be as varied as they are diffficult. The picky proctors of the second exam demand the applicants perform culinary feats of wonder, and it takes the intervention...

"After a series of tragic events, Taizou decides to make a break with his past and go on vacation to the tiny island nation of Blefuscu. Little does he know that his hotel is a hot spot for contract killers, drug dealers, ghosts, and a coven of immortal witches"--

"The Commission of Counter Ghoul is the only organization fighting the Ghoul menace, and they will use every tool at their disposal to protect humanity from its ultimate predator. Their newest weapon in this hidden war is an experimental procedure that implants human investigators with a Ghoul's Kagune, giving them Ghoul powers and abilities. But both the procedure and the newly formed Qs Squad are untested. Will they become heroes...or monsters?!...

"Nothing brings anime artists more satisfaction than creating their own original characters. ... [A]uthor Christopher Hart shows how to do just that by breaking down the basics of creating engaging and imaginative anime characters. Using simple templates as a starting point, artists will learn how to make a wide range of wholly original anime characters emerge."--Cover flap.

"Mikado is an average high-schooler whose life has been anything but since moving to Ikebukuro after coming face-to-neck?-with the legendary "headless rider". Mikado can hardly wait to encounter more of the city's peculiar residents, but when Mikado is caught in the middle of a feud between Izaya Orimara and Shizuo Heiwajima, he soon realized that Ikebukuro's most unbellievable characters are also among its most dangerous."