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A must-have guide to drawing muscular physiques—from professional manga illustrators!Manga Muscles teaches you how to draw powerful male bodies in dynamic styles—from athletic to bodybuilder to fantasy superhero—in hundreds of different situations and from all possible angles. Plus, you'll learn to adjust the physical attributes of each character so they don't all look the same, and how to drape clothes on their bodies in a realistic way.Every muscular male body type you'll want to draw is described in great detail:Super-Fit Lean: "Spiderman" physiques for strong and agile charactersAthletic Muscular: Beefy "Special Forces" physiques with harnessed strength and balanceBodybuilder Ripped: Competitive heavyweight "Mr. Universe" physiques with high-definition musculatureFantasy Superhero: over-the-top "The Hulk" physiques that push the limits of anatomyThe authors—professional illustrators with deep anatomical knowledge—break down the skeletal and muscular systems to show how structure and posture work together to create bold, expressive figures. With over 500 detailed illustrations and tips on how to emphasize key muscle groups, vary character designs, and suggest different moods through physical form, this book offers both technical guidance and artistic inspiration.This is an essential reference for artists drawing strong, dynamic characters in manga and beyond!

Flum Apricot was never meant to be a hero. Despite zero stats across the board and a power she can’t even use, she somehow finds herself included in a party of heroes. But Flum’s life hits rock bottom when the party’s renowned sage, Jean Inteige, decides that the useless girl is dead weight, and arranges to have her sold into slavery. Tossed to monsters to be feasted upon for her master’s entertainment, Flum makes the desperate choice to reach for a cursed weapon… and something new awakens within her. A grimdark tale about one woman’s blood-soaked quest to reclaim her life!

To vanquish the increasingly powerful Demon Lord, divine revelation ordained a party of heroes, each blessed with a unique power. That spelled trouble for Flum Apricot, a total weakling of a girl who has no idea what her power of “Reversal” even does. Betrayed and left behind with a wretched slave trader who enjoys nothing more than seeing his merchandise fight for their lives, Flum thinks all hope is lost - until she gets her hand on a massive, cursed sword. Finally, after so many years, she understands the nature of her power, and both she and her new companion Milkit are about to experience a huge “Reversal” of their fate!

GOTCHA!Flum Apricot has defeated a werewolf and become an adventurer. Now she can start her new life with Milkit, once she rescues a merchant from some hoodlums, and deals with a violent nun from the Church of Origin, and defeats all the monsters she encounters, and finds the rare and illegal medicinal herb the merchant needs, and…confronts a horrible beast with a swirling vortex where its face should be! Flum is not about to roll over for anyone, except Milkit!

To vanquish the increasingly powerful Demon Lord, divine revelation ordained a party of heroes, each blessed with a unique power. That spelled trouble for Flum Apricot, a total weakling of a girl who has no idea what her power of “Reversal” even does. Betrayed and left behind with a wretched slave trader who enjoys nothing more than seeing his merchandise fight for their lives, Flum thinks all hope is lost—until she gets her hand on a massive, cursed sword. Finally, after so many years, she understands the nature of her power, and both she and her new companion Milkit are about to experience a huge “Reversal” of their fate!

MEMORIES OF THE PAST, THE FIGHT TO SAVE THE FUTURE!A comatose Flum is kidnapped by the holy knights of Origin and taken to the giant floating city of "Tokyo," stronghold of Origin's followers. When she awakens, she is no longer Flum Apricot. Instead, she has regained the memories and personality of her previous life-a life spent in a country called Japan, before the world ended, with a girl known as Milkit Soleil by her side! But does this mean the Flum of the present is gone for good? Or can she wrest back her body and find her Milkit again before it's too late?