Based on the life of a famous Mahjong Novelist, Asada Tetsuya, this manga chronicles the history of the man who is now known as the "Mahjong Saint" in his journey through the world of Mahjong and gambling in general. In the year 1947, the people of Shinjuku are down on their luck. With little money to buy food or necessities, some resort to gambling in order to survive. Traveling Tetsuya chooses to spend his time at Mahjong parlors where he is wiping the floor clean with his adversaries. However, Tetsuya meets the intensely-skilled Boushu-san, this is when he realizes that his skills are still lacking. --- - **Won the Kodansha Manga Award for Shonen in 2000**

Hiiragi Yuki has often been confined to her bedroom watching movies since she was a child. When she enters the film section of Asagaya Artistic High School, she has no ambition and a poor self-esteem; movies are simply the only thing she knows. But her encounter with a cranky teacher and little-known director called Kuroyama Sumiji might change her vision… Published in the Shounen Jump in January 2017, this story is a prequel of sorts to Act-age, set 5 years before the series.

Oikawa Naoki, a new prison officer, explores the issues of the death penalty through his friendship with Watase Mitsuru, an inmate on death row. Side-story of the award winning manga [Mori no Asagao](https://mangadex.org/title/fae012cb-2824-4809-a241-299809d50241/mori-no-asagao-shinjin-keimukan-to-aru-shikeishuu-no-monogatari).

Hikâye 1579 yılında başlar. Ailesiyle sıradan ve mutlu bir hayat süren Reiri isimli küçük kız, başına gelen bir olay sonucunda kana susamış bir savaşçıya dönüşür. Bu olay onu yıpratsa da bulduğu motivasyon sayesinde ayakta kalır. Reiri zamanla hem fiziksel olarak güçlenir hem de mental olarak değişir. Savaş, savaşçılar, yeni insanlar ve yeni ortamlarda bulunan Reiri yaşama tutunabilecek mi? Yaşadığı trajik olayı geride bırakıp sonunda mutluluğu bulabilecek mi? Yoksa sadece ölmek için yaşamayı arzulayan, fikirleri ve duyguları olmayan biri olarak mı kalacak? - 3. Takao Saitou Ödüllünü kazandı.

Four thousand years ago, the planet Roon was frozen by the ruling race, Kama, during a raging war. The Kama then emigrated to a neighbouring planet. But now the ice is beginning to thaw, and return to the home world is fast becoming a possibility for their descendants. Dulk is a young man who wields exceptional power, in training to become a shaman of sorts. Since his early years, Dulk has experienced vivid dreams about Roon, though he has never been to - or even seen - the planet. When he finally gets the chance to visit the once-frozen wasteland, he will discover the powerful destiny that lies in store for him, buried beneath the rubble of Roon's mysterious history.

The main character, Shin, works hard to support his younger siblings. One day, on his way home from work, he meets a girl who claims to be a vampire, and she demands his blood...?This is the beginning of a slightly exciting brand new love story! --- **Note:** This is the serialized version of [the doujin of the same name](https://mangadex.org/title/fb83ba7a-6887-4c72-8d61-1c8d8ff8904f).

Teenager Usagi is not the best athlete, she's never gotten good grades, and, well, she's a bit of a crybaby. But when she meets a talking cat, she begins a journey that will teach her she has a well of great strength just beneath the surface and the heart to inspire and stand up for her friends as Sailor Moon! [Kodansha] --- - **Won the Kodansha Manga Award for Shojo in 1993** --- - [Link to AnimeNewsNetwork for the manga and various anime releases](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=1578)

Broke young man + chainsaw dog demon = Chainsaw Man! The name says it all! Denji's life of poverty is changed forever when he merges with his pet chainsaw dog, Pochita! Now he's living in the big city and an official Devil Hunter. But he's got a lot to learn about his new job and chainsaw powers!

Nishimi Kaoru has moved from city to city and school to school because of his father’s job. So the first day at his new school was just routine for him. Being intellectual and the new transfer student, he has always been seen as an outcast and all Kaoru had to do was bear it until the next time he moved. But things were slightly different this time. First, he started to get close to the class president, Mukae Ritsuko, and, secondly, unlikely as it seemed, grew closer to Kawabuchi Sentaro. Sentaro was infamous for getting into fights, skipping class and was an overall bad boy. Strangely enough, the three of them find common ground in music, namely jazz, and Kaoru finds himself actually enjoying the new town. --- - It won the 57th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga. - Volumes 1-6 contain unrelated oneshot extras at the end. --- Official Release: - Indonesian release by Elex Media as **Apollon on The Slope** (2010; including Bonus Track)

Can true love really overcome any obstacles? Saki, a high school student, confesses her feelings to Makoto. Taken aback, Makoto reveals his secret, but the sudden discovery doesn’t seem to bother Saki who is already head over heels for him. After being rejected, Saki asks Ryuji, Makoto’s childhood friend, for some advice on how to win his heart. A love triangle unfolds when Ryuji realizes that he might also have some feelings for his old friend... --- **Official Translations:** * [English](https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/senpai-is-an-otokonoko/list?title_no=5137) * [Chinese (Traditional) / 中文 (繁體)](https://www.webtoons.com/zh-hant/bl-gl/senpai-wa-otokonoko/list?title_no=3770 ) * [Chinese (Simplified) / 中文 (简体)](https://www.dongmanmanhua.cn/CAMPUS/qianbeishinanhaizi/list?title_no=1935) * [Thai / ภาษาไทย](https://www.webtoons.com/th/romance/senpai-wa-otokonoko/list?title_no=3984) * [Korean / 한국어](https://series.naver.com/comic/detail.series?productNo=8154605) * [French / Français](https://www.webtoons.com/fr/romance/senpai-wa-otokonoko/list?title_no=4068) * [German / Deutsch](https://www.webtoons.com/de/romance/my-crossdressing-crush/list?title_no=4235)

Yusuuke Urameshi was a tough teen delinquent until one selfless act changed his life… by ending it. When he died saving a little kid from a speeding car, the afterlife didn't know what to do with him, so it gave him a second chance at life. Now, Yusuuke is a ghost with a mission, performing good deeds at the behest of Botan, the ferrywoman of the River Styx, and Koenma, the pacifier-sucking judge of the dead. --- - **Won the 39th Shogakukan Manga Award for Shonen**

Edo, 1855, in the Hill of the Three Hundred district: Japan's isolationist foreign policy has been lifted, and the era of the Bakumatsu has begun. The samurai Ibuya Manjiro, 26 years old, has just begun his career as low-ranking retainer to the minor daimyo Lord Matsudaira. Tezuka Ryoan, 29, a disciple of Dutch medicine, has just been accepted as a student at Teki Academy in Osaka. Each has a temper to go with his talent, and in a time of brewing upheaval the two are not slow to find trouble, which brings them together in spite of their mutual dislike. (from: MU) --- - **Won the 29th Shogakukan Manga Award for General Manga in 1984** --- **Volumes 326-336 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

On Kabuchi-jima, an island ruled by Princess Kaguya, ten children were raised as sacrificial victims. Several of the children thought they had escaped their fate when they escaped the island. But nearly a decade later, the kids are still dying in the order and at the time they would have as sacrifices… Their only hope now is to reunite and return to the island to seek out and destroy the source–the legend, the blood-lusting Moon Princess–before time runs out. In 2002 Kaguya Hime received the 47th annual Shogakukan Manga Award for shoujo.

In Victorian-era England, a young girl is rescued from a life of destitution and raised to become a proper British maid. Emma meets William, the eldest son of a wealthy family, and immediately falls in love with him. William shares her feelings, but the strict rules of their society prevent their relationship from ever coming out in the open. Traditional class distinctions and rich, historical details provide the backdrop for this appealing romance. Note: Volumes 8-10 are technically "Emma Bangaihen" or "Emma: Further Tales" and are mainly side-stories that focus on aspects of the story Mori-sensei couldn't cover during the original run of "Emma." - Won the Excellence Prize at the 2005 Japan Media Arts Festival in the manga division.

In the village, death inevitably takes the people when they reach 50 years of age. By custom, the villagers are bound and taken to The Netherworld, the other side of the mountain. The girl Anzu sacrifices the elder sister of the twins. Officials clad in beast-skin manage the village "The Living World", whose people are watched over by the gods. And the mysterious People of the Mountain… Anzu sees both hope and despair ahead. The story reflects the author, Yamashita Kazumi's unease for the nation of Japan. Won the 25th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Yamauchi - a fantastic world where the Yatagarasu, a race of three-legged crows with the ability to transform into humans, live. Yukiya, a young Yatagarasu, is appointed as the personal attendant of the eccentric Crown Prince Wakamiya. Soon, he is entangled in a web of conspiracies attempting to overthrow the heir to the Imperial throne. An adaptation of the second book of the award-winning <Yatagarasu> novel series by Chisato Abe. The first book has been licensed in English as [A Raven for All Seasons](https://mangadex.org/title/c22db5fc-726a-41ad-8402-5537e7de2277/karasu-ni-hitoe-wa-niawanai) by [K Manga](https://kmanga.kodansha.com/title/10162/episode/336576).

High schooler Anzu Hoshino has a great life. Every day she plays video games, pigs out on snacks, and pets her beloved cat. But this blissful existence is turned into a confusing mess when a magical creature transports her to an altered reality bereft of her favorite things. Now she’s stuck with hot guys instead! How can she possibly survive in such an awful world?! **Award:** Won 1st place in Shounen Jump's Vertical Scroll Manga Awards.

Megumi Amatsuka, a rough and tumble nine-year-old boy, always dreamt of becoming the "manliest man on earth." Upon receiving a book of magic from a sorcerer whom he saved from a group of local thugs, Megumi summons a genie in order to make a wish. But due to a sick twist of fate, the genie turns out to be an evil one, and Megumi winds up being the "womanliest woman on earth"! Six years later… Megumi is the most desirable girl in school, but deep within her hot-mama facade is the same trash-talkin,' punk-stompin' boy.

Fumi and Haru are two university friends with a shared passion for the swim team, until Fumi's "unique" heritage complicates matters.

Zeon ace pilot, Commander Char Aznable, thought he could foil the Federation's plan to build a mobile suit by attacking their research base on colony Side 7. He was wrong. With a prototype already active, the besieged Federation forces strike back using their new weapon, the mobile suit Gundam, with devastating consequences. Amidst the fighting, young electronics wizard Amuro Ray is determined not to let his friends and family die in the crossfire. But what can one boy do to repel a squad of mobile suit-clad invaders? [Official English](https://kodansha.us/series/mobile-suit-gundam-the-origin/) [Alternate Official English](https://comic-walker.com/contents/detail/KDCW_CW01000002020000_68/) --- - **Won the Seiun Award for Best Comic in 2012** --- **Links:** - [OVA on ANN](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=13105)

A high school 3rd year student, Miyamoto Dai, whose heart was touched by Jazz, continued to play the Saxophone alone in Kawahara, rain or shine, day or night, for many years. "I want to become the world's best Saxophone player…!!" Effort, talent, faith, environment, luck…which are necessary? A tale of reaching towards his goal recklessly and sincerely begins in Hirosegawa, Sendai. [Official Site](https://bluegiant.jp/) --- - English release by [Seven Seas Entertainment](https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/blue-giant/) - Indonesian release by m&c! Comics (2018) --- - **Won the 62nd Shogakukan Manga Award for General Manga** - **Won the 20th Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize for Manga**

Vash the Stampede rises again! It's been two years since the mysterious and super-nice gunman went into hiding, and the people of his desert planet are suffering. It takes a friend in peril to bring him out, and when he does, his enemies come chasing… as well as those crazy insurance girls, Millie and Meryl. And Wolfwood the wandering priest? Well, that's who found him in the first place! The gang's all back, and the trouble is coming in Trigun Maximum. Notes: - Nightow changed publishers to Shonen Gahosha and the series continued to be serialized in Young King Ours magazine. Due to the original publisher retaining the name Trigun, Nightow had to change the title to Trigun Maximum, which isn´t a sequel but a new name for the rest of the series. - The first 3 volumes were published under the title 'Trigun' and the entire series compiled into 14 books as 'Trigun Maximum' (the numbering was also restarted when the title changed). - Won the Seiun Award at the 48th Japan Science Fiction Conventionwere for the best comic of the year.

Out of nowhere, a Japanese elementary school is transported out of the world they know, and into a nightmarish wasteland. Have they gone to another planet, or is this toxic world actually a vision of Earth's future? Soon, the students and teachers must struggle to survive in impossible conditions, besieged by terrifying creatures and beset by madness. Part Lord of the Flies, part post-apocalyptic science fiction, The Drifting Classroom (1972-1974) is a classic can't-put-down manga series. It was adapted into a Japanese live-action movie (1987). --- - **Won the 20th Shogakukan Manga Award in 1975**

Keitaro has had great difficulty getting into the university of his choice and no luck in meeting women. In a desperate effort to go into seclusion and study for his entrance exams, he volunteers to take over running his grandmother's hotel. His plans are ruined when he discovers that the "hotel" is actually an all-girls dormitory… and some serious distractions ensue. Won the 25nd Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shounen Manga.