A gentle but monstrous mahjong. The power player Franken looks up to his teacher, the mahjong gambler Take-chan. While he was strong in the past, he now lives as a drifter to run away from his debts. The curious journey of the superhuman Franken and the gambler Takei begins!!
A one-shot manga that ran in Comic Beam's supplemental pamphlet, Comic Beam Fresh.
The musings of a bespectacled school girl.
That machine you're familiar with has a lot of pain and suffering inside…
Who takes the time these days to climb a tree in bare feet to rescue a child’s toy? To stop and observe the birds? To play in the puddles after a storm? To go down to the sea to put a shell back? The Walking Man does as he strolls at random through urban Japan – often silent, often alone – with his vivid dreams that let time stand still.
A convenience store part-timer who can't seem to do anything right: Awana-chan. Today, yet again, she messed up over and over, and she can't even count how many times she was told off... How will Awana-chan find happiness in a situation like this, without anyone else to rely on!?
The earliest incarnation of what would eventually become Tezuka’s epic masterpiece, Phoenix [Manga Shonen] (1954-55) was Tezuka’s follow-up series to the popular Jungle Emperor (1950-54) in Manga Shonen. It began publication in July 1954 and ran until the magazine folded in May 1955, unfortunately leaving the work unfinished after just nine chapters. In a mythical age of ancient Japan, Nagi Iza, a young boy living on one of the southern islands, is on a quest to find the legendary Phoenix and save his dying father. Believing the magical healing properties of the blood of the mysterious bird is the only way to cure his father, Nagi sets off on a mission to climb up Fire Mountain, a local volcano and the home of the Phoenix.
A right-wing nationalist series. Follows the main character, a middle school girl, who encounters an anti-Korean demonstration and “discovers” the “truth” that the mainstream media hide about the oppression of Japanese people by the Korean minority. The anti-Korean demonstration Tomita depicts are similar to those organized by Zaitokukai in reality, and many counter-demonstrators who protest them are also said to be based on real anti-fascist activists.
In 20XX, the Love Education Law was enacted. "Love" has become a mandatory subject in a response to the declining birthrate. Michitaka Sato, a high school student who has given up on romance and works hard on his studies, is on the verge of failing school. When he attends a supplementary class to avoid repeating a grade, Mai Aihara, a beautiful girl who is a problem child, appears as his partner...? Suddenly, he begins to study love alone with the beautiful girl in the three C's. Close contact, close quarters, and behind closed doors! Does Aihara-san have a secret...?
Lerew lives in a small fishing village on the coast, and trades with a young boy called a witch for medicine for his father. But one day, while attempting to fish in a dangerous area, Lerew is thrown overboard and attacked by sharks. However, even with his body mangled beyond recognition, he still doesn't wish to die…
A lonely old painter and a girl with no friends. This is a story about two people who don't fit in, and how they learn how to love the world as it is.
Kiichi Nakai, CEO of Heartful Company, is confronted with a grim diagnosis.To make the most of his final days, he commits to only carrying out good deeds. Here begins a tale of love and passion for doing the right thing, a story to warm even the coldest of hearts.
A graveyard in contemporary Israel has an unlikely visitor. The elderly gentleman from Japan, a former news correspondent, lays a bouquet of flowers at the tomb of one Adolf Kamil. For he remembers the tale of three Adolfs: Kamil, a Jew who grew up in Kobe, Japan, the son of a baker; Kaufmann, only child of a German consul stationed at that port city and his Japanese wife; and the Fuhrer with whom the Far Eastern nation made common cause. --- - **Won the 10th Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga in 1986, shared with Makoto Kobayashi's What's Michael?** --- **Volumes 372-376 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
A collection of Mizuno one-shots, including some of her earliest works: - **Night of the Blue Star** (青い星の夜, Aoi Hoshi no Yoru) - Toshiko, a girl in poverty, has always longed for the pair of red shoes at her local store. On the day of her town's star festival, Toshiko encounters a puppy being harassed by some children. This puppy takes an unusual liking to her... - **Carnival!** (カーニバル！) - Marietta is a poor commoner who was found and raised by a family of musicians. One day, she and her family set off to perform at the carnival. It's said dreams one has at the carnival are real... What dream will Marietta end up having? - **Granite** (みかげ石, Mikageishi) - **The King Who Ate Blue Roses** (青いバラをたべた王様, Aoi Bara wo Tabeta Ousama) - **The Swan of Tuonela** (トゥオネラの白鳥, Tuonela no Hakucho) - Adaptation of Sibelius's tone poem. - **Tale of One Snowy Night** (ある雪の夜の物語, Aru Yuki no Yoru no Monogatari) - **The Mermaid Lights the Fire** (人魚が火をともす, Ningyo ga Hi wo Tomosu) - **Star Child** (星の子, Hoshi no Ko) - The 'title' one-shot of this compilation. Goro is an astronomer down on his luck, struggling to discover something. One night, an little angelic being named Chiru comes down from the stars, changing Goro's life... - **Glass Angel** (ガラスの天使, Garasu no Tenshi) - **Two Suns** (二つの太陽, Futatsu no Taiyou) (Note: Official raw only for Star Child).
An adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's classic Crime and Punishment, reworked for younger readers. The setting is St. Petersburg in Czarist Russia, in the days just prior to the Russian Revolution. Rascalnikov is a child from a poor family. He murders an old lady who is a loan shark and flees with her valuables. Judge Polifili, who has been assigned to the case, immediately suspects Rascalnikov because he had recently submitted an essay in a magazine claiming that "the world is divided into those who are geniuses and those who are not. A genius may commit murder but is not guilty if it is for the good of the world." At first, Rascalnikov feels invincible and confident that he can elude the law, but the Judge Polifili obstinately persists in his investigation, and gradually Rascalnikov comes to feel cornered. In the meantime, Sonya, a prostitute, frantically tries to persuade Rascalnikov to turn himself in. All this takes place on the eve of the Russian Revolution. ___ **Additional Buy Links:** - 1977 version (The Complete Works of Tezuka Osamu Volume 10): [Amazon](https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4061086103) - 1995 Bunko Edition: [Amazon](https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4041851254) **Alt Official English:** [eManga](https://emanga.com/products/crime-and-punishment-revised-edition?variant=32122389382)
Harumi Sawa is an ordinary high school student finds himself at odds with Ayako Kawahori, a girl who has recently transferred into his school. Not only does he become drawn to her bizarre stench, he also begins to pay close attention to her seemingly odd behavior. After being reminded of harpies - the half-woman, half-bird beasts of Greek mythology - during a lesson in class, Sawa begins to think Kawahori might actually be one of those mythological beasts herself. [*Further reading on the title one-shot*](https://yamagishi-ryoko.hatenablog.com/entry/2020/01/25/001908) Ryoko Yamagishi presents a one-shot compilation with many of her recurring themes, such as mythology and human nature, with horror, comedy, mystery, and the everyday. Self-absorbed leads are also a unifying element in this compilation. Also contains: - **A Visitor From the Rain** (雨の訪問者, Ame no Houmonsha): Itoi is an office lady who's getting up there in years, yet is perfectly content with being single. One day, as the rainy season suddenly arrives, she comes home to a little girl she has never seen before in her apartment... - **Undine** (ウンディーネ): Okada comes to Hokkaido to do some wildlife photography at a pond for his publisher. Okada is known for his standoffish, antisocial disposition, but that begins to change upon saving a beautiful girl, one who evokes the image of the titular aquatic spirit. - **Strawberry Night Night** (ストロベリー・ナイト・ナイト): The ravings and commentary of one woman at a mental institution on those around her who are also lost in their madness.
(from amazon.jp): Shigeru Mizuki depicts the life of the dictator who shaped the 20th century! In addition to the title story, which carefully traces the strange fate of Adolf Hitler, this volume also includes a Beethoven biographical manga and rare short essay works from a wide range of adult-oriented magazines. The book is packed with the charm of Mizuki's verse, which depicts a wide variety of themes. Commentary: "Hitler is a monster who appeared in human society" by Taro Minamoto (mangaka and manga critic) [Official English](https://drawnandquarterly.com/books/shigeru-mizukis-hitler/)
The story follows Hikari Shirochi, an ordinary high-school boy whose hobbies are games and PC-modding. In the first chapter, mysterious phenomena occur to his body, which conducts static electricity unusually well.
An "abnormal" assassin meets an "abnormal" restaurant with an "abnormal" owner. This is a ferocious friendship between two outcasts. The setting is based on the short story "The Restaurant of Many Orders" by Kenji Miyazawa.
Once upon a time a thousand years back from now, there was a legendary man that trembled Japan, in the era of peace. The man was Musashibou Benkei. Spending his time as a priest soldier under control of Honen of Mount Hiei, he started to feel the emptiness of his own overwhelming power somewhere down the line. One day, Honen descended the mountain with his armed priests including Benkei. And Benkei happened to see...... Why he was born, how he should live. Only heaven knows the meaning of his life. It is an unprecedented saga of a man with passion for Japanese people.
Ray and Trice grew up together in this post apocalyptic world. She was his only friend. But then one day... An unwelcomed guest arrives and says "Glory to Humans".
Makoto Okazaki is your run of the mill high-schooler, a perfect bullying target and a closet pervert. One night he decides to return a DVD to a friend of his and ventures out into the darkness. He notices a person on a nearby rooftop. The person lunges at him before he is able to make sense of this, and bites into his neck, drinking his blood. The attacker stops. At this point Makoto notices that the attacker is a beautiful girl. She asks him: "Do you want to die or become like me?" He decides to live…
She'll help you find the perfect “partner”—a pair of glasses—that will change your life. This is a manga about glasses that focuses on glasses, presented in an age when one in two Japanese people needs glasses! The story features Kaneko Optical's Taihachiro Kinsei and 999.9 (Four Nines)'s rimless frames. The mysterious beauty, Meganebashi Hanako, invites you into the dazzling world of glasses. You're sure to find the perfect glasses to suit your tastes.