Nozomu Itoshiki is a high school teacher so pessimistic that even the smallest of misfortunes can send him into a pit of raging despair; some of these "catastrophes" even lead to suicide attempts. Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei is a satirical slice-of-life comedy set in the modern day, covering various aspects of Japanese life and culture through Nozomu and his interactions with his students: Kiri Komori, a recluse who refuses to leave the school; Abiru Kobushi, an enigma who frequently arrives to class with severe and mysterious injuries; the hyper-optimistic Kafuuka Fuura, Nozomu's polar opposite; and several other unusual girls, all of whom are just as eccentric as their teacher.
My childhood friend who became separated three years ago is dancing on TV as a top idol. And it was the childhood friend who moved to the next to my room to see it!?
An elite military unit conducts its duties alongside sabertooth tigers trained to assist their human masters. The Royal Kingdom invades the Empire in their desire for world dominion…after the disastrous opening battle of the war, the unit fights to save not only itself but their comrades from the enemy.
Sequel Series to Kindachi Shounen no Jikenbo - File Series. Serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shounen Magazine from 1998 to 2000. Consists of 7 cases divided into 10 volumes. Case 1: Murder in the Forest of the Demon Dog. Case 2: Demon Killer from Projection Screen. Case 3: Amakusa Treasure Legend Murder Case. Case 4: Yukikage Village Murder Case. Case 5: Russian Dolls Murder Case. Case 6: Murder in Extraordinary Circus. Case 7: Young Kindaichi's Trip of Death Preparedness. Note: In the newer reprints of the Kindaichi series, the File, Case and Shin cases were merged and printed as full cases instead of the original tankobon. The volumes which correspond to the above cases are 20 to 26. The raw links below correspond to the first chapter of the first case of the Case Series.
Sayoko is a newly transferred student: gifted with rare beauty and mysterious and magnetic charm, she captures every student's attention. Among them, the introverted Yuiko and the grumpy Mari become friends with Sayoko, while Ryou, a known womanizer, wastes no time and tries to hit on her, unleashing his girlfriend's rage. But this story has countless plot twists, characters and secrets… --- - **Kisho Tenyo received the 1983 Shogakukan Manga Award for Shoujo Manga**
Sana Kurata, a child actress, faces many problems in her classroom, including a major one - her bullying classmate, Akito Hayama. Sana's outgoing and friendly nature leads her to work towards correcting all of the problems around her. Her 'meddling' irritates Hayama but at the same time captivates him, just as Hayama's gloomy nature irritates Sana and compels her to change him. As these two opposites attract each other, they face many hardships which bring them closer to a mutual understanding. --- - **Won the 1998 Kodansha Manga Award for Shojo**
Immortal Tatsu is an ex-yakuza who’s given up violence for making an honest man of himself - but is it still possible for a devoted stay-at-home husband to get into a few scrapes? --- - Won 3rd place of Tsugi Manga Awards, Category Webmanga (2018). - Winner of the 2020 Eisner Award in the Best Humor Publication category. --- ### Links: - [English Edition on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07X1PGY7N) - [French Edition](https://www.kana.fr/produit/la-voie-du-tablier) - [Spanish Edition](https://www.editorialivrea.com/ESP/titulo/gokushufudo/)
This manga is about a girl who debuted as a mangaka at the age of 13, but no longer has any work as a mangaka at the age of 19. She decides to once again be a mangaka after reading manga by someone named Sachi and since girls love and boys love is currently popular she decides to go out with a girl coworker named Morishita who is in love with her to gain experience for her manga. However, she finds out that Morishita is Sachi! **Included one-shots:** Volume 7: Pii-chan Volume 8: Shoujo A
A manga that revolves around an old-fashioned all-night food stall, the various dishes that the stall owner prepares to suit the tastes of different customers, and the joys, griefs, trials and tribulations of his faithful patrons. - Nominated for the 2nd Manga Taisho Award (2009) - Winner of the 39th Japan Cartoonist Awards Grand Prize (2010)
Fifty-year-old Yuria has a quiet life teaching embroidery classes in her home, where she lives with her writer husband and his mother. Then one day her world is turned upside down when husband has a subarachnoid hemorrhage and upon arriving at the hospital, Yuria is met by a tearful young man who announces that he is her husband's lover. Won the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in General Category in 2021.
Middle schoolers, Shiro and Masumi, encountered a mysterious dragon that brought them back to the time of the Three Kingdoms; situated in ancient China. As soon as they arrived, they were rescued by the Han Kingdom. Not long after these events, Masumi was kidnapped and Shiro barely escaped death… Soon the story gets more complicated as they are stuck in the past. In 1997, Ryuurouden won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen manga.
Ritsu inherited his sixth sense from his grandfather, along with a demon guardian named Blue Storm. Strange things just seem to happen around these two, and it's left to them to get to the bottom of all these mysterious events. Each story is independent but features recurring characters you'll come to know and appreciate as they, each in their own way, try to deal with things 'not of this world'. Winner of Award for Excellence in 10th Annual Japan Media Arts Festival.
A story about a professor and his assistant, working hard on their research every day. While clumsily hiding pursuit of their mutual affection for each other, they go back and forth on growing close and drifting apart, creating a perfect sense of distance in this strange laboratory romantic comedy! --- [Shounen Jump +](https://shonenjumpplus.com/episode/10834108156683040362) [Note: Received the Shounen Jump Rookie: July 2019 Bronze Rookie Award]
Wilcome, wilcome! This is a 4-koma about a cafe run by two avian sisters. Originally a oneshot, before winning a newbie contest and being awarded a serialization. **Wikipedia** - [Chinese (Traditional)](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%B3%A5%E5%A8%98%E5%92%96%E5%95%A1) - [Japanese](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%A8%E3%82%8A%E3%81%8D%E3%81%A3%E3%81%95!)
One day, a jobless Kozuka Chiyo is wallowing in self-pity and trying to escape from reality when her landlord bangs on her door – she's three months behind on rent. Her landlord's solution? "Please have sex with me." Thus the two begin living together – a romance comedy that ***appears*** to start with sex. --- **Links:** - [Author's Pixiv](https://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=1774282) - [Author's Twitter](https://twitter.com/aib_miyy) ---
A work which highlights the “present” of the capital punishment system through Oikawa Naoki, a newly recruited prison officer, who faces condemned criminals everyday and agonizes. Based on close and careful research, the author tackles with the serious theme of the “capital punishment system” head-on. Won the 11th Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize for Manga.
Humanity's dream… Crystal humanoid technology. They have 'illnesses' just like humans but the treatment options are quite different. The troubled AI's band together, and the new doctor at the facility, Sudou, bears witness.
Mangaka Eiichi Muraoka - born in 1949 in a small town in Tohoku - was best known for being an early pioneer of mahjong and gambling manga. From 2015 onwards, he intermittently published chapters of an autobiographical manga, "Kyonen no Yuki" (Last Year's Snow) on pixiv, retelling episodes from his life from his youth to his days as a manga-ka. After a stroke left him paralysed on his right hand side in May 2021, he was unable to complete all of the proposed chapters, but his daughter Shiho Muraoka (then-editor of Young King magazine at Shounen Gahousha) assisted him in having the six complete chapters collected into a single volume, published in 2023.
Everyone wants a fresh start in high school and that applies ten fold for Toujima Asahi. She hopes that she can create a new image of coolness at Futatsuzaka High School; a school that used to be all girls until recently, which explains the female population being 5 times that of the male and the extracurricular activities being female oriented. Change isn’t as easy as Asahi thought, but then she is introduced to Maharu, a strong minded girl, and to Naginata, a sport similar to kendo. Asahi realizes that Naginata is what she needs in order to become a new person, as the sport allows those who are not the most athletic to shine even on a national level. Live action movie adaptation (2017): [MyDramaList](https://mydramalist.com/23246-asahinagu) Official Release: - Indonesian release by Level Comics as **Asahi Nagu** (2011)
The workplace comedy's story follows a 26-year-old office worker named Momose. He recently changed jobs after his previous boss harassed him. He's worried his new boss will also use power harassment to make his life miserable. Momose is trying to hide his anxious stomach when he first meets his new boss Shirosaki, however he's surprised to find his new boss is such a natural airhead that he eliminates all of Momose's anxiety.
Pregnancy is not a disease, so insurance does not apply. Obstetric treatments do not treat injuries or illnesses, so an obstetrician is not normally needed during the birth of a child. Still, obstetricians are needed because anything can go wrong during a pregnancy. A mysterious pianist at night, obstetrician Kounotori Sakura faces the many challenges and drama that come with giving birth to another human being.
Akihime is a seemingly normal girl attending junior high school, but she is actually the daughter of Ryokuhouzan's tengu. She lives with her mother in the human world, living a normal human life. However, her childhood friend Shun is constantly trying to convince her to go to the mountains with him, so that they can become tengus together. Despite his continuous urgings, Akihime refuses because she has feelings for her classmate, Takeru-kun. Machi de Uwasa no Tengu no Ko won the 2009 Shogakukan Manga Award for best shoujo
Yori and his twin sister Iku used to be inseparable during their childhood. But lately Yori's attitude toward his sister has changed. He is eager to stay away from her and treats her coldly. Despite his odd behaviours, Yori doesn't hate his sister at all, but is in fact madly in love with her. He no longer sees her as a sister but as a woman. He knows that his love is unacceptable, so he tries to forget Iku by bedding her best friend and even by applying to attend a boarding school in another city. However, it becomes even harder for him to suppress his feelings especially when Iku starts talking about going out and having a boyfriend. Yori can't allow someone to steal his little sister away from him, so he confesses. Iku loves his brother and is willing to do anything to keep them together. But if Iku's love is a love toward a brother, Yuki's love is a love that goes beyond the affection for a sister: a forbidden love. Links: [AnimeNewsNetwork](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6643) (live-action movie] [AnimeNewsNetwork](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=5197) (OAV)
Money Is Buried in the Ground! Natsunosuke Bonda is a relief pitcher in Tokyo Spiders. In his eighth pro season, he makes 18 million yen at age 26. But he is always troubled by how little he makes, given that he is surrounded by high income earning baseball players. This is a relief pitcher's story in Nippon Pro Baseball, his envies, worries, sweat and tears. Gura Zeni! --- - **Won the 37th Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga in 2013, which it shared with Akira Hiramoto's Prison School**