Sawajima, A Prefecture. A new teacher is assigned to this small island with a population of about 300. Her name is Saki Tsukino. And on the island, there is a boy Yukio, who has been skipping school because he is busy helping his family as a fisherman. The two could have had a common teacher-student relationship. If not for that shocking encounter. But the female teacher and the student gradually fall for each other... A love story of forbidden lust on a small island! *Source: Akita Shoten, translated*

Tokyo, Taisho era (1912-1926). Aria Kaibara, who wishes to become a pianist, takes the exams to become a preparatory student at the Tokyo Music School. The passion in her playing overwhelms her surroundings, like a ripple on the surface of water. It is then that Aria has an encounter with the son of the Nishimikado noble family, Natsuo, and learns a shocking truth… The youth of a maiden blessed by the god of music in this stream of musical romance!

Yurara Tsukinowa is a quiet girl who can see spirits and sense their emotions. Not wanting to seem abnormal, she hides her secret until she meets Mei Tendo and Yako Hoshino, two guys who use their spiritual powers to ward off vengeful spirits. The dormant guardian spirit in Yurara arises and a strong-willed beauty with the power to release souls emerges!

This suspenseful, supernatural series tells the tale of Canon, the only student to escape from a bloody vampire attack that took the lives of her fellow classmates and turned her into one of the undead. Struggling against the terrible needs that compel her, Canon commits herself to use her powers for good and do whatever she can to avenge the deaths of her friends and her own terrible fate. Joining forces with a talking, vampire crow, she begins her quest to find Rodd, Lord of the Vampires.

Ichiro Suzuki, a straight young man who becomes besotted with another guy, Yuki Sato, convinced his bishounen love is a girl trapped in a boy's body. Interestingly, author Hiroya Oku is one of the characters in the story, the best friend of Sato. The first three volumes of this series collect Oku's early short stories, including prototype versions of both Hen series. ---- * [Hen (1993)](https://mangadex.org/title/eb89077b-78fb-4404-a6d7-a70200f663a3/hen-suzuki-kun-to-sato-kun-no-baai) - Suzuki & Sato * [HEN (1997)](https://mangadex.org/title/91bbcc02-bc0f-4492-bf5d-e42cfe03dfe5/hen) - Chizuru & Azumi

In The Kingdom of Highland, a country where fairies are slaves of the humans, Ann Halford, a Candy Craftsman, decides to purchase one in order to arrive the once-yearly Candy Fair to achieve the title of Silver Sugar Master.

The story of the "Three Jinnai from Edo" (Kosaka, Tobisawa, Shoji) Eight year of the Keicho era, 3 years after the Battle of Sekigahara (1603 AD) Okubo Nagayasu calls on Kosaka Jinnai, who is known as the best thief in Japan, to eliminate the bandit gang led by Fuma Kotaro. A fierce battle between the Jinnais and the Fuma clan opens its curtain !!

When schoolgirl Takiko Okuda attempts to destroy her father's translation of The Universe of the Four Gods, she is instead literally sucked into the story, becoming the Priestess of Genbu in an epic journey to find the seven Celestial Warriors! --- Official Release: - Indonesian release by Level Comics as **The Tale of Genbu**

Every 30 years, a new princess is chosen from the Hime family to serve the Hayagami. The time has come again, but over these past years, records state not a single female has been born, save for one, the 15 year old Arata. The only problem is, Arata is actually a male! Forced to disguise himself and take the place of the princess candidate until a formal one can be found, he attends the festival only to witness the current princess, Kokuri-hime, murdered, and his own life is forfeit as well, by the hands of the princess' personal guard, the 12 Shinshou. As he runs for his life, Kannagi of the 12 convinces everyone that Arata is the one who has murdered the princess instead, and now everyone in the Imperial Court is after his head! Now, another Arata from our world has crossed over in Arata's place! How did this happen, and how will these two survive? Note: As a result of changes imposed by the mangaka's former editor in early volumes of this series, which were at odds with her initial plans for the story, a [remastered version](https://mangadex.org/title/9429f633-1005-4be9-aebf-950b96b41e4b/arata-kangatari-remastered-ban) was started and the series was paused after volume 24 in order to allow for the remastered version to catch up. However, as the story in the remastered version had diverged significantly by volume 8, in 2021 it was decided to discontinue the Shounen Sunday version and to continue the story only in the remastered version. Link: [AnimeNewsNetwork](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=14962) (anime).

An adaption the critically acclaimed novel *Chornobyl Prayer: A Chronicle of the Future* by Belarusian Nobel Laureate Svetlana Alexievich, a collection of several accounts of people affected by the 1986 Chornobyl nuclear catastrophe and its aftermath.

Yuu Watase's Masterpiece Collection #5 Includes: - Mint de Kiss Me There is a legend that if you kiss the man you like with a mint candy in your mouth, you can become one with your love. Misono is a rather superstitious girl who decides to test this out on Tohno-sensei, a young teacher she has a crush on. Unfortunately for her, she makes a mistake in the attempt to surprise him and instead kisses her fellow classmate Shindou. Of course this would be the time for the legend to work quite literally as Misono’s spirit enters Shindou’s body. - Genseika (Primeval Flower) Chiya goes to school with her friends and witnesses one of them die suddenly as a flower bursts out of him. The three friends had been together since elementary school, the death hitting Chiya and Yutaka hard. When other people begin dying from the flowers, they investigate possible reasons for such usual deaths. To her surprise, she finds answers close to home. ○ Extra: Hana no Shirube (The Seal of the Flower) - Furimuke Romance! (Turn Romance!) The hero of girls targeted by guys peeking into the locker room, Taka has quite the violent tomboy reputation. But all she wants is for some handsome guy to ask her out. A cheerful street vendor, Ryouta gives her a special ring with a heart locket pendent to hold pictures. When two photos are enclosed, romance is in the air. - Fushigi Yuugi Comic Special: Hang in There, Nakago! (Wake up, Nakago!) Involves the scenario where Fushigi Yuugi was actually done by real actors. Unfortunately, Nakago (stage name) is a lot more unconfident than the character he plays. At least his one main fan, an unnamed woman with flowers, is there to support him through his worries.

A parrot muses on the foolishness of humans as he sails the seas with a band of pirates in search of the golden promised land.

A kind girl, who had her first love… but unfortunately, her parents were in debt to a gang, and was beat up for 5 years… In an alley, a rich handsome man come saves her, yet he is a stranger, but also knows everything about her.

Shogo Ban, a college student from Fukuoka, likes to cook. Thanks to the owner of the restaurant where he works part-time, he finds himself working at the line of Roppongi's best Italian restaurant, Trattoria Baccanale, and discovers that the real deal isn't quite as easy as he'd thought. The manga follows Ban as he struggles to keep up with the hectic workload and his co-workers, along with issues outside the kitchen like his relationship with his girlfriend Eri, who he left behind in Fukuoka.

Kamen Rider, the righteous warrior who shouts out "Henshin!" and continues to fight evil. The heroes created by the genius Shotaro Ishinomori are brought back to life by the hard-working Muraeda Kenichi! In this epic hero battle story, the 10th rider "ZX" fights alongside the previous riders against the mysterious organization "BADAN" that is invading the world!

Chizuru Yoshida is not your typical high schooler and she's all too aware of it! She has a talent with getting what she wants from her male lovers and often comes across as cold and manipulative… In truth, despite her experiences with guys, she has never been in love. That's until the fateful arrival of newly-trasferred student, Azumi Yamada, at her school. It was love at first sight for Chizuru–indeed an unexpected turn of events for the story's vixen! Not only was she in love, but with all things…another girl. Chizuru goes through a brief stage of anger and denial and tries to convince herself that she couldn't possibly be attracted to such a simple-looking, shy, and naive girl! To her despair she finds herself constantly thinking of Azumi, so she finally resolves to become friends with her, but it's not too long when she starts to push things along with Azumi… ---- * [Hen (1993)](https://mangadex.org/title/eb89077b-78fb-4404-a6d7-a70200f663a3/hen-suzuki-kun-to-sato-kun-no-baai) - Prequel * [HEN (1988)](https://mangadex.org/title/4926c983-21a0-438c-a407-f30b8dff53c3/hen-suzuki-satou) - Prototype

The demon queen subdued enormous and powerful monsters and slaughtered over half of the world's population. Surviving members of the human race elected a hero to slay the demon queen, beseeching release from her oppressive rule. However, he questions his mission to eradicate the monsters: in his opinion, they too are conscious and alive, and so he anguishes over that fact. Sheila the Demon Queen became interested in him and decides to join his journey, hiding her identity and planning to kill him after she has gained his trust. Immediately, however, she realizes that she's fallen in love with the hero, and hence their journey begins…

Is the worst first meeting the best start to a love story? On the day of her high school entrance ceremony, Hodaka, who has repeatedly moved and transferred schools due to her father's job, runs into a hard-to-approach boy wearing the same high school uniform at her front door. When they get on the elevator together, the worst thing happens... ___ **Links**: * **Alternative Official Raw**: [MangaMee](https://manga-mee.jp/detail/53628)

Shogo Ban is now a chef at Ristorante Legare. As the Yokohama branch of the Trattoria Baccanale he used to work at, he has been entrusted with the responsibility of head of the pasta section. Rejoin Ban as he struggles to meet the expectations of work and develop his personal relationships.

Shin'ichi Nagakawa and Yuuki Sanada are both involved in an accident and die together. However, they are given a chance to live again. God lets them live for seven more days, but after their time is up, one of them must die again. Oh, and there's one more catch. God decrees that their lives will be shared, including emotions (guilt) and physical sensations (pain). They are also unable to leave one another's side. What will happen during those seven days? Originally a oneshot in 1996, included in the Love Letter collection.

Itsuki Ringo (yes, her name means apple) is a high school girl who loves to study. She is somewhat tricked by her mother into tutoring the brother, Tsurugi Budou, of the guy she has a crush on, Tsurugi Minori. Budou is the 'rebel' type, so at first, Ringo is frightened a bit by him. But then she follows him one day to figure out what he does to skip their tutoring sessions. She finds out about his part-time job at a cafe. There she learns about the real Budou.

Kento (30 years old), won 1 billion yen in a lottery. In order to enjoy a nice slow life for the rest of his days, he bought a small uninhabited island off the coast of Southern Japan. However, one day he finds an unconscious woman on his beach that should not be there. When he runs up to check on her, he notices some rather sharp edges... The behaviors Elize brought from the other world are a little bit exciting for a normal guy like Kento... ___ **Links:** - [WebNovel Raw](https://ncode.syosetu.com/n3587dx)

Because of the menacing look in his eyes, the artist, Hayama, always scares away his models. Hayama, who wants to draw the ideal bijin-ga, is a relatively obscure artist who only receives jobs for still lifes and small illustrations. But, one day, the captivating Hanae appears, dressed in women's clothes and unafraid of Hayama's eyes. And, he was the very picture of the <ideal model>.

Rasetsu Hyuga is an exorcist who works in an agency where she uses her powers to banish evil spirits. There's a story behind the red flower - shaped mark on her chest. Left by a powerful demon who said he'll come for her on her 20th birthday unless she finds true love.