Mei Sengoku is an independent girl and captain of her high school kendo club who enjoys helping others in need. This has earned her a lot of admirers among the girls at her school, as well as a guy named Shirou Fuji well-known at school for his girly way of speaking and gestures. When Shirou asks Mei to go out with him, she simply rejects him, but he comes back the next day and tells her he's not going to give up on her so easily. --- Includes oneshots: Yoroshiku Brother? (Volume 2) Fuyuzora ni Hibiku (Volume 2) Android Box (Volume 5) Youko Kaiki's Odd Brothers (Volume 9)
Kirari Tsukishima is a beautiful young 14 year old. One day, she encounters a turtle stuck in a tree. She saves the turtle, but then falls after saving it. An idol from a famous group called SHIPS saves Kirari. Kirari falls in love with him at first sight. Kirari now wants to become an idol like him. She discovers that being an idol is not all fun and games, and that in order to persevere in both her love and career, she must overcome any challenges that fortune has in store
Tachibana works in a beachside cafe and roams the beach sands with her dog, Dolphin. Then her cousin Ippei loses a surfing challenge to a newcomer. With a shock Tachibana recognizes Arikawa, her first love–her first heartbreak. After four years he's back from the U.S. and he thinks Tachibana doesn't like him. But before they get a chance to talk Ippei challenges Arikawa to another surfing match–in the face of an on-coming hurricane!
Ion Tsuburagi chants the letters of her first name as a charm to bring good luck when she needs it. Then she meets Mikado Hourai, the president of the Psychic Powers Research Society at school, and touches a mysterious substance he's been developing. Now chanting "I-O-N" gives her telekinetic powers!
A fairly close manga adaptation of George Orwell's Animal Farm, serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine. A tale of the rise and fall of a society farm animals form after they overthrow their owner. Animals toil and suffer on Manor Farm, owned by the cruel and careless Mr. Jones. One night, Old Major, an elder pig on the farm, has a fantastic dream one night, of which he informs all the other animals; one where animals overthrow the human race, and the fruits of their labor are made theirs to keep. Though he dies not long after, the animals are emboldened with his vivid visions of a potential future - and one day, through a fierce uprising, they take ownership of the farm from Mr. Jones. Manor Farm - now renamed Animal Farm - maintains itself under an ideology known as Animalism, built upon Old Major's dream and stances regarding humans. However, tension is high, and different parties have their own intentions about the fate of Animal Farm...
Akechi Ran, an office lady in her 30s who had always dreamed of an engagement ring and a wonderful marriage, lost both her dreams and her man after her fiancé betrayed her. While drinking and complaining with her best friends, Homura and Kei, with whom she spent her youth on the softball team in their all-girls school days, they are shocked by the reality that 10 years have passed since graduating high school and none of their dreams have come true. They then find out that Homura only has one year left to live. To make Homura's dream come true, the three of them band together, live together, quit their jobs, and open a detective agency in Asakusa. She's lost her job, her man, and her dreams, but she has two best friends! Will they be able to turn their lives around?
On a certain morning, an average 35 year old salaryman was suddenly transported to another world. "I am without knowledge, without the ability to communicate, and I am especially not confident about my physical capabilities. I have no idea what to do. However, my current goal is to figure out how to keep living using the skills granted to me from the existence known as the interface. Hero? Demon King? I know nothing about that. I am just a salaryman."
Hayato is a young deity with a foul mouth who has always heard legends about Demons that were sealed away about 800 years ago. Follow the epic saga of several young deities, who end up having to fight demons, humans and overcome several challanges. A remake of a web manga of the same name with new art by Cool-Kyou Shinja.
Michiru Kita’s a weak-spirited girl who has a hard time saying what’s on her mind. One day, she notices mysterious, ring-like markings around the necks of two of her classmates, Chika Akatsuki and Shito Tachibana — two boys who miraculously survived a horrible accident six months before. Michiru, possessing the rare ability to see these rings, knows that they warn of impending death. Thinking that, perhaps, she can do something to save her classmates’ lives, she approaches them…but it seems the boys have already made a different kind of deal and garnered themselves a heavy debt.
The Kafkaesque autobiography of a diplomat who compares himself to Grigori Rasputin and what happens after he gets caught up in a political purge during the early 2000s. A legal thriller with a dash of geopolitics. Based on "Kokka no Wana (Trap of the State)", the autobiography of ex-diplomat and political writer Sato Masaru.
Tatsuya, a junior high school student, finds out that he is suffering from an incurable disease and has only a few days left to live. He is determined to live the rest of his life with Shoko, despite his grief. Includes oneshot **The Mail Panda**: Mio is the daughter of a well-to-do couple who's often left by herself. One day, her precious Panda-chan falls into the river. Upstream is Kenichi, a sickly boy at a hospital who also rarely gets to see his parents. Ken decides to return Panda-chan with a letter, and an exchange begins between the two young children, with Panda-chan delivering messages up and down the river. Also includes *Ms. First Love, Tears, Happiness.*
Lucia is the new girl at school. She and her sister run a public bath that's all the rage. When Lucia meets a terrific-looking surfer boy, there's just one little problem: Lucia is a mermaid – not just any mermaid, but a princess on an important mission to save the seven seas from an evil force bent on taking control of the marine world. Such a responsibility doesn't leave much time for romance. But Lucia vows to protect her world and win the heart of handsome Kaito.
At age 31, office worker Chikage Deguchi feels she missed her chance at love and success. When word gets out that she’s a virgin, Chikage is humiliated and wishes she could turn back time to when she was still young and popular. She takes an experimental drug that changes her appearance back to when she was 15. Now Chikage is determined to pursue everything she missed out on all those years ago—including becoming a star!
Himeko is an energetic, cheerful tomboy who has a catch-phrase to cheer herself up ("Ike, Ike, go, go, JUMP!"). Yet she somehow lacks the courage to tell the older boy at school that she has a crush on him. Perhaps she's just not feminine enough? Magically and mysteriously, Hime-chan meets someone who is the mirror image of herself, but she's a princess! Erika, from the Magic World, has come to give Hime-chan a present that she's invented, a magical ribbon, that will allow her to turn into the image of anyone else for one hour. This ought to help solve Hime-chan's problem, shouldn't it?
The secret story of how the rival band from the popular idol raising game was formed, now in comic! The more experienced band TRIGGER, as the role models for IDOLiSH7, is a cool and sexy three-men group. The secret story of how TRIGGER was formed, which was covered by the novel, is now in comic form, together with an original story which stars IDOLiSH7!
Mitsuki loves singing, but a malignant tumor in her throat has prevented her from pursuing her passion. However, Mitsuki's life turns around when two fun-loving Shinigami appear to grant her a temporary reprieve from her illness–and give her singing career a magical jump-start. Includes a short story called Ginyu Meika in volume 2. Akiyoshi Kiryuu attempts to practice for an upcoming piano competition; however, his practice continually gets interrupted by a girl named Kanon, who claims to be the spirit of a tree.
A Yuri anthology of working adults. Volume 1: Ano Musume to Me ga Au Tabi Watashi wa Shakaijin Yuri Anthology || **Cover Illustration**: Harukawa Haru. **Subsequent stand-alone illustrations**: Yukiko, Saki Hajime Story 1 Masking Lady (Harukawa Haru) Story 2 About the women in the company (Mikanuji) Story 3 Everyone's Missing Out (Irua) Story 4 Fish and Water (Kanarashi) Story 5 Meter Stop (Seta Seta) Story 6 Waiting at the Blue Bells (Kuwabara Tamotsu) Story 7 Good job (Fuyume Saya) Story 8 Gachinko Alumni Association (Esu Esu) Story 9 Rainy day-dream (Oku Tamamushi) Story 10 Oblivious you (Mizuasou) Story 11 In my studio apartment palace (Satsumaage) Story 12 Saccharine Beauty (Suzuki Senpai) Story 13 I want to make my work senpai moan!(Kurukuruhime) Story 14 Hand-Delivered Love Letter (Yuki Yukiko) || Volume 2: Anata no Soba ni Iru to Watashi wa Shakaijin Yuri Anthology || **Cover Illustration**: Saki Hajime **Subsequent stand-alone illustrations**: Kiriyama Haruka, Koruse Story 1 Someday you too (Seo Minosuke) Story 2 Best Dishes (irua) Story 3 Of the same Love (Kuwabara Tamotsu) Story 4 Kira Kira Trap (Pyaa) Story 5 When Your Night Ends (Harukawa Haru) Story 6 Cabaret Girl and Corporate Slave (Hisakawa Haru) Story 7 Love at first voice + Renko (Mizuasou) Story 8 The day you left the company (Mikanuji) Story 9 Bye Bye, Shithead + With you, after then (Mimidori) Story 10 Human Dog&Cat (Seta Seta) Story 11 Store manager I quit my Job! + The day Tanaka-san quit (Suzuki Senpai) Story 12 Uneven wedding rings (Kurukuruhime) Story 13 Someday to you (Yuki Yukiko) || Volume 3: White Lilies in Love Hana kaoru toki, Anata wa Shakaijin Yuri Anthology Volume 4: White Lilies in Love Watashi ga Yoishireru no wa, Natsu no Hizashi to Anata dake Shakaijin Yuri Anthology Volume 5: White Lilies in Love Akane Sasu Koishin wo, Akaku Somete Hoshii no Anata ni Shakaijin Yuri Anthology
Nanoha Takamachi, now age 13, and her friends work as magical girls!
Nagisa Ootsuki shed her former self out of shame from failing her highschool entrance exams. On her first day in her new highschool, who does she meet but the girl who made her fail the exam! How does Nagisa deal with these complicated emotions?
Jinsei Nagai, aka "Bare-Knuckles Jinsei". Born in a dumpster, raised in an orphanage, living as a yakuza, he is tough enough that he fights all his fights bare-handed, and is covered with countless knife and bullet scars from his battles. But his life changes when he saves the five-year-old Ayumi, daughter of the new police chief, Enjoji Masayoshi, and befriends their family. For the first time in his life, Jinsei feels like he's found a family of his own, and decides to start his life over, but his past and his ties to the yakuza keep getting in the way.
Miyamoto Musashi is a boy who has come all the way to the city to check out the studio of Matsuma Dan, a longtime director of manga movies (anime films). After having his work evaluated by him, Dan tells Musashi that his work is dead and lifeless: films live on and about. Not long after, Musashi comes across Sasaki Kojiro, a boy from a wealthy family who also aims to do manga movies. No matter how many times the two team up and split off, and no matter how many times they drift off their paths and return to them, their future lies with manga movies. A retelling of the rivalry between Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro, but in 1950's Japan, as they venture into the worlds of anime production and manga magazines. --- **Volume 55 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
Twelve-year-old junior high school girl Hasumi Kohaku moved into town in search of her mother. She is gifted with ESP and the ability to fly– well, only when the sun is down. Otherwise the sun could make her power fade away. Kohaku soon uses her powers in front of her classmates, in order to save her friend Yuuro from falling out a window… but during the day!
To break the curse placed on his beloved, he resolves to slay fallen gods. Senri, who can hear the voices of the flora, travels together with Shino, a fox, and serves as a divine messenger whose role is to purify kami that have succumbed to miasma. What tales of tragic love are to be found at the hand of one such Guardian of the Gods?