**“I’ve still got a lot to learn about the strange creatures known as “girls”…”** Yamanaka Suguru always viewed his “first times” as challenges to overcome. But when a girl suddenly confessed to him and became his girlfriend, she introduced him to countless new challenges that he’s never known about. *Source: Comikey Media*

Bleach? Perm? Traditional? A man should wear an Afro. This is a bible for high school boys. (from ebookjapan): Bleach? Perms? Dreads? Why're ya talkin' crazy for?! If you're a guy, you gotta have an Afro! The bible for high school boys all over Japan makes its grand entrance! One morning, Okamoto is on his way to school when he comes across a guy in school uniform with an Afro trying to break the lock on his bicycle. After breaking the lock, Afro steals the bicycle, but stops at the top of a hill because of broken gear. Okamoto catches up with him and defeats Afro after a fierce battle. However, Afro turns out to be Tanaka, who transferred to Okamoto's class that day!

A Martial Arts Whirlwind with a Spirited Young Girl Who Loves Karate! Natsuki Kisumi is a strong-willed second-year student at Gouju High School and a member of the karate club. Her skills are so impressive that even the club captain, Yanagisawa, recognizes her talent. However, her boyfriend, Osawa, is less enthused about her karate obsession. He wishes she would embrace a more traditionally feminine demeanor. Anime adaptation: [AniDB](https://anidb.net/anime/3352) | [ANN](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=5329) | [MAL](https://myanimelist.net/anime/2083/Natsuki_Crisis) | [AL](https://anilist.co/anime/2083/Natsuki-Crisis/) Video game adaptation: [IGDB](https://www.igdb.com/games/natsuki-crisis-battle) | [IMDB](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt3788208/) Official Release: - Indonesian release by m&c! Comics (2000)

When Mermaid Princess Era's fish friend is captured and turned into a delectable meal, she goes to land to mourn his death and aid his passing into the great beyond… If only that was the end of the story. Follow Era as she discovers the wonders of seafood. --- **Links:** - [Official Italian](https://www.j-pop.it/929-la-sirena-cannibale) - [Official Thai](https://www.mebmarket.com/index.php?action=BookDetails&book_id=89728) - [Official Korean](http://www.yes24.com/Product/Goods/61842946)

Airheaded, but serious, and with zero leeway! "I want to be a great teacher!" says the new grade-school teacher, Maru Hana, while fruitlessly spinning her wheels in days full of disappointing mistakes. Her innocence and clumsiness, akin to a child suddenly growing up, heals those around her. This is a 4 koma comedy about a teacher that sometimes gets pushed around, but slowly but surely comes into her own!

This is a four-panel comedy manga about Kobeni Yonomori, who on her 16th birthday suddenly has a young man with little presence named Hakuya Mitsumine and his little sister Mashiro appear in front of her. It turns out that Hakuya is her fiancé, and Mashiro is her future sister-in-law. The three (and Kobeni's overprotective big sister Benio) start living together under the same roof, and hilarious happenings occur.

The assassin with a scary mug has arrived in the town where an air-headed policewoman with a strong sense of justice lives! Although his target is a businessman, his constant flirting with the policewoman is causing him great trouble! The assassin constantly tries to eliminate the businessman who is in love with the policewoman... and if you look closely, there's a possible love triangle ?! Will the day the assassin can complete his job come?

Noemi Kohiyama is a second-year student at Count High School, a school with no established reputation in the world of tankery. Her first match as a tank commander is against Saunders University High School. She directs the crew of her tank with her orders, and she follows the orders of their team leader. At that time, she remembers the words that her senior said to her.

The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living is all about. Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. With the great struggle over, they all go their separate ways to live a quiet life. But as an elf, Frieren, nearly immortal, will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to terms with the mortality of her friends? How can she find fulfillment in her own life, and can she learn to understand what life means to the humans around her? Frieren begins a new journey to find the answer.

After quitting baseball because of a certain incident, Tetsuji has been spending his high school days listlessly until one day, his married elder sister suddenly returned home. She's 188cm tall and he's too scared to ask of her weight. Her name's Mao and her nickname is Maou a.k.a Demon King. Tetsu is also big-sized but he is timid unlike his sister who is huge in many ways, and they are about to spend an unexpectedly sad yet fiery summer holiday together.

Hiiragi-san is a single woman who is exhausted from work and life. No matter how depressed she is, she always ends up hungry.

Takamine Takane is the goddess of her high school. With perfect grades, athletic prowess, and unrivaled beauty, this student council president sits at the top of the social pyramid. And then there's Shirota Koushi, a below-average student with no friends or social prospects to speak of. One day, Shirota-kun accidentally sees Takamine-san's naked breasts and finds out the secret behind her unbelievable success. From then on, his school life changes. "Become my closet!" Shirota is forced into underwear-putting-on servitude!? ___ **Alt Official Raw:** [niconico Manga](https://manga.nicovideo.jp/comic/46371) **Official English Volumes:** [Yen Press](https://yenpress.com/series/please-put-them-on-takamine-san)

Winner of the 105th Newcomer Manga Award.

Naoto Date is a feared heel wrestler in America known as Tiger Mask who is extremely vicious in the ring. However, he decides to change after returning to Japan when a young boy tells him he wants to be a villain like Tiger Mask when he grows up. The boy resides in an orphanage, the same one that Tiger Mask grew up in during his childhood. Feeling that he does not want the boy to idolize a villain, Tiger is inspired to be a heroic wrestler. The main antagonists are Tiger's Cave, a mysterious organization that trains young people to be villainous heel wrestlers on the condition that they give half of their earnings to the organization. Tiger Mask was once a member of Tiger's Cave but no longer wants anything to do with them, instead donating his money to the orphanage. This infuriates the leader of the organization and he sends numerous assassins, including other professional wrestlers, after Tiger Mask to punish him. Most of the environment and characters are fictitious, but real-life pro wrestlers Antonio Inoki and Giant Baba are included in the story as well.

A super picky eater, office lady Aki-chan, finds out that her unrequited love, Fujii-kun's type is a girl "that is a real foodie." With the help of her close colleague, Konno-senpai, Aki-chan will challenge herself to try various foods to cure her picky eating. Observe her as she suffers while eating different foods! Let’s dig into this anti-gourmand 4-koma! ♪

Her secrets that only he knows… Itsuki Hayashi, a timid otaku who has just entered high school and wants to become a manga artist, is sitting next to a very scary-looking Yankee JK! The way she talks, the way she looks, the way she acts, everything about her is terrifying… But as it turns out, she has a lot of unexpected weaknesses!

A simple train ride brings back childhood memories for a brother before his sister opens a new chapter in her life.

These girls aren't human. Still, they adore humans more than anyone. I am Hitoma Rei, a NEET nearing 30 years old who was traumatized by human relationships. When I changed jobs, I ended up at an all-girls school whose purpose is to take non-humans and make them human!? Spending my days with the strange students Minadzuki Kyouka, a mermaid; Oogami Isaki, a werewolf; Usami Sui, a rabbit; and Haneda Tobari, a bird... Why do they want to be human? What do they want to do once they become human? I will teach them about humans. This may be an alternate world, but it's not like I've been reincarnated.

Kansai COMITIA69 '4 Hour Speed Manga Award' Grand Prize. A girl returns home to see an old friend.

“Goalkeepers are the coolest people out there.” Goalkeeper Kouki Inugami is struggling to find his place on his school's soccer team. After receiving ridicule from his teammates, what will motivate Inugami to improve his craft? Originally published in Sunday mini 2025 Vol. 2 alongside the Shounen Sunday S February 2025 Issue. ___ **Buy Elsewhere:** - [Suruga-ya](https://www.suruga-ya.jp/product/detail/WO20141)

Satomi Yuuki, a first-year high school student, has a secret worry. It’s that… his friend’s older sister—whom he often visits—is terrifying! With her flashy hair, multiple piercings, and that intimidating glare every time their eyes meet, Yuuki spends his days quietly scared… but it turns out, she has an unexpected hidden side…?

Why is that whenever I touch her, my hands seem to be cold? Or is that she doesn't want me to touch her?

**“Here I come, a life full of friendship!”** What would happen if the mightiest being of all time reincarnates himself as Villager A? As the Demon Lord, Varvatos leads a life where nobody dares intrude in his personal space. Desperate to find friends, he takes matters into his own hands and reincarnates 3000 years later as Ard Meteor, your regular nobody born in the boonies. But little did he know, magic has vastly degenerated after his passing, and what was considered average magic power during his lifetime is now considered never-before-seen talent! In a new life as a new abnormal, will he finally find true friendship? *Source: Comikey Media*

After a strange encounter with a mysterious carcinogenic fetus he found inside a patient’s skull, brain surgeon Minakata Jin slipped back through time. Equipped with modern medical knowledge, he faces various fatal diseases and injuries. He meets the ordinary people of Edo as well as illustrious figures, as his surgical knife carves out a new history. **Award:** Won the Grand Prize of the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2011. ___ **Official English:** Author Murakami Motoka fully commissioned an English translation of the manga himself. It can be found on [his Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/motokamurakami), [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D23CB5NS), or [Mangamo](https://www.mangamo.com/manga/jin).