The story starts when Kagawa, a student, delivers the class journal to Hoshi-sensei. As the students play word chain game "Shiritori" in the form of drawings in the remarks column of the journal, Hoshi-sensei becomes troubled... --- - **Won the 25th Japan Media Arts Festival Social Impact Award for Manga in 2022**

There is a dream worth putting two lives on the line for. Tsukasa, a young man with shattered dreams, and Inori, a girl no one believed in. However, in the face of adversity, those two possessed a tenacity towards the rink greater than anyone had ever known. Together, they meet on the ice, and aim for the world with their figure skating! ___ **Links:** - [Series' Twitter](https://twitter.com/medalist_AFT) - Alternative Official English - [K MANGA (U.S. Only)](https://kmanga.kodansha.com/title/10231/episode/318207), [Kodansha](https://kodansha.us/series/medalist/)

It's 2020 and Tokyo is on fire! A large, mysterious creature rampages through the city destroying everything in its path. Cut to 1959, we meet Asa Asada, a spunky young girl from a huge family in Nagoya. As one of 11 siblings, Asa is constantly forgotten. Most people can't even remember her name. So, when she is kidnapped for ransom (by a burglar who mistakes her for a doctor's kid), no one bats an eye—not even when a typhoon hits! Now Asa and her kidnapper must work together to survive the brutal storm. But there's more to her kidnapper and this storm than meets the eye. --- **Awards Won:** - Winner of the [Lucca Comics Awards](https://luccacomicsawards.com/albo-doro-2/) for Best Manga Series in 2021. --- See [MyAnimeList](https://myanimelist.net/manga/116000/Asadora) for Manga Details. - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asadora!)

In the distant future, a new life form called The Lustrous are born. The 28 Lustrous must fight against the Lunarians who want to attack them and turn them into decorations, thus each Lustrous is assigned a role such as a fighter or a medic. Though they hope to fight the Lunarians, Phos is a Lustrous who is given no assignment until the Lustrous' master Adamantine asks them to write an encyclopedia.

140 years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who, felling men with his bloodstained blade, gained the name Hitokiri, man slayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji . Then he vanished, and with the flow of years, became legend. Ten years later, a young woman's life is saved when she happens upon a strange wandering swordsman named Kenshin. The young woman accepts the wanderer into her dojo, despite his secretive past, and the two become fast friends. As their relationship grows, they meet and make more friends (as well as enemies), and they grow accustomed to their life together. However, one man can only run from his past for so long, and it isn't long before Kenshin is forced to face the life he thought he'd left behind. Now, together with his friends, he must fight the ghosts of his past if he wants the people he loves to have any kind of future. Contains a side story called Yahiko no Sakabato. --- Official Release: - Indonesian release by Elex Media as **Samurai X** (2001)

The sixth story arc of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. In Florida, 2011, Jolyne Cujoh sits in a jail cell like her father Jotaro once did; yet this situation is not of her own choice. Framed for a crime she didn’t commit, Jolyne is ready to resign to a dire fate as a prisoner of Green Dolphin Street Jail. When all hope seems lost, a gift from Jotaro awakens her ability, a Stand called Stone Free. Now armed with the power to change her fate, Jolyne sets out to find an escape from the stone ocean that holds her. However, she soon discovers that her incarceration is merely a small part of a grand plot: one that not only takes aim at her family, but has additional far-reaching consequences. What's more, the mastermind is lurking within the very same prison, and is under the protection of a lineup of menacing Stand users. Finding unlikely allies to help her cause, Jolyne sets course to stop their plot, clear her name, and take back her life.

The highly acclaimed sixth arc of Hirohiko Araki’s JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure shifts the action from Italy to America, as Jolyne Cujoh—daughter of Jotaro Kujo—is sentenced to 15 years in prison for a murder she didn’t commit! In a bizarre turn of events, the prison is filled with Stand users. Some become her allies, but many are sent to kill Jolyne and her friends in a scheme to resurrect the scourge of the Joestar family—DIO! It’s a battle for survival in a prison where death lurks around every corner while Jolyne fights to save her father’s life in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Part 6—Stone Ocean!

A regular school boy, Hikaru Shindo stumbles upon an old go board while looking through his grandpa's old storage room for something worth money. From inside the board came an old spirit named Sai who once dedicated his life to go. Together, Sai continues to search for the move people call "the god's hand" while Hikaru slowly began an interest in this ancient game and walks down the road of go. --- Hikaru Shindo is like any sixth-grader in Japan: a pretty normal school boy with a two-tone head of hair and a penchant for antics. One day, he finds an old bloodstained Go board in his grandfather's attic - and that's when thing get really interesting. Trapped inside the Go board is Fujiwara-no-Sai, the ghost of an ancient Go master who taught the strategically complex bpard game to the Emperor of Japan many centuries ago. In one fateful moment, Sai becomes a part of Hikaru's consciousness and together, through thick and thin, they make an unstoppable Go-playing team. Will they be able to defeat Go players who have dedicated their lives to the game? Will Sai achieve the "Divine Move" so he'll finally be able to rest in peace? --- *Hikaru no Go* received the Shogakukan Manga Award in 2000 and creators received Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2003 for the series.

Tadayasu Sawaki has just enrolled in an agricultural university in Tokyo with his longtime friend Kei Yuuki. Although not known outside a close circle of friends and family, Tadayasu has the unique ability to see and communicate with microbes, which appear larger and look different to him than they do to a normal person's eyes. This catches the attention of Keizou Itsuki, a professor at the university and an old friend of Tadayasu's grandfather who specializes in microbiology and fermentation. Thus begins Tadayasu's tutelage under Professor Itsuki, aided by his graduate student Haruka Hasegawa, as he attempts to adjust to his new life at the university. * Nominated for the 1st Manga Taisho in 2008. * Won the Grand Prize for the 12th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2008. * Won the 2008 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga. * Won the Seiun Award for Best Comic in 2015.

Kobayashi is a Yankee who can neither study nor hold down a part-time job. One day, the eccentric Uno is transferred into his class. Uno saves Kobayashi from a questionable part-time job offered to him by a senior student, and the two become good friends after this incident. The more he learns about Uno, the more he is attracted to his lifestyle, and Kobayashi tries to change himself...

A collection of odd (and often very short) oneshots on a wide variety of subjects. **Award:** Excellence Award in the 17th Japan Media Arts Festival Manga Division

After his sister is devoured by a dragon and losing all their supplies in a failed dungeon raid, Laios and his party are determined to save his sister before she gets digested. Completely broke and having to resort to eating monsters as food, they meet a dwarf who will introduce them to the world of Dungeon Meshi - delicious cuisine made from ingredients such as the flesh of giant bats, walking mushrooms, or even screaming mandrakes. **Award:** 1st in This Manga Is Amazing! 2016's Male Ranking

When Roman architect Lucius is criticized for his "outdated" thermae designs, he retreats to the local bath to collect his thoughts. All Lucius wants is to recapture the Rome of earlier days, when one could enjoy a relaxing bath without the pressure of merchants and roughhousing patrons. Slipping deeper into the warm water, Lucius is suddenly caught in the suction and dragged through the drainage at the bottom of the bath! He emerges coughing and sputtering amid a group of strange-looking foreigners with the most peculiar bathhouse customs…over 1,500 years in the future in modern-day Japan! His contemporaries wanted him to modernize, and so, borrowing the customs of these mysterious bath-loving people, Lucius opens what quickly becomes the most popular new bathhouse in Rome-Thermae Romae! --- - **Won the 3rd Manga Taisho** - **Won the Short Story Award at the 14th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize in 2010**

Totonou is a young college student who stands out — both for his bushy hairdo and his finely-honed abilities of observation and deduction. When Totonou is accused of murder, he puts his skills to work and uses his exceptional insights to find the real killer. Later, all Totonou wants to do is return to his own little world, but he can’t avoid getting caught up in one mystery after another. In his own blunt yet gentle way, Totonou is a truth seeker who tries to make sense of a chaotic — and often dangerous — world. ___ Awards: - **Won the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2019** - **Won the 44th Kodansha Manga Award in 2020** TV Dorama adaptation (2022): [MyDramaList](https://mydramalist.com/702507-mystery-to-iunakare) - [Bangumi](https://bgm.tv/subject/338076)

From Viz: Takemoto lives in a run-down student apartment, where his greatest worry is when he'll next be able to afford to eat meat and whether he'll get to class on time. Although he's away from home and living on his own, Takemoto is far from finished growing up. Along with his crazy cast of friends, Morita, Mayama, Yamada, and Hagumi, Takemoto sets out to discover life and his true self. Was adapted into a live action film in 2006 and a live action tv series. In 2003, this manga won the 27th Kodansha Manga Award for shoujo.

The Demon King has had a rough day. Just when he thought he finally defeated the hero, he came back. And back. And back. And sooner or later, the hero who constantly resurrected was bound to defeat a Demon Lord who couldn't. And he did. The hero vanquished the Demon Lord, peace spread across the land, and so on and so forth. The End. That's it. That's the whole story. ...Kidding. The Demon Lord sent his soul to a empty vessel, which saved his life but unfortunately also is incredibly weak. So what’s a Demon King to do when he wants to rule the world, but couldn’t even defeat a child? ___ [Official English](https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/monster-guild-the-dark-lords-no-good-comeback/) - **Won the 2nd Shinchosha Bunch Manga Award**

In the American Old West, the world's greatest race is about to begin. Thousands line up in San Diego to travel over six thousand kilometers for a chance to win the grand prize of fifty million dollars. With the era of the horse reaching its end, contestants are allowed to use any kind of vehicle they wish. Competitors will have to endure grueling conditions, traveling up to a hundred kilometers a day through uncharted wastelands. The Steel Ball Run is truly a one-of-a-kind event. The youthful Johnny Joestar, a crippled former horse racer, has come to San Diego to watch the start of the race. There he encounters Gyro Zeppeli, a racer with two steel balls at his waist instead of a gun. Johnny witnesses Gyro using one of his steel balls to unleash a fantastical power, compelling a man to fire his gun at himself during a duel. In the midst of the action, Johnny happens to touch the steel ball and feels a power surging through his legs, allowing him to stand up for the first time in two years. Vowing to find the secret of the steel balls, Johnny decides to compete in the race, and so begins his bizarre adventure across America on the Steel Ball Run.

In 2011, childhood friends Yasuho Hirose and Joushuu Higashikata discover a naked man buried in the ground just outside the town of Morioh. The man has no memory of his name or previous life; the only thing he remembers about himself is how to use his Stand, a supernatural ability that takes the form of a humanoid creature. The stranger is quickly given a name, Jousuke, and Joushuu's father Norisuke decides to adopt him into the Higashikata household until he can find his own home. As Jousuke begins to investigate his past, it becomes apparent that he is no ordinary amnesiac. There is much more to his identity than he first suspected, and, as he is thrust into a series of high-stakes Stand battles, he soon begins unravelling a deadly conspiracy that encompasses the entire town.

A handsome boy, the most handsome in his school, who is constantly receiving and rejecting girls' confessions. What they don't know is that he is in love with another boy.

Gotou Kensuke (a.k.a. Dr. Koto), a brilliant surgeon who had been working at a famous university hospital in Tokyo, took responsibility for a medical error and came to the remote island of Koshiki, which had been without a doctor for three months. The clinic there lacked medical facilities and was unable to provide full-scale treatment or surgery, and could only send patients to a hospital on the mainland, a six-hour boat ride away. Then a village boy came down with acute appendicitis! Will Koto continue to transport them to the mainland? Or... --- - Won the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga in 2004. - Published in Indonesian as *Dr. Koto* by Elex Media Komputindo (2010).

The son of a famous pianist, music student Shinichi Chiaki dreams of studying abroad and becoming a conductor like his mentor. Unfortunately, his fear of flying grounds his lofty plans! As he watches other classmates achieve what he has always wanted, Shinichi wonders if he should quit music altogether. Then one day he meets fellow student Megumi Noda, also known as Nodame. This oddball girl cannot cook, clean, or even read a music score, but she can play the piano in incomparable Cantabile style. And she teaches Chiaki something that he has forgotten: to enjoy his music, no matter where he is. It received the 2004 Kodansha Manga Award for best shoujo manga. --- **Officially Translated:** - In Indonesian by Elex Media

High school girl Hinako is living a quiet life in a seaside town, but she feels somewhat detached from her friends during the summer months when she is reminded of when her family died years ago. One day, she meets Shiori, a mysterious girl who reminds her of the ocean, especially when it comes to her translucent blue eyes, but Shiori soon reveals that she is actually a mermaid who has been looking for Hinako for a long time.

Arashiyama is a clumsy girl with a love for mysteries and a knack for getting into trouble. She works for an old lady’s lackluster maid café in a small shopping district. The cafe is largely unsuccessful in attracting customers aside from Sanada, a regular and one of Arashiyama's classmates (who has a secret crush on her). One day Arashiyama’s clever friend Tatsuno is invited to the café, and, upon seeing the miserable state of things (and Sanada, whom she has a secret crush on), decides to work there. Don’t miss the crazy antics of Arashiyama and friends, mismatched love stories, and all the hilarity that is created as a result, in Sore Machi.

[from lost-translations] “I want a boyfriend!” Kozakura Nonoka always fancied having a boyfriend. Upon entering high school, she was certain that she was finally going to get one, but fast-forwarding eight months to December, she was still single as ever. Desperate, she attended a goukon (a group blind date) where she met Kiriyama Naoya, whose first words to her was “You’ll never get a boyfriend.” Now, what would this strange meet-up lead to? --- - **Won the Shogakukan Manga Award for Shojo in 2018**