A shojo one-shot compilation that chiefly features one-shots from the 1960's and ones published in Kodansha shojo magazines, with a theme of celebrating girlhood and girls from all walks of life. - **Tomboy Banzai** (おてんばバンザイ, Otenba Banzai): A gag one-shot in three parts about a thrill-seeking tomboy and her encounters with a group of petty yakuza. - **Clattery Classroom** - **The Silver Eyes**: Horror manga is all the rage at Sumi's school. One day, her teacher asks her to check up on her friend, who has been absent from school for some time. Before she knows it, Sumi ends up in a horror manga of her own! - **Will You Listen to Swan Lake With Me?**: Ishinomori's whimsical take on Swan Lake. - **Manga School** - **Little Red Riding Hood** - **New Masterpiece Fairytale Little Red Riding Hood** - **The Modern Girl's Mentality**: A whimsical commentary on all the hottest trends and pastimes of modern girls. - **Summer Break! Operation Cupid**: A boy gets asked by his friend to set him up with a girl, whose friend asks her to set her up with the boy. What does Cupid have in store for these youth? - **MY Friend**: - **First Love, Ah, First Love, First Love!**: The woes of a girl experiencing her first love. - **Miss Resist**: The story of a girl in a literal rebellious phase, acting contrary to what's said to her. - **Lala-chan**: A three-chapter gag manga about a girl and her trials and tribulations in love. *Note: CDJapan link only for MY Friend, which is bundled with other Ishinomori shojo oneshots from different one-shot compilations.*
After college, Rikuo Uozumi, a boy without much ambition in life, takes on a job at a convenience store. The days pass by uneventfully for Rikuo until he meets his former love interest and classmate, but especially thanks to the unusual Haru Nonaka, and her pet crow…
Why has Lelouch become C.C.’s tutor?! Lelouch and Nunnally were living in peace, but then one day a spoiled rich girl with absolutely no common sense named C.C. moved in next door. At the request of his mother, Marianne, Lelouch has taken on the task of ensuring her education – and now he’s made a contract with C.C. to be her personal tutor…?! A high school AU comedy begins!
One day, the Demon Queen saves Haru, a young human boy about to be sold as a slave, and takes him back to be her attendant. Some years later, the bored demon queen asks our now fully grown and handsome Haru what else she has left to do. "Marriage," Haru replies. Thus, a heart-pounding romcom between an innocent demon queen and her servant unfolds.
Hyouka Shinonome is Iori Majima's childhood friend. They used to be close, but partway through middle school her attitude changed drastically. The once‑sweet Hyouka became, true to her name, an icy girl who greeted Iori with frosty words whenever they met. Yet when another childhood friend—You Amaya, who boldly pursues Iori—enters the picture, Hyouka's behavior toward Iori also starts to thaw...
A cat is picked up by a human on a rainy winter day. But unfortunately the anticipated savior is an ex-yakuza with a scary look.
The story centers on first-year high school student Tatsuya Yoigoshi, a former ace soccer player who dislikes sports. He gets invited to join the team for an Indian contact sport called Kabaddi. He scoffs at the idea at first but becomes interested after watching a kabaddi practice. Won the 70th Shougakukan Manga Award.
On a rainy summer evening, a woman and a "dog" happened to meet each other and life has never been the same since.
_"In my class, there is a true idol."_ A first-year high school student at an ultra-elite school, Hiruno has to be the top student in his class according to his strict mother's order, but when he fails to fill in his first achievement test, he gets a red mark and has to take a remedial class. However, there is another participant in the remedial class...?
"So, what shall I eat today?" Tuna and cheddar cheese, an egg sandwich, and strawberry daifuku toast are breads that brighten the morning. The unforgettable pasta from that neighbourhood shop run by real artisans. Washing down sizzling hot dumplings with drinks would be the perfect weekend bliss. A special brunch with the table filled with crepes. Packing a pretty tin with all my favourite snacks. My favourite cute cup. Buying a new dining table to welcome a new way of living. Ida Chiaki, beloved for 'Ie Ga Suki Na Hito', draws her very first essay manga here, depicting about the many small joys of eating. It's warm, grounded, and filled with the texture of everyday life. It's such a delicious ramble. Well then, go ahead and dig in.
Miku is a high school student who is very good at fantasizing, but knows nothing about real boys. At school, she hides her interest and acts as a pure character, but one day her childhood friend, Shida, finds out that she's been reading erotic manga! "I thought my life was over...but then Shida-kun asks me if I want to gain some experience with guy...?" It's a romantic comedy about a girl with a delusional brain and a teasing boy in a public bathhouse.
A lonely old painter and a girl with no friends. This is a story about two people who don't fit in, and how they learn how to love the world as it is.
Sucking up all the boys' nectar.♥ Miya-chan, a member of the track and field club, has been in poor condition for the last few days due to some unknown reason... So she thought, but one day, she suddenly became able to see heart marks on top of the boys' heads...!? Not only that, but she even saw a picture of herself being used for what looks like XXX!? Just what will happen to Miya-chan!?
“Live” identity disorder, also known as “border”. “Life”, not “Personality” —Life. It is a new disease that suddenly appeared 10 years ago and changed about 7.6% of humankind to “Corpse”. Subjectively they are alive, but objectively they are “dead”. A high school girl detective × a border girl confronts unknown incidents that occurs in a society where the line between life and death is vague! !
Anko and Ko are assigned to investigate a mysterious religious cult called "Paradise", after Amu Miyamoto from the idol group "Wednesday is Sunday" reaches out for assistance. Her fellow bandmate, Mei, is entangled with this sect. The group's enigmatic leader appears ageless and perpetually radiant, hinting at a vampiric nature. Their arrival in the secluded countryside where "Paradise" is based is met with suspicion and hostility... and thus, the pursuit kicks off!
The beautiful student council president is cornered by the handsome biology nerd! Kirishima Sakura is a flawless, elite beauty and the student council president. Her dream is to become Prime Minister one day, and she diligently fulfills her duties as president to sharpen her leadership skills. But one day, she meets Seijirou Tanabe, the school’s most eccentric guy and a handsome biology geek, and soon finds herself swept up in his obsessive passion for living things. And that’s when Sakura discovers it... The hidden side of Seijirou Tanabe that no one else has ever seen!!!
The new series follows the first-year student Ritsu Nagara, who wants to pursue the card game karuta, but has a number of obstacles in his way. The tagline for the series reads, "What has become of the karuta club that Chihaya and the others have left behind?"
Izumi Yukiharu is a second-year high schooler. After suddenly losing his parents one day, the only thing he's inherited is a 50,000,000 yen debt?! Without a place to live, Yukiharu stumbles into a certain residential home. To repay the debt, he's designated as "their Catships' catservant"…?! The curtain raises on a somewhat peaceful, slapstick, pampered-cat comedy! --- Izumi Yukihara, high school second year. His life is completely average—until a series of unfortunate events turn his life upside down. As if losing his parents weren't enough, he's saddled with their massive debt and forced to relocate to a new residence. On the bright side, the owners of his new residence offer him a chance to repay his debt…by serving cats?!
Berno Light is different from the others, she is a special girl.
On the way home from school, Kashiwagi Aki is kidnapped and finds herself in a world populated entirely by beastmen. She ends up in a pet store where the overzealous and impulsive wolfman Zinovy becomes infatuated with her and buys her on sight. Thus begins their strange and chaotic, albeit incredibly cute life.
Humans have evolved to be born with the "attributes" of animals. Misako, a mere human who does not possess any attributes, meets a black wolf belonging to the genus "Hailo wolf" at the Juusaki Academy where she is enrolled. The two have nothing in common, but they find themselves becoming aware of each other...!?
1: Noël On the day before Christmas, Amberley disappears into the forest while searching for Noel's gift. He is cursed and cannot leave without aging faster than normal, but he leaves the forest anyway to deliver gifts to the girl he loves. 2: The Teddy Bear Murder Case Four murders have taken place at an all girl school. Lying beside each of the victim was a teddy bear with one missing limb. Now It is up to Detective Hebizuka Amaru and his cute assistant Kohijiri-kun to solve the mystery! 3: The Four Sisters Murder Case 4: A Is for Alice Alastair, a grown man, is off to follow the Rabbit once again to return to Wonderland. 5: The Bedroom Girl, the Sculpture Room Girl A story about a girl in her death bed finding another chance in life in the body of a doll. But is the girl in the bedroom the same as the girl in the sculpture room? Can the doll master make her dreams come true? 6: B&W ～Black&White～ A story about a boy waiting for his sister. 7: Le jardin du thé A mysterious story about a poor young man who orders a kind of tea called Huan Ying – “The Illusion”. He asked for a small quantity - just to have a taste - and was granted one cupful… 8-9: Free Fitting for Her A priest and his captured vampire must save a naive and selfish young girl from the murderous desires of a Lolicon. But perhaps this girl isn't all that she seems. 10: Rose Dusk, Pale Moon 11: Hello, My Sister 12: The Happy Prince 13: Welcome to Wonderland Simon, Alastair's old classmate, is now a grown man who bumps into his childhood Wonderland traveler.
Makoto Okazaki is your run of the mill high-schooler, a perfect bullying target and a closet pervert. One night he decides to return a DVD to a friend of his and ventures out into the darkness. He notices a person on a nearby rooftop. The person lunges at him before he is able to make sense of this, and bites into his neck, drinking his blood. The attacker stops. At this point Makoto notices that the attacker is a beautiful girl. She asks him: "Do you want to die or become like me?" He decides to live…
After finding himself unable to keep up with the hellish fighting on the front lines of the war against the demon lord’s army, Red is finally kicked out of the Hero’s party. Ashamed of his inadequacy, he moves to a distant frontier region where nobody would know his face or past. However, once he gets over the funk of having to leave his adventuring days behind, he’s actually excited to begin a quiet life as an apothecary… which becomes a whole lot more lively when a former party member and actual princess, Rit, pays him an unexpected visit!