The near future in a quiet seaside town. Yoshioka, who has recently lost his wife, just wants to spend the rest of his days in peace. However, Yoshioka's children, worried about their father's health, send an off-model housekeeping robot called Ponko to help him. Unusual for the age, as human-like robots are then considered obsolete, Ponko does her best to serve Yoshioka, but her "best" is not that good. Yoshioka's quiet life is now changing, as this eager but ditzy robot girl manages to keep his hands full…

After being dumped, followed closely by her grandmother's sudden death, the chubby Yuri is left broke and homeless. That is until she discovers that her grandmother had been lying to her for years. Her mother is not dead, but is in fact a famous movie star, and very much alive. Upon arriving at her mother's house, she meets her three new beautiful siblings, all from different fathers. Her new-found family is filled with hilarious oddities, ranging from laziness to drunkenness to gay incest. She is constantly antagonized by her brothers Sumire and Aoi. And her sister Fuyou does little to help. And thus Yuri becomes little more than a maid in the household, catering to her siblings needs while her mother travels the world. But as Yuri's warmth fills the house which before had been so cold…what will happen between her and her brothers? Can they come to see each other as siblings before it's too late? The series received the Shogakukan Manga Award for Shoujo in 1994, and was adapted into a live action Taiwanese drama called "The Rose", originally aired in 2003.

Born in a family of delinquents, Nanba Tsuyoshi is expected to succeed his older brother as the strongest delinquent in school. Unbeknownst to his family, however, he decides to enroll in the top high school in town to live as a normal high schooler. Can he maintain his double life as the strongest delinquent in town and as a normal high schooler?

The World Rift. A giant line of water jets that divides the world in two. Eight years ago, an epic battle punctured a hole through the rift and strange creatures began to leak into the known world, making it so that the only ones who venture out to sea are fools and pirates. Cherry Blossom is one of these aspiring pirates, setting out to sea in order to find something important to him. Along the way, he crosses paths with Sun, a mysterious boy who holds the World Rift Tear, an amulet said to be the key to traversing the World Rift and discovering what lies beyond. Together, they set out into uncharted seas, inviting any grand adventures that awaits them!

Chako Hananoki thought she'd found happiness in a handsome fiancé, but when she realized a marriage to him would mean a total erasure of herself, she broke it off and moved back into her childhood home in the country—only to find a strange man and young woman living there? She finds a way to coexist with them, but when her stalker fiancé follows her home, she declares to him (and accidentally to the whole village as well) that this new man in her life is her husband?! (Source: Kodansha)

Yoshie, who lost her daughter in an unexpected accident, encounters a certain doll at an antique market. She dotes on the doll as if it were her real daughter, and her emotional wounds gradually begin to heal. However, when the couple has a new daughter, the doll starts to unravel their family’s happiness.

Nana was raised by robots, and is now a research student living with Hachitsu, a gifted scientist also raised by robots. One day, Hachitsu collapses from a disease. In order to gain the time to develop a cure to save him, Nana proposes they place him in cold sleep. Hachitsu goes to sleep, leaving behind the clones that he created to help Nana. When he wakes up decades later, Hachitsu finds Nana grown into an old lady and yet more clones. Hachitsu is saved by a surgery, but the elderly Nana seems to be nearing the end of her days. While Hachitsu slept, a war had broken out and devastated the world, and robots and AI who had been turned into weapons had started hating humanity. Nana devoted the rest of her life to creating robots to clean up the earth. She had a dream that humans and AI would be able to reconcile. As she lay on her sickbed, Hachitsu and the clones vowed to carry on her dying wish...

Riku planned to move to Kyoto, together with his childhood friend Momoka. Instead, his parents have him betrothed to the cuddly Tanuki princess Miyo! She can turn into a woman, but being a human is quite difficult: Miyo cooks scrambled eggs with their shells, washes herself in the washing machine and sometimes nibbles on a grasshopper. But thanks to Momoka, she quickly learns what jealousy is.

Nakayama Haruto is a game commentator who streams provocative content under the name "Oni-chan." He attracts attention for his radical streams , but his true identity is that of a good older brother who streams to raise money for his younger sister's tuition and living expenses. However, he accidentally forgets to turn off the streams, and his true personality is revealed to the public. Just when it seems like he's going to cause a major uproar, the contrast with his usual self turns out to be a big hit with viewers...!?

Kenichi, a single man in his 40s, is transported into another world for no apparent reason. As he tries to escape a dangerous forest teaming with monsters, he realizes he has the power to access to a huge online store. By using this power to exchange goods he found in this new world for cash, and then buying modern ones off the internet, he was able to quickly create a very popular business. However, his goal is to have a slow and leisurely life.

Kazuhiro Oyamada, a university student suffering from insomnia and health issues, returns to his family home during summer break to recuperate. However, upon arriving, he notices that his grandparents, who are supposed to be there, are nowhere to be found. Feeling something is off, Kazuhiro asks his parents about it but is met with suspicious reactions. Eventually, Kazuhiro uncovers the 'truth' behind the strange changes in his family...

Ray and Trice grew up together in this post apocalyptic world. She was his only friend. But then one day... An unwelcomed guest arrives and says "Glory to Humans".

Follow the intergalactic adventures of a man traveling the stars with a mission: to bone the hottest girls the universe has to offer while uncovering the mysteries of his forgotten past. **Winner of the 2020 Seiun (Nebula) Award**

Chika, a boy who cannot reveal his hobbies and interests to others, gradually becomes attracted to his friend's older sister, Hanako.

New game, new players, same rule, and an additional mysterious role, The Crazy Fox.

At a Hygiene Exhibition, a mysterious friendship blooms between Akihiko, a boy who dreams of becoming a military doctor, and Hisao, who has an iron prosthetic arm. But each time Akihiko meets with him, Hisao's body deteriorates, and the number of prosthetic limbs increases… A retro scifi drama overflowing with darkness and beauty that questions humanity and its agency! **Award:** Won the Four Seasons Prize in the Spring 2024 Afternoon Four Seasons Awards. Originally published in the good! Afternoon June 2024 Issue.

It was the Sengoku Era, a time when warring daimyous usurped each other constantly. There was a man whose soul was overtaken by the ways of tea and material greed as he strenuously worked his way up towards greater power and status. His name was Furuta Sasuke, a vassal of Oda Nobunaga in the Yamashiro province. With his world broadened by Oda's genius and Tea Master Sen no Soueki's spiritual insight, Sasuke travelled the road of the jocular fellow. To live or not to live. For power or the arts. That is the question! **Awards:** - 2009 Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Prize - 14th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Grand Prize (2010)

Hikaru Nakamura author of "Saint Young Men" and "Arakawa Under the Bridge" begins a new series for the first time in 10 years! The Black Santa Claus is looking for staff for his "Black Enterprise"!! After failing her university entrance exam, Hino Miharu had no choice but to search for a job. For the past three years, she’s been working part-time at a convenience store, where she’s scolded by her manager and taken advantage of by her younger co-worker. That is until she finds herself entangled the black Santa himself, where she is whisked off to her dream job…or so she thinks.

Uruwashi Maria, a student at the Hananomiya private academy is a strong-willed and selfish "villainess." Her life is on easy mode and she has no enemies, but one day the memories of her past life come to her. Suddenly she remembers that in her previous life she was a normal high school girl. And she’s seen this life of hers play out before in a manga she read in her previous life! According to memories of her past life, Maria is killed by somebody in the manga. "And I don't know who did it because I died before I could read the ending!" Can Maria avoid her death and find happiness?

Seven former fellow middle school students are forced to participate in a “death game” by an eerie ‘rabbit’. They have never met after graduating but now they must complete 6 death games within one hour to escape their entrapment! A game of despair begins as their dark past is revealed and their fragile relationships are put to the test!

Rei Ôhashi, une simple employée de bureau d’une petite entreprise, se retrouve soudainement dans le corps de l’héroïne de son jeu vidéo de drague préféré, Revolution. Maintenant sous le nom de Rae Taylor, elle est prête à accomplir son objectif. Passer du bon temps avec les princes du jeu ? Non. Son cœur appartient à la méchante de l’histoire, Claire François. Bien décidée à la chérir et à rester à ses côtés, sa nouvelle vie commence dans un monde empreint de magie !

Suzuho, tormented by relentless bullying, crosses paths with Raiko—a girl whose personality is a stark contrast to her own—following an unexpected motorcycle accident. Inspired by Raiko's vibrant spirit, Suzuho begins to embrace a more positive outlook on life, until she is confronted once again by her tormentors.

What makes family family?