Miyakata Amane, a brilliant dollmaker, spontaneously experiences her ramshackle life turned upside-down when her latest creations bring new meaning to realism.
Two linked stories, both revolving around a deadly female assassin. In Hotel Harbour View, a Japanese expatriate in Hong Kong spends his time drinking whisky, photographing a high class prostitute and waiting for death at the hands of the assassin he knows is coming for him. In Brief Encounter, a notorious Parisian assassin is himself marked for assassination and his hunter is no stranger to him.
Short stories all related through a common medium: Eggplant (Aubergine). Nasu is a collection of stories, focusing on a returning series of characters, such as Takama, a farmer, and a young girl named Aya Takashi, who begins the series abandoned by her father and residing in Tokyo with her two younger siblings, and as the manga progresses to its second volume, leaves the city to reside in the countryside with her relatives, near Takama's farm. Apart from the chapters concerning Takama and Aya, other stories are also featured, such as one telling the chronicles of samurai in the Edo period hunting forbidden eggplant (nasu), another set atop a futuristic Mount Fuji, another tale concerning a truck driver, and also Summer in Andalusia, the story concerning the professional Spanish bicyclist Pepe Benengeli, from which the film was adapted.
Tokyo, Taisho era (1912-1926). Aria Kaibara, who wishes to become a pianist, takes the exams to become a preparatory student at the Tokyo Music School. The passion in her playing overwhelms her surroundings, like a ripple on the surface of water. It is then that Aria has an encounter with the son of the Nishimikado noble family, Natsuo, and learns a shocking truth… The youth of a maiden blessed by the god of music in this stream of musical romance!
Chizuru Yoshida is not your typical high schooler and she's all too aware of it! She has a talent with getting what she wants from her male lovers and often comes across as cold and manipulative… In truth, despite her experiences with guys, she has never been in love. That's until the fateful arrival of newly-trasferred student, Azumi Yamada, at her school. It was love at first sight for Chizuru–indeed an unexpected turn of events for the story's vixen! Not only was she in love, but with all things…another girl. Chizuru goes through a brief stage of anger and denial and tries to convince herself that she couldn't possibly be attracted to such a simple-looking, shy, and naive girl! To her despair she finds herself constantly thinking of Azumi, so she finally resolves to become friends with her, but it's not too long when she starts to push things along with Azumi… ---- * [Hen (1993)](https://mangadex.org/title/eb89077b-78fb-4404-a6d7-a70200f663a3/hen-suzuki-kun-to-sato-kun-no-baai) - Prequel * [HEN (1988)](https://mangadex.org/title/4926c983-21a0-438c-a407-f30b8dff53c3/hen-suzuki-satou) - Prototype
Yuu Watase's Masterpiece Collection #5 Includes: - Mint de Kiss Me There is a legend that if you kiss the man you like with a mint candy in your mouth, you can become one with your love. Misono is a rather superstitious girl who decides to test this out on Tohno-sensei, a young teacher she has a crush on. Unfortunately for her, she makes a mistake in the attempt to surprise him and instead kisses her fellow classmate Shindou. Of course this would be the time for the legend to work quite literally as Misono’s spirit enters Shindou’s body. - Genseika (Primeval Flower) Chiya goes to school with her friends and witnesses one of them die suddenly as a flower bursts out of him. The three friends had been together since elementary school, the death hitting Chiya and Yutaka hard. When other people begin dying from the flowers, they investigate possible reasons for such usual deaths. To her surprise, she finds answers close to home. ○ Extra: Hana no Shirube (The Seal of the Flower) - Furimuke Romance! (Turn Romance!) The hero of girls targeted by guys peeking into the locker room, Taka has quite the violent tomboy reputation. But all she wants is for some handsome guy to ask her out. A cheerful street vendor, Ryouta gives her a special ring with a heart locket pendent to hold pictures. When two photos are enclosed, romance is in the air. - Fushigi Yuugi Comic Special: Hang in There, Nakago! (Wake up, Nakago!) Involves the scenario where Fushigi Yuugi was actually done by real actors. Unfortunately, Nakago (stage name) is a lot more unconfident than the character he plays. At least his one main fan, an unnamed woman with flowers, is there to support him through his worries.
Alice Seno seems like a normal girl in high school. She's a bit shy, she's got a crush on a boy named Kyou, and she's got an older sister who is more popular than she is… pretty normal stuff, until Alice has an encounter with a mysterious and magical rabbit girl that changes the course of her life, and Alice is introduced to the sublime power of the Lotis Words.
When schoolgirl Takiko Okuda attempts to destroy her father's translation of The Universe of the Four Gods, she is instead literally sucked into the story, becoming the Priestess of Genbu in an epic journey to find the seven Celestial Warriors! --- Official Release: - Indonesian release by Level Comics as **The Tale of Genbu**
Shin'ichi Nagakawa and Yuuki Sanada are both involved in an accident and die together. However, they are given a chance to live again. God lets them live for seven more days, but after their time is up, one of them must die again. Oh, and there's one more catch. God decrees that their lives will be shared, including emotions (guilt) and physical sensations (pain). They are also unable to leave one another's side. What will happen during those seven days? Originally a oneshot in 1996, included in the Love Letter collection.
Every 30 years, a new princess is chosen from the Hime family to serve the Hayagami. The time has come again, but over these past years, records state not a single female has been born, save for one, the 15 year old Arata. The only problem is, Arata is actually a male! Forced to disguise himself and take the place of the princess candidate until a formal one can be found, he attends the festival only to witness the current princess, Kokuri-hime, murdered, and his own life is forfeit as well, by the hands of the princess' personal guard, the 12 Shinshou. As he runs for his life, Kannagi of the 12 convinces everyone that Arata is the one who has murdered the princess instead, and now everyone in the Imperial Court is after his head! Now, another Arata from our world has crossed over in Arata's place! How did this happen, and how will these two survive? Note: As a result of changes imposed by the mangaka's former editor in early volumes of this series, which were at odds with her initial plans for the story, a [remastered version](https://mangadex.org/title/9429f633-1005-4be9-aebf-950b96b41e4b/arata-kangatari-remastered-ban) was started and the series was paused after volume 24 in order to allow for the remastered version to catch up. However, as the story in the remastered version had diverged significantly by volume 8, in 2021 it was decided to discontinue the Shounen Sunday version and to continue the story only in the remastered version. Link: [AnimeNewsNetwork](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=14962) (anime).
Because of the menacing look in his eyes, the artist, Hayama, always scares away his models. Hayama, who wants to draw the ideal bijin-ga, is a relatively obscure artist who only receives jobs for still lifes and small illustrations. But, one day, the captivating Hanae appears, dressed in women's clothes and unafraid of Hayama's eyes. And, he was the very picture of the <ideal model>.
A new one-shot by the talented Tomio Ogata! This is a story about a young girl working in a manor, and a demon who lives within a mirror.
The story is set one month after a comet has fallen for the first time in a thousand years in Japan. Mitsuha, a high school girl living in the countryside, wants to live in the city because she is tired of life in the country. Then, there's Taki. He's a high school student living in Tokyo with his friends while working as a part-timer at an Italian restaurant. He also has a strong interest in fine arts involving architecture. One day, Mitsuha dreams of herself as a young man. On the other hand, Taki also has a dream where he is a female student attending high school in the countryside. What's the secret behind their dreams? --- **Links:** [Official English: Your name. (Bookwalker)](https://global.bookwalker.jp/series/116499/) [Your name. Another Side：Earthbound 01 (Bookwalker)](https://bookwalker.jp/de5eda5c87-df5f-455d-8502-01e66e2c37fb/)
The St. Mikhailov Academy student Oribe Mafuyu comes across a mysterious silver haired boy. He is called a Qwaser, a being that draws power from Soma and is able to manipulate a specific element. And now, in the 21st century, the mystery revolving around an Icon turns the academy into the battlegrounds for the fight between the Qwaser!
While the title suggests a story of simple, everyday school life, the contents are more the opposite. The setting is a strange school where you may see the principal wrestle a deer or a robot's arm hide a rollcake. However there are still normal stories, like making a card castle or taking a test you didn't study for. The art style is cute but mixes with extreme expressions and action sequences for surprising comedy bits. (The original magazine run ends at Chapter 192)
Ichiro Suzuki, a straight young man who becomes besotted with another guy, Yuki Sato, convinced his bishounen love is a girl trapped in a boy's body. Interestingly, author Hiroya Oku is one of the characters in the story, the best friend of Sato. The first three volumes of this series collect Oku's early short stories, including prototype versions of both Hen series. ---- * [Hen (1993)](https://mangadex.org/title/eb89077b-78fb-4404-a6d7-a70200f663a3/hen-suzuki-kun-to-sato-kun-no-baai) - Suzuki & Sato * [HEN (1997)](https://mangadex.org/title/91bbcc02-bc0f-4492-bf5d-e42cfe03dfe5/hen) - Chizuru & Azumi
Rasetsu Hyuga is an exorcist who works in an agency where she uses her powers to banish evil spirits. There's a story behind the red flower - shaped mark on her chest. Left by a powerful demon who said he'll come for her on her 20th birthday unless she finds true love.
The demon queen subdued enormous and powerful monsters and slaughtered over half of the world's population. Surviving members of the human race elected a hero to slay the demon queen, beseeching release from her oppressive rule. However, he questions his mission to eradicate the monsters: in his opinion, they too are conscious and alive, and so he anguishes over that fact. Sheila the Demon Queen became interested in him and decides to join his journey, hiding her identity and planning to kill him after she has gained his trust. Immediately, however, she realizes that she's fallen in love with the hero, and hence their journey begins…
Itsuki Ringo (yes, her name means apple) is a high school girl who loves to study. She is somewhat tricked by her mother into tutoring the brother, Tsurugi Budou, of the guy she has a crush on, Tsurugi Minori. Budou is the 'rebel' type, so at first, Ringo is frightened a bit by him. But then she follows him one day to figure out what he does to skip their tutoring sessions. She finds out about his part-time job at a cafe. There she learns about the real Budou.
Volume 2 of the YuuTopia Collection. 1. Musubiya Nanako Nanako has her mother's ability to see the red strings that bind to people together in love. At her parents match making shrine, Nanako is forced to bring couples together by binding their strings. But who is she to be bound to? 2. Perfect Lovers Mitsuharu and Kana get into a car accident just after breaking up. They wake up just to find themselves in a dimension where homosexuality is normal and heterosexual relationships are illegal. 3. Memoir Girl Katakura Hitomi does not like her new step-mother taking up all the attention of her father. In an abandoned school building, she meets a high school boy who becomes her confidant. 4. Hang In There Nakago (Part II) Continues the tale from Mint de Kiss Me.
Shogo Ban, a college student from Fukuoka, likes to cook. Thanks to the owner of the restaurant where he works part-time, he finds himself working at the line of Roppongi's best Italian restaurant, Trattoria Baccanale, and discovers that the real deal isn't quite as easy as he'd thought. The manga follows Ban as he struggles to keep up with the hectic workload and his co-workers, along with issues outside the kitchen like his relationship with his girlfriend Eri, who he left behind in Fukuoka.
The story of the "Three Jinnai from Edo" (Kosaka, Tobisawa, Shoji) Eight year of the Keicho era, 3 years after the Battle of Sekigahara (1603 AD) Okubo Nagayasu calls on Kosaka Jinnai, who is known as the best thief in Japan, to eliminate the bandit gang led by Fuma Kotaro. A fierce battle between the Jinnais and the Fuma clan opens its curtain !!
Kento (30 years old), won 1 billion yen in a lottery. In order to enjoy a nice slow life for the rest of his days, he bought a small uninhabited island off the coast of Southern Japan. However, one day he finds an unconscious woman on his beach that should not be there. When he runs up to check on her, he notices some rather sharp edges... The behaviors Elize brought from the other world are a little bit exciting for a normal guy like Kento... ___ **Links:** - [WebNovel Raw](https://ncode.syosetu.com/n3587dx)