Still in her early twenties, beautiful Toshiko Tomura has won the Akutagawa Prize for her story "The Book of Human Insects." The great honor is not her first: she has previously won the New York Design Academy Award, before which she was the lead actress of an established theatrical troupe. Yet, while the media go abuzz, the woman in the limelight slips away from the metropolis; what the sole paparazzo who manages to trail her to an abandoned country house witnesses is an immobile figure of an old woman and the star herself, naked, in a reverie as bizarre as it is erotic! --- **Volumes 271 and 272 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

Player Name: Yuki Age: 17 Profession: Death Games A huge amount of money, with lives on the line. Participants? Beautiful girls only. A deadly showbiz where people die. These death games are her calling and her reason to live. For some reason she knows: This is where she belongs. Elegant. Ruthless. Cutting through the dazzling gauntlet of death. Playfully. Desperately. Aiming for the unprecedented "99 Consecutive Wins"!

All human beings have various interests, hobbies, and tastes. Akane’s brother is such a guy who can't even talk about such things but instead has been secretly watching his sister. He discovered though her secret, as she saw her doing S&M...!? Can this be true…? A secret love story of an older sister and her younger brother unfolds…

Kasumi Kishimoto is 15. Having arranged to stay with her aunt, she is surprised to learn that the other four people in the house are all male. The manga was originally 5 volumes long. Then it was reprinted in bunko 3 volumes (each bunko volume has more pages than the original volumes), and after that, it was reprinted again in 2 wideban volumes (even more pages per volume). Basically, the content and the length of the story is the same, they just come in different formats. Bunk release 3 Volumes. --- Official Release: - Indonesian release by Elex Media as **Beautiful Sunshine**

In the blink of an eye, the night sky is forever changed when, with a great explosion, the moon is blasted into a permanent crescent. Confronting the governments of the world, a yellow tentacled monster boasts that it was the one responsible for the catastrophe, and in a year's time, it will do the same to Earth. Zooming around at Mach 20, the creature makes a peculiar demand: a teaching position at the prestigious Kunugigaoka Junior High School. Desperate to keep the creature in one place, the government agrees, and so the students of Class 3-E find themselves faced with an impossible task—assassinate the creature responsible for destroying the moon. But as the enigmatic creature—whom they dub Koro-sensei—educates them in both assassination and academia, the children slowly find the courage to rise up and take aim at their target: the greatest teacher the world has ever seen.

**"In the year 199X… The world was NOT engulfed by the flames of nuclear war!"** Bat is your ordinary college student, working several part-time jobs to get by. But all that changes once his friend, Lin, brings in a man named Kenshiro to work at his convenience store. Bat quickly grows to hate Kenshiro - but unfortunately for him, that's just the beginning of many wacky adventures… And all he can do is retort! This is a gag manga of Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken). Taking place in a world where the end of the century didn't happen, all the characters have relatively normal lives. The martial artists are all drawn Design Deformed (or DD), while most other characters look normal. However, this can be enjoyed both on its own and as a companion piece to the original Fist of the North Star! **Note:** [Was up for consideration for localization by SMA.](https://www.manga-audition.com/comic-zenon/dd-hokuto-no-ken-by-kajio/) However, SMA has stopped all attempts at localizing manga after December 2016. Done by Osamu Kajisa, of [Bartender à Paris](https://mangadex.org/title/13da00cf-f2e1-40a5-a625-77c2c048e2b9/bartender-a-paris) fame. Here, he goes by the pen name Kajio(カジオ) which is a combination of his first and last name.

Juri and Hana have been best friends since college. They thought their bond would last forever, even into adulthood. But lately, something feels… off between them? From John Tarachine, author of Umi ga Hashiru End Roll, a brand new oneshot! Published in [Monthly Mystery Bonita's August 2025 Issue](https://www.akitashoten.co.jp/bonita/2025/8).

“Kunugi Renya-san, you have passed away!” After passing away at the age of 94, Kunugi Renya is asked by a girl who seems like god to live a second life in another world. How can he enjoy his new life when the mission he's given is lame—!? ___ **Character Designer:** [Kabocha](https://mangadex.org/author/b37f7b35-686a-43cf-ae64-f046b81c6adf) **Additional Links:** - [Deleted Official Raw Web Novel](https://ncode.syosetu.com/n6332bx/)

Atsushi Ando (15) moves back to his home town with his family after 6 years. The story focuses on the fortunes and misfortunes he encounters in this town mostly due to pranks pulled by the ghost of his older brother, Hitsushi Ando, AKA Q-Chan, whose death prompted the family to move away in the first place. The catch is, that only Atsushi can see his brother's ghost.

(from ebookjapan): Despite the obstacles thrown in his way by the residents, who are all crooked, the brave Godai is single-mindedly devoted to the new caretaker, Kyoko Otonashi. However, there is a huge and steep obstacle that stands in the way of his love for Kyoko. Kyoko is a widow whose husband died after six months of marriage... This immortal masterpiece is now available again in a new edition! --- Official Release: - English release by [Viz Media](https://www.viz.com/maison-ikkoku) - Indonesian release by Elex Media

Luna is a black witch who lives quietly in a poisonous mushroom house, deep in the Black Forest. She works in the city making high-efficiency medicines, but it is rumored that one will die if touched by her, and thus she is avoided… The life of a isolated witch who doesn't know the warmth of people is carefully and momentarily drawn.

Overdevelopment and crowding in Japan has forced many of its indigenous spirits and ghosts to lose their homes. Due to problems caused by the homeless spirits, a new profession was created, the Ghost Sweepers (GS). Private exorcists for hire; they serve only the highest bidder to survive in the cutthroat corporate world. Among this, the Mikami GS Company, led by Reiko Mikami and her two assistants, the teenage boy Tadao Yokoshima and the ghost girl Okinu, is said to be the best. The manga setup is scenario-to-scenario, with many plots intertwining classic Japanese culture and modern day realities, with occasional references to Western influences. In between these plots are some longer story arcs where new characters are introduced and the existing characters are further developed. There is no one ongoing storyline, therefore the plots are character-driven and serve to gradually develop characters, especially the main protagonists. GS Mikami Gokuraku Daisakusen!! won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen.

Winning isn't everything in the game of basketball, but who wants to come in second? It takes dedication and discipline to be the best, and the Shohoku High hoops team wants to be just that. They have one last year to make their captain's dream of reaching the finals come true–will they do it? Takehiko Inoue's legendary beloved basketball manga is finally here and the tale of a lifetime is in your hands. Hanamichi Sakuragi's got no game with girls—none at all! It doesn't help that he's known for throwing down at a moment's notice and always coming out on top. A hopeless bruiser, he's been rejected by 50 girls in a row! All that changes when he meets the girl of his dreams, Haruko, and she's actually not afraid of him! When she introduces him to the game of basketball, his life is changed forever… Note: Includes a one-shot called 10 Days After. [Official English](https://www.viz.com/slam-dunk) --- - **Won the 40th Shogakukan Manga Award for Shonen In 1995** - **One of top 10 highest selling Manga in history, with over 170 Million copies sold as of 2017** - **In 2010, Inoue received special commendations from the Japan Basketball Association (JBA) for his contributions to the sport**

Bronte is running away from a failed wedding ceremony in the rain when she finds a cabin for shelter, occupied by a blood-soaked golden-eyed man who claims he just killed a man. His name is Mars West, and on impulse he kisses her, just as the police come to drag him away. Five years later Bronte comes to New York to see Mars, who spent three years in prison for the murder it turns out he didn’t commit. Then things get strange… This is a soap opera of the highest order, with machinations and manipulations only the very rich could get away with… Based on Ann Major's novel, "Secret Child".

Black Jack is an "unregistered" doctor with a clouded, mysterious past. He works with his little assistant Pinoko (who has a massive crush on the doctor), dealing with medical cases not very well known, which can be strange, dangerous, or not known at all. But he is a genius, and can save almost any of his patients' lives (as long as they have the money for it), and is known to many around the world, especially to those of medicine and science. He's a man of science himself, and does not believe much until he has seen it, yet it is many times he is surprised by love and nature often overpowering the science he bases his life in. Out of a total of 243 chapters chapter 113.5: 'U-18 Knew' was released in a Weekly Shonen Champion special issue and thos it's unnumbered. Also, 11 chapters were not included in the Vertical English release, out of those 11 chapters: 3 were exclusively Included in the hardcover editions of volumes 1-3, and 5 of them are labeled as [Sealed](http://tezukainenglish.com/wp/?page_id=573) meaning they have been excluded from almost every collected release because they were controversial or Osamu wasn't happy with them. --- - **Won the 1st Kodansha Manga Award for Shonen in 1977, which it shared with Tezuka's other serial, Three-Eyed One** - **Won the 4th Japan Cartoonists Association Special Excellence Award in 1975** --- **Volumes 151-168, 366 and 367, 370 and 371 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works** --- ### Links * alternative official raw: [Kodansha](https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/title?code=1000005202) * new edition: [Akita Shoten](https://www.akitashoten.co.jp/series/1828) * complete edition: [Fukkan](https://www.fukkan.com/fk/CartSearchDetail?i_no=68320833)

Kirei ni Shitemoraemasuka takes place at a seaside town laundry shop called "Kinme Cleaning," where the proprietress Wakana Kinme is a cheerful, hardworking girl who loves hot springs. The "bittersweet" story stars Kinme and the people around her. ___ **Note**: Series was a mini series until it was picked up with chapter 4.

After the end of the third Grail War, a group of magi separate from the London based Mage Association decided that they would copy the ritual. They only managed to copy part of the ritual, which lead to the loss of the Saber class and further loss of the definition of a "Hero." The magi eventually infiltrated the U.S. Government and for two hundred years manipulated events in Snowfield, California to replicate the Sacred Land needed to generate a Grail.

Kawakami Momoyo is a notorious, woman-chasing, large-breasted master fighter. She and her friends at school end up in all sorts of weird situations, often involving people attempting to defeat Momoyo. Now there are new transfer students from Germany joining their class. Who are these new students, and will they fit in with the crazy bunch surrounding Momoyo?

In a world where humanity has turned into prey against monstrous bug-like creatures dubbed "White Skins", one legendary figure known simply as "Ryuuma" continues to give hope to this post-apocalyptic society. This individual has many faces and descriptions, but his/her legend has lived continuously in the hearts and minds of the people for half a century, though no one knows where or how it started. Here starts a chronicle to unveil the mysteries of a legend.

Becoming a ninja is just a childhood dream for sixteen-year-old Recca, until a fateful encounter reveals he has inherited ninja powers, including the ability to wield fire! As Recca learns to master the ancient ways of his ancestors, he is drawn to protect a mysterious girl named Yanagi…

Amakawa Shinobu is an ordinary schoolgirl who was about to fall prey to the clutches of a dirty old man. But she is saved by... a (real) knight in armor!? This knight, Kasugai Kanade, is a competitor in “Heavy Fight”, a knightly sport in which armor collides with armor. What will be her fate as she takes the entrance exam for St. Agrippina Girls Academy, a prestigious school for heavy fights? The knightly tale of girls clad in armor on their soft skin begins here!!

Slow Step follow the adventures of schoolgirl Minatsu as she looks for a man and tries to stay on top at school. She's got the school bully to worry about, two potential suitors, a pervert for a PE teacher, and a gang of criminals in hot pursuit.

Masato Wakamatsu, 16 years old, is working at the beach one summer. Having made a bad impression on his classmate/crush Miyuki Kashima, he makes a pass at another pretty girl. To Masato's shock, the girl turns out to be his younger stepsister Miyuki (15), who has been living abroad with their father for the past six years. As school progresses, Masato starts dating Miyuki Kashima. He and his sister Miyuki are living alone together, and he is troubled by his conflicting emotions: filial and romantic feelings toward a sister who may or may not know she is not related to him by blood. This manga was very popular in Japan. --- - **Won the Shogakukan Manga Award for Shonen/Shojo in 1982, along with Adachi's very popular, Touch**

Satoyama Katsuki is a carefree 15 year-old high school kid, and a pretty lazy one at that. However, he secretly has a crush on a girl who happens to share his name: Mizutani Katsuki. Upon finding out that Mizutani's father used to be a pro-boxer, and she herself infatuated with the sport, he reluctantly joins a boxing gym in order to impress Mizutani. Satoyama is quick to find out he may have the blood of a genius boxer running through his veins…