One day, Fujimoto, a 29-year-old temp worker (whose age equals the number of years he’s lived without a girlfriend) suddenly receives a surge of calls and emails all at once from the women connected to his past. That’s right, he’s finally hit popularity, something which comes only once in a lifetime for everyone! Feeling elated, Fujimoto decides to meet them one after the other…or so the story goes. Nominated for the 3rd Manga Taisho Award (2010).
Otogi Katsura has had a reputation for being a beautiful girl at school since she entered the school. She is also named president of the class committee, but the vice president, Ichi (Ninomae), is also reputed to be a pretty boy. Unlike her public face, Otogi Katsura is an outspoken character and a martial artist in her own right. She is attracted to the perfect Ichi, who is also perfect on the inside, but she wonders if he also has a dark side. ___ **Award:** Won the 49th Koudansha Manga Award in the Shoujo Category.
Amano Ichigo is a clumsy 14-year-old girl whose only "outstanding" trait is an incomparable love of sweets. Constantly overshadowed by her near genius-pianist little sister, Ichigo looked forward to a Sweets Festival to lift her spirits a bit; and lo and behold, a taste takes her by the tongue, leading her to Henri Lucas- a world-famous master patissier. She's not the only one enthralled; Henri is sure she's someone amazing, and gives her a recommendation to St. Marie Academy, a school famous for turning out master patissieres! No sooner than she transfers, Ichigo finds herself amongst the biggest big-shots of the entire middle school, and faced with more troubles than her klutzy self is quite ready to handle. But with the help of her "Sweets Spirit" Vanilla… who knows what'll be possible?
Akihime is a seemingly normal girl attending junior high school, but she is actually the daughter of Ryokuhouzan's tengu. She lives with her mother in the human world, living a normal human life. However, her childhood friend Shun is constantly trying to convince her to go to the mountains with him, so that they can become tengus together. Despite his continuous urgings, Akihime refuses because she has feelings for her classmate, Takeru-kun. Machi de Uwasa no Tengu no Ko won the 2009 Shogakukan Manga Award for best shoujo
To live from bottom-class to top-class farmer, our protagonist Aru Wayn levelled up his agricultural skills, and sometimes his other skills leveled up as well by helping out his friends. One day, when his last skill level hit MAX, his life changes. "I want to live as a normal farmer!!"
Miya was a career woman who works hard as a talented secretary. But one day she lost her life and reincarnated as demon Miya in a different world! She got a job at Demon Castle and worked hard as a secretary again, but she retired from electric shock after giving up on the Demon King who handles Miya too much. To live as a witch Miliyam in the human world. Miya was a knight and a disciple who lived a leisurely slow life in the human world, but the Demon King attacked!? A romantic comedy loved by reincarnated witches.
IS (Pronounced Aiesu in Japanese) is not your everyday manga. This manga strictly deals with cases of intersexuality. IS stands for Inter Sexuality. This manga deals with very serious issues concerning intersexual people. The pain they go through, the troubles they confront, and ultimately their inability to reproduce and even find a partner who will accept them as they are - It's all there in a form of manga. First volume has different cases but from volume two onwards manga becomes a longer tale of Hoshino Haru, IS and their life, trials and tribulations towards the adulthood. IS won the 2007 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo manga.
A vida nos reserva grandes surpresas. Tudo ia bem na vida de Ann Uekusa até receber uma bela notícia: seus pais iam se divorciar. Ela e sua mãe se mudam para o interior do Japão para refrescar um poucos dos ares da cidade grande e planejar uma nova vida. Ela, que está acostumada a não ser notada por ninguém, quando está na cidade natal de sua mãe, acaba vendo que cidade pequena todo mundo se conhece e se ajuda mutuamente, logo vai perceber que a bondade é algo que não se pode desprezar quando mais se precisa nas horas mais difíceis.
Igarashi is now in college. The bittersweet memories that he left behind in childhood are now beginning to resurface when he meets his childhood friend Chiyo-chan again after 10 years.
Born on the north coast of Taiwan, the girl Lu moved to Taipei for university. The big city offered many new experiences, but it was also challenging and lonely, until she met a boy playing in a band at the live house Kafka By The Sea. With his music, he helped Lu expand her horizons and find a new purpose in life. And as they spent time together, their feelings for each other gradually grew. But a musical opportunity for him caused a chasm between them that might be too wide to cross...(Source: Books.com.tw, translated)Note: - A Gao Yan work translated to Japanese by RYUUZAKI Ryou
Hinata is a high school student who reincarnated into a different world and became a hero by the power of God. He defeated the Demon King with the help of the dark elf Mariabelle and other friends. Thus he safely fulfilled the wishes of God and returned to this world. One month after Hinata returned to this world, for some reason Mariabelle also came here from the other world!! The reason she came here is to be with her beloved Hinata!! ~~~ With heavy love and a teaspoon of jealousy, she attacked Hinata every time he refused!! (in many ways). Will Hinata, who has decided to live with the Yandere Mariabelle, be able to live safely (?)!!
Yori and his twin sister Iku used to be inseparable during their childhood. But lately Yori's attitude toward his sister has changed. He is eager to stay away from her and treats her coldly. Despite his odd behaviours, Yori doesn't hate his sister at all, but is in fact madly in love with her. He no longer sees her as a sister but as a woman. He knows that his love is unacceptable, so he tries to forget Iku by bedding her best friend and even by applying to attend a boarding school in another city. However, it becomes even harder for him to suppress his feelings especially when Iku starts talking about going out and having a boyfriend. Yori can't allow someone to steal his little sister away from him, so he confesses. Iku loves his brother and is willing to do anything to keep them together. But if Iku's love is a love toward a brother, Yuki's love is a love that goes beyond the affection for a sister: a forbidden love. Links: [AnimeNewsNetwork](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6643) (live-action movie] [AnimeNewsNetwork](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=5197) (OAV)
When the Demon Tribes led by a Demon King appeared and launched a massive war at mankind, all hope seems to be lost, until a brave group of heroes managed to turn the tide and even defeated the Demon King. John Serieux, a mid-ranked soldier of World's Resistance against the demon's army, had fortunately been able to witness the Demon King's fall by the Heroes, but also was unfortunately killed a moment after. Miraculously, he was still able to open his eyes, only to realize that his mind had been sent back to the past when he's still a baby! With all the memories of his adult years, the knowledge of many scientific breakthroughs during the war, and information of the upcoming great disaster all intact, John is determined to cultivate his potential efficiently and optimally to help change the future for the best.
There is a family of demons in which only boys are born. In order to continue his lineage, the demon lord has kidnapped a human woman to be his wife, just as his ancestors had done. However, this demon lord is a little strange and timid for demon standards. He even starts to study cooking in order to impress her... The Manga is an adaption of the [web novel](https://ncode.syosetu.com/n3482cg/). It is serialized in the pixiv comic web magazine "comicPOOL" published by Ichijinsha Co., Ltd. and has since won the pixiv award at the "Comicalize Party."
This manga is about a girl who debuted as a mangaka at the age of 13, but no longer has any work as a mangaka at the age of 19. She decides to once again be a mangaka after reading manga by someone named Sachi and since girls love and boys love is currently popular she decides to go out with a girl coworker named Morishita who is in love with her to gain experience for her manga. However, she finds out that Morishita is Sachi! **Included one-shots:** Volume 7: Pii-chan Volume 8: Shoujo A
Satou Yui is an employee at Amagi Pharmaceuticals. Her beloved dog has died and she feels deep sorrow over its death. One day, while drinking at a bar, she shouts, with tears running down her face, "Develop a medicine to bring my dog back to life!" At that time, a man walks towards her. He makes a spiteful remark that there is no such medicine. He also tells her to stop barking and to go home. Yui feels anger within herself and she trips him. She then leaves the bar. Yui is unaware that the man she tripped is Amagi Kyouichi and he is the President of Amagi Pharmaceuticals. The next day, Yui hears at work that the President is looking for her. When she gets to his office, she realizes the man she tripped in the bar is the President. She thinks that she might get fired, but he suddenly tells her, "Please treat me as your slave."
In 1878, as the wave of Western culture spreads through Japan, Miyo, a girl orphaned in the Satsuma Rebellion, works at a curio shop in Nagasaki called Vingt. The dresses, sewing machines, binoculars, boots, and other items acquired at the Paris Exhibition by the proprietor Momotoshi Koura have aroused her curiosity. Miyo accumulates experience in her job while using the clairvoyant ability she has possessed since she was very young. This story vibrantly depicts a new age coming to a Nagasaki thriving with merchants and prostitutes, centering on Miyo's changes as she begins to experience feelings for Momotoshi akin to the awakening of love, and Momotoshi's past, which gradually comes to light. **Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize 2020 - Grand Prize Winner**
"If you read a message to the east aloud while you pour hot chocolate into a cup, a fairy of love will appear to fulfill all your desires!" It says so on the heart on a cup that Kaede has just bought. Said and done! Mirumo has arrived to change her life! This manga series was awarded the 2003 Kodansha Manga Award and the 2004 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga.
Ooshima Nagi is an 28 year old office lady always trying to read the mood and fit in. Berated by her boss, taken advantage of by her colleagues, and betrayed by her boyfriend, Nagi quits her job and severs contact with everyone in her social circle in order to restart her life from scratch. Will Nagi be able to change herself, or will she fall back into her old ways? ___ **Note**: Nominated for the 11th Manga Taishou Awards (2018). Nominated for the 12th Manga Taishou Awards (2019). Won the 65th Shogakukan Manga Awards (2020).
The manga centers on veteran novelist Mariko Kōda, who lives with the families of both her son and her grandson in one house. Feeling like she no longer has any place in her home, she decides to leave the house and strike out on her own, beginning with living in a manga cafe in the city. Won 42nd Annual Kodansha Manga Award for "Best General Manga" (2018)
Ayame Touka, the ace of the girl's volleyball team, is known as "Prince" because of her tall stature and handsome appearance. But this prince has a hobby she can't tell anyone about... She actually likes erotic TL novels! But there's one more thing he can't tell anyone about... She's a little interested in Asagi-senpai, a fellow library committee member... He's the only one who doesn't call her "Prince", and treats her like a girl... He's such a special person. Then, one day, she finds out Asagi-senpai's secret... The author of the TL novel that Ayame likes is Asagi-senpai!? The two secretive people begin to explore each other. (Source: Shueisha, translated) Winner of Challenge Mee Grand Prix April 2022.
By all the usual measures, he could be considered a pretty useless guy: a scholastic failure, an athletic disaster, and a chronic loser… But Fukuda Shinichi has one passion: cheering for others! The 18-year-old captain of North Kanto Southern High's Cheerleading squad decides to make the most of his summer by attending cram school in Tokyo, only to find out that the whole trip was a sham! Things are looking up when he and his friend meet up with two cute Tokyo girls; too bad the girls brought them to a rip-off bar and took off! Ditched by his one remaining friend and stuck with an impossibly high bar bill, Fuku-kun's life couldn't get any worse! But just then he gets saved by Ume, his role model and former cheerleading squad captain! What is he doing in Tokyo… and why does everyone around seem to know and respect him? Without anywhere else to go, Fuku-kun decides follow Ume to his job, only to discover that… he's a host?!? Fukuda's summer of cheering others on has begun… and the streets of Tokyo's red-light district will never be the same!
A man purchases three little slaves and begins to groom them into perfect girls for his harem. You will never have a gaggle of lolis with horns in your life.
In a large mansion lives a boy, an aristocrat who was cursed by the witch to "let everything he touches die." With him is his maid Alice, who besides serving him, likes to tease him. The boy who is interested in her doesn't mind the teasing, but not being able to touch her is painful! If they are unable to hold hands, how will their love ever bloom?