Makina Agatsuma, the school idol, moves into the home of Eita Akutsu, an introverted mechanical otaku. Eita, who has secretly harbored feelings for her, thinks he's hit the jackpot! But it turns out, she's actually a robot made for sexual purposes. Caught off guard by her sudden physical advances, the virgin Eita is at a loss. Furthermore, he finds himself in a frenzy trying to help her maintain her secret identity.
Fujiwara Momoe, a girl who loves to eat, was raised by her rich parents eating only the best. When her father dies from heart disease and Momoe has to support her and her mother, she can't stand the food that she makes (she never cooked before). One day, she walks into a little French restaurant and recognizes the food from its taste. She had eaten it several years earlier when celebrating her birthday at a 5-star restaurant with her parents. She asks to work there as a cook under the head chef, Oda-san. She falls in love with Oda, but he doesn't notice her feelings and only considers her an annoying apprentice. This series goes through joy and heartbreak, as experienced by Momoe. How does the situation end? Note: Was also made into an 11-part Jdrama, and a 20-part Taiwanese drama.
Angry voices and the cries of a girl can be heard from Room 502, on the floor above the room where I live. On television, tragic news reports are being broadcast about small children whose precious lives have been taken away by abuse. What if a similar tragedy is happening in Room 502? I may be the only one who can save the girl…
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**
One day, an ordinary high school student is transferred to another world. He raises his level in the other world, successfully defeats the Demon King, and saves the world! With his strongest status, he decided to return to his own world; however, in the world to which he returns, a new "dungeon" has appeared.
Tamiko lives with her two brothers, her mother and her grandmother. It's your typical family, or so she naively thought. Yet one day she finds out Akira, her older brother, is not her brother at all but the illegitimate child of the famous actress Hanyuu Kaori. To make things even more confusing, Akira's feelings towards her aren't exactly of the sibling kind and because of his persistence she starts feeling love for him as well. The plot becomes even more complicated when Tamiko's classmate Yukari falls for Akira. Yukari though has a connection with Akira that shocks everyone, including herself…
Yoi is a girl who is called "prince" by those around her and treated like a hero in a girls' manga. Then she meets Ichimura, who is also called "prince." He calls her "beautiful" and saves her from getting tangled up with a drunk at a convenience store, and the two quickly get close! Is this encounter fate? Or is it bad luck?! The story of a man and a woman, both called "princes," begins now!
(from ebookjapan): Soun was disappointed to find that Ranma was a girl. However, when Ranma got out of the bath, he turned into a boy and the panda turned into Ranma's father, Genma. The two had fallen into a fountain during their training in China, a fountain that turned them into a woman and panda respectively when they touched the water. The Tendo family is initially in turmoil, including Akane, who has become a prospective bride, as they face the troublesome duo who go back and forth between man and woman, human and panda, although they can be restored to their original state if they are bathed in hot water. This is the first volume of a new edition of the popular manga. --- Official Release: - English release by [Viz Media](https://www.viz.com/ranma-1-2) - Indonesian release by Elex Media
Niimi Katsuya and his best friend Karasawa Susumu, star sportsmen in track & field and judo respectively, spot a beautiful girl, Nakao Yuri, at their new high school. When they find out that she is the daughter of the baseball team's coach, they immediately volunteer to join the failing team in order to try and get closer to her. But as they learn more about baseball, they start to understand what it means to be one of the nine players on the team, and dream of entering Koshien.
Fuuko is a happy and cheerful girl. One day, two cousins, Daiya and Ichi, move into the apartment upstairs. Cold Ichi and mischievous Daiya gave a very bad first impression! All three are going to the same school as well! How will Fuuko's high school life turn out? Note: Based on the manga, a TW-Drama will be aired by the name "Love Buffet."
We start with our main protagonist, Shichimi, bidding farewell as he readies for his journey into Edo (on our Earth, Edo was the old name of Tokyo before it became the capital of Japan). His mother has just died, only leaving him a walnut and a request for him to go to his half-siblings. Shichimi bids farewell to a sternly old man, who is a firefighter. We can tell this from the symbol on his cloak. This symbol is also on Shichimi's cloak. Upon reaching the town of Edo, Shichimi meets a mysterious man, who ridicules the peace of the world as an illusion. --- Official Release: - Indonesian release by Elex Media as **Natane** (1993: tankoubon; 2011: bunkouban)
Yamato Keisuke, a promising freestyle swimmer, and Ninomiya Ami, a talented diver, are the offsprings of two rival families owners of confectionery shops. Two generations ago, Grandfather Ninomiya came up with an idea for an owl-shaped cake, but Grandfather Yamato quickly raised to the challenge and thought of a similar cake–but in Yamato's the owl had ears. Because they're priced the same, Yamato's extra ears were crucial, and that made the business of the Ninomiya confectionery suffer. Grandfather Ninomiya then fell ill worrying about his shop. Before his death, his last words were "I was killed by the Yamatos", and since that moment the two families have been sworn rivals.
Mii is a BL (Boys Love) fanatic who helps her grandmother run a family restaurant. Her monotonous life is turned around when two beautiful college boys come to eat! One is the kind Tora, and the other is the snotty Ookami, who refuses to eat the restaurant's food. More than boy troubles, Mii needs to save the restaurant from corporate big-shots who want to renovate the area! And what role will the boys play in this?!
When her father transfers overseas, fifteen-year old country girl Suzume has to move to Tokyo to live with her uncle. Lost and confused in Tokyo, she bumps into a mysterious man. Who is he? And it turns out he's her homeroom teacher…? Chapter 47.5 (Heroine no Ryuusei) was a Heroine Shikkaku/Hirunaka no Ryuusei crossover for Betsuma/Margaret 50th Anniversary. It's the second chapter of the crossover between the two, the first chapter being Hirunaka Shikkaku. It's included in the Hirunaka Shikkaku & Heroine no Ryuusei entry. A Love Story in Moist Rainy Days included in volume 6 as chapter 40.5. More than Words included in volume 9 as chapter 60.6. Purple Love included in volume 12 as chapter 78.4.
One day, the 30-year-old office worker, Koutarou Matsunaga, is stabbed by a thug while protecting Seina Isezaki, a high school girl who lives nearby. And just as Matsunaga's life is about to end, he is revived from near-fatal wounds by Seina's power. But his relief is short-lived, as Matsunaga's newly awakened power suddenly goes out of control, and the two are transferred to another world. One of swords and magic, where Seina once lived as a Great Saintess. However, Seina, who was once reliable, can no longer produce magic power, and can only manifest holy magic through Matsunaga's supply of mana. As they continue on, Seina's feelings for Matsunaga, which she had kept hidden, escalate more and more...!? Eventually, Matsunaga awakens to time-space magic, allowing him to freely transfer between Earth and the other world. At that moment, Matsunaga thought to himself. "I can live without being an office worker anymore, right?"
Hina, an ordinary girl, who once awaken as goddess with precognition abilities. She predicts the "end of the world". So, she searches for a companion to spend her rest of the life with.
The high school girl, Kijima's career aspiration is to become a vampire…? Can the vampire teacher, Hazama, resist his desire (appetite) in a thrilling situation where it would be a crime if he were to lay a hand on her?
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)
The strongest Hero in history, Nakamoto Keisuke. He was summoned to another world in the spring at the age of fifteen years old, and when he successfully defeated the Demon King, he was already thirty-two years old. He had finished his role in another world and returned to Japan, but the reality that had been waiting for him was, "Middle school graduate with seventeen years of blank period" label. He couldn't find a decent job and had no choice but to spend his days working part-time. Before such a Nakamoto, a beautiful girl who self-proclaimed had come to return the favor, appeared. "I'm the reward for the Hero who had defeated the Demon King," said Angelica, a girl who came from another world that persistently tempted Nakamoto to make her his wife. Together with a high school girl who looks like Elsa, his beloved girl that he lost in another world, Nakamoto with his cheats skills got caught in a harem life.
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**
Tatsuya Uesugi, the older brother who has no relationship with the word "hard work," and Kazuya Uesugi, the younger brother who tries his hardest in everything he does. They are twin brothers. They have known Minami Asakura, the only daughter of the neighboring coffee shop "Minamikaze" since childhood. You can't take your eyes off the "youth" of these three...! --- Official Release: - Indonesian release by Elex Media (2008) --- - **Won the 28th Shogakukan Manga Award for Shonen**
Based on the Eroge by UNiSONSHIFT. We've got our main character, Tsuwabaki, a normal student, but one day he bumps into a weird guy with "not cosplay ears" who gives him a drink. It transforms Tsuwabaki into a chibi lamb! The teacher explains everything, and the teacher tells him the only way he can get back to normal is to find a chosen girl and have her catch the 7 Stardrops. The only thing is, is he can't reveal his true identity.
Probably one of the most difficult feats in manga is to tell a compelling short story, and Mitsuru Adachi is a master of the medium. This selection of some of his best short works include two tales in the dangerous life of a pretty private-eye-to-be; a boy's stop-off on the way changes his life's destination; five short-shorts in a quirky cafe; Japan's future ace pitcher can't even throw a ball; when a school play goes bad, the world is a stage for love and karate; a drama of rugby and past lives; two off-beat time-travel tales; and more! Mitsuru Adachi's low-key but high-impact stories are a must read for any manga aficionado. This collection, titled simply Short Program, collected stories by Adachi published between 1985 and now. ||Volume 1: (from Viz) Story 1 - Change Story 2 - Take Off Story 3 - Short Program Story 4 - What's Going On!? (Part 1) Story 5 - What's Going On!? (Part 2) Story 6 - At the Intersection Story 7 - The Current State of Affairs Story 8 - Plus 1 Story 9 - Purple Volume 2: Story 1 - Before Spring Comes Story 2 - Subject - Wakaba Story 3 - A Stop on the Way Story 4 - 5X4P Story 5 - 4 on the Richter Scale Story 6 - Aim At the Ace Story 7 - Spring Call Story 8 - Spring Passes Story 9 - The Road Home Story 10 - Sayonara Game Volume 3: Story 1 - Clogs and Diamond Story 2 - Where the Wind Blows Story 3 - Angel's Hammer Story 4 - Memory Off (part1) Story 5 - Memory Off (part2) Story 6 - White Summer / Shiroi Natsu (written by Buronson) Story 7 - Square Ocean Story 8 - Idol A (part 1) Story 9 - Idol A (part 2) Story 10 - Idol A (part 3) Story 11 - Running God Story 12 - Short Mail Volume 4: Girl's type 1. Short story of a parasite (part 1) 2. Short story of a parasite (part 2) 3. Harsh life of a parasite 4. Love confession 5. Season 6. Two champions||
Wako and her androgynous boyfriend don’t exactly have the most traditional of relationships. She spends her days working hard in the world of publishing, while he spends his time obsessing over fashion and makeup—all with the goal of making himself beautiful just for her. This romantic slice-of-life story is about love, relationships, and breaking with tradition! ---