This series is a set of several extremely short pieces: usually between 2-4 pages in length. They vary wildly in mood, character and art style, and the detail is often stunning. **NOTE:** this manga was serialized in Kodansha's novel and manga fiction magazine, which does not targeted a specific demographic rather the general reader.

Inspired by Cervantes' Don Quixote, the author criticizes heartless individualism and indifference in modern Japan as seen through the eyes of an old man, who, although childish with age, notices the truth of things.

Collection of various oneshots, including Katou Shinkichi’s debut work, which was originally published on November 22, 1990 in Weekly Morning.

In the midst of a blazing hot summer beset by water shortages, middle-school girl Chinami faints from heat exhaustion. Upon waking up, she finds herself in a mysterious town by a beautifully pristine river whose waters hide many secrets…

Early one New Year's morning, the rounin Senou Souichirou appears in Edo's Katagi tenements. Initially, the inhabitants regard him with fear and suspicion: Kankichi, the carpenter's son, thinks he may not be human; the neighborhood cats remark that he reeks of blood. But soon Souichirou pawns his sword, and, with a bamboo replica at his waist, settles down to a quiet life as the neighborhood school-teacher. Months pass, and all appears to be well. But trouble will not leave the Katagi tenements alone … --- - **Won the 15th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Grand Prize in 2011**

Lead character is a naive boy who's fallen in love with an older girl who everyone considers a genius writer. He's so in love in fact, that he has forgotten about his secret hobby for the last two months. His secret hobby is that for the past ten years he has been writing the "character profile" of a single girl. Her birthdate, personality, hobbies, conversations, etc… are all recorded in a large pile of notebooks. All this time, this fictional girl has been his friend and lover, but now that he is in love with a real girl, he decided to throw them all away. In order to "purify" the notebooks, he decided to burn them at a nearby shrine. To his surprise, the senpai he's in love with was also there. It starts to rain and as they talk the girl confesses she's having trouble writing her novel due to inexperience. As the storm gets even stronger, the lead character believes that since she confessed her "weakness" to him it is ok for him to show her his own "secret". Filled with courage, the boy opens the bag where he brought all the notebooks… except that instead of notebooks, the bag now contains the girl (naked of course) he's been creating for the past ten years!!

Twenty-four-year-old Kirara is on her way to her wedding when she is killed in a car accident. However, her love for her fiancé is so strong that she is permitted to return to earth as a ghost to see him, but she is sent back 8 years in time when they first met. Yet her own meddling in the past may make her 16 year-old-self turn away from her would-be fiancé...

From the same creator of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, teenager Ikuro Hashizawa can transform into the parasitical bio-weapon, Baoh, gaining superhuman strength and other abilities such as firing a corrosive substance. He escapes from the Secret Organization Dress along with a young psychic girl, Sumire, and the two must face various assassins sent by the organization to kill him. Link: [JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia](https://jojowiki.com/Baoh_the_Visitor) (Manga) [AnimeNewsNetwork](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=259) (OVA)

"The Citizen Kane of erotic college comedies" Tatsuya Egawa Suekichi goes to university and takes time for hobbies, as any Japanese university student, particularly in the theatre club. Things change when he attends his great grandfather's funeral and wakes the next morning in his room with a sexy girl besides him. His great grandfather has left him a *little* inheritance but there are some conditions. Meanwhile, Aya keeps hanging around and refuses to go away, marking the beginning of a strange relationship revolving around suspicions and desire. Remark that "asatte" actually means "the day after tomorrow".

Three members of a modern-day Japanese cult who are taking part in a "deserted island" program in which they must work together to purify and refine their spiritual essence and transform themselves into more advanced human beings. Of course, life doesn't usually work that way.

A young girl, living in a foreign country until one day becoming orphaned due to war, begins to wander aimlessly in search of her "Land of Peace." Will she ever find it…?

A depressing story about how a Japanese family's life goes wrong: an immoral protagonist, her sister who was gang raped before, her alcoholic mother who later devoted her life to a cult, and her father who lost favor with his company… full of sexual content and highly violent. Volume Titles: 1: Chichikaeru 2: Taka-chan ga Nagaiyo o Wataru 3: Haha ga Kaihōsareru 4: Hito wa Shinu

Humanity wakes up to find that they've all shrunk. Can they survive amidst the hazards that Nature entails? This is the story of young Alice and her protective dog Poco in this new world.

Ariyuki is standing in front of his former home which happens to be destroyed by a meteorite. Among the ruins he finds a gem which frees a young girl. Though that girl claims to be god and is willing to grant him his dearest wishes.

While Professor Saotome completes his masterpiece, the Shin Getter Robo, a strange object enters the Earth's atmosphere. Hayato, in control of the lab while Saotome obsessively works, orders Getter Robo and Getter Robo G to launch and destroy the object before it impacts.

A group of thirteen boys join the children's crusades of 1212. Violence ensues.

Meet Ikeno Komaki –an ordinary girl with an ordinary life. Everyday is pretty much the same as the last, until today. Today she awoke from a strange dream hearing voices and has unexpectedly received an extraordinary new talent.

Taketora, or Tora for short, is lazy High School-er who attends a co-ed school on a mysterious island called Academy Island, that appeared out of nowhere 18 years ago, and is said to contain information that will save the world. What made the island so mysterious was an object called "the Monument" which "Data" can be pulled out by students who can correspond with "the Monument", the "Data" can bring out animal like creatures used for many things and has helped the world over. What makes the main character so special, and why is he such a low ranker? How can kissing be troublesome for Tora? Find out as his world is shaken by girls who are out for him!

Yuri doesn't have any friends because of her personality. One day, the famous Fujiwara talks to her, but Yuri thinks that she's nothing but a fake person. Shinobu, her childhood friend and only friend, writes a story for a doujinshi which Yuri would do the art. On the story, the main character resembles Fujiwara a lot, but with a twisted personality. On that same day, Yuri sees the real Fujiwara and, as she had suspected, that girl wasn't so lovely as she appeared. The following short stories are also included in volume one: - First Love - First Love, After That - First Love, After of After That

Wakagi Hokuto is a mahjong player who has an extraordinary amount of luck, to the point where he can get tenhou once a week. With this power, he aims to become like the North Star, an unmovable giant of a man.

Sakai and Shoji are two idiots. Their band, Moozmuz, is eccentric, flamboyant and silly. Gogh, their classmate, is a quiet but intense clothes designer. Watch the friendship between these three artists blossom and suffer, rendered in Shinkichi Kato's vibrant, lively art. The two volumes also contain a pair of one-shots each.

A collection of sci-fi short stories. **Contents:** 1-2: **Legend of Giants** A sci-fi drama about humans, inspired by Prometheus, struggling against their given fate by using fire to end the ice age. 3: **Icarus Asteroid** A sci-fi drama about a smog-covered world and a daring plan to transmit enough energy from the Sun so humanity can survive. 4: **Horizon Patrol:** A sci-fi action/comedy about a futuristic Earth covered by a sprawling mess of highways, and two loose-cannon officers who help keep the roads safe.

The story focuses on the 16-year-old protagonist, Akira Kurusu, who got transferred to Shujin High School in Tokyo after he was sued by a man with political connection for a non-existent violence when Akira saved a woman from being molested by the man, leading to his probation. Arriving in Tokyo, he finds a mysterious app got installed into his phone that enables him to enter another world formed from corrupt hearts of adults where he awakens his power called Persona. During his times there, he is joined by two fellow students Ryuuji Sakamoto and Ann Takamaki, and a shape-shifting cat-like creature known as Morgana. Feeling suppressed by their environment, the four form a group known as the "Phantom Thieves of Heart" to steal corrupt hearts of adults and reform society.

Years after the events of Getter Robo/Shin Getter Robo, Hayato Jin is the leader of NISAR; a private owned research and weapons development organization based in Japan. He, and Professor Tachibana, have been developing various weapons and building up their forces to deal with a threat that started fifteen years ago: the mad scientist Rando. When Rando's forces begin their terrorist operations around the world, NISAR begins its search for exceptional soldiers to pilot their super weapon, the Getter Robo. Sixteen years after the completion of Getter Robo, Ken Ishikawa revived the series with Getter Robo Go. This series, and all after until Ishikawa's death, are done without Go Nagai (he is still credited as original creator).