The slender stranger with a handsome face comes to buy flowers on this particular day every month. Who are the flowers for? Should you find the courage to strike up a conversation? Would it look weird after so long? Drawn by the scent of spring, the tender bud hidden within their hearts looks set to bloom at last….

For what reason has a mole girl sought out a peaceful life in apartments…!? The story chronicled in this 4koma covers the everyday life of an ordinary high school girl, Noko Chijou, and a slightly boneheaded but lovable mole girl, Chika Uchino.

One day, I – a high schooler – found a paperback in the hospital. The “Disease Coexistence Journal” was its title. It was a diary that my classmate, Sakura Yamauchi, had written in secret. Inside, it was written that due to her pancreatic disease, her days were numbered. And thus, I coincidentally went from Just-a-Classmate to a Secret-Knowing-Classmate. It was as if I were being drawn to her, who was my polar opposite. However, the world presented the girl that was already suffering from an illness with an equally cruel reality…

Tomaru Harukaze is extremely shy and terrible with any kind of social interaction. His worried mother sends him to live with his grandparents in the countryside—born and raised in Tokyo, Harukaze worries he'll have trouble adjusting, but that's not the worst part: he will be starting a part-time job at Restaurant Bell, where his grandmother is a regular customer! Not only will he have to learn to interact with customers, but he'll also have to learn to get along with his quirky coworkers.

Tachibana Ayaka is roped into playing the role of Lady Betray, a flashy female villain, in a local hero show, when all she wanted was a free gift for her adorable little brother. Her co-star, Kazama Shun, plays Bardian, the hero and Guardian of Dreams, but he is only in it for the money! How will the two of them get along when they’re so different?

Collection of stories.

Minoru's parents want to move to Las Vegas so her father can have a last shot at his fighting career. Minoru has recently started at high school and doesn't really feel like leaving Japan, although she doesn't have much reason to stay either. While feeling down about the choice, she follows a girl from her school into an arcade out of curiosity. Minoru ends up playing against the girl at a fighting game. The girl introduces herself as Shijou and explains that she's aiming to become a pro-gamer. Shijou recognizes that Minoru has talent and invites her to team up with her.

Sae is a flight attendant working for ANL (AeroNippon Lines, a fictious airline). She wanted to work in this field thinking on the glamourous aspect of the job since her friends at the university were teasing her about her sex-appeal. She'll discover the truth about being a flight attendant while having to deal with the passengers!

Yukimi is her real name but everyone calls her Bambi. She is the student discipline committee member who locks students out of the school if they're a minute late, but sneaks cigarette breaks on the roof. Lone wolf (Dhole, Asiatic wild dog) transfer student Tetsu (everyone pronounces it Tooru) Nagasawa hops the fence after she locks it and breaks her cigarette in half when he finds her on the roof, but he's a super nice guy to a mother and baby on the train. Bambi already has a boyfriend but will the wolf steal her heart?

HER is a series of character portraits, loosely strung together by everyday circumstances. The story begins with a woman who wants to be loveable - and loved - and who has a fixation on shoes. Her hairdresser's fear of the future is the subject of the second chapter. A schoolgirl whose hair she cuts sees her older female neighbor kissing her female lover goodbye. In the past, the neighbor had a difficult relationship with her mother. The neighbor's lover was rejected by her first love. The couple sitting next to them at the cafe have their own issues.

After enrolling in a college, Mitsu begins living in a boarding house in hopes of living a peaceful life. But the people whom he lives with are made up of different personalities and they had a welcoming party for him. But the next day when he wakes up, he finds himself lying next to his next door neighbor… The novelist, Tsuburaya. Moreover, Mitsu can feel this throbbing pain coming from his butt, what could be the meaning of this…?

Compilation book consisting of manga stories taking place during the events of season 2 of Kidou Senshi Gundam 00, telling short stories such as Soma's transformation into Marie, Sumeragi's return to Celestial Being, and Marina creating her song for Katharon. ACT 1: Setsuna & Saji ACT 2: Allelujah & Soma ACT 3: CB & Sumeragi ACT 4: Setsuna & Marina ACT 5: Saji & Louise and…

The demon queen quite by chance saves Haru, a young human boy about to be sold as a slave, and takes him back to be her attendant. Some years later, a bored demon queen asks our now fully grown and handsome Haru what else she has left to do. "Marriage", Haru replies. A heart-pounding love comedy between an innocent demon queen and her servant.

When Tokita, exhausted and starved from work, is offered some bread by a stranger – Chiba – he feels admiration towards him and wants to repay him for his kindness. That meeting signifies the start of their friendship and maybe something more.

Meet Sui, a native from an unspecified foreign country. She has moved to Japan to get married and this story revolves around her adapting to Japanese culture and life...

Tengawa Taiyou is a great (but unrecognized) game creator and the boss of his own development studio. He then meets a nice young woman, but she comes to turn his loser company.

Kazamatsuri, a modern, well-developed city renowned for its burgeoning greenery and rich Japanese culture, is home to a boy named, Kotarou Tennouji, a frivolous and nosey high schooler . Kotarou spends his days joking with his childhood friend Kotori and pranking his rival Yoshino, all the while seeking greater contentment and connections in his life. In truth, he holds a secret- the superhuman ability to permanently rewrite his physiology, which lets him modify his strength and speed to his liking. With such traits, Kotarou is naturally drawn to the supernatural, and is led to meet the president of the Occult Research Club, the “Witch” Akane Senri. This leads to Kotarou reviving the Occult Club by recruiting Kotori and three other members: the clumsy transfer student Chihaya, the strict class representative Lucia, and the unassuming kohai Shizuru. As Kotarou unveils hidden secrets of each member of the Occult Club through their shared adventures, he will inevitably encounter a fate that only he might be able to rewrite. Rewrite:Side-B and Rewrite:Side-R are meant to be read as a pair. One follows the route where Kotarou picks the “Self” choice, the other follows the “World” choice. It is recommended to read the VN for greater context.

Koizumi Shintarou is 30 years old, a virgin, and has isolated himself in his room for 15 years. He has become a burden on his father, Koizumi Yasujirou. One day, Shintarou makes a proposition that if Yasujirou gets a girlfriend, Shintarou will come out of his room. It turns out that Yasujirou has already got a girlfriend, a young beautiful woman, Yoshinaga Haruka, who is with Yasujirou for her own personal reasons. Yasujirou and Haruka decide to get married, but Yasujirou dies on their honeymoon. Now Haruka decides to take care of Shintarou, and so this weird "mother and son" duo are now living together.

(from ebookjapan): Another Side of the Rumic World unlike "RINNE" or "Rumic Theater"!　 Black, pure, mysterious, and humorous! Works made from 1999 to 2014 are almost all included in the tankobon for the first time! Included works: - **Came the Mirror** (鏡が来た, Kagami ga Kita) - **Revenge Doll** (リベンジドール) - **The Star with 1000 Faces** (星は千の顔, Hoshi ha Sen no Hao) - **Lovely Flower** (可愛い花, Kawaii Hana, ALT. ENG. - Cute Flower) - **with CAT** - **My Sweet Sunday** (マイスイートサンデー) - Collaboration with Mitsuru Adachi

Classic short stories from Rumiko Takahashi. Many are comedies. Volume 1: - **Fire Tripper** (fantasy, romance) A gas explosion sends high school girl Suzuko and toddler Shu 500 years into the past. But she lost Shu on the way, and as a result, Shu ended up in the past 10 years before her, and is 15 years old when Suzuko arrives. - **Maris the Chojo** (comedy, SF) A destructive alien policewoman sees a kidnapped quadrillionaire as her ticket out of debt. - **Those Selfish Aliens** (comedy, SF) - The direct pre-serialization one-shot to [Urusei Yatsura](https://mangadex.org/title/6b9206b3-5c0f-4cf8-a0cc-d2c9e1aa4df9/urusei-yatsura?tab=chapters) Aliens, the government, and fishmen implant bombs in a poor paperboy. - **Time Warp Trouble** (fantasy) Warriors from feudal Japan inexplicably pop into a high-school classroom. - **The Laughing Target** (drama, romance, supernatural, tragedy) When they were children, Yuzuru Shiga and his cousin Azusa Shiga were engaged. Azusa aims to make sure that Yuzuru stays hers, no matter what, but Azusa also has a dark secret… Volume 2: - **Wasted Minds** (Dust Spot) (adventure, comedy, fantasy) Follows a pair of two bickering government agents, both of whom have special abilities. (A five-part mini-series) - **The Golden Gods of Poverty** (gag comedy) An unfortunate boy's scientist parents try to use him to make money, but they only succeed in contacting the Seven Lucky Gods, who happen to also be broke. - **The Entrepreneurial Spirit** A woman leads seminars for a get-rich quick scheme. Volume 3: - **That Darn Cat** (slice of life) Rumiko Takahashi remembers having to take care of her neighbor's cat. - **When My Eyes Got Wings** A couple befriend a sickly child with a secret and his destructive pet bird. - **Wedded Bliss** (comedy, romance) A wedded couple can only let out their tension from working all day by fighting with one another, until their neighbors threaten to have them moved. - **Sleep and Forget** A girl relives a past life involving her lover and an evil witch back from the dead in the form of a dog. - **A Cry for Help** A fairy gives a boy a frightening split personality thanks to the wind-up key she inserts in his neck. - **War Council** Student councils go to war with one another over a stamp. - **The Face Pack** A man can change his appearance at will and leads a "masters of disguise" club. --- Official Release: - Indonesian release by Level Comics Viz Media Out of Print editions. ISBN below for Official English Print Vol 1: 9781947804739 Vol 2: 9781569311943 Vol 3: 9781569312063

Takahashi Rumiko contributed this short autobiographic piece to the 2014 Big Comic Original Godzilla 40th anniversary special edition.

Ootani Rin, a girl from a poor family due to her father's gambling is attending a highschool on a scholarship. She has been taking care of her sisters and mother ever since her father ran away. Her school doesn't allow its students to work part time but she's not worried about it since all the students at her school are rich. However one boy takes interest in her, finds out about her part-time job and to keep him quiet she has to make him a bentou (packed lunch). Included one-shots: Bukiccho☆Boukun, Totsugeki! Hanamaru Bentou

Taking her grandfather’s advice, Iwa, who is in Tokyo for work, strives to do good deeds wherever she goes. Whether it be rescuing an injured bat on the sidewalk or helping out a sickly young man, the city is turning out to be a very interesting place.

A collection of stories. Chapters 1 and 2: For a captain and a subordinate, pure love is born out of an unfeeling time of war, strict rules and order, and a superior-subordinate relationship. Settled in the southern front, a subordinate, Hayakawa, is often punished for causing minor problems by the strict captain, Takeuchi. However there is a secret between the two of them… The war ends, and time passes by. The two return to Japan on their decommissioned ship and decide to live together, but…