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!!

Imagine a country where couples are chosen based on the compatibility of their genes. Whenever a resident reaches the age of 14, a partner will be suggested to him or her based on which match would result in the best child being born. This is a collection of stories about some of the more “interesting” pairings chosen by this system.

Aiba is secretly in love with her childhood friend Yoshi, who has one weird ability–he temporarily becomes good-looking when he takes in damage! What will happen to their relationship when his face doesn't go back to normal!?

Shun knew what to expect when he became a high school student. As he entered the gates of his new school, four beautiful girls suddenly surround him. These four girls are the same four girls he grew up with since kindergarten. The four girls are Rio the athlete, Miku the cook, Nana the nerd, and Yuri the student president. These four girls will be battling it out between them in order to win the heart of their beloved Shun.

At a glance, Oriko Amano is a cool, handsome male university student, whilst on the other hand, Natsuo Koike is small and childlike in appearance. However, the truth is that Oriko is actually a girl, and they are both twenty years old! Dekoboko Girlish follows the daily lives of Oriko, Natsuo and the other members of their university's classical theatre group.

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.

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Azumanga Daioh, the manga was repackaged into a new three-volume set, which included three chapters of new material called "Hoshuuhen" ("Supplementary Materials" or "Extra Lessons"). [Read the full 2009 edition](https://mangadex.org/title/107be290-6a4b-4974-a9c5-3761a2514823/azumanga-daioh-2009-print) Each new chapter covers one year of high school, with all new adventures for Sakaki, Yomi, Tomo, Chiyo, Osaka, and Kagura.

A graveyard in contemporary Israel has an unlikely visitor. The elderly gentleman from Japan, a former news correspondent, lays a bouquet of flowers at the tomb of one Adolf Kamil. For he remembers the tale of three Adolfs: Kamil, a Jew who grew up in Kobe, Japan, the son of a baker; Kaufmann, only child of a German consul stationed at that port city and his Japanese wife; and the Fuhrer with whom the Far Eastern nation made common cause. --- - **Won the 10th Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga in 1986, shared with Makoto Kobayashi's What's Michael?** --- **Volumes 372-376 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

When Madoka learns that her parents gained hundred million yen from the lottery, she does not believe her ears! But she starts to dream of a new life of a princess, To make things worse, they inform her of their decision to pursue their lifelong goal of becoming doctors. What will happen to Madoka who, when deciding to stay behind, is left to fend for herself in a residence of the Asagi family home… For Madoka, a new life starts

Mugen is a fierce animal-like warrior with a unique Bboying (break-dance) inspired fighting style. Jin has a more traditional style but this is no weakness because his skills are amazing. The two contrasting samurai warriors are far from friends, yet their separate paths seem to cross anyways. Mugen is wandering aimlessly through the city when he stumbles upon a teahouse where he meets Jin and Fuu (A ditzy waitress, but don't think she doesn't have anything hidden up her sleeves). Fuu convinces them both to come with her in search of a mysterious samurai that smells like sunflowers and their journey begins. This is a story about love, friendship and courage… NOT!

Shigeo is a high strung elementary school student living with his mother. His only concern is getting ahead in life by doing well in school. He despises his father Hanao (who is separated from them), who's an idealistic free spirit and a kid at heart, infatuated with the sport of baseball. Shigeo's mother forces Shigeo to take time to visit his father, and so begins Shigeo's lessons that there's more to life than excelling academically (courtesy of his very childish father).

This was actually created as a promo for a movie by the same name ([Heaven's Bookstore](https://web.archive.org/web/20070302122437/http://movie.www.infoseek.co.jp:80/feature/tengokunohonya/)). Satoshi-kun, a drifter, arrives in heaven to work at a bookstore as a substitute manager. There he meets Rui, a girl who also temporarily works there. Follow the daily events of these two people as the place they are in (Heaven's Bookstore) help those regain what they lost.

While studying in the park one day, a boy comes across an anthropomorphic cat girl.

A silent oneshot, featuring only sound effects and an opening & closing narration. focuses on the daily life of a woman who, after a long summer day of construction work, goes to the store to buy some potato chips.

An anthology of short stories and illustrations from various authors and artists following the anime storyline. This series of comics was originally released on the Young Ace UP website the week before the last episode of the [anime](https://anilist.co/anime/87496/Kemono-Friends/) aired and then compiled in an anthology volume.

Since childhood Nana has been dreaming of becoming a caretaker at the Japari Park, all because "Friends," unique human-like animals, live there. And today her dream finally came true! But will she be able to earn their trust?

Her dad, remarried, has moved Hinageshi from the city to the countryside village of Ogawara where agriculture is very abundant. As a new member of the Nozawa family, she learns the ins and outs of farming which Hinageshi finds exciting. But what is more incredible is having new sisters in her life. Yashiro is the oldest, beautiful and seems innocent but has a wild side to her. Mayu is vibrant and vocal but is scared to death of insects. Ringo is the youngest but by far the brains of the group and is an encyclopedia of important and sometimes unimportant information. Their sisterly bonds are still little saplings but with each day passing it becomes stronger.

The story opens several years after a devastating war, where incredibly strong 'mechanical dolls' slaughtered many, many people. These robot weapons, which look exactly like humans, are still feared and hated. During a storm, Craw finds one of these 'dolls.' She is nothing like the weapon he would expect, but is instead gentle, cheerful, and very eager to be of use to the people around her. She claims her name is Mayple, and she seems to be programmed as a maid and cook. Soon, Craw has set up a cafe for Mayple to run, where she can cook sweets and tea for everyone in town. It's going to be a rough road ahead of her, as many townspeople hate her on principle and will not shrink from violence against her. But maybe Mayple, who always keeps a sunny attitude, will be able to find a way through the prejudice and make a place for herself in the post-war world.

The trouble and fun began when ordinary teenager Tenchi Masaki inadvertently released the legendary demon Ryoko from his grandfather's shrine. Turned out Ryoko was actually a marooned space pirate! Since then, she's become Tenchi's unwanted houseguest, attracting a host of other troublemaking alien women: Ayeka, a haughty alien pricess; Sasami, her mischievous little sister; and Washu, Ryoko's mad-scientist ''mother.'' Add Ryo-oh-Ki, an adorable little carrot-eating spaceship, and you've got one full Shinto shrine!

Originally a one-shot, but has been extended as a series due to popularity! A blooming love story begins between Sumire and Touta, two neighbors who have been together since childhood.

A story focusing on a group of college friends, and their lives. Each chapter focuses on a different friend, and their relationships with various other characters.

Mahjong is all Nikaido Aki knew growing up. With her parents operating a Mahjong shop where people would gather to play the game, it served as a good time for Aki, her older sister Rumi and their family. But when their mother leaves them out of the blue, their father is forced to close the shop and he leaves Aki and Rumi with relatives. With no real goal in life and not even sure if she wants to continue on to high school, Aki has to figure out what she wants out of her life.