Her late parent's death made her feel lonely. She couldn't trust anyone, particularly when she can hear their true thoughts, so she always felt lonely. This was true, until she visited the aquarium. "It was...

Adapted from Wikipedia and Myanimelist.net: Background: Damekko Doubutsu features characters that wear kigurumi (mascot/animal character) costumes and who seem to be either living as or putting on a play a...

Mokhwa, an unemployed, young man who wants to commit suicide, but he instead finds himself signing up for swimming lessons. He eventually begins falling for his swim teacher, a beautiful man with a great bod...

One day, Shunichirou suddenly transferred to a different world. His reason for living in this different world... to see, touch, and smell, -eating unknown food! Along with Sylphin, a Beastman Maid, they have...

The daily, average life and interactions of some of a ship’s crew as they depart to explore space. Winner of the Jiro Tanaguchi Special Award for manga in the 2010 Four Seasons Award Anthology.

A series of 5 'picture book' manga for very young children, Ishinomori crafts his own tales that fit right at home with well-known Japanese folklore, gracing them with dozens and dozens of gorgeously done tw...

Azuri is the mermaid princess and the only royal heir of the Orcans, a race of whale-merpeople that lives in a fantasy environment deep within the ocean. Azuri is betrothed to Prince Unagi, leader of the Eel...

Can true love really overcome any obstacles? Saki, a high school student, confesses her feelings to Makoto. Taken aback, Makoto reveals his secret, but the sudden discovery doesn’t seem to bother Saki who ...

The first time Hanbi visits an aquarium, she is mesmerized by the whale’s deep sense of yearning and sorrow. 10 years later, when she feels a similar intense connection to Sunwoo, she believes him to be th...

An anthology of six short stories: 1) The Ice Wanderer (Toudo no Tabibito - 凍土の旅人) [2003] Set in the Klondike region in 1897, and recounts the American author Jack London’s fortuitous encounter ...

The story revolves around a woman with a broken heart called Nanami who meets two handsome men in Mt. Fuji while they are looking for whales. A story about love and sea life.

When Hijiri – black sheep of his family – finally snaps and kills his little brother, all he expects is persecution. What he didn’t expect is a mysterious whale only visible to him to show up and chang...