Acclaimed creator Kaoru Mori (Emma, Shirley) brings the nineteenth-century Silk Road to lavish life, chronicling the story of Amir Halgal, a young woman from a nomadic tribe betrothed to a twelve-year-old bo...

Sang, once the little boy too afraid to jump into the lake with the older children, comes back home a brave new man – a huntsman, to be exact. It's only after reuniting with his friend Sejin, the shaman’...

Princess Rosely’s fate was sealed when she first picked up a sword to try to kill an evil wizard. Little did she know the legendary Lucilys, Sword of Light, had chosen her to be its heiress, bringing her p...

After losing his first and last volleyball match against Tobio Kageyama, “the King of the Court,” Shoyo Hinata swears to become his rival after graduating middle school. But what happens when the guy he ...

This is one of the best-known titles by Yamagishi Ryouko. It shocked the public immensely when first published, because the story depicted how the legendary regent of Japan, Prince Shoutoku - who supported t...

The literature industry is suffering from the publishing recession. While the literary magazine 'Mokuren' was grieving over the present state of affairs, a composition intended for their Newcomer's Award was...

Edo, 1855, in the Hill of the Three Hundred district: Japan's isolationist foreign policy has been lifted, and the era of the Bakumatsu has begun. The samurai Ibuya Manjiro, 26 years old, has just begun his ...

Born during the sunrise - an auspicious beginning - the Azumas' newborn son is named Hikaru, which means "light." But during one play date, his mother notices that her son is slightly different from the othe...

Hikaru Shindo is like any sixth-grader in Japan: a pretty normal schoolboy with a two-tone head of hair and a penchant for antics. One day, he finds an old bloodstained Go board in his grandfather's attic an...

A collection of odd (and often very short) one-shots on a wide variety of subjects. Most of them are at least somewhat humorous, however. Note: Was nominated for the 7th annual Manga Taishou Award.

Won the Kodansha Publishing Culture Award in 1974.

It's the 2060's, and Japan has perfected "The MRI System," a piece of neurotechnology that, when given the brain of a person who died within the past 48 hours, can analyze the visual memories contained withi...

Historie takes place in ancient Greece and follows the childhood and adult life of Eumenes, who would grow up to be the secretary and general to Alexander the Great. Note: Won the 16th Tezuka Osamu Cultural...

A hardworking career woman who never married died alone, found in a miserable state. Her niece, Yamaguchi Narumi (35 and single), who was hit hard by the news shifted from looking for marriage to preparing f...

A new government project is starting, where former convicts are relocated to towns without the knowledge of the citizens who live there. The trial city is Uoboka, a small town that was once a busy seaport. N...

Gorou is an ob-gyn with a life far removed from the glitz and glamour of the entertainment industry - the world of his favorite idol, rising star Ai Hoshino. But when the two are unexpectedly brought togethe...

Sasaki, an overworked salaryman, goes through an average stressful day just for a single light at the end of the tunnel: Yamada, the always-cheerful clerk at his favorite convenience store. One day, Sasaki t...

Part 1: Hiroshima, 1955. Ten years after the city was consumed by a scorching flash of light, a woman's soul is still deeply shaken by the earth-shattering explosion that devastated her home and changed her ...