When Asa’s mother goes into labor yet again, Asa runs off to find a doctor. But no one bats an eye when she doesn’t return - not even as a storm approaches Nagoya. Forgotten yet again, Asa runs into a bu...

Feckless high school student Tatara Fujita wants to be good at something – anything. Unfortunately, he’s about as average as a slouchy teen can be. The local bullies know this and make it a habit to hit ...

Rudo lives in the slums of a floating town, where the poor scrape by under the shadow of the rich who live a sumptuous life, simply casting their garbage off the side, into the abyss. Then one day, he’s fa...

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...

This is a horror/sci-fi story about a giant planet consuming creature from another dimension that a scientist discovers and mistakenly identifies as a planet. Being given the honor to name it as its discover...

Sawako Kuronuma is the perfect heroine... for a horror movie. With her jet-black hair, sinister smile and silent demeanor, she's often mistaken for the haunting movie character Sadako. But behind her scary f...

At Dahlia Academy, a prestigious boarding school attended by students of two feuding countries - the eastern Nation of Touwa, and the Principality of West. Romio Inuzuka, leader of the dorms' Touwa first-yea...

Shoya is a bully. When Shoko, a girl who can't hear, enters his elementary school class, she becomes their favorite target, and Shoya and his friends goad each other into devising new tortures for her. But t...

Inept at dealing with people, Higawa Koyuki maintains a wall between herself and others. She spends her time in high school away from others, all alone. At least until she encounters Amamiya Minato who keeps...

Mika is a draker on the airship Quin Zaza. He earns his livelihood hunting the whales of the sky—dragons! The beautiful beasts are flying treasure troves, providing food and materials, and the Quin Zaza is...

Note: Nominated for the 47th Annual Kodansha Manga Award in 2023.

A heart-wrenching single-volume story about the struggles of being an artist, from the creator of Chainsaw Man. The overly confident Fujino and the shut-in Kyomoto couldn’t be more different, but a love of...

Works submission period for Silent Manga Audition first round: June 2012 - 31st March 2013. Grand Prix: 1. Sky Sky by Prema-Ja (Thailand) A silent story about a young girl and her very own way to cope with ...

Apathetic schoolboy Miharu Rokujou is content to meander through life in the sleepy village of Banten. But his quiet existence is shattered when the Grey Wolves of Iga, a powerful ninja clan, attempt to kidn...

Natsuki is teased for being a hopeless romantic, Keiichi disguises his sadism with an angelic grin, Tsuyoshi is an otaku who can't read the air, and Tomoya is a frivolous playboy who likes his archenemy. The...

Amamiya Taki, an employee - albeit a reluctant one - of the Parapsychology Research Institute, is suddenly notified of the suicide of a twin brother he never even knew existed. This event sets into motion a ...

Meet the Urumas, a slightly dysfunctional family of four sorcerers. Mom, being the most powerful sorceress around, works away from home keeping the world safe. Dad picks up the slack and takes care of the fa...

A surreal story about an author drawing manga on his daily two-hour commute to work via subway. The mangaka Zajirogh and the salaryman Takahashi live in two different worlds, despite being the same person. ...

A collection of seven humorous oneshots covering a wide range of themes. Story 1, A Lad?s Christmas: A jaded Santa has to get through a particularly rough Christmas. Story 2, Travel Writer: A young couple ...

Kaizaki Arata is a 27-year-old, out-of-work man who has failed at each and every job interview he has had after quitting his last company where he only lasted three months. His life changes after he meets Yo...

Kurumi Ayaki is a recently-retired police officer with a record of excellence on the force and the guts and guile to back it up. In order to earn some extra money for her upcoming wedding, she has to return ...

The adventures of college student Rica, as she attends university in Tokyo and visits the gay and lesbian district looking for friendship and love. Rica's story is sweet and funny, realistic and a little wac...

Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan is a fun and dark 4-koma manga about the real (?) life of the author, a single woman in Tokyo who drifts through relationships and works at various hostess clubs and the like. Lots of com...