Set in the COVID-19 era, the manga follows Natsuko, a 32-year-old aspiring manga creator spending her second spring behind a face mask. Note: Won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural New Short Work Prize in 2024.

Yamazaki Kento was unexpectedly reincarnated into a fantasy world with only a tablet filled with mysterious apps he needs to unlock. Kento Yamazaki, an ordinary young man who can be found anywhere, finds ...

This volume includes ten of Junji Ito’s short stories, as selected exclusively from the Shōgakukan publisher catalog and presented and accompanied with a gallery of six color illustrations. Stories: 1: A...

“Until the day humanity falls.” In the year 2020, Earth’s magnetic poles disappeared and humankind was nearly wiped out by cosmic radiation. Within the span of a hundred years, living creatures began ...

In the country of Larvata, mages are oppressed and seen as filthy beings. Leon is a talented but rather weak mage. Zex is an orphan boy with great innate magical talent. Their meeting will change their lives...

One day, Miko suddenly started seeing grotesque beings that others couldn't. Her response was not to run, not to face them, but to do everything she could to completely ignore them. Can she keep a straight f...

It's that time of the month, and you know what that means...a visit from Aunt Flo—scratch that—Little Miss P! This pink, anthropomorphized period's not so lean, kinda mean, and a gut-punching, butt- kick...

Gold Award from International Manga Awards 2012.

The world is overflowing with them: fibs, falsehoods, lies... Surely you, too, Reader, have told a lie at least once in your life, with your heart beating fast. This is a story about dealing with those lies....

A woman who runs a hostess bar in a rundown area, whose child died as a result of her thoughtlessness when she was young, is compelled to look after a young boy by one of her former colleagues in the nightcl...

Ogasawara Aki is the reclusive, idealistic composer of the popular band Crude Play. Discontented with his life and with no drive to succeed, he meets Riko, the 16-year-old grocer's daughter in a band consist...

For Tohko Amano, a third-year high-school student and self-styled “book girl,” being the head of the literary club is more than just an extracurricular activity. It’s her bread and butter…literally! ...

Vol 1 - Toshokan Sensou (図書館戦争) (Library War) Vol 2 - Toshokan Nairan (図書館内乱) (Library Infighting) Vol 3 - Toshokan Kiki (図書館危機) (Library Crisis) Vol 4 - Toshokan Kakumei (�...

Ayumu Shiiba is studying for the all-important high school entrance exams. She is struggling to get by, but thankfully has help from her best friend Shii-chan, who is at the top of their class. Test results ...

How about this, a manga for adults – and not young adults either. This is a series of stories about love and romance amongst the older generations. As the manga itself says, “In the later years of their ...

Yoshinori Yanagisawa, professor of economics at University of Y. Walks to the right of the road and does not cross it except for at crosswalks. This story is a clear and pleasant record of a scholar who adhe...

A love story between Chicchi, the shortest girl in her class, and Sally, the tallest boy in her class. Note: Won the 19th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Award Special Prize in 2015.

Preschool girl's manga that won the 5th(1959) Shogakukan Manga Award and tied with Bonko-chan and Fuichin-san by UEDA Toshiko. Not quite a one shot, a serial with one off stories.