Ax is the premier Japanese magazine for alternative comics, heir to the legendary Garo. Published bi-monthly since 1998, the pages of Ax contain the most innovative, experimental, and personal works in conte...

1) Unfinished Perfection Shinohara Yuu is in love with his boss (Yae Gashi from Yojouhan Sweet Home), but his boss already has a boyfriend. So Kakinuma Daishi, his childhood friend, agrees to take the place ...

On his first day of transferring to a new high school, a loner named Mori Buntarou is cajoled by a classmate into climbing the school building. Despite knowing that one misstep could send him spiraling to hi...

When the guy Kira is dating takes all his money and runs off, Kira heads into the mountains, heartbroken and underdressed. On the verge of distress, he's rescued by Fuji, an unfriendly man with a frightening...

Tsukiko, thirty-eight, works in an office and lives alone. One night, she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, “Sensei” in a local bar. Tsukiko had only ever called him “Sensei” (�...

College graduate KI-WOON creates a hiking club with his friend JAE-SOO. After having a drink with the queen of the club JIN-SOL and the cute newcomer DA-HEE, KI-WOON blacks out. "Don't you remember what you ...

Over four decades ago, Yoshihiro Tastsumi expanded the horizons of comics storytelling by using the visual language of manga to tell gritty, literary short stories about the private lives of everyday people....