The Box Man Enter the strange world of Imiri Sakabashira in which the denizens are zoomorphic creatures that emerge from one another as well as their equally bizarre environs. The Box Man follows its protago...

Collection of stories of the author, contemplatives and abusing of an art that mix extremely detailed background with bidimensional and caricatured characters. Contents: - Ashizuri Suizokukan - Kanzen Shout...

It started with a brutal beating at a pachinko parlor, and now Bakune Young -- maniac, moron or mastermind -- has taken Japan's biggest crime boss as a hostage as Step One of his plan to rule the world! Soon...

A tengu is an utterly proud and arrogant creature (so much that the Japanese saying, "to become a tengu," means to preen conceitedly) that is said to steal young children away from their homes. In this story...

Takaomi Matsubue and Arika Togawa are second-year students at the same high school. By some strange quirk of fate, they started dating. Matsubue-kun is a really weird guy (in truth, other people just don't u...

Published in Garo 1995-10.

Ikki, an optimist who isn't afraid of anything, begins working at a small restaurant when he finds himself charmed by the owner. It's there that he runs into Ryuu, and from Ryuu, he hears Toshimitsu's name, ...

G takes place at these points we call boundaries. Boundaries between times, dimensions, destinies, life and death, … It tells the story of young Tomak through his initiatic journey. The Death Grass Spirit ...

A collection of short stories about supernatural occurrences that take place in our everyday…

A compilation of short stories by Keiichi Koike. 1. Knockin' on Heaven's Door 2. 3000 Leagues Searching For Mother 3. Lazaro Franco's Fourth Hour 4. The Fallen Samurai And The Sea 5. Loopa 6. Kenbo's D...

Trepanation is the procedure of drilling a hole in the skull. It is said to increase the blood circulation and improve pressure inside the skull. It is also said to bring out a person's sixth sense, the abil...

While struggling with a grandmother who's starting to forget him and a family who already have forgotten him, middle school student Sakamoto Toki meets substitute art teacher Itsuya Tsuruda and her housemate...

The twisted and deeply disturbing tale of a sociopathic serial killer...

Collecting a handful of self-published shorts along with a mix of serialized stories and essays, panpanya's English-language debut mixes art styles and narratives from a range of genres. If you are ever for...

Rather more representative of the Nishioka siblings' writing style than Kami no Kodomo, this is a collection of one-shots that explore the thoughts and feelings of ordinary people in an odd, surrealistic man...

In a different world than the one we live in, a world where Japan is the lone superpower of the world, there is a wildly popular game show called the National Quiz. Every night, people dreaming of riches, fa...

When the taller than average 172 cm Risa Koizumi learns that her occasional nemesis, the shorter than average 156 cm Atsushi Ootani, is romantically interested in her friend, she decides to team up with him....

A coming-of-age story about a young, aspiring photographer named Soma. He's going nowhere, stuck in a mire of sex and drugs, until a horrible end to a one night stand sets him on a path that changes his life...

Collection of miscellaneous short stories.

A DECADE-SPANNING JOURNEY INTO DARKNESS. Even as butterflies ominously proliferate in town, the rumor of a mysterious creature lurking in the tunnel behind the school spreads among the children. When the bo...

In a world that has become 70% harsh desert, the Rainbow Council of the International Peace Keeping Forces, a team of super-powered global security guardians, have a growing crisis on their hands. No. 5, one...

Palepoli goes beyond the framework of standard four-panel manga and views its structure in new ways. Actually, Furuya knew nothing of conventional manga styles and methods when he started Palepoli. As a resu...

Follows the fantastically absurd exploits of a wannabe detective and his female assistant who roam the Japanese countryside looking for work. Each chapter has them arriving at a new town plagued by some biza...

In the aftermath of World War III, the inhabitants of Tokyo are living underground in a giant dome. With no meat or vegetables, everybody eats highly addictive nutritional pills called Pure Trance - and the ...

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. ...