Taken from VIZ: Kosaku Hatanaka is the first pro boxer ever produced by Mukaida's Gym. He's also the bane of his coach's existence. Although he's constantly waging war against his appetite, Kosaku never met...

A compilation of short stories

Compilation of Takeda Touryuumon's oneshots, include the author's early and acclaimed work "Daisuki na Tsumadatta". Content list: - Sono Toki ga Kitara - 10-bu Go ni Keisatsu wa Kita - Shoya wa Tsutsu ga n...

This coming-of-age omnibus series will follow the girls at an opera music school; each chapter will center around a different girl. Ohta Publishing indicates on Pocopoco that a "character from Sweet Blue Flo...

The story centers on a group of friends who are satisfied and complacent with their everyday lives. The friends include Tobio, a passive high schooler who makes it a rule not to hope too much; Maru, a schemi...

Ever since he injured his hand and had to quit playing piano, Yanagawa has had no motivation. Then one day he receives a suspicious cigarette from a girl he knows. A collection of short stories.

Set in contemporary suburban Japan, Our Colors is the story of Sora Itoda: a sixteen-year-old aspiring painter who experiences his world in synesthetic hues of blues and reds, governed by the emotional turbu...

Yanagi, a man who works in a factory, meets his childhood friend Ichika, an aspiring actress who is currently appearing in a romantic reality show. This reunion changes Yanagi's life drastically. Original W...

KNOW THY FATHER The book opens with some childhood thoughts of Yoichi Yamashita spurred by a phone call at work informing him of his father's death. So, he journeys back to his hometown after an absence of w...

"If nothing changes whether one laughs or cries, then in this lifetime, I refuse to cry." This collection consists of six historical short stories which tragicomically depict people trying to do their best i...

This is a 5-volume manga series comprised of individual short stories that all have to do with coffee one way or other. Each of them is bittersweet with a philosophical bent.

For five hundred years, a giant snake god has lived in the ancient mountain. Miyo, an unlucky woman from the nearby village, is offered as tribute to the great snake. Miyo fears that she will be devoured, bu...

This is a group of short stories centered around different sad-sack or comedic people in the waning days of World War II and the recovery after.

An excellent and very educational series. About a newlywed couple who are virgins and their comedic ups and downs in learning how to have sex. Not really a hentai, though there are scenes which can be called...

Kanako is a young woman who is running an old book store. One day, a customer comes in who shares her taste in books. He's a teenager named Akio, and he and Kanako quickly find that their taste in books is o...

In the Pleasure District of Yoshiwara courtesans and their clients meet in the ancient city of Edo. From the most popular teahouses to the most infamous, in each room, a woman and a man talk to each other, b...

Middle-aged salaryman Hiroshi Nakahara accidentally takes a train ride back to his old hometown to visit his mother’s grave. Then for reasons he can’t explain, Hiroshi is transported back in time, and di...

The sun rays enter the city of light, as various stories unfold: Bright, dark and harsh; a story filled with people from whom you’d want to avert your eyes. Yet, it is close to reality; so maybe it’s tru...

The corpse of a man and a dog are discovered inside a decaying car. An autopsy reveals the man died one year ago, while the dog died only three months earlier. What is this significance of this gap in time? ...

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Natsuru Nanao, a 6th grader who lives alone with his mother, strikes up an unlikely friendship with the reserved and driven Rio Suzumura. Natsuru plays hookey from soccer camp that summer, and instead of tel...

Hazama-san, who finds herself in a new job at a record label, discovers one of her colleagues is secretly an oil baron. She makes it her mission to find out who and marry him so as to fund her expensive habits.

Can a poem save your life? Words are powerful. Insults and rumors can derail a career; a bit of encouragement can give someone the strength to pursue their dreams. When a high school boy skipping class to ...

A former mangaka falls into poverty after becoming disillusioned with life and abandoning his trade. He unsuccessfully attempts to start a business selling rocks by the riverside to feed his family.