Won the Kodansha Publishing Culture Award in 1974.

Joe Yabuki is a young man living in the slums of Tokyo. But, one day he meets Danpei Tange, a former boxer, who discovers his potential in boxing and tries to make him into a champion. Due to petty crimes, J...

A strange phenomenon where one is transferred back to the moment right before something life-threatening occurs. This continues to happen until the cause of the threat is erased. It is as if somebody is forc...

Ryôichi Ikegami's compilation of stories adapted from literary works by five acclaimed Japanese writers: Jigokuhen (Akutagawa Ryuunosuke), Osei Toujou (Edogawa Ranpo), Tojuro no Koi (Kikuchi Kan), Matsuka...

This successor of the long selling Heisei classic "Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms" is a family drama set in Hiroshima's military city Kure during the war. Protagonist Suzu marries and moves...

Matsuyuki Takeru could not have anticipated the decidedly different turn his life would take. After his mother's death, life continued at a reasonably normal pace — he studied hard for exams, played fantas...

A classic manga about girls at a private all-girls school. The storyline centers around the experiences of Nanako, a "normal" girl who is invited to join the prestigious school organization, the Sorority, an...

A collection of 6 stories. [STORY 01] Suki Ja Nai (I Don't Love You) "If you always say 'I love you,' you'll find happiness." Thanks to grandmother's good luck charm, Rio is a very happy and bright high sch...

Yasuori Kato, an oni who mastered the art of onmyodo and shugendo, is determined to destroy the Imperial Capital Tokyo to appease the grudges of his ancestors. To accomplish this, he attempts to awaken a pow...

To-Y (Fujii To-ii) is a member of the punk rock band GASP. Along with other punk bands, which usually just hanged out doing small gigs, they have this enormous hatred and aversion to the main Japanese music ...

A collection of short stories: • Boketsu • Taikutsu na Tsuki • Johnny kara no Dengon • Round Girl • Nade-shiko • Chinpa • Jinsei Kaya no Soto (Kari)

This story takes place in 1944. Japan is entering a crucial phase in the war against the United States. Cities and towns in Japan fall one after the other under America's continuous bombing. They even get ho...

An introspective, character-driven series, Tokyo Babylon reads like a manga version of The X-Files. Its story -- a modern-day fantasy -- follows a young onmyouji (spiritual medium) on his quest to protect To...

"In Tokyo, anyone can become the protagonist of a love story." Nagao Kanji has recently moved to Tokyo, where he finds himself uneagerly working at a small advertising firm. He reconnects with an old friend...

If you can't make 100 friends, humanity will be destroyed! ?? One day, the task that the aliens who came to invade the earth gave to humankind is to prove "love". Naoyuki Kashiwa, who was selected as a sampl...

After the death of a close friend, Tomoe, a former roller skater, joins a famous stunt men troupe, the Green Ship. The head of this troupe, Kazusa, becomes her lover, but Tomoe soon discovers that the Green ...

Eleven-year-old Satsuki and her sassy little sister Mei are overjoyed about moving into a historic country house with their dad--but the girls don't realize what a delightful adventure awaits them there. Whi...

Mizushoubai (water business) is the term for Japan's night life activities, such as fuuzoku (similar to prostitution but none of the illegal bits), hosting and managing (entertaining at bars), and kyabakura ...