29-year-old freeter Ikuta Hiroto is a carefree young man without a love life, regular job, or any real worries about the future. He inherits an old house from the neighbourhood granny, where his 18-year-old ...

A manga that revolves around an old-fashioned all-night food stall, the various dishes that the stall owner prepares to suit the tastes of different customers, and the joys, griefs, trials and tribulations o...

This is a simple dialogue-less little story about a young girl and an inquisitive little foxy friend.

Jin is a rock artist in the making, and in a relationship with Tama, a wanna-be bread maker. However, as Jin's popularity grows, he feels he doesn't have enough time for Tama, and breaks up with her. Tama ag...

Shiori was once a guitarist in a light music club in high school but her first live performance was dashed when her brother ran away from home with a lot of debt, to become a musician in Tokyo. A decade late...

In a distant world reminiscent of the Arabian Nights, a mysterious young elf-child etched by a difficult life in the slums of a remote village with his elder sister. One day, he encountered Sedona, a librari...

The near future, in a quiet seaside town. Yoshioka, who had recently lost his wife, just wants to spend the rest of his days in peace. However, Yoshioka's children, worried about their father's health, sent ...

Nothing worries Satomi Oka more than the upcoming final choir competition of his middle school career—right up until he is accosted by a stranger from the shadows who demands, “Let's Go Karaoke!” As a ...

A romantic comedy about Fuwa, a guy living in a small apartment in overcrowded Tokyo, who wants to have a place of his own. Because of a building accident in their new office building, Fuwa's company (5 empl...

Chocolat is a mature comedy series about half-orphan Tatsumi Chiyoko whose father was caught in huge debt. Now living with Omugi Matsukichi, an ex-underground king who opened a pastry shop, she gets to know ...

Acclaimed for his visionary short-story collections The Push Man and Other Stories, Abandon the Old in Tokyo, and Good-Bye—originally created nearly forty years ago, but just as resonant now as ever—the ...

Hiyama Nachi has always hated that she didn't tan in the sun like her teammates in the softball club. The difference made her stand out and uncomfortable. Then she met a kind, quiet boy, and accidentally dis...

College student Aki is shocked when a teenage girl suddenly barges into his Tokyo apartment, acting as if he should know her. When the truth becomes clear, the situation is even stranger. The 'teenage girl' ...

Ulises, a brilliant but inflexible soldier, is shunned by the top brass and demoted to a station in a rural area where he meets his new wife Lea. The demotion that should've been a terrible thing turns into ...

The woman Tsutomu encounters in college was older and smaller than he is, and for some reason, looks like the same girl in his dreams. The heart-pounding love affair between him and the "older woman" begins....

Passionate music lover, 21-year-old Naruse Gaku yearns to be a part of the legendary "Woodstock" Rock Music Festival. However, due to his shy nature, he lacks the courage to form a band. Instead, he resorts ...

Fuguno Masuo is a helpless 24-year-old businessman who is unlucky in love, He's never even had a girlfriend! After consulting a fortune teller, Masuo believes he'll never have a chance in love. All that cha...

In a faded little rural town, Kaworu lazily lives out his days. Until the day his destiny strikes, and he meets an angel. Just moments later, they quickly take off... Together, away from this reality!

Large mysterious alien ships have been looming above Japanese towns for three years, filling the sky. Everything changed three years ago. And yet, nothing has changed. No weapon used against the invaders' s...

"Maybe, if I were to live faraway..." Miyake, a salaryman who had been living his life without a break, arrives for a new job on Tsukinowa island, where time flows gently. With a high school girl, Hiyoko, a...

A girl who shut herself in a closet for the last 2 years of middle school realizes she has to go to high school. When she exits her closet for the first time in two years and looks at herself in the mirror, ...

This is a collection of 17 short stories that all involve coffee in some way.

Welcome to Rubbers 7, a small Japanese convenience store with a reputation for some odd owners. Rumors of mob connections and one rather eccentric boss with a passion for Ping-pong tend to keep business low....

Just before entering the university, Yanagiba Masahiko's father died in a car accident. His mother died when he was four, which makes him now really an orphan. But even before the death of his father, he did...

A collection of short stories. 1. Slider What happens when a group of misfits run into the god of poverty? Mischief and house break-ins, that's what. 2. Mister Bojangles Follows the journey of a Detective ...