The small village surrounded by mountains had no disasters, was blessed with crops, and everyone supported each other every day. The reason such a miracle was possible was thanks to the existence of a monste...

- An Inquiry Concerning A Mechanistic Worldview of the Pituitary Gland

Still in her early twenties, beautiful Toshiko Tomura has won the Akutagawa Prize for her story “The Book of Human Insects.” The great honor is not her first: she has previously won the New York Design A...

The story takes place in the near future, when technology has advanced to the point where "Maid Robots" are widely used. Yashiro, a salaryman for a black company also has a maid robot named Meruru, however s...

Ningen Modoki is the story where nothing is true and all are false appearances

"You can see me again?"One day "Human" was overworked from his black company and about to die... And saw a Grim Reaper! But even though her job is to collect souls, "Grim-chan" instead takes care of "Human" ...

「Ah, how honest and adorable. My dear Hime, even if you get thrown into the sea I definitely won’t let go…」 Why not take a peek into the bittersweet daily life of a pair of sisters?

Yamashita, somewhat neurotic, and hates ants for a certain reason. His neighbor, Shimabara (expressionless bug-lover) invites himself in to “watch over the ants”... Wait, is this a little bit like living...

Yozo Oba is a troubled soul incapable of revealing his true self to others. A weak constitution and the lingering trauma from some abuse administered by a relative forces him to uphold a facade of hollow joc...

Mine has been a life of much shame. I can't even guess myself what it must be to live the life of a human being. Plagued by maddening anxiety, the terrible disconnect between his own concept of happiness a...

''One day, a mermaid saved me from drowning''

First there was Cinderalla...then there was Hansel and Gretel...now, the third and final piece in Junko Mizuno's full-color fractured "fairy tales" series, Princess Mermaid! In this dark-hued ocean fable, th...

An original manga about a merman exchange student. Official Translations: English, Korean

Honorable mention in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon Seasonal Manga Awards (Autumn 2018). Ranju, who has started raising a pet mermaid, wants to give the voiceless mermaid vocal cords so she can speak. ...But...

Legend has it that if a human eats a mermaid's flesh, they will be granted eternal life. But is that a blessing or a curse? Immortal lovers Yuta and Mana travel through Japan and the centuries longing for a ...

A story of a girl who innocently tries to convey her deceased sister's feelings for an idol, but through a mistake she ends up in a web of lies and deception... Includes a short story about a runaway girl wh...

The beautiful mermaid I fell in love with became human but when she transformed she became a man? Manato Koganei, a part-time worker on the brink of despair meets a beautiful mermaid shining in the moonlit n...

A year ago, I quit the company I worked at and I'm now living in a town by the ocean. In the morning after a storm, I found an injured mermaid by the seashore. I brought her to my apartment and kept her in m...

A mermaid comes to the surface to work at a city aquarium. Original Web Comic

This volume is a collection of three short stories by Yoshihara Yuki. Ningyo Ouji Minako a hardworking office lady encountered a merman in the pond and was entranced by the beauty of his youth. (Also inclu...

The title story, “The Mermaid Prince,” told in three chapters, is a coming-of-age story set in Okinawa. The boy, Mugi, has a fascination with mermaids. He moved in from Tokyo when his sister got married ...

1-4. Ningyo-hime 5. Pea x Pea 6. Ice Trap 7. Miyuki-sama ni Onayami Soudan 8. Senpai, Please Teach Me! 9-10. Rain Shelter 11. Attractive XX

: As a child Jinae made a wish for her and her special friend to meet again one day to look for mermaids. Now in high school, Jinae still dreams about that encounter. Could this be a fairy tale with a happy...