A bright-spirited young historical scholar, Iba, disappears while on a lone expedition to study the ancient Silk Road. A year later his girlfriend, Kyoko, sets out for the Silk Road in order to find clues that...

Long series of various golf battles, including a couple of strip-golf duels.

A promising young doctor, Kirihito Osanai visits a remote Japanese mountain village to investigate the source of the latest medical mystery. While he ends up traveling the world to discover what it takes to be...

They arrive in silence and darkness. They descend from the skies. They have a hunger for human flesh. They are everywhere. They are parasites, alien creatures who must invade–and take control of–a human host to...

Through piano lessons a love slowly grows between the cool adult, Goshima-sensei, and one of his students, a high-school girl named Kae.Volume 1 included these one-shots: RumorsThat SummerOsaka Life (still...

Michiru is a happy child who loves to skate. During her childhood, she meets Leon, a cute innocent boy. They begin to ice dance together. But as she has a conflict with her mom, she plans to run away with Leon....

Sayoko is a newly transferred student: gifted with rare beauty and mysterious and magnetic charm, she captures every student’s attention. Among them, the introverted Yuiko and the grumpy Mari become friends...

Yuko Kusaka is a Japanese journalist sent to Brazil to do a report on the gold rush phenomenon that seems to be making many people rich from night to day. Rumors say that among the many "garimpeiros" (gold...

Adaptations of Edogawa Ranpo's detective stories featuring genius detective Akechi Kogorou and his apprentice, young prodigy and leader of the Shounen Tanteidan (Boys' Detective Agency), Kobayashi Yoshio.

A girl and her father go to live with her mother's family after WWII, while her much younger aunt is going to marry her father via "koburiawase:" the practice of having a widow or widower marry a younger...

An era when non-humans were still rampant here and there. Tsukumo Tsukumo is a 15-year-old boy who lost his parents. used to run an antique dealer. Kyokuro, who can see and talk to the spirits of Tsukumo...

Ponent Mon/Fanfare: This is the book in which nothing happens but everything is consumed! Like 'The Walking Man' at lunch!!What do we learn about Mister Inogashira? He’s a sole, independent trader importing...

Sana Kurata, a child actress, faces many problems in her classroom, including a major one - her bullying classmate, Akito Hayama. Sana's outgoing and friendly nature leads her to work towards correcting all of...

A quiet, atmospheric journey through the ordinary life of a young boy growing up in Showa era Japan. Masterfully told through the scattered memories of seemingly mundane moments in his young life, this short...

Okuno Ryouko and Saeki are quiet normal students. But only at the surface. At university, they both feel out of place; so, Okuno visits a S&M club after classes. Saeki happens to visit this club as well; rather...

A wonderful compilation of short stories revolving around the romance between women in Japan's Showa era. And while these women are in the 20th century, they dress in traditional kimonos that remind one of...