Tsugumi Rinko can’t wait to escape the tedium of high school for the challenges and rewards that accompany life at a fine arts college. She only has two problems: 1) She has few social skills and fewer...

Ooshima Nagi is an 28-year-old office lady always trying to read the mood and fit in. Berated by her boss, taken advantage of by her colleagues, and betrayed by her boyfriend, Nagi quits her job and severs...

Each volume depicts a different heroine. Vol. 01 tells the story of Tsubomi Tachibana, a fifth grader dealing with issues such as her mother's pregnancy, her first period, and the strange feelings she has...

Ongaeshi no Yoru 2. Kimi wa HirariMadoHiroji ga Naitemo WarattemoPulitzer-shouKuroiwa-san Won a New Face Award in the 15th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2011.

Nanairo Magic was the winner of the 1987 Kodansha Manga Award for the shoujo category. Nanako was born on July 7th. Her lucky number, of course, is 7. This year she’s the 7th student in the 7th class, but she’s...

Guided by the mysterious words "diagonal music," this manga depicts the growth of young girls who participate in aircraft races, with precise lines and spatial representation, an enchanting dialog, and a novel...

"This tale of loan sharks in the Osaka area reads almost like a Fyodor Dostoyevski novel. It's also drawn in a completely original, blocky neo-primitive style." Note: Won the 1992 Kodansha Manga Award for...

Note: Won the Tezuka Osamu Creative Award in 2004.

Narue is an adorable schoolgirl with a secret. She's really an alien with powers right out of a sci-fi comic! But growing up is never easy, and sometimes it doesn't help when you're from outer space. Join our...

Arata Natsume works at a child guidance center, is in his thirties and is single with no plans for marriage. But one day, he receives a request from the child he was in charge of, Takuto, to "meet the criminal...

A collection of short stories: Kirakira to AmeZaza et YanikuYuuyake CarnivalKarasu no Naku Yoru ni Yaniku waZanshouStand Up Note: Won 2018 (21st) Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize.

Winter 2019 Winner of the Four Seasons Award What does your brain conjure up when you're sleepless at night?

Nanao is obsessed with Sakai's hands...

Kuroki Kurodo was an extremely competent teacher at a prestigious cram school for the middle school entrance exam. He begins to work as the director of a cram school with poor performance. He declares that the...

The manga is about a series of unrelated short stories of people's lives and their lessons in life.Note: Received the 1985 Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga.

History classes have never interested Saburo. He never saw the point of learning something that happened in the past, let alone a few hundred years ago. But when he falls off a wall, he travels through a...

The story follows Matsutarō Sakaguchi, a giant roughneck man with strength far beyond ordinary people. He never uttered words like "work hard," "strive," and "dream" like the typical shōnen manga protagonist...

In 1878, as the wave of Western culture spreads through Japan, in Nagasaki, Miyo, a girl orphaned in the Satsuma Rebellion works at a curio shop called Vingt. The dresses, sewing machines, binoculars, boots...

Part of the Manga Japan Classic series. Other volumes in the series:1: Kojiki (ISHINOMORI Shotaro)2: Ochikubo Monogatari3: Genji Monogatari (HASEGAWA Housei) 14: Genji Monogatari (HASEGAWA Housei) 25...

Morimura Aiko is a junior high-school student who is short for her age. Her father went on a yacht ten years ago and his whereabouts remained in obscurity. Her mother, a designer for hats, left for Paris...

The story revolves around Toshio Omori, a manly and overweight office worker who loves to eat, and tells stories about his co-workers, people who pass through the same neighborhood, and food in a one-story...

Okamisan is about a woman who becomes the manager of a stable of sumo wrestlers. It received the 1993 Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga.

Won the 9th Kodansha Manga Award for general manga in 1985.