Destination is a state of mind. This is the tale of a person and a bike and the never-ending road ahead. Kino wanders the world on the back of Hermes - an intelligent, talking motorcycle - only staying in one...

Rather more representative of the Nishioka siblings' writing style than Kami no Kodomo, this is a collection of one-shots that explore the thoughts and feelings of ordinary people in an odd, surrealistic manner...

A man who wants to escape his boring, repetitive life sets out on a journey. On the way, he comes across unbelievable things, terrible things.

The daily life of Ichiko, a young woman who lives alone near a small village called Komori (lit., "Little Forest"). Each chapter features a dish or meal scavenged from the forests and mountains around Ichiko's...

Ichiko Izumiya is a young student of English who would like to walk in the footsteps of her father as a translator of trendy American novels. She finally decides to confess to him that she is in love with Eriko...

A story about a girl being kept in isolation in a world that appears to have experienced an earthquake and nuclear disaster.

Her name is Orange. She's a young girl in high school, coming of age in the heart of the city. And she has decided she has nothing to live for. Not her shallow friends. Not her parents. Not school. Not even the...

Anthology of short stories, for adults, from the king of manga.15 stories, published between 1968 and 1976, that combine eroticism, grotesque and normally a fair amount of sci-fi.

Ryu stows away on a space vessel, only to be found by the crew when it's far to late to return to earth. So they stick him in a spare sleep capsule instead. Things take a turn for the unexpected, however, when...

Through the ordinary small events of his professional and personal life, a forty-year-old man lets himself go on impromptu escapades at random along the paths that the big city offers. This vagrant impulse soon...

A short, coming-of-age story of a middle school student named Yu. From the mangaka of Kuzu no Honkai.

All of a sudden, Yamada-san, a shinigami who is only 300 years old (the equivalent of a 30 year old human) is told she has half a year left to live! From reaping souls to coming to grips with death, this is a...

A boy returns to his family home in the country and strikes up an odd friendship with the young child who lives next door, Sora-san, who believes he is God. However, it is Plato, the boy's pet turtle, with whom...

From Storm in Heaven: A collection of four short stories by Fuyumi Souryou. The Rainbow Fish is a story about a painter and her problems dealing with a culture that doesn't leave too much space for artistic...

A young girl who's spent her whole life running away from challenges gets a second chance in the form of a "gift from God." The fourth entry in the infamous God Series web manga.

A young man wakes up one morning to find himself without a body, and someone else sitting in his bed.

Tomioka Yuji is a 32-year-old night-shift guard for a mall. He works completely alone, so he often slacks off, exercising and hanging out on the roof. In some ways, the job is perfect for him, as he's always...

Mari, a high school student, wanders between life and death in a boyfriend's motorcycle accident. She, who is undisciplined in this world, heads to the ghost gate where the dead always go through with the god...