Tezuka himself is a main character in this one, about a manga-ka who finds himself in a science fiction story about robots and transforming creatures.

"On a cold and stormy night, I decided to give up on my dream. But lightning strikes! And now I have an issue of Shonen Jump from the future!" Teppei Sasaki is a passionate rookie manga artist who dreams of...

Nekoya Tsuyuri is a successful manga artist, but her personal life is a bit of a drag. Ibara Yui is a maid who's a bit prickly but kind and caring at heart. This is a heartfelt comedy between the two!

"Tokimeki Manga Michi" is an autobiographical essay manga depicting Ikeno's manga artist life. These are episodes from her memories of childhood to junior high school.

A requiem for the anguished, lost and wandering in life over 50. With Japan entering a new era, the story centers on Shiosawa, a former manga editor for a major publisher. After going into early retirement...

The manga artist Mushiko (45 years old) looks back on her memories with her friend Reika from elementary school. However, Mushiko thinks ── "Is I and Reika really tomodachi ...?" A chronicle of "light and...

In a 7-chapter essay manga series published in Shōnen Jump +, mangaka Tomohiro Hasegawa, who relies on traditional drawing, is about to try out digital drawing for the first time.

Suzuo Takahata is married to Natsuko and they have one daughter Miyu. Suzuo Takahata works as an unpopular manga writer. He spends his days drinking and gambling. One day, he dies in a traffic accident. Suzuo...

Toripan is a semi-autobiographical gag series that alternates between a short story and 4-koma formats. Following suit, the art style can be very detailed at times, but usually it's more crude and sketchy. Just...

This manga by Akira Toriyama shows the reader how to become a manga artist, from the basics to how to do the interview with the editor, from the point of view of Toriyama himself and his pupil.

Kano Yoi (Drunk on Her) 2. Shimekiri (Deadline ☆ Arousal Management)Ichizuna (Wholeheartedly)NetoNetorareKoineko Koikoi (Bring it, Cat in Heat)Amayadori (Shelter)Happiness☆Wedding (My Happy Wedding)Dorei...

"Hello, I am your next-door neighbor! Would you have sex with me please!?" A virgin erotic cartoonist said. He threatened me to help him or he could not write erotic manga....!? "It" and my hole were about to...

Amae-chan is so sweet, kind, tender... she makes me feel so happy. And then there's me, the disappointment of a manga artist. But I will not be discouraged as long as I have Amae-chan with me!

An anthology of six short stories: The Ice Wanderer (Toudo no Tabibito - 凍土の旅人) [2003]Set in the Klondike region in 1897, and recounts the American author Jack London’s fortuitous encounter with an enigmatic...

Set in the COVID-19 era, the manga follows Natsuko, a 32-year-old aspiring manga creator spending her second spring behind a face mask.Note: Won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural New Short Work Prize in 2024.

A oneshot that appeared in Monthly Spirits 2014-11 to celebrate Ito and Kazuo being in an interview together.

All Fuuko wants is a passionate romance like the one in her favorite shojo manga. Unfortunately, her Unluck ability makes that impossible. But just as Fuuko hits rock bottom, Andy sweeps her off her feet...

From MangaHelpers: The world is filled with cruel scum, ranging from petty thieves to sociopath maniacs. When a vile low-life inflicts pain and suffering on innocent victims, sometimes their anger becomes...

Comic Days Release Struggling manga artist Narusawa meets a former yakuza and homeless man named Kawaguchi. Kawaguchi reveals that he became homeless to conceal the "secret information" of his former gang boss....