The story is set in Edo in 1842, the thirteenth year of the Tenpō era. Government reforms have banned all luxuries, including plays, performances, inventions, and fireworks. Despite the political climate...

Set in the Edo Period, during a rainstorm, a temple receives a strange "visit": Kurebayashi Aki, a high school student from the 21th century, is magically transported there. Due to her uniform, which seems...

My privates, don’t expose yourself!! “How does it work for boys?” I, Oogami, am absorbed in erotic things while trying to keep my interest hidden. If I were to be found out, I wouldn’t be able stay alive… While...

Hungry for success! An appetite for glory! Momotaro High longs to triumph in the Chow Down Championships, but always end up bottom of the bowl. The arrival of a new coach, Kutaro Moriyama, could be just the...

Set in a junior high school in 1984, Yukio Amarita, a teacher who loves school lunches more than anyone else, and Go Kamino, a student who seeks change because he loves school lunches.

Oogami, a salaryman working for a bedding company, has a pretty standard routine. He does his work, keeps to himself, and hides his huge crush on his beautiful supervisor. Normally this does just fine for him...

Kraft Lawrence has been walking the lonely path of the itinerant merchant for seven years. His life changes forever when he meets Holo, the Wolf-God of the harvest, and the two begin traveling together. Soon...

The life of a traveling merchant is a lonely one, a fact with which Kraft Lawrence is well acquainted. Wandering from town to town with just his horse, cart, and whatever wares have come his way, the peddler...

Every day, the muscular young man Kataoka dedicates himself to building his muscles. At his regular gym, there's one staff member he can't take his eyes off. Her name? Shiina. But what caught his attention wasn...

Tachibana Souta is a bit of a multi-talented freeter who gets by from one part-time job to the next, his standout characteristic being that he's a bit short. One day he's roped by his older sister into 'serving...

The series, set in Saitama, follows the story of Ren Mihashi. Mihashi was the previous ace pitcher in his middle school's baseball team, but it seems that he only got the position because his grandfather was...

The unenviable daily life of a girl who can grow into a giant. Kano Hashiki has a secret. When she gets stressed, she can physically grow into a giant. When she goes for a job interview, her suit can get ripped...

For the past ten years I’ve had a crush on my childhood friend and neighbor who is two years older than me. Our childhood promise was to get married after I grew taller than her. Then why the hell is so hard...

1921, Taisho era. The world is in a brief period of peace between the two World Wars. A young boy from Osaka, distraught after losing his parents, gets sent to the Vatican, in Italy, where he will study in a...

First-year high school student Minoru Suzuki, who resembles his late father like two drops of water, often sees visions of his mother's past as a high school student through the eyes of his father.

Somehow transported to another world, I lost my memories and ended up in the "Inner Palace" that's full of girls?!If they find out that I'm a man, they'll behead me...! To save myself, I have to do my best to...

The omnibus manga collects a variety of stories about Osaka dwellers and the problems they face. [ANN] Note: Won the Tezuka Osamu Short story Award in 2007.