Mei Takigawa, the daughter of a late great forger, goes to the palace of Duke Ranswell to try to recover a brooch forged by his father. The duke agrees to return the brooch to her; before this happens, however,...

A man stumbles upon a particularly arrogant slave...

When he was young, Prince Takaoka had been told stories of India by Fujiwara no Yakushi, the favorite concubine of his father, as a bedtime story, and he had longed for that land. Decades later, as he grew up...

Early on New Year's morning, the ronin Senou Souichirou appears in Edo's Katagi tenements. Initially, the inhabitants regard him with fear and suspicion: Kankichi, the carpenter's son, thinks he may not be...

As part of the Manga Classic Literature (Koten Bungaku) series, Ikeda adapts for manga the tale of the bamboo cutter. This is a Japanese folk-tale dating from the 10th century. One day, an old and childless...

In the depth of a mountain lives a happily married couple! But this couple has a special something on them. And that is.. that the husband is a tiger who talks and walks like a human..? The troublesome daily...

Visconti no Eiga no You ni (Just like Visconti's Movies) A popular author puts up an ad for a sitter, "beautiful youth who specialises in making miso soup". What is he really looking for? And is that really...

A collection of stories that revolve around letters. Story 1, Strawberry and Anemone: Tsuzuru does want to kiss his girlfriend, Ichiko. He can’t, though, for a reason more biological than psychological... Story...

A retro-modern romantic fantasy set in the age of the Kotogami! After a fearsome beast burns down her company lodgings, Akari finds herself homeless and out of a job. Luckily, the handsome yokai who rescued her...

Masato, adoptive son of the Kuwabara household, has always been surrounded by prosperity... Until one day the head of the family brings home a child named Kenta. Drowning as he is in the despair of having...

In 1661, Yasui Santetsu is a member of the Yasui House of the Four Houses of Go. However, he's beginning to doubt that Go is his true calling. Outside of the Go house, he goes by the name Shibukawa Harumi, and...

Northern Song Dynasty, during the reign of King Huizong: Aila, the princess of the Golden Kingdom, is assigned to visit the capital of the Song Dynasty as a goodwill ambassador on behalf of the royal family...

The year is 1949. Japan had been defeated in World War II and was occupied by Allied Forces consisting of American, Australian, British, Indian and New Zealander troops. A young woman meets a young man. Both...

In the year 1947, the people of Shinjuku are down on their luck. With little money to buy food or necessities, some resort to gambling in order to survive. Traveling Tetsuya chooses to spend his time at Mahjong...

The remaining 18 volumes of the 400 Osamu Tezuka Manga Complete Works were volumes containing Tezuka's Essays, Public Talks, Lectures, Scenarios, Novels, and even guides on how to draw manga. The volumes are as...

Manga Biography of Osamu Tezuka's life covering his youth, to his tragic passing. This was serialized in the Asahi Shinbun, a famous newspaper, by Tezuka's then chief assistant, Toshio Ban, not long after...

Each volume contains different short stories by Osamu Tezuka

In the tradition of "My Antonia" and "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn", from the pen of the renowned Korean manwha creator Kim Dong Hwa, comes a trilogy about a girl coming of age, set in the vibrant, beautiful...

“HELP! I’ve been kidnapped by that long and scaly b*stard!” cried a rabbit out of fear and sorrow. But then, a few days later… “Hmph, just because I’m cute and ditzy doesn’t mean you can keep bullying me! Have...

Only after Empress Lizzie died did Emperor Leon realize his foolishness and regret it late, but the clock had already passed. With Leon's wishes, the Witch of the Clock Tower turned back time to the day Leon...

11 short stories independent from one another. The main theme is women's life in olden times Korea, dominated by Confucian morals in rural area.

The chef Nibi, who was stalling on the snack street, was famous in the capital with a recipe for a bowl of exclusive "Acacia soup". The recipe was swept into the palace by the food-loving Wang Zhaofeng. Wang Ye...

A traveling poet who writes poems with words he buys from people... A girl with a mysterious tattoo... What are their stories?

Feng Ming was only 19 when he lost his life saving a child from death without hesitation. The grateful father of the rescued child grants Feng Ming a second chance at life. Unknown to Feng Ming, his soul is...