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...

A collection of some of the best stories by Baron Yoshimoto, one of the Japanese manga artists who helped develop the graphic novel form in the 1960s and 1970s by targeting an older audience with scintillating...

The eccentric Dr. Tamaki is doing brain research. Hashi, 19 and a half, has a small fragment of a car that remained in his brain after an accident, and since then he can't help but say out loud everything he...

"In Tokyo, anyone can become the protagonist of a love story." Nagao Kanji has recently moved to Tokyo, where he finds himself uneagerly working at a small advertising firm. He reconnects with an old friend...

Rival gangs from various Tokyo barrios battle over turf, leaving many a foot soldier bloodied in the violent clashes. But when the heat between two of the clans waxes personal, a bitter rivalry explodes into...

Kirita and Ariko live together and have been dating for some time. However, when Kanon, Kirita's high school crush, moves in next door, things start to go awry.

From MangaHelpers: Her name was Megumi Takahashi, and she was his first love. Okamoto's daily routine was to leave his house early so he would be able to see Megumi walk to school, never daring to speak to...

The salaryman's Iliad and Odyssey, with all the drama of company infighting, departmental transfers and office love. Shima started out as a thirty-four-year-old department chief, but as the series has continued...

The woman Tsutomu encounters in college was older and smaller than he is, and for some reason, looks like the same girl in his dreams. The heart-pounding love affair between him and the "older woman" begins...

"When we enter high school, be sure to make me your own." was the promise made to Tetsuo Sugihara by childhood friend Kaede Shiraishi as young children before she moved away. Kaede never left Tetsuo's mind for...

Rikuto, an illustrator, and his wife Natsuki, a civil servant, have been married for a week. Their newlywed life has only just begun. His wife is too perfect in every way, but Rikuto can't forget the way he...

Goto Nagi has travelled to the southern island of Okitsushima, and ventures out to see Umi no Misaki, a striking cape jutting out into the ocean. But when he arrives, he finds that there is much more to this...

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...

Story covers Nara Geum (translates into Gold Land, important part of the story), who loses both of his parents due to family's financial problem on the same day. Becoming private moneylender, he realizes that...

"I have something I don't want to lose. So much so that these terrible feelings have grown." A pianist who attempted suicide 3 times, Juri, is taken to help her aunt at a prison where murderers who killed...

A variety of confined, after school worlds. An omnibus peering into the personal, everyday lives of young boys and girls' ambiguous youth. Story 1: [Chapters 1-3] Lost After SchoolStory 2: [Chapters 4-6] Rain...

In recent years, Japan has become the shining light of Asia, with its noteworthy achievements in the fields of Science and Technology, Medicine and the like. But while there are a great number of rich and...

About ex-gangster who enters the world of hosts and the story depicts his journey to be number one in the club.

Shima Akio and Soma Yoshino are lovers, facing the reality of their fourth year in university. No matter how much they try and think things over, they can’t quite figure out what to do about their parents...

One chapter in the saga of Shima Kousaku, salaryman at Hatsushiba Electric. In this part of the series, Kousaku has just started working at a branch office for the company doing an unexpected amount of menial...