Rebellious misfit Fujieda Kei hates everything about his life: the elite private school he was forced to attend, his unreliable "friends" and the annoying cellphone which is always buzzing with calls from...

Who gets to be the seme? Why insist on taking the same route home? Why won't he say if he loves him? Does he love him back? Questions like these get answered gradually through indirect ways, sometimes after...

Official English Translation: MangaPlaza Ai Morikawa lives for her work. Pulling overtime and getting home past midnight is business as usual for this Tokyo career woman. She barely has time to catch the last...

Shonen Shojo is an assamblage of Satoshi Fukushima's short stories. The only thing the 28 chapters really have in common is that they revolve around the relation between male and female, mainly boys and girls...

A collection of standalone stories written by both Furuya Usamaru and Otsuichi. The stories all revolve around the common troubles that teenagers go through, whether it be falling out with a friend, being...

"If we continue karuta, we'll definitely meet again." With that promise to the distant Arata in their hearts, Chihaya and Taichi enter middle school. Chihaya tries to find friends to play karuta with her, but...

Shuntaro, an editor at a literary magazine, and his childhood friend, the struggling writer Toyotaka. What is the “story they should certainly be writing” that these two, struggling on the front lines of the...

A young girl named Sayoko fascinates people with her brilliant singing voice in the early days of the Showa era. In an effort to make people recognize her, she starts wanting to sing in sound films. It's then...

A hapless young man is released from prison with nothing to his name, but he knows exactly what he wants: to train in the art of rakugo comedic storytelling. After seeing an unforgettable performance from one...

Highly recommended by Ryoichi Ikegami! "The man, sometimes with a sharp glance, quietly gazes at us living in the present..." In downtown Tokyo just after the defeat in World War II - in a burnt-out area where...

Once upon a time in the city of Kobe, there was a girl and a boy. Both lived under abusive households, and the two swore an oath to be together until death. However, they are quickly separated, seemingly...

Five short stories which take place in the artistic worlds of dance, painting and music, the overall theme being a dichotomy of hope and despair as well as passion and anguish. In the title story, devastated by...

Higashikata ropes Shijima into performing in a comedy duo with him at a school show. Inspired by their guaranteed success, Higashikata asks Shijima to join him in an audacious dream—to rise to the top of Japan...

Panic disorder, depression, developmental disorder, PTSD... Japan is said to be a country of hidden mental illnesses, where many patients suffer from mental illnesses without being able to talk to anyone. The...

Mitsuko is a 26 year-old-housewife living in a happy but poor family. Although her husband Suzuki has to work hard, they're still in debts. Fortunately, an agent of talent company found Mitsuko and invited her...

Everybody at Seiyo Elementary thinks that stylish and super cool Amu has it all but nobody knows the real Amu, a shy girl who wishes she had the courage to truly be herself. Changing Amu's life is going to take...

Marriage Before Love ✘ Children Before Love ✔︎After being defeated in battle, the dragon-slaying hero Leon became the captive of the Silver Dragon Queen. Resigned to his fate and expecting certain death...

Ryuusei is a photographer specialized in erotic themes who has lost his inspiration. Until, one day, he comes across Yoshiuki, a middle aged insurance agent, and strikes a weird deal with him. With such an...