“Someday, I wish I could stumble across the memories of certain people that exist in the abyss by gazing at their pain, their sorrow, and the movements of their souls…” This dream-like work dwells on memory and...

Rising Stars of Manga (RSoM) was an annual comic anthology published in English by TOKYOPOP from 2002 to 2008, as well as the name of a contest. It was originally semi-annual, but switched to annual beginning...

In Rising Stars of Manga: United Kingdom and Ireland, Tokyopop has awarded 9 aspiring artists and writers a unique opportunity to be published and receive a well-deserved jump start on their creative careers...

Ryugu is a small town under the sea. Aside from the fact that everything is, well, underwater, it's just like every other small town. Classmates Masora and Sumire are like every other middle school girls...

This is a compilation of manga essays originally published on Pixiv. It's the personal story of an aspiring mangaka: a 28-year-old college dropout who's led a lonesome, unfulfilling life and who has never had...

44 years of age and still unwed, construction worker Kurosawa desires nothing more than a modicum of respect from his colleagues. And a touch of popularity wouldn't go amiss either. Regrettably, Kurosawa's...

Emanon's wanderings across late-1960s Japan bring her across other lives in small country towns, with each encounter leaving people transformed in her wake. Yet the awareness she brings may not give peace of...

Yuta’s moviemaking career started with a request from his mother to record her final moments. After her death, Yuta meets a mysterious girl named Eri, who takes his life in new directions. The two begin...

In this world, people are born without a gender. Their bodies shift toward their desired gender when they reach twelve years old. Until Hinase's eighteenth spring, they lived content without a gender. But the...

A diary of my sexual awakening…at thirty-three?!! Asuka is neither a woman nor a man—they’re X-gender (a non-binary identity)—and they’ve realized they like women! Okay, now what? Adult films are fun to watch...

Hye-in is a quiet, introspective high school senior. As an aspiring art major, she hones her skills in the art club. When a handsome new T.A. named Mr. Lee starts at the club, Hye-in’s curiosity awakens. Mr...

A story that wonderfully depicts the emotions of an overweight woman with low self-esteem surrounded within the harsh environment of slim and good-looking women. She then decides to lose weight after getting...

Piano prodigy Arima Kosei dominated the competition and all child musicians knew his name. But after his mother, who was also his instructor, passed away, he had a mental breakdown while performing at a recital...

The protagonist, an author, tells the story of his encounter with a certain young girl ten years ago. During his college days, he once bore witness to a traffic accident wherein an elementary school student was...

Civilization is dead, but not Chito and Yuuri. Time to hop aboard their beloved Kettenkrad motorbike and wander what's left of the world! Sharing a can of soup or scouting for spare parts might not be the...

Story 1 - Don't Say Any More, Darling The only thing keeping Tadashi, a struggling song lyricist, alive is food handouts from Kouhei, a successful doctor. In fact, Tadashi has been leeching off of Kouhei for...

Jun Sumisu (35) and Takeyori Sumisu (39) are a childless eight-year old married couple. Ever since she stopped working, she's been living the tranquil life of a housewife, but now entering their fifth year of...

Jaehyeon's life was ruined by his stepmother, the woman who drove his mother to death and later caused his father's downfall. Consumed by hatred and forbidden desire, he takes revenge on her, only to die in a...

The manga anthology is created as part of charity with royalties donated for reconstruction of areas affected by the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake (Higashi Nihon Daishinsai) disaster that struck Japan on March...

Kouno Akira, class president and otome game lover, has decided to never get involved in 3D love. One day she bumps into Sakurasaka Pure who tells her straight that she would be Akira's future "Amore". Not only...

Being his first series, What a Wonderful World remains Asano's most representative and successful work to date. Composed of vignettes from the daily lives of a group of people inhabiting an ordinary...

Suhee is an average office worker. Her boss seems to hate her, and she shoulders the burden of looking after her two young siblings and aging father. After making an impromptu appearance on her brother's...

In this new autobiographical manga following My Wandering Warrior Existence, Nagata Kabi has quit drinking in an attempt to get healthier–or she's trying to, anyway. Her former struggles with alcohol led to...

"Have you heard of Summer Ghost?" Tomoya, Aoi, and Ryo are high school students who met through the Internet. The urban legend of the Summer Ghost is that it is a ghost of a young woman who appears when...

They say that if you set off fireworks at a certain abandoned airfield outside of town on a midsummer's night, the spirit of a young woman who took her own life might appear before you. Three teens from...