Ishinomori is riding on a train to Sendai when he sees a boy near him with a blue kaleidoscope. Reminded of how he used to like them, he asks the boy for it. With his glimpses into it, he begins to have a...

After her normal, happy life shatters, Tokiko and her father move to a small seaside town to live with her grandmother as sixth grade starts. There, the sound of the waves brings back a distant memory from when...

I would die if it would allow me to touch you. That is my love. Airhead Yuri-chan and her boyfriend Aono-kun had a perfectly normal relationship until one-day Aono-kun suddenly “passed away”. They will never be...

Lim Han-yi, a 26-year-old reclusive loner who lives with her older brother. Han-yi, who is living a peaceful unemployed life, suddenly face with a crisis due to her brother's marriage, and Han-yi is forced to...

title Ren Fujisawa could not find a place in her hometown or in Tokyo where the pieces of her identity fit together. She was about to give up on everything, when the person who appeared in front of her was...

A collection of ASANO Inio's short stories that include: Bakemono RecchanShort story about a girl with a monster faceFunawari OtokoOne shot sponsored by Funwari LiquorToshinoseYuugatouA story of a guy and a...

A young drifter named Joe Yabuki wanders through the slums of Tokyo, but when the local ruffians try to give him a hard time he teaches them a rough lesson with his fists. The spectacle sparks a gleam in the...

A collection of stories following the lives of those for whom it has been decided that they will die the following day. 1.) "You Were Smiling" by AKANE Sora2.) "Wakare no Sanka" by AKIZUKI Ichiha3.) "Honest...

A 14-year-old is going to confess to her senpai who is graduating. The next morning, she wakes up as a 29-year-old single woman, living with 3 sisters: a high schooler, a middle schooler and an elementary...

A negligent mother, an affair, a broken family, domestic abuse, and drugs are among the subjects in these Goth short stories that revolve around the lives of teenagers with complicated problems.

Yokoi is a manga artist who spends his nights delivering newspapers just to make rent since his original works just don’t seem to sell. Suddenly, one day he gets a visit from Saito-san, a self-proclaimed fan of...

Yoshida-san is beautiful. Yoshida-san is popular.Yoshida-san is a little weird.Yoshida-san... I like her. A shocking love suspense story about the twisted sexuality and love of college students.

A series of interconnected bitter love stories depicting the realities of female college students who earn money by renting themselves out to men as their girlfriends and the men who spend their money on them. ...

After the loss of his leg, Kikuzato’s dream of becoming a soccer ace comes to an end. But with use of a prosthetic leg, he finds a new goal— to become a track star and win gold at the Tokyo Paralympics! [Yen...

Sakuma, a teacher at an all-girls school, sees his wife in the red-light district cheating on him one day. In response, he runs away and decides to tour Japan, going wherever his heart may lead him. He finally...

Hana just doesn't fit in. At school, she feels like the invisible girl. And at home, she avoids her parents' arguments by retreating to her bedroom, where she spends hours online, playing the part of various...

Ax is the premier Japanese magazine for alternative comics, heir to the legendary Garo. Published bi-monthly since 1998, the pages of Ax contain the most innovative, experimental, and personal works in...

A person who has the power to control people’s bodies uses it to make them commit suicide, and one day encounters a special target. Note: The original version was written in 2012, and the author rewrote the...

Yuichi Yokoyama with "Baby Boom" returns to silent comics, presenting an artistic meditation on various themes of life, through the human interaction between the two main characters, father and son. Between...

Tsukio is a police officer who is so frigid calm and excellent that he is called a robot. One day, however, he is summoned by his boss and told to quit the police force. This is the beginning of a grand project...

Grown-ups have always told Yu-Fan that a girl should act like a girl: learn the piano; be quiet and dignified rather than noisy and rough; and wear skirts. Under pressure from her mother and grandmother, Yu-Fan...

Matoi Souta is an overworked office worker tired of his life. Then, on his way home from a long day of work one day, he decides to watch a traditional Japanese play. But something strange happens. He could have...