This series won the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1979.

An anthology of six short stories: The Ice Wanderer (Toudo no Tabibito - 凍土の旅人) [2003]Set in the Klondike region in 1897, and recounts the American author Jack London’s fortuitous encounter with an enigmatic...

Shuntaro Akagi works as an elite businessman at a general trading company in central Tokyo. He's been chosen as the personnel department head while still in his mid-thirties, and expects to soon marry his...

There is an occupation called the "special technical staff." It is a secret job, which is to have sex with idols for Odaiba TV. But if they ejaculate inside the vagina while on duty, the penalty of vasectomy is...

Princess Tsuru has a duty as princess of the island Omishima, but she's more attracted to the sea than to the royal life. This love for the water leads her in the arms of the enemy. In the end, that will not...

Set in a small club called "Yutopia" in Ginza, this is a Ginza midnight story about a group of charming people including the owner, Aya-mama, Chii-mama, Chigako, Susie and Haruka hostess, and Gin-san, a doorman...

In the visual essay manga series, Mizuki tells of his peaceful childhood, his experience in World War II, his poor life afterward, and his foray into kamishibai picture stories.

First year of the Kanei Era (1624). What if Jubei Yagyu, the swordsmanship instructor of the Tokugawa family, had been a female? Jubei has kept this fact to herself, but one day the shogun Tokugawa...

One man stood up when the company baseball team was about to be disbanded. The hero, Takuya Nagashima, is 35 years old but makes up his mind to go for the pro leagues. And what happens to his wife and children...

Self selected stories from 1991 to 2000. A total of 12 works are included, and the 448 pages of text are filled with the unique magic of Ryoichi Ikegami.At the end of the book, there is an interview with the...

The Kafkaesque autobiography of a diplomat who compares himself to Grigori Rasputin, and what happens after he gets caught up in a political purge during the early 2000s. A legal thriller with a dash of...

Note: Series Kowai Hon 9 Other volumes in the series:1: Eizou2: Chou no Haka3: Guuzen wo Yobu Tegami4: Yami no Album5: Warai Kamen (Zen)6: Warai Kamen (Go)7: Hebi Obasan8: Fukushuu Kijin9: Zankoku no...

Based on a man who gets divorced from his wife after being unfaithful and tries to get their relationship back again.