From Dark Horse:
To end his eternal suffering, he must slay one thousand enemies! Manji, a ronin warrior of feudal Japan, has been cursed with immortality. To rid himself of this curse and end his life of misery, he must slay one thousand evil men! His quest begins when a young girl seeks his help in taking revenge on her parents' killers and his quest won't end until the blood of a thousand has spilled!

Note: Won an Excellence Prize at the 1997 Japan Media Arts Festival. Won the Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material in 2000.

From Global Bookwalker

Detective Randy "Ryo" Maclean has just arrived at the NYPD 27th precinct. It's not long before is he out on a narcotics case with his new buddy Dee Latener, the brash and self-confident troublemaker, who might be eager for more than just a business partnership with Ryo. Follow the NY cop duo Dee and Ryo in action against crimes, and for a possible romance-to-be...!?

Atsushi Arisawa enrolls at Jougaouka High School to be near Masami Shibata (Ma-chan) who was his childhood crush. Unbeknownst to Atsushi, however, Masami no longer works at the school and his brother, Masayoshi is now the nurse. Atsushi mistakes Masayoshi for Masami and is horrified because to him, it appears that Masami's personality has done a complete 180. Add to the fact that Atsushi's friend, Kouji Inagaki is totally in love and constantly trying to make-out with him, Atsushi's life at Jougaoka is hell until he starts thinking that maybe the new Ma-chan isn't so bad after all and that, maybe he actually likes the way Ma-chan is now. Until of course, he finds out that Masayoshi isn't Masami.

Fujiwara Momoe, a girl who loves to eat, was raised by her rich parents eating only the best.

When her father dies from heart disease and Momoe has to support her and her mother, she can't stand the food that she makes (she never cooked before).

One day, she walks into a little French restaurant and recognizes the food from its taste. She had eaten it several years earlier when celebrating her birthday at a 5-star restaurant with her parents. She asks to work there as a cook under the head chef, Oda-san. She falls in love with Oda, but he doesn't notice her feelings and only considers her an annoying apprentice. This series goes through joy and heartbreak, as experienced by Momoe. How does the situation end?

Note: Was also made into an 11-part Jdrama, and a 20-part Taiwanese drama

From JanKenPon:
Middle schoolers, Shiro and Masumi, encountered a mysterious dragon that brought them back to the time of the Three Kingdoms; situated in ancient China. As soon as they arrived, they were rescued by the Han Kingdom. Not long after these events, Masumi was kidnapped and Shiro barely escaped death... Soon the story gets more complicated as they are stuck in the past.

Note: Won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen in 1997.

Normal City is set in the far future where mankind exists on other planets. The existence of ESPs is accepted- but only as a "tool" for the army.

The main character's name, "Kitty 101", was given to her by a scientist named Troll. Kitty 101 was biologically created by combining several strings of DNA with man-made DNA. She was also given an XY chromosome which turns her into a male on a regular basis.

When she was a baby, Kitty 101 was stolen by one of Troll's scientists, Jason Haven, who wanted to save her from the experiments. He named her Mars Haven and brought her up as his own daughter because she reminded him of his lost daughter.

Time passes, and Troll proceeds with his experiments on the ESPs under his disposal.

Year 2022 A.D. At a time when anyone can travel around the world, there are more crimes occurring than ever. To protect the country from political terrorist attacks, a new Security System Garrison was created 8 years ago. To destroy this organization, terrorists have started aiming at the leaders of the Garrison, the Instructors.
Seven Instructors have already died in the line of duty, and to avoid another death, the 8th Instructor, Ishikawa Haruka, was given an assistant who would also act as his bodyguard. Iwase Motohisa, previously the Prime Minister's SP, falls in love at first sight with Ishikawa during a chance meeting, and then asks to be assigned as Ishikawa's assistant.

Original: Booklive, Cmoa, DMM, Piccoma

Official English Translation

NOTE: Each Hana to Ryuu Soushuuhen volume compiles 4 doujinshi volumes.

Hana to Ryuu Soushuuhen 1 (1998)
#1 Chiri Isogu Hana
#2 Hei no Naka
#3 Ryuu no Tsume
#4 Futatsu no Saikai

Hana to Ryuu Soushuuhen 2 (2000)
#5 Shinjitsu wa Yami no Naka
#6 Yomigaeru Akumu
#7 Mienai Tobira
#8 Ryuu wo Karu Mono

Hana to Ryuu Soushuuhen 3 (2003)
#9 Hebi no Rasen
#10 Kienu Juujika
#11 Karamiau Kizuna
#12 Tsuki ga Michiru Toki

Hana to Ryuu Soushuuhen 4 (2006)
#13 Kaiko to Zouo
#14 Kioku no Kakusei
#15 Aizou no Yukue
#16 Hebi no Doukoku

Hana to Ryuu Soushuuhen 5 (2007)
#17 Ai to Yami no Hazama de
#18 Yume no Mahoroba
#19 Matoitsuku Bourei
#20 Tamashii no Doukoku

Hana to Ryuu Soushuuhen 6
#21 Tomurai no Hana (2009)
#22 Kibou no Akari (2009)
#23 Tabidachi (2010)

1. Sessa Takuma! - Adapted from
2. Kizuna
3. Hana to Ryuu - Pequel of Kizuna
4. Mezase Hero! - Spin-off of Kizuna
5. Gun and Heaven - Side Story of Kizuna

Twin Brothers Thor and Rai, the sons of murdered parents are sent to prison star Kimera. What is waiting for them is a planet where meat-eating plants rule and society is divided in four different colonies based on skin color. Will the boys survive in these harsh conditions?

From Viz:
Orphaned on the mean streets of Treasure Town, lost boys Black and White must mug, steal and fight to survive. Around them moves a world of corruption and loneliness, small-time crooks and neurotic police officers, and a band of sadistic yakuza who have plans for their once-fair city. Can they rise above their environment?

Note: Won Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Japan in 2008.

Haruna Wakakusa and Yamada become friends after she saves him several times from her boyfriend's constant bullying. Through him she gets to know Kozue Yoshikawa, a fellow student who also models professionally. The three emotionally stunted teens' lives briefly yet intensely intertwine for one semester before splintering from the aftereffects of one disastrous night. For both Wakakusa and Yamada, their emotional awakening fosters an unlikely friendship between the two battered souls.

Note: Nominated for the Eisner Awards in the Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia category in 2024.

A little bumpkin kid by the name of Hanada Ichiro gets into all kinds of mischief until things take a turn for the nasty. Trying to escape the wrath of his enraged mother, he gets in an accident, resulting in nine stitches on the back of his head, and one little side-effect: a knack for the supernatural. Young Ichiro is now able to communicate with ghosts, who just can't get off his back with all kinds of requests.

Won the 19th Kodansha Manga Award for general manga in 1995.

From ShoujoMagic:
On Kabuchi-jima, an island ruled by Princess Kaguya, ten children were raised as sacrificial victims. Several of the children thought they had escaped their fate when they escaped the island. But nearly a decade later, the kids are still dying in the order and at the time they would have as sacrifices... Their only hope now is to reunite and return to the island to seek out and destroy the source--the legend, the blood-lusting Moon Princess--before time runs out.

In 2002 Kaguya Hime received the 47th annual Shogakukan Manga Award for shoujo.

From Peccatore Sanctuary:

The cheerful and open high school freshman, Nakazato Haruka has fallen in love! With his classmate - basketball's club Tajima Kaoru. Haruka started his fierce attacks, and also declared "You will like me for sure!" How will the cool and quiet Kaoru react after knowing about Haruka's feelings?

From amber love pj scanlations:

It's about two best friends, Tamio and Takashi. The development of a friendship to something more as they grow up.

Living his life in rural Japan, Tamio is immediately intrigued by Takashi, the blond haired city boy who transfers into his elementary school. But Takashi is actually half Japanese, and despite his appearance he doesn't even know English and loves eating Japanese food even Tamio can't abide.

Tamio and Takashi become friends, and despite his perplexity with Takashi's foreign appearance, Tamio quickly develops a strong attachment to the other boy. Tamio earnestly hopes that he and Takashi can stay friends forever. But Takashi remains dissatisfied with life out in the boonies, insisting that someday he's going to leave all this behind.

Yet Tamio continues to hope and to do anything he can to ensure that Takashi will stay with him--or take him along--no matter where he goes in life, with an intense, endearing, wistful sincerity perhaps telling of sentiments more complicated than Tamio might think.

From JShoujo Scans:

Hana is a 16-year-old girl who's a bit of a tomboy. She gets dumped by her boyfriend when she moves to Sapporo after her parent's divorce. On her first night there, she comes across a young guy who is seemingly too ill to walk. He ends up collapsing on her and is quickly rushed to the hospital. As it turns out, he's her next door neighbor, Shindou Hiroto.

The next day, when she goes to her new school for the first time, she finds out that he's actually a teacher and that he's the teacher of her class! With his out-going personality and friendly demeanor, he gets along with everyone, but she notices there's something a little different going on between him and Nishiwaki, a classmate of hers whom the others write off as a "cold-hearted beauty."

Hana always runs into him on her way to school, and as she gets to know him more, she finds herself falling for him! Things get even more messy when her boyfriend who broke up with her comes to Sapporo saying that he wants to give their relationship another shot!

The series follows Meisuke Nueno, better known as Nube, an exorcist who also happens to be the teacher for a 5th grade class at Domori Elementary. While he uses many various exorcism techniques, his main weapon is the Demon Hand (Oni no Te) which is the power of a chaotic oni sealed right where his left hand should be. The series follows Nube and Domori class 5-3 though the many weird, chaotic, and downright silly and insane encounters they face with the many forms and elements of the supernatural.

From Kodansha:
While on a field trip to Tokyo Tower, three teenage girls cross a magical portal and are transported to another world called Cefiro. There they are summoned through the last remaining strength of the Princess Emeraude, who believes the trio will become the magic knights who will save her, as prophesied by legend.

Official Japanese:
Comic Days, Mechacomic, Piccoma

Official Translations:
English (INKR, Manga Planet, Mangaplaza, Kodansha), Korean

From Mangascreener:

The main character is Leonora, the daughter of an impoverished noble of Padua. She is a beautiful silver-haired, emerald-green-eyed girl and very good at fighting with the sword.

One day, she is forced to marry an arrogant young noble, but she discovers on the day of their wedding that this man intends to use her to become king of Italy because she is involved in an ancient Italian legend: Leonara is the girl shown on "Kakan no Madonna" (Madonna of the Flower Crown), a famous painting drawn by Leonardo DaVinci. There exists a legend that tells whoever gets the legendary sword "Emerald Lion" will unite and rule over Italy. And the secret hiding-place of the sword can be found with "Kakan no Madonna"--that is, Leonara.

In order to find out the truth of the portrait's secret related her and to hide her identity as Kakan no Madonna, Leonara disguises herself as a black-haired boy, Leo, and sets out to find DaVinci. On the way she meets Falco, the blond-haired handsome king of Naples, who is unaware that she is a girl, and becomes his servant.

When she finally finds DaVinci, she hears with surprise that she - the girl portrayed in Kakan no Madonna - is destined to possess the legendary Emerald Lion and therefore to become queen of Italy.

Miyuki Umino was a senior in high school. Although Miyuki, her two younger brothers and her younger sister were poor, they were happy living together. But, one day all of a sudden her older brother's debt of 250 million yen fell upon them. To pay back the debt Miyuki quit school. What was the incredible choice she took to do this?

Takasaki Tomoka is a young girl seeking love. She had finally found her prince and slowly began to think of a way to speak to him. Tomoka met up with her childhood classmate from piano lessons, Miyazawa Arata and was invited to a performance by his band. There, she met the prince she had been admiring for many days. After becoming drunk, Tomoka confessed her love to her prince but problems arise with Tomoka having to take her love down through a dangerous path.

Note: An extra published in Ribon Original issue 6/1995. It tells after the main story ends.

Eque is a popular, beautiful crossdressing woman and Tania is a playful queen. This is their unique and interesting royal comedy. Tales of ambition, dark plans, the secrets of royalty and ghosts. Plus love and misunderstanding and the pride of a woman is involved?!

Japan in the future has a massive over-population problem. Scientists have traced the root of this problem to one particular individual, Junta Monamari. According to their records, Junta was a "Mega-Playboy" who had sired children with over a hundred women. Each one of his sons had inherited the Mega-Playboy gene too, so the problem grew exponentially from thereon. Enter Karin Aoi, a "DNA Operator". Karin is sent back to the past with a mission: to alter Junta's DNA and prevent him from ever becoming the Mega-Playboy, thereby eliminating the world's overpopulation problem. Junta's DNA can only be altered by shooting him with a special bullet called DCM which contains the chemical for suppressing the Mega-Playboy DNA. In return, Karin gets a vast sum of money... enough to make all her dreams come true. Will Junta become the playboy he is destined to be, or will his better self prevail? But Karin is falling for the real Junta too... and what of the sweet and kindly Ami who has secretly loved Junta all her life? What will happen to future Japan?

From Viz:

Nobody enjoys a good fight more than "Kiibo" Miyazawa, a high-school student whose father is training him in the family's secret martial art. Kiibo dreams of becoming the next Bruce Lee, but his awesome fighting skills may soon surpass his idol's!

From MAL:
In Route 20, people live in a metal city surrounded by a glass dome that protects its inhabitants from the polluted air of the outside, and is controlled by a paranoid and oppressive police state. They feel free and sure, albeit they are like imprisoned. But some "rebel" boys have different feelings. Ushiji is one of them, a boy who follows his dream, or better, rides his dream: his motorcycle and its metaphoric meaning of freedom, with the memories of his grandfather's tales about the absence of rules and hypocrisies of the outer world.

Based on an unmade Gainax movie.