Witness the titular Punpun - who is depicted as a tiny, caricatured bird in an otherwise normal human setting - as he copes with his... more>> dysfunctional family and friends, his love interest, his oncoming adolescence and his hyperactive mind. <<less

Large mysterious alien ships have been looming above Japanese towns for three years, filling the sky. Everything changed three years ago. And yet, nothing has changed.... more>>

No weapon used against the invaders' ships had any success, beyond destroying part of Japan and leaving its economy in shambles. JSDF is fighting a guerrilla battle against the aliens all over Japan. America is joining the 'war' effort with more aggressive tactics, dividing Japan over the pacifist principle laid out in Article 9 of the Japanese constitution. But this may just be the mundane story of young high schoolers.

"No matter what happens, I won't back down.

At least not until this world filled with lies and deceit crumbles away. The real threat to humankind is not invaders, but me." <<less

College graduates struggle to cope with the real world. Music offers refuge in this modern manga with an American attitude.... more>>

Meiko Inoue is a recent college grad working as an office lady in a job she hates. Her boyfriend Shigeo is permanently crashing at her apartment because his job as a freelance illustrator doesn't pay enough for rent. And her parents in the country keep sending her boxes of veggies that just rot in her fridge. Straddling the line between her years as a student and the rest of her life, Meiko struggles with the feeling that she's just not cut out to be a part of the real world.

Note: Was nominated for the 2009 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Japan. It was nominated for the 2009 Harvey Award for Best American Edition of Foreign Material. <<less

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Various well-known mangaka look into the theme of cigarettes and smoking.... more>>

Volume 1: Cigarette Anthology: Light

1. How to Stop Sniping

2. Time Machine Record

3. Golden Candy, Starry Night

4. One Room Sick Chic No Panties

5. Haru of Cupola

Volume 2: Cigarette Anthology: Menthol

1. Long Piece

2. Goodbye Cigarette

3. Year-end

4. If Winter Comes...

5. Cigarman

6. Lover of the Witch <<less

A story of a guy and a girl traveling, recalling their pasts...

Oneshot published in Gekkan! Spirits.... more>>

A war is brewing between the 'Mushroom Land' and the 'Bamboovians'. What will be the dark outcome of all the horrid violence? How will some pacifists show their non-cooperation in this bloodplay? <<less

13th one-shot in Young Magazine's 35th anniversary "BULLET" project.

A DECADE-SPANNING JOURNEY INTO DARKNESS... more>>

Even as butterflies ominously proliferate in town, the rumor of a mysterious creature lurking in the tunnel behind the school spreads among the children. When the body of Arié Kimura's mother is found by this tunnel's entrance, next to apparently human traces, the legend seems to be confirmed. Is the end of the world coming? In order to appease the wrath of the beast, the children decide to offer it a sacrifice: The unfortunate Arié, whom they believe to be the cause of the curse, is shoved into a well that leads to the Nijigahara tunnel — an act that in turns pushes Komatsuzaki, the budding thug who has carried a torch for Arié for a while already, entirely over the edge.

But this is only the beginning of the complex, challenging, obliquely told Nijigahara Holograph, which takes place in two separate timelines and involves the suicidal Suzuki; Higure, his stalkerish would-be girlfriend; and their teacher Miss Sakaki, whose heavily bandaged face remains a mystery; and many more — brothers, sisters, parents, co-workers, teachers, aggressors and victims who are all inextricably linked to one another and all will eventually — ten years later — have to live with what they've done or suffered through. <<less

Being his first series, What a Wonderful World remains Asano's most representative and successful work to date.... more>>

Composed of vignettes from the daily lives of a group of people inhabiting an ordinary neighborhood somewhere in Tokyo, the series is actually a comment about modern life itself and how we can survive in it despite all its rigors.

Amusing, melancholic, funny, strange, thought-provoking - Asano effortlessly shifts from one mood to another, creating stories and characters that are profoundly human and thus always involving. It's a shame that not everyone will find the subjects the author describes equally appealing since some of them are distinctly Japanese. But overall, it's a great collection that any discerning manga reader should check out. <<less

Oneshot created for an art exhibit in august 2020, but it was canceled due to covid. Was published in Big Comic Spirits in July.

A collection of ASANO Inio's short stories that include:... more>>

1) Bakemono Recchan

2) Funawari Otoko

3) Toshinose

4) Yuugatou

5) D

6) Funwari Otoko (ni, Funwari Onna wa, nani wo omou)

7) Sayonara, Bye-Bye

8) TEMPEST

9) Natsu no Nioi wa Mahou Shoujo wo Nido Korosu

10) Himawari

11) Funwari Otoko (ni, Funwari Otoko, nani wo omou)

12) Kinoko Takenoko

13) Itoshi no Kengo <<less

The sun rays enter the city of light, as various stories unfold:... more>>

Bright, dark and harsh; a story filled with people from whom you’d want to avert your eyes. Yet, it is close to reality; so maybe it’s true to humanity. Like an old bond between a boy and a girl, a friendship is born between girls who rarely speak to each other.

A man who dirties his hands for money, and the girlfriend who waits for him to come home. <<less

Short story about a girl with a monster face

One shot sponsored by Funwari Liquor

This is a compilation of oneshots that includes:... more>>

1) Untitled

2) Before Dawn

3) Alfalfa

4) 4:30 PM, Sunday//6:30, Afternoon, Sunday

Part 1 - Summer Memories

Part 2 - A Girl in the Brilliant World of a Boy's Daydream

Part 3 - Coming Home

5) The Typical Day and Melancholy of Super-Imaginative A-ko

6) How to Spend a Day Off

7) 17

8) What a Wonderful World

9) Tokyo

10) The End of the World

11) Snakeman and the Great Space-time War <<less

Asano Inio's first official art-book. Contains two short stories: "Wish for spring" (はるよこい~solanin side story~) and "The sunflower" (ひまわり).

The band of heroes banishes the Darkness and brings peace to the world, but...

Published on NHK Domo Manga Desu on-line website. It should be an irregular series but it is not clear if every chapter will feature the same characters or if it will be a series with a general theme but made by multiple one-shots with different protagonists.... more>>

Shūhei Wakatsuki, a man who lives and works in Tokyo, decides to take his girlfriend and her son to his old home to see his parents on New Year's Eve. While driving, memories of his father, with whom he had never gotten along, begin to surface. When they arrive at his parents' house, he and his father silently sit down to watch a New Year's TV show together and begin to talk. <<less

Ozanari-kun is a story in the style of traditional gag manga about the titular character's adventures working in the sales promotion department of Murakami Co.... more>>

A different take on the classic office atmosphere, his boss, section chief Yabusaka has to endure Ozanaris physical and verbal abuse every day. Within his lonely heart, complicated feelings start to bloom. <<less

A webcomic written by Asano Inio and put up on Big Comic Spirits’ online reader.

A young assassin girl armed with a katana is hunting down her targets in a busy metropolitan city named Tsukumo.