Before Minari knew he was gay, he convinced himself he was incapable of falling in love. Having spent the last five years settling for just... more>> sex with a friend from high school, he surprises himself by falling in love with and impetuously confessing to an acquaintance, Shinkawa. But will Minari's fragile ego be able to withstand the fear and uncertainty of a real love relationship? <<less

A collection of short stories. ... more>>

1) Love Dancing Beneath My Eyelids

College student Numakami has known for a long time that his classmate Mahara is in love with him. But Mahara is pure, innocent - and still a virgin. For some inexplicable reason, this makes Numakami feel annoyed at being the object of his affections.

2) She's Missing

Yanagi is in love with Kobayashi, who can't seem to stop talking about Adachi - a girl in their class. What will become of these three teenagers and their complex relationship?

3) Minun Musiikki

A quiet pianist and an obnoxious, outspoken cellist often find themselves alone in the music room together...

4) Yes It's Me, (5) Yes It's You, (8) Yes That's It

The story revolves around Toma, who is head-over-heels in love...with himself! However, so is everyone else around him; and he knows that his business partner and old friend Enoki is no exception. Toma doesn't blame him -- after all, he is only the most brilliant, beautiful, and all-around perfect person to ever walk the face of the Earth! Who wouldn't fall for him? Weirdly enough, Enoki is convinced that Toma returns his feelings. But they should both know by now that there's no one he loves more than himself...right!?

6) Loathe!

"I love you. And I know exactly what you love and what you hate. But regardless of how much I love you or how much time we spend in each other's company, there are things I loathe about you as well..."

7) Dreams Unfold at Night

A serious story about transsexuality and gender issues. <<less

A continuation of Brave 10. The main protagonist is an Iga ninja named Saizou, who meets an Izumo priestess and protects her on her short... more>> journey to Sanada Yukimura. Sanada Yukimura is a powerful warlord in the Sengoku era. Sanada wants to gather 10 warriors, a party unrivaled in skill and power, to set his still secret plan into action. <<less

Hungry for success! An appetite for glory!... more>>

Momotaro High longs to triumph in the Chow Down Championships, but always end up bottom of the bowl. The arrival of a new coach, Kutaro Moriyama, could be just the boost they need. But does he have what it takes to lead them to victory? Or will his past come back to haunt him?

To eat is to fight! There’s only one thing Momotaro High desires—the glory of Super Food Bowl champion! Back from his 15 years of disappearance in Gourmand scene, Kutaro Moriyama started as a coach in the now-weaken Momotaro Gourmand Club. With endless appetite and fierce hungriness, Super Food Bowl brings you the taste of bold men-bonding through delicious gourmet! <<less

Coud is a young sky pirate who discovered a girl with mysterious powers on what had seemed like a routine mission. Ren has the ability... more>> to lend Coud bizarre fighting capabilities (his arm turns into a giant blade of some sort), being part of a race of beings called Edel Reid, but being the possessor of a stone called the Elemental Gelade, she has powers even beyond the norm. <<less

Sakae Sugiura wants to become a teacher, and finally gets assigned to an elementary school. There, Sakae reunites with Ryuuji Fukada, who was his teacher when he was a student there. Sakae always looked up to Fukada, who acted like a life-support for him at times. Their meeting again surprises Sakae, and he feels hesitant due to how much Fukada seems to have changed. But then, his feelings toward Fukada gradually change...... more>>

Aiming to become a sensei like his former sensei, Sugiura Sakae came to an elementary school as a contract teacher. Coincidentally, his former sensei, Fukada Ryuuji, is currently teaching here. Ryuu sensei is Sakae’s idol as well as his pillar of support. However, the “Ryuu-sensei” he once so admired, is totally different now. Feeling bothered, Sakae slowly realizes that his feelings for sensei have become love. But what about Ryuu-sensei? <<less

At first, Mantaro Ohara was just an ordinary salaryman with slightly bigger appetite. For Mantaro, eating is something to be enjoyed and the idea of food battle does not sound attractive to him. But his meeting in Pork Cutlet store with the professional competitive eater, George Hunter, gradually changed his view and passion towards gourmet competition... And they probably would not let this unexpected "dark horse" escape either.... more>>

Won the "Excellence Award" of the 36th Japan Cartoonist Association Award aka Nihon Mangaka Kyokai Award. <<less

Kaguya is the orphaned survivor of a war she can't remember. She has grown to love her new life and the parents who have adopted... more>> her, until once again, her life is torn away from her. A boy she remembers only in her dreams comes to Kaguya and gives her the truth ... that she is a princess from another world... <<less

A boy named Shiina Masaki has a crush. Except, the person he is infatuated with disappeared three years ago and he hasn’t seen her since—for three years he has saved himself for that girl, Nagi. Much to the frustrations of the female populous in the school, he has remained unmoving in his devotion. One day a pair of twins transfer in, one male and one female, both named Nagi! Shiina is distraught—he is smitten with the female Nagi, but turns red at the sight of the male Nagi. Will he ever get his emotions straight or will his life be filled with teenage angst?... more>>

-DMG <<less

Princess Olga has been putting off her marriage for a long time by setting her suitors to impossible tasks and requiring rare gifts. What she... more>> loves most of all are magic objects, and one day she discovers a bracelet which allows her to slip into a different world. That world seems to be very different from hers, but it turns out she had more in common with the bronze-skinned Princess Abed than she originally thought. <<less

Straightforward, simple and sweet tales of unrequited love, old love, new love, and returned love.... more>>

1) Love in Chest

2) 1 Hour 17 Minutes

A young student contemplates his lover's move overseas.

3) Memory of Afternoon

4) Cycle Ring

5) Complete World

6) Run for the Night

7) A Kiss and an Embrace of January <<less

"Self Portrait" is the story of a boy dating a yaoi fangirl who puts him up in a bet with an older, homosexual photographer (And... more>> he obviously loses). Hilarity and shounen-ai ensue. <<less

It started out as a way to prepare for a future lover. Too long denied a flesh and blood companion, his substitute—a teddy bear—is now his love object. What happens when a persistent, excessively cheerful neighbor consumes his serious, carefully ordered life? An explosion of hurtful, panicked words.... more>>

Stepping back into his quiet life, he can’t avoid what his insufferable neighbor left behind: cracks that expose his festering loneliness. Only one person can fill those cracks, but he’s disappeared.

WEEKEND OF DREAMS: With her brutally honest, trembling line art, isino aya creates a companion collection to Sink into You. Love and acceptance, joy and sorrow, desire and disgust: they move beyond simple shapes in black and white. <<less

The manga that made Tezuka famous. It is an action-adventure drama inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson's book. ... more>>

One day a boy named Pete finds a map of "Treasure Island" that his deceased father left behind. He starts on a voyage to find it together with "Captain," who was a friend of his father. But his ship is attacked by pirates, led by Bowarl, and the two are caught. When a storm hits the pirate ship, the two are thrown into the sea and washed up on the shore of a solitary island in the southern ocean. To their surprise, this island is the one they have been looking for....

The Western-style art and fast-paced storyline attracted much attention, and it became a best seller with 400,000 copies sold, laying the groundwork for the manga craze and its modern style.

The original version of "New Treasure Island" was based on Tezuka Osamu's manuscript, but substantial modifications were made by Sasaki Shichima, who cut nearly 60 pages and also changed some of the lines. When publishing "The Complete Works of Tezuka Osamu," Tezuka Osamu remade it based on his memory to make it closer to his original. <<less

Rebellious misfit Fujieda Kei hates everything about his life: the elite private school he was forced to attend, his unreliable "friends" and the annoying cellphone which is always buzzing with calls from people who want to ask him for favours as the school's bad boy. ... more>>

Quiet, studious, and admired by students and teachers alike, Sakuraba Atsushi appears to be his polar opposite in every way.

Since they obviously have nothing in common, they'd never even spoken to each other before despite being classmates. But all of this changes one day when Fujieda's classroom prank goes wrong; Sakuraba lets his unemotional demeanour slip for a moment as he taunts Fujieda and his vagrant lifestyle. Faced with Sakuraba's true personality, Fujieda is gripped by an emotion he's never experienced before...

There are two unrelated extra stories in the second volume:

1) Kan no Naka no Watashi no Kedamono (My Caged Beast) -- A twisted story taking place within the tight security of a yakuza base.

2) Indigo Blue -- Kouga and Shiba don't quite fit into the ordered Japanese system, so they leave the country; we pick up on them again four years later in Mexico City. One final dirty job, and they'll have enough cash on hand to retire to a Caribbean island with indigo blue skies... <<less

CH.1 - YUNI-SAN: Kaoru is a boy with a tough home life and almost no one to care for him. While wandering the streets alone one night he happens to meet a man -- a foreigner named Yuni, who shows Kaoru that friendship and love do exist.... more>>

CH.2 - KAERU-KUN: In middle school, a new student, Nagare KAE, nicknamed "Kaeru-kun" against his will, feels like an outcast because of his name. Kae skips school in favor of video games; however, at the arcade he meets his classmate Kaoru, whom he unwittingly befriends.

CH.3 - SHUU Part 1: Now in high school, Kaoru's friend Yuu insists on bringing him to his house near every day. Kaoru meets Shuu, Yuu's older brother, who intrigues him. Curious from the things Yuu's said about his brother, Kaoru confronts Shuu about relationships... <<less