Is it a pumpkin? An oddly-shaped couch cushion? No... It's a CAT!! ... more>>

When 20-something animal lover, local beauty and airhead Satou Moe happens upon a spherical orange tabby cat in a back alley while stumbling home drunk after a party, she doesn't think twice about taking him in. "Poyo" neither looks nor acts like your average feline, but that doesn't stop Moe, her dad and their neighbours (not to mention said neighbours' pets?!) from loving and pampering him anyway. <<less

Rakudai Ninja Rantarou is about a boy who wishes to become a chou-ichiryou-ninja (aka, the number one ninja). There is only one problem: he keeps... more>> failing. Together with his friends, they encounter mishap after mishap as they seek to eventually graduate from the first grade. <<less

Before Arakawa Hiromu became a mangaka, she spent seven years in Hokkaido working in the farming business. She raised cows, planted crops, was afraid of... more>> bears, and was constantly being turned around in circles by squirrels. There is no water to drink. Can't you drink milk? That is because she is a "Noble Farmer"!! Here is Japan's first manga to describe the facts about farming! <<less

Since the death of her parents, Oki Yasuko, a second-year high school student, has been living with her mangaka big brother Kenji, who used to be the boss of a biker gang. Bickering nonstop, their relationship is hardly harmonious.... more>>

One day in cram school Kenji forces her to attend, Yasuko falls in love with Tsubaki Jun. But chaos ensues because of the history that Kenji and Jun's sister Erica share! <<less

“'I’ll create a witch!!” ... more>>

During the 17th century, the German alchemist Johann Schultz successfully created a witch. He then injected that power into his own blood.

In the present day, as a result of a scheme created by his cousin, Yomoda Rena, Shurutsu Kenichi, a high school student and a third generation German, fights on secretly as a blood relative of "Brocken", all in order to hunt down those who abuse the artificial witch theorem. Yet for reasons unknown, he transforms into a Magical Girl "Heroine"...? <<less

Satsuki Hikawa lives alone in a mansion while his grandfather, who is his only other living family member and an art dealer, travels all over... more>> the country. One day Satsuki's grandfather sends him an mysterious book that is called Tablet. Each page in the book seems to represent different tarot cards, but most of the symbols are missing. Soon after receiving the book a strange girl storms in to Satsuki's home and claims that she is the owner of the Tablet and tells Satsuki all of the missing symbols must be found and returned to the book before "they" make any mischief. In order to find and return the symbols, Satsuki must call out the right symbols to defeat the escaped ones. Any symbols that he returns to the book will become his servants. Will Satsuki be able to find and capture all of the symbols that ran away? <<less

Hagiwara Sakura and Miyazawa Elena are the leading members of a popular idol group "Sweet". One day, Elena is injured by the attack of a... more>> female pro-wrestler Kazama Rio during the recording of a TV program. Sakura gets mad at Rio and gives her a dropkick. To avenge Elena, Sakura enters the female pro-wrestling matches. <<less

It's her high-school debut, yet Tora Takei can't seem to fit in. ... more>>

Then somehow, she ends up time-slipping into the Warring States period!

In order to return to the present, she has no choice but to change history. Disguising herself as a man, Tora gets caught up with Mori Ranmaru, the handsomely beautiful, yet deadly guard of Oda Nobunaga. Slowly, she discovers the kind and honest nature of this strongest and most beautiful of warriors. Falling in love with Ranmaru, the story of Tora's time-slip into the Warring States period begins! <<less

In the mid 21st century, the human race is facing a test.... more>>

Genetic engineering has changed the world, and with huge profits, research had accelerated accordingly. An “immortality” gene no longer seemed like a mere dream. However, a lab sample containing this gene escaped, creating a new life-form that took in genetic material from the natural world, evolving into an enemy that began to invade the human world.

The “Shaher” are now a force capable of defeating human military forces, and both North and South American continents have fallen under their control. In Japan, the government has created a “Samurai” unit to oppose the Shaher, utilizing soldiers enhanced with nano-machines to connect with an armored exoskeleton.

It is at this point that Tsukahara Takemichi is assigned to the first platoon of the “Samurai Force”. <<less

The four-panel manga follows the everyday life of Mayu Morita, a girl who is exceedingly gentle and thoughtful, to the point that she does not... more>> say much of anything to anyone in high school. <<less

The four girls of the Kameido High School tennis club play and don't play tennis in their side-splittingly funny daily lives. The new club member,... more>> Yuri Oshimoto, is forced to be the straightman to her idiotic upperclassmen. Then there's Kanae Shinjou, the stupidity-machine who can't play tennis even though she's in the tennis club; Marimo Bandou, the unpredictable super-pervert from Kansai; and Nasuno Takamiya, the air-headed, mysterious rich girl who tries to solve everything with money. Today, tomorrow, and the day after, regardless if they're all there or not, it's a tennis manga you can't help but roar in laughter at!? And in the fall of 2012, you might get caught up in the “Teekyuu” whirlwind even further!? <<less

Chitose is an 11-year-old girl who is madly in love with an older guy named Hiroshi. He works at the town hall right next to... more>> the school and Chitose spends every day relentlessly pursuing him. Can Chitose ever convince Hiroshi to go out with her? <<less

Shio Asami, the wealthy daughter of a famous, deceased opera singer, aims to follow the same path as her mother. Moe Midorikawa, a young woman... more>> working several part-time jobs, dreams of becoming an opera singer as well. What will happen when these two meet?! <<less

As a young anesthesiologist who has been with her hospital for about three years, Hanaoka Hanako has just about had it with her job. The hours are grueling and there are never enough hands. Her coworkers are either obnoxious jerks who call her incompetent or sexist boors who try to cop a feel. She hardly ever sees the sky, has to eat cup ramen for most meals, and has no social life to speak of. Worst of all, her job is thankless. Everyone loves surgeons who perform lifesaving operations, paramedics who rush to the scenes of emergencies, or nurses who provide primary care - but anesthesiologists are only singled out if something goes wrong and... more>> a patient is lost. Still, someone's got to do it, and if not her, then who?

So even with crappy pay, terrible work hours, and sexual harassment...anesthesiologist Hana will cheerfully knock you out!

Source: Jmanga <<less

Won the 12th Kodansha Manga Award for general manga in 1988 (shared with ).

In the Petit Eva series:... more>>

V1) First no Shou

V2) Bokura Tanken Doukoukai

V3) Second no Shou <<less

The defenseless lamb Chiaki has caught the eye of wild wolf Shimchi! She tries all sorts of methods to escape from him yet still finds... more>> herself unable to escape from Shimchi's kisses... <<less

The 18-year-old Mitsuru Yaegashi arrives in Tokyo planning to become a professional illustrator. While searching for cheap apartments he suddenly gets wrapped up in in... more>> the Town Renewal Project, becoming part of the Fight Town. He fights his first fight against a boxer to defend the boxer's grandmother and prove him wrong. After becoming part of fight town he wants to leave but after registering there is a penalty fine and he will be charged by the police for the fight! <<less

Iruka, a girl from the country, has come to her new Tokyo life at a high school with a dorm. She's eager to see the beauty of Tokyo and become a real Tokyo girl. Her new roommate and classmate is a real Tokyo girl, but she hates the city. She's irritable and cold, though Iruka mostly sees this as a sophisticated Tokyo attitude. Iruka wants to draw closer to her cool roommate, and meet other girls like her.... more>>

One way she can do this is by upgrading her country bicycle to a sleek, Tokyo road bike, but she doesn't really have the money to afford the city prices. Before she knows it, she has accidentally joined a club, the "Bike Angels," who is helping her to transform her own bike. Will Iruka realize her dream of having an awesome road bike and becoming a chic Tokyo girl? Will she be able to break through the ice and befriend her new roommate? <<less

Tsujido Rintaro is an up and coming professional cyclist that has his very first race at the lowest rank, the A3 division. Trained by the... more>> famous Akiya, Rintaro’s name has already spread throughout the country and there are people that have it out for him because they have ill feelings towards the once hated Akiya. Rintaro doesn’t just have his career and passion riding on each race but after his father became brain dead from a horrific car accident, he has been paying for the expensive hospital bill. With a life on the line, Rintaro races with everything he’s got but he's about to learn the harsh world of professional cycling. <<less

This tennis comedy centers around the members of a female middle school soft tennis team and the twists and turns that their lives take as... more>> they aim for the national tournament! <<less

Manga about a man who loves trains and ekiben (special lunchboxes sold at train stations). His dream is to travel around Japan by train, trying... more>> ekiben from all sorts of places. His wife gives him a train ticket as an anniversary present, and so he begins his journey. <<less

Chihaya, a 3rd year junior high student, is the only daughter of the priest who tends the small shrine dedicated to the Ryujin. One day,... more>> while cleaning the shrine, she finds a sleeping boy who is actually the transformed Ryujin. <<less

The blade arts of the "Devil" tasked with stiking down evils threatening a peaceful Edo! Heizou Hasegawa, upholding the role of chief officer protecting against... more>> crime and arson! In 1783, the heart of the Tenmei era, Hasegawa held the office of chief director of the department charged with sustaining safety in the region, suppressing the most vile of thieves and criminals, an individual largely feared, renowned as Devil Heizou... <<less

I'm Narazaki Eori who is famous as a crybaby. I'm 17. This is the first time I fall in love and I'm being stuck with it. When I look at my beloved Yuusuke, sometimes I daydream(?!) cry and smile.... more>>

Eori is too busy for love. Lovey-dovey but in this love which is full of unpredictable things, you have risked your life, Eori! <<less