Hirata Mihane has a scary face and isn't ladylike at all. In fact, she lets her temper get the better of her and often lets out small bursts of violent behaviour—even though she doesn't mean to. Because of this, the entire school calls her a "Satsujinki" (murderous monster). Even so, she's in love with the kind and popular Touma-kun, who doesn't mind the way she looks and is always nice to her. But... will Touma ever see her as a love interest?... more>>

Spin off of Junai Tokkou Taichou! showcasing the romantic life of Hirata and Yusa's daughter. <<less

One day, Fujimoto, a 29-year-old temp worker (whose age equals the number of years he’s lived without a girlfriend) suddenly receives a surge of calls and emails all at once from the women connected to his past. That’s right, he’s finally hit popularity, something which comes only once in a lifetime for everyone! Feeling elated, Fujimoto decides to meet them one after the other…or so the story goes.... more>>

Note: Nominated for the 3rd Manga Taisho Award (2010). <<less

Makoto is suddenly confessed to by her narcissistic childhood friend Kikuchi Reita. Not even just any confession, he stands in the street and publicly says... more>> «If you want a boyfriend that badly, I don't mind going out with you.» Which was obviously a no, since Makoto has never considered Reita to be a man, especially a man of interest. What will become of her daily life now that Reita insists on her going out with him? <<less

Himari, a cafe waitress who has bad luck with men, finds out that the shop manager she's secretly attracted to is a virgin...?! Manager, give... more>> me your virginity! <<less

Yuuya, one half of the boy pop duo ZINGS, may be the laziest performer in the Japanese music industry. His partner is out there giving 110% every night (and, thankfully, he’s quite popular), but Yuuya’s half-assed, sloppy dancing, and his frankly hostile attitude toward the audience, has the fans hating him and his agent looking for any excuse to cut him loose. The career of a pop idol just isn’t the path of easy leisure and adulation Yuuya expected…... more>>

After a particularly lifeless concert appearance, Yuuya meets a girl backstage. She's dressed to the nines in a colorful outfit, she’s full of vim and vigor, and all she wants from life is to perform. There’s just one problem: She’s been dead for a year. This is the ghost of Asahi Mogami, the beloved singer whose time on the stage was tragically cut short, unless… If ghosts are real, is spirit possession really that much of a stretch? [Kodansha USA] <<less

Note: A one-shot prototype titled Emeraldas was published in 1975 in Akita Shoten's Monthly Princess.

Akira is set in the post-apocalypse Neo-Tokyo of 2030, a vast metropolis built on the ashes of a Tokyo annihilated by an apocalyptic blast of unknown power that triggered World War III. The lives of two streetwise teenage friends, Tetsuo and Kaneda, change forever when dormant paranormal abilities begin to waken in Tetsuo, who becomes a target for a shadowy government operation, a group who will stop at nothing to prevent another catastrophe like that which leveled Tokyo. And at the core of their motivation is a raw, all-consuming fear. A fear of someone or something, of unthinkably monstrous power known only as "Akira".... more>>

Note: Won the 1984 Kodansha Manga Award for best general manga, won the Harvey Award for Best American Edition of Foreign Material in 1993. Was nominated for the Harvey for Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Work in 2002. Won the Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material in 2002, the Eisner Award for Best Archival Collection/Project in 2002 and The Akira 35th Anniversary Edition won the Eisner Award for Best Archival Collection/Project in 2018. <<less

The platelets may be the littlest members of the Cells at Work team, but they won't let that stop them! They've got the important job of closing wounds, which they do with pride...and a few hijinks along the way! ... more>>

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For years the rash tomboyish Tsubasa had communicated with her twin through letters. She had formed the idea that the gentle Arisa led a joyful school life. But upon Arisa's sudden suicide attempt, Tsubasa vows to find the reason behind her twin's actions by taking her place at school. But will this supposed joyful life be too much for Tsubasa to handle? What does it have to do with the people disappearing from Arisa's school...... more>>

Note: Extras in volume 6 and 7 have not been scanlated. <<less

New Tooyama manga to be serialized in December 2015. This love is a new sensation! 1000% heart-pounding. A love for a person she can't say... more>> 'I love you' to is about to start. Mayo is a very shy girl. She meets Aoba-kun in her weird part-time job, and they begin to spend their secret time alone, but... The boy she meets is the one she is closest to, but is also the one she can't love. A far too clumsy, secret, unrequited love. <<less

Kira believes that Rei and all other men in the world are dirty. She stays away from her classmates, hiding in her art. What happens... more>> when the delinquent motorcyclist and playboy, Rei, gets a hold of one of her drawings, and actually wants to keep it? <<less

The end of everyone was just the beginning… Returning home by train after a class trip, Teru Aoki takes a most frightening ride inside a mountain tunnel. When the train derails, nearly everyone aboard is killed. Amidst the bloody carnage, Teru discovers two survivors—but salvation is far from their grasp. As they try to dig out from the wreck in order to come up with a plan to stay alive, the lack of light and food, combined with the stench of death and decay, will lead one member of the group down a dark and demented path. And with sudden, violent earthquakes shaking the tunnel, escaping to the outside world may lead them to an... more>> even greater danger …

Won the 21st Kodansha Manga Award for general manga in 1997. <<less

In this world, humanity has been driven underground to live like moles, hiding from the fearsome monsters which roam the surface. The monsters are impervious to every sort of weapon known to man. The only ones with the power to defeat them … are the Ayanashi.... more>>

One day, in one such underground city, a pair of siblings encounter a mysterious boy covered in wounds. The boy introduces himself as Holo, and in the following days slowly opens up to the pair … until a monster from the surface descends upon the city, laying waste to everything in its path. Holo stands to face the threat, brandishing a flaming short sword attached to his right arm. And so, the story of bringing light back to a world of everlasting darkness begins. <<less

Saya and Yuuto are childhood friends and lovers. On the day of the entrance ceremony to the school where the 2 will be attending, Yuuto... more>> has become a hottie?! Moreover, for some reason, we have to keep the fact that we're dating a secret? Boyfriend with high school debut x me with a reverse debut. The life of secret lovers begins. <<less

Follow the final moments of a shinsengumi first squadron captain, Okita Soji, as the author tells his version of the story.

In Asahi's school, there are two types of students: the ones from the elite class and the second from the average one. After an accident... more>> in her house, she starts living in the rooms of the elite class but no one must know, or else she would be expelled. A black hair guy from the elite discovers her secret, what's going to happen to her? <<less

It's no easy feat to keep a body happy and healthy, so even the newest cells have their tiny-winey, chubby-wubby hands full! Join these cute baby cells as they work hard within their newborn baby body, in this spinoff of Cells at Work! ... more>>

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Horror manga author Mr. J moves into his new house with his fiancée A-ko. Much to his chagrin, she brings two guests with her.

Nozomi Aizawa has has kept her feelings for her schoolmate Azuma-kun a secret for quite a while, but the time has come for her to finally confess. His response, though, is far from ordinary! Led in circles by his hilarious tangents, these two awkward teenagers find themselves growing ever closer while muddling through misunderstandings and off-topic rants. When the airheaded stalker Aizawa-san finally connects with the petulant know-it-all Azuma-kun, the result is a romantic comedy worth talking about! ... more>>

Nominated for the Best Shoujo Manga of the 44th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2020. <<less

Having lost his wife, math teacher Kouhei Inuzuka is doing his best to raise his young daughter Tsumugi as a single father. He's pretty bad... more>> at cooking and doesn't have a huge appetite to begin with, but chance brings his little family and one of his students, Kotori Iida, together for homemade adventures. With those three cooks in the kitchen, it's no wonder this dinner table drama is so delicious. <<less

Mashiro has spent the last thirteen years of her life locked away in a room as she protects the gods that live in her hair,... more>> being slowly restored. However, when the door opens to the room and she stumbles outside, she finds that things are not how they seem, and the gods are unleashed. <<less

Three years ago, a sickness known as Daemonblight befell the land. The sickness turns people into Daemons, and the world has fallen into an age... more>> of chaos. Even then, in a remote region of the Kingdom, the protagonist Velvet lived with her family in relative comfort. A night came when a red moon rose, and she was betrayed by Artorius, who was once her savior. She lost her family, while a mysterious power that consumed demons possessed her left arm. A measure of order returned to the world after Artorius founded the Abbey and the Exorcists. Artorius is hailed as the world's savior, but Velvet harbored only anger for him. <<less

In a world where everyone bears metal arms, a demon bearing a hundred pairs of metal arms threatens total destruction on the world and everyone... more>> who lives within it. But even in the face of total hopelessness, a group of warriors is ready to tackle this desperate challenge! A boy named Ashidaka, with two pairs of metal arms of his own, gathers his companions for the sacred war to come... <<less

Inaba Yuushi's parents passed away when he was in his first year of middle school, forcing him to move in with relatives. Though they did care for him, he could tell he was being a burden. After graduation he was all set to move to a high school with a dormitory, but said dorms suddenly burn down! It's tough finding lodgings as an orphaned student with little money, but Yuushi somehow manages to acquire a room in a nice old building close to the train station.... more>>

Of course there's a catch: the place is a "youkai apartment," where humans and supernatural creatures - ghosts, mononoke, oni and the like - live next door to each other. A friendly high school sophomore named Akine lives there as well, but not only is she completely unfazed by the monsters, she can even exorcise evil spirits! Looks like Yuushi's new life is going to be much stranger than he bargained for... <<less

The legend has it that once upon a time, a pact was sealed between the Shinto priest of the town of Amide and a mermaid.... more>> Ever since, abundant fishing has guaranteed the town’s prosperity. This pact has always been honored by the priests of the Yashiro family. However, the legend has attracted both media and property developers, and the acting priest has acceded to their demands. Yosuke, youngest of the Yashiro family, has doubts about the existence of the mermaid, but will soon change his opinion as strange occurrences begin to unfold… <<less