The series began as a fairly humorous and lighthearted satire of Japan's teenage delinquent-gang subculture told from the perspective of Matsushita Tadashi (who also narrates these early Karate Bu stories), a 2nd year student at Kangokou High and a constant target of Kangokou's numerous bullies who beat him up routinely after school. He is almost always accompanied by his best friend Saitou Takaki, who is also constantly harassed. As the pair grow increasingly tired of being victimized they decide to join the titular Karate Club, which is notorious throughout Osaka's youth gangs for training and producing the city's most hardened and toughest teenage thugs while maintaining the facade of a legit school sports club. But... more>> when they join the club, they find themselves picked on just as much if not worse by the club's current members. But as the story progresses they grow to be increasingly capable fighters.

As the series went on it gradually changed its tone to a more serious and violent martial arts manga, with the narrative shifting from the perspective of Matsushita to Takagi Yoshiyuki, the smart mouthed, tough-as-nails captain of the Kangokou Karate Club.

Along with the manga's change in attitude and central character, the various teenage fighters throughout the series grew increasingly stronger and even began to tap into superhuman ki abilities, putting Osu!! Karate Bu in the company of other similar epic Shōnen fighting manga such as Yu Yu Hakusho, Dragon Ball, and Fist of the North Star.

Osu!! Karate Bu was wildly popular in its native Japan, but is otherwise almost completely unknown in most other countries. It spawned a four episode OVA mini-series released over a period of two years from 1990-1992, a 1990 live action movie, and a 1994 Super Famicom fighting game. <<less

Nobuko Tanaka works as a part-timer at a local supermarket while studying in college. Most of the part-timers in this supermarket are college students too.... more>> Like Irie-kun who became the subject of her crush due to helping her out. Can Nobuko "Mobuko" Tanaka - the plain girl who fits the supporting character role and doesn't stand out - succeed in pursuing her crush? <<less

Wakako Murasaki, 26, lives to eat. She was born with a taste for alcohol and good food, so every night she searches for a good... more>> place to enjoy her meals alone. Perhaps she will sit next to you tonight? These popular shorts featuring the solo heavy drinker have been successfully turned into an anime and a drama! <<less

"All men are wolves! They're aiming to eat girls! If I'm going to get eaten, then I'd rather get eaten by a cool wolf!!" Yoh, who believes that all men are terrible beasts, one day meets her perfectly ideal man, a working adult who goes by "Tono". In the instant moment they meet, Yoh decides to confess her feelings...!!... more>>

Due to a past trauma, Yoh is plagued by her phobia of men and she publicly announces her hatred for the other gender. She may hate them, but at the same time, she wants to experience love. Her love itself is a contradiction, yet the two strangers began to close their distance. This is a story packed with dangerous romantic comedy centering around a double-edged love!

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Worldly knowledge and artistic refinement! Hinata-chan is on a completely different level to your average toddler. But she has a secret... that she's the reincarnation... more>> of an 88 year old grandma, with her memories intact! Enjoying green tea on the veranda, a taste for pickles, and an old-fashioned dialect! Why has she been reincarnated? A comedy full of old-wives wisdom. <<less

Firenze, early 16th century. The birthplace of the renaissance era, where art is thriving. In one small corner of this vast city, one sheltered girl's... more>> journey begins. She dreams of becoming an artist, an impossible career for a girl born into a noble family. In those days, art was an exclusively male profession, with woman facing strong discrimination. In spite of these challenges, Arte perseveres with hard work and a positive attitude! <<less

Kanade, a girl gifted with an observing eye and an ability to get things done. This is the story about her journey discovering the beauty... more>> of classical ballet and the joy of dancing. From the popular author that brought us Vanitas, comes a romantic story that makes the beauty of classical ballet come alive. <<less

The world is ruled by spirits, goblins and all manner of strange creatures. Human beings are persecuted, to the very point of extinction. One day, a golem and a lone human girl meet. This is a record of the pair; one a member of a ruined race, the other a watchman of the forest. It tells of their travels together, and of the bond between father and daughter.... more>>

Note: Discontinued in 2020 due to the author's worsening health. <<less

Ryota Yamane sets out to steal a girl's panties and creeps into her room only to find her dead body. Why doesn't he go to... more>> the police? Because he is holding another girl captive in his room. The next day, police come to question him suspecting him of murder! Will this pervert be able to reveal the real murderer's true colors?! <<less

Nobuaki Kanazawa is a high schooler. One day, he receives an email with an order from someone calling themselves "king". At first, the orders were... more>> normal. However, they started to escalate as time passed. Anyone not following the order was to be "punished" with "death"... The "King's Game" with their lives on the line has started!!! What awaits Nobuaki, who's facing against the invisible "king"!? <<less

Hisui, a crossdresser dancer who works for the Golden Rooster Theatre Group, was orphaned when her parents were killed by a group of bandits ten years ago and her brother Kohaku was abducted. When the group performed in the capital, she met with the Emperor who looks like her missing brother. He suddenly summoned her to the imperial palace. Could the Emperor possibly be her long lost brother?!... more>>

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Due to reasons, Jinsuke has to live in secrecy with his mother. But they can't stay safe for long. Eventually, their pursuers catch up with them and leave Jinsuke's mother for dead. But their mysterious neighbor Suzuki hears the gunshot, saves Jinsuke, and gets dragged into a murderous chain of events... ... more>>

On the run with the targeted boy, the solitary female assassin Suzuki discovers the warmth of human relationships for the first time.

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Danjou Yamato is a high-school student who lives in the countryside and is the boxing champion of the region. However, when his family has to... more>> move out to live in Tokyo, he is transfered to a school in Tokyo that was previously an all-girls school. Girls have a lot of power and give the guys a hard time. But Yamato will not bow down to the power of the girls, and on his way to claim power for the guys in the school, he finds out something about his past... something that he had forgotten long ago... <<less

"Aishite Knight" is set in Osaka, and tells the story of Yaeko "Yakko" Mitamura, an 18-year-old girl working in her father's Okonomiyaki restaurant. One day... more>> Yakko casually meets a little boy, Hashizo, and his odd cat Juliano. Hashizo has lost both parents when still a baby and has been brought up by his elder brother. Hashizo's brother Go Kato is the lead singer of the emerging rock band "Bee Hive". When Yakko meets Go and his friend and "Bee Hive" member Satomi Okawa an unexpected series of events unfolds. <<less

World of Ramen has never been an easy path, but "Tenshukaku" sailed to the absolute top thanks to the unbeatable entrepreneur and cooking skill of... more>> Tatsuya Kamijo. However, after his sudden death, the wife and the four managers were left with a crisis, not knowing how to keep the monstrous legacy. Around the same time, Goro Sawada, the former salaryman, Mamoru Katsube, the son of a ramen shop, and a college drop-out Shinsuke Hyodo entered the drifting Tenshukaku to achieve their Master Ramen dream. But their ambitions were being hindered by corruption and foul play from within and outside the business... Will they persist the gallant path or will they finally surrender to the corrupted? <<less

Maguma is obsessed with baseball; in fact, his dream is to hit all the strong fastballs on earth. However, Maguma isn?t a good team player... more>> and doesn?t actually have any interest in joining the baseball team! Now, Meguma no longer gets a thrill of hitting a baseball at 140 KPH, so he decides to take up tennis, where balls can fly over 160 KPH! Will Meguma be able to handle this new speed, and will he be able to conquer such a different game? <<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

Another Seven stories adapted from the horror of Hokazono Masaya.... more>>

This is a continuation of it's prequel, Aka Ihon. <<less

You lead quite a nice life... Competing with your friends... Having a childhood-almost-girlfriend, who is coming back to town... All dreams starting to come true... when the ground suddenly shakes and a shelf drops on your head....... more>>

Well... You hit your head just now, so it'd be quite... reasonable that everything went nuts and people get eaten before your eyes, wouldn't it? <<less

All demons desire to become part of human society, but what's a demon to do if he's so powerful he's too worried to touch anyone?... more>> Or if a bird demon who can't walk wants to visit someone's grave? With the help of a friend, a boy helps the demons that cross the gate. <<less

Because she wanted to attend her grandmother's funeral, Miharu returned to her hometown. Over there, she met a strange boy. And then, she'll discover his... more>> true form... <<less

Sawamura Soushi is a soldier in a war-torn future. He meets a cute, innocent young girl named Nadeko, with whom he starts up a friendship. Nadeko is a flower girl, one of the girls who has a flower growing from her heart. One day, when Sawamura is trying to protect her from danger, she confesses her love to him and protects him with the plant growth that suddenly comes forth from her body. ... more>>

Sawamura soon learns that there is a special squad of flower girls and their partners, and that their abilities are awakened when they fall in love. But does he really love a girl that is a decade his junior, and will he be willing to be a good partner for her? What's more, he learns that the awakening also starts the growing of the flowers in their bodies, so that the flower girl soldiers have only a short while longer to live. How can Sawamura and Nadeko make the best of such a terrible situation? <<less

My bride-to-be is a nonhuman princess--a tanuki?

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

Akari Shimotsuki is a normal high school girl. One day, At the moment she was about to confess her feelings to her long time love... more>> Mamiya, she loses consciousness and finds herself in an entirely unfamiliar world. Additionally, for some reason she is now in someone else's body and people are addressing her as "my lady"... Mysteria Romantica is a love fantasy that crosses time and space! <<less