Crossdresser vs unpopular girl ― The love? comedy about conquering self-consciousness brought here to you, self-hating person!... more>>

“Men don’t like me”, “I have no confidence”, “I’m boring”...

A girl with low self-esteem goes to a mixer and meets the love of her life― But, wait, he’s just a nosy crossdresser?! With the help of Koyanagi, the pretty-faced crossdresser, Fujiko’s quest for self-acceptance starts! A rehabilitation drama by Girl with low self-esteem (feat. Crossdresser). <<less

Aoki Kaoru is a 26-year-old woman who has never had a boyfriend. Normally unattached and unmotivated in her own life, Kaoru decides to start up... more>> a nail salon as a side business in addition to her regular job as a medical dispatcher. Although having a severe aversion to physical touch, she is forced to confront that fear when she meets a man who can´t help but touch others. <<less

Going home for his grandfather's funeral, thirty-year-old bachelor Daikichi is floored to discover that the old man had an illegitimate child with a younger lover! The rest of his family is equally shocked and embarrassed by this surprise development, and not one of them wants anything to do with the silent little girl, Rin. In a fit of angry spontaneity, Daikichi decides to take her in himself! But will living with this overgrown teenager of a man help Rin come out of her shell? And hang on, won't this turn of events spell doom for Daikichi's love life?!... more>>

Completed at 9 Volumes, extra stories Bangai-Hen compiled into volume 10, and released as the final volume <<less

The daily lives of a 15-year-old orphan and the 35-year-old lady novelist she ends up living with, and what happens when two polar opposite worlds try to -awkwardly- interact.... more>>

Nominated for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award. <<less

Momoko, who dreams of becoming an illustrator, finds employment in an ultra fast-paced office that specializes in designing pachinko parlors!! With the office running a... more>> yakuza-like business and employing a designer who has a habit of suddenly stripping in the middle of the night, Momoko believes that the company employees are a bit... no, definitely eccentric!! She continues pulling all-nighters, unable even to return home... And in the midst of that cigarette smoke-filled office, where women's authority takes a step back, she asks herself, "Why am I here?" <<less

His makeup is flawless! The daily ins-and-outs of an office lady and her beautiful boyfriend.... more>>

Wako and her androgynous boyfriend don’t exactly have the most traditional of relationships. She spends her days working hard in the world of publishing, while he spends his time obsessing over fashion and makeup—all with the goal of making himself beautiful just for her. This romantic slice-of-life story is about love, relationships, and breaking with tradition!

(Source: Seven Seas) <<less

A young girl, Onaga, discovers her neighbor, Kashiwabara, in his balcony one hot summer night, dressed up in women's clothing. A unique relationship between them... more>> ensues. From the mangaka of Aku no Hana (Flowers of Evil) and Happiness. <<less

The motto is "Keep the status quo." "I don't want to change." My life, how far will I go if I start rolling?? [Kogarashi Scans]

A comedy set in an all-girls school about a language teacher, Hoshi-sensei, and the carefree play that the students involve him in. The story starts... more>> when Kayama, a student, delivers the class journal to Hoshi-sensei. As the students play word chain in the form of drawings in the remarks column of the journal, Hoshi-sensei becomes troubled. [Vioscans] <<less

Odamaki Hana, 17, female, high schooler. Kine Shougo, 38, male, engineer. One day, they suddenly swap bodies. After living in the other's body for a... more>> year, they meet again by chance. The man in the girl's body has refined their look and is now a model; the girl in the man's body lost their job and is treated as an amnesiac. The "self" they now encounter has become an entirely different "self"--- <<less

Shino feels totally lost in her life. She goes out with a past work colleague, Masaki, quite macho... and troubles at her work make her... more>> leave it. She moves out, takes her independence, moves away from Masaki and settles in a tiny room in an old building of suburbs. On her arrival, she finds a little garden she shares with her neighbours, a couple her own age. And little by little, she feels more and more attracted to the mysterious man who lives next door. <<less

In these haunting tales, Dolls-- human-like androids-- have an uncanny way of working themselves into the lives of their masters.... more>>

DOLL examines the question of what it means to be truly human. <<less

A 30-something woman enjoys her carefree life with her husband. But time is ticking, pressure growing. Might be too late soon for kids.

Nobody in the town knows where Yuki comes from, but everyone agrees she’s a good wife—loving, pretty, and meek. But things aren’t always what they... more>> seem. Who is Yuki really, and why is her body always so, so cold? <<less

Tamako doesn't have any confidence, sex appeal, or romantic experience. Caught off-guard while job-hunting, she is hired to work for an office full of suspicious... more>> people who specialize in designing for pachinko parlors. Thus, her days of agony begin to unfold. <<less

Okado Akiba is 27 years old and has one conviction: she will never get married. However, one fine day, a strange marriage proposal is offered... more>> to her: Shin Momose, an editor, wants to marry her not out of love, but because he needs the title of "groom" for some obscure reason... Akiba ends up accepting and a very unusual marriage begins... Could what was supposed to be a simple arranged marriage lead to a real romantic relationship? <<less

Through round after round of extensive plastic surgery and vigorous maintenance, Ririko has become the absolute manifestation of beauty, and becomes a wildly successful model, actress, and singer. However, soon, her body, unable to withstand the burdens of surgery, begins to crumble, and along with it so does her mind, as she plummets towards a frightening and inevitable end.... more>>

Note: Won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Grand Prize in 2004. <<less

An artist-in-training starts falling in love with a woman at the cafeteria.... more>>

A love story revolving around a bowl of udon. <<less

A chilling dramatic series about Shinjyurou Mamiya, an embalmer in a nation where men of his profession are viewed as outcasts engaging in an unaccepted... more>> and unclean practice. For Shinjyurou, it's just a job. But in doing it, he's gained an understanding of death, and more important, what it truly means to live... <<less

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

Story 1: Our Vast Loneliness

For a long while now, I've been prone to losing things. It's the things most important to me that I lose, and it's always after I lose them that I realize it. And then, they're suddenly returned to me.

Story 2: Love Letter

A woman has just been discharged from hospital due to her successful eye surgery. As she steps out into the world, she sees her blind self...

Story 3: All of Sully/Lily

A man believes that people he loves should have spare bodies. His daughter happens to have one...

Story 4: Airport

A man drops off a pregnant woman to the airport...

Stroy 5: Fetish

An injured girl has met a man that thought her appearance were "cool"... <<less

The main character of "Gene Bride" is Isahaya Yori, who feels the difficulty of doing a job that no one can see as a woman... more>> and living a life that is not threatened by anything. One day, Makio Masaki, a former classmate, visits Yori, "He was the other party of your destiny." He said he wanted to thank Yori for an event related to "Gene Bride," a school event that matches genetic information and creates a couple of students for a one-day period. Yori, who doesn't remember him at all, tries to remember him. <<less

Collection of stories: The volume release was in 2018... more>>

1) It's nice to be young. (2016)

[Originally named in magazine Dare Datte Skylark (誰だってスカイラーク)]

Kishi works in the anime industry but doesn't really like his job. During one of his regular disappearances, he runs into a rather mischievous cat who follows him home and begins stalking him wherever he goes!

2) Mahou ga Tsukaenakutemo (魔法が使えなくても) (2017)

3) Paradise! (パラダイス!) (2017)

Mayu and Kiki are two middle school girls from Hokkaido who came to Harajuku as part of their school trip. Kiki ends up going to an Idol concert with her otaku friend Mayu. Will the happy-go-lucky Mayu and the left out Kiki be able to take a picture with her idol?

4) Suginami ku Nite (すぎなみくにて) (2017)

Kishi-kun, who had no hopes or dreams, suddenly quit his job at an anime company. Chiyo-san, the girl he was interested in, worked there.

5) Sweet Side A (2018) (Part 1)

6) Sweet Side B (2018) (Part 2 & 3) <<less

Hazuki falls in love at first sight with a flower shop owner named Rokka and decides to get closer to her by applying as a part-time employee.... more>>

A going-away party soon brings him to her doorstep, and Hazuki is elated. But what happens when he discovers that residing in her apartment is the spirit of the man she can never forget? <<less

Maya, who works as a translator, lives with her bisexual former girlfriend, Michiru, and Michiru's son, Yuuta. Residing in the same apartment building is an... more>> actor called Nico, who drops by for a visit almost everyday, and knows about Michiru's past. Somewhat like family, and somewhat not, their lives interweave full of warm days. <<less

A fortuneteller once told her, "Marry the second man you fall in love with." Medical clerk Miyoshi did just that. However, upon leaving a drinking... more>> party, she bumps into her first love, Arishima. Feelings reignite between the two, yet Arishima is married and Miyoshi already has an amicable husband. <<less