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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Beautiful People is a manga comprised of six profound and thought-provoking short stories. It includes a tale of a vampire who raises a child as his own, a story of a young man who copes with an alcoholic father amongst other problems with the help of an online friend and four others short stories.... more>>

Chapter 1: Princess White Snow

Chapter 2: World’s End

Chapter 3: Electric Angel

Chapter 4: The Lady Stalker

Chapter 5: Beautiful People

Chapter 6: Blue Sky <<less

Alex and Rite are two souls who died at the same moment on different ends of the earth. This is the story of their interactions... more>> with the humans who can see them as they travel towards each other. <<less

Teshima Hibari is a 14 year old girl with a body that is more sensual than most girls her age. Her story includes the opinions... more>> and reactions of all of the people around her, as well as the actions of her own life. The chapters explore the thoughts and feelings of classmates and adults, men and women. The males often have romantic or sexual feelings for Hibari, while the women sometimes have feelings of inferiority or jealousy. Whether positive or negative, it seems everyone has a reaction to Hibari. [tethysdust] <<less

No matter how many times she sleeps with Arai, Negishi realizes that neither her nor Arai's feelings were being conveyed. Their sex felt "like" love,... more>> but only feeling "like" something wasn?t the same thing as having it. What is Negishi supposed to do in order to get Arai to understand her true feelings? <<less

Two nameless siblings: a sister with a heart condition which prohibits her from having sex, and a brother who only has sex with sleeping women.... more>> The brother has a new girlfriend, and the sister dreams of dying. What once was will determine what must be. <<less

Collection of inter-linked stories.... more>>

1. Kikyo

After losing her job, a woman in her mid-twenties returns to her hometown in the countryside and has an unexpected encounter.

2. Large Small World

A junior high school girl, who has a cram school teacher for her boyfriend and a delinquent girl for her best friend, keeps skipping class, but still does her homework. What could be her reasoning?

3. Mother Ship

The truant girl's mother tells the story of her youth, her love and her life.

4. Sandwich Blues

A 32-year-old middle-school teacher leads the same lonesome life she had during her elementary school days. When her cousin from the countryside annouces her marriage, she starts to ponder...

5. Go Slow (continuation of Mother Ship)

6. Manimani <<less

HER is a series of character portraits, loosely strung together by everyday circumstances.... more>>

The story begins with a woman who wants to be loveable - and loved - and who has a fixation on shoes. Her hairdresser's fear of the future is the subject of the second chapter. A schoolgirl whose hair she cuts sees her older female neighbor kissing her female lover goodbye. In the past, the neighbor had a difficult relationship with her mother. The neighbor's lover was rejected by her first love. The couple sitting next to them at the cafe have their own issues. <<less

As a child, Chiyoko loved chocolate, and loved her dad the chocolatier even more. But after he suddenly disappeared, she grew up detached and cold,... more>> and now hates the taste of chocolate. Her dad’s old chocolate shop still stands, and as she passes by one day she notices that it’s reopening under the same name, selling the same homemade chocolates. Not only that, but the new chocolatier there is a girl whose name is also Chiyoko! Can this new Chiyoko bring back some warmth — and chocolate — into our Chiyoko’s life? <<less

A collection of Mitsukazu Mihara's newest eight one-shots, printed in two colors. The stories vary greatly in mood and tension, but are nonetheless a perfect example of the artist's distinctive style. Their titles are: ... more>>

1. Two Sweets xxx

2. Canariya

A short story about a Canary who was lost and her beloved who wants her back.

3. A Paradox of a Lion

4. Natural Born Scissors (Cut 1, Cut 2, and Cut 3)

5. Rikon Shiki (Divorce Ceremony)

6. What a Wonderful World

7. Tengoku to Jigoku (Heaven and Hell)

8. Chijou 10 Meter no Ori kara (From a Cage 10 Meters Above Ground) <<less

Kogure-sou is a crumbling old apartment building of just six rooms where four people live. On the first floor are the owner, a very old... more>> man who wants to have sex before he dies, and a girl in university who pines in a sad and complicated love. On the second floor are a salary man who finds meaning to his life in spying on the university girl below him, and Mayu whose boyfriend disappeared three years ago. Also involved are the florist from the nearby shop who worries over her husband's infidelity and Mine who is still troubled by a crime committed a long time ago. What all of them strive for is love, but they all find nothing but pain and bitter disappointments. Do they realize that what heals them is actually the run-down little apartment building and the real human warmth that they share with each other? <<less

28-year-old Kiwako meets a man who smoking on the balcony one day. Her next door neighbour, Nuihara, a lazy, 52-year-old college professor. ... more>>

As Kiwako is considering abandoning her career as a ballet dancer, he gives her some sincere advice. Until now, Kiwako had given up on love, but his words have stirred up a passion within her. <<less

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

Story 3: Chihiro and Chiaki are twins with a special ability; Chihiro sees strange visions triggered by the things around him, but it's Chiaki who, without actually seeing them, knows what the visions mean. The trouble Chiaki has caused by blurting out the truth behind the visions has caused Chihiro to shut himself away to keep the visions from coming. But then, one day, his brother asks him to step outside... <<less

Meno Yuko just starting as a ceremony assistant in a funeral home. Every day, she tends to fall asleep during the funerals. Her boss, Meme... more>> always scolds her with an 'I'll kill you'. Holding on the the memories of her dead brother, Yuko tries to work as best as she can while constantly being reminded of his death. <<less

A romantic story set in the show business and modeling world, CRASH reveals the influence played and the links joining the publicity, cinema, and TV... more>> worlds: as a vector to the image manipulation, that tends too often to dehumanize the top model or actor, reducing him to a simple image in 2-dimension. <<less