In the immediate future, a giant meteorite has collided with earth. All living organisms, including mankind, have been wiped off the face of the planet. The government, who had foreseen this outcome, took measures to counter the worst-case scenario. In particular was Project "7 SEEDS", in which five sets of seven gifted young men and women were carefully selected and placed into teams (Spring, Summer A, Summer B, Autumn and Winter). Each participant was then put under cryogenic sleep in hopes of preserving the continued existence of mankind.... more>>

When those men and women awoke, they found themselves suddenly thrust into a cruel world. While bereft and grieved over forever losing their loved ones, they sought to find ways to survive.

Note: Won the 2007 Shogakukan Manga Award for shoujo manga. <<less

Nishimi Kaoru has moved from city to city and school to school because of his father’s job, so having his first day at a new school was just routine for him. Being intellectual in addition to being a transfer student all the time, he has always been seen as an outcast. All he has had to do was bear it as usual until the next time he moved. ... more>>

But things were slightly different this time. First, he started to get close to the class president, Mukae Ritsuko, and secondly, unlikely as it seemed, he grew closer to Kawabuchi Sentaro. Sentaro was infamous for getting into fights, skipping class and was an overall bad boy. Strangely enough, the three of them find common ground in music, namely jazz, and Kaoru finds himself actually enjoying the new town.

Note: Won the 57th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga. <<less

The story follows mystery-solving college student Kunou Totonou. At the beginning of the story, the police bring him in for questioning on suspicion of murdering his classmate.... more>>

Note: Nominated for the 12th and 13th Manga Taisho Award (2019-20), 65th Shogakukan Manga Award (2019), and 44th Kodansha Manga Award (2020). <<less

During their senior trip on the cruise ship Victoria, a group of friends is suddenly pulled back in time and separated. The main character, Hayumi Natsuki, arrives in the year 1636. In Japanese history, Christian rebels, led by a young man known as Amakusa Shirou, revolted in 1637, which resulted in thousands of casualties. ... more>>

However, when Natsuki arrives in the past, she and her friend Eri discover that Shirou Tokisada is already dead. Meanwhile, Natsuki, according to the villagers and Shirou’s parents, looks exactly like their late son (disregarding the fact that Natsuki is female).

Natsuki, the kendo champion of her school and heir to her family’s Hakuhouryuu kendo style, simply cannot stand by and watch innocent people be persecuted simply for being Christian. Soon she even becomes known as an angel, sent from God, whose arrival was prophesied 25 years earlier. But what will she do when old friends become new enemies? <<less

In the year 1863, a time fraught with violent social upheaval, samurai of all walks of life flock to Kyoto in the hope of joining the Mibu-Roshi--a band of warriors united around their undying loyalty to the Shogunate system. In time, this group would become one of the greatest (and most famous) movements in Japanese history... the Shinsengumi!... more>>

In 2003 Kaze Hikaru won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shoujo. <<less

Shirokuma Café revolves around the everyday lives of a group of animals mingling with humans at a cafe run by a polar bear named Shirokuma-kun.... more>> His animal friends include Panda-kun, a lazy but well-meaning panda bear; Penguin-san, a sharp-tongued penguin; and Grizzly-san, a grizzly bear with a wild personality. <<less

The first mouse appeared on the night of a full moon over two thousand years ago. A timeless children's song among the humans tells how... more>> it made powerful mice companions and legions of war mice. Then it declared war on all humankind. Pai'yan is on of the king's honored 7 heroes, renowned for his skill in fighting the mice. He comes home after a long campaign to find his young son kidnapped by the Magic Mouse, and his son's pet kitten Toraji transformed into a half-human cat mix. Now Pai'yan travels with Toraji, searching for any word that could lead them to the Magic Mouse and his missing son. <<less

Akihime is a seemingly normal girl attending junior high school, but she is actually the daughter of Ryokuhouzan's tengu. She lives with her mother in the human world, living a normal human life. However, her childhood friend Shun is constantly trying to convince her to go to the mountains with him, so that they can become tengus together. Despite his continuous urgings, Akihime refuses because she has feelings for her classmate, Takeru-kun. ... more>>

Included oneshot in vol. 1:

Te o Totte, Sono Mama de (originally published in Flowers 12/2005 issue)

Machi de Uwasa no Tengu no Ko won the 2009 Shogakukan Manga Award for best shoujo. <<less

Genchi is a young man entrusted the role of raising a young girl named Maruu. She is part of what's known as the "Rooks", special... more>> children who are sacrificed for the sake of their country when they turn 16 years of age. These "Rooks" are nothing but an urban legend to most people, but to these two, it is their reality. With a limit on their time together, how can they find what is truly important to them? <<less

Civil engineering student and reknowned bridge otaku Youichi helps a swan stuck on the scaffolding for a bridge under construction, only to be visited that night by Miwa, a beautiful woman claiming to be the same swan Youichi rescued. Miwa stays with Youichi in order to pay back her debt, but he is, understandably, less than convinced that she is what she says she is. But, Youichi not being one to look a gift swan in the beak, or more importantly not one to leave a woman in need hanging, things soon develop in the way you might imagine.... more>>

(Then again, maybe not exactly like you imagine...) <<less

A collection of romantic oneshots published with edition 02/2020 of Flowers as separate-volume supplement (別冊ふろく). Rereleased on June 12th 2020 as digital-only compiled volume.... more>>

1) Ano Hoshizukiyo (SAITOU Chiho)

2) Sakura no Negai Goto (NAKAGAWA Kaoru)

3) Ren'ai Complex (NINOMIYA Yuuko)

4) Na no Hanabatake de Tsukamaete (SHIRAKABE Takumi)

5) Kimi no Iru Heya (MIKUMO Akari)

In compiled volume, there are some chapters that released before in other “separate-volume supplement”s as well:

-Little More: Chiisako no Niwa Bangai-hen (KODAMA Yuki)

-Spirits and Fresh (OOGAMI Takako)

- (TANI Kazuno) Scanlated <<less

A collection of stories that revolves around Chiisako and the humans around them.... more>>

Garden 1

- A little girl's unexpected meeting in the secret garden of their new house.

Garden 2

- A romance novelist and an editor's mountain trip together.

Garden 3

- A withdrawn teenage boy saves a girl from a crow.

Garden 4

- The tipping point of the relationship between a young wife and her older husband.

Garden 5

- An author's precious memory involving a prince. <<less

Science geek Yuuhi Toganou has just invented the girl of his dreams, Momo-chan! But right as he anticipates losing his virginity to his creation, gyaru... more>> girl Sara Ayanokouji interrupts him and pushes the button that activates Momo-chan. Yuuhi's creation explodes, and when the dust settles, he finds out that he and Sara have switched bodies! Sara is calm about it, saying she's always wanted to be a boy, and she has plans of doing everything it means to be a man, including sex! Will Yuuhi's former body lose its virginity before his soul does?! <<less

Aoko is a ceramic painter at Hasami Wares Pottery, when suddenly an unfriendly and unapproachable man named Tatsuki arrives from overseas. Rejecting her way of life by telling her he isn't interested in painted ceramics, Aoko feels dejected, but can't help but be drawn to Tatsuki's ceramics…... more>>

This is a mature love story of a man and woman, both fascinated by ceramics. <<less

Yori Iwatani is close to her 40s and is giving up on love and marriage. She has decided to live a quiet solitary life in... more>> her hometown. But when a handsome former classmate appears, things change for her. <<less

Russia, 1828. Natalia's family is fallen nobility, left poor by her father's chronic illness and mother's poor management. Her family's only chance at revival is her marriage to a wealthy noble. With her family's hopes riding on her future husband, what chance does a poor poet have at winning her heart...?... more>>

And the "poor poet" is no other than the famous Russian poet Aleksander Pushkin. <<less

"The final arc of the story begins...... more>>

When Takao Osugi receives the mysterious "Universe of the Four Gods" book from his mentor, Einosuke Okuda, he does everything to keep it away from his young daughter, Suzuno. But when disaster strikes Tokyo, can he still protect her from her fate?

Shortly after the tragic finale of Genbu Kaiden, young Suzuno Osugi's tale as the Priestess of Byakko beings to unfold!" <<less

A letter comes to the three Kohda sisters in Kamakura, bringing the news of their father's death. A father they hadn't seen since he divorced and left home 15 years ago. Despite feeling indifferent about their father, Yoshino, the middle of the three, and Chika, the youngest, go to Yamagata to attend his funeral on oldest sister Sachi's request. There, they meet Suzu, their young and reliable half sister.... more>>

Note: Nominated for the 1st Manga Taisho Award in 2008 and the 23rd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2019. Won the 6th Manga Taisho Award in 2013. Won the 61st Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga. <<less

Douzono Tsugumi, who works for a major electrical company, spends her vacation at her grandmother's home in the country. Her grandmother soon passes away during hospitalization, and Tsugumi decides to continue living in her grandmother's house. However, a mysterious man shows up holding the key to the rear house, and despite not fully comprehending the relationship he had with her grandmother, they begin living together.... more>>

Note: Was nominated for the 3rd Manga Taisho Award in 2010. <<less

Arisue Sei lived as happily as any normal kid would, just him and his mother -- a particularly private woman -- on an outlying island of Okinawa. There were also his friends Toichi and Moichi. The only unusual things about Sei were his sharp instincts and high intelligence. But everything changed when his mother was killed and he was kidnapped by the people of Neo Genesis. Now, six years after the kidnapping, Arisue Sei has returned to Japan with the title of "Doctor" at only the age of 18, and he's not the Sei that his friends remember. There are bodyguards with him who protect him from others who wish to possess his superb intellect.... more>> He says he's come back to assist with the research at Rakuhoku University, where Moichi now works, but here is where the door to Sei's secrets just begins to open.

Note: Won the 47th annual Shogakukan Manga Award for Shoujo in 2002. <<less

A young Tetsuou watched a performance by Giovanni Bazonni and was inspired to become a master cellist. But he knows that living as he is in an out-of-the-way Japanese island means his musical aspirations are unlikely to be realised.... more>>

One day, a boy named Ikumi comes to stay at Tetsuou's place. Ikumi is the sole survivor of an accident at sea, wherein he saved himself by swimming out to Tetsuou's island.

But he makes a surprising claim: he says he found his way to safety by following the sound of beautiful cello music, and is convinced that the player was Tetsuou. <<less

There is an inn that you can visit where you'll find old things you thought were lost forever.

Collection of stories:... more>>

1) Borderline (NEMU Youko) (also found in )

2) Akatsuki no Stallion (SHINOHARA Chie)

3) Ashita no Nyaata (NISHI Keiko)

4) Hibi Kore Neko Jitsu (HATSU Akiko)

5) Bokura Shinbun (OUSAKA Mieko)

6) Sorekara (Hozumi) (also found in )

7) Neko ni Umare Kawatta Boku wa (SAKURAWA Asuka)

8) Kyou wa Shuppatsu no Hi (OOUCHI Eiko)

9) 04992 (Est Em) <<less

In a small provincial town filled with a spirit of preservation for a traditional performance art called, "Owara," arrives Hotaruko, a transfer student from Tokyo. When a local boy named Hikaru catches her in an awkward stance in - what was supposed to be - an empty classroom, they form a strange bond. ... more>>

What's more, their bond makes way for an unexpected development? <<less

The era is the Taisho period (1912-1926). Kaibara Aria, who wishes to become a pianist, takes the examination to become a preparatory student at the... more>> Tokyo School of Music. The passion in her playing overwhelms her surroundings, like a ripple on the surface of water. It was then that Aria had an encounter with the son of the Nishimikado noble family, Natsuo, and learns a shocking truth... The youth of the maiden blessed by the god of music in this stream of musical romance! <<less