A robot on a solitary journey in a world that has ended. Ars aims to help the human survivors' by taking their bad memories and... more>> "killing" them. They also want to learn more about humans and their relationships with each other. A fragile but gentle journey to the end of the world begins...
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A mysterious mobile bakery, Mimura Bread, is making it's way around town! Bread so fluffy and golden brown that you'll never forget the taste. The... more>> owner, Mimura, seems to have a nose for people in trouble and bakes just what they knead to soothe the heart. What recipes and troubles await?
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A volume consisting of three different stories related to the world of cinema and film.... more>>
1. Short Peace (ch. 1), published on 2014/02.
2. Pretty Fly (ch. 2-3), published on 2014/07 and 2014/08.
3. Slow-motion reflex (ch. 4-5), published on 2017/09 and 2017/10.
At the end of the volume there is an extra story about how both Short Peace and Ao Ashi were created by the author and the editorial staff.
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Misaki Tennouji is the #1 cabaret club hostess in Tokyo's glitzy Roppongi district. One day, at the request of her madam "Mama," she becomes a... more>> teacher for a class of troublemakers at an elite high school. Her new assignment is supposed to last "only three months."
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Shuuhei is an endlessly enthusiastic pizza deliveryman with almost no ambitions or skills, and he's determined to date Hitomi, a classmate back from high school... more>> who made the mistake of kissing him once. When he asks her what she likes in a man, one of the things she mentions was the ability to play a musical instrument. In response, he decides to learn to play the trumpet. But learning about the trumpet and jazz music is going to change his life in more ways than he imagined.
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“Shokatsu Koumei”, also known as Zhuge Liang. Among the few heroes that decorated the Annals of the Three Kingdoms, it was once a prestigious name.... more>> An account of “an ingenious tactician”, the thousand-year-old story of the “God of Stratagem”. It is said… “in a country torn by factions and transformed into a devastating and cruel hell, the heavens sought peace by sending a composed, well-loved young man of impeccable and divine virtues.” Well, well. In truth… He is a childish man.
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Set in the Heian period, A Un is the story of two prominent Buddhist monks: Saichou, who built the Enryaku Temple, and Kuukai, who established... more>> the Mt. Kouya retreat.
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This dark and intense drama is set in a boy's high school where Kujo becomes the official leader of a gang. Kujo must constantly defend... more>> his position by playing a dangerous rooftop game with the other boys vying for his position. This manga has also been made into a film which has shown in various festivals throughout the world.
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College student Aki is shocked when a teenage girl suddenly barges into his Tokyo apartment, acting as if he should know her. When the truth... more>> becomes clear, the situation is even stranger. The 'teenage girl' is actually his precious pet cat Mill from his home in Kyuushuu, who is apparently an 86 year old 'monster cat' who can change between cat and human forms. Will Aki be able to fit his supernatural pet cat into his ordinary college life?
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Included stories:... more>>
Ore x Yome:
Himekawa is 26 years old and has a beautiful girlfriend who wants to remain a virgin until she's married. He's lied to her and told her that he has a career with a company when in fact he works at the local convenience store. Ashamed, and wishing to power up his career so he has a shot at actually marrying his girlfriend (and her virginity), Himekawa replies to a want ad and is surprised to get an immediate response.
Gyakushu no Ore x Yome:
Kou's very good with computer science and robotics, but not very skilled with the opposite sex. He has a crush on his coworker, Moe, but he hardly even speaks to her. Then one day, his 99 year old self from the future sends him back a present; an android of Moe that only wants to make him happy. His future self comes along for the ride, in the form of a little phallic robot. His new penis-bot and android girlfriend are definitely going to make his life a lot more complicated.
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The story of an orphanage, the children who live in it, and the beat-up old Nissan Sunny 1200 which provides them with a means of escape from their boring everyday lives.... more>>
In 2016 won the "Shogakukan Manga Awards" in the category "Best manga of the year".
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"Iron Maiden" is an instrument of torture modelled after Mother Mary's form. The interior is full with long nails, and people who are enclosed in... more>> it would be pierced to death. But the "Iron Maiden" that exists nowadays is simply a counterfeit made by us based off of old tales. The "maiden" who possesses a gentle, loving face as well as a violent "body"... Did the "Iron Maiden" really exist in the past?
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The world has been invaded by aliens and most of mankind was driven underground, but in a town where it rains incessantly, a young girl... more>> named Kanon Kouzuki has other things on her mind. Being one of the few civilians to remain living and working aboveground, she is now reunited with her unrequited love turned alien fighting celebrity Sousuke Sakai. Her eyes now completely fixated on him, she starts to notice new things about her loved one. Will he be the same boy she fell for once upon a time, or will he have turned into a completely different person?
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Sugiri Yukio is a mangaka. To be precise, he hasn't won a prize, his work hasn't been published, nor has he had any experience being... more>> an assistant. He's a complete newbie. Thus, at the moment, he just spends his days as a househusband! A two-part oneshot of his daily life and interactions.
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Asakusa Midori wants to create anime, but she's too awkward to take that first step by herself. By pure chance, she meets Mizusaki Tsubame, an up-and-coming actress secretly dreaming of becoming an animator. Together with Midori's money-loving best friend Kanamori Sayaka, the energetic trio slowly work towards making their ultimate world a reality!... more>>
Note: Placed 9th at the Annual Manga Taishou Awards (2018).
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Takatori Eri is a high school girl with the dream of being a reporter.... more>>
Her after-school life is full of minor mysteries and drama that she attributes to a supposed "meteorite" fragment she found when she was little.
It does ring somewhat true, as interesting things keep happening around her.
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