The author, a high-school teacher, recounts his 12 years on "night patrol" in Yokohama City, where he comes face to face with youth dealing with... more>> issues ranging from self-mutilation to drug abuse. <<less

Fumi Koito used to be raised by an old housekeeper named Hatoko Natsuyaki. He would call her "Peppermint Nanny" because she would eat his leftover peppermint candy drops, because he hates how they taste, then breathe into his nose because he likes the smell.... more>>

Now Fumi is in his mid-20's and living on his own as a cram school teacher. One day a little girl no more than nine years old shows up at his house. It turns out she is his old nanny who misses cooking and tending to his every need. But because she is pushing eighty and has grown too frail, she drank a mysterious bottle of medicine to regain her youth, and accidentally drank too much.

Thus begins their new life together, with the reader frequently left guessing who is taking care of whom. <<less

In the year of 2025, an organization called the GGP has taken control of the world. Rin Ogata was a promising up-and-coming ballet dancer, but suffered a serious injury while dancing and decided to quit. Years later in college, she comes across a club building and soon finds herself intrigued by a transforming motorcycle-like robotic vehicle called a "Rideback". She soon finds that her unique ballet skills with balance and finesse make her a born natural on a Rideback. However, those same skills also get her into serious trouble with the government.... more>>

Note: Boncho Kuga wrote the spin-off light novel "RideBack - Cannonball Run" with art by in 2009. <<less

The betrayal of her lover sends Chica into despair and as result she attempts to end her own life. But she is saved by a... more>> man called Antonio, who helps nurse her back to health. It is then Chica that decides and swears: "I will become a bullfighter. By becoming one, I will be able to die in front of my lover." But little does Chica know of the difficult road that lies ahead and the trouble she must face to follow the path of a matador... <<less

Coil is a man whose idea of "life" is his alter ego in an online world. A place where the hearts of people come together...and... more>> it is not a pretty place. The slender spiderweb that connects their souls within this endless world brings greater pain than reality itself. <<less

The tale begins on January 1965, Vietnam. Hikaru Minami, a newbie reporter, lands in Saigon to begin photographing the war. Thus does his story of war, growth, life, and a tragic love begin.... more>>

Drawn in a simple and light style that belies its subject matter, complementing the writing very well. <<less

This beautifully drawn short story by Yōko Nihonbashi, creator of G senjō Heave'’s Door, introduces the silent, beautiful Yaeko Shimura, a woman who brings new meaning to the words dutiful wife and good friend.... more>>

Note: The pilot oneshot has been scanlated, but not the compiled volume. <<less

Shiro Kamiya, an ordinary boy, transfers into St. Kleio Academy, a school attended by the clones of many well-known figures.... more>>

“Afterschool Charichuma” is drawn by Kumiko Suekane to show a different side of the “Afterschool Charisma” world. <<less

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

• Shima Ikka (The Islanders) -

A man is stranded on a remote island that is inhabited by a strange hermetical family. Being here could be the best thing that would happen to him.

• Eisei Kashikan

• Bunnies -

What if you could see your own future? For a curious reporter, this question becomes no longer theoretical as he ends up serving as an involuntary guinea pig for a mad scientist who claims to be able to do just that. But is what he sees really the future?

• Locker Boueki (Locker Trade Agreement) -

A scientist from the frozen world of the future discovers a locker which is also a time portal to the past...

• Wataru Seken

• Tora no Mon

• Wasureta Kusa <<less

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