Makie's a boy in love, with his tall, older classmate Sachi. As a sign of his affection, he makes Sachi a special lunch every day.... more>> Sachi loves Makie, too, but she has a secret... she's actually a shapeshifting monster called a watari, and she was drawn to Makie because he smells...delicious! But it's not just Sachi who's drawn to Makie's scent, and soon, he realizes the entire monster world is after him. Fortunately, Sachi's a watari who eats watari, and she pledges to protect him. But how long can Makie survive, with Sachi's appetite the only thing between him and a monster's belly? <<less

Anzai, half vampire, and Tsukasa, a normal female university student.... more>>

Vampires seem to be living among humans. Of course the government does not know of their existence, because their appearance does not differ from humans. They also do not need to drink blood, but when they get a craving or get angry, they can become uncontrollable monsters. <<less

The class president has a crush on Takahashi! Now, she just needs to gather enough courage to talk to him... Huh? Why is she stripping... more>> all of a sudden?! A short comedic slice of life. <<less

Technology leads to a continuous evolution of violence; this age of chaos gave birth to heroes.... more>>

In a not-too-distant future Japan, Akira, a high school student, has an uncertain future and begins to give up on his dream of studying robotics in college. Meanwhile, Tom Rock, CEO of the global robotics company Rock, Inc., is trying to put into place plans he's had in preparation for years. The fighter "Automaton" was developed to bring salvation to a world that has started to go crazy! The two of them meeting is the beginning of this story! <<less

Hatano Takaki is a third-year in high school who can’t wait to become a “real adult”. One day, he passes by a café and finds... more>> himself mysteriously drawn to the proprietress, a mysterious woman who seems to be hiding a secret sadness. Through her, through coffee, and through his encounters with the other café patrons, he begins to taste the bittersweet feelings of love and growing up. <<less

Gion Kenji, first-year student at Jinko High, is short and perpetually pissed off about it. Following a fight with an upperclassman who called him "chibi,"... more>> he becomes acquainted with Iwashimizu Sumiaki: a tall, well-built boy with a timid personality. Iwashimizu is being pursued by the rugby club for his build and experience playing in middle school, which is how Gion finds the perfect sport to not just accommodate his stature, but to make the best possible use of it. <<less

A boy communicates with the world through music... Yutaka, a boy soprano with an angelic voice, who is sensitive and perceptive and cries easily, decides to become a member of the choir when he enters junior high-school. This work portrays the harmony of the passing days of life at school, in which boys and girls share both their joys and conflicts. (via: Japan Media Arts Festival)... more>>

17th Japan Media Arts Festival Jury Selection (2013) <<less

Tadayasu Sawaki has just enrolled in an agricultural university in Tokyo with his longtime friend Kei Yuuki. Although not known outside a close circle of friends and family, Tadayasu has the unique ability to see and communicate with microbes, which appear larger and look different to him than they do to a normal person's eyes. This catches the attention of Keizou Itsuki, a professor at the university and an old friend of Tadayasu's grandfather who specializes in microbiology and fermentation. Thus begins Tadayasu's tutelage under Professor Itsuki, aided by his graduate student Haruka Hasegawa, as he attempts to adjust to his new life at the university.... more>>

Note: Nominated for the 1st Manga Taisho in 2008. Won the Grand Prize for the 12th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and the 2008 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga. Won the Seiun Award for Best Comic in 2015. <<less

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The story follows "the daily adventure of palm-sized high school girl in a studio apartment." [ANN]

The story is set in an alternate world with 20th century-like technology, during a great war between the alliance of the Grand Duchy (Russia that never formed) and the Empire (Poland-Lithuania that never fell into ruin) on one side, and the Republic (the Ottoman Empire that never fell apart) on the other.... more>>

Lieutenant Martina M. Mayakovskaya is a new officer in the Grand Duchy Logistics Corps. It's a branch of the armed forces responsible for transportation and supply that is looked down upon by the rest of the military as "paper soldiers". Martina's assignment is supposed to be a comfortable desk job dealing with stamping paperwork, but for some reason wherever she goes, she ends up in the middle of combat. Also, what's that eight-legged pseudoweasel that she adopted as a pet (or it adopted her?), and is it just a coincidence that it seems to be saving her from harm every time? <<less

Miyama Akari is a poor high-school student with a part-time job, and she's tired of fitting in with all the girls who do their best to look and act the same. One girl in her class, Sendo Yuki, is different from the others. She rarely speaks or interacts with the other girls in the class, and Akari finds her intriguing. After she follows Yuki during lunch one day, Akari sees a whole other side of her, one that is fascinated with cameras and photography.... more>>

As Akari and Yuki become friends, Akari can't ignore her growing attraction to Yuki. To make matters more confusing, a boy from their class, Rintaro, has started openly and persistently flirting with Akari. High school is a bewildering time for the heart, and Akari's is no exception. <<less

In order to save her brother and nephew, who have been kidnapped by a mysterious religious group, Yukawa Juri and her family cast a spell... more>> using a stone hidden by her grandfather and enter a world of stopped time, also known as "Stasis." However, when they infiltrate the kidnappers' base, they meet other people who can also move freely within Stasis. With grotesque creatures lurking about that are seeking to destroy them all, can Juri and her loved ones escape this dangerous parallel world and return to their normal lives? <<less

10 years ago, around 7.6% of the human population was afflicted with a new disease that changed them into the dead. That disease was nicknamed... more>> "border." Though they were still living, they were objectively corpses. In a world where the boundary between life and death is shaking, a high school detective and a girl afflicted with border face work together. <<less

People differentiate between "normal people" and "strange people." But who decides what can be considered the norm? This story emerged from our world. This story will send your common sense flying.... more>>

This new book by Miyazaki comes packed full of sensitivity and wonders. Eight short stories that will rise a rainbow in the heart of people who had lived a life of loneliness. <<less

A collection of short stories which feature the mystery of human beings with a seemingly surreal yet pure literature-like style.... more>>

1. Akahoshi-kun

2. Suiheisen JPG (Water Horizon JPG)

3. Hiruyasumi (Lunch Break)

4. Dan-kun no Shinpai (Dan-kun's Concerns)

5. Juu (Gun)

6. Musume no Keikaku (The Daughter's Plan)

7. Seijin Bomb Natsu no Hi (Adult Bomb Summer's Day)

8. Tonda Kuruma (The Car That Flew)

9. Kamimura no Sawayaka na Hentai (Kamimura's Exhilirating Abnormality) <<less

A Japanese reporter and a suspended American police officer follow a trail through New York City in 1991. The original one-shot that preceded the serialization... more>> “". [Atelier du Noir Scans] <<less

In the future, Earth has become so polluted that humanity is forced to live in enclosed shelters. In Japan, the shelters are divided between the... more>> "inside", which caters to the country's lucrative anime industry, and the "outside", where most people work to support the people working on the "inside". S-zawa is one such "outside" worker whose job involves sending messages into space. One day, he's approached by the ailing embodiment of Earth to send a message before she collapses. Shortly after the message is sent, other girls similar to Earth start showing up at S-zawa's workplace in an effort to help Earth, but he has a thing or two to learn about what the planets and their moons are really like. <<less

A person cannot be both bound by something and free from it.

A hardworking career woman who never married died alone, found in a miserable state. Her niece, Yamaguchi Narumi (35 and single), who was hit hard by the news shifted from looking for marriage to preparing for her death. She decided that the only way to die alone without bothering anyone and die better is to live the same way. This is the birth of a definitive beautiful human life story about facing love and death in earnest.... more>>

Note: Won the 24th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards an Excellence Award in 2021. <<less

Kojirou Shindou. Cabinet Office Director-General for Policy Planning, is at Haneda Airport for a business trip.... more>>

While the plane is on the runway, a giant structure suddenly appears out of thin air. The plane carrying Shindou and 251 passengers is taken undamaged inside the giant structure. After everyone disembarks, a man who looks like an ordinary human being shows up. He assures those from the plane that they're not in any danger. Shindou asks him to identify himself and explain the situation. Then the outside of the structure is displayed on a large screen, and at the same time, every passenger's cell phone starts ringing all at once. On each cell phone screen is a message from this man, to every one of Japan's citizens: "I, Yaha-kui zaShunina, hereby notify you that I am going to intervene in Japan's internal affairs."

What is this young man's goal? And will Shindou manage to become an intermediary between Japan and the Anisotorons...? <<less

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Atsuko (Ah-chan) and Kouhei (Kouhei) are both 29 years old and soon to bid farewell to their adolescence. Both think 29 is a good age... more>> to be at, but realize that it doesn't make them feel anymore grown up; both get along, but none actually want to be the first to take the plunge. After nine years of dating and living together for five, Atsuko and Kouhei are prompted to evaluate the nagging questions regarding their work, life, and the prospect of having children: What will we do? What will happen to us? <<less

A sombre look into the life of a young woman with a dark past and a creepy housemate.

Kooru, a young elementary school girl from Tokyo, is suddenly given the news that she will be moving to Mugentou along with the rest of her family. It's a mysterious secluded island lost to the times and cut off from the rest of civilization. It lacks the many technological advances but has abundant natural life and beauty complemented with many magical and paranormal phenomenons.... more>>

Follow along and see where Kooru's imagination will take her. <<less