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

Heath Swanson, an 18 year old high school dropout, runs away from his home in San Diego, California to make a fresh start in New... more>> York City. Along his travels he meets Eve, another troubled teen who latches onto him. Although annoyed by his presence and idealistic dreams of life in California at first, the two form an inseparable bond. Living among artists in SoHo, the two help and support each other as they try to make a living in the city. <<less

Arisa Kurosaki lives on a coffee plantation in Hawaii with her parents, Lu Mei and Ken, and her younger brother Shinji. With her ability to... more>> sense the spiritual power of mana, she has often been called the dragon's daughter, but for the most part she's just an ordinary teenage girl. That is, until a boy claiming to be the son of her parents' old friend comes to Hawaii from China just to warn her that she's in danger… <<less

Toshi is your regular senior high student, except in the evenings when he's a bartender at a joint frequented by American servicemen, where he deals... more>> drugs, pimps, and even cross-dresses a little on the side. And his best friend Miyuki just happens to be the son of a loan shark with gay tendencies. It's balanced by Toshi's madcap adventures at his all-male school (where his mates jerk off to everything in sight, and scenes from shoujo manga are performed in all their histrionic glory), as well as the unexpected delicacy of his relationships with the women in his life. This episodic drama is bursting with all the frustration, the tenderness, the audacity, the horniness and the hilarity that comes with being young and male. All the tough, silly, dirty, and sweet things boys get up to in the locker room and out of it never brought a bigger smile to your face. <<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

When a rumor starts going around about Rikako and the school's notorious bad boy, Fujii, she decides they might as well make the rumors true.... more>> But things don't go exactly as planned and she starts developing feelings for him. This two-volume series focuses on Rikako and her sister and their friends and classmates in a series of loosely-linked stories. <<less

Sayoko is a newly transferred student: gifted with rare beauty and mysterious and magnetic charm, she captures every student's attention. Among them, the introverted Yuiko and the grumpy Mari become friends with Sayoko, while Ryou, a known womanizer, wastes no time and tries to hit on her, unleashing his girlfriend's rage.... more>>

Note: Won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo in 1983. <<less

Collection of one-shots.... more>>

Also includes an extra chapter of California Monogatari, "Garden of Dreams". <<less

The drama club of an all girl high school puts on the play "The Cherry Orchard" by Anton Chekhov.... more>>

Also includes an unrelated one-shot called Schoolgirl Princess. <<less

In "At Summer's End", a chance reunion with a childhood friend leads to love, but is it requited…?... more>>

"Wind Singer" is the bittersweet tale of friendship between a spider and a moth larva.

In "The Curious Tale of 13 Moons Villa", art student Tatsuro opens his closet one day to find a strange young man who claims to remember nothing except the fact that he lives in Tatsuro's apartment.

"Gold Thread, Silver Wind" is a short illustrated story about a boy who can hear the wind.

In "The Fox's Bride", Ojiro wonders why he's different from other foxes and goes on a quest to find his heritage.

"Zashiki Warashi" tells the tale of a type of friendly ghost.

"Acapulco Gold" imagines a future where marijuana is legal and common, and tobacco has become a rare illegal drug. <<less

Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideous secret that drove Ash's older brother mad in Vietnam has suddenly fallen into Papa's insatiably ambitious hands--and it's exactly the wrong time for Eiji Okamura, a pure-hearted young photographer from Japan, to make Ash Lynx's acquaintance...... more>>

Epic in scope, and one of the best-selling shojo titles of all time in Japan, Akimi Yoshida put an electric shock into the genre and gained a huge crossover audience through Banana Fish's stripped-down, non-stop style. <<less

Volume 5:... more>>

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Even after near-tragedy, summer keeps rolling on. <<less