One night, a strange object falls on the head of Nitta, a member of the yakuza. Inside the box is a strange young girl named... more>> Hina. She has tremendous supernatural powers, and Nitta finds himself reluctantly taking her in. Her powers can come in handy for his yakuza business, but he also runs the risk of her using them on him! Not to mention, if she doesn't use her powers, she will eventually go berserk and destroy everything around her. Nitta and Hina's strange life together is just beginning... <<less

Fifth grade. The threshold of puberty, and the beginning of the end of childhood innocence. Nitori Shuichi and his new friend Takatsuki Yoshino enjoy happy... more>> homes and loving families, and are well-liked by their classmates. But they share a secret that further complicates a time of life that is awkward for anyone: Shuichi is a boy who wants to be a girl, and Yoshino is a girl who wants to be a boy... <<less

Geeko's weird, creepy, friendless classmate Nero has destroyed all of their mutual classmates, perverting them into her grotesque, monstrous minions. Now she's sending them after... more>> Geeko, the only survivor. However, Geeko is setting out, dressed in her skimpy school uniform and armed with a big chainsaw, to end Nero's mad science, no matter how many undead former friends she has to saw down on the way. <<less

Something strange is going on in "Soil New Town." The sudden disappearance of a seemingly normal family leads the two detectives Yokoi and Onoda to... more>> the idyllic town in the middle of nowhere. What looks like a routine case at first quickly turns into a complex and deadly riddle where nothing is what it seems to be. Will the two disparate investigators manage to solve the mystery before it's too late? <<less

In Victorian-era England, a young girl is rescued from a life of destitution and raised to become a proper British maid. Emma meets William, the eldest son of a wealthy family, and immediately falls in love with him. William shares her feelings, but the strict rules of their society prevent their relationship from ever coming out in the open. Traditional class distinctions and rich, historical details provide the backdrop for this appealing romance.... more>>

Note: Volumes 8-10 are "Emma: Further Tales". They fill in details from the Emma manga, both before and after the events in that storyline.

Each chapter explores the motivations or simply shows a day in the life of a particular character from the story.

Find out about the romance between Doug and Kelly in their early days, or follow the adventures of Eleanor as she overcomes her heartache and begins to live again, or visit with Tasha and her family on her day off.

Won an Excellence Prize in Japan Media Arts Festival (2005) <<less

This is a comic version of the 3DS game Bravely Default. The story starts with Tiz Arrior, whose village is swallowed up by a huge... more>> chasm. After he awakes to find he is the only survivor, he soon meets Agnes and Airy, a wind vestal and her fairy companion, who he joins on their quest to wake the crystals out of corruption. <<less

Miho, a woman of beauty, intelligence, and temper, comes to Cheju Island to teach school and is immediately flung into a world of terror and the supernatural. A demon attacks her, and she is saved by the chance appearance of a mystery man with seemingly only one mission: demon killing.... more>>

1999 Grand Prize of Exported Korean Comics Awards <<less

Meet the Urumas, a slightly dysfunctional family of four sorcerers. Mom, being the most powerful sorceress around, works away from home keeping the world safe.... more>> Dad picks up the slack and takes care of the family. Except when he's out, which is when the older brother Jin finds himself in the unenviable position of keeping tabs on his sister Ran. Ran, the youngest, is a willful girl with too much power and too little wisdom. Let's take a look at Ran's everyday misadventures, shall we? <<less

Amagai Gakuen, a prestigious school for boys, was hit by an unusual spring storm during the entrance ceremony. Five boys - Hazuki, Toma, Yusuke, Madoka and Junta - were all caught in the storm's violence and were affected by a strange phenomenon. All of them were transformed into girls!!... more>>

Inevitably they will meet someone and fall in love. Bikke wholeheartedly introduces this new, beautifully drawn series about boys and girls coming of age. <<less

Narumi Detective Agency is where the people of very early modern Japan go to for help with mysterious and supernatural cases. But Narumi is just the face and occasional fist of the operation—the real hero is Kuzunoha Raido, the devil summoner, a stoic young man who seems to seek no credit for his accomplishments. As a powerful devil summoner, Raido can call upon many different demons to assist him in solving cases that deal with other demons causing harm in the human world. ... more>>

Lately, there has been a surge of cases. A powerful summoner seems to be behind all these incidents. Is the Narumi-Raido combo—plus the latter's talking cat familiar—strong enough to overcome a demon force more powerful than anything they have experienced before? <<less

Keitarou Itsuki is a junior high school student unhappy about the menacing look of his eyes. Keitarou tries to confess to the girl he likes,... more>> Aoi Tokujira, but she rejects him flat out. Thinking that his eyes were the reason why she rejected him, he confides in his older sister about it at her salon, who helps by giving him a complete makeover...as a pretty girl! Forced to head home like this, he runs into Aoi in town, but she doesn't recognize him and thinks he's a somewhat manly girl. Before he can leave, Aoi asks him to help her overcome a problem she's had for many years: an intense fear of men. <<less

An independent collection of short stories — Ultramarine Schooldays highlights the color that evokes faithful memories, tenderness, and melancholy. These stories take place in Japan and in the West, in the past and in the present. They may involve a romance in the city, an energizing walk in the forest, the daily mundane life of a waitress working in a café, or a medieval intrigue; but what connects these stories are the powerful messages they deliver. ... more>>

Volume 1:

• Tale of tail Window to the spirit world

• Princess prisoner

• Teacher and I

• Flower's cavalier

• Pink chocolate

• Forest of wonder

• White fire (three parts)

• Albertina

Volume 2:

• Ninon's love

• Time-bell

• The Ten Swords of the North Xenia and Reuther (five parts)

• His Music

• Pink chocolate, second act

Volume 3:

• Red-roofed house

• Pink chocolate, third act

• Twilight (two parts)

• Merry garden

• Oenothera princess (three parts)

• Snowfall night

Volume 4:

• Over the Bridge (two parts)

• Rainbow (three parts)

• Spy and Spy

• Pink chocolate, acts four and five

• Old Elm

• Farewell to Gunjyo Schooldays <<less

"Gisèle Alain will provide you with any service, Madame," Gisèle claims as she puts a sign on her door. Gisèle Alain is the owner of... more>> an apartment and decides to take on whatever request that she receives. She forces Eric, a resident of the apartment with overdue rent, to tag along with her service. Their first mission is to find a cat that another resident has lost and claims to have been missing for 3 days. Upon further investigation, they find a suspicious man taking away cats to an unknown alley. Gisèle decides to investigate further and finds out who the man is without any trouble. An amusing yet calm service providing you with anything you want; at your service by Gisèle Alain! <<less

The story takes place in the '60s, in a mysterious city where madness and lust seem to be the citizens' constant companions. A detective named Sata (with a "certain" wound) pursues a woman accused of murder.... more>>

Note: The French edition won the Prix Asie de l'ACBD in 2014. <<less

Nobuo is an ordinary salaryman with a dark secret-his wife is an alien. Despite her tentacle hair and tendency to shoot beams from her eyes,... more>> he wouldn't trade her for anything. Love knows no bounds in this extraterrestrial romantic comedy. <<less

An adaptation of Jules Verne's 1864 novel, "Voyage au Centre de la Terre".... more>>

The story involves German professor Otto Lidenbrock who believes there are volcanic tubes going toward the centre of the Earth. He, his nephew Axel, and their guide Hans descend into the Icelandic volcano Snæfellsjökull, encountering many adventures, including prehistoric animals and natural hazards, before eventually coming to the surface again in southern Italy, at the Stromboli volcano. <<less

Kazura, an office lady, only ever gets teased by her boss, Inukai. Her job? She transforms into a dog spirit to perform exorcisms. However, there's... more>> one small problem. In order to do her work as a dog spirit, she has to be kissed by the boss, or she can't transform. Now then, let's begin this inhuman romance. <<less

Regis Ulrich is an incapable soldier; bad at both sword and archery, who passes the time by only reading books. While transferring to a remote... more>> region post, he meets a girl who turns out be the red haired and crimson eyed princess Altina, the wielder of the great sword "Grantneil Catoll." Despite being only fourteen years old, she was appointed to become the commander of the army in this remote region simply because she was the illegitimate child of the Emperor. However, she continues to pursue her dream of becoming Empress despite the circumstances that surround her. To achieve this goal, she asks Regis to become her tactician and stand alongside her against the obstacles that are sure to come. <<less

Noriko is caught up in an accident while she is going to her track and field competition. When she opens her eyes, there is the young doctor Shinoda who seems very concerned about her. She is attracted to his child-like smile, but from his lips, she learns a shocking truth - in the accident, Noriko has lost her physical body and what remains is only a brain, stuck in a little black box?!... more>>

Note: The side stories in volume 1, 2 & 3 are written in novel format. <<less

First-year high-school student Sakamoto isn't just cool, he's the coolest! Almost immediately after starting school, he began attracting everyone's attention. The girls love him, and most of the boys resent him. There's even a boy in the class who works as a model, but who is constantly upstaged by Sakamoto! ... more>>

No matter what tricks the other boys try to play on him, Sakamoto always manages to foil them with ease and grace. Though Sakamoto may seem cool and aloof, he helps others when asked, such as in the case of the boy in his class who was being constantly bullied. No matter what difficulties Sakamoto encounters, he moves through his high-school life with confidence and class!

Note: Includes the one-shot Katahaba Hiroshi in first volume.

Nominated for the 7th annual Manga Taishou Award. <<less

Twins, separated by fatal illness and a selective cure. Kasumi and her sister, Shizuku, were infected with the Medusa virus, which slowly turns the victim... more>> to stone. There is no cure, but of the two only Kasumi is selected to go into a sort of cryogenically frozen state along with 159 others until a cure is found. At some point in the undetermined future, Kasumi awakens to find herself and others who were in suspended animation in an unfamiliar world with violent monsters. Resolving to unlock the mysteries of her current situation and the fate of her twin sister, Kasumi struggles to survive in a treacherous world. <<less

Sora, a young boy who lives a peaceful life on his tropical island home, is set adrift when a horrible storm wrecks the world he... more>> loves and separates him from his friends, Riku and Kairi. In another world, the Disney castle is in chaos when King Mickey goes missing, and it’s up to Donald, the court magician, and Goofy, the captain of the army, to find their king. When both Sora and the King’s allies happen upon each other and learn that the ills that have befallen their worlds are the doing of dark beings without hearts known as the Heartless, the three recent acquaintances take up arms together in an epic quest to travel to unknown worlds, set those worlds right, and find their friends!! <<less

It's fairly obvious to Terui Chiaki that her classmate Ajikawa Yoshio has a crush on her. He is completely not boyfriend material in her eyes... more>> and, even if he was, Chiaki already has a boyfriend. Their mysterious teacher Mr. Yamada sees this relationship between the two students and offers an experiment. He is able to make copies of people and objects and does so with Chiaki, creating a copy of her, except the copy has no knowledge of her boyfriend. Yoshio will hit on the Chiaki copy, who is named Koaki, and he'll try to make her fall in love with him. After a specified amount of time, the copy and original will be combined back together and which ever love is stronger between the current boyfriend and Yoshio will overwrite all other emotions. So this love experiment begins and both Chiaki and Koaki, being the same person, thinks Yoshio has no chance in hell but with each passing day, some feelings begin to bubble. <<less

I recalled memories of my past life after Grandfather told me my engagement was annulled. At the same time, I realized this world was the... more>> same world as in my favorite shoujo manga. The villainess who exhausted every method possible to bully the heroine… I reincarnated as that villainess’ chubby follower. I shook upon remembering the future lined up for her. When the villainess’ evil deeds came to light, she pinned all her crimes on Britney. I was a character that gets executed. <<less

I was reborn as a Viscount's daughter, Cecil, in a very unexpected otome game where all of the love interests are Yanderes. However, Cecil, being... more>> the rival character in the game, was killed in every route by the chosen love interest. Furthermore, wishing to have a long life, Cecil meets Ashley who will be her servant and.... he's one of the Yandere love interests...!? <<less