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

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

Summer 1998, - me (40) and her (17) begin our youth.... more>>

A 40-year-old businessman slips back in time to his youth! On the outside he is a young fit high school boy but inside, he is a model uncle. A nostalgic love story about a "time-traveling uncle" and a high school girl who loves his uncle-like appearance. <<less

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

17-year-old Kei Miyama is a freelance detective working in Iceland. With the disappearance of his brother, aunt, and uncle, he is plunged into a mystery... more>> that he must solve at all costs. <<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

Takagi, the store manager of a flower shop, does a favor for his younger sister by going to an Idol concert to check out a... more>> man she met online. However, it turns out that this online friend is actually Toraji, a part-timer who works for Takagi. <<less

A special short story for the kemomimi series! ... more>>

The boy that first appeared in "" is...?

(Debuted in B's-LOVEY recottia Vol．101)

Series Order:

1. (wolf x bunny)

2. (lion x horse)

3. (wolf x bunny)

4. (lion x horse)

5. Hyena-kun wa Mitomenai (hyena x guinea pig) <<less

A compilation of short stories about weird high schoolers.... more>>

1. Kawaii Hito (Someone Cute)

2. Tomodachi ni Natte Kuremasen ka (Would You Like to be Friends with Me?)

3. Kaku-ha (Artist)

4. Hashire Yamada! (Run, Yamada!)

5. Ushiro no Nikaidou (Behind me, Nikaidou)

6. Nikaidou Extra

7. Omake no Nikaidou (Behind me, Nikaidou: A Lesson of Anger)

8. Ushiro no Nikaidou: Kyoufu no Shuugaku Ryokou-hen

Note: Won a New Face Award from the 23rd Japan Media Arts Festival and the 24th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in Short Work Category in 2020. <<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

This manga tells the story of Hatshepsut, a woman who reigned successfully over Egypt for many years. The story begins when she is a young... more>> woman, marrying her half-brother Thutmose II and thus ensuring his rise to Pharaoh. Hatshepsut is a woman with a strong will, who is not going to accept the restrictions others might try to place on her as a woman. <<less

Shinnosuke Ichijou, a high school student who likes to draw, has transferred from Tokyo to a high school in the countryside, and is asked by... more>> his classmate Sakurada, the daughter of a butcher in the shopping district, to draw a "nobori" for the store. However, Shinnosuke was bullied for drawing at his previous school. <<less

After a nuclear war turns most of the Earth into desert wastelands, surviving humans had used the sands in order to survive. One of them... more>> is a professional mercenary named Sunabozu, who makes a living by hiring himself out to anyone who needs his talents. <<less

The protagonist, Shotaro, is an elite graduate of K University... but a so-called elite NEET who currently has no job. Drink every day with your parents'... more>> money-I was living a parasitic life. All his childhood friends, who have a high self-consciousness and a little personality since they were young, are all youkai!!! "There are no human friends..." "No job..." A high tension gag woven by a slightly distorted human being who is worried and youkai who work seriously (?) ☆ <<less

Humans live mostly behind safe walls, protected from the many non-human creatures outside. In this kingdom's walled capital city of Mitera lives an unusual young... more>> warrior woman known as Claria. The story begins as she takes a potentially deadly walk alone in the woods, encountering various dangerous creatures. Most notably a lizardman that treats her surprisingly kindly. But what no one knows about Claria is that she is secretly this kingdom's ruler, Queen Vivian. <<less

The new life of Duchess Opal all started from a dusty attic. The house she resided in after a political marriage with the young Duke,... more>> Hubert, was full of hostility. There was also a woman named "Angel," who is treasured by the mansion's owner... Opal gained a bad reputation because of a disgraceful rumour and as a result, she was treated like a hindrance. However, the Duchess doesn't like losing, so it won't end like this! The woman is unrelated to the management of the territory. I will outwit those who let their guard down...! <<less

Yuki Wakabayashi is a very ordinary high school student who is in love with Kaori, a cute beautiful woman older than him. Their relationship progresses... more>> gently and lightly. Meanwhile, cases of serious bullying are taking place at Yuzis high school. They are called Suicide play, when the bullied child is driven to suicide. But in this world is the world of immortality! In this world without death, the bullied child cannot die. In this world, when people die, they are revived, unable to escape from bullying. Yes, in the first part 'Hound' we have been following the story from the police force's point of view. Now, in the new series 'Ridge' will be going forward with the story from the vectors perspective! <<less

Yet another maid-tastic manga from Kaoru Mori, "Shirley" is an evocative glimpse into the daily life of winsome, 13-year-old Shirley, a maid in turn-of-the-century England.... more>>

It has no connection with the other maid story of the author, also Emma is a Victorian Maid, but Shirley is a Edwardian Maid.

Volume 1 includes two other short stories:

1. An Afternoon with Nelly and Me

2. Mary Banks

"Mary Banks" tells about a maid with a Master who loved playing pranks on his servants. Frogs, spraying them with water, trip ropes and other forms of foolishness were all she could look forward to any day. But when her employer passes away unexpectedly, what will happen to Mary Banks?

Shirley or Shirley Medison/Madison?

Shirley and the oneshots in volume 1 were first published as fanzine (doujinshi) around 2000-2001, at that time the title was "Shirley Medison". In 2003 the first volume was released by Enterbrain publisher as just "Shirley", CMX later translated her name as "Shirley Madison". In 2006, the author decided to continue her work with Shirley and released two chapters under the title "Shirley Medison", these were followed by 2 more in 2010, then another 2 in 2013 and again 2 in 2014. Finally in 2014 all previous "Shirley Medison" chapters were released in "Shirley" volume 2. <<less

Every time she changes her mask, this girl gains a new ability!... more>>

There is a girl in the hot springs deep in the forest.

She easily lifts huge rocks, controls the weather, and talks to animals.

The secret to her abilities are the masks she wears.

The profession of this girl is a "menya", which creates masks with special powers.

A kraftwerk comic that depicts a girl who pursues this job, from cutting out wood to coloring patterns and finishing with varnishing! <<less

Mui-kun always had the animal magnetism... with animals. Unfortunately, it never worked with girls until his childhood friend Yuzuriha suddenly began to take on various animal aspects, starting when she offered a dance to the mountain spirit as a resident shrine maiden. Now she involuntarily takes on the animal spirit whenever she comes across one, most of whom disdain the confinement of human clothing...... more>>

(Source: ThePaulBunyanTrophy) <<less

When a new person moves in next door, the appearance of a cockroach forces him to ask his neighbour for help. This strange situation is... more>> how two people with opposite personalities, one calm and composed the other prone to exaggeration, form an unlikely friendship. <<less

Naoto took a video trip back to the past to his parents' days of youth.

A woman runs from her younger brother who is trying to kill her.

Cover image: ... more>>

The stories are situated to a research laboratory where the people who are alive and not infected by the disease try to survive while an overwhelming amount of zombies roam around the research facility making it impossible to escape (from ANN).

Includes:

1) Yours, Even After Death 「死後も君のもの」 by USUI Ryu

2) That Man, Being a Mortal 「その男、死に損ないにつき。」by CHIHAYA Hino

3) Bottom of The Pitch Black Darkness 「真っ暗闇の底の底」 by HOHAGI Aki

4) Dead Dead Love Alive 「デッドデッドオアアライブ」by KIMURA Hidesato

5) The Man who Died Twice「二度死んだ男」 by Kashio

6) The Last Human 「最後の人間」by KATOH Muw

7) The Two of Us & Clear Weather「ふたりぼっち日和」 by MACHINO Suteinu

8) Zombie Cycle 「ゾンビサイクル」by Homerun Ken <<less