An epic supernatural-horror-action-adventure spanning generations of the Joestar family, each arc of Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken focuses on a different descendent and their battles with various super-powered opponents.... more>>

1: - Jonathan Joestar

2: - Joseph Joestar

3: - Kujou Joutarou

4: (Diamond Is Unbreakable) - Higashikata Jousuke

5: - Giorno Giovana (Major antagonist Dio Brando's son)

6: - Jolyne Kujou

7: (AU of Phantom Blood) - Johnny Joestar (alternate universe Jonathan Joestar) & Gyro Zeppeli (alternate version)

8: (AU of Diamond wa Kudakenai) - Higashikata Jousuke (alternate version) & Hirose Yasuho (alternate universe Hirose Kouichi) <<less

One fateful day, all of humanity was petrified by a blinding flash of light. After several millennia, high schooler Taiju awakens and finds himself lost... more>> in a world of statues. However, he's not alone! His science-loving friend Senku's been up and running for a few months and he's got a grand plan in mind—to kickstart civilization with the power of science! <<less

Kaguya Shinomiya and Miyuki Shirogane are the members of the incredibly prestigious Shuichi'in Academy's student council, asserting their positions as geniuses among geniuses. All the... more>> time they spend together has caused the two of them to develop feelings for each other, but their pride will not allow them to be the one to confess and become the submissive one in the relationship! Love is war, and their battle to make the other confess begins now! <<less

In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi “Immortal” Sugimoto scratches out a meager existence during the postwar gold rush in the wilderness of Hokkaido. When he stumbles across a map to a fortune in hidden Ainu gold, he sets off on a treacherous quest to find it. But Sugimoto is not the only interested party, and everyone who knows about the gold will kill to possess it! Faced with the harsh conditions of the northern wilderness, ruthless criminals and rogue Japanese soldiers, Sugimoto will need all his skills and luck—and the help of an Ainu girl named Asirpa—to survive.... more>>

Note: Won the 9th Manga Taisho Award in 2016 and the 22nd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2018.

Was nominated for the 20th and 21st Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and the 40th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2016. Won the 24th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards Social Impact Award in 2021. <<less

Hunters are a special breed, dedicated to tracking down treasures, magical beasts, and even other men. But such pursuits require a license, and less than one in a hundred thousand can pass the grueling qualification exam. Those who do pass gain access to restricted areas, amazing stores of information, and the right to call themselves Hunters. Gon Freecss, a 12-year-old boy with the hope of finding his missing father, sets out on a quest to take the Hunter Exam. Along the way, he meets other applicants for the Hunter exam: Kurapika, Leorio and Killua. Can Gon pass the rigorous challenges of the Hunter exam and become the best Hunter in the world?... more>>

His wild and epic journey is about to begin. <<less

Manabu is a 3rd year middle schooler & former student council president. Suddenly he's in charge of a new student Rui but she is no ordinary girl - she's an alien! Manabu loses the chance to be with his crush Mizuho who now has a thing for Rui & gets nose bleeds from her cuteness. The teacher is of no help, her focus & nosebleeds are on Rui's hot cousin who is also an alien! ... more>>

The new 2nd year student council body also plays a role in the story. The student president Hikaru is short & hot tempered, he is dating the vice president Nozomi who is tall & gorgeous. The treasurer Kazuma is a good looking guy with a great voice, yet he wears a mask and is madly in love with the cute guy secretary named Touru (who is unsure of Kazuma and his feelings)!

Description by LuffyNoTomo <<less

The heart-warming story of a young girl named Chise and the Papa who's her No. 1 in the whole world.... more>>

Note: Winner of the Shogakukan Manga Award in the shoujo category (1990). <<less

During the political upheavals and social strife at the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan (1855), two parent-less brothers Yukimura Shoutarou and Yukimura Gentarou... more>> struggle to survive in these turbulent times. With their only possession being their deceased father's sword and clinging onto the wisdom of their mother's final words, the brothers seek to embark on the Path of the Warrior: Sidooh. <<less

Riku experienced a lot of pain and tragedy in his early life. After his father's death, a former-boxer Yakuza man taught him how to do... more>> a basic punch, and that punch saved his life when he had to defend himself from his mom's drug dealer. He ended up taking the drug dealer's life, marking him as a killer. Criminals continued to come after him, leading to more tragedy for the people who attempted to care for him. All of this drove him to ask that same former boxer to teach him to become stronger, which led him to a rundown gym, his door to the world of pro boxing. <<less

Living carefree at home is the greatest shortcut...my house is the world's greatest Magic Power Spot. That being the case, both my house and I... more>> were summoned to another world by some guys who were aiming for it. However, I've been living in this place for many years and my body is, apparently, abnormally overflowing with magic. Due to some unforeseen circumstances by those guys who summoned me, they quickly ran away. Be that as it may, there are still some ill-mannered people who covet the magic leaking out of my house. I won't give up my house to those people! I'm going to wield my power as I please! <<less

A spin-off of "Kaguya Wants to be Confessed To", told from the outside perspective of the Mass Media Club.

From the moment he was born, Takeshi was born to be a leader. His first word upon birth was "leader", and his father, Hiroshi, was a "leader" among salarymen. After Hiroshi suddenly dies, Takeshi makes it his life goal to be a leader like his father, so he joins his new first grade class and hopes to become a true leader to his classmates.... more>>

This series received the 2001 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga. <<less

SERIES 8: Jojolion... more>>

This is the 8th installment of the Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken saga and an alternative take on Diamond wa Kudakenai (Part 4).

The story begins in 2011 and follows Josuke Higashikata, a young man afflicted by retrograde amnesia, in his search to uncover his identity in Morioh Town, a coastal Japanese town affected by the Tohoku earthquake. However, his digging pulls him and his adoptive family into the unfinished business between his previous life and an impending inhuman threat.

JoJolion represents the second part of the series set in the Steel Ball Run Universe.

Note: Won the 17th Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize for Manga. <<less

Maeda is a new student in the Teiken High School. He stutters when he's nervous and he's rather clumsy. He gets noted immediately because he hits a teacher during the entrance ceremony. Some clubs search to enlist him as they see in him a force they can use to get even with other clubs. But Maeda is a loner and has only one dream: becoming boxing champion. His first objective is to beat the leader of the boxing club. "Rokudenashi" translates as "good for nothing".... more>>

The manga focuses more on gang warfare than boxing. <<less

Lorem, an infamous and fearsome demoness, has had to settle down for the sake of Gospel, her baby boy. Try as she might, she is a loving and doting mother, but she remains fearsome to both fellow demon and human onlookers because she retains the dire reputation of her wild and terrible youth years past.... more>>

For the sake of motherly love, she has to persevere, to learn and to thrive in a world where she's not alone. For the sake Gospel and his future.

Feel the Love in it! <<less

In the year 300X, a cruel dictator has mandated the hunting of all hair in the Maruhage Empire. But a single man rises to the... more>> occasion and takes a stand against this violation of human hair rights. Bo-bobo, master of Fist of the Nose Hair, uses the prehensile hairs of his schnoz to most lethal ends. Follow the nonsensical adventures of Bo-bobo and his sentient sidekick snacks as they lead their hilarious rebellion against the Empire. <<less

Ryo Saeba is a "sweeper" in the city of Tokyo. His works as a trouble shooter, cleaning the streets of vermin, and helping out desperate... more>> people. Sometimes he's a bodyguard, sometimes he's an assassin, whatever Ryo does he does it well. In fact his only flaw is his hormones - he loves the ladies and sometimes turns into an idiot when he's near them. Thankfully he's got people like his partner Kaori Makimura to keep him in check. <<less

Piyohiko has a dream: He wants to be a succesfull guitar-player. Then this guy Jaguar shows up, and coaxes him into playing the recorder, thus... more>> ending Piyohiko's noble dream. <<less

Kokura Hikari is a first-year high school girl who loves rifle shooting. She entered Chidori High School because it had a shooting club, but finds that the club had been disbanded. She had only one day to find enough members to reform the club, but luckily was able to find three other first-year girls who she had met at a competition in middle school.... more>>

Thus begins the daily activities of the Chidori High Shooting Club. <<less

This is a world of magic where magic is used for everything. But deep in the forest exists a young man who spends his time... more>> training and bulking up. He can't use magic, but he enjoys a peaceful life with his father. But one day, his life is put in danger! Will his muscular body protect him from the magic users who are out to get him? Powerfully trained muscles crush magic as this abnormal magical fantasy begins! <<less

Shiraishi Junta is a plain boy who is two hairs short from being invisible to his classmates and peers; in other words a "mob" character.... more>> Cue Nagisa Kubo, his beautiful next-seat neighbor who always notices him and playfully experiments on him to gauge just how "invisible" he really is... and then she declares herself his "heroine"!!! <<less

From the author of Denkigai no Honya-san and Dansai Joshi comes a short-length comedy about Matsuboshi Raidou-kun and his seatmate Aharen Reina-san, who has problems... more>> determining how chummy she has to be when approaching other people. Get up close and personal with the small, quiet but unfathomable girl, Aharen-san! <<less

St. President school is one of the most prestigious schools around. Everybody in this school respects the Yuukan club, the richest and most popular group in the school. Its members - Shouchikubai Miroku, Kenbishi Yuuri, Kikumasamune Seishirou, Hakushika Noriko and Kizakura Karen - go through dangerous adventures to save their schoolmates and, of course, to kill time.... more>>

Winner of the Kodansha Manga Award for Shoujo (1986). <<less

What do you do when a team of evil superpowered wrestlers from another planet threatens the health and safety of the Earth? Organize a team... more>> of GOOD superpowered wrestlers, of course! Kid Muscle, the son of legendary wrestler King Muscle, rockets to Earth and finds an evil wrestling gang called the DMP tearing the place apart. The punks on the DMP are the weirdest, nastiest, most outlandishly powerful musclebound freaks the galaxy has ever known. Kid Muscle's only hope: form a team that's even wilder. Lazy and cowardly, the Kid sure doesn't look like the universe's last great hope, but when something upsets him -like, say, EVIL - he busts out in muscles just like his old man! The only possible result is earthshaking, bodyslamming, ultimate-powered action that sends our entire planet sailing over the top rope! <<less

In public, Umaru Doma appears to be the perfect high school student: hard-working, refined, and totally responsible. But the minute she gets home to her... more>> older brother Taihei--and dons her famous hamster hoodie--she devolves into the ultimate bratty little sister! She’s happy to roll around all day in an otaku cloud of games and junk food while her exhausted older brother takes care of everything in the house. In this hilarious comedy about family, friendship, and the nonsense we put up with (from the people we love), Umaru and Taihei will find a way to make it work! <<less