Down on her luck having graduated from a scammy university with no job prospects Xiao Jun doesn't have a lot of hope for the future... more>> but everything changes when a strange creature slinks out of her air conditioner. Could this be the start of a beautiful relationship? <<less

Wandering the packed tunnels of Shinjuku Station, famous author Yosuke Mikura makes a strange discovery: a seemingly homeless drunk woman who can quote French poetry.... more>> Her name is Barbara. He takes her home for a bath and a drink, and before long Barbara has made herself into Mikura's shadow, saving him from egotistical delusions and jealous enemies. But just as Mikura is no saint, Barbara is no benevolent guardian angel, and Mikura grows obsessed with discovering her secrets, tangling with thugs, sadists, magical curses and mythical beings - all the while wondering whether he himself is still sane. <<less

They say don't make a deal with the devil ...

A collection of four short stories by Fuyumi Souryou.... more>>

The Rainbow Fish is a story about a painter and her problems dealing with a culture that doesn't leave too much space for artistic inspiration. From a little girl to adulthood, Sari struggles to show how she sees life through her eyes. This story is something of an autobiography.

Damned Sun is about a cynical girl who isn't very enthusiastic about most things teenagers like. She meets a man, a funny, interesting gangster. They get along very well from the beginning, understanding each other without too many words... But it only lasts one day, since what shakes Maki from her apathy can't last long...

Strange Trait asks the question: Are human beings are like groceries? Do they really have a certain durability? A writer thinks so, and she bases her novel on the idea.

A Strange Gene is about Ayano Yoshimusa; a superb worker, efficient, accurate, and cold. Saegusa, her colleague, is her opposite: messy, chaotic and warm. He admires his boss, whenever he talks to her he realises what a perfect creature she is… But as always, not everything is what it seems. When a sixteen years old appears and tells him she lives with Ayano, Saegusa seems to perceive that something might be hidden under the perfect appearance of this beautiful woman… <<less

<<Honorable Mention>>Draw the game! Two major brands collaborate for a manga competition! Jump and top game publisher Ubisoft team up for a new manga competition! Four of Ubisoft's biggest games: Assassin's Creed, Watch Dogs, The Division and Far Cry are used as source material. Here are the 5 award-winning works!... more>>

List of the award-winning works:

Grand Prize:

2nd Prize:

Honorable Mention:

Honorable Mention:

UBI Special Award: <<less

It’s 1935 in Gyeongseong, and struggling artist Iho Yun has been commissioned by the reclusive, elderly Madam Jeonghwa Song to paint a portrait. Madam Jeonghwa... more>> Song allows Iho to set eyes upon her -- an unprecedented event -- and standing before him is a young woman. But why does she ask him to paint an elderly version of her? “Don’t finish the portrait.” Tucked between the previous artist’s paint tubes is an ominous letter. Iho learns that no artist has left Madam Song’s abode alive or of sound mind. Just what is she hiding and what will happen if Iho finishes the portrait? <<less

The killer, Cong Zhong Feng has always despised those who fail to keep their word, especially those first parties who keep changing their requests! When he meets a bald young painter, Cong Zhong Feng agrees to avenge her for free. Who would have expected that along the way, they would meet “a set of Matryoshka”, who is the ultimate target?... more>>

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Nagakawa Shinichi and Sanada Yuuki both get involved in an accident and die together, but they are given a chance to live again. A voice lets them survive for seven more days. However, after the time limit, one of the two must die again.... more>>

Also, their lives will be shared, including emotions (guilt) and physical sensations (pain). They are told not to leave the other's side, else both of them will die. Now, with each of them wanting to save his/her own life, how will the next seven days of non-separation be like? Will they get along? <<less

The story centers on grade schooler Nanoka Koyanagi, who meets a short-tailed cat and three different women as she is out taking a walk. The... more>> first woman is Minami, a high schooler whom Nanoka sees has many wounds on her wrist. The second woman is an adult, constantly called a "whore" by her co-workers. The third woman is an old lady, trying to live out her twilight years in peace. [ANN] <<less

Katsuyuki, a gifted, petty and egocentric high schooler, intends to work in the high financial world. His well regulated life explodes when his mother remarries... more>> his worst nightmare: a traveller writer, unproductive, nice and completely unpredictable and father of a son who looks like him. All his opposite. Consequently begins the subtle contamination of his entourage by their terrible joie de vivre. Even Nagasawa "the female brain of the high school", the only one for which he had respect for decided to find anew his peace. Katsuyuki feverishly seeks a way for returning these aliens on their planet and he's not sparing with spite. <<less

A manga loosely based on the career of Go Nagai and how his most known works were born.... more>>

It tells about Geki Nagai (a character based on nagai himself) who is struggling to break out of his typecasting as the go-to guy for gag manga by breaking into the sophisticated world of story manga. <<less

Takesuke, an artist that specialises in Yokai art, met a young woman with a scar on her face.

A connected anthology about artists living in a rowhouse in Kyoto.

Story 1: A high school girl is runs away from someone and stumbles into a room with a strange man who calls himself a “cleaner.” She learns a lesson from him about friendship and cellphones. This “cleaner” takes any job if given suitable compensation and the high school girl who is running away from the mafia teams up with him to solve a dangerous and exciting case!... more>>

Story 2: A famous fashion clothing chain’s president's health is in critical condition and his son is kidnapped! The vice president is working hard to cover up the truth about the president’s son, but who hired the “cleaner” to kidnap the son?

Story 3: A popular artist dies in a car accident after burning all but one of his paintings of his wife and meets a death god. The daughter of the artist sets out to find her father’s last painting and meets a friend of his. This friend wants to teach her how to paint, but the death god reappears and warns her not to go see the friend. <<less

They showed up out of nowhere. Graffiti that moved as if they were alive. People started calling them the "living pictures" and they started getting praised and sold for high prices. The origins are unknown and no one knows who said it first, but people say they are being created by someone named "Kilroy". ... more>>

Enter Suzume, a young artist who aspires to create great art just like Kilroy but has been struggling to do so. One night, her everyday life takes a sudden turn as she comes across none other than Kilroy himself. <<less

A guy named Yuuto (an otaku) is interested in a web artist known as "Sayane." Recently a girl at school named Kashiwagi Kotone over-heard a... more>> conversation about Yuuto liking the web art of Sayane; but it turns out that Sayane is Kashiwagi!?! Yuuto hasn't figured that out yet... but he got a job at his favorite anime shop and caught Kashiwagi in that anime shop... <<less

1. Makka na Tulip o Kimi ni (Red Tulips for You)... more>>

Red tulips for you, and you, and you.

2. Nostalgia

Mamiko met Hi-chan and became fast friends. Hi-chan often talks about Nagakura, but Mamiko does not have a good impression of him. Why does Hi-chan like him so much, is he really that great as she says?

3. Kinmokusei

Tsugumi ran into an old classmate Souske after chasing a peculiar cat to his house. When she ended up hanging out with him, she recalls her grade school days with him.

4. Yume no Hanashi

Satsuki loves to draw and always dreams of becoming an artist. A certain boy praised her artwork, and since then, they become closer, while Satsuki tries to discover her dream.

5. Dandan (Warmth)

Matsuki and Nishimori have been best friends, but when Matsuki develops romantic feelings for her, he decides to confess. His unrequited love means little to Nishimori because she doesn't see him the same way and she's perfectly content with the friendship they have now. Can the flames ever be rekindled or will it remain cold?

6. Makka na Tulip no Hanakotoba

An extra about the female lead from Makka na Tulip wo Kimi ni <<less

A short oneshot by a famous animator of various famous anime (Black Bullet, Attack on Titan, Arslan Senki, She and Her Cat).

A struggling painter comes across a mysterious girl from Japan at his doorsteps. A short, exotic oneshot drawn in pencil.

A young woman visits home for the first time in ten years.

A highschool otaku named Aki Tomoya runs into his dream girl one day... only to find that she has the faintest presence, to his chagrin!... more>> Now with his otaku passions, Tomoya wants to turn the girl into a heroine in the only realm he is familiar with: 2D dating simulation game. To accomplish this objective, he scouts Eriri Spencer Sawamura, his half-foreigner childhood friend equipped with artistic talent, as the illustrator, and Kasumigaoka Utaha, a famous prodigy writer, as the script writer. Oh, did we mention the dream girl's name? <<less

The story follows a young artist with the ability to see the supernatural as he struggles to come out of his mother's shadow and paint... more>> as he sees fit. <<less

Amber is hired by a beautiful noblewoman to write down the stories that she dictates. The stories are mysterious, sad, and hopeful. A slice of... more>> life Scheherezade. <<less

Meet 5 men: P, R, I, D and E. Each has their own very different personalities, with their own story. All of them are connected... more>> in some way, whether it may be as a romantic interest, a lover, a family member or as a friend. As different events happen in their lives, they each have different ways in which they deal with it. <<less

A young craftsman meets the daughter of a painter he admired.