Hibiki has always been very attached to his older neighbour Yui. The shy boy used to admire her for her extensive knowledge. But now that... more>> Hibiki attends middle school, his attitude towards high schooler Yui has changed. What will become of those two childhood friends? <<less

Satoshi-kun, a drifter, arrives in heaven to work at a bookstore as a substitute manager. There he meets Rui, a girl who also temporarily works... more>> there. Follow the daily events of these two people as the place they are in (Heaven's Bookstore) help those regain what they lost. <<less

Yomiko Readman's love for literature goes far beyond any run-of-the-mill bookworm's! In fact, she has a supernatural ability to manipulate paper in the most amazing... more>> ways. From turning a tiny scrap into a lethal throwing dagger to making a single sheet hard enough to block bullets, she's only limited by her imagination. She uses her phenomenal power to seek out legendary books containing secret information that, in the wrong hands, could be dangerous. Backed by a Special Operations Division in England, Yomiko has her hands full battling evildoers, saving the world, and trying to find time to curl up with a good book. <<less

Published by Kodansha in 2002 and awarded the prestigious Tezuka Cultural Prize, Fumiko Takano’s The Yellow Book is one of those rare works which you enjoy reading in order to feel the tender familiarity that arises between the protagonists and yourself. This collected volume was named after the longest of the four stories that it contains: a drama about an adolescent girl who falls in love with Roger Martin du Gard’s saga, Les Thibault. The remaining stories capture various fragments of everyday life with tenderness and humor. Through the kaleidoscope of its feminine views, The Yellow Book touches the readers heart by attending to what, in sum, makes up life—the little things of our every... more>> day.

Note: Won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Grand Prize in 2003. <<less

Michelle is a romantic daydreamer and hardcore book collector. Maggie is a soft-spoken bookworm who always gets mistaken for a boy. Anita is an athletic... more>> tomboy who doesn't have time for reading. Together, they're the Paper Sisters, three very different siblings united by a strange power--the ability to control paper in any way they desire! And from their Hong Kong detective agency, they solve any and all cases involving books! <<less

Kokoro is a girl that works with her two older sisters at a library with the same name at hers. The problem is that the library is far away from the nearast town so people seldom come to the library. Follow Kokoro and her sisters as they try to uphold the legacy of their father.... more>>

It's a lighthearted, slice-of-life manga. <<less

• Shining Mars ... more>>

Aya loves her childhood friend Yuna but Yuna is good at everything and Aya worries that she's not good enough for her. The metaphor of Earth and Mars is used to describe their relationship/situation.

• Omoi no Kisetsu

What happens when two nuns-in-training are discovered to be having a relationship with each other?

• Rooftop

A girl confesses her love to her crush many, many times, but her crush thinks that she's just saying it out of pity.

• Bound by a Red String

A romance blooms between two roomates in an all-girls' boarding school.

• The Glade in the Forest Behind the School

Two girls share a secret place, and become close because of it.

• I'm Here

Agirl returns to a place she lived in as a child and sees a childhood friend again.

• She, I, and the Red Book

• You're Lovelier than a Rose

Aparody about an all-girls school with an underground student council that's a bit... unusual. It makes a few funny references, to things like Marimite and Takarazuka.

• Autumn Sleepiness

Two girls are stuck coming into school on a Sunday to do work for the Student Council. But why is one of them so sleepy?

• Beyond This Sky

A girl consoles a new student who has just come to the school.

• Friends

Two particular girls, one of whom just happens to be the board chairman of their school, become friends with each other.

• My Partner

• Princess Academy <<less

In the Mimi (w)o Sumaseba series:... more>>

V.1 - Mimi (w)o Sumaseba

Shizuku Tsukishima loves books. One day, she notices that the name Seiji Amasawa appears on the checkout cards of nearly every book she's borrowed! Before she realizes it, her heart is pounding for a boy she's never met... and that's when a mysterious black cat and Shizuku's sense of wonder guide her to an unusual shop--and introduce her to someone she's been curious to meet! Amazing things can happen...when you listen to your heart.

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V.2 - Shiawase na Jikan

Two years into the future, and Shizuku is now preparing for her entrance exams. The second story, "Kikyou no Saku Koko" (The Blooming of the Balloon Flowers), is an unrelated original story. Tsuge Takayuki is a normal college boy, who, one day, sees a girl admiring the flowers in his front yard, and was reminded of a girl who stood by the flowers one year ago, crying in the rain. He falls in love with her, but will her injured heart accept his feelings? <<less

Minami is a shy girl who is respected by her friends. When she meets a good looking guy at her school, she falls for him... more>> at first sight. Does she have a chance to become his girlfriend? Or is there maybe another problem which makes everything problematic? <<less

How does love go to your side? Is it like sunlight shining, is it like petals falling, or is it a reply to my prayer– Love. While Happiness shines rays of light, it slowly leaves the sky, picking up huge feathers, shrouding the souls of my blossoming flowers.... more>>

Story 1 - Hana always watches the boy at the library and has always wanted to speak to him, until

one day they are alone in the library together...

Story 2 - A new boy enters school and is instantly paying a certain girl extra attention.

Story 3 - ''He is my neighbor, you could call us childhood friends''

Story 4 - A girl dumps her boyfriend because she is too shy and inexperienced, but he keeps on pur

suing her, what should she do?!

Story 5 - sequel to Story 1, Hana catches her new boyfriend talking in his sleep, he mumbles her na

me... <<less

When the calender changed to the Seika era, the government of Japan introduced the Media Betterment Act (MBA). The MBA is an act that allows the government to stop any publication that it deems unsuitable for the public. ... more>>

The same government that enacted the MBA then introduces another act, the Freedom of the Libraries Law (FLL). It allows libraries to become self governing bodies with defense force units. Under the FLL, The Library Defense Force is created. <<less

Whenever Kurumi is sad and wishes she was more brave, she looks at her fairy tale book. One day, a "Coppelia" called Chestnut comes out... more>> of her book, saying she came from the fairy world through a portal created by Kurumi's strong desire. But now that Kurumi has a Coppelia, she's expected to fight others in battles where the loser ends up undressed. <<less

"I've been captivated by his voice and personality".... more>>

High school girl Komai Sono makes a sudden encounter with Audio Book Club Leader, Tsunashi Yoritaka! Intrigued by her voice, Yoritaka wants her to join his club. At first Sono isn't too keen on the idea, but..? <<less

The "mysterious school comedy" centers on the unusual members of a high-school literary club. Touko Amano, a high-school senior who calls herself the "literary girl"... more>> as the club president, is actually a supernatural creature (youkai) that devours stories — she tears pages from books to munch on them. Her club subordinate is Konoha Inoue, a second-year high-school boy who writes stories every day for Amano to eat. He once wrote an award-winning novel, but he wrote it under the penname Miu Inoue so readers thought the author was a mysterious 14-year-old bishoujo novelist. The stress from the novel's fame and its movie and television drama plans turned Inoue into an introverted recluse. <<less

Sasafune Koyama is a young writer who decided to visit his grandparents for a change. When he was waiting for their return, he stumbled onto a weird wooden box filled with a manuscript titled Kakutei. It's actually the unfinished work of the ancient writer Chidori Yukimura who died from sickness at the early age of 29.... more>>

Kakutei is an inn hosted by Amanan, who lives on the life force of their guests, mainly people who get pulled into the world inside the manuscript after reading it. Unfortunately Sasafune is quite weak in body, so he won't be a very good 'food supplier.' That's why they decided to let Sasafune go as long as he brings another guest to the inn.

Includes Extra Story: "999 Banme no Hana" <<less

In Korea in 668 AD, North Star, using the martial arts discipline of Sashinmu, went into a beserker rage and massacred 100 of the most skilled martial artists of his time. After the massacre North Star and the lethal art of Sashinmu disappeared. ... more>>

Now it is 20 years later and a text of Shashinmu has surfaced again. A mysterious cadre will do anything to gets its hand on it and learn the deadly art. Meanwhile it is up to the book's protectors, Rin Yhun and Bi-ryu, to destroy it before the forces of evil get their hands on it. But should the secrets of Sashinmu be destroyed forever? Or should the art be mastered and used by the book's protectors? <<less

Life isn't that great when it's composed of a stubborn sister, single mom, and a dad that left you for someone else? If that's not... more>> enough, you meet a dwarf that's part of a famous boy band? Could this get any worse?! <<less

Kitazono Meiko falls asleep in the library one day, only to be awakened by a kiss! She is unsure of who it was that kissed her, however, since there are multiple boys still in the library. Could it be the popular boy Shinoda-senpai? Or the super-cool Mikoshiba-senpai? The boy-next-door type Mogami? Or the cute underclassman Hachiya? Who could it be? They're all possible candidates, but which one does Meiko like the best...?... more>>

Oneshot in volume 1:

Soprano (released by )

Oneshots in volume 2:

Anna no kami ga nagai riyuu (released by )

Hakka drops (released by ) <<less

During the 31st year of Seika, the battle between the Library Force and the Media Improvement Committee reached a new level of violence. Each group has armed itself for either the freedom of expression or the "protection" of society from the bad influences of media.... more>>

Kasahara Iku joins the Library Force with the intent of finding her "Prince" who helped her during a censorship exercise by the Media Improvement Committee and with her strong will of protecting books. <<less

Fujioka accidentally stumbles across an upperclassman, Naoya, on the school roof. Then Fujioka's feelings of friendship develop into something more?

While working as a monitor in the all-but-abandoned school library, first year Mei finds herself captivated by a mysterious boy with hair the colour of... more>> the setting sun. Never expecting to see him again, she's surprised when he shows up the next day, only to fall asleep and end up rushing out of the library suddenly and without a word... Who is he, and where does he go at the same time each day? <<less

A boy whose father fell prey to a book which drives its readers to take their own lives, a girl who tries to protect the... more>> boy from meeting a similar fate, a forensic pathologist who cannot forgive herself for the death of a girlhood friend, a mysterious used-book store - The Book Club - that only deals with books about death and despair, and a suicide which was committed in the ancient Library of Alexandria are all inexplicably connected in this unusual Korean horror story. <<less

Asamiya Aoi is a mysterious, innocent young girl who is traveling through a futuristic land with the help of her "father's" sketchbook. While she may seem naive, she can be surprisingly tough and resourceful. ... more>>

One day, Aoi encounters a young woman named Kyoko. She shares her travel plans with Kyoko and shows her the sketchbook. Kyoko can't believe her eyes! The sketchbook is more like research notes than casual sketches, and it is full of accurate maps and information that she could use to make loads of money.

With the original plan of finding a chance to steal the sketchbook, Kyoko feigns concern over Aoi and joins her on her travels. As the two girls encounter and affect the lives of various people on their journey, will Kyoko be able to learn more about this unusual young girl? <<less

My dream of a fairy tale kiss, dashed.

Yamada Hana, a high school girl, woke up and found herself in a strange land after being enveloped by a bright light that came out... more>> from a mysterious book. There, Hana met a young man named Gentoku, and ended up staying with him and his army as "Koumei's disciple"… <<less