The first is a short webmanga which features Ena finding a hamster. The second, done in a 4-koma style, is about Yotsuba painting the walls outside peoples' houses.... more>>

* Note:

In July 2001, Pioneer released a book entitled Azumanga Two (あずまんが 2 あずまきよひこ作品集), featuring a comic by Azuma Kiyohiko. Along with the book came bundled two small, one-episode comics (Wallaby and Try! Try! Try!), and a bonus CD. Azuma went on to create the very successful Azumanga Daioh, but this series has nothing to do with Azumanga Two, apart from sharing the same creator.

Try! Try! Try! went on to become the series Yotsubato!, which is currently being serialized in the monthly Japanese magazine Dengeki Daioh. It tells the story of a small green-haired girl (Yotsuba) and her father, after they have moved to a new neighborhood. They soon befriend the three Ayase sisters living next door, and much hilarity ensues.

The two short Try! Try! Try! comics in this file are 'webcomics' from the bonus CD that came with Azumanga Two. They were given silly episode numbers to represent the fact that they're just little bonus episodes. The first, Episode -1 (Minus 1): Ena-chan's Mishap, tells the story of an interesting discovery made by Ayase Ena. The second, Try! Try! Try! Fractional Episode, is a nice story about the different characters' reactions to Yotsuba's mischief. <<less

Hamisaki Aya saw her boyfriend Yuu die in front of her, after he saved her from an oncoming car. Since then her life has been... more>> in limbo. She is unable to go to school or relate to her friends or family. One day in the hospital where she receives counseling, she is stuck in an elevator with a young girl, Nagisawa Nayu, who has not spoken since her family was killed in the Kobe earthquake. Now Nayu's only family is Nagisawa Issei, her cousin. He is a medical student working in the hospital where Aya receives treatment. As the story progresses, these three people, who have lost those they loved most in terrible accidents, learn how to start living again. <<less

Young Takuya has it tough. After his mother passed away it has been his job to take care of his baby brother Minoru while their father, Harumi, works the long hours of the Japanese "salaryman." Takuya must sacrifice the playtime usually associated with childhood for the responsibilities of an adult. Cooking, cleaning, sewing and scolding are all now an integral part of the young boy's life. "All work and no play" has Takuya incredibly frustrated and resentful of his little brother. Will Takuya find it in his heart to love the brother who is causing him so much grief?!... more>>

Baby and Me received the 40th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo in 1995.

Included one-shots:

Volume 2: Time Limit

Volume 4: Secret Boy ni Tee Dasuna!!

Volume 6: Baka de Karukete Wagamama de

Volume 15: Natsu to Kimi no Irradiation <<less

Kippei Katakura is a 17-year-old playboy who spends his time chasing girls, careless of their feelings. But when his 5-year-old cousin Yuzuyu comes to live... more>> with his family after her mother's sudden disappearance, Kippei is put in charge of taking care of her. As Kippei gets to know Yuzuyu and starts to understand how she feels, he also begins to realize that all girls were like Yuzuyu once. <<less

By Strawberrie:... more>>

Yuzu's big sister, who had raised her alone after their parents passed away, died in a traffic accident. Yuzu decided to take care of her sister's son, Sho. Together, the two face life with all its hardships. Chikyuu Koushin-kyoku is a manga filled with friendship, love, pain, and sorrow that will touch your heart. <<less

Shizuka, age 17, was raised by her mother, and the two are very close. However, the store her mom's worked hard to maintain was swindled by the Sakurasei Real Estate Company. ... more>>

Shizuka then, pretending to be the new wife of the president of Sakurasei, enters the Sakurasei family home while the president is away on business to get back the deed to her mom's store. In an instant she becomes "mom" to three boys, and the eldest son Kanon is the same age as her... <<less

Mirano is a 20-year-old girl who loves to do house chores. In fact, she makes it her ultimate career. It's not as easy as many... more>> would think. She somehow feel like an actress because at certain times, she feels that she plays the role of a sister but other times, she plays a mother. But she enjoys it nonetheless. So begins the tales of her housekeeping tasks... <<less

God has been dead for some time, and the angels in heaven have decided it is time to find a replacement. Though very reluctant, the angel Rain has been chosen as one of the four candidates in for consideration to become the next God. He and the four other candidates will decend to earth for one year so that they may perform a test to determine their suitability for the position, with the ability to reveal their true identity to one human being of earth.... more>>

Thus, Natsume Shirou, a very normal high schooler with dreams of becoming a teacher, is chosen by the angel Rain to be the help. As for the test, Rain and Shirou must raise a 'baby', with no thoughts or emotions of its own, into a creature as close to a human as possible. <<less

Because her father was sent to London to work, Natsumi, a 4th grade student, also must leave Japan along with him. Her classmates throw a... more>> farewell party for her. Natsumi is prepared to go to London, but on the night before Natsumi's arranged departure, a baby suddenly appears in her house after a roar of thunder! What's more is that this little baby is actually the one that Natsumi will give birth to in fifteen years! <<less

Clay, a child prodigy, was hired at the age of 14 to become a professor to make chimeras, creatures made with a fusion of various... more>> materials. However, after he was hired, he was unable to meet the expectations of the company that hired him and was fired. He comes upon an abandoned research facility and creates a human child chimera and names him Muddy. Together, they will go out into the world and find out what Muddy is capable of. <<less

1) Goshujinsama ni Kiwotsukete... more>>

When his twin sister breaks her leg, she forces Tsuda to substitute her at her secret job as "Ruu" a waitress in a maid cafe. Of course, on his first day classmate Kaname shows up! But they're not close and Kaname has a hard time remembering people's faces...

2) The Romance Hidden in the Student Council Room

Over-achiever Kamida is used to manipulating people to suit his own ends, so gentle Kijima doesn't stand a chance. But Kamida is pretty stupid, and Kijima is unexpectedly stubborn. Can they get their feelings through to each other?

3) My Favorite Lunch

Company president Watanabe Kouichi is a bottomless pit and junior secretary Aibo Shuu is given the responsibility of keeping him fed. But the president is young and handsome and is being pushed to marry soon, and with a wife at home to make bentos, will Shuu still have a place next to the man he admires?

4) The Witch in the Health Room

Atsurou thought life at an all boys school would be boring, but when your cousin is the school nurse and a beautiful young crossdresser, it makes things more interesting, unfortunately.

5-6) Family Pop

Hopeless college student Minoru doesn't know what to do when he's suddenly stuck babysitting for his cousin's daughter, sparkly classmate Ogura offers to help is a godsend. But family life quickly becomes very comfortable for the boys... <<less

Five orphaned boys who were all adopted by a kind couple, are now living their separate lives, after an accident caused the death of their... more>> foster parents. One of the 'brothers'; Hanayagi Sakura -- a naive, 16 year-old, happy-go-lucky boy -- is determined to re-open the flower shop their foster mother loved so much, on the day of their parent's first death anniversary. Will he succeed in bringing the family together and saving their old orphanage from mortgage debts? Kokoro ni Hana wo is a family-genre manga that will surely touch your heart! <<less

Collection of short stories:... more>>

1) I'm His Wife.

I'm a high school student. And I'm the wife of Hii-kun, a novelist. However, when he's working, somehow, he seems far away, and I always get very lonely...

2) Love Mates

Until now I've been lonely and that is the reason why I wanted a roommate. But what should I do? I didn't know my roommate will be a guy.

3) Children Salad

I'm a spunky nursery school teacher. Even though I'm aspiring to become a nursery school teacher, I can't handle kids! They are like aliens that I can't comprehend!

4) The Flower Language of Lilac

Until middle school I was brought up like a boy. That is why I don't like skirts and even my girly name, Serina. What I love more than anything is making people laugh, but recently he is getting in my way. <<less

A collection of stories:... more>>

1. Tonari no Kyuuketsuki

2. Sakurafubuki ni Saku Senaka

3. Magarikado no Bokura

4. Minna Kirakira

Daddy, Mommy, and Mika make up the perfect modern family. Mika is Daddy's little princess, and he won't hand her over to any one. But when handsome Atsushi-sensei at the daycare center becomes Mika's perfect prince, sparks fly. What ever will Daddy do?

5. Abe-kun to Kuroha-san <<less

On a rainy night, Takuma picked up a young girl who was soaking wet. But as it turned out, Ruka was a boy who ran... more>> away from home, and he decided to stay at Takuma’s apartment. But what’s his real identity ? <<less

Miyu Kouzuki is an 8th-grade student whose parents leave for the United States to work for NASA and arrange for her to stay with their long-time family friend, Hōsho Saionji, a monk who lives in an old temple on a hill overlooking the town of Heiomachi. However, Hōshō leaves soon after on a year-long pilgrimage to India, leaving Miyu to stay in the same house with his son, Kanata.... more>>

Suddenly, a UFO lands in the honden of the temple. Inside is a humanoid alien baby, Ruu, and his cat-like "sitter pet", Wannyā. They arrived on Earth from their home planet, Otto, when they fall into an interplanetary wormhole (a time warp which can transport objects across several regions, planets and time planes). They cannot return to their home planet because it is too far from Earth; Wannyā asks Kanata and Miyu to allow them to stay in their house, and they agree. Miyu and Kanata learn from Wannyā that people from Planet Otto look identical to human beings, and that Wannyā can also transform into human beings, animals and objects. <<less

4 Stories---The first and second story have the same heroine.... more>>

She works at a daycare center or kindergarten, and unknown to her colleagues she used to be a much feared female gang leader. ^-^ Also, the heroine has good vibes about a certain male colleague. One fine day, she meets an ex-male gang leader who knows her past...and events start unraveling from there.

For the second story, it's set in the daycare/kindergarten too. The main character is one of the kids in the kindergarten, and he has a secret which he is afraid to let other people know, especially his beloved teacher. (The heroine is his beloved teacher.)

Story #3

The main heroine is a 16 year-old girl. Her father is a scientist and always invents some weird things. What's more, he claims that he came from another planet! All these drive the poor heroine crazy ^-^ But at least now her love life is going fine...until the day 2 guys from outer space land on Earth, wanting to find out more about the 'Love disease'! Perhaps her father has not been lying after all? <<less

The young Yamato Yousuke searches for a way to follow in the steps of his father, a detective who passed away in mission trying to... more>> save a little kid who got kidnapped. Finally, an opportunity to become a detective himself has arisen, but in the middle of carrying out his first assignment, a test to see if he would be a good detective, Yousuke suddenly gets hired, apparently for no reason. There must be a secret behind all this... <<less

As a child, Kawagoe Haruma eagerly awaited the birth of his little sister. However, his mother had a miscarriage, followed by an operation that left her barren. That Christmas, Haruma made his Christmas wish. It was a wish so innocent and heartfelt that it was accepted instantly, unbeknownst to him. ... more>>

Many years later, on Christmas morning, college student Haruma is awoken by a woman riding a hovering motorcycle and claiming to be Santa Claus. She throws him a bag, and he opens it to find his new little sister!

Complaining to Santa Claus that he made this wish a long time ago, she tells him that it takes much longer for a sister than it does a toy car. After naming her Choko because of the Anchoko (mini-guidebook) she carries around, they begin their new life as brother and sister in a crazy apartment building filled with interesting neighbors. <<less

1) Sunny Spots Typhoon... more>>

Kusakabe Kaoru is the prince of the school that all the girls want. But he has a secret that he doesn't want any one to know: Since his mom's death, he's been house-bound taking care of his three younger siblings and father.

2) Dawn in Eden

During the summer, Hibiya Madoka, Azuma Tatsuki, Mizuse Miwa and Nakayama Kotaro must go to cram school. Knowing that Miwa and Tatsuki both have mutual love, Madoka liking Tatsuki (but they are only partners) and Madoka and Tatsuki both hating Kotarou. How will they manage to survive on an inhabited island that they just have been stranded on?

3) Empty Boy

A boy called Ao, who hates humans, has one secret. When he touches someone’s naked skin, he can wipe out all memories of himself. But then he becomes close with his classmate Akane and gradually starts to want to touch her...?!

4) Pinocchio Dreams

Fubuki's dog, Chloe, gets hit by a car. Kio spots her and tells her to come with him to save Chloe. After Toba Daisuke, who is famous to weirdo, saves Chloe, Fubuki finds out Kio is a robot! She is shocked and creeped out but they eventually become friends. <<less

Eight years have passed since Haruna, once a child genius, quit university and became a poor detective. Haruna's uncle suddenly visits with a job for... more>> him--to take care of a child helper-robot, A-3. Will A-3 help Haruna find what is missing from his life? <<less

1-3) Ouchi e Kaerou... more>>

The calm composed honor-student, Satomi has always stated his dislikes about Keiko but meeting accidentally at a preschool, Keiko makes an unexpected connection that is found between having to look after her younger brother as Satomi does with his younger sister. This leading to Keiko being able to speak with Satomi normally, to coming to the point of helping Satomi who is poor with housekeeping...?!

4) Ore-Sama Housekeeper

(Also included in the anthology )

Shino Anzu finally has the house to herself, so decided to live up and make a mess in the process. Her moment of bliss was suddenly interrupted when the "ore-sama" housekeeper arrives in her place! Anzu was, however surprised as she saw a different side to him while he became a housekeeper at her place and starts to perhaps fall for him?

5) Digital Honey]

Miru suddenly woke up, not remembering anything. Shocked, her inventor had told her that she is his new android model. Could that be true, or is there more that meets the eye? <<less

Adaptation of novel Anne of Avonlea (1909) by Canadian writer Lucy Maud Montgomery and it's a sequel to novel Anne of Green Gables (1908). It... more>> follows Anne from the age of 16 to 18, during the two years that she teaches at Avonlea school. Anne discovers the delights and troubles of being a teacher, takes part in the raising of the twins Davy and Dora and organizes the A.V.I.S. (Avonlea Village Improvement Society), which tries to bring improvements to Avonlea with questionable results. <<less

There's a new pet that has been found! It's called a baby, and Asahina Tamae is the only one in her class that doesn't have... more>> one. She finds three babies one day that seem to be special. They can do things that other babies can't! But before Tamae can keep them--she has to prove herself to her mother. Out of all her siblings, she gets the worst test scores, and the last thing she needs is another distraction. <<less

A man comes home one day to have his wife give him divorce papers. A woman comes home to her apartment one day to find... more>> a woman she doesn’t know wrapped in a towel coming out of the shower. They both get conned by the same real estate conman on the same house, a 4LDK. So now the man, his two sons, the woman, and her two daughters live in the same house. <<less