A garden with thistles in full bloom scented like black tea, a garden visited by a beetle who speaks the human tongue, a garden filled... more>> with laughter and a freshly baked Mirabelle tart, a garden where walking 47 steps will show you a sea lion's broken pool. <<less

Kikukawa Shiori wakes up from a motorcycle accident only to find out she's lost her memory! Try as she might, she can't remember anything about the yankee-looking boy who claims to be her boyfriend, her kind-hearted and good looking older brother, or her aloof and introverted younger sister.... more>>

When she goes to school for the first time since her accident, she overhears people talking about her---and the things they say aren't flattering. From what she hears, she was a terrible person before the accident. Was she really as horrible as they're making her out to be? And will she ever get her memory back? <<less

This Manga deals with parenting, depicting the daily lives of cartoonist Ohsamu Tetsuro, who strongly resembles Tezuka Osamu himself, and his family.... more>>

The story begins with the birth of his first son. The son is named Makoto (nicknamed Mako) and grows to be a healthy 2 year-old, basking in the love of his orderly mother and careless father. The son is followed by two daughters named Rumiko (nicknamed Rumi) and Chiiko (nicknamed Chii). This story focuses on the increasing hustle and bustle inside the Ohsamu family. <<less

Sana Kurata, a child actress, faces many problems in her classroom, including a major one - her bullying classmate, Akito Hayama. Sana's outgoing and friendly nature leads her to work towards correcting all of the problems around her. Her 'meddling' irritates Hayama but at the same time captivates him, just as Hayama's gloomy nature irritates Sana and compels her to change him. As these two opposites attract each other, they face many hardships which bring them closer to a mutual understanding.... more>>

This manga won the 1998 Kodansha Manga Award for shoujo. <<less

'You can choose your parents?' The life adventures of a kid who became a golden spoon.

Two brothers, Shunpei and Kyouhei, have very opposite characters but share a crush on their cute sister Anko. The three of them live with their excentric father, may (or may not) have diffferent mothers, have fun, lots of tantrums and try to lead a happy life in junior high school.... more>>

Eiji Otsuka and Sho-u Tajima at it again, Eiji in a much more minor role this time, however. In any case, this a relatively older and short comedy series (4 volumes) that should be a fun break from their usual mayhem with MPD (Multiple Personality/Dissociative Identity Disorder) .

In 1994, this manga was published as a whole under title "BROTHERS High School". <<less

Tetsuta and Aya are two siblings who lost their mother very early in their lives. Despite being loving and devoted, their father has since buried himself in work and hardly ever spends time with them. ... more>>

Tetsuta is fully accustomed to looking after his younger sister and cooking for the family, so he vehemently opposes his father's suggestion of bringing in a helper to tend to matters around the house and care for them. But his attitude changes the moment he meets this beautiful and kind-hearted housekeeper... <<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

Set during the interwar period of 1925-1932: Tomoji lives in the japanese countryside while Fumiaki works as a photographer in Tokyo. One day, they meet. ... more>>

The story is inspired by real people who later founded a branch of Buddhism. <<less

This charming new manga follows the father and daughter of the Sugisaki household, with its vain, gorgeous, and very doting father, and his equally stylish,... more>> cool, but far drier daughter - but can two different generations of shoujo main characters inhabit the same house? <<less

Part 1: Hiroshima, 1955. Ten years after the city was consumed by a scorching flash of light, a woman's soul is still deeply shaken by the earth-shattering explosion that devastated her home and changed her life forever.... more>>

A family from Hiroshima struggles to come to terms with their survival of the atomic bombing of their city. The protagonist is Minami Hirano, about 20 years of age.

Part 2: Set some decades later, the niece of Minami Hirano is bewildered by her father's mysterious disappearances. She and a friend follow him to discover what he is doing.

The main theme of this is historic manga concerns the question what impact the war and the atomic bombing had on the most vulnerable. Fumiyo Kôno examines this question in her outstanding book- an award-winning, widely-discussed masterpiece.

Note: Won the 2004 Japan Media Arts Festival's Grand Prize for manga and the Tezuka Osamu Creative Award in 2005. <<less

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3 sole men are what make up the Yamagiwa family. 4-year-old Haruki is embraced by his easy going dad and his good big brother. Under their wings, Haruki is growing up little by little.... more>>

Volume 1 also includes a short story titled Ohisama no Kuni. <<less

MiRyu has a gorgeous mother who's quite childish for a woman. But asides from being just gorgeous, MiRyu's mother is also getting remarried to a... more>> rich man. Worst case scenario for MiRyu herself is that this isn't the first time that this has happened: her mother married multiple times in the past to pay off a debt. Now because of her mother's new husband, not only is the debt that MiRyu's mother had is paid off, but MiRyu also now gains a stepfather who has a daughter and a pair of extremely handsome twin sons. And MiRyu thinks that she just may be falling in love with either one or both of the twins. One just happens to be sweeter than the other, and the not-so-sweet one is always so stubborn. Her stepsister also happens to be her class's Vice President. Just when MiRyu thinks that her life can't get any worse, it always seems as though she's proven wrong. Really?! <<less

The story is about Hare, a 10 year old boy who lives with his mother Weda in a small village in a very strange jungle.... more>> Hare's mom is a bit of a "party girl" and likes to sleep in all day and party with her girl friends all night. Things change one evening when Weda comes home with a little "playmate" for Hare, a pretty little girl named Guu. But when Hare wakes up the next morning, Guu has "transformed" into a sullen, nasty, and sarcastic joker who takes great pleasure in making Hare's life utterly miserable. Guu can also swallow anything and regurgitate it whole. Guu also seems to have various magic powers, which lead Hare to consider her a demon of some sort, but he can't convince most other people of that. <<less

Clumsy Arashiyama is a girl with a love for mysteries and a knack for getting into trouble. She works for an old lady’s lackluster maid café in a small shopping district. The cafe is largely unsuccessful in attracting customers aside from Sanada, a regular and one of Arashiyama's classmates (who has a secret crush on her). One day Arashiyama’s clever friend Tatsuno is invited to the café, and, upon seeing the miserable state of things (and Sanada, whom she has a secret crush on), decides to work there. Don’t miss the crazy antics of Arashiyama and friends, mismatched love stories, and all the hilarity that is created as a result, in Sore Machi.... more>>

Note: Nominated for the 11th Japan Media Arts Festival (2007). <<less

The middle schoolers Utahara Koharu and Hanaeda Yousuke are childhood friends, nothing more or less. At least according to Koharu, since Yousuke is dead set... more>> on making her his wife in the future and doesn’t refrain from telling her how much he loves her at every possible occasion. With Koharu being torn between annoyance and embarassment, this manga depicts their daily life and interactions with their families, classmates and friends. <<less

Hot-headed Kozuka Mitsuomi left his home in the country to try to lead a sophisticated life in Tokyo. Unfortunately, at age 25, he returns home... more>> in disgrace, having been fired from his job. As he tries to rediscover himself in the rural area he once called home, he meets Kumai Yamato, a man about his age who was adopted into his community while Mitsuomi was away. The sweet and even-tempered Yamato is hiding his own pain, and as the two men connect, they start a journey together. <<less

Hikaru dreams of becoming a chef. However, nothing’s going right in his life – he’s just been dumped, and has few job prospects. This all... more>> changes the day he goes to pick up his nephew from kindergarten when he instantly falls in love with a new teacher there. But, before Hikaru can declare his feelings, his nephew says, "Sensei’s going to be my wife in the future!" Is Hikaru’s rival in love really his five-year old nephew? <<less

The story of a family of five strangers living under one roof.... more>>

Naotatsu is set to stay with his uncle as he enters a new high school. However, a woman he has never met, Sakaki-san, picks him up at the station.

He now shares a house with a salaryman who quit to become a mangaka unbeknownst his parents (the uncle), a cross-dressing fortune teller, a college professor, and a 25 year old office lady all quirky in their own ways. Naotatsu, a high school freshman, begins the strange days of living under the same roof with them.

Ranked #5 in the 2020 Manga Taisho Awards.

Ranked #5 in the 2020 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Awards for male readers.

Won the 24th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in the New Creator category. <<less

Yousuke's sister disappeared one day, and even as the adults seem to despair and give up, Yousuke never did. Then one day, he goes down to the spot where she had disappeared and there waiting for him was...... more>>

This is a oneshot on Jump Rookie, a developmental site for new, up-and-coming mangaka to showcase their stuff. If you enjoyed this, please go to the site and give a thumbs-up. It could mean a lot to the new mangaka.

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Santa and Rintarou are what can easily be described as an old married couple. they have been together for a long time and the series... more>> explores what is their day to day life. <<less

Short stories all centering around farewells in life. ... more>>

Story 1, "Sister's Departure"

A boy has mixed feelings about his older sister moving out to live with her recently wed husband in Tokyo.

Story 2, "Pareidolia at Dawn"

Hakushio is a succubus who resides in a forest. Hakushio is perplexed by Niwa, who has no heart and wants to know what love is.

Story 3, "Spring, a Storm, and a Curtain Call"

Kaya and Shono are two girls in the theater club who are mulling over their future career paths.

Story 4, "Loop"

A textless story showing footage of a young woman.

Story 5-6, "Nectar Afterglow"

Fuji is a Nectarist, turning corpses into nectar for grieving families as a funeral ceremony.

Story 7, "Life of a Flower"

A man becomes a famous painter even though he feels he is nothing special. <<less

Short story about an alternative point of view to face failure.

Heisuke is a young man who was left in charge of taking care of his little cousin Aki for a day. Being an only child... more>> who usually stays at home alone, Aki is quiet, reserved, and will go out of his way not to make trouble for others. As they spend more time together, Aki begins to grow very attached to Heisuke, especially since Heisuke's hobby is to make sweets and desserts. The quiet Aki eventually opens up to Heisuke, and Heisuke in return teaches Aki that sometimes it's all right to be selfish and say what you really want to do. <<less