[From the authors of Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint:]... more>>

Humans were suddenly summoned to become “Walkers”, and they needed to clear the tower to save the world.

Then, the “Stone of Regression” was discovered. Walkers could now “return” to the past. And slowly… everyone left.

Humanity’s last hope, “Carpe Diem”, was formed by people who refused to abandon the world.

But once the last Walker reached floor 100, he no longer knew what to believe.

This is the tale of the only man who didn’t regress, despite everyone else going back to the past. <<less

I woke up as Kayena Hill, the novel’s villainess, praised as the greatest beauty in the empire. Who knew that her story would catch my... more>> attention because I was her in my past life? Destined for terrible ends, I’ve died twice—but I refuse to die a third time as a pawn in someone else’s scheme. I’m no longer the vain and naïve princess. Now that I know how the story will unfold, I’ll turn the tables around and have everyone dancing to my tune. This time, I’ll be the one pulling the strings. <<less

A youth named Kiriyama Rei, who lost his family as a child, endures loneliness to become a professional shogi player. Then, through a chance meeting, he develops a relationship with the three Kawamoto sisters (Akari, Hinata, Momo), who hail from a working-class district of the city, and little by little his frozen heart begins to thaw.... more>>

Note: Nominated for the 2nd Annual Manga Taishou in 2009 and won the award in 2011.

Won the Kodansha Manga Award in the general category (shared with ) in 2011 and won the Grand Prize of the 18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2014. And won the 24th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards Grand Prize in 2021. <<less

In the distant future, a new immortal and genderless life form called Gems populate the Earth. The 28 Gems must fight against the Moon Dwellers, who attack them regularly to abduct them and to turn them into decorations. Each Gem is assigned a role, such as a fighter or a medic.... more>>

Being only 300 years old, Phosphophyllite is the youngest of the Gems and has no assignment yet. Phos wants to help fight the Moon Dwellers, but is too weak and brittle for battle. One day the master of Gems, Adamantine, assigns Phos the task of creating a natural history encyclopedia.

Note: Nominated for the 8th Manga Taisho in 2015. <<less

Tomoko Kuroki naturally assumed she’d be popular when she got to high school…but then cold, hard reality swooped in for the attack! Turns out all... more>> the popularity points she’d racked up in her video game dating sims are worth squat in real life, and Tomoko’s far from prepared to navigate high school! How can she possibly hope to impress her classmates when she can’t even talk to them?! A new high-school heroine is born (maybe?)! <<less

Nichika had a one-night-stand for the first time in her life. A life that consists of indifferent parents, friends who she can't shed her true... more>> feelings to ("because it's tedious"), and her belief that she's destined for Freeterdom. However, on a day when her dreams of that morning walk home have faded into reality, she once again meets the man she thought she would never see again... <<less

On a rainy Spring day, She finds Chobi outside and brings him home with her. Chobi falls in love with his owner because of her... more>> kindness and beauty. Chobi and She are happy with their life together and say in unison, "This world, I think we like it." <<less

Natsume has always been aware of the supernatural, but after he inherits a magic book, the supernatural is aware of him!... more>>

When Reiko was Takashi's age, she bound the names of demons and spirits in her Book of Friends, enslaving them to her capricious whim. Now Takashi is the owner of the book, and the creatures will do anything to get their names back. <<less

Secchan is about a girl who sleeps with anyone and a boy who doesn't have interest in anyone. These two young university students meet due... more>> to a certain incident and their lonely lives intermingle. <<less

Kou Yamori seems like a typical middle school student on the surface. Relatively good at studies and amiable with his classmates, he puts a lot of effort into maintaining this facade. One day, however, he decides to stop pretending and quits school, developing insomnia as a result of having no daytime outlet for his energy. When taking walks alone at night, he feels marginally better, though he is aware that his inability to sleep should be considered a serious problem.... more>>

On one such walk, Kou meets a weird girl, Nazuna Nanakusa, who diagnoses the cause of his sleeplessness: despite making changes in his life, he is still holding himself back from experiencing true freedom. She says that he won't be able to sleep unless he is satisfied with how he spends his waking hours. When it appears that she has resolved his current worries, Nazuna invites him back to her apartment to share her futon. After a while, unaware that he is only feigning unconsciousness, she leans over him—and bites his neck! <<less

An orphan named Aisya has been gifted the incredible power to make paintings that perform miracles just by using her blood. She and her best... more>> friend Loki have a wonderful time together, despite her deteriorating health. However, Loki realizes that he’s nothing more than Aisya’s drawing when he tries to save Aisya one night from an attacker. Aisya sends him on a quest to destroy her paintings and her curse, and to save the people changed by them, but can Loki look past his hatred of humans in order to carry out her wish? <<less

Aki is a girl who is lonely, with a lot of pain in her heart. People are always bothering her or teasing her in school. She tries being nice to them anyway, but they just won't stop. ... more>>

But one day, they will see a side of her they never have seen before. <<less

Following the death of his daughter, Assistant Inspector Yamada Hajime has lost hope in everything, and jobs like closing under-aged prostitution rings don't exactly help... more>> matters. But there he meets a girl who looks alarmingly like his late daughter. Her name is Umino Shiori, a runaway girl who's desperate enough to sell herself to escape her house but won't tell anyone why. <<less

Star, a mysterious, naïve child, searches for Garion, an alleged miracle-maker who is said to live in a lone apple tree, so that he can... more>> keep his best friend Miru, a seasonal flower, from withering in the coming winter. <<less

Mai, a young girl about to turn 17 encounters a handsome boy sitting on a tree. What's weird is he asks for her help to... more>> climb down..... what kind quirky guy has Mai come across? and will this encounter lead to something in the coming future? <<less

Usami Nagisa is a yankee who suffers from a supposed rare disease which causes her health to decline if she feels lonely. Sewa Natsuhito, the... more>> boy who sits next to her in class realizes this and keeps her company, but the only way Usami believes she can cure her "illness" is to make lots of friends, a process she might find quite difficult due to her aggressive looks and personality. <<less

Chitose Morishige is a 12-year-old seventh-grader with no friend in the world. Her father, Professor Morishige, builds a robot companion for his daughter to ease her loneliness.... more>>

The only problem is that Ichika Robata, the android, is built much too lifelike that Chitose believes she's a normal human girl who either ran away or was kidnapped by her father. Ichika attempts repeatedly to prove that she's a real robot, with hilariously disastrous results. <<less

An apparently simple romance story has just started but a lust murderer is haunting behind the couple.

At first glance, the family of Kinomiya Aya may seem quite ordinary: loving mother and father and a kind elder brother, however, appearances can be deceiving—Aya's father constantly beats her mother, scolds them for the slightest "transgressions," and commits other inappropriate deeds. Her brother spends all of his time selfishly ignoring what's right in front of him in favour of enjoying himself. Her mother is enduring it all for her children, and both mother and daughter live in constant fear of Aya's father. Because of all this, Aya envies ordinary families and the children who enjoy them.... more>>

One day, after witnessing a quarrel between father and mother turn violent, Aya experiences a great deal of stress, due to which she gains the ability to turn invisible. At first, the girl indulged in her superpowers, but eventually she makes a decision that will probably make her blame herself for the rest of her life... <<less

Cat-rearing college student x hamster-rearing salaryman... more>>

Despite the fact that his ex-girlfriend left due to him constantly doing overtime at the company, Naoe Yoshihito doesn't think of himself as being enslaved by his company. Between living for his job and providing for his beloved hamster Hanako, one thing that always helps relieve his stress is following the social media account of a cat named Goma. But it turns out that his favourite cat-idol and their owner is much closer than he'd ever imagine...? <<less

Her late parent's death made her feel lonely. She couldn't trust anyone, particularly when she can hear their true thoughts, so she always felt lonely. This was true, until she visited the aquarium.... more>>

"It was the first time since I was born that I heard someone's voice and thought it was beautiful."

"Can I listen to you one more time?" <<less

Yotsuya Atsushi, a high school boy with a serious problem: he sees ghosts. This particular curse of his has kept him isolated and alone, stuck... more>> in his own tiny world. After transferring to a new school, Yotsuya meets someone nearly as strange as he is, and his world starts to open. <<less

Rize, who’s a university student, met Kairi at her part-time job at the supermarket. While lending her shoulder to Kairi who has trouble sleeping, she... more>> is reminded of her older brother who left her when she was young, and Rize starts to feel affection towards him. However, she was shocked when she saw Kairi’s diary in his apartment saying that he had killed someone. What is the truth behind the person she likes? As the truth slowly comes to light, Rize starts chasing after her love for Kairi! This is Morie Satoshi’s roller coaster work that has crime, mystery and love!! <<less

The only things that are still awake in this world are sheeps, me and her. It's a decadent romantic created by a genius!... more>>

One day humanity fell asleep and the only ones still awake are me and my cheeky junior Sawada who transformed into a witch. The romantic comedy of those two is about to awake in this deteriorating world where everything’s asleep! <<less

Do you believe in the law of equivalent exchange? Rico Himeno is a workaholic in high school who lives alone and spends all her free... more>> time doing part-time work. After her mother passed away, Rico felt like the world was turned against her and gave up on maintaining human relationships. Unlike her mother, Rico doesn't want to leave anything to fate so she is constantly working hard to become a strong, independent woman and achieve her dream of a life in solidarity with no troubles. What will happen now that fate has decided to throw a curve ball at Rico, introducing her to a persistent prince and disrupting her peaceful life in a bubble? Could this be a turn of good luck? <<less