The strongest doesn’t need any cheats!... more>>

Haruka, who spends his high school life a loner, was suddenly summoned to another world one day along with all his classmates.

When ol’ God enters the picture, Haruka believes he can just choose whatever cheat skill he wants to help him survive in the new world...

But, contrary to his expectations, that list of cheat skills works on a first come, first serve basis. And so, his classmates pick out all the cheat skills.

His choices now limited to leftovers, Haruka finds himself incapable of assembling a party due to his own “loner” skill.

Even though it’s a different world, it seems his adventuring days will be, as per usual, a solitary affair…

After becoming aware of a crisis looming over his classmates, Haruka makes a silent vow to save them. No relying on cheats!

He will walk a heretical path of strength that transcends the need for them.

The curtain rises on the strongest loner’s otherworld strategy guide! <<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

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

Shinichi Sakurai is a fit and grumpy-faced 3rd year college student who just wants to spend his free time alone. However, his underclassman from his... more>> high school days, the short, energetic, and very buxom 2nd year student Hana Uzaki simply will not allow that, constantly pestering him and teasing him until Shinichi is forced to hang out with her. Slowly, but surely, he gradually starts enjoying his time with her to the point that, even with all their bickering, they're almost always seen together... <<less

On his way home from his office, the main protagonist drove and ran over a big dog. At that moment, he heard the sudden sound... more>> of a voice inside his head. [The monster has been subjugated, gaining experience points.] "Eh?" Before anyone knew, the world has changed. Monsters appear, this is a game-like world where levels, skills, and status exist. This is an adventure where the modern world becomes fantasy and where the main protagonist has to strive hard for his survival. <<less

Even in this day and age, Ninjas walk among us, hide within plain sight, still waiting for their mission orders. However, for some, it takes... more>> much longer to receive orders than others! Meet Kumogakure Kurō, a NEET and a Ninja. After being a long time without work, he finally receives orders from the higher ups! <<less

Lokan was the ‘King of Violence’ who reigned as the strongest in the virtual reality game, ‘The Lord’. Unfortunately, the assassination order issued by an enemy guild caused him to lose everything. To his surprise, the next time he woke up, he had returned back to three years ago!... more>>

“Fucking brats, just you wait. I’ll devour you all!”

A new story begins as Rokan, who travelled back in time, climbs his way back to the top! <<less

"Hey, Kuroya, you like me, don't you? How did you know?"... more>>

To have one-sided love discovered. For Kuroya, a high school student in the shadows, it was a humiliation that was tantamount to death. The other is Kasumi Shiromori, an extremely beautiful girl who is an upperclassman in the literature club. While they spend time alone together in the club, Kuroya is forced to admit that he has been hiding these feelings from her for a long time, but ......! The older student tells the despairing Kuroya, "Well, I'm going out with her on a trial basis for the time being.

"Then - for the time being - we'll go out on a trial basis"?

No way, they are in love with each other and have a relationship! No, wait, it's not supposed to be like this---This is an agonizingly lovey-dovey and super-sweet adolescent romantic comedy full of lovey-dovey love from the senpai of your dreams, who teases you even though you're dating! <<less

Wakana Gojou is a fifteen year old high-school boy who was socially traumatized in the past due to his passions. That incident left a mark... more>> on him that made him into a social recluse. Until one day he had an encounter with Kitagawa who is a sociable gyaru, who is the complete opposite of him. They soon share their passions with one another which leads to their odd relationship. <<less

Yokoi Taku has trouble getting along with people, so he moved to Tokyo as soon as he graduated from high school. He now lives alone,... more>> making a living by delivering newspapers and drawing doujinshi, though people totally ignore his non-erotic works. One day, a girl named Saitou Megumi suddenly shows up at his door, claiming that she came all the way from Tottori to meet him because she's a big fan of one of his doujinshi. It ends up that she has faced many hardships herself, and with no intention of leaving, she ends up living with him. <<less

Growing up in the late 16th century Sengoku era Japan, Shinmen Takezō is shunned by the local villagers as a devil child due to his wild and violent nature. Running away from home with a fellow boy at age 17, Takezo joins the Toyotomi army to fight the Tokugawa clan at the Battle of Sekigahara. However, the Tokugawa win a crushing victory, leading to nearly three hundred years of Shogunate rule. Takezo and his friend manage to survive the battle and afterwards swear to do great things with their lives. However, after their paths separate, Takezo becomes a wanted criminal and must change his name and his nature in order to escape an ignoble death.... more>> style="line-height: 40px;"> Note: Won the 24th Kodansha Manga Award in the general category in 2000. Won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2002 and was nominated for the 2003 Eisner Award in the Best Writer/Artist category. <<less

The story opens as middle school student Takao Kasuga receives an F on a math test. But he doesn't even seem to notice because he's too engrossed in surreptitiously reading Beaudelaire's The Flowers of Evil. And the day goes downhill from there. In a moment of weakness, he finds and takes home the gym clothes belonging to sweet, pretty Nanako Saeki on whom he has a major crush. Unfortunately for Takao, there's a witness to the theft: Nakamura, who has a huge chip on her shoulder and a sadistic streak.... more>>

As the saga unfolds, we see Takao struggling to decide whether to confess or cover up his misdeeds at the same time that he tries to win over the girl of his dreams, and avoid the blackmail attempts of Nakamura, his new ”BFF.” <<less

Itai Shiori (26) is an office lady who has gone through her entire life boyfriendless. She might look apathetic, but she still wants to be... more>> loved as much as anyone. Never letting a hot tip go to waste, constantly challenging herself. However, her natural awkwardness and cringeyness tend to lead to unfortunate results... An unfortunate but lovable OL's daily life! <<less

Afflicted by a "mysterious illness," high school first year Kuroe has spent her entire life avoiding socializing with others. However, after coming into contact with Minami Arata, the most popular boy in school, something changes--and Kuroe's true powers are unleashed...... more>>

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In a world where every boy and girl has a special power called Iris, Toru who, as a result of not having any kind of... more>> special power, was bullied from a young age, lives by his motto "minimal exposure" to live without standing out. But his peaceful school life changes when he receives a certain confession from the school's most popular girl, Koyuki. His motto begins to shake. <<less

[I have a childhood friend next to me. That’s all I need to know about this romantic comedy]. Fushimi Hina is the most universally recognized... more>> S-class beauty in the school. She is a childhood friend of Ryo, but they hardly spoke to each other from junior high school to senior high school, but one thing leads them to talk to each other again. After that, Hina takes care of Ryo and acts aggressively, but Ryo doesn’t really understand the meaning of her actions. <<less

Set in the France 1835. The pretty Rose Dupre is bullied and called the witch's daughter. People say her mother is a witch who kills... more>> and eats humans. However, Marie and Peter don't believe all those rumors and decide to protect Rose... But what if the rumors are true? <<less

On his first day of transferring to a new high school, a loner named Mori Buntarou is cajoled by a classmate into climbing the school building. Despite knowing that one misstep could send him spiraling to his death, he moves forward, and upon finally reaching the top, Mori experiences a sense of fulfillment. That feeling, which seems to be telling him "You're alive!", gives birth to a passion for rock-climbing.... more>>

Note: Sakamoto Shinichi did both the story and the art from Volume 4 onwards. <<less

Isao Komori is a college dropout who spends his days cooped up in his apartment playing video games and masturbating. The highlight of his day is visiting a convenience store where an angel-like high-school girl called Mari visits every night.... more>>

One morning Komori wakes up in Mari's body. Another "Komori" inhabits his old body, and Mari has disappeared. Komori struggles to maintain Mari's ordinary life and starts to investigate Mari's disapperance. Perhaps Mari wasn't so innocent and perfect after all? <<less

Ishidou Natsuo is a gifted girl who can achieve anything she wants in sports. Because of this she is permanently bored, as there aren't any... more>> real challenges to her abilities to make her feel alive. One day she receives an invitation of a merry girl to join her martial arts club. Irritated by her happy expression, Natsuo decides to accept the invitation just as a pretext to beat her up, but she receives a shocking surprise. <<less

Vampires have evolved and don't rely on human blood anymore. They now co-exist secretly as normal citizens even though they are still feared and discriminated... more>> against by the society. So what happens to a female vampire trying to live a normal school life when she meets the most popular boy in school and accidentally nips his neck? <<less

The story of Yugami Maiko, a girl with a fetish for teeth, and Hizumi Ryuuji, a guy who hates his teeth.

They exist in the most unexpected places—be it within your eyes and ears, under the floor and roof of your house, or in the trees and flowers in your garden. They are everywhere, and yet nowhere, at the same time. Are they alive or not? Perhaps it is more apt to say they are beings who transcend the concept of life and death itself. They are mushi. ... more>>

Some wreak havoc in the lives of humans; others bring them deliverance from suffering. Mushi are neither good nor evil: for just like any other creature, they are merely striving to survive in this harsh, competitive world.

Ginko, a lone wanderer with a reclusive personality, offers help and guidance to those plagued by mushi. This is the tale of his travels and exploits in a wondrous world populated by these mysterious entities. <<less

Based on a real story which was posted on 2ch, Molester Man is the story of how Molester Man is mistaken for a stalker by... more>> Miss Understanding, and how they overcome their personal challenges while slowly growing closer to each other. <<less

Fujimura is a loner delinquent at his school. Feared by his classmates since the first day of high school, he's had no friends and usually... more>> ditches class. But even his standoffish nature can't hold up when a class representative with a few screws loose comes after him! And two more class representatives. They're a few cards short of a full deck too. (Actually, he's more like the tsukkomi in a world of boke.) <<less