Note used to dream of becoming a top-tier adventurer, but now he spends his days drinking away his profits at the local tavern and reminiscing... more>> about the past. Funny a boy with the Mapping ability could get so lost, huh? That’s right. Note’s dreams of becoming a big name in adventuring died the day he pulled the infamous trash-tier skill Mapping. Who wants to adventure with someone who has such a worthless ability? Wait... the renowned dungeon-diving party “Arrivers” does? WHAT?! Get your gear packed, because Note has a whole new life to navigate now! <<less

The Great Shang dynasty has been in power for many years, but the Gods have found fault with the new emperor. Instead of submitting to their will at the expense of his people, the emperor resolves to throw off the Gods' yoke and free humanity. However, this means not only will he face the Gods, but also a rival, the young Zhou—who submits to the Gods' will for nothing but his own purposes! ... more>>

The fate of the dynasty, nay, the fate of all humanity will be determined by this great battle between the forces of Heaven and Earth! <<less

Yun-lee is a girl who is carrying a huge emotional scar in her heart. Due to an accident, she lost 2 precious years of her... more>> life, the time period between 19 and 21 years old. Her life is empty. She is miserable, but still attending a preparatory school in an attempt to catch up with all the time she has lost. Suddenly, one day on her way to feed some stray cats, she comes across a young man who seems to have what she has lost... the period between 19 and 21 years old. <<less

A collection of short stories.... more>>

Story 1: ≠kids

"A hero can never be seen as weak. He must always be seen as perfect." Will the dead superhero's four children collapse under his rules and people's expectations, or will they finally break free?

Story 2: Lenny Worker

The cyborg "worker" number 02 just wants to live his life in peace. When he meets Kate, who calls him Lenny and treats him like a normal person, it seems he might have a chance. But then some other workers kidnap Kate and take 02 to join their gang...

Story 3: Lenny Worker Alternative

Two months have passed since Lenny took on the form of Angel to rescue Kate from the workers. Kate, who has been holding on to Angel's "core", gets a surprise visit from Lenny, who tells her he will take on Angel's form again. But something isn't right...

Story 4: Coyote

Alicia is a prostitute stuck working in a place she hates, but since she's been disowned by her parents she has no hopes of ever leaving. Then a man called Ed comes to visit, who says all he wants to do is talk. But what does Ed really want? And what will Alicia do when he offers her a way out at the end of a gun?

Story 5: I am a Demon

Commander Clout of the underground Mawbulf empire has finally been released from his prison, but where is his arch-rival Fox Sunday?! <<less

The story takes place in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. The main character, Yamato, cares a lot about his younger twin brother, Yuuto, and is unable to confess... more>> to Michiru, his childhood friend. One day those three are shocked by a sudden situation... !!! <<less

Fushimi is a high-school student who also aspires to be a mangaka. Rin is a model who appears to have some type of psychic powers.... more>> What will happen when these two cross paths? <<less

Accompanied by a talking lantern, Mika pursues her sister on a quest to retrieve that which was stolen from her long ago.

As a continuation of Rozen Maiden, the story starts with an older Jun, who is now a university student. While working at a bookstore as his part time job, he finds an unaddressed copy of the first issue of a weekly magazine "How to Make a Girl" containing a spring. He brings it home, and soon starts receiving further issues of the magazine by post, each issue having one part of a doll's body as a gift. One day, after putting much effort into assembling the fifth Rozen Maiden doll Shinku, he receives a notification that the publication has been cancelled, leaving him with an incomplete doll. Suddenly, he receives a mysterious text message from... more>> his old number, claiming to be the Jun Sakurada asking for help against the seventh Rozen Maiden doll Kirakisho...

Note: The official title of this Shueisha edition in Japanese is ローゼンメイデン in katakana, in order to set it apart from the title of the "original" Gentosha edition, which was "Rozen Maiden" in Latin letters while katakana only served as a pronunciation aid (furigana). <<less

The beautiful singer Lucille and his orchestra invite you to the city of fear where puppets hunt down humans. The puppets are playing an oratorio of magic and illusions!... more>>

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This manga also features the unrelated short story Camelot Garden in vol. 5. <<less

Matsumiya Kana lost everything when her father was arrested and charged with embezzling funds from the Japanese Ministry of Defense. However, she soon learns that... more>> her father actually worked for a secret organization within the Department of Internal Affairs, and was in charge of embezzling money to support it off the books. He was being used by an "embezzlement group" within the secret organization, and that group is willing to kill to keep their activities quiet. The life of his daughter, Kana, is the perfect blackmail to ensure his silence. Within a corrupt agency, where anyone could be a traitor, will Kana be able to avoid falling into the hands of those plotting against her...? <<less

Ako has a somewhat distant relationship with her family, and one day she gets a call from her father about a bit of a crisis.

The story opens several years after a devastating war, where incredibly strong 'mechanical dolls' slaughtered many, many people. These robot weapons, which look exactly like humans, are still feared and hated. During a storm, Craw finds one of these 'dolls.' She is nothing like the weapon he would expect, but is instead gentle, cheerful, and very eager to be of use to the people around her. She claims her name is Mayple, and she seems to be programmed as a maid and cook.... more>>

Soon, Craw has set up a cafe for Mayple to run, where she can cook sweets and tea for everyone in town. It's going to be a rough road ahead of her, as many townspeople hate her on principle and will not shrink from violence against her. But maybe Mayple, who always keeps a sunny attitude, will be able to find a way through the prejudice and make a place for herself in the post-war world. <<less

"To end his eternal suffering, he must slay one thousand enemies!" Manji, a ronin warrior of feudal Japan, has been cursed with immortality. To rid himself of this curse and end his life of misery, he must slay one thousand evil men! His quest begins when a young girl seeks his help in taking revenge on her parents' killers... and his quest won't end until the blood of a thousand has spilled.... more>>

Note: Won an Excellence Prize at the 1997 Japan Media Arts Festival. Won the Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material in 2000. <<less

Shizuku Kanzaki is the son of a recently deceased, world-renowned wine critic named Yutaka Kanzaki. In order to take ownership of his father's legacy, an extensive wine collection featuring some of the most rare labels of the last 30 years, he must find 13 wines, known as the "Twelve Apostles" plus the heaven-sent "Drops of God" that his father described in his will. ... more>>

But despite being an only child, Shizuku is not alone in this unique wine hunt. He has a competitor. Issei Tomine, a renowned young wine critic, was recently adopted into the Kanzaki family and is also vying for this most rare of prizes.

, the most prestigious wine magazine in France, has awarded this series with the "Special Award of the Year" in 2010. <<less

Kitamura Koh has known the Tsukishima family for years. One of the Tsukishima daughters was even born on the exact same date as Koh! What will become of Koh when his best friend is no longer around?... more>>

Cross Game received the 54th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen manga in 2009. <<less

The hilarious misadventures of the "Sket Dan"; a couple of high schoolers who help out people as part of their club activity: Himeko, the hot-headed ex-delinquent with a soft spot for cute things and a taste for strange food; Switch, the brainy otaku who only talks via a computerized speech-application; and Bossun, the atypical leader of this looney bunch, with the amazing power to... concentrate very hard!... more>>

Sket Dance won the 55th annual Shogakukan Manga Award in 2009 for best shounen manga. <<less

The year is 1967, and a young Japanese man is thinking about the future. On one side of the water, the war is raging in... more>> Vietnam; far away on the other side, the Apollo Project has just met with disaster as three astronauts die in a capsule fire. And here and now, on a long nighttime ferry ride back home, he will meet and fall in love with a mysterious young woman who carries a past deeper and more profound than his dreams and fears of tomorrow. Her name, she jokes, is no name--Emanon...and she can never be forgotten, any more than she can forget... <<less

A pair spend a day at the aquarium and explore the different fishes, while one of them muses about their secret feelings for one another.... more>> Two young people dealing with their ambiguous relationship. <<less

The world is a desert where trees and flowers are extremely rare.

The duty of the Twelve Apostles is to seek out and destroy the vampires of this world. Bearing a grudge against vampires and the pure... more>> blood who created them, Gilles has successfully passed the first two parts of his exam to become one of the Twelve Apostles. For the third and final part of the exam, Gilles is assigned a partner named Luna and together they must travel to a nearby town and kill a vampire named Alan. Will he pass his exam and become an apostle? And who exactly is this girl named Luna? <<less

The story centers on an 11-year-old boy who hates the lack of unique individuality in the world, and hates that he himself lacks individuality. One day, he finds that everything that might give a person individuality — such as their faces, names, and personal information — have been erased from his sight, as if by a marker pen. He later learns that this is a fatal disease, and that he will not live past 12.... more>>

He rejoices, having acquired the unique trait of "tragic main character," and moreover takes great pleasure in being the first to die from this disease so the disease will be named after him. At least, until a girl appears with the same disease. He quickly becomes disappointed that the girl seems to have a more unique spark to her, and her life expectancy is even shorter than his. To top it off, he learns that the disease might end up being named after her. He resolves to kill her before that happens. <<less

When you have worries, is it about whether or not you are short or about your new class? Those were the problems that normal high... more>> school student, Chiyoko, faced. However, one day she meets her childhood friend Chiharu and Chiyoko’s world changed. But when Chiyoko stumbles her way into a secret underground high class club, she is surprised to find the truth… <<less

"Gisèle Alain will provide you with any service, Madame," Gisèle claims as she puts a sign on her door. Gisèle Alain is the owner of... more>> an apartment and decides to take on whatever request that she receives. She forces Eric, a resident of the apartment with overdue rent, to tag along with her service. Their first mission is to find a cat that another resident has lost and claims to have been missing for 3 days. Upon further investigation, they find a suspicious man taking away cats to an unknown alley. Gisèle decides to investigate further and finds out who the man is without any trouble. An amusing yet calm service providing you with anything you want; at your service by Gisèle Alain! <<less

There are a lot of things that Kouki doesn’t have – no hobbies, no friends, no lover, no stable job, and no will to live.... more>> So when a random tussle with some kids gets him stabbed, he thinks maybe this is finally his ticket out of this crappy life. But just as he’s about to pass out he sees a beautiful “angel”… How is Kouki supposed to cope when less than a month later, he’s mysteriously healed, has astronomical bills to pay, and suddenly has the same beautiful angel as his amnesiac roommate? <<less

Jun Kishida is a sickly high school student who can see dead people. One person in particular is following him around: his childhood friend Ryoko Hayakawa. Even after he uncovered the truth behind Hayakawa's death, she stayed by his side. As he and his classmates get into even more strange and mortally dangerous situations, Hayakawa's spirit quietly aids him.... more>>

Volume 4 contains the oneshot "The Mysterious Tale of Yumi-chan" <<less