1. Gekioko Shuriken 2. Gyakugire Shuriken 3-6. Chounouryoku ga Hitsuyou 7. Tonari no Venus 8-10. Messialon 11. Seishun Reconquista 12. Shukatsu Zanmai

The delicious daily life of Sabio, a husband who loves to cook, and Neri, a wife who loves to eat. They use seasonal ingredients to cook, serve, and eat. A happy dining table created by careful time. - April: Strawberry yogurt sandwich - May: Bonito egg yolk pickled rice bowl　　　　　　　　 - June : Sardine and shiso leaf plum rolls - July: Fried young corn hairs　 - August: Freshly picked summer vegetable snacks - September: Freshly picked basil pesto - October: Softly simmered chestnuts and chicken - November: Chinese cabbage lion's head soup　 - December: Christmas chicken ' - January: Rice porridge with seven herbs - February: Winter vegetable pot-au- feu - March: Early spring pudding

In 1989, comic artist Hideo Azuma succumbs to the pressures of deadlines and tries (unsuccessfully) to hang himself using the slope of a mountain. He leaves his family, wandering as a dumpster bum looking for scraps of food, cigarette butts or discarded alcohol. After several months he is arrested as a vagrant and returned to his home. He then repeats the cycle in 1992 this time becoming a gas pipe fitter in another town. Later, in 1998, his alcohol dependence is so bad he is forced into rehab. This book is his expression of those three periods of his life told, not in a deep or depressed way but, as befits his nature, in a buoyant and cheerful cartoon art. (Source: Ponent Mon)

Ever wondered what comes *after* the so-called "Happily Ever After"? Brothers Jacob and Wilhelm don't have to: they make their living cleaning up the messes left behind by those whose fairytales didn't end quite where you were told. From acclaimed manga creator Ikuno Tajima comes *After Märchen*, a hauntingly beautiful fantasy that reimagines the world beyond classic fairy tales. (Source: Aloha Comics)

In this world, maids go about their everyday lives dressed in long black dresses, frilly aprons—and skate shoes?! Whether they’re running errands or hitting the half-pipe, these maids shred the town. Like witches have their brooms, these ladies have their boards. If one thing’s certain, these maids are totally *Maid to Skate*. (Source: VIZ Media)

Yokai, Japanese creatures of myth, come to life in this cozy series following a talking cat and his neighborhood friends. Welcome to a town where people and all sorts of spirits and monsters live together in harmony! When Buchio the cat suddenly sprouts a second tail, becoming a talking cat spirit, he decides to learn more about the yokai that are his neighbors and master his new powers. (Source: Ink Pop)

Guys visit a city. They watch airplanes departing and arriving at an airport. They go on board a ship and across a river. Finally they arrive at a building as their destination. A man guides them to the"world map room". It seems they have an appointment there, although there is no description about the appointment. They see books on the shelves and have some desultory conversation. Then they go to the courtyard and carry on the conversation. They reach a pond with a sunken ship. The guide starts to explain the ship's history. The book ends. (Source: PictureBox)

As the gap between rich and poor continues to widen, a new generation is reflecting on the insights of Karl Marx. Marx not only stood against the global economic system but he also helped us understand it. He explained how wealth was created on the backs of workers, how “surplus value” is realized and how accumulation is achieved through unpaid labour-time, the intensification of work and the tyranny of credit. (Source: JManga)

What's it like to be a manga creator's assistant, when she's working on the most popular shojo manga in the country? The 1970s were a golden age for girls manga, or shojo manga, in Japan – but what was it like to create these pages of roses, sparkles and romance? Manga artist Nami Sasou shares some of the not-so-glamorous stories from the ink-stained battlefield of... cute girls' romance manga? A highschool assistant to Suzue Miuchi, the creator of the famously popular *Glass Mask*, this manga about making manga tells it like it was... With a decidedly "shojo" point of view! (Source: Udon Entertainment) *Note: Nominated for the 25th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. Ranked #3 for female readers in the 2021 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook.*