An anthology featuring the love of alcohol and girls from Ichijinsha. **Cover illustration:** Haruka Kiriyama Chapter 1: **Itadakenai hito** by 2C=Galore Chapter 2: **Konya wa horoyoide** by Kaya Yoshino Chapter 3: **Dosokai wa karasawagi!?** by Yuuki Gotou Chapter 4: **Uwaki** (Unfaithful) by Mochi Au Lait Chapter 5: **Kijo ni suki o ataetara** by Chikore Chapter 6: **Tasukete! O sake shoshinshadesu!** by Kashikaze Chapter 7: **O sake no Chikara wa idaidesu** by Yuki Yukio Chapter 8: **Enjerukisu in za daku** by Yonurime Chapter 9: **Gogatsu no koto** by Ori Mita Chapter 10: **Shokora** (Chocolate) by Imai
This volume is a continuation of Yamato Waki-sensei's "Nemuranai Machi kara".
Udagawa Kachiko is a studious no-nonsense highschool girl. One day she found an entrance to a fantastic world called Fusuma Land.
The time is 1939, year 14 of the Showa period. Single-handedly raised by a former geisha in the Yanagibashi district of Tokyo, Takechiyo Morimasa is an energetic, straight shooting 4th year intermediate school student who loves the big city life and his beautiful mother. However, due to a family death, he is suddenly forced to move to a very rural, backwards region of Japan in order to take over the Aoba family line. What awaits him there is a school full of extremely eccentric characters who operate as if they were still in the Edo period. It seems the only way he can save himself is to create a successful baseball team...??
The fluctuations of an adolescent girl's heart, the turmoil of her mother, and what she gained and lost while raising her child. A genial look into family life of a parent and her child. (Source: Kawade Shobou Shinsha, translated)
Mari, a young Spanish flamenco dancer who lost her mother at a young age, meets aspiring Japanese photographer Ikushima Reki. They are strongly drawn to each other, but their meeting is fleeting since Reki must return home at the end of the week. On the day they say good-bye, a tragic accident occurs and Mari must make a difficult decision that may change everything about her life...
Collection of short stories based on Persona 5 made by doujinshi artists. Published by DNA Media Comics (Ichijinsha) .
During the Edo period, not all samurai were considered wealthy, high class war heroes who answered directly to the shogun. In fact, many of them were of low rank and remained nameless throughout their careers while living economically with their small families just to make ends meet. Nakamura Hanshirou and Yukie with their baby son Tarou is one such family, and through their lives, Yamato Waki offers eye-opening glimpses of the less talked about aspects of living in Japan's capital during this famous era. Note: Vol. 2 contains a 3-chapter long side story titled "Aoba Shigereru" that involve the same set of main characters.
Yoshida Tamako was the youngest of 11 children. When she turned 3, she was taken to the Gion district of Kyoto by the Okami of a traditional Maiko/Geiko house. It is there that Tamako changes her name to Sakiko and begins her long journey to become one of the top maiko in Gion history, "Sakuya". Another wonderful work by Yamato Waki-sensei that details the beauty of Kyoto and traditional Japan and let's us also see into the often secret world of Kyoto's maikos and geikos.
Anthology of short stories by various artists, based on the video game Fire Emblem if Anya Oukoku (Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest in the west).
Fifty "fallen idols" are gathered up and forced to participate in the "Fallen Idol Audition," a game of life and death. What are the criteria that determine whether they pass or fail? What is the definition of a "fallen idol"? Under extreme conditions filled with questions, the girls begin a harsh and treacherous battle. (Source: Bessatsu Shonen Magazine, translated)
What does it mean to be human? Ocelot, a blind knight in South America before the Spanish invasion. Yuri, a Russian chess player in the middle of the Cold War. Ena, a whale hunter in the North Pole. Three very different destinies for a single question: what do we live for? Follow the struggle of each of these three characters across the globe, outside of our social rules, Western culture and Judeo-Christian morality. A beautiful reflection on humanity.
