High-school student Koharu Mizumoto has a problem with her self esteem. When her classmate, Toshiro Sakajo, accidentally breaks her glasses, he decides to look out for her and be her eyes for the week it'll take to get them repaired. Koharu has to get over her natural shyness, now that she's hanging out with a popular guy. (Source: Anime News Network)

Always an outcast because of her black hair the heroine of the story finds a strange man in the forest - a man from Earth - and he has black hair, too!

A 33-volume collection of award-winning oneshots put out by Kodansha from 2002-2012. Some of these would later get serialized or collected in other volumes. **Serialized or otherwise collected:** AKABOSHI Tomo [Shishunki Syndrome](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=10895992058) AKIZUKI Risu [Oku-sama Shinkaron](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=8585) ARAI Hideki [8-gatsu no Hikari](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=48516) ARAMAKI Keiko [GENOMES](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=100366) ASADA Torao [Spoonman 3.18](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=7155) ASHINANO Hitoshi [Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=586) Endo Hiroki [Kitto Kawaii Onnanoko Dakara](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5984) ENOMOTO Shunji [Golden Lucky](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=44334) IGARASHI Daisuke [Obayashi ga Hikoeru Hi, Hoka (collected in Hanashippanashi](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2347) IRIE Kiwa [Haikibun! Sakanahime](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=54246) IRIE Noriko [Neko no Te Kashimasu](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=34406) KIMURA Kon [Koube Zaijuu](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=6616) KITOH Mohiro [Vandemieru no Tsubasa](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2395) KOMAI Yu [Sonna Yatsua Inee!!](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=16844) MATSUMOTO Taiyou [STRAIGHT](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=9964) NIHEI Tsutomu [BLAME! (prototype chapter, included in NOiSE)](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2275) OHARA Shinji [Boku wa Otouto](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=23188) SAMURA Hiroaki [Mugen no Juunin](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1628) SOUJI Hajime [Sanmon Mirai no Katei Houmon](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=95297) TOUME Kei [Kurogane](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1034) TOYODA Minoru [Love Roma](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5227) TSUCHIDA Seiki [Miseinen](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=65435) URUSHIBARA Yuki [Mushishi prototype chapter, collected in Filament](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=35219) WAKANA Shouhei [Kamen Tenshi](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=38659) **Other:** Hiramatsu Kannosuke [Yume](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=134645) ABE Yoshitoshi [Ame no Furu Basho](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=70439511114) Eshikawa is a man who has lost sight of his life and stumbles through it, with no clear meaning or purpose. One day, he is informed that his ex-girlfriend committed suicide, which sets his brain on retrospect mode. He goes on a journey of self-revelation and contemplates upon the myriad of human emotions, the joys and sorrows of normalcy. YAMAZAKI Ren [Like a Laika](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=15464858831) From Atelier du Noir Scans: The daily, average life and interactions of some of a ship’s crew as they depart to explore space. Winner of the Jiro Tanaguchi Special Award for manga in the 2010 Four Seasons Award Anthology. NADEGATA Nazuna [Kokenoshima](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=25320595156) From Atelier du Noir Scans: On a remote island, a skilled swordsman who honed his craft on the local population attempts to atone for his sins and lift a curse by hunting and killing demons. Winner of the Hagio Moto Special Award for manga. KIBA Kouichi [Jagua](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=26870403448) As the protagonist is returning home one night, she runs into a man who had just been in a car crash. As he is dying, he asks her to throw a certain package into the sea. JOUYAMA Yui [Zanuff the Butcher](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=57841268625) A butcher with a dark secret finds a little girl. HAYASHIDA Q [Sofa-chan](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=9150331372) Tells the story of a female ghost who lives on a couch and it's the debut work of Q Hayashida as mangaka. KANOU Rie [Kingdom of Stars](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=20282565791) Oneshot about love, religion, and a big misunderstanding that leads to a weird situation...

Official parody of Kodomo no Jikan published in Winter 2012 magazine with the participation of numerous mangaka, who made a chapter each, as a tribute to the Watashiya Kaworu series, who also added one of its chapters. Includes: 1. **Hoken no Jikan** (ほけんのじかん), Kouichi Kusano 2. **Kisu no Jikan** (きすのじかん), Yoshikazu Hamada 3. **Okane no Jinkan** (おかねのじかん), Mikabe Setsuna 4. **Rin-chan★Baka Kyoudai** (りんちゃん★バカ兄妹), Yuna Kagesaki 5. **Untitled**, Hidetaka Kakei 6. **Sensei no Hoshii Mono** (せんせーのほしいもの), Cotoji 7. **Kodomo no Tessellation** (こどものテッサレ―ション), Q-tarou Hanamizawa 8. **Untitled**, Fumika Natsume 9. **Untitled**, Satoru Matsubayashi 10. **Untitled**, Utamaro 11. **Onetsu no Jikan** (おねつのじかん), Tarou Shinonome 12. **Untitled**, Sato Yoshimi 13. **Untitled**, Asami Sekiya 14. **Untitled**, Arima Honda 15. **Shiroi-sensei no Jikan♡** (白井せんせいのじかん♡), Mutsuki Tsutomu 16. **Untitled**, Milk Morinaga 17. **Moshimo 3 Nin ga Sagume ni Nyuugaku shitara** (もしも３人が咲女に入学したら。), Towa Ooshima 18. **“Nakamura.”** (「中村。」), Takarada Gorgeous 19. **Real Kodomo no Jikan** (リアルこどものじかん), Shuuzou Oshimi 20. **Abunai Mizugi no Jikan** (アブない水着のじかん), Itokatsu 21. **Shiroi-sensei to Tsuki Aitai node Oyajima-sensei ni Naritai.** (白井せんせいと付き合いたいので小失島せんせいになりたい。), Ayami Kazama 22. **Untitled**, Ooi Masakazu 23. **Honobono Reiji-san** (ほのぼのレイジさん), ÖYSTER 24. **Untitled**, Touko Shiwasu 25. **Untitled**, Kanko Nakamura 26. **Iidabashi no Futaba-chan: Kodomo no Jikan Tokubetsuhen** (飯田橋のふたばちゃん　－こどものじかん特別編－), Story : Ryouichi Yokoyama, Art : Mayumi Katou 27. **Shugyou Sankan no Jikan** (授業参観のじかん), Kaworu Watashiya

From ANN: The America-based online bookstore Glacier Bay Books announced on Friday that it will release Glaeolia, a collection of indie manga, in English. The volume will feature more than 250 pages. Glacier Bay Books describes the collection: We're proud to announce Glaeolia, a new 250+ page English-language collection of indie manga, with stories from Arantoochika, Hiuchi tana, Kawakatsu Tokushige, Masumura Jūshichi, mogcom, Moriizumi Takehito, Morita Rui, Okuda Akiko, Onta Niwako, Shinnosuke Saika, Yamakawa Naoto, and Yosomachi. These include self-published works (dōjinshi), as well as works selected from indie manga magazines and mainstream publishers. Each volume will be numbered from a limited print run of 300. Volume 2 Contains: - "A Dream of Snow" & "From Far Away" & "Absence" & "Dancing Spirits" by [MORI Masayuki](https://mangabaka.org/author/1b2esg7/mori-masayuki) - Telephone, Sleep, Music by [KAWAKATSU Tokushige](https://mangabaka.org/author/u227lg1/kawakatsu-tokushige) - "Atom Bomb Notes" & "Computer Graphics These Days" by [MISHIMA Yoshiharu](https://mangabaka.org/author/b9jsv94/mishima-yoshiharu) - Moondog by [NAKAYAMA Nozomu](https://mangabaka.org/author/bi45lt4/nakayama-nozomu) - M1 by [NERUNO Daisuki](https://mangabaka.org/author/asiehi3/neruno-daisuki) - "Late Night Travelogue" & "Earthly Stars in the Palm of Your Hand" by [DAKE Maiko](https://mangabaka.org/author/a5lugyk/dake-maiko) - Haunted by [MORITA Ruri](https://mangabaka.org/author/of5siw0/morita-ruri) - Family Restaurant by [YAMAMOTO Miki](https://mangabaka.org/author/86p0zc2/yamamoto-miki) - Days by [INA (いな)](https://mangabaka.org/author/1lp7lj9/ina) - "Flower Petals" & "Prologue Epilogue" by [SHINO Ura](https://mangabaka.org/author/3j3m2ok/shino-ura) - Lisa's Left Hand by [OBA Kenya](https://mangabaka.org/author/8qi15cp/oba-kenya) - China by [KUROKI Masami](https://mangabaka.org/author/kziua56/kuroki-masami) Volume 3 Contains: - Everyday Scenery by [oratnir](https://mangabaka.org/author/t6vv49z/suzuwa-rintarou) - The Invisible Woman Vs The Master Swindler by [NISHIMURA Tsuchika](https://mangabaka.org/author/bbqn65i/nishimura-tsuchika) - White Dream by [ISAO Yamada](https://mangabaka.org/author/i4g8tfb/isao-yamada) - In the Douggsoup by [JUNICHIRO Saito](https://mangabaka.org/author/fzrh48l/junichiro-saito) - [September Friends](https://mangabaka.org/series/i3rao3e/kugatsu-no-yuujin) by [KOMACHIYA Suzuka](https://mangabaka.org/author/ui9m9ff/komachiya-suzuka) - 30th Century by [YOKOYAMA Yuichi](https://mangabaka.org/author/abgvqn1/yokoyama-yuuichi) - 2^999 by [YAGI Nagaharu](https://mangabaka.org/author/8stsvb4/yagi-nagaharu) - Midnight Hawks by [JUNICHIRO Saito](https://mangabaka.org/author/fzrh48l/junichiro-saito) - Move Forward by [OUMI Konomi](https://mangabaka.org/author/7pawdq2/oumi-konomi) - Impatient Ms. S by [KOYUBI](https://mangabaka.org/author/v1itjgh/koyubi) - Rain in Nakasu by [HADENA Kangofu](https://mangabaka.org/author/2pa9n6v/hade-na-kangofu) - Specimen Room of Existence by [MITSUHASHI Kotaro](https://mangabaka.org/author/57eqh81/mitsuhashi-kotaro) - [Baby It's You](https://mangabaka.org/series/qcxul63/abayo-baby-it-s-you) by [FUKITSU Reiji](https://mangabaka.org/author/23f4tns/fukitsu-reiji) - New York Diaries by [KONDOH Akino](https://mangabaka.org/author/sr2uwxv/kondoh-akino)

In the middle of a downpour with two children in tow and a third on the way, Sarah desperately pounds on the door of her late husband's older brother, Jed. Left with a mountain of debt, she can only ask Jed for help. But the moment Jed sees Sarah, he angrily tries to drive the three of them back out into the storm. Sarah never expected such cold treatment from family. Once he comes back from checking the roads, Jed tells her, she and the children will have to leave. However, while he is out, a car accident leaves Jed with amnesia, and under the impression that Sarah is actually his wife!

All women are as fickle as the wind, but Philippe's free-spirited mother is a category-5 hurricane. Philippe is determined to remain a lifelong bachelor. Even after finding success as a computer programmer, he has lived for nothing but his work. Using house renovations as an excuse, his concerned brothers recommend he hire a beautiful contractor named Janice. However, expecting a male contractor to come, Philippe is flustered by the sudden appearance of Janice. With his steely resolve, he tries to stifle his affection for her, but Janice is just the breath of fresh air he needs.

ROCK ME ALL NIGHT Someday...the prince in my dreams will... Everyone's favorite radio DJ—Lauren—dreams of a fairy-tale life with a kind, honest man. However, in reality, there is no such man, and she knows it. She is affectionately called "Miss Lonely Hearts" by the listeners of her radio show. When she is introduced to the president of a record company, Jack Montrose, he takes her breath away. "He is the perfect prince!" But this was the most attractive bachelor in Detroit...a real playboy who never stays with the same thing for more than six months...not a house, not a car, not a woman.

[From fictiondb] No other man's She'd been called Jake Crenshaw's "shadow," the tomboy who'd tagged after her hero for years till the night she'd tried to prove to him that she was a woman...and had been rejected. But not before Ashley Sullivan had tasted Jake's passion in a kiss that branded her his, when she knew he would never take what she wanted to offer. Until now. Now Jake needed her help. And he needed her under his roof. With every white-hot look and touch, Ashley realized that Jake hadn't spurned her because he didn't want her -- but because he did. Still did. This time Ashley would see that Jake lost his white-knight complex...and that she lost her virginity to this man.

On Christmas night, Worth, the sergeant of the Druley conglomerate, is driving his car with a sigh after being dumped by his girlfriend when a boy jumps out in front of him. Unable to leave the filthy boy who refuses to go to the hospital, Worth takes him back to his mansion and pushes him into the bathtub. What a day...he had been dumped by the woman he wanted to see and even had an accident. Then a loud noise came from the bathroom with a shout. When Wirth opened the door, he found a sight he could not believe his eyes! There was a beautiful girl who looked exactly like my ideal goddess, "Galatea of Light"... (originally from cmoa, translated with DeepL translate, unedited)