Kaze no Stigma: Ignition is a series of side stories that occur in between the events of the main novels. Mainly involving Ayano and Kazuma's exorcisms and slice of life type scenarios.

Chihiro-san, a former sex worker uninhibited by the shackles of society and conventional wisdom, is a someone that has life figured out... for the most part. The story follows her life in a small seaside town as customers of the box lunch shop she works at come to her about various concerns weighing on their minds. What's Chihiro's guiding answer to their love, work, family, and self-inflicted troubles? *Note: Adapted into a live-action film titled Call Me Chihiro, which was released in Japan and distributed worldwide by Netflix on February 23, 2023.*

This debut work won the 32nd Akatsuka Award.

Akemi Nakajima is a student in the "gifted class" in his high school. After being bullied and beaten by another student who a female student invoked, Nakajima uses his advanced computer skills to create the "Demon Summoning Program." He summons demons to attack the two, but he gets carried away and ultimately kills them. Now sick with the power of the demon realm Makai in his hands, he summons the demon lord Loki. Realizing summoning such a powerful demon was a mistake, Nakajima sets out to reverse the problem he has created by any means.

An anthology collection with manga & illustrations from Japanese and international artists for the FIFA World Cup 2002. Cover Illustration: Otomo Katsuhiro 1. **I Love This Game** (I LOVE THIS GAME) \[Inoue Takehiko\] 2. **Kaerenai Futari** (帰れない二人, Those Who Will Never Return) \[Atsushi Kamijo\] 3. **Mie-ken no Shounen** (三重県の少年) \[Matsumoto Taiyou\] 4. **Lust for Life \[Mizugame 3** (Asada Hiroyuki, Obata Takeshi, Tajima Sho-u\] 5. **Netsu** (熱\[netsu\]) \[Kusumoto Maki\] 6. **GOAL!!** \[Yoshino Sakumi\] 7. **Sekai wa Mawaru** (世界は回る) \[François Boucq\] 8. **Bateren Nanban Hei Yuuki Joshou** (BATEREN 南蛮西遊記序章) \[Yasuhiko Yoshikazu\] 9. **A Fantastic Dream** \[penthon\] 10. **Montceau-les-Mines VS Pont-Ã -Mousson** (モンソー・レ・ミンヌ VS ポンタ・ムーソン) \[Nicolas de Crécy\] 11. **2002 FIFA World Tea Cup** (2002 FIFA WORLD TEA CUP) \[Frédéric Boilet\] 12. **Soccer no Dendou** (サッカーの殿堂) \[Nicolas de Crécy\] 13. **Robot Battle VI** (ロボットバトルV1) \[Kow Yokoyama\] 14. **Fire Star Man** (FIRE STAR MAN) \[D\[di:\]\] 15. **Fuka** (孵化) \[Taniguchi Jiro\] 16. **Shinpan wa 12-hitome no Senshu!** (審判は12人目の選手!) \[Emile Bravo\] 17. **Penalty Area** (ペナルティエリア) \[Max Cabanne\] 18. **Schweitzer** \[Kuroda Iou\] 19. **Box!** (BOX!) \[Terada Katsuya\] 20. **Galatograd-hatsu Kyoui no Shouri!** (ガラトグラート発 驚異の勝利!) \[Benoît Peeters & François Schuiten\] 21. **Kankoku** (韓国) \[Young Soon Yang\]

Youth is not just about love, but... only this love must not be noticed. "Youth = getting a girlfriend? Youth or anything is not at all just about that." A high school student with a trauma in love, Junya Koga, believed that youth was definitely more about having fun with friends than about love. For him, watching the beautiful starry sky and chatting in a family restaurant till morning with his five best friends was the height of youth. And yet, why do people fall in love with their friends? Especially considering that love might ruin the friendship they have made? Upon discovering the hidden thoughts of one of the group members, Yoru Narushima, a complicit relationship between Junya and her is born, leading them to unintentionally touch each other's wounds. This a youth love drama depicting straightforward and twisted feelings where friendship and love intersect. (Source: Kadokawa, translated)

Takes place around 30 years before the events in the main series, Lodoss-tou Senki.

The main character is named Nagatomo, he is an astronaut and a scientist in charge of a secret operation about experimenting cryogenics on human subjects such a assasins or political prisoners, all inside a spaceship called "RETRO". Suddenly he wakes up inside the ship only to see outside a huge amount of black spheres floating in space, he first believes they could the debris of something, then he realizes there is life activity inside them and leaves the ship to bring one of those spheres inside, then he proceeds to open it and founds a girl inside it, Kishimoto. Suddenly, Kishimoto is transfered along Nagatomo to a GANTZ room that looks like it's the Tokyo one, the black sphere inside the room starts playing the radio song and reveals the target, the "comedian alien", then sends both to the battle area. Kishimoto is wearing her GANTZ suit now but Nagatomo is only wearing his space suit, they fight the aliens (Kishimoto proves to be useful, because she knew about the missions) and are sent back to the room. The "Astronaut" gets 6 points and "Big tits" gets 0, Kishimoto decides to stay in the GANTZ room because there is no place she can go back, Nagatomo leaves but not before saying he will be back. Source: mangahelpers

Hiroya Oku’s first completely new series in four years! The protagonists are... six middle-aged men?! The story is set in a share house inhabited by six men approaching their 60s. In this "utopia" filled with men who have seemingly given up on their current lives, an unimaginable development is about to unfold. (Source: Shogakukan, translated)

The first entry in 2012's Golden Future Cup competition. Six years ago, the phenomenon known as "Goblin Night" gave 1 out of every 100 people the ability to transform into a monster, which came to be called a "goblin". As neither the government nor the police could oppose or keep up with them, some goblins committed evil acts with their power and caused society to crumble. In present-day Japan, Mamoru and Yuki, who possess the "goblin" ability, strive to protect their town - though the events that took place on Goblin Night, which resulted in the death of his brother, left Mamoru disinclined to trust or care about other people. And things only get worse when his brother's killer comes to town... *Note: This oneshot was included in Vol. 3 of Iron Knight*