The newest edition of Mahjong Primer, featuring all Katayama characters, teaches beginners how to go to a mahjong parlor by themselves and play mahjong. Features visually pleasing cartoons and easy-to-understand explanations. (Source: Kodansha, translated)
Sadameda Souta, a college student who is considered the unluckiest man in Japan, as he constantly draws the worst hands and tiles in every game —Gaining him the nickname of "Million Shanten Man"—, meets and consequently challenges a new student for a game, getting beaten as always. This new student's name is Meronhadake Momomi, a busty woman who has the best luck in mahjong. After this encounter, Momomi and Souta hang out together, playing mahjong sometimes, meeting all types of people, then later getting involved in affairs pertaining to the competitive mahjong world.
Usukage Yuu is almost like a ghost, with most people not being able to feel his presence at all; Yuu takes advantage of this in order to win a title in a mahjong tournament. However, there is one individual who is able to win against Yuu: a mysterious newcomer by the name of Tsukimi Shiruru. Now, as Yuu finds someone who can win against him, he begins to study under Shiruru's guidance. What is more important to win? Precise tactics or probability theory?
Whenever I felt lonely, whenever I felt happy, whenever it felt like my heart was about to break, I always found myself humming a song… (Source: Seirinkogeisha, translated)
Machida Masayuki's gloomy dramatic horor masterpiece that never gives you a break from tension and fear! The haughty and selfish Tsushima Yumi is the daughter of a company president and lives in a lavish mansion. She has fallen in love with a male student in a different class named Sasaki, however, he already has a girlfriend, a female student named Miyoshi, who is Yumi's rival. Yumi, who is filled with hatred for Miyoshi, enlists the help of Takako, whose family works at Yumi's father's company, and puts a plan into action. The plan is to place a bottle of sulfuric acid with a loose lid on a shelf during science class so that it will fall on Miyoshi. Everything goes according to plan, and Yumi ends up with half of her face covered in sulfuric acid.......
A Western-style mansion stands in a remote area, far from civilization. Hiruta, a scientist who studies moths, lives there with his two daughters, Junko and Yuko, and in the basement of the mansion, their insane mother is held captive. Junko, who is blind in one eye due to an injury she suffered as a child, is jealous of the beautiful Yuko and is always harsh to her. However, Junko is not Hiruta's real daughter. Thirteen years ago, when Junko and Yuko were still babies, Hiruta, who had lost his wife, worked as an assistant to Dr. Fujita Kazuo, an authority in the medical field. Hiruta's child, Yuko, was cared for by Dr. Fujita's wife along with Junko, who was born around the same time. One day, Dr. Fujita succeeded in extracting a compound from moth scales that dramatically increased healing abilities.
After his wife breaks it off with him, an aging amateur baseball player is left alone to raise their daughter.