Tamako, 32, lives a steady life without drawing attention to herself. One day, she begins to think that romance doesn't suit her, until she meets a handsome young man, Yuma, at her workplace. Yuma turns out to be an old childhood friend of hers, and he immediately becomes attached to her! What's more, he asks her, "I don't have a place to stay, so can you let me stay with you for about a week?"...!? Suddenly, she's living with a man who keeps giving her money, and even having sex with him - this is not the right path for her! 32 years old and a second virgin, she begins a "restarting her life with a younger, worthless guy"! (Source: Kodansha, translated)

After Yoshiyuki proposed to him, Suzuta Ishizaki has been living together with his little half brother Leo, Bobo the cat, and the darling neurosurgeon known for his terrific smile. Swamped with work, Yoshiyuki falls ill with a fever and is forced to rest for a day. His brother Shoyo, steps in to help Suzuta take Bobo to the groomer, and on their way there Shoyo reveals to Suzuta who Yoshiyuki's first love was. Suzuta's so restless over it that he can't even focus on his own work. Suzuta wants to learn more about Yoshiyuki, but he isn't quite ready to share his traumatic past... In the midst of this emotional conflict, Yoshiyuki's childhood photo album turns up...! The fourth book in the *Behind His Smile* series! (Source: Renta!) *Note: Includes one extra chapter.*

Nazuna Saito began making comics late. She was in her forties when she submitted a story to a major Japanese publishing house and won an award for newcomers. She continued to work through the 1990s until she stopped drawing to take care of her ailing parents. In her sixties, she took a job teaching drawing at Kyoto Seika University and became inspired by her talented students. When she returned to teaching, her storytelling interests had shifted. Before suffering a stroke she drew “In Captivity” (2012) and “Solitary Death Building” (2015)—both focused on aging and death. Offshore Lightning collects Saito’s early work as well as these two recent graphic novellas. Stories like “Buy Dog Food and Go Home” and “Offshore Lightning” focus on middle-aged men caught in a cycle of self pity and self reflection. Saito gently pokes fun at their anguish and self-involvement while capturing the pathos of these men as they revisit childhood friendships and lost loves. By contrast, “In Captivity” follows three siblings visiting their ailing mother who is succumbing to dementia and resentful at her loss of agency. The siblings take a drive as they reckon with balancing the painful legacy of her caustic personality with attempting to honor this woman at the end of her life. “Solitary Death Building” documents an eccentric cast of elderly gossips as death descends upon the housing complex where they all live.. 1. **Toward The Sunset** (夕暮れへ) 2. **Offshore Lighting** (沖の稲妻) 3. **Parakeet God** (インコの神) 4. **Buy Dog Food, Then Go Home** (ドッグフードを買ってお家に帰ろう) 5. **Countdown** (カウントダウン) 6. **A Mother of Pearl Ship** (螺鈿の舟) 7. **Gingko** (銀杏) 8. **Upskirt** (スカートの中) 9. **In Captivity** (トラワレノヒト) 10. **House of Solitary Death** (ぼっち死の館) (Source: Drawn & Quarterly)

Excia has had to endure her stepmother and stepsister's relentless abuse since she was young. Her best friend and only source of emotional support is Hattie, a wild puppy she met one day. But when her stepfamily causes harm to him, Excia can bear her torturous family no longer, She runs away and wanders into the forest in despair. However, it is there that she encounters Gracies, a wizard with a hatred for humanity and a fondness for animals. Little does Excia know it, but her life is about to transform... Official Translations: [BookWalker](https://global.bookwalker.jp/series/541328/), [Coolmic](https://coolmic.me/titles/5422), [MangaPlaza](https://mangaplaza.com/title/0303009027/), [Renta!](https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/149359)

A young, bumbling countryside girl called Asa dreams of travelling the land of Tengriya to master her powers and become a Nomad. She can't help but fall head first from one problem into the next, into meeting new friends and foes alike, onwards unto a world she knows less than she knows herself. Because that is the Nomad way! (Source: WEBTOON)

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...

A story that happened in a summer

Hanon Kurumo (age 30) had been writing romance novels for girls, at the recommendation of her editorial department, she takes the helm to write novels for adult women, but she is at a standstill because her projects are not getting through. She was spending her days worrying about both her professional and personal life, such as the fact that she was continuing to write in the romance genre when she was already cold to love and marriage, and the distance she felt from her friends who were getting married. Then she meets a new editor, Shiba, who is two years younger than her and changes her as a writer and as a woman.

From MANGA.CLUB: The winner of MANGAZENKAN.COM special award category best storyboard. In 1787, A boy went to Vienna to become the disciple of the music genius, Mozart. But somehow he met the mysterious older brother instead. "I have been spending boring and suffocating days. That one encounter changes everything..."