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...

Juan, who lost his family at young age, came to Japan as a migrant worker and idles away his life aimlessly in town of Tokyo. He has a strong power of memory, but it sometimes torments himself with lingering memories. His happiness lies only in the past. One night he visited a medical office with his injured friend and met a beautiful man, Doctor Maki. Juan was fascinated by his mysterious charm and volunteered to be an interpreter for him....

Yuu Kisaragi, a skilled physician, has a big crush on someone, but his feelings will never be returned; the person is his colleague Hasunuma. To distract himself from the fruitless love, he works hard in a university hospital in the daytime and goes to a bar at night seeking one night stand. One day Kisaragi was involved in an incident at a rip-off bar. He was saved by Kanesaki, his patient Arima's man, and they slept together. Before long Kisaragi grows to like Kanesaki, but fate doesn't work in favor of Kisaragi. The story of the sundered lovers.

Masatake Kuji is an informant to Nango, a police detective. Nango treats him like a whore and orders him to act as a watchdog over Song, a priest of a little church in Roppongi. Kuji first met Song when he served a jail sentence and fell in love with him when Song visited the jail. Kuji starts to work as an organ player in the church and reports all the names of people Song meets. He is curious to know why Nango wants the information. One day at a meal distribution site he meets a man who works for homeless people and comes to know Song's hidden stories. The love story of sacrifice and atonement.

**Official Translations:** [S.Chinese](https://www.kuaikanmanhua.com/web/topic/18477/) https://www.cmoa.jp/title/208245/

Anthology of stories from different artists. Cover illustrator: FUJIWARA Ryou **Vol 1** (2012) - Illustrators: Uo, Kisa, SHIINA Akino, しゅち, MAYAMA Rika, Fujimori - Manga artists: AKABOSHI Tatsumi, 犬川, KATOU Michiru, KITAMIYA Mitsuyuki, KYOKUGEI Marimo, ケイゾウ, SANADA Juan, SHIMOJOU Mitsuki, Shirataki, ZENIGATA Taimu, Hetareko, MOUDAMA Chokusen, YACHIMATA Jun, RYUUKA Satoru - Scanlated stories: • *Midorijima Horror Story ~There is Someone Standing Behind You* by Hetareko • *The Start of Something New* by AKABOSHI Tatsumi • *Map of Our Future ~ Midorijima Edition ~* by 犬川 • *Dry Juice Redram* by ZENIGATA Taimu • *Ousama Game* by KYOKUGEI Marimo • *Furry Creatures Are Typically Quite Cute* by KITAMIYA Mitsuyuki • *[Delicious Doughnuts](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/ebpeadl/dramatical-murder-dj-delicious-doughnuts)* by ケイゾウ • *[An Umbrella For Crybaby-Kun](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/qsuwmvx)* by Shirataki • *[A Yakuza's Job and Thereafter](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/jayk7tb/dramatical-murder-dj-a-yakuza-s-job-and-thereafter)* by SHIMOJOU Mitsuki **Vol 2** (2013) - Illustrators: Uo, OKUTANI Ayuko, すしこ, ハチ, U子王子 - Manga artists: AKABOSHI Tatsumi, 五十嵐, KATOU Michiru, KIZAKI Ikusa, KITAMIYA Mitsuyuki, KYOKUGEI Marimo, ケイゾウ, SASAHARA Chie, SANADA Juan, SHIMOJOU Mitsuki, ZENIGATA Taimu, SOUKA Haruhi, Hanata, Hetareko - Scanlated stories: • *[My Aoba Can't Be This Cute](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/wkm5oqt/dramatical-murder-dj-my-aoba-can-t-be-this-cute)* by Hetareko • *[Find the Culprit](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/xtyf7lm)* by SASAHARA Chie • *[The Yakuza's Mood](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/y4s5w1l/dramatical-murder-dj-the-yakuza-s-mood)* by Hanata

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