Not lured by his favorite sweets, well, maybe a little, but to heal his friend Abel’s heart, Ryo, a water-element mage, plans a relaxing getaway. His chosen destination is Candia Island, known for its grand festival. Welcomed warmly by the cheerful villagers, Ryo and his group soon learn the festival is actually a memorial for a mage and an elf who were deeply in love and gave their lives to protect the island. But before they can reflect on the island’s tragic history, a savage magical beast suddenly goes berserk and attacks the village! Ryo steps in to defend the people but for some reason, his trusted water magic won’t work? An island getaway turns into a desperate survival struggle with zero backup! The side story of the strongest water mage’s carefree adventure begins now. [Original Web Publication](https://to-corona-ex.com/comics/211121120608440)

That night, Fujima Yamato got involve in serial murder and almost got killed but she was saved by a transfer student, Shinonome Shizuma with a magic. Yamato had been awake at her house. Yamato offers her some assistance for Shizuma who came here to stop a serial murder that was done by a beast, but he gets rejected by her. However, he doesn't give up. Even though he got rejected and follows her but...

1. Uchuu kara no Kyaku (宇宙からの客) \[Oshimi Shuuzou\] 2. Tousou no Michi (逃走の道) \[Iwaoka Hisae\] 3. Kikkyou (帰郷) \[Tsurumaki Kazuya\] 4. Tsutsumi (包み) \[Teshirogi Shiori\] 5. Chousa (調査) \[Aoki Tomo\] 6. Hanninmae (半人前) \[Hikochi Sakuya\] 7. Shinnen (信念) \[Asada Nikki\] 8. Bi no Kami (美の神) \[Imamura Yoko\] 9. Chikyuu kara Kita Otoko (地球から来た男) \[Sudou Masumi\]

Stories that were stopped because of overflowing passion, stories that were "rejected," stories that were self-regulated... A comic essay collection of BL story about "moe" that has been "put on hold" for various reasons! Includes works of 24 popular and talented authors. Cover Illustration by Nakayama Miyuki. (Source: CIEL, translated)

This is a series of manga anthologies based on popular “villainess” novels. The protagonists are all young noblewomen who were rejected by their fiancés for various reasons, but who did not let themselves be discouraged and found their own happiness. Each volume contains several short stories adapted by different artists and themed. **Digital Manga:** [CMOA](https://www.cmoa.jp/title/268010/)

Mankind was on the verge of extinction due to the runaway and war of the atmospheric control plant. Amagi Ren, a boy of "Magician" who manipulates even the laws of physics by rewriting the "information" of existence, is an experiment to be transported to Kobe City, one of the only seven closed cities "City" left in the world. He receives a request to take a sample, but is also blocked by the magician "Knight" Yuichi Kurosawa and brings back only a girl named Fia. Ren and Yuichi collide with each other for the people who want to protect them. However, Fia had a serious secret about "City" ...

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...

Musica Nostra is a collaborative work where various mangaka draw and/ or write about music and bands that inspire them, published in the Grand Jump. It includes Urasawa's musings about guitarists and playing guitar; his traveling to Sunset Sound in Los Angeles to record a song with Mike Viola and Jim Keltner, the latter of which sends a picture of Urasawa's The Beatles manga to Ringo Starr, and why their performance is credited to "Monaka"; Urasawa seeing Neil Young and Paul McCartney perform at Desert Trip; his meeting with Jack Oliver and depicting how the English record executive started working at Apple Records. *Note: this manga includes written chapters and drawn chapters, and never got a total volume release. This entry includes only the manga chapters.*