Kosaku Shima retired from his position as chairman of Tecot, one of Japan's leading electronics manufacturers, and became an advisor to the company. He wants to contribute to Japan's economic activities. Kosaku Shima wanted to contribute to the economic activities of Japan. With the Tokyo Olympics approaching, he has his sights set on the world of sports. There are people who are trying to bring about a change in the old amateur sports world by bringing in a superior management vision. With the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in 2020 and the sports business to follow, the island is on the move. On the other hand, inside Tecot, the criticism of the new president, Rinko Kazahana, grows stronger by the day and a suspicious letter is issued.

The manga is about a series of unrelated short stories of people's lives and their lessons in life. *Note: It received the 1985 Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general's manga.*

Kaji Ryusuke is a second son of a great politician. However, his father and brother both pass away from a car accident. Now, those who supported Ryusuke's father want Ryusuke to carry on the family business as a politician. At first, Ryusuke tries to get out of the responsibility, but he eventually enters an election to become a politician. This manga will view Japanese politics from Kaji Ryusuke's viewpoint.

One chapter in the saga of Shima Kousaku, salaryman at Hatsushiba Electric. In this part of the series, Kousaku has just started working at a branch office for the company doing an unexpected amount of menial labor when a chance meeting with the company president leads to his dearest wish being granted as he is transferred to the central office. Not all is well there, though, as he becomes involved in the complicated affairs of his colleagues, whether in business or in romance. In spite of everything, however, he retains his faith in the company and an unflappable optimism.

How about this, a manga for adults – and not young adults either. This is a series of stories about love and romance amongst the older generations. As the manga itself says, “In the later years of their lives, men and women sometimes find themselves in the glow of love. Their love stories are shining like shooting stars in the twilight.” Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight won the Excellence Prize in the Manga Division at Japan Media Arts Festival in 2000.

The year is 1990. Kosaku Shima, at this point still just a section manager, meets a woman at a bar. However, when he wakes up, he finds that the woman has been strangled. With the help of his detective friend Kyusaku, he sets out to find the real killer and prove his innocence.

After being killed by a passing robber, a normal 37-year-old guy finds himself reincarnated as Kousaku Shima in 1984. *Note: The volume contains the only 2 chapters of the spin-off, 2 chapters of the manga Kachou Shima Kousaku, and one chapter of the manga Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken*

109 different mangaka depict their daily lives since COVID-19 started.

A spin-off of Shima Kousaku, where the main character is a knight in another world.

Kotaro Tani, a crazy job-hunting student, reveres the "Shima Kosaku" series as a holy book and has read it over 1,000 times since he was a child. One day, I suddenly realized that I had been reincarnated into a world where the island cultivation I had always dreamed of actually existed! Tani is filled with anticipation, but what awaits him as his boss is Terutsune Konno, the most evil "child villain of the series"! Will he be able to survive the turbulent 1980s filled with power harassment and meet Kosaku Shima? (from mangadex)

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