Collection of 9 short stories: 1. Shima Ikka (The Islanders) A man is stranded on a remote island that is inhabited by a strange hermetical family. Being here could be the best thing that would happen to him. 2. Education from Outerspace 3. Eisei Kashikan 4. Bunnies What if you could see your own future? For a curious reporter, this question becomes no longer theoretical as he ends up serving as an involuntary guinea pig for a mad scientist who claims to be able to do just that. But is what he sees really the future? 5. Locker Boueki (Locker Trade Agreement) A scientist from the frozen world of the future discovers a locker which is also a time portal to the past... 6. Wataru Seken 7. Tora no Mon 8. Wasureta Kusa 9. Ipanema no Musume (Girl from Ipanema)

Anthology of 6 different stories. 1. **Shibito no Ki: Ajisai ni Yureru** (死人の記　－紫陽花にゆれる－/Record of the Dead) by Yumi Tamura A young woman contemplates life in a world where the dead walk. 2. **Message** (メッセージ) by Nanako Saba 3. **Maboroshi: GEN** (幻　－ＧＥＮ－) by Asuka Sakurawa 4. **Takarabako** (たからばこ/Treasure Chest) by Aki Yanagi: A couple on a picnic make two separate discoveries that send their date in an entirely unexpected direction. 5. **Yamomo no Yu** (やもめの湯) by Atsuko Hanaki 6. **Mukashi no Otoko** (昔の男/The Man from the Past) by Takumi Shirakabe A woman at a memorial for her grandfather meets an old acquaintance of his.

After graduating from high school, Itsuki and Michiru started playing in a band, and one day they met Solano, an up-and-coming new singer. At the invitation of Sorano, who is said to be a big fan of Itsuki, the two go to see her live performance, but...!?

A self-proclaimed unattractive gloomy high schooler, Hiramiya Reiji, gets messed around by his friend's older sister, Sakuya, every time he goes to visit him at home. Drinking his drink as she pleases, barging into the bathroom, and crawling under his blanket in the middle of the night… Thinking that perhaps he has done something to make her dislike him, he asked his close friend whether he has any idea, but he only gets a reply in an incomprehensible way, *“you still haven't noticed it, huh”*. On a certain day, Reiji loses in a game and has to listen to 3 of Sakuya’s wishes. Reiji goes along with it even though he has doubts, but could he gradually begin to understand Sakuya’s true feelings…? This is the story of super dense youth and a can’t-be-honest older sister until they become a lovey-dovey married couple.

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...

Duke Kallen de Lewelton is bloodthirsty and ruthless when it comes to killing criminals, but a total sucker when it comes to his new daughter! Peasant girl Lae learns this herself when a fateful run-in with the duke results in her adoption into the Lewelton home. Armed with a sharp mind and the knowledge from her past life, Lae makes the perfect addition to the family’s quest to quell injustice. But as the mysteries of the capital’s underbelly rise to the surface, will she and her new family withstand the return of a true criminal mastermind? **Original Novel:** [Chapters](https://page.kakao.com/content/53388509), [Volumes](https://page.kakao.com/content/57115064) **Official Translations:** [English](https://tapas.io/series/becoming-the-dark-heros-daughter-novel/info)

The first selection (English edition) from Japanese independent alternative comic magazine «USCA». The contributors are young and energetic cartoonists, NISHIMURA Tsuchika, SINZO Keigo, MIYAZAKI Natsujikei, TANIGUCHI Natsuko, HIRANO Ryo, and diverse artists, MOTO Hideyasu, BRIDGE SHIP HOUSE, Zajirogh, SANUKI Naoya, error403, KAMODA Jun, Skirt,NATSUME Tomoyuki, etc. USCA presents you 15 not mainstream but artistic Japanese comics today. Contents: NISHIMURA Tsuchika 西村ツチカ "The Woman Who Planted Flowers" SHINZO Keigo 真造圭伍 "Me & My Brother - One Summer" MIYAZAKI Natsujikei 宮崎夏次系 "Lunch Time" TANIGUCHI Natsuko 谷口菜津子 "I Love You To DEATH, Takada-kun" MOTO Hideyasu 本秀康 "Birthday Party"（太田出版刊『本秀康の描く4ページ』より「息子の誕生パーティ」をリライト） BRIDGE SHIP HOUSE "meter" Zajirogh 座二郎 "A NIGHT BEFORE WEDDING" KASABE Tetsu 笠辺哲 "Hawaii" KATSUHIKA Keita かつしかけいた "Town Trail" HIRANO Ryo ひらのりょう "Password" SANUKI Naoya サヌキナオヤ "Sweat Dreams" Yoshie 嘉江 "Ubasute" OOTA Motoyuki 太田基之 "effect" KAMODA Jun 鴨田潤 "BGM:Jelly Fish" error403 "MacroMesoMicro"

Behind that door is a new world, a new love and a new me… After a failed marriage, hardworking lawyer Samantha goes to a bar to heal her wounds. Her heart pounds with nervous excitement when an unbelievably handsome guy, Jack, comes to talk to her. He’s a photographer, and he asks if Samantha will model for him. She’s hesitant at first, but he convinces her, saying she’ll never accomplish anything if she’s too afraid of making mistakes. Could this be the change Samantha’s been looking for?

Accused of being boring when she was dumped by her boyfriend, May decided to prove the world wrong by accepting a rich man's invitation to stay in a luxurious Manhattan hotel for five nights! But in the end, he never showed up. She came all the way to New York...only to be alone? The despairing May is encouraged by a friend to go on an adventure, so once May has bolstered her courage, she puts on high heels, goes into a fashionable bar and pretends to be a completely different person, cool and urbane. There she meets local author Beck Desmond. It's decided-this plain country flower is going to become a bright city light! (Source: Renta!)

From [MangaHelpers](https://www.mangaupdates.com/groups.html?id=1011): Dozuru is a great auk, the first bird ever to be referred to as a "penguin." He leaves his few remaining family members to search for a better place for all of them. Unfortunately, he is first picked up by the sadistic Yoshie Tanaka. She tells him that his species is extinct, and, to keep from ending up a lab rat, he'll have to pass as a weird penguin. After some cruel surgical alterations, Dozuru is on his own once again. This time, he is picked up by the siblings Hareru and Harema Haruno. Harema, the older brother, adores pets and eagerly takes in the ailing penguin. His little sister is more reluctant, but gives Dozuru his new name "Kushi P" (a name based on the assumption that they'll eat him eventually). It seems like everything is going well for the little "penguin." However, Kushi P has started a habit of slaughtering the other animals around him, and Yoshie is still lurking in the shadows. Will Dozuru/Kushi P ever be able to rejoin his family!? [tethysdust]