Kai Sorayama, a big eater who just got out of the juvenile detention center, chose to become a food producer!! After boasting that he would rebuild the failing ramen shop "Minato-ya" for 1 million yen, and with his close friend Youichi as his assistant, the first round of "Kuwasemon" Kai's Kobe Ramen War begins!!

A collection of 13 lesser known works by the master of horror manga.

It's been several centuries since human beings declined due to the steep drop in birthrates. The most prosperous species on the Earth are "Fairies", 10 cm tall creatures with high intelligence. I became a UN arbitrator between the humans and the fairies and returned to my hometown to help my grandfather. I thought my job would not be a tough one and visited one of the fairies' habitats to say hello to them but...

One evening in early spring, eight-year-old Erika Aurelia realizes she's the detestable little villainess from an otome game called Liber Monstrorum: The Winter Maiden and the Phantasmic Beasts. As if that wasn't bad enough already, Erika's role in the game is to pester the main character... and then die in order to kick off a mysterious series of events! These incidents are different in each love interest's route, and seven routes means seven deaths to avoid. Not one to throw in the towel, Erika knows she must take action to destroy her death flags—and since her life is on the line, there's no time to lose! (Source: J-Novel Club)

As a vigilante group loved by the local residents, the Alfano Family spent their days living peacefully. However, ever since the rise of a rival Mafia, dark clouds have been hovering over them. "Go to your late mother (former Yakuza)'s homeland, Japan, and bring the seven strongest people who were once her subordinates." Accepting this secret order, Leo heads to Japan. The seven people he seeks for are...the Seven Gods of Fortune that were sealed away in a hanging scroll!

While his classmates were being transferred to another world, Fubuki is pushed out the magical transport by a bully, Yuma. He awakens to find himself alone in a deep forest. The God that saw this happened thereby decides to give Fubuki twice the protection! Will Fubuki be able to endure his new other-world life unscathed with double the skills in this off-world monster-taming fantasy? (Source: Alpha Manga)

Riku Balsack is a hard-working child that despite her innate superior physical strength and hard training fails to unlock her talent as a spiritualist. The failure results in her being thrown away by her family. Abandoned, the only ones that extended a hand to her were the demons, the greatest enemies of the human race. Serving under them as a soldier she becomes a weapon of human slaughter, a fiend that should never have existed.

In the *Polaris Bell* series: V. 1 - *Polaris Bell* V. 2 - *Polaris made no Kyori* (Distance to Polaris)

After years of struggling to get her work published, 28-year-old manga artist Natsume is on the brink of giving up. When her boyfriend gets transferred to India and asks her to come, she takes it as a sign to finally let go of the dreams she'd pursued her whole life. But when she arrives and realizes that he sees her as little more than a dutiful future housewife, she dumps him on the spot and finds herself all alone in an unfamiliar land. Through her encounters with the resilient and radiant women she meets there, Natsume slowly finds the strength to follow her dreams once again. (Source: Kodansha USA)

From Viz: Why me? It was to be the last thought a young prostitute, Rune-Balot, would ever have...as a human anyway. Taken in by a devious gambler named Shell, she became a slave to his cruel desires and would have been killed by his hand if not for the self-aware All-Purpose Tool (and little yellow mouse) known as Oeufcoque. Now a cyborg, Balot is not only nigh-invulnerable but has the ability to disrupt electrical systems of all sorts. But even these powers may not be enough for Balot to deal with Shell, who offloads his memories to remain above the law, the immense assassin Dimsdale-Boiled, or the neon-noir streets of Mardock City itself. Note: Won Nihon SF Taisho Award in 2003.

Giant Step is a shounen, sports comedy. With it's relation to Prince of Tennis being in some of the art of attacks and their relation to tennis. If you have already read Prince of Tennis or even a little bit of it and it was too serious for you then Giant Step would be good to check out.

The time my friend (♂) said he wanted to try a skirt.