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The time is the Taisho era. Kiyoko, the eldest daughter of the former aristocratic Ichiji family, is beautiful, but because of a birthmark on her face, she is compared to her younger sister and treated like a servant by her family. Hoping to change her fate, she goes to an arranged marriage meeting, but her partner, Sakuya, is blind...!? (Source: mechacomic, translated)
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On a seemingly normal day, Tarutani Makoto, a bookstore clerk, is approached by a high-schooler, Takahashi Kentarou, and is asked for some recommendations for his hospitalised friend. Soon after, the two became closer as the young man made it a point to visit the bookstore every so often. However, how was Tarutani supposed to react when Takahashi reveals to him his secret? This also includes the story of a refreshing delivery man and a shy book store clerk, as well as a popular bookstore clerk and his bookstore’s clumsy salesperson.
Three quarters of the world, is the world of the dead. The world has been invaded by phantoms. One day, a boy named Nagi finds in the mountains of scrap wood a mechanical teenage maid girl. He immediately takes her home to repair her. The first things that Elise, this mysterious mechanical maid, says is, "Good morning, Nagi." Who is this mysterious silver haired girl? The fate of the world rests in their hands.
Two people who are absolute zeroes at romance⁉ A romantic comedy about servants learning the ways of love How can they serve both “Master” and “Love”⁉ (Source: Hana to Yume, translated)
Manga version of the novel Kanikousen by Kobayashi Takiji. Aboard the Japanese crab ship 'Kanikosen' equipped with a cannery facility, workers are forced to labor under pitiful conditions at minimum wages. Sick of being ruled by their harsh Superintendent, one of the workers, Shinjo, urges his peers to rise up and start a revolution on board of the Kanikosen.
In this world, there are two types of people. Those Who have powerful “skills”, and those who don’t. People born with powerful skills, exterminate monsters to level up and become successful, while people without them, become failures, who are treated harshly by society. Follow the story of Fate, a guy who works as a gatekeeper, and whose only skill is gluttony, a skill that only makes him hungry. [Original Webtoon](https://jp.piccoma.com/web/product/125898)
Hakukomaru (博光丸) is the name of the fisher ship that seals the cold and dangerous waters of the Russian peninsula of Kamchatka, always followed by an escort of Japanese Army. At board travel the workers who have to catch and tin crabs, hopeless and exploited until unimaginable limits by a cruel patron. It's a fiery critic against capitalism originally written as a novel by Japanese communist party member Takiji Kobayashi.
“Time to go to hell!” Anyone who boards the Hakuko Maru ship is alerted to their destination. It seems to be the only alternative left for those unemployed, bankrupt small traders, landless peasants, poor young people and others rejected by society. Still, no one is prepared for the hell that is the ship's routine. In that mix of boat and factory, on the high seas, workers have no rights and are at the mercy of brutal exploitation and violence from the fishing conglomerate's foremen. Some die from malnutrition, others from mistreatment. The workers then discover that, if they don't want to work themselves to death, they will have to resist and fight for their lives. A classic of 20th century Japanese literature, an exciting comic book version. Originally published in 1929, the novel Kanikosen cost the life of its author, Takiji Kobayashi. Because of the book's enormous success, Kobayashi aroused the ire of the Japanese government and ruling classes. After living in hiding for some time, the writer was arrested, brutally tortured and, finally, murdered by the police in 1933. He was just 29 years old. Kanikosen was banned for many years, but was eventually rediscovered and, since then, it has been one of Japan's most cultivated novels, with several versions for cinema, theater and this celebrated manga adaptation by Gō Fujio.
