Suzu, a mineral researcher, suddenly loses consciousness at work!! When she wakes up, she finds herself in the world of an otome game, reincarnated as the villainess, Mahalia!? If this continues, her life will fall apart just like in the game!! She escapes from the royal palace and makes her way to a coal mine, where she meets Abel, the leader of the mine. In order to survive, Suzu proposes that they make steel using coke, a type of coal that does not yet exist in this world... (Source: Pocket Magazine, translated)

Includes the following oneshots and illustrations: Two Warriors (by Hirata Hiroshi) Down Time (Tamori Yousuke) The Mask of the Red Dwarf Star (Hoshino Yukinobu) Olai Portfolio - a few pages of Olai's illustrations The Watermelon Messiah (Otomo Katsuhiro) Midsummer Night's Dream (Lee Marrs & Miyanishi Keizo) The Great Ten (Miyama Noboru) Schizophrenia (Fukuyama Youji) - also included in [B♭ no Sonata](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=9859) The Promise (Mukaide Masaichi) Cat In Animation (Wako Masayuki)

This charming and heartfelt new series, Small-Minded Schoolgirls, follows the adventures of a popular novelist and a chipper magazine writer. On the surface, Miru Na has it all: a blossoming career, a pretty face, and a ton of fans lining up to buy her books. But her personal life is devoid of that one special person. On the other hand, Somi Han has a boyfriend whom she's head over heels for. Yet her job drives her crazy, since she's stuck interviewing writers she can't stand—insult to injury—as she has always dreamed of becoming a novelist herself. Will life ever imitate art for Miru? Will Somi ever find a way to realize her passions? Come follow their adventures up and down the career ladder, through the literary world, and in love! [English Publication](https://netcomics.com/comic/smallmindedschoolgirls)

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...

Basically the same as the original but the ending was changed to set up a sequel.

Sweet and happy love stories featuring 3 people or more. An anthology organised by Canno and released for Comiket 100. https://canno17.wixsite.com/lemonade

One day in an era when swords and magic dominated, the hero Mokkos was asked by Zhang Woo Ping, the king of the royal capital of Zaidama, to subjugate the Demon King (Maho Yamada). Mokkos sails to the island where the Demon king lives. Once there, Mokkos easily defeats the Demon King's monsters and her lieutenants, The Four Heavenly Kings, however after a fierce battle, he is defeated by the Demon King herself. However, instead of finishing him, the Demon King welcomes Mokkos, and begins to tell the truth about the origin of the demons over 900 years before.

A depressed girl gets picked up by a cheery girl.

A Tsuruya-san x Mikuru Asahina from Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu yuri doujinshi. No novels spoilers inside.