By all the usual measures, he could be considered a pretty useless guy: a scholastic failure, an athletic disaster, and a chronic loser... but Fukuda Shinichi has one passion: cheering for others! The 18-year-old captain of North Kanto Southern High's Cheerleading squad decides to make the most of his summer by attending cram school in Tokyo, only to find out that the whole trip was a sham! Things are looking up when he and his friend meet up with two cute Tokyo girls; too bad the girls brought them to a rip-off bar and took off! Ditched by his one remaining friend and stuck with an impossibly high bar bill, Fuku-kun's life couldn't get any worse! But just then he gets saved by Ume, his role model and former cheerleading squad captain! What is he doing in Tokyo... and why does everyone around seem to know and respect him? Without anywhere else to go, Fuku-kun decides follow Ume to his job, only to discover that... he's a male gigolo!? Fukuda's summer of cheering others on has begun... and the streets of Tokyo's red-light district will never be the same!
A libido-fueled art comedy featuring the secret art club activities of a delinquent girl and the boy who will make her his masterpiece. (Source: Batoto)
When their mother passed away, the Mochizuki family's eldest daughter Yuka tried to take care of her father and siblings as best she could, but her cooking was just too awful. When Yuka's father accidentally tasted an amazing bento, he hired the person who made it to be a domestic helper. That person turned out to be Kuraku, the blonde-haired delinquent (but with the best grades) in Yuka's class! Based on the popular Pixiv series!
Kiyoshi, who's working in a foreign currency financing company, is a popular super darling who can do anything. Touya, the investigator of a detective agency, is a tender-hearted man with common sense. Kiyoshi, with an unprecedented amount of self-confidence, keeps on spinning Touya around and giving him lectures. Kiyoshi, who can be easily frightened by love only, keeps on showing Touya his world-class coolness and love. There are times they became insecure, but this is a very happy love life. (Source: Kodansha, translated) *Note: Includes two extra chapters.*
Kosaku Shima depicts the life of Kosaku Shima, a salaryman, a Japanese white-collar worker who devotes his life to his company. The fictional conglomerate is modeled after Panasonic, or Matsushita Electric, where Hirokane worked before and is highly accurate in its portrayal of Japanese corporate culture.
Manga about detective Nanase Gorou, 25. He works in a private detective agency and solves many complicated cases. Not only criminal ones, but social ones as well. *Note: \- The chapter count includes 2 non-numbered chapters in volume 24.* \- Includes the one-shot "Mirai-hen: Kanata Yori Ai wo Komete (未来編 彼方より愛をこめて)" \- Includes the story "Harinezumi Kouyuuroku (ハリネズミ交遊録)", 17 chapters \- Includes the story "Roppongi Shinjuu (六本木心中)", 2 chapters
Two volumes of the author's best one-shots. Volume 1: **Mushi to Uta** (虫と歌, *Insects and Songs*) 1) **Hoshi no Koibito** (星の恋人, Star Lover); *Afternoon 2007-12* The odd relationship between a teenage boy and his uncle's "daughter." 2) **Violight** (ヴァイオライト); *Afternoon 2008-07* A boy wakes up in an unfamiliar land, with only a strange, ethereal young man to accompany him on his journey to safety. 3) **Kusaka Kyoudai** (日下兄妹, The Kusaka Siblings); *Afternoon 2009-12* A baseball player who's just quit the school team due to a shoulder injury and the adorable robot he adopts as his little sister. 4) **Mushi to Uta** (虫と歌); *Summer 2006 Afternoon Four Seasons Award winner work; 2006-10 Appendix* The story of a young man who builds models of insects for odd clients, and his siblings. Winner of the Shikitaishou award. 5) **Secret**; *kakioroshi* A two-page oneshot. Volume 2: **25-Ji no Vacances** (25時のバカンス, *25-Hour Vacation*) 1-2) **25-ji no Vacances** (25時のバカンス, 25-Hour Vacation ); *Afternoon 2010-09, 10* Marine biologist Nishi Otome takes time off and reunites with her brother, Kotaro, for the first time in a while. 3) **Pandora nite** (パンドラにて, On Pandora); *Afternoon 2010-01* The meeting between a delinquent named Nana and a strange transfer student at Pandora Women’s College, located on one of Saturn's satellites. 4) **Tsuki no Soushiki** (月の葬式, The Funeral of the Moon); *Afternoon 2011-10* A genius high school student begins living with a lonely man in the isolated snowy mountains of the north. *Note: Winner of the Tezuka Osamu New Artist Prize (2010).*
Kazu grew up in a strict family, always being the good student and the good girl, innocent about all sexual topics. Hanazono, on the other hand, grew up in his parents' sex-toy shop, and was brought up to be open-minded and knowledgeable about the subject. So when Kazu wanted to learn more about sex and all its details, she knew exactly who to ask! *Note: The author has continued to post a number of epilogue chapters to her personal Pixiv and Twitter pages.*
Takaomi and Arika meet a young girl named Tsugumi Yoshimoto who has been asleep since an incident that occurred when she was a child. What happened in her past? And can she be cured? The couple try to solve this mystery with the help of the Mishima sisters -- Toko and Rinko, who are 'Yumetsukais' (dream messengers) with the uncanny ability to control dreams. What is the truth behind this mystery? This is a prelude to Riichi Ueshiba's next work, "Yumetsukai." The Mishima sisters make a comeback as main characters in "Yumetsukai." (from Kodan Club)
Companion is about the people who escort you from purgatory into the world of the dead. After you die you must go through your personal gate into the world of the dead, and companions are the ones who lead you there.
The main character is Pan Gamma Vi Gen. He is the captain of the legendary black vessel. Pan Gamma Vi Gen is lazy and clumsy -- that is him when is resting. But once Pan decides to work, he is the best man available. Pan says things that normal people can hardly understand. And he doesn't say much, he only gives lots of clues. Everything starts when Captain Pan let Mia and Tuban Sanoo be aboard. Mia is a princess of a fallen country and Tuban is the best, people say, swordsman as well as strategist. Although Pan Gamma Vi Gen is the main character, it seems Pan, Mia and Tuban are the main characters as Mia and Tuban appear in all episodes. Mia is looking for science to restore her county, Ontana. Tuban is protecting Mia as the will of someone Tuban trusted. Pan Gamma Vi Gen agreed to take Mia to where she could locate the science in exchange of her virginity.
31 year old Nakamaru Takehiko has trained all his life to never be disturbed by anything that the world throws at him. Whether dog poop begins to rain down from the heavens, or a human shaped strawberry monster shows up in front of him, his will never faltered. But when he realized that his existence in the house inhibits his sister from getting married, he panicked. In his panicked state, he left the house for Tokyo. Now homeless, he must find ways to survive in this world with only his iron will and the companions he finds along the way.

