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‘Salaryman from Hell’ is the first in a collection of Ebisu’s stories entitled “The Man Who Saw Hell.” It’s about the day in the life of a normal Japanese salaryman. For the uninitiated, salarymen are an iconic figure in modern Japan, taking the role of everyman. Ebisu uses this generic salaryman figure in most of his stories. (Source: Cheap Manga)
1. **Urusei Yatsura** (うる性やつら) 2. **Ippoutsuukou no Otoko** (一方通行の男) 3. **Nankyoku Monogatari** (南極物語) 4. **Ushinawareta Sekai** (失われた世界) 5. **Ookami to Shoujo** (狼と少女) 6. **Misshitsu Satusjin Jiken** (密室殺人事件) 7. **Nanto Hanashi ni Immoral** (なんとはなしにインモラル) 8. **Chi no Kawa** (血の河) 9. **Kinjirareta Asobi** (禁じられた遊び) 10. **Keisatsukan no Shigoto** (警察官の仕事) 11. **Salaryman Keiji: Ichimanensatsu Jiken no Maki** (サラリーマン刑事 一万円札事件の巻) 12. **Salaryman Keiji: Yuukai Jiken no Maki** (サラリーマン刑事 誘拐事件の巻) 13. **Utsukushiki Shitai** (美しき死体)
After a life filled with bullying and power harassment, a 33-year-old man escapes reality by sacrificing sleep to immerse himself in video games, ultimately dying one day. However, he is chosen as a candidate for reincarnation in another world, but the reincarnation guide tells him he won't receive any cheats. Instead, he can undergo three months of training at a facility designed for reincarnation preparation. While it's said that acquiring skills at this training facility is relatively easy, one wonders what can be achieved in just three months... Receiving bonus skills such as appraisal and item box, he begins setting his aptitudes, but time runs out, and he finds himself thrown into the training facility. To survive in this new life, he dedicates himself desperately to training for three months. However, three months pass, then a year, and then ten years go by without reincarnation. He begins to worry that he might be stuck in a never-ending hell due to dying from playing too many games, yet he continues to train with determination. Little did he know that the reincarnation process had not been completed due to an error on the part of the guide. Eventually, after 15 years of training, a sudden reincarnation guide appears. The man, who has already become a cheat character capable of defeating ancient dragons, devotes himself to enjoying this new world to the fullest. The protagonist is indecisive, and the characters that appear are often troublemakers.
Klein von Asgard was an ordinary lord that could be found everywhere. He ruled a peaceful territory without incident, but one day, an army was suddenly sent from the Marquis family, and the Viscount family of Asgard was destroyed. Klein lost his life as well, or so he thought. He woke up in his bed at home and noticed that he was had returned to three years before his destruction. Convinced that he would be destroyed in three years if nothing was done, Klein started a life-or-death survival operation in order to avoid the path of destruction. But he died. Time and time again, he died in trivial ways, and the territory was destroyed. He did not want to die. He also wanted to avoid the massacre of his subjects. With that in mind, he puts everything into redoing his life. Until the day of the happy ending. (Source: Shousetsuka ni Narou, translated)
"Honest people cannot be deceived, so be more honest than anyone else." With these words from her late father, who was also a lawyer, in her heart, Higa Aki works hard as a rookie lawyer at a major law firm. The first case she is assigned to handle on her own is a lawsuit filed against the giant IT corporate group "Next Prism." Aki prepares meticulously for the trial, but the opposing lawyer is Yagi Wataru, a former con man with a criminal record. It seems that Yagi has known Aki for a long time... The legal entertainment that deceives people begins!! (Source: Kodansha, translated)
Kento Yamazaki, a young man who was shopping online at home, suddenly found himself in a fantastical city with a...... tablet. From his surroundings, Kento realized that he had apparently transmigrated to another world. Turning on his tablet, he discovered that he could use an app that allowed him to see item and character information, and buy things from Earth, too. He joined the adventurer party "Akatsuki" as a servant, but thanks to his tablet full of cheat apps, he became very useful with household chores and other support tasks! Here is the start of a super-comfortable life in another world with a group of unique friends! (Source: Alphapolis, translated)
Naoki Kisaragi, a member of the men's basketball team at his high school, has been troubled by something lately: he's always being gazed at suggestively by the overly-beautiful younger female manager of his team. When asked about it, she tells him, "Well, that's my duty as your manager!" But for some reason, she stays behind to keep him company during his individual practice sessions, visits him at home when he's caught a cold to make sure he's okay, and such. It's almost as if she's giving him excessive special treatment... One day, she says, "Senpai, let me help you with your stretches." Wait! Are those her b-breasts that are touching him now?! Next, she asks, "On our next day off, can you come with me when I buy the equipment, and keep it a secret from everyone else?" Now she purposely wants to be alone with him?! If only she'd ask him out on a date directly! Source: KADOKAWA
