Kimura-san wants to get close to her crush Mizushima-kun, but the beautiful and confrontational Hiyama-san has a problem with that... though it's not the kind of problem you'd usually expect from this scenario. *Notes: \- This is the serialized version published in Gangan Joker \- Includes 1 extra chapter.*

The 50th NHK Taiga drama is Gou. The story focuses on the life of Gou, a wife of the second Tokugawa shogun Hidetada. Gou was the third daughter of the daimyo Azai Nagamasa, who was married to the sister of Oda Nobunaga. One of Gou's older sisters was the wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, while the other married the daimyo Kyogoku Takatsugu. (Source: jCafe24)

Chihaya-san wa Sonomama de Ii (Chihaya is Fine the way She is) follows the life of an average high school girl, Chihaya, who thinks she is overweight and wants to lose weight. Unfortunately, its impossible for her to keep her appetite in check, especially with his childhood friend, Shima constantly bombarding her with food. Can Chihaya resist her urge to eat and succeed in her diet? *Included chapters:* 18.1, 18.2

My little sister and I looked up at a high-rise apartment-building, touching the clouds like a castle would. Even if there was a princess living in there, it doesn't have anything to do with us, merely an unreachable existence---Or so we thought. With a pure chance meeting, I ran into Shindou Rei, and realized. The Rei in front of me wasn't a princess, or the untouchable idol at school, but just a cute girl you could find anywhere.

What should we eat tomorrow? (Source: Taiyoh Tosho, translated) *Note: Published in ihr HertZ 2022 November issue.*

"Even if we can't be happy, we'll be together," says a boy living in the alleys of a certain town, and a mysterious girl appears before him. The two of them continue to live alone in the alleys, gradually involving other residents. Everyone is carrying something inside them, sometimes serious, sometimes fighting, sometimes falling in love? A laid-back, slow-paced life in the alleys.

In a faraway future, mankind lives underground in huge caves, unknowing of a world above with a sky and stars. In the small village of Jiha, Simon, a shy boy who works as a digger discovers a strange glowing object during excavation. The enterprising Kamina, a young man with a pair of rakish sunglasses and the passion of a fiery sun, befriends Simon and forms a small band of brothers, the Gurren Brigade, to escape the village and break through the ceiling of the cave to reach the surface, which few believe exist. The village elder won't hear of such foolishness and punishes the Brigade. However, when disaster strikes from the world above and the entire village is in jeopardy, it's up to Simon, Kamina, a girl with a big gun named Yoko, and the small yet sturdy robot, Lagann, to save the day. The new friends journey to the world above and find that the surface is a harsh battlefield, and it's up to them to fight back against the rampaging Beastmen to turn the tide in the humans' favor! Pierce the heavens, Gurren Lagann!

After the sudden death of her parents, a young woman named Shiori Kanzaki find a picture of a man that she believes to be her grandfather, and travels to Azakawa Village, where he was apparently from, in hopes of meeting him. However, when she arrives she instead finds that the tiny village has a museum that she realizes she lived in as a young girl. There she meets Sakuma, a middle school girl who tends to get herself in trouble, and Suga, the strange manager of the museum who only communicates in written memos. Suga grudgingly allows her to stay at the museum for awhile and research her family. But there is a legend in the village of "Kotori Obake," a demon woman who abducts children who go into the nearby forest. How is this story connected to Shiori's past, and why does she hear voices calling her, commanding her to "Come fulfill the promise?"

A mystery is hidden by a monster rain woman. *Note: Youkai Ame Onna ni Yoru Kamikakushi is a web manga released on the author's Twitter and Pixiv accounts since May 31, 2019.*

A long time ago... Wait... it's not really that long ago. There lived a certain Ookami-san... She's bad-mouthed, and not to mention flat-chested. Even so, she's still the heroine. She works for Otogi Ginkou, a group who does favors for others and demands something in return when necessary. Well then, watch as Ookami-san and company unfold many weird... really weird stories. Behold, Ookami-san and her Seven Companions.

The short story collection released by Akatsuki Natsume after volume 17 featuring a set of eight brand new short stories.

Their red thread is twisted and tangled. Even though they were supposed to be engaged, linked by an arranged marriage between their families, they do not get along with each other at all. Whenever they meet, they always get annoyed at each other and argue, even though their feelings might be at odds with their words. "I don't think he/she likes me anyway." That's what they thought, these two people who can't be honest with their feelings. But deep inside, the arrows in their hearts are pointed straight at each other! (Source: Pixiv Comic, translated) *Originally uploaded to Pixiv and later serialized by GANGANpixiv. Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Web Manga Category.*