As the Far East erupts in chaos, a new leader appears in Japan. Caught in the crossfire between Asia and the West, will he be able to lead his country through this crisis? Fed up with self-serving bureaucrats and ineffective politicians, the Japanese restructure their government. Under their new system, voters will be able to directly elect a Prime Minister with expanded executive powers, who will be, in effect, the first "president of Japan." Sakuragi Kenichiro, a reform minded independent candidate who was educated in America, wins the election. The incumbent Prime Minister, embarrassed at his loss, vows revenge. Just as Sakuragi prepares to take office, war breaks out in Asia. China, the United States and the other super-powers begin to take sides and execute their strategies, and all sides attempt to use Japan as a pawn. Can Sakuragi implement his reforms while fending off both the entrenched bureaucracy and enemies abroad? (Source: Gutsoon!)

The outside inexplicably threatens to collapse a man's house, leading him out to a world of anxiety and oddness in this minimalist story. *Note: Published in Yagyou No. 8 (May 1979).*

The Universal Century, with its history of colonization and wars, passes into posterity, and time flows on. Mankind enters a new age of seemingly endless peace and prosperity called the "Regild Century." The year is R.C. 1014. The Capital Tower, an orbital elevator, connects earth and space. Due to its role in supplying Earth's power by transferring Photon Batteries from space, it is worshiped with a religious fervor. Bellri Zenam, a cadet in the Capital Guard formed to protect Capital Tower, is participating in his first non-simulated exercise when he is attacked by the powerful but unaffiliated "G-Self" mobile suit. He manages to capture the G-Self while piloting a "Recten" maintenance mobile suit. However, seeing the G-Self's pilot, a young space pirate named Aida Rayhunton, stirs something within him, as does the G-Self which he was sure he'd never seen before. Why does the G-Self accept Bellri as a pilot? Aida's mission to attack Capital Tower. Bellri's destiny as a chosen pilot of the G-Self. The truth which will shake the Regild Century. It was all the beginning of the Reconguista. (Source: Gundam.info)

We are criticized just because we're women and hurt each other just because we're women. This is the story of women bound by the pressure of womanhood in love, work, and childbirth, who continue to live on, ragged and ungraceful. Miki Aoki is 31, single, and sick of life, but her slowly building savings balance keeps her going. She's surrounded by people like her old-fashioned boss who tosses off things like "This is why I hate women" (shut your face) and her fossil of a mother who puts pressure on her, saying things like "So when are you going to get married and have children?" (please stop talking). And then there's a younger staff member at work with whom she only has superficial relationships (just do your jobs). She could really care less about the lot of it. This is the bitter and sad story of women who live like that, an anthem to cheer on all women. (Source: Manga Box) *Notes: The chapter count includes chapters 11.5 and 11.7, as well as the side stories "Aoki Miki 17-sai", "Onna nano de Shouganai!", and "Tsugi no Hi no Yoru".*

A young mangaka named Yoshio Tsube was drawing rental manga to support his family of seven. When he brought his new manuscript to the publisher, he met his senior, Mr. Tayama. One day, he visited Yugawara Onsen as Mr. Tayama's assistant and took a liking to the inn's maid, Yoneko. After returning to Tokyo, Yoneko visited him in Tokyo and they became close friends, but he rejected her within two months when she asked him for money. (Source: Wikipedia Japan, translated) *Note: Published in Weekly Manga Sunday 1974-11-09, 1974-11-16 and 1974-11-23.*

During the One Year War, in an attempt to replace losses in the Federation for mobile suit pilots, a penal battalion was formed called the Slave Wraiths. Led by Travis Kirkland, he and his team take on suicide missions in highly advanced mobile suits to make deadly surgical strikes into the enemy side. On the other side, the Marchosias, a regiment for Zeon elite pilot washouts was formed as well. When Doug Schneid, a former pilot of Zeon defects to the Federation with the Pale Rider in tow, both sides are forced to fight together to stop a conspiracy that lurks within the MS development research. (Source: Gundam Wikia)

Originally published in 1982, I Wish I Was Stupid surpasses in shamelessness the artist’s cult classic Pits of Hell. With 13 stories about love, family, work and raging frustration culled from avant-garde porn mags and Garo, Ebisu probes dangerously deep into the inner mucosal of the human condition. If you’ve ever considered setting your child on fire, pooping with double buttholes, or windmilling your dingdong, this book is for you. *Source: Breakdown Press*

In the manga industry, there is a legend: If you leave a message on a bulletin board at a Shibuya train station, you can obtain the services of a certain man: Comic Master J, an assistant mangaka who can instantly complete any publication manuscript in any art style for the price of 5 million yen. However, he refuses to work on manga without a "soul." But what is J's true identity? Why does he wear an overcoat lined with pens and rulers? And for what reason does a man of such artistic talent choose to live in the shadows of the industry, rather than working on a manga of his own creation?

The Devil King and his friends check out a wedding venue, buy swimsuits to work at the beach and…get marooned on a desert island?! This collection of original comic stories, drawn by a lineup of artists and fans of the series, collects episodes which may, or may not, have taken place during the main story! (Source: Yen Press)

Mobile Suit Gundam U.C. 0094: Across The Sky is a manga illustrated by Katsumoku, and officially launched in the December issue of magazine series Gundam Ace. (Source: Gundam Wikia)

From Gutsoon!: 20XX and Japan's economy suffers as the country's government begins to fail due to inadequate politicians. Seeking a dramatic restructuring of its fragile political system, the nation elects Sakuragi Kenichiro - a man educated in America- to be its first President. Given decision making powers the equivalent of a U.S. President, the young politician is faced with several international crises, including the invasion of North Korea into South Korea and China initiating attacks on Taiwan. As the "First President" he struggles against phenomenal challenges and along with his "fighting cabinet," Sakuragi works to reform Japan.