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...

Kazuki receives a letter out of the blue telling him that he has been chosen for the Men's Birth Program. To fight the low birth rate, this program allows men with good genes who had a certain inoculation as a child to become pregnant. Not only that, if he doesn't become pregnant within 24 hours, his "thing" will fall off! He asks two guys he knows to come over, they have sex, and... Will Kazuki choose to become pregnant!? Or will he stop being a man!? [English publication via Renta!](https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/41261/)

Set in the Bakumatsu Era, when the waves of time rocked violently, and the world was in chaos... This is a human drama surrounding the Shinsengumi. Kondo Isami, Hijikata Toshizo, Okita Soji... Drawing them and their lives just the way they were, this is the truly talented Shiba Akio's magnus opus! It's a story that appeals to not just Bakumatsu Era fans, but a wide range of manga readers. [from Renta!](https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/64489/)

Kubogawa is a crappy, worn-out salaryman. But then, one day, he discovers that he's lactating... he's grown manboobs! He puts band-aids on his nipples to try and stop them, but they just keep overflowing! And so, he sneaks into the bathroom and storeroom at work and tries to take care of them... until he's spotted by a younger co-worker! And it just so happens that this co-worker has a very unusual fetish... don't miss this "unique" older male love story! [from Renta!](https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/55896/)

One day Okajima, a high-class shoe salesman, is suddenly ordered to transfer. His destination is, of all places, the condom department! And the condoms here aren't the normal shape... wait, they're humanoid!? Told to go out and make sales with the his partner humanoid condom Kondou, whose abilities he doesn't even know, Okajima is completely bewildered. Kondou and his senior approach the confused Okajima to teach him how to use this new product. Don't miss Okajima's over-erotic office romance as he struggles to somehow improve his sales results while being toyed with by the cute humanoid condom Kondou and his sarcastic senior Tamari! [from Renta!](https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/61147/)

*Where one journey ends, another begins.* The prophesied hero Yuma and his party have successfully slain the Demon King, and it’s now time for the final leg of their adventure: the return home. However, what should be a joyous occasion takes a turn when one member abruptly leaves, spurning the rewards and acclaim awaiting them. Yuma quickly realizes that although they risked their lives together to defeat a common enemy, he and his comrades are almost complete strangers. The route back to the capital becomes an opportunity to hear his companions’ life stories, and some of the things he learns will shock him to his core… (Source: Yen Press)

from fictiondb: Back in her husband's bed! When Shannay Robbins's marriage to billionaire Marcello Martinez ended, she returned home carrying with her a precious secret.... Now, four years later, Marcello has tracked his wife down and discovered she has kept knowledge of his child from him! Marcello will make Shannay pay for her deception--by returning her to their marital home... and their marriage bed?

Rachel's irresponsible ex-husband's invitation for their daughter to visit him in Florida was the first step in a string of events that would change Rachel's love life forever. One would assume that as a romance novelist Rachel would be more of an optimist when it comes to the endless possibilities of love. But unfortunately, doubts created by old wounds plague her mind and this particular change isn't well received.