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43-year-old housewife Kaori Odagawa has lost her sense of purpose in life, both at home and at work. One day, on her way home from work, she gets into a traffic accident and suddenly finds herself reincarnated in a Chinese-style alternate world!? At a loss, Kaori decides to show her gratitude to the elderly man who helped her, Hua Yuanhua, by serving him her homemade cooking! As a housewife with 15 years of experience, Kaori is delighted to hear the words "delicious" she never heard in her previous life, as she prepares her usual dishes with care and dedication. *"Let's make lots of delicious side dishes!"* Reborn through the power of cooking! The Chinese reincarnation tale of cooking is now a comic! (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
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“The person who killed my father…is among these people.” 15-year-old Kotobuki Ringo reunites with childhood friends she hasn’t seen in eight years since her father passed away: the calm and soft-spoken Shiran, the strong Kujyaku, the kind Masaki, and the energetic Gogyo. They were all students of Ringo’s father and all have amazing abilities of their own. Ringo comes to live with them at Shiran’s villa, but she’s not staying with them just to rekindle their friendship… She believes that one of them may be her father’s murderer, and she will stop at nothing to find out who was behind her father’s death.
Kaede, a young woman, has given herself a much more masculine haircut. Despite her insistence that it was merely out of her own preference, she still receives some hassle for it. On her way home from work, frustrated, she stumbles upon Yoshino, a battered young woman - and one that seems to have had problems with men.... A 'girl meets girl' one-shot that gazes upon "our real selves".
Mamori Kurisaka is a college student who has recently started living alone in Tokyo after entering university. She secretly admires the handsome designer, Yoji Asagata, who lives in the room next door. After Mamori finds some unsettling documents in her mailbox, the two became closer and she found herself seeking haven in his mini-vegetable garden on the veranda!
Shinnosuke Ichijo, a high school student who likes to draw, has transferred from Tokyo to a high school in the countryside, and is asked by his classmate Sakurada, the daughter of a butcher in the shopping district, to draw a "nobori" for the store. However, Shinnosuke was bullied for drawing at the previous school.
Every time she changes her mask, she gains a new ability! There is a girl in the hot springs deep in the forest. She easily lifts huge rocks, controls the weather, and talks to animals. The secret to her abilities is the masks she wears. The profession of this girl is a "menya," someone who creates masks with special powers. A artisan comic about the girl who energetically goes to extremes for her work, from cutting out wood to coloring patterns and finishing the masks with varnish!
Concurrent with the sudden and mysterious death of the youth who was to be selected as the next king, the "Library Tower," which housed all the books of the country, was sealed off. However, deep in the recesses of the tower, where no one should have been able to enter, sat the one who was known as the "Shisosei." In the palace where rumors flutter about, conspiracies begin to swirl. What is the astonishing reality behind the connection of the youth's death, the Library Tower, and the country's secret tool, the Shisosei?
Maki Ibaraki is a high school girl who lives in Asakusa and loves Asakusa cuisine. This girl, who likes to poke her nose into ayakashi-related business and solve her problems by brute force, harbors a secret - she remembers her previous life. Her previous life was not that of a human, but of a demon princess called the "Ibaraki Kid," whose name resounded across the Heian period. Accompanied by Kaoru Amasake, the reincarnation of her "husband" Shuutendouji, the "Strongest Demon-bride" hurtles around Asakusa even today helping troubled ayakashi, such as Kappa Temari who is exploited at his part-time job, and a family of tanuki who run a local soba restaurant.
The curtain rises on the theater of Fate. Prize winning oneshot from the second round of the Yatagarasuhai Competition published in Harta magazine's December 2021 Issue No.90.
Kentarou Ueno is a mangaka. He lives with his wife and her 10 years old daughter in a small house that is also his studio. They are a happy family. Even though his wife suffers from depression, she is following the treatment, and all seems fine. One day, he found her on the floor, faced down and inert. *Without Saying Goodbye* is the story of what happen after that in Kentaro's life. Nominated for the 4th Manga Taisho in 2011.
