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A "pure" manga by a 76-year-old artist who experiences and draws aging. The setting is an apartment complex built during Japan's period of rapid economic growth. There, elderly people are living alone with their cats, waiting for their "solitary death" that will come someday. What kind of story will they face tomorrow? The author, 76 years old and living in an apartment complex herself, depicts the overwhelming present as the future for all of us. The latest work by Saito Nazuna, winner of the Japan Cartoonists Association excellence award and the manga division of the Japan Media Arts Festival Manga's excellence prize for "Yuugure e." (Source: Shogakukan, translated)
A collection of shorts stories from the four Harta extra booklets, Ani Fellows, Otouto Fellows, Ane Fellows, and Imouto Fellows.
The beautiful young girl Kagura is a talented puppet master who also hunts down monsters at night. Out of a random encounter, she meets a vampire girl named Suzune. As Kagura was born in a complicated family, she was even discriminated by others monster slaying gang members. In order to protect herself, she was forced to provoke more enemies. During one of the attacks, Suzune decided to save her and soon they befriended each other. After several struggles Kagura is determined to leave everything behind. Together with Suzune, the two began their journey of seeking each other's happiness. (Source: Back cover of the novel, translated)
Because her parents divorced, she stopped believing in love. While skipping class one day she knocked into Math teacher Takada sensei and accidentally fell from the 4th story. At first she thought she was dead... but it turns out she had actually travelled back 18 years ago?
A 4-koma comedy about the daily antics of the fairly normal Imura Sousuke, and the "delinquent" Sakino Mizuki.
Rio, the school nurse at a junior high school, receives a mysterious phone call. She thought it was just a prank call at first, but then she finds out the true meaning of the message.... Junior high, where the teacher holds absolute power over the students. The teacher can invade their private space, and no one will bat an eye. The students themselves are still unstable and immature. Despicable sexual harassment and assault occur within the school environment because of these factors. Rio learns of one such incident that once took place at her school, and discovers that the same horrific act is now playing out once again. Rio's position as the school nurse, the closed-minded nature of the school's management, and the victims' attempts to hide the shame… all are obstacles standing in her way. This is the story of Rio's solitary struggle to stop the cycle of abuse, and to save those who have been victimized! (Source: Kiss Comic, translated)
Sakamoto is back! This is a collection of extra stories from "Sakamoto desu ga?" on the daily adventures of our favourite protagonist. Follow him as he goes on about his daily life filled with extraordinary events.
Kiichi and Tsukasa have been best friends for practically forever. They’re always with each other, commuting to and from school by bike, laughing, fighting, watching movies ’til really late, and now, trying out for the basketball team. In fact, they’re around each other so much that a lot of people think they’re going out with each other. What a laugh! Kiichi can’t really think of Tsukasa as a girl… but then a cute new transfer student sets her sights on Kiichi and Tsukasa seems to have caught the attention of the captain of the boys’ basketball team… Life changes, and friends grow up.
It tells about the drama of those who survived the fall of a meteorite on the Pacific Ocean after a failed attempt of destroying it with a missile. Cities are destroyed by big earthquakes, food runs short, illness spread quickly. In the midst of this scenario, Otomo, the main character of this series, will do whatever in order to survive.
Early 20th-century Paris. The dazzling tale of that world-famous gentleman thief begins here!! (Source: Shogakukan, translated)