When fifteen-year-old Kaho Nikaidou leaves her sheltered home to start life anew in a Tokyo high school dormitory, the last thing she expects is to nearly get hit by a truck! Saved in the nick of time by a handsome stranger, Kaho falls head over heels for him and, after finally tracking him down, boldly confesses her feelings. Turns out Kaho’s mystery savior, Kanade, is the son of Kaho’s new landlord! The handsome object of Kaho’s affection agrees to go out with her, but her newfound bliss is short-lived when it turns out that her new boyfriend…is a fifth-grader?! (Source: Yen Press)

Kana's in love with her friend Takumi. They've known each other forever, and they're even coworkers now. Of course, he has no idea. Why would he? He's hot and competent, so he's got plenty of women to choose from. She, on the other hand, wears glasses, has a baby face, and has absolutely no experience with men. Desperate, she forms a plan with another colleague to ask Takumi to pop her cherry for her on the pretense that this is all to get with another guy. At first, he tries to dissuade her but soon realizes how adamant she is. And, as much as he thinks this is a bad idea, he can't stand the thought of her doing it with some other dude! (Source: Renta!)

Iori's your average high school student... except that he couldn't be without Hazu ever since he was born. Hazu's 5 years older and friends with Iori's older brother, and is busy working as a celebrity and model. He's gorgeous and mature, but has a little bit of a mischievous side to him... He's been turning down Iori all of these years, but the two are overjoyed just being around each other! Finally on the day Iori graduates from high school, something seems different...? (Source: MangaPlaza)

The one-shot was penned by original character designer Naohito Miyoshi, and it illustrates the duel between Yuuya and Akaba. (Source: Anime News Network)

Machiko fell in love at first sight with the tears of an incredibly beautiful boy who was trying to end his life. "With such a pretty face like yours, you should become an idol!" she suggested. From that moment on, Machiko's life would never be the same... (Source: MANGA Plus)

Bacteria are in all our bodies...good bacteria, bad bacteria, and everything in between! But this time, the bacteria are on a mission...to help their teenage host confess to her crush! Will they be able to protect her health? (Source: Kodansha USA)

"I promise... I'm going to win you over, body and soul." All Aoi wants is to be able to enjoy her youth just like any other teenager her age, but she's stuck acting as a caretaker for her childhood friend, Souma. If that weren't bad enough, Souma is a total piece of trash that gobbles up any girl who comes along like some ravenous beast! "I'll never let a guy like that have me!" she promises herself, but Souma one day declares that there's a girl he "needs more than life itself" and starts making advances toward Aoi?! "Tonight... I want to sleep with you," he says and carries Aoi to his room, uses her as a body pillow, and even kisses her..?! She's unable to push him away for some reason, and... Thus begins the sugary romance between Aoi and her assertive childhood friend who's set on winning her heart...!

Over four decades ago, Yoshihiro Tastsumi expanded the horizons of comics storytelling by using the visual language of manga to tell gritty, literary short stories about the private lives of everyday people. He has been called "the grandfather of Japanese alternative comics" and has influenced generations of cartoonists, but, until now, the majority of his works has remained unavailable outside of Japan. By turns poetic, comical, and deeply unsettling, Abandon the Old in Tokyo is a collection of unforgettable short stories from the modern master. *- Drawn & Quarterly* "Starkly beautiful... revelatory... fearless." *- The Village Voice* "Marvelously evocative... Tatsumis's stories flow with dreamlike ambiguity" *- Publishers Weekly* "With both fascination and empathy, Tatsumi explores the lives of people on society's bottom rung and exposes a world of lost souls, unattainable dreams, and unexpected redemption." *- Bookforum*

Oneshots created in 'gekiga' style. A lone man travels the country, projecting pornographic films for private individuals while attempting to maintain a normal home life. A medical student lives a secret life as a sperm donor, and finds his world turned upside down when his donations are rejected by the fertility clinic. A young couple's marriage is irrevocably affected when a sewer rat takes up residence in their home. The lives of two men become intertwined when one hires the other to observe his sexual escapades through a telescope. An auto mechanic's obsession with a female TV personality turns fatal after a chance meeting between the two. The volume consists of the short stories: Piranha, Projectionist, Black Smoke, The Burden, Test Tube, Pimp, The Push Man, Sewer, Telescope, The Killer, Traffic Accident, Make-Up, Disinfection, Who Are You?, Bedridden, My Hitler

The era is in the middle of a world war. There was a genuine "dictator" who stood up to fight against Walkure which was a country which constrained the world.

The year is U.C. 0088. A lone Neo Zeon ship approaches the Side 1 colony Brigadoon. Commander Vearn Fixeth of the stationed troops is on guard, but the captain of the Indra, Phaeton Rah Algis, shows no intention of fighting. Phaeton enters into negotiations with Brigadoon's government to purchase the colony with a large sum of money, however during the process, the Federation Forces begin an armed occupation of the colony under the pretext they're hiding remnant Titans. Phaeton manages to negotiate with them and gets them to leave the colony, much to the delight of the citizens, thus successfully making them Neo Zeon supporters. The purpose, however, of the Federation's attack is to rescue the lover of a senior Federation official which Phaeton was holding hostage. However, Phaeton has other ambitions… ambitions to "catch the sun"… (Source: zeonic-republic.net)