-Six stories drawn by former assistants of the legendary Osamu Tezuka (creator of BLACK JACK) are based on real life stories of real medical professionals to celebrate the character's 40th anniversary, with Black Jack and Pinako acting as the side characters of those stories
-A Muv-Luv Anthology, by Rapport Comics.
One day, while walking on the beach, an old man and his dog Fujio came across a baby mermaid. He named it Aki-chan, but the old man had lost his wife early and had no children, so he knew nothing about raising a child. And what's more, it was a baby mermaid! He didn't know what to feed it or even how mermaids lived! So begins the old man's struggle to raise the mermaid on his own!! (source: Kodansha, translated)
Kusa, a university student, finds a discarded Japanese doll named Neko. The doll talks, laughs, cries, and sulks just like a human child. Its favorite food is mirinboshi (sweet rice cake). Kusa and the difficult doll often fight, but they eventually bond and form a better relationship. This is a coming-of-age (?) story about the daily life and romance of Kusa, a university student, as seen through Neko's eyes. Scenes such as Kusa explaining life and death to Neko are beautifully presented. (Source: Shueisha, translated)
