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...

When a demon appears in the dark night of Edo, the maiden Kiyomitsu Matoshi, the 15th Zanma swordsman, who cuts away the evil heart, and the 15th generation Zanma swordsman, Beni Tsubomi, appear!! Great Edo erotic monster battle!!

Aspiring to be the ultimate Pokémon trainer and butter-making master, Baiji was determined to create an outstanding butter masterpiece for her graduation project. However, she didn't expect to clash with the illustrator Sharky right from the start. As she was about to finish the character design phase and advance to the master level of game development, she encountered a classmate, Sanchuan, who perfectly embodied her ideal character. But bigger trouble followed—Sanchuan turned out to be... (Source: Bilibili, translated) *Note: Includes one extra chapter.*

Woo-Yeon, who is perfect in everyone's eyes, and Jae-Hee, who have been living their lives without any major ups and downs, loving each other. One day, as a bride-to-be preparing for her wedding with Woo-Yeon, Jae-Hee has a dream about the day she first met Woo-Yeon. Since then, Woo-Yeon seems different and memories she had forgotten start to pop up out of nowhere... (Source: Lezhin, translated) *Note: Part of Lezhin's Sunaemul Danpyeonseon (순애물 단편선) Collection.*

Season 2 of The Magic Chef of Fire and Ice.

After living his last life betrayed by a scumbag, framed by a rival, criticized by the netizens, and ended up dying miserably in a car accident, Kyan Lim decides to focus on his career when he gets a second chance at life. But he soon discovers that Faye Gu, the famous business tycoon, was the mysterious man who took care of him in his final moments. (Source: WebComics)

Working overtime as usual, I fell asleep for a moment only to wake up as the villain of a novel. “Well, it’s a common cliche. Even the fact that I’ll meet my fate and die. Dammit.” I needed to find a way. How to survive after possessing the villain of a novel. Number one: “Make as many allies as possible.” Number two: “Get strong enough to protect myself.” Lastly, number three: “Never, ever get close to that prideful, crazy, insane dog of a reincarnate.” But what’s this? The original owner of the body’s already caused an accident. “Why don’t I just use money to kill the reincarnate before he regains his power? Are you crazy? Then who’s going to stop the demon king?” Survival of Choi Yu-Seong, the villain who craves to live a leisurely life rather than becoming the strongest. This is the start of his possession +survival, raid fantasy(?)! **Original Novel:** [KakaoPage](https://page.kakao.com/content/54157869), [Ridibooks](https://ridibooks.com/books/2107070142), [Naver Series](https://series.naver.com/novel/detail.series?productNo=5723111), [Joara](https://www.joara.com/book/1530734) **Official Translations:** English

Sabina is just a regular high schooler on her way to her college entrance exams when a freak accident plunges her into another world! She is taken in by a duke of the Crensia Empire, only to be offered up to the ugly, old emperor as a concubine in place of the duke’s own daughter. When the emperor is killed by a mysterious assassin, Sabina must find a way to survive in the battle for the rule of the empire. Can she overcome her political rivals and ascend to the throne, or will she fall to their cunning schemes? **Original Novel:** [KakaoPage](https://page.kakao.com/content/47295483), [Naver Series](https://series.naver.com/novel/detail.series?productNo=2105589) **Official Translations:** [English](https://www.tappytoon.com/en/book/empress-of-another-world-novel)

The newbie police officers Fang, Beagle, and Kroos were ordered to go to the slums of the Infected in the trading city of Tkaronto to do an internship. Although initially they had problems because of the crowdedness and other conflicts, they get accustomed to this and make friends with the Infected. While the end of their half-year internship, that would make them proper police officers, is nearing, a Catastrophe is quietly approaching the city of Tkaronto... (Source: Official Site, translated) *Note: Chapter count includes one prologue and two bonus chapters.*

Su Jian’an, a forensic pathologist, entered a marriage that she knew would only last two years. She put no hope in this nominal union and never expected her husband-to-be, Lu Boyan, to love her, although she herself had developed a secret infatuation with him a long time ago when she was only a little girl. Lu Boyan, a present business tycoon and her childhood playmate, was rumored to date the actress, Han Ruoxi, while she could have a second chance with her forensic pathologist colleague, Jiang Shaokai. However, she was wrong, totally wrong. After her marriage life began, Su Jian’an slowly uncovered a huge secret, a secret that Lu Boyan had been keeping simply to better protect her... a secret that involved a gangster called Kang Ruicheng, who she finally met in an amusement park restaurant… Official English