Celes is a reclusive alchemist with good abilities but no interpersonal skills. One day, she decides to leave her home and goes to a country town on another continent. She settles down there. The medicines she makes cure intractable diseases, and she destroys powerful demonic beasts in a fight. Before she knows it, the town is buzzing with activity, and the requests for her services come one after another! A story about the struggles of a beautiful but antisocial alchemist girl trying to live a slow life! (Source: Kadokawa, translated)

Maeda Mitsuyo, the greatest judoka, and grandmaster of Brazilian jiu-jitsu had a tiny problem. A no good punk has been beating the students of the Kodokan judo school. To catch him, he prepares a trap to ambush him in the middle of the night. That’s when he would meet the man that will go down in the past of history as the strongest man he fought. The ancestor of the fierce Bunshichi Tanba!!! The Meiji era, when the samurais were just a thing of the past, was the era when the strongest men thrived. Another strongest fighting legend is about to be written once again.

An overview of the entire precinct and the characters. A police procedural but it shifts towards their personal, everyday lives. Fairly lighthearted takes on the lives of a group of cops working out of a precinct in the Bronx, with a running commentary on the importance of doughnuts.

In 1946, a young man named Ryo lost his right hand and right leg in the war. After the war, he returned to his family home in Kyoto, but unable to do anything with only half his body and unable to protect his sister, he despaired of finding meaning in life. However, at a certain shrine, he hears a mysterious voice... (Source: Young Animal, translated)

Yoshihiko, who works for an insurance company, marries his girlfriend Saori and is adopted into the Ryujin family, an old and wealthy clan. However, during their honeymoon, the company goes bankrupt, the Ryujin family's assets are seized, and the entire family is forced to move into a small house in the suburbs. In order to support Saori, her mother-in-law Ranko, and her sisters Shiori and Kaori, Yoshihiko works hard as the family's sole breadwinner while trying to be thrifty. But his mother-in-law, who is used to a life of luxury, continues to make all sorts of unreasonable demands. Eventually, after seeing Yoshihiko's hard work and struggle, Ranko recognizes him as the new head of the Ryujin family, and entrusts him with the revival of the family fortune. (Source: Wikipedia, translated)

Part of the Zero-Sum Original Anthology Series. Cover Illustration: Takayama Shinobu Back Cover Illustration: D. Kissan 1. **3-tsu to 3-sha no Jikan** (3つと3者の時間, Time of Three Things & Three Persons) by Mikanagi Touya 2. **Nemureru Mori no Usotsuki Ouji to Nise Bungaku Shoujo** (眠れる森の嘘つき王子と偽文学少女, The Liar Prince & Fake Literature Girl of the Forest That Can Sleep) by Takayama Shinobu 3. **Nekketsu Fan Club** (熱血ファンクラブ, Hot Blood Fan Club) by Saeki Yashirou 4. **Amari no Utsuwa** (あまりの器, The Container of Not Much) by Asa Yoriko 5. **Nisemono Doushi** (似せ者同士) by D. Kissan 6. **Oe! Nazo Senpai** (追え！謎先輩) by Mikawa Verno 7. **Suki na Hito no, Suki na Hito** (好きな人の、好きな人) by Kumeta Natsuo 8. **Aogeba Haru** (仰げば春) by Mitsu Nanae 9. **Gakuran no Senpai** (学ランの先輩) by Naoe Marimo 10. **Senpai wa Vampire** (先輩はヴァンパイア, Senpai is a Vampire) by Kanou Ayumi 11. **Tojita Hana** (綴じた花) by Fuyume Saya 12. **Koroshiya Akagashira Haba: Senpai to no Tadashii Tsukiaihou** (殺し屋 赤頭巾～先輩との正しいつきあい方～) by Igarashi Ran 13. **Koi no Milk Tea** (恋のミルクティー, Love's Milk Tea) by Shirohito Rita

The Forest of the Undead”. People live their lives by using the mysterious sacred trees that tower there. However, there are terrifying beings called the “Keepers” who reign over the forest. An epic fantasy adventure that revolves around Cleo, the daughter of a feudal Lord who challenges the forest and Joker, a Magic Artisanー!

The story centers on the supporting character Tachibana from *Saraiya Goyou* during his childhood.

Yuto Higashi, a city boy, moves to his grandmother’s hometown at his mother’s insistence. But this village… turns out to have an “outdated custom” where they force young people to get engaged!!! En'en Gokano, his arranged fiancée, was already waiting for him at his new home, and she’s trying every trick in the book to get him to do naughty things right away. On top of that, he seems to have caught the eye of Oone Sakurako, the village chief’s granddaughter, who wants to break free from tradition…!? Will Yuto choose a life of sweet romance with his chosen fiancée, or will he pursue a free-spirited life with another woman!? (Source: ComicWalker, translated)

Noein is the son of a nobleman's father and his mistress. Despised by his family and servants, Noein grew up to be a twisted character, and after a period of house arrest, he was evicted from his mansion. Instead of severing ties with his family, Noein was given an enclave on the kingdom's frontier and the title of lord. But the frontier is nothing but a vast expanse of untamed forest. Determined to develop the frontier and become the happiest lord of all, Noein sets out to cultivate the land. With the golem manipulation magic he mastered while under house arrest and the advanced knowledge he acquired from books, he plows the wasteland and begins farming. The first two stages of the project go smoothly, but the most important thing is that there are no residents in the territory. Noein immediately started to gather the people. His methods were extraordinary: he enlisted bandits to become his squires! He rounded up refugees and acquired a docile labor force! He induces the heart of a merchant's daughter to become a financier. The people of the fiefdom only show their respect and affection for him! Furthermore, his excellent skills in frontier development have attracted the attention of a large trading company and the high nobility? The story of a twisted lord's frontier development begins.

Akai Kiba is an anthology doujinshi, published between 2002 and 2014. It featured many one-shots from Tsutomu Nihei and other famous mangaka (such as the author of Bokurano, No Longer Human, Blade of the Immortal and Dorohedoro). The anthology spanned 9 total volumes and was sold at the Comiket.