After searching and failing to find a husband for 3 years, Shoko Hama is ready to give up. Tired from work and marriage-less future prospects, she quits her job and travels on a solo trip to Korea. On the plane ride there, Shoko meets the young and attractive Jobanni Park, but accidentally tells him… she’s married? Now caught in her own web of lies, Shoko is about to have the wildest time of her life! (Source: WEBTOONS)

Kayoko Kuroda is a first-year high school student who just wants to help people behind the scenes. But as she tries to live her mundane life as a “kuroko,”a stagehand who shines backstage, she has an unexpected close encounter with Rento Shishima, rumored to be the most dangerous boy in school! Just when she thought he was helping her with her backstage work, he declares he’s gonna make her the main character! Kayoko sees nothing but chaos in store for her school life with the unpredictable Shishima-kun!! *Source: K Manga*

From Ponent Mon: Seventeen authors (nine from France or French-speaking countries, eight from Japan) brought together in the same book, a succession of freely created short stories about the same universe: Japan. The French, of course, journeyed to Japan for the occasion. Each cartoonist was sent for two weeks to a different city in the archipelago (Joann Sfar in Tôkyô, Emmanuel Guibert in Kyôto, Nicolas de Crécy in Nagoya, etc.) to bring back an original creation. The Japanese tell us about their district, the city where they live or where they originally come from (Kazuichi Hanawa's story being about the northern island of Hokkaido, Jiro Taniguchi's about the town of Tottori, etc.) The result is often inspired, always surprising: Japan through new eyes. "Japan" will appear simultaneously in French, Japanese, Spanish, Italian and English. Along with "A Patch Of Dreams" by Hideji Oda, it is the first step in a series of international creations with left-to-right reading direction, created for us by some of the best European and Japanese comic book artists. List of included short stories: At the Seaside - [TAKAHAMA Kan](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=4331) The Gateway - David Prudhomme Summer Sky - [TANIGUCHI Jiro](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=714) Now I Can Die! - Aurélia Aurita Osaka 2034 - François Schuiten & Benoît Peeters Shin.Ichi. - Emmanual Guibert The New Gods - Nicolas de Crécy *Kankichi* - [MATSUMOTO Taiyou](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=361) The Tokyo of Qualtérou - Joann Sfar The Sunflower - [Little Fish](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=19995) The Song of the Crickets - [ANNO Moyoco](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=152) In Love Alley - [Frédéric Boilet](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=6069) The City of Trees - Fabrice Neaud The Festival of the Bell-Horses - [IGARASHI Daisuke](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=2216) In the Deep Forest - [HANAWA Kazuichi](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=2080) Sapporo Fiction - Étienne Davodeau

Shoko, an aspiring artist, made her living drawing portraits. One day, a young man wrapped in bandages asked her to draw his self-portrait, but as it turned out, he was actually an invisible man... (Source: MANGA Plus)

A collection of one-shots by Mashima Hiro **Volume 1:** 1. **Magician** (マジシャン) 2. **Fairy Tale** (フェアリー・テール) 3. **Cocona** (ココナ) 4. **Plue no Bouken Nikki II** (プルーの冒険日記II) **Volume 2:** 5. **Bad Boys Song** (バット ボーイズ ソング) 6. **Magic Party** (マジックパーティー) 7. **Christmas Hearts** (クリスマス ハーツ) 8. **Kongou Sentai Mixture** (混合戦隊ミクスチャー)

Kobo-chan is a 4-koma humor comic surrounding Kobo Tabata and his family. *Note: this entry includes chapters of "Kobo-chan" published until 2003/7. Later releases are included in the Shin Kobo-chan entry because of a change of tankoubon publisher, even if the series still continue to be released under its original name in the Asahi Shinbun*

Masayoshi Kurozuka is an ordinary high school boy ... until the day he discovers that he is the reincarnation of an evil woman named Oni-hime, who sold her soul to the devil during Japan's warring period. Masayoshi must come to grips with his identity, all the while fighting off legions of ghosts -- the remnants of men killed by Oni-hime. In order to free himself from this curse, Masayoshi must discover the truth behind Oni-hime's deal with the devil and clear her name in the eyes of the restless spirits seeking revenge. (Source: TOKYOPOP)

In the bleak world of the swordsman, it is said that he who becomes the No. 1 samurai shall rule the world. And only No.2 is allowed to challenge No.1. Afro Samurai has assumed the mantle of No. 2, seeking vengeance against No.1, a gunman who killed his father years ago. But assassins lurk at every corner, seeking to rob Afro Samurai of the title of No. 2. Can Afro survive long enough to exact his revenge? (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Tsubame would rather die than do any dirty jobs at the yakuza group he'd been sold to. Does dealing with an overgrown yakuza manchild count as a "dirty" job? It depends on what kind of job he gets handed over... (Source: Manga Planet) *Note: Includes two extra chapters.*

There's only one rule: "Never speak to the evil spirit." I might have caused my family's death by talking to one. Overwhelmed by guilt, I now see my loved ones as demons... (Source: MANGA Plus)

Lassie, born in a petstore and sold to countless owners, has yet to find her true master. Lassie encounters a girl named Asuki one day and develops an unbreakable bond. However, she is sold again before Asuki can take her home. Subsequently, Lassie has many adventures in an attempt to be reunited.

The Japanese-style epic fantasy "Hoshigami no Satsuki" will revolve around a magic sword and "the strongest protagonist."