This is a love story between 23 year old grad student Asahina Motoko and her 64 year old professor Sakaki Ikuo. Motoko is a very mature and serious girl with poor social skills and is often called dark and gloomy by her classmates. However she finds Professor Sakaki to be kind and easy to talk to, despite his reputation as a strict and scary teacher. Although Professor Sakaki tells Motoko that her feelings for him are not love, something is developing between the two of them, and it might change them both into better people.
*Note: Published in Monthly Spirits 2025-09*
Set at the end of the Edo (Tokugawa Shoganate) era, the series depicts Cloud's family with his wife, Turtle, their 11-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter. The Clouds are always ignoring work and playing. Cloud is notorious for womanising. **Note:** Received the 1979 Shogakukan Manga Award for general category.
The story opens with Azami, the protagonist, killing his father who abused him, then a gorgeous girl who introduces herself as Beniko shows up, taking the blame for the murder and ridding Azami of any suspicion, as she's seen fleeing the scene of the crime. After a while, Azami meets Beniko, who reveals herself to actually be Naoki, a crossdressing boy, shocking Azami. Naoki had seen through Azami's resentment toward society in the previous incident and invites him to join him in conquering society through the power of money. Thus, ending the first chapter with Azami's statement of "Money is everything! I will take revenge on those who made fun of me!"
A collection of somewhat surreal oneshots featuring human-like bugs in otherwise normal rural/historical settings.
Arakawa, a junior high school student, is worried about his future and ends up fighting with his mother. When he meets his childhood friend Saeko Izawa in the park and agree to go home, a huge earthquake struck and mysterious numbers filled the sky. The Survival with only children begins.
Ran Koda, who works as a teacher in a ceramic art class, hides the secret of suffering from "androphobia." This becomes an issue when good looking men start joining the class.
The ordinary days of Anjin-san, a very little man who help peoples that come across his road with his wise words, imbued with buddishm philosophy.

