What does "being perfect" mean to you? To Hashidate Yuuto, it means everything. All his life long he strived for perfectness until a single incident occured in middle school that ruined his plans of being perfect: He pooped in front of the whole class and parents. Believing, that his reputation was destroyed and that he would never be able to reach perfectness anymore, he wished that the incident never occured. This is when a mysterious Goddess named Maki offers him a button that allows him to go back in time.

"Humans in this country don't take sleep seriously enough." This is a story about work -- that is, an office worker in her late twenties and her sleep demon, whose job it is to get her to sleep! Yoko is a hard worker, that's for sure. She's missed her last train home yet again and feels herself losing the battle to sleep in the bathroom. That's when she senses a shadow over her shoulder. She turns around only to find -- a sleep demon?! "Oh. You can see me." says Nero, a regular old office worker at Sleep Demons Incorporated in the Underworld. His monthly salary comes from getting humans go to sleep, and from today, he's in charge of Yoko. Thus begins Yoko and Nero's daily quest to improve her quality of sleep -- for both of their sakes! (Source: MangaPlaza) *Note: Includes an extra chapter.*

Utsumi Touma has lived with relatives since his parents died in a car crash a year ago. Everyone is concerned that he is too much of a loner, but he seems to prefer living that way. One day, a previous classmate named Yura appears and asks to take refuge at Touma's house from the police...

Haruka is married to Shoji, a kind and wealthy man, and while she dreams of having children, she enjoys her life as a housewife, though it sometimes leaves her feeling bored. One evening, Shoji goes out for drinks with friends, but something feels off...he seems to be hiding something. Haruka begins to suspect he may be having an affair. Unable to shake her doubts, she starts digging and uncovers a shocking revelation. Could her entire marriage have been a lie all along? (Source: MangaPlaza)

As a career woman, Maddy's life is full of busy days and there are no decent guys in sight. There is no way she is getting married to any of the guys she knows, but she still wants to have a child of her own. So Maddy decides to be artificially inseminated. But after she becomes pregnant, a man stops by her place and forces a kiss on her! He's the crown prince of the Kingdom of Dubaac, and he tells her the child in Maddy's stomach is his! After that, he carries Maddy off to his country and marries her. This has got to be some kind of joke! [Taken from Romance Comics]

Is death really the end if memories live on? Like most girls, Lala loves music, her friends and her family. However, Lala is not like most girls. Lala is a "collector" from the Memory Clan, a mysterious group of enchanted beings who have one purpose in life—they visit humans who have recently died or are on the verge of death to collect and preserve their memories. Unique lives create unique endings. No two are the same. The Memory Clan's purpose is to keep each person's stories alive. However, the clan also has a simple rule: "Do not get involved in human affairs." For Lala, this isn't easy since she is easily entranced by humans and their stories. But in the process, she risks losing everything and everyone she loves. Beautifully told and illustrated by talented author and artist Sui Kohno, Lala The Memory Collector weaves a poignant tale of life, death, and one girl's desire to understand what it means to be human. (Source: Tuttle Publishing) *Note: Chapters 21, 22, 23, 24, 32, and 43 were split into two parts during the original release.*

In the Kekkon e no Michi series (結婚への道), also called the "On the Way to a Wedding" series: 1 - A Bride in Waiting Dr. Lucas Daniels viewed his bride-to-be's temporary disappearance with exasperation, fondness and resignation. After all, she felt the same way about him! Then a beautiful stranger strolled into town, looking exactly like his fiancee. In order to avoid upsetting their families, Lucas asked Sara Martin to stand in as the missing bride. But now he was wondering which bride to marry... 2 - A Gift for the Groom Nick Claiborne's love 'em and leave 'em policy was suddenly in jeopardy. Because his new client, Analise Brewster, not only insisted on "helping" him uncover the mystery of her fiance's past, her irrepressible spirit tempted Nick to forget his vows to stay single--and hers to wed another... Spending time with a lively, loving woman usually made Nick want to run-but this time he found himself taking Analise with him. Yet once they'd found Analise's gift for her groom, would Nick be the one walking down the aisle? *(Source: Harlequin Comics)*

"Selfish, mean and manipulative". These are some of the words that people use about Tsuneko. But Tsuneko herself has no doubt that she is the most popular person in her elementary school class. Her best friends are Kiriko, the calm one, Hanako, the little madam, Nono, the cutie, Shee, the firm one, and Tsunta, the punk. These stories of their day-to-day lives are full of delightful observations about being a child and growing up in Japan. (Source: Creek & River Co.)

A young man has left Tokyo for Istanbul to meet his mother and find his long-lost father. But instead, he finds that he's fallen headlong into somebody else's rebellion! Jiro Manabe hasn't seen his parents since he was a child. He doesn't know what to expect, except that his mother is Turkish and his Japanese father mysteriously disappeared when he was almost too young to remember. When a stranger appears who can take Jiro to his mother, the mysteries that Jiro has come to solve only grow deeper. Is a drug-addled belly dancer Jiro's mother? Why and where did Jiro's father go? And perhaps most importantly, why are army troops trying to gun them down? (Source: Dark Horse)

Compilation Edition containing various Ishinomori's work: 1. Kamen Rider Amazon (1974) 2. E konte Manga Kamen Raida (1979) 3. Kimiwa Kamen Raida o Mitaka? (1986)

Elena returns to her hometown of Seville to attend her older sister Reina's engagement party. Her sister has been promised to Vidal Marquez, who is both an old childhood friends as well as Spain's foremost authority in banking. However, Reina has broken off her engagement and disappeared! Theirs wouldn't have been a marriage of love; the purpose of the marriage was to get Vidal to give his assistance to the bank her parents own. Now that Reina has vanished, Elena gets offered up as a sacrifice after being in the wrong place at the wrong time! Elena has been aware of Vidal's arrogance and coldheartedness ever since they were children. How can she ever marry a man like him?

The "Old Testament," often called the world's best-selling book, which has formed the basis for Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. Follow the trials and tribulations of God's people, depicted with the unique touches of Satonaka Machiko, one of Japan's most famous manga authors. Online English publicaton