Book two of the *Aku no Taizai* series. Banica Conchita, a woman who, at one time, ate only the most delicious and exquisite food. Now, however, her tastes have evolved so that she wants something new and grotesque every day, and nothing enters or leaves her palace. The fifteenth personal chef of the year asks for a brief vacation, but she, angry, decides to eat him. Running out of food to eat, she ends up eating her butler and maid, and when everything has gone, she ends up eating herself—which nobody else will ever know what it tastes like.

In Onnoji, a girl named Miyako finds herself alone when everyone else in the world disappeared. While spending time on the somewhat strange town devoid of people, she realizes there is "something" else there and names it Onnoji. The four-panel manga follows the daily routine of a girl in a world that is anything but routine. Note: Won the Tezuka Osamu Short story Award in 2004.

Kanenone Academy was an all-boys high school isolated from the world by mountains and hills. Yusuke Takasaki, the average 11th grader, led a normal life in the academy until the academy announced attempting for co-ed, and high-school girls were being transferred for the summer semester. (Source: Anime News Network)

Front-line soldiers call the logistics squad the fat pigs in the back. But this is a proud story of the underestimated and ridiculed group. Two years since the war between the Kingdom and the Republic began, amidst the inhumane fighting, they are the "soldiers who fight for the soliders." With a burning desire in their hearts, the 202 Experimental Logistics Squad drive the rail train "Ravik" across the deadly front line and through the hellish battlefield to bring life! (Source: Kodansha, translated)

Kaede, an office worker, was on a solo camping trip in the mountains to heal the pain of a broken heart when she suddenly found herself transported to another world. At first, she was scared of the monsters she had never seen before, but gradually she became stronger. Furthermore, Fenrir and the fairies joined her. Kaede's life as a camper in another world, with her steely mentality, begins now! (Source: Futabasha, translated)

A half-human, half-vampire girl named Miyu is trapped in a body that will remain a teenager forever. As a vampire, it is her duty to hunt down demonic beings known as Shinma who have wandered into the human world and send them back to the Darkness. The new story begins with Miyu transferring to a certain middle school.

A girl sees stars in the people and things around her. Some are bigger and shine, others dull and dim like her own. She meets two boys from school one day who show her that all stars can shine brightly, if you see them the right way. (Source: Atelier du Noir Scans)

At the crossroads of East and West lies Istanbul, Turkey. A young man named Tomori, struggling with life's hardships, decides to stay at a guesthouse run by Yağmur, a café chef. Through encounters with various people who are rough, kind, or somewhere in between, the beautiful city, and delicious food, Tomori's emotional wounds gradually begin to heal.

Even though he grew up in a farm, Akinori Kimura never wanted to become a farmer. But after his wedding, he ended up taking over his father's lands. His daily life will be turned upside down when he discovers that his wife is allergic to pesticides. Akinori decides to do the impossible at the time: grow his apples naturally. During ten years of his life Akinori will never give up. (Source: Akata, Translated)

The shy Yuki meets the old painter Honda. Through painting, she awakens to new possibilities.

Hide (Hi-De) meets a mysterious girl named Miru and soon find out that she has special power. Miru will sneeze whenever she sense spirit or detect that some strange occurrence are caused by the something paranormal. The two travel together and encounter all kinds of paranormal activity causing by ghost, demon, human spirit and divine being .

The story follows a hikikomori (shut-in) named Sasami who is unmotivated about even changing clothes or eating. Her brother takes care of her, even though she despises his slave-like nature. Sasami spends her days viewing the outside world via a "Brother Surveillance Tool" on her computer. In the outside world, the three beautiful Yagami sisters and Sasami's brother are in the middle of relationships worthy of a romantic comedy.