Collection of 23 stories about love in the everyday life of the Japanese. 1. **His Scent** A woman reflects upon finding the scent of her lover from two years ago. 2. **Heavy and Pop (♂)** A broke youngster starts selling him to an old lady. 3. **Painfully from the Heart** Showing the connection between pain and love. 4. **Holiday** A woman spends a day at home with her depressed boyfriend. 5. **Heavy and Pop (♀)** A prostitute thinks about the concept of love. 6. **A Place One Likes to Return To** A young woman who meets her ex-boyfriend and has sex with him gets confused about feelings for her current lover and her ex. 7.-8. **The Silent Radiance** A girl unexpectedly meets her old womanising crush. 9. **Small and Lovely** An Office Lady fed-up with her surroundings looks forward to meeting her darling. 10. **At the Park** Two best friends, one of them whose name is Yoko, spends time with each other as they set of fireworks at the park, but there is a meaning behind their get-together. What is the reason for it? 11. **The Truth Behind Things** 1 12. **The Truth Behind Things** 2 13. **Almost a Weding Proposal** 14. **The End of a Friendship** 15. **My Life - First Example: Chikada** 16. **Kyoko** 17. **That Afternoon** 18. **My Life - Second Example: Sawa** 19. **My Life - Third Example: She** 20. **Holiday Part 2** A girl reads a shoujo manga and is left unsatisfied by the ending. 21. **Sweet** A girl reflects herself cheating on her boyfriend. 22. **Painful Love III** A young man is forced to choose who he loves more. his girlfriend or the girl with whom he's having an affair. 23. **The First Time**

The manga features Kenshin Himura as the protagonist, once a deadly assassin during the Meiji Restoration, who is trying to find a new life beyond violence. The manga will consist of five "arcs". (Source: Anime News Network)

Hajime Sorajima's got a terrible hairstyle! It's so weird it's downright embarrassing. But his hair's got a secret...it's not hair! It's the horns of an alien body! A cute little alien body! One that can transform into a human. Normally, he has no problem living among humans and his secret is safe. That is until he meets a strange girl named Ria Aiba who's convinced he's an alien! Will she blow his cover? (Source: VIZ Media)

The story centers around Zoffy, Melos and the Ultra Brothers taking on numerous Kaiju threats to both the Land of Light (known as the Land of Ultra in the manga) and Planet Earth.

**Shouyou Hinata is out to prove that in volleyball you don’t need to be tall to fly!** After losing his first and last volleyball match against Tobio Kageyama, “the King of the Court,” Shouyou Hinata swears to become his rival after graduating middle school. But what happens when the guy he wants to defeat ends up being his teammate?! (Source: VIZ Media) *Notes: \- Winner of the 61st Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shounen Category in 2017. \- Includes two extra chapters.*

"All things are born and all things die. That is the law of heaven." According to legend, the Bird of Fire called the Phoenix is the eternal spirit of life, death and rebirth. She oversees the cycle of reincarnation and the rising and falling of civilizations and species. Those who can obtain her blood will be granted eternal life, while to others she can grant infinite wisdom, or eternal suffering. Throughout history, from the dawn of civilization to the extinction of the human race, those human souls touched by the Phoenix have hunted her over and over in multiple reincarnations, and their actions in one life determine or reflect the sins and sufferings of other lifetimes. (Source: Anime News Network) *Note: This is an incomplete series due to Tezuka's death.*

High school senior year, spring—one of life's important forks in the road. Taichi Ichinose finds himself in the same class as Futaba Kuze, who he feels strangely averse to, and his popular childhood friend, Touma Mita. One day, Futaba confides in him her love for Touma, and asks him for help. How will Taichi respond? This new “pure” love story begins as the three are colored in the emotions of youth. (Source: MANGA Plus)

Rakugo--the ultimate form of storytelling, where everything in a story is expressed with just your body and words. Shinta and his daughter Akane have been seduced by this wonderful form of classical entertainment. Having observed her father strive to pass the shin'uchi rakugo test, Akane will take her own steps into this unique world! (Source: MANGA Plus) *Notes: \- Ranked 3rd in the 8th Next Manga Awards print manga category in 2022. \- Ranked 4th in the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2023 guidebook for male readers. \- Ranked 3rd in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2023. \- Ranked 2nd in the 16th Manga Taisho in 2023. \- Nominated for the 47th Kodansha Manga Award in the shounen category in 2023. \- Included in the New York Public Library's 2023 Best Books for Teens. \- Included in YALSA's 2024 Great Graphic Novels for Teens.*

One fateful day, all of humanity was petrified by a blinding flash of light. After several millennia, high schooler Taiju awakens and finds himself lost in a world of statues. However, he’s not alone! His science-loving friend Senku’s been up and running for a few months and he's got a grand plan in mind—to kickstart civilization with the power of science! (Source: VIZ Media) *Note: Shueisha published its 27th volume on April 4, 2024. This volume contains the one-shot Dr. STONE: TERRAFORMING and the mini-series Dr. STONE 4D SCIENCE.*

Taro Sakamoto was the ultimate assassin, feared by villains and admired by hitmen. But one day...he fell in love! Retirement, marriage, fatherhood and then... Sakamoto gained weight! The chubby guy who runs the neighborhood store is actually a former legendary hitman! Can he protect his family from danger? Get ready to experience a new kind of action comedy series! (Source: MANGA Plus)

Ichigo Kurosaki has always been able to see ghosts, but this ability doesn’t change his life nearly as much as his close encounter with Rukia Kuchiki, a Soul Reaper and member of the mysterious Soul Society. While fighting a Hollow, an evil spirit that preys on humans who display psychic energy, Rukia attempts to lend Ichigo some of her powers so that he can save his family; but much to her surprise, Ichigo absorbs every last drop of her energy. Now a full-fledged Soul Reaper himself, Ichigo quickly learns that the world he inhabits is one full of dangerous spirits and, along with Rukia—who is slowly regaining her powers—it’s Ichigo’s job to protect the innocent from Hollows and help the spirits themselves find peace. *Source: VIZ Media, Vol. 1*

Ruri Aoki awakens one morning to find a pair of horns growing from her head! It’s already hard enough trying to be a normal high school girl, so how the heck is she gonna figure out this crazy dragon stuff? *Source: VIZ Media*