An elegiac manga about gender, community, family, control, class, love, and what makes life worth living at the end of the world. In Akane Torikai's *Wandering Cat's Cage*, it is the near future. Only a few women are still able to menstruate, and even fewer men will be born to them. Reproduction is limited to medical intervention controlled from on high, and the structures and lives of the past hold no weight: they are only hinted at through the remaining scraps of a world that no longer exists. Life can be good, though, if you fall in line, and the women of The City live bright, happy, tightly controlled lives. But complete obedience isn't for everyone. For the women across the river, who live in a rundown shantytown, viewing the opulence of the city from afar each night, life is different. It is humble, and often dangerous, but it is free. It is here that Sanada, a young acupuncturist, lives with the mysterious Reiho, the only male she's ever met, and who sells himself to the rich women who sneak across the river for something they've never experienced… The two form a small "family," taking in other young women ousted from the city. But a real, living, breathing male might be too precious to leave to the shabby streets. When Reiho is kidnapped at gunpoint and taken to the breeding program in the city, Sanada must join with the other outcasts to try and rescue him, and learn the difficult truths of love, self-actualization, society, community, safety, and the future itself. Master manga-ka Akane Torikai has produced a stunning work of relational SF through a gender-bent looking glass. Torikai pulls no punches examining the deeply messy subjects of our day – sexuality, gender dynamics, romantic love, familial trauma, freedom, and control, through immaculately realized settings and character-rich, emotive body language. (Source: Fantagraphics)

The God of Light and the Goddess of Darkness have waged a ruthless war across the land of Toyoashihara for generations. But for fifteen-year-old Saya, the war is far away—until the day she discovers that she is the reincarnation of the Water Maiden and a princess of the Children of the Dark. Raised to love the Light and detest the Dark, Saya must come to terms with her heritage even as the Light and Dark both seek to claim her, for she is the only mortal who an awaken the legendary Dragon Sword, the weapon destined to bring an end to he war. Can Saya make the choice between the Light and Dark, or is she doomed—like all the Water Maidens who came before her...? (Source: Haikasoru)

Many people imagine living the life of a hero/heroine within their favorite fantasy novels. However, what if you wake up in the body of the main villain/villainess instead? Our main character goes through a seemingly fatal air crash and wakes up in the body of Letisha de Arcadia, the main villainess within her favorite fantasy novel. What's even worse is that she already knows how this story is going to end: Letisha's beheading after her identity as a fake princess gets revealed. To evade her tragic fate, our character must continue living as a fake princess while attempting to forge an amicable relationship with the original protagonists of the novel, Amelita and Sighard. This is a story of survival. (Source: POCKET COMICS)

Manga based on the original classic novel by Dazai Osamu. Illustrated by Yasunori Ninose, it depicts human beings' negative emotion and sexual intercourse as tentacles, which have enthralled Ninose since he was five years old.

From Harpercollins: Our protagonist, an unnamed junior at a prestigious university in Kyoto, is on the verge of dropping out. After rebelling against the dictatorial jock president of the film club, he and his worst and only friend, the diabolical creep Ozu, are personas non grata on campus. For two years, our protagonist has made all the wrong decisions, and now he's about to make another mistake. He and Ozu are preparing for revenge, a fireworks attack at the film club's welcoming party for new members. Then, a chance encounter with a self-proclaimed god sets the confused and distraught young man on a new course. Destiny will bring him together with Akashi, the blunt but charming sophomore he has a crush on, if he’s brave enough to make a move. Yet our protagonist cannot get beyond his profound disillusionment and the moment is lost. But what if there's a universe where he did join the club of his dreams, ditched Ozu for good, and was confident enough to get the girl? A realm of possibility opens up for our protagonist as time rewinds, and from the four-and-a-half-mat tatami floor of his dorm room, he is plunged into a series of adventures that will take him to four parallel universes. In each universe, he is given the opportunity to start over as a freshman, in search of a rose-colored campus life.

So I'm fated to kiss him, no matter what!? "I wish I could turn back time!" No sooner do I wish that than I relive my first kiss getting stolen... again... and again... On my 17th birthday, I accidentally kiss the most popular guy in my class, Ichizou. How could I lose my first kiss to some guy I don't even like!? If only time would go back to before we kissed. And when I go to school the next day, Ichizou acts as if nothing's happened...... What!? No way! Have I actually... gone back in time ? (Source: Renta!)

An anthology comic of Machikado Mazoku by various mangaka.

Chidori only eats soy sauce ice cream from the Purple Valley shop because “It tastes the best!” she claims; no other place has the same flavor. While she’s there one day she encounters the person who made Purple Valley’s ice cream special. To her surprise, he has changed in a way that no longer resembles the boy from her memories…

A wordless comic somewhat in the vein of "The Far Side" with a Japanese twist.

He suddenly has to look after the child of the devil king? This is their story, which is a little immoral! (Source: Toomics, translated) *Note: This work was first published on Foxtoon, due to circumstances the author moved the work over to Toomics after 44 chapters.*

Others usually appear as a human when they possess a character in a book, but I possessed a doll... the favorite doll of a tyrant whose neck went flying because of the male lead. *"I’ve already died once, but I don’t want to die again!" "To survive, I must edify the tyrant. To do that, I must first move my body… What? Oh, it’s moving?" “Are you really Chloe? No, who are you?”* The young emperor of the Burgundy Empire and a tyrant with the end faith of dying. Reclaim my body while edifying him! (Source: Comikey, edited)

Kyouichi Utsume, a.k.a. "His Majesty, Lord of Darkness," is a dark and compelling mystery—so much so that his fellow Literature Club members would rather discuss him than books! When "His Majesty" vanishes in front of their very eyes, his friends are left with several unanswered questions: what is the source of Kyouichi's long-standing obsession with the "other side"? And just who is Ayame—the eerily ghostlike girl Kyouichi brought to school as his girlfriend the day before he disappeared? (Source: TOKYOPOP)