High schooler Akiko has big plans to become a popular mangaka before she even graduates, but she needs to get much better at drawing if she ever wants to reach her goal. Looking for an easy fix, she signs up for an art class, thinking all her problems will soon be solved. She’s in for a surprise: her new instructor is a sword-wielding taskmaster who doesn’t care about manga one bit. But maybe this unconventional art teacher is just what she needs to realize her dreams! (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment) *Notes: \- Kakukaku Shikajika is an autobiography detailing the life of author Akiko Higashimura. \- The manga won the Grand Prize at the 8th Manga Taisho Award in 2015.*

Tsukimi Kurashita has a strange fascination with jellyfish. She’s loved them from a young age and has carried that love with her to her new life in the big city of Tokyo. There, she resides in Amamizukan, a safe-haven for girl geeks who regularly gush over a range of things from trains to Japanese dolls. However, a chance meeting at a pet shop has Tsukimi crossing paths with one of the things that the residents of Amamizukan have been desperately trying to avoid—a beautiful and fashionable woman! But there’s much more to this woman than her trendy clothes! This odd encounter is only the beginning of a new and unexpected path for Tsukimi and her friends. (Source: Kodansha USA) *Note: Includes 10 extra chapters.*

"I spent all my time wondering 'What if?' Then one day I woke up and I was 33." Rinko doesn't think she's that bad-looking, but before she knew it, she was thirty-something and single. Now she wants to get married by the time the Tokyo Olympics rolls around in six years, but… that might be easier said than done! (Source: Kodansha USA) *Note: \-Nominated for the 9th and 10th Manga Taisho Award and the 40th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2016. \-Includes 25 extra chapters.*

Rinko, Kaori and Koyuki swore they would get married by the 2020 Tokyo Olympics... Now they're about to step into a new chapter of romance... but will they, should they, finally get married? (Source: Kodansha USA) *Note: Chapter count includes two "Tarare Bar" and one Extra chapters.*

After searching and failing to find a husband for 3 years, Shoko Hama is ready to give up. Tired from work and marriage-less future prospects, she quits her job and travels on a solo trip to Korea. On the plane ride there, Shoko meets the young and attractive Jobanni Park, but accidentally tells him… she’s married? Now caught in her own web of lies, Shoko is about to have the wildest time of her life! (Source: WEBTOONS)

*Note: chapter count includes 2 extra chapters*

30-year-old Reina Hirota’s chill life of snacking and binge-watching TV shows gets a wake-up call through a forgotten childhood dream buried in a time capsule. Suddenly, her content solitude seems more like a forever-solo voyage, prompting her to crawl off the couch and start husband hunting—not just to find love, but to help her family find their groove again. Now, if only she knew what she wanted—not just in life, but in a guy, too. (Source: Kodansha USA)

Growing up in a rural town, Lee Jihyun had dreamed of becoming a fashion columnist. Now at 30, she finds herself working for a celebrity gossip website with a bulldog clip in her hair. A rumored relationship concerning her favorite star, Haneul, and an observation from a colleague causes her to reminisce about her childhood crush, Jimin. Is Haneul really the boy she once knew? To confirm her suspicions she contacts her hometown friend, Taein, not knowing that he harbors a crush of his own. (Source: Tapas)

Tarare-Bar features Tara and Reba—the talking codfish milt and liver mascots from Rinko's fantasies—running a bar and giving relationship advice in response to reader-submitted questions. (Source: Wikipedia)

The life of daimyo Uesugi Kenshin commanded authority and fear during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. In this retelling, the powerful lord is reimagined as a woman.

Konno Izumi is a beautiful life drawing model, tormented with the unrelenting curse of her excessive beauty. Weepy are her eyes, streaming down her cheek with mirth. With all these means, the curtain is raised on the riverside concerto of a beautiful woman, struggling along the path to unpopularity. *Note: Nominated for the 4th Manga Taisho in 2011.*

Satori Iwashita is impressed by the beautiful lady in the kimono who often visits the cafe where she works part-time. One day, the lady asks her to help with an exhibition. Satori is dressed up in a kimono, a glimpse into a world she never knew existed. There, she learns that the woman in the kimono is called Gintaro, a famous geisha from Kyoto. Satori is fascinated by this profound aspect of Japanese culture, including the kimono, and asks Gintaro to become her apprentice...? (Source: Cocohana, translated)