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"Bishonen" are the beautiful boys that overpopulate shôjo manga. Flowers & Bees is the manga that makes men out of beautiful boys. Beautiful men. Masao Komatsu might think of himself as a total loss. But high-school life is never so bad that it can't get a little worse, and unfortunately, it turned out he still has a few crumbs of self-respect hiding here and there. Gorgeous sisters Kiyoko and Harumi will be happy to vacuum them out of his pockets--with each and every visit by Masao to World of Beautiful Men, the men's salon they own. Why shouldn't young men, too, get the chance to have their lives ruined in the pursuit of unattainable standards of beauty? Though mocked by classmates and stared at on the street, Masao vows to remain faithful to his makeovers--determined to become the man hairdressers, estheticians, and fashion magazine editors only dream that women dream of! (Source: VIZ Media)
Tokyo is under siege by the terrorist organization known as Panther Claw, and the beautiful superheroine android known as Cutie Honey arrives to take them on–and fails! Cutie Honey must now join forces with government agent Natsuko Aki, as the duo pose as student and teacher at St. Chapel Academy. But there is nowhere to hide from Panther Claw and its leader’s evil machinations! (Seven Seas Entertainment)
An anthology of seven surreal masterpieces, starting with Chameleon Army, a story about "self" and what it really means to be a young woman! 1. **Chameleon Army** 2. **Yoru no Ouji-sama** (The Prince of the Night) 1 3. **Yoru no Ouji-sama** (The Prince of the Night) 2 4. **Nagisa ni Matsuwaru Etcetera** (And etc. the Summer Vision with Nagisa) 5. **X-Girl no Chi wa Sawagu** (X-Girl: When Her Blood Tingles) 6. **Tokyo Banbee Jump** 7. **Cinnamon Girl** (The Girl Tastes Cinnamon) (Source: Manga Reborn, edited)
New cop Asuku finds himself assigned to a special unit of inhuman police agents, tracking down similarly inhuman targets. Only time will tell which will kill Asuku first, a rogue criminal... or his partner. (Source: Japanzai)
From Ponent Mon: Seventeen authors (nine from France or French-speaking countries, eight from Japan) brought together in the same book, a succession of freely created short stories about the same universe: Japan. The French, of course, journeyed to Japan for the occasion. Each cartoonist was sent for two weeks to a different city in the archipelago (Joann Sfar in Tôkyô, Emmanuel Guibert in Kyôto, Nicolas de Crécy in Nagoya, etc.) to bring back an original creation. The Japanese tell us about their district, the city where they live or where they originally come from (Kazuichi Hanawa's story being about the northern island of Hokkaido, Jiro Taniguchi's about the town of Tottori, etc.) The result is often inspired, always surprising: Japan through new eyes. "Japan" will appear simultaneously in French, Japanese, Spanish, Italian and English. Along with "A Patch Of Dreams" by Hideji Oda, it is the first step in a series of international creations with left-to-right reading direction, created for us by some of the best European and Japanese comic book artists. List of included short stories: At the Seaside - [TAKAHAMA Kan](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=4331) The Gateway - David Prudhomme Summer Sky - [TANIGUCHI Jiro](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=714) Now I Can Die! - Aurélia Aurita Osaka 2034 - François Schuiten & Benoît Peeters Shin.Ichi. - Emmanual Guibert The New Gods - Nicolas de Crécy *Kankichi* - [MATSUMOTO Taiyou](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=361) The Tokyo of Qualtérou - Joann Sfar The Sunflower - [Little Fish](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=19995) The Song of the Crickets - [ANNO Moyoco](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=152) In Love Alley - [Frédéric Boilet](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=6069) The City of Trees - Fabrice Neaud The Festival of the Bell-Horses - [IGARASHI Daisuke](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=2216) In the Deep Forest - [HANAWA Kazuichi](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=2080) Sapporo Fiction - Étienne Davodeau
"It seems like my kouhai Kishi-kun might be a stalker." Rika, who works at a production company, is troubled by the presence of her kouhai, Kishi, who seems to be abnormally interested her. At the office, he's always staring at her behind her back. He notices even the smallest changes in her appearance, and on top of all that he also turns out to live next door?! He is so obsessed with Rika that he can't stop acting strangely, in ways that cross the line...! Yandere office love! (Source: Peace!, translated)
Official manga prequel of 2023 Hideaki Anno's Tokusatsu movie *Shin Kamen Rider* focusing on the backstories of Ichiro (plus the whole Midorikawa family) and the Kaijins fighting the internal factions' struggle of Secret Organization S.H.O.C.K.E.R.
Comic Gunbuster is a compilation of short stories involving the main characters from "Aim for the Top" which take place during the time of the first OVA. Some of the stories include Kazumi Amano's marriage to Coach Ota and Noriko and Jung playing golf on the Moon. (Source: Anime News Network)
Little witch-girls Chocolat and Vanilla are best friends, but only one of them can be Queen of the Magic World. To determine who deserves the title, they must go to the Human World and enter a strange competition. Whoever attracts the most human boys... wins! Here's how it works: When a boy falls for a witch-girl, she utters a few mystic words and the boy's heart will be hers in jewel-like form. It may sound simple, but winning hearts is tricky business. While Chocolat had no problem enticing witch-boys with her forthright personality, human boys seem to be drawn to shy and modest girls like Vanilla. And to make matters worse, Chocolat is finding herself increasingly drawn to the cool and mysterious Pierre-who feels nothing for her! The girls had planned to be best friends forever, but both of them want to be Queen. Will their rivalry ruin their friendship? (Source: Del Rey) **Note:** Won the Kodansha Manga Award for Children's Manga in 2005.
From the pen of Moyoco Anno comes a stunning tale of self-image and self-loathing. In Clothes Called Fat details the lives of young women earnestly revealing the struggles women may have with their bodies and sexuality. Noko appears to be living a great life, she's got a good job and a loving boyfriend, but beneath a thin veneer is a young woman who is struggling with her self-image and self-confidence as she fights to keep her weight down. To Noko, being 5 pounds overweight means being miles away from happiness in her lovelife and in her work-place. (Source: Kodansha USA)