Fuyu Monogatari received the 1988 Shogakukan Manga Award for shounen manga along with [Just Meet](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=9009).

A story about two people who share the same room right from the day they first meet.

Pretty little Mai Hyodo is a high school freshman who just couldn't look any cuter in her high school "sailor" uniform. But Mai's dream is to restore the Kanto Hyodo Gang, a crime family headed by her late father. And with Tetsu, her father's ex-lieutenant, she's "doing what it takes" to restore the organization to its former standing.

A hopeless geek, a beautiful woman, and a fast connection--could the Internet be his ticket onto the express train to romance? A real-life thread on an Internet forum sparks a nationwide phenomenon! A nerdy otaku meets a girl on a train and posts an urgent query on the Web--How the heck do you talk to girls? What should he wear on their date? Where should they go? The forum's response was overwhelming, and the thread continued to grow along with their relationship. Eventually published in book form to become a best-seller, the thread spawned a blockbuster movie and hit TV series, as well as this heartwarming manga adaptation of an entire Internet community rooting for love and romance. (Souce: Viz)

Story about Makoto Osawa, a university student on the regatta (rowing) team. He and his friend have dominated the intercollegiate competition for the double scull. Along with his friend's girlfriend (and team manager) Misao , the team has dreams of participating in an Olympic competition. But his friend's death in a racing accident leaves Makoto broken up, and he has to deal with pulling himself together as well as facing the trials of love and friendship.

"The stars that don't shine in Tokyo surely do shine in a different town..." Tsutsumi Koutarou, who couldn't be a senior at a college-oriented high school in Tokyo, moves into Himi City, Toyama Prefecture with his distant relatives and spends one school year there. "I wouldn't be able to shine for the rest of my life..." He's hurt, and depressed. However, his encounter with a girl named Nagisa changes his "tomorrow" little by little. Now, Hara Hidenori begins "the sweetest 'starting-over' love story in the world"...

Dragon Gon... A 36 year old bachelor and lusterless boxer who is on the verge of retirement. By all expectations, he would quietly and uneventfully retire. Until he happened to meet a vivacious actress... Love, laughter, and boxing; a drama about the prime of life now unfolds!

This is collection of one-shots published in "Big Comic" on the 45th anniversary of the first issue. This collection has 14 stories: 1. Fukushima drive (*Moto Hagio*) 2. Shouwa Torabera Bangai-hen (*Kenichi Kitami*) 3. Kaijuu Oukoku (*Naoki Urasawa*) 4. Mouten no Venus (*Itou Junji*) 5. Hatobouru (*Hidenori Hara*) 6. Yami Tsuna Matsuri (*Daijiro Morohoshi*) 7. Last Fight (*Junichi Noujou*) 8. Sonogo no Gegege no Kakeibo (*Shigeru Mizuki*) 9. Munakata Kyouju Shirizu Susanou Saigonotatakai (*Yukinobu Hoshino*) 10. Kidou Senshi Gandam Thunderbolt Gaiden Suna Nezumi Shoun (*Yasuo Otagaki*) 11. Revenge Doll: Fukushuu Ningyou (*Rumiko Takahashi*) 12. Uta no Monku janai keredo (*Yarou Abe*) 13. Gansaku Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae (*Fujihiko Hosono*) 14. Kogane no Rafu ~ Maito no Sutaetasu ~ (*Tsuyoshi Nakaima*)

*Note: Includes 1 extra chapter.*

In his middle school days at Yokota, Koichi Amano was the ace player on his baseball team, leading them to winning the regional championship. He received offers from numerous powerhouse high schools, but he turned them all down and chose to enroll at Kasumi High School in Yokota, a school without a baseball team, as a childhood promise. However, as soon as he put up signs saying "Baseball Club Members wanted", he faced strong opposition from the teachers.