A first-year high-school boy, Kirifu Ishigami, who’s always gone with the flow, meets a homunculus girl named Homun in the clubroom of the Alchemy Club, a club that should have been disbanded. Homun, who doesn’t know what she wants to do, comes to rely on Kirifu, but he’s hassled by some rough classmates and lands in big trouble! Then, incredibly, Homun eats Kirifu and “alchemizes” him… A fresh new sensation!? The alchemy-style comedy begins☆ Source: "Kadokawa", translated

19 short stories by 19 different writers.

A 33-volume collection of award-winning oneshots put out by Kodansha from 2002-2012. Some of these would later get serialized or collected in other volumes. **Serialized or otherwise collected:** AKABOSHI Tomo [Shishunki Syndrome](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=10895992058) AKIZUKI Risu [Oku-sama Shinkaron](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=8585) ARAI Hideki [8-gatsu no Hikari](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=48516) ARAMAKI Keiko [GENOMES](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=100366) ASADA Torao [Spoonman 3.18](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=7155) ASHINANO Hitoshi [Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=586) Endo Hiroki [Kitto Kawaii Onnanoko Dakara](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5984) ENOMOTO Shunji [Golden Lucky](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=44334) IGARASHI Daisuke [Obayashi ga Hikoeru Hi, Hoka (collected in Hanashippanashi](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2347) IRIE Kiwa [Haikibun! Sakanahime](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=54246) IRIE Noriko [Neko no Te Kashimasu](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=34406) KIMURA Kon [Koube Zaijuu](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=6616) KITOH Mohiro [Vandemieru no Tsubasa](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2395) KOMAI Yu [Sonna Yatsua Inee!!](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=16844) MATSUMOTO Taiyou [STRAIGHT](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=9964) NIHEI Tsutomu [BLAME! (prototype chapter, included in NOiSE)](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2275) OHARA Shinji [Boku wa Otouto](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=23188) SAMURA Hiroaki [Mugen no Juunin](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1628) SOUJI Hajime [Sanmon Mirai no Katei Houmon](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=95297) TOUME Kei [Kurogane](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1034) TOYODA Minoru [Love Roma](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5227) TSUCHIDA Seiki [Miseinen](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=65435) URUSHIBARA Yuki [Mushishi prototype chapter, collected in Filament](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=35219) WAKANA Shouhei [Kamen Tenshi](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=38659) **Other:** Hiramatsu Kannosuke [Yume](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=134645) ABE Yoshitoshi [Ame no Furu Basho](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=70439511114) Eshikawa is a man who has lost sight of his life and stumbles through it, with no clear meaning or purpose. One day, he is informed that his ex-girlfriend committed suicide, which sets his brain on retrospect mode. He goes on a journey of self-revelation and contemplates upon the myriad of human emotions, the joys and sorrows of normalcy. YAMAZAKI Ren [Like a Laika](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=15464858831) From Atelier du Noir Scans: The daily, average life and interactions of some of a ship’s crew as they depart to explore space. Winner of the Jiro Tanaguchi Special Award for manga in the 2010 Four Seasons Award Anthology. NADEGATA Nazuna [Kokenoshima](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=25320595156) From Atelier du Noir Scans: On a remote island, a skilled swordsman who honed his craft on the local population attempts to atone for his sins and lift a curse by hunting and killing demons. Winner of the Hagio Moto Special Award for manga. KIBA Kouichi [Jagua](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=26870403448) As the protagonist is returning home one night, she runs into a man who had just been in a car crash. As he is dying, he asks her to throw a certain package into the sea. JOUYAMA Yui [Zanuff the Butcher](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=57841268625) A butcher with a dark secret finds a little girl. HAYASHIDA Q [Sofa-chan](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=9150331372) Tells the story of a female ghost who lives on a couch and it's the debut work of Q Hayashida as mangaka. KANOU Rie [Kingdom of Stars](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=20282565791) Oneshot about love, religion, and a big misunderstanding that leads to a weird situation...

中学時代、短距離（男子100m）で、全国2位となった大塚ヒロ。しかし、彼は、1位になれなかった――。その理由は――おっぱい!!!!!!??そんなヒロの弱点を見抜き、スカウトした黒河高等学園の理事長!! しかし、ヒロの意思を尊重し、ヒロの為に作成された育成方法は、ヒロの陸上人生を大きく左右することに――!!? 行け。疾駆れ。

"Trick or treat?!" a child's scream echoes outside the door. Dressed in strange costumes, they hold out paper bags... Thus begins the Halloween Show, the eve of All Hallows' Day. Halloween is a fantastical celebration where the eerie and the ordinary intertwine, where common sense and tradition are turned upside down. Adults who refuse to give candy face the children's cruel revenge. (Source: Studio Nonky, translated)

Sango Jūgo from "Judo-bu Monogatari" and Higashi Sanshirō from "1・2 no Sanshirō" are back in action in the form of masterpiece stories by Hasegawa Shin! In the *Gekiga Hasegawa Shin* Series: V.1 - *Seki no Yatappe* V.2 - *Kutsukake Tokijirou* V.3 - *Ippontou Dohyouiri* V.4 - *Mabuta no Haha*

Anthology of Gintama doujinshi from different artists. **Vol 1** - Cover illustrator: YAMADA Fumika - Doujin artists: AOI Levin, TATEWAKI Mame, KAGAMI Haruki, KANNO Kazuki, KIRISAGI Manami, KIKKAWA Shou, TANO Kakashi, NATSUKI Ichi, YAMADA Fumika, YUKIYOSHI Komina, Yone, LONDON Pariko - Stories included: • [color=blue]*Ame to Anata ni Hanataba wo*[/color] by YAMADA Fumika (Hijikata x Okita) • [color=blue]*Kemuri no Ue ni Shita to Kuchibiru, Confiserie*[/color] by NATSUKI Ichi: (Hijikata x Shinpachi) Shinpachi's starting to think that cigarettes don't taste so bitter after all... **Vol 2** - Cover illustrator: ICHINOMIYA Shihan - Doujin artists: ICHINOMIYA Shihan, IZUMI Asuka, una, Kaina, KUSAKA An, KUJOU Yako, SAKURAI Shiori, SAWANOI Fumi (澤乃井フミ), NASEBA Naru, NATSUKI Ichi, HASUKAWA Yuuto, HINA Youko **Vol 3** - Cover illustrator: Mizuka - Doujin artists: Ichimiya, Omatsu, KIKKAWA Shou, KOZAKI Yone, SAKURAI Shiori, SAKURAI Taiki, SOUDA Yuuko, SAWANOI Fumi (澤乃井史), HASUKAWA Yuuto, MASUDA Kiyosumi, MATSUMOTO Kiyo, Mizuka, Megumi, YAMADA Papiko, YUKI Tatsumi, YUKIYOSHI Komina, YUKUE Moegi **Vol 4** - Cover illustrator: SAWANOI Fumi (澤乃井フミ) - Doujin artists: AOI Enu, IZUMI Asuka, ITAGAWA Icchi, una, Omatsu, KAGAMI Haruki, KOZAKI Yone, SAKURAI Shiori, SAWANOI Fumi (澤乃井フミ), SHIORA Masamune, SOUDA Yuuko, TENDOU Kazuya, NASEBA Naru, HINA Youko, Mizuka, Megumi **Vol 5** - Cover illustrator: TATEWAKI Mame - Doujin artists: AOI Enu, ITAGAWA Icchi, TATEWAKI Mame, KUJOU Yako, KURONO Kaname, SHIORI Masamune, SEGAWA Sanku, SOUDA Yuuko, TENDOU Kazuya, NASEBA Naru, Fujita, Megumi, Yuki * Note: [color=blue]blue[/color] = y

Collections of one-shots that won the monthly Hop Step Award from 1987 to 1996.