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30 good looking guys recommended by another friend of mine! You'll be able to get a little bit of a crush once a minute! A collection of 30 short stories: 1. **Rui wa Koi wo Yobu**(ルイは恋を呼ぶ) by Onda Yuji 2. **Toaru Fukigen na Koi no Kanachi**(とあるフキゲンな恋のカタチ) by Mizuki Sora 3. **Mitsu Ami to Kare**(みつあみと彼) by Aosaki Miku 4. **Konchi wa Hamuko**(こんちわハム子) by Akari 5. **Andou-kun to Naishobanashi**(安藤くんと内緒ばなし) by Azumi Yuuhi 6. **Namaiki Kareshi to Natsuyasumi**(なまいき彼氏と夏休み) by Ayana Hana 7. **Nemureru Kimi no Kiss**(眠れる君のキス) by Arato Rui 8. **Yosomi Nanka Yurusanai**(よそ見なんか許さない) by Iwai Aki 9. **Kare ga Masuku o Hazushitara**(彼がマスクを外したら) by Ookawa Nagi 10. **Kimi ga Hikkoshi suru nante!**(キミが引っ越しするなんて！) by Ootomo Nana 11. **Amattarui Kurai no Gohoubi wo**(甘ったるいくらいのごほうびを) by Okanno Seki 12. **Yumemiru Slepping Kiss**(夢見るSleeping Kiss) by Kirihana Jako 13. **Toukoukei Joshi! Tezuka-san!!**(投稿系女子！ 手塚さん！！) by Kurono Kanna 14. **Koi no Yoyaku wo Sasete ne**(恋の予約をさせてね) by Kousame Gumi 15. **Kohaku no Tsudzuki wo Mou Ichido.**(告白の続きをもう一度。) by Sakura Ria 16. **Sensei no Itazura**(先生のイタズラ) by Suzumine Aoi 17. **Kimi no Koe de Kikasete**(キミの声で聞かせて) by Seto Satomi 18. **Mitsumete Honey**(見つめてハニー) by Tsukishima Miho 19. **Koisuru Shuuchaku Eki**(恋する終着駅) by Nagaoka Miu 20. **Aoi-kun wa Yasashii.**(蒼君はやさしい) by Naruki 21. **Botan no Hikari ~Yume Yori Suteki na~**(ぼたんのヒカリ～妄想より素敵な～) by Nishino Hina 22. **Kakugoshite ne Senpai**(覚悟してねセンパイ) by Noguchi Hikaru 23. **Daisuki no Change**(大好きのチャージ) by Haruto Aya 24. **Obento Tsuiteta**(おべんとついてた) by Harufuji Nakaba 25. **Koharu Biyori**(小春びより) by Higuchi Nichiho 26. **Kitto Kimi ni Koi wo Suru**(きっと君に恋をする) by Hino Kio 27. **Tanjoubi Nanoni** (誕生日なのに…) by Furusato Kou 28. **Kanojo no Suki na Hito**(彼女の好きな人) by Yui Fuuko 29. **Shiotaiou Café**(塩対応カフェ) by Ranpu 30. **Kishi-kun wa Watashi ga Kirai**(岸くんはわたしが嫌い) by Rukana (Source: Kodansha, translated)
Mihashi moves on to high school convinced he is a lousy baseball pitcher. There he meets the catcher Abe and the team manager Momoe who together work to make Mihashi and the team shine. (Source: Anime News Network) *Notes: \- Winner of Tezuka Osamu Cultural Award for best creative work in 2006. \- Winner of Kodansha Manga Award for general manga in 2007.*
Seriu meets Yae, an older woman in the photography club, who’s also a celebrity at her university known for her free-spirited speech and mannerisms—especially her magnificent travels from man to man! What’s intriguing, though, is their relationship. Frustrated and formerly part of the tennis club, Seriu thinks that his girlfriend is just a bit of heavy baggage, but he unexpectedly gets off to a good start with her! Even though they hurt each other with their honest confessions, they grow with each other. Yasashii Watashi is essentially a compassionate romantic drama set in a university setting. (Source: Entropy)
Hatsuko’s mother remarried a young grade school teacher, but she then died, leaving her alone with her 26 year-old stepfather and his younger brother, a high school classmate. Now they have to figure out how to live together as a family, even though Hatsuko has only known them for a month…
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...
Koizumi, a young man in high school with an alcoholic father and a neurotic mother, lives alone and spends his days living an ephemeral and hedonistic life. One day, he has a stomach cramp and asks for help from his classmate Minato, who confesses that he is gay and has feelings for Minato, and starts following him around. Koizumi, knowing that Minato's right half of his body is handicapped by polio, bullies Minato to make him feel inferior because of his disability, while at the same time jumping into the river to save an abandoned kitten at Minato's request. The two develop a twisted relationship that cannot be described as friendship or love. (Source: Wikipedia Japan, translated)
A four-volume anthology of award-winning submissions to Afternoon's Shikishou (Four Seasons Award). Each volume is named after a season. The criteria for the selected works and authors is unknown. **Spring** 1. **Miseinen** (未成年) \[Seiki Tsuchida; 1987 grand prize\] 2. **GOTAVOICE** \[Tsutomu Takahashi; 1987 Spring runner-up\] 3. **STRAIGHT** \[Taiyou Matsumoto; 1987 Autumn runner-up\] 4. **Neko no Te Kashimasu** (猫の手貸します) \[Noriko Irie; 1987 Winter grand prize\] 5. **Ronin Heartbreak!** (Roninハートブレイク！) \[Yasuo Ootagaki; 1988 Summer honorable mention\] 6. **Shonen-ou ni Shiroi Kumo** (少年王に白い雲) \[Masumi Sudou; 1988 Autumn runner-up\] 7. **Oku-sama Shinkaron** (奥様進化論) \[Risu Akizuki; 1988 Autumn honorable mention\] 8. **Ridatsu** (離脱) \[Masaaki Nakayama; 1988 Winter runner-up\] 9. **Hachigatsu no Hikari** (8月の光) \[Hideki Arai; 1989 Summer grand prize\] 10. **Western Carnival** (ウエスタンカーニバル) \[Hiromoto Shinichi; 1989 Summer honorable mention\] 11. **Golden Lucky** \[Shunji Enomoto; 1989 Autumn honorable mention\] 12. **A Mess on a Weekend** \[King Gonta; 1989 Winter grand prize\] 13. **Haikibun! Sakana-hime** (杯気分！肴姫) \[Kiwa Irie; 1989 Winter winner\] 14. **Ma, Ikka!** (ま、いっか！) \[Hiramatsu Minoru; 1989 Winter honorable mention\] 15. **Higan to Shigan no Aida de** (彼岸と此岸の間で) \[Yuji Aoki; 1990 runner-up\] 16. **Zouteki Ningen** (象的人間) \[Masayuki Taguchi; 1990 Autumn winner\] 17. **Home Range** (ホームレンジ) \[Masayuki Sugawara; 1991 Summer runner-up\] 18. **Meitantei ni wa Narenai Keredo** (名探偵にはなれないけれど) \[Ken Matoba; 1991 Summer runner-up\] 19. **MOZOO** \[Hiroyuki Yasuda; 1991 Autumn honorable mention\] 20. **Sakana** (魚) \[Hideji Oda; 1991 Winter honorable mention\] **Summer** 1. **Killing Paranoia** (きりんぐぱらのいあ) \[Toyokazu Matsunaga; 1992 Summer grand prize\] 2. **Boku wa Otouto** (ぼくはおとうと) \[Shinji Obara; 1993 Spring grand prize\] 3. **YOKO vs** \[Shinya Kuwabara; 1993 Spring winner\] 4. **Mugen no Juunin** (無限の住人) \[Hiroaki Samura; 1993 Summer grand prize\] 5. **Ka, Nanten, Kuma** (蚊、南天、熊) \[Iou Kuroda; 1993 Autumn grand prize\] 6. **KUROGANE** (KUROGANE クロガネ) \[Kei Toume; 1993 Autumn winner\] 7. **Ohayashi ga Kikoeru Hi, Hoka** (お囃子が聞こえる日、他) \[Daisuke Igarashi; 1993 Winter grand prize\] 8. **Kodoku no Oto** (孤独の音) \[Kanji Yoshikawa; 1993 Winter runner-up\] 9. **Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko** (ヨコハマ買い出し紀行) \[Hitoshi Ashinano; 1994 Spring winner\] 10. **Sonna Yatsu a Inee!!** (そんな奴ァいねえ!!) \[Yuu Komai; 1994 Spring honorable mention\] **Autumn** 1. **GENOMES** \[Keiko Aramaki; 1994 Summer grand prize\] 2. **Ten no Ryouiki** (点の領域) \[Shimoku Kio; 1994 Summer winner\] 3. **Ame no Furu Basho** (雨の降る場所) \[Yoshitoshi Abe; 1994 Summer runner-up\] 4. **JAGUA** \[Kouichi Kiba; 1995 Summer grand prize\] 5. **BLAME** \[Tsutomu Nihei; 1995 Summer special award\] 6. **Kitto Kawaii Onna no Ko Dakara** (きっとかわいい女の子だから) \[Hiroki Endou; 1995 Autumn grand prize\] 7. **Vendémiaire no Migite** (ヴァンデミエールの右手) \[Mohiro Kitoh; 1995 Autumn runner-up\] 8. **Spoonman 3.18** \[Torao Asada; 1996 Autumn grand prize\] 9. **Kamen Tenshi** (仮面天使) \[Shouhei Wakana; 1996 Autumn winner\] 10. **Lunch no B** (ランチのB) \[Shinemon; 1996 Summer honorable mention\] **Winter** 1. **Sofa-chan** (ソファーちゃん) \[Q Hayashida; 1997 Autumn runner-up\] 2. **Kobe Zaijuu** (神戸在住) \[Kon Kimura; 1997 Winter winner\] 3. **Yasashii Kodomo no Tsukurikata** (やさしいこどものつくりかた) \[Rokuro Shinofusa; 1997 Spring honorable mention\] 4. **Yuku Tokoro** (ゆくところ) \[Asa Higuchi; 1998 Spring winner\] 5. **Yuutsuu Suberidai** (憂鬱滑り台) \[Shouhei Manabe; 1998 Summer grand prize\] 6. **Mushishi** (蟲師) \[Yuki Urushibara; 1998 Winter grand prize\] 7. **Gurade** (グラデ) \[Takatoshi Kumakura; 1999 Summer runner-up\] 8. **Love Roma** (ラブロマ) \[Minoru Toyoda; 2002 Spring grand prize\]
This two volume masterpiece selection edited by Shohei Chujo compiles some of the best works that came out of Osamu Tezuka's iconic manga magazine COM. Also included is excerpts from the Gura Kon manga school, roundtable conversations, and essays from famous manga artists and critics. Volume 1, 1967-1969: 1. **Taiyou to Gaikotsu no You na Shounen** (太陽と骸骨のような少年) \[Fumiko Okada\] 2. **Fuuten** (フーテン) \[Shinji Nagashima\] 3. **Natsu** (夏) \[Fumiko Okada\] 4. **Ikinuki** (いきぬき) \[Yuusuke Aoyagi\] 5. **300,000km/sec.** \[Hiroshi Asuna\] 6. **Chouchou no Naita Yoru** (蝶々の泣いた夜) \[Masako Yashiro\] 7. **Shinreki Happyaku Kujuuichi Nen no Kaiki Nishoku** (新暦八九一年の皆既日食) \[Housei Hasegawa\] 8. **Chikatetsu** (地下鉄) \[Tarou Higuchi\] 9. **Tori** (鳥)\[Tarou Higuchi\] 10. **Baka-shiki** (バカ式) \[Kunio Nagatani\] 11. **Osabashiro!** (おさらばしろ！) \[Hisashi Sakaguchi\] 12. **Komikkusu to Retsuden VOL. 1-3** (こみっきすと列伝 VOL.1～VOL.3) \[Mori Masaki\] Volume 2, 1970-1971: 1. **Kokonotsu no Haru** (九つの春) \[Murasaki Yamada\] 2. **Daruma-san Daruma-san Niramekko Shimashou Warau to Make yo Appuppu!** (達磨さん達磨さん睨めっこしましょう 笑うと負けよ アップップッ！) \[Shouhei Kusunoki\] 3. **Kyousaku: Tokiwa-sou Monogatari** (競作 トキワ荘物語) \[Fujio Akatsuka\] 4. **Kyousaku: Tokiwa-sou Monogatari** (競作 トキワ荘物語) \[Shotaro Ishinomori\] 5. **Kyousaku: Tokiwa-sou Monogatari** (競作 トキワ荘物語) \[Osamu Tezuka\] 6. **Kaihou Saisho no Hi** (解放最初の日) \[Minori Kimura\] 7. **Rei no Hakken** (零の発見) \[Manabu Oyama\] 8. **140 Man Kounen no Chinmoku** (140万光年の沈黙) \[Reiji Matsumoto\] 9. **Junko Kyoukatsu** (ジュン子・恐喝) \[Daijiro Morohoshi\] 10. **Hatsukoizuke** (初恋漬) \[Kazuo Kamimura\] 11. **Omoide no Jun** (想い出のジュン) \[Shotaro Ishinomori\] 12. **10 Gatsu no Shoujo-tachi** (10月の少女たち) \[Moto Hagio\] 13. **Hi no Tori Kyuukei** (火の鳥 休憩) \[Osamu Tezuka\]
