It is said that there are 10,000 people without household registration in modern Japan. There is a government office, called the Monster Registration Section, which helps the unregistered youkai. Mutsuko works in the Monster Registration Section, and she is busy running around town helping all sorts of youkai integrate into life in modern Japan. (Source: Manga Time Kirara, translated)

"Saunoa!" is a story that begins when Kageyama Kokage, a high school girl who hates baths, meets Ryudia, an exchange student from Finland, the home of saunas. Ryudia is staying at the Hana no Yu public bathhouse, and Kokage can't refuse her invitations, so she starts going to the bathhouse almost every day, even though she hates baths. Her first experience in a sauna is so hot it feels like torture, and Kokage would rather play games if she had time to relax in the bathtub. However, she is considerate of Ryudia, who believes that "Kokage-san also loves public baths," so she continues to go to the bathhouse every day. She is joined by class president Shimizu Serika, who knows a lot about saunas, and Takano Maki, the daughter of a super public bathhouse owner, and the girls' daily lives in saunas are depicted. (Source: Natalie, translated) *Initially began as a guest serialization on March 16, 2023. It later began full serialization on June 19, 2023.*

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...

The victim's "proof of life" is always found at the scene. Kuzuhara Akane is a new forensic investigator assigned to the Criminal Investigation Division. As Akane strives to become a full-fledged forensic investigator, she meets Sugurishiro, a man with 12 years of experience in the same forensic investigation division who has an unrivaled fetish for bones. At the first crime scene she goes to with Suguris, they come face to face with a drowned body that has been pulled from the sea. Akane's legs freeze when she sees the Severely damaged body. However, the identity of the body that Suguris discerns is a surprising person...? Drowning, suicide, murder, lonely death. A shocking detective forensic mystery in which the truth is revealed by the last voice of the unnatural death ! Based on the story/"The Prayer of the Forensic Investigation Division: The Case Files of the Osaka Prefectural Police's "Unnatural Deaths" (Murakami Kazuo, Wakaba Bunko) Supervised by Murakami Kazuo (former Osaka Prefectural Police Inspector)

A fallen heir becomes a supermarket owner!? When her father's business fails, Akari, a former heir to a wealthy family, loses everything in her life. Upon graduating from high school, she is thrown out into the world for the first time. The only asset her father leaves her is a rundown supermarket called "Kenageya," which seems like a liability. With a timid manager, unmotivated employees, and a sales floor that lacks innovation and vitality... "Kenageya" clearly has many problems. However, with no knowledge of the lives of ordinary people or how supermarkets work, Akari is impressed by everything she sees. This true young lady takes on the challenge of rebuilding the supermarket with a fresh perspective... but then the high-end supermarket "Sanjo" starts to move to destroy "Kenageya," which is in her way. What will the young lady do?!

Anthology of doujinshi from different artists. **Vol 1** - Cover illustrator: MATSUMOTO Azusa - Doujin artists: MATSUMOTO Azusa, ASHIDA Maki, WATANABE Kisaburo, Saeki, Kaina, Nagisa, NAKAMURA Machiko, tep, Omatsu, NAKARAI Kana, CHIMARI Fuuko, KAJI Hayato, TANO Kakashi, TATEWAKI Mame, NANASE Kameko, INOUE Nawo - Stories included: • [color=blue]*Boushoku*[/color] (Insatiable) by TATEWAKI Mame: (Bansai x Katsura) A chance remark by Takasugi to Bansai lands Bansai and Katsura in a complicated situation... • [color=blue]*Nichiyoubi no Kodomotachi*[/color] by KAJI Hayato: (Okita x Kagura) Kagura and Okita are seeing each other without telling their friends... *Nichiyoubi no Kodomotachi* was later reprinted in [Saigo no Shunkan no Sugoku Ooki na Henshin](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=45997) **Vol 2** - Cover illustrator: Umeda - Doujin artists: Umeda, AMAMOTO Hal, NANASE Kameko, YOSHIMOTO Tatsuyoshi, NAKARAI Kana, KAZEKI Shou, Nagisa, YAMADA Shiro, FUJI Asaka, KAGEMURO Yuuki, MURATA Ichimatsu, MATSUMOTO Azusa - Stories included: • [color=blue]*Ame no Uta*[/color] by AMAMOTO Hal: (Gintoki x Shinpachi) Gintoki saves Shinpachi from a drenching by coming to his aid with an umbrella... • *[Itamewakete](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=21654)* by YOSHIMOTO Tatsuyoshi: (Gintoki x Shinpachi) • *[Hoshi no Doumeisha](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=25976)* by KAZEKI Shou: (Gintoki x Takasugi) **Vol 3** - Cover illustrator: AMAMOTO Hal - Doujin artists: AMAMOTO Hal, Nagisa, HOUJOU Karen, FUMITSUKI Nana, Umeda, Atsuyo, FUJISE Yuzuki, LONDON Pariko, YUKIYOSHI Komina, KANNO Kazuki, TATEWAKI Mame, TANO Kakashi **Vol 4** - Cover illustrator: TATEWAKI Mame - Doujin artists: KIRINO Muyako, NEKOTA Kojirou, HINA Youko, 楽, Kisaburoh, Haruki, ITSUKI Meiko, KOUSAKA Akiho, TATEWAKI Mame, Nanao, YAMADA Shiro, TSUKIGASE Yurino, AOI Yuumu, NANASE Kameko, Shimaji **Vol 5** - Cover illustrator: YAMADA Shiro - Doujin artists: ICHINOMIYA Shihan, Zatsunen, KIRINO Muyako, ICHIJOU Karune, SAGAMI Waka, Kisaburoh, Kaina, KUUYA Wataru, YAMADA Shiro, SAKURAI Shiori, ITSUKI Meiko, FUJIMARU Mamenosuke, MATSUMOTO Azusa * Note: [color=blue]blue[/color] = scanlated

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