She read Yukiko’s Spinach for the hundredth time. Was that really her looking so young? In the four years since then she had been the mangaka’s only model and love. This trip to the beautiful island of Enoshima was typical. They would find the best shooting locations, of course, but also enjoy each other. It’s the rainy season and the hydrangeas are in full bloom. He knew she would leave soon... A poignant, often droll tale from two of the most exciting creators in the medium today. (Source: Ponent Mon)

The story begins in Tokyo, in 1926. Ishin, a writer for an erotic magazine, meets Aki, a young woman who works as an art model. Despite the circumstances of their meeting, their love is pure and innocent. However, the shadow of the war is threatening their idyll...

"Sorry—I know you must've been lonely. Don't worry. I won't keep you waiting long..." Maruyama, Nagasaki's pleasure district—where the music of shamisens mingles with the language of foreign lands. From artist Kan Takahama comes a tale of love and death: a beautiful courtesan, a man on his deathbed, and their secret past... (Source: comiXology) *Notes: Nominated to the 20th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.*

A collaboration between acclaimed mangaka Kan Takahama, french writer Emmanuelle Maisonneuve and Kodansha's Morning Magazine. Emma has a gift, that of taste. Thanks to the finesse of her taste buds, she manages to become an inspector for the prestigious Michelin Guide and realize her dream: discovering the secrets of chefs. Her path is littered with obstacles. She is sent to travel the length and breadth of the streets of France to visit hotels and restaurants. She happens to eat too much, sometimes badly, and clashes with the machismo of the environment. However, guided by her passion for cooking and her unstoppable independence, she will experience an extraordinary sensorial and human adventure that will take her all the way to Japan.

A troubled young woman collapses drunk in a pool outside an old folks’ home, prompting a moment of lucidity from a senile old man inside, and forming a bond between the woman and the old man’s former mistress.

In 1878, as the wave of Western culture spreads through Japan, in Nagasaki, Miyo, a girl orphaned in the Satsuma Rebellion works at a curio shop called Vingt. The dresses, sewing machines, binoculars, boots, and other items acquired at the Paris Exhibition by the proprietor KOURA Momotoshi have aroused her curiosity. Miyo accumulates experience in her job while using clairvoyant ability which she has possessed since she was very young. The story vibrantly depicts a new age that visits a Nagasaki thriving with merchants and prostitutes, centering on Miyo's changes as she begins to experience feelings for Momotoshi akin to the awakening of love, and Momotoshi's past, which gradually comes to light. Based on a thorough investigation of the history, things are depicted along with the colorful historical background of the period, and interesting facts about antiques that appear in the work are included as mini-columns. In these ways, the author's knowledge is well utilized, enhancing the manga's feeling of reality. *Notes: \- Winner of the 21st Japan Media Arts Excellence Award (2018). \- Winner of the Grand Prize category of the 24th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (2020).*

The official anthology book of "Rent-a-Girlfriend" by 22 super popular mangaka!! "Boarding School Juliet's" Yosuke Kaneda, "Takagi-san's" Souichiro Yamamoto, "A Town where you live's" Seo Kouji and many more! Also includes one special extra by Reiji Miyajima himself at the beginning and end of the book!!' Non-canon extras by other popular artists!

Very clever, very subtle - even when her words are very direct, Kan Takahama tackles subjects as diverse as suicide pacts, mermaids, making a porno film and bar room chat with a robust yet delicate grace. Probably the most talented mangaka to have recently emerged from Japan, Kan Takahama's art and story telling will surprise when least expected... (Source: Ponent Mon)

42 mangaka write short stories about the food they eat.

A full-color manga adaptation of Muriel Barbery's novel *A Single Rose* (*Une rose seule*).

A man and a woman come to a hot spring inn deep in the mountains. The woman is curious about the man living in the next room... A masterpiece collection of short stories by a rising star who has attracted attention from all over the world, depicting the limits of a woman and a man who can't go anywhere, in a poignant and erotic way. (Source: Kawade Shobo Shinsha, translated)