The final years of the Tokugawa Shogunate in the capital of Edo (present-day Tokyo). Uncomfortable with society's expectations of her gender, Suzu Kanchiku becomes the only woman in a sword training school and devotes herself tirelessly to her art until she can even defeat men. Outside the confines of the dojo, she faces other challenges such as samurai who seek to woo her, and she carves out her own path as she realizes what it means to "live as a woman" in her day and age. Through the lives of female martial arts masters, prostitutes, shop clerks, Buddhist nuns and swords-for-hire, Hinatsuba conveys the strength, resilience and kindness of the various women who lived in Edo at the end of the mid 19th century.

The tragedies and joys of the common people of Edo, and the warmth of the human emotions that connect them. A collection of gems of short stories that will make you smile! (Source: Shogakukan, translated)

Dance Dance Dance is an extremely long Final Fantasy 8 anthology doujinshi. More than 18 different artists drew their own chapters, so there's something in this doujinshi for nearly any FF8 fan! The art varies from cute to terrible to detailed, and there are more shonen-ai based stories than you could shake a stick at (mostly Squall x Zell and Kiros x Laguna), but there are quite a few normal pairing stories (Rinoa x Squall, Irvine x Selphie and even one Quistis x Squall). Nearly all the stories are gag, but there are a few halfway serious ones thrown in there, too. Pairings: Rinoa x Squall, Squall x Zell, Kiros x Laguna, Irvine x Selphie and various others

A collection of oneshots about everyday life in Edo (former name of Tokyo).

This is a collection of works you can't read anywhere else by 20 of Japan's world-class mangaka who participated in the "Moshimo, Tokyo" manga exhibition, edited together with newly written special contributions and photographs. - **ＴＰ** \[Inio Asano\] \- **Negai** (願い) \[Yuuki Obata\] \- **TOKYO20202 GOURMET/SPOT/HOTEL** \[Haruka Ichikawa\] \- **Tokyo No Kyoui to Gingin no Mirai** (東京の脅威とギンギンの未来) \[Yuusei Matsui\] \- **Hoshi no Oujisama** (星の王子さま) \[Io Sakisaka\] \- **Moshimo Tokyo** (もしも東京) \[Masakazu Ishiguro\] \- **the next day** \[Yasuo Ootagaki\] \- **Umi ga Mieru Ooimachi** (海が見える大井町) \[Nao Iwamoto\] \- **Sukina Tokyo** (好きな東京) \[Sensha Yoshida\] \- **Tokyo no Aoneko** (東京の青猫) \[Taiyo Matsumoto\] (Source: Shogakukan, translated)