You’ve never seen manga like this before! No annoying speed lines or sappy, neotenic eyeballs here — just pure Japanese counterculture. This anthology of contemporary underground comics from Japan features a wide variety of styles and topics ranging from the humorous to the profound. There’s a whole world of comics out there, and it’s not all Godzilla and schoolgirls! A great introduction to the other Japanese comics featuring Asia’s answers to Robert Crumb, Dan Clowes, and Chester Brown! List of included Oneshots: "Horse Horse Tiger Tiger" by Imiri Sakabashira "A Hooker's Room" by Naoto Yamakawa "Kisses" by Kiriko Nananan "Kitty Court Drama" by Nekojiru "What a Mixed Up World!" by Yasuji Tanioka "Million Dollars" by Yoshiharu Mitsumoto "The Abalone Cat" by Naoki and Shunichi Karasawa. *Source: Fantagraphics*

“I’ll crush all things normal to you.” Yoshikawa Miyuki, a 34 year old woman, had been happily married for three years when her life took a wrong turn. She found herself in a sexless marriage with the added pressure of having a child. When her husband even resorted to going to the brothel, Miyuki questioned if this was normalcy, and if so, she no longer wanted to adhere to it. She now only yearns for true love. Her worries and suffering had pushed her to the brink of losing her mind. That's when someone, with a certain secret, appeared in front of her, changing everything. This person's sweet temptation shatter Miyuki's perception of "normal." What ensued was a straight, twisted, ugly, beautiful, and impure pure love story. (Source: INKR)

Long ago a magical cat disguised as a human woman fell in love with a human man. It is said that during their time together they even had children. They say that afterwards, the magical cat dwelt happily as a human, that she ascended to the heavens and became a cat-god, and is even now watching over the world of cats and men. Of those descendants, the cats of Cat Forest Town say that they have mysterious powers. The townsfolk care for the cats as their guardian deities, and the cats, too, have become attached to the humans.

Shou lives out in the country. He has a big crush on his childhood friend Sora, but is afraid that she thinks of him only as a little brother. One day, Sora announces that she was abducted by aliens. Later that day, Shou confesses his feelings for her and she dies shortly afterward. Shou is still in shock from her loss, when an alien girl named Lila comes down from the sky. She has a disk that contains a brain scan of Sora, and she can run Sora's personality in her own body. She also wants to have a child with him. Will Shou be able to cope with all of these sudden changes, and will he be able to keep Sora with him after all? (Source: MangaHelpers)

Average company worker Shimono spends his days constantly being helped and scolded by his superior and section chief Kamijou Touka. One day, he finds himself having traveled back in time to his high school years. He sees this as a chance to aggressively approach the section chief a second time around, only to find out that very woman had turned into a girl constantly acting lovey-dovey towards him! Turns out that she also time leaped back in time to the same point as Shimono. She was under the impression that she was the only one who traveled back in time, deciding to act as lovey-dovey and close with Shimono, who she actually had feelings for at the time. Through this leap in time begins a romantic story depicting this mutually unrequited love!

A collection of one-shots by various artists.

I am an ordinary college student, and I have a childhood friend who is one year younger than me, whom I've always treated like a little sister. Her problem this time is that “she's gotten fat while preparing for her exams,” so I decided to help her lose weight with some proper exercise… (Source: Comic Alive Plus, translated)

Anthology by various mangaka.

Karin Maaka is a vampire with an unusual condition: instead of taking blood from humans, she must give them her blood instead! If Karin doesn’t “donate” her blood often, she’ll experience seriously intense nosebleeds. Her secret stays buried until Kenta Usui transfers to her class. Now her body produces more blood than ever before, and it looks like a reaction to him! Even worse, he soon discovers her true nature… (Source: VIZ Media) *Note: Includes five extra chapters.*

**"I know all too well...the beginning of that diary I never wrote-"** Ellen, who has been plagued by sickness her whole life, heavily relies on her mother's care and love. When the bond between them decays in a horrific turn of events, Ellen despairs that she'll never get the love she so desperately craves and thinks she's done for-that is, until she crosses paths with a mysterious black cat. The cat offers her powers and a house to live in, which seems to change Ellen's life for the better. But the new witch soon discovers the gruesome secrets within this ever-changing house... (Source: Yen Press)

After both his parents died in an accident, Tsugawa Tatsuya is now left with millions of heritage he can't use. In the weeks after, he's still mourning and thinking about his father's last words, "Tsugawa family's man must be a man of great vessel". But Tatsuya is not confident he can fulfill his father's last wish. One day, he met Miyazaki Seine, a strange girl who seems to enjoy being bullied. Tatsuya believes he can help her even though his friends only see her as a masochist pervert, and Seine herself told him to mind his own business. Seine hunts creatures of the sea, a kind of parasitic bug that controls humans and influences them to do hateful things. She possesses an immortal body and a beast called AiON that's used to lure and devour the bugs from inside the human host. She and the bugs naturally have an impulse to kill each other on contact. Even so, Tatsuya still can't just leave her alone, he wants to help her.