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...

Crybaby Mermaid: Illustrated Memoir of Yumi Uotani is about the quiet difficulty of continuing when doubt never fully disappears. It follows Yumi Uotani, a professional mahjong player, through the uncertain early years of a public career, where each setback lingers, each success feels temporary, and the question of whether she truly belongs never quite goes away. Rather than a story of sudden breakthrough, the story focuses on the emotional weight of performance: the pressure of expectations, the anxiety that follows setbacks, and the quiet effort required to continue despite uncertainty. Uotani's progress unfolds through everyday moments of practice, reflection, and gradual change, presenting achievement as something built over time rather than defined by sudden success. Rendered in a restrained visual style that lingers on expression and silence, this is a portrait of a working life built in increments, and of the fragile, ongoing work of learning to stand in a role that still feels uncertain. Together, Suda and Junta create a character-driven account of how confidence develops slowly, and how a professional identity emerges through endurance, self-awareness, and time. (Source: Mahjong Pros Publishing)

Anthology of Gintama doujinshi from different artists. **Vol 1** - Cover illustrator: YAMADA Fumika - Doujin artists: AOI Levin, TATEWAKI Mame, KAGAMI Haruki, KANNO Kazuki, KIRISAGI Manami, KIKKAWA Shou, TANO Kakashi, NATSUKI Ichi, YAMADA Fumika, YUKIYOSHI Komina, Yone, LONDON Pariko - Stories included: • [color=blue]*Ame to Anata ni Hanataba wo*[/color] by YAMADA Fumika (Hijikata x Okita) • [color=blue]*Kemuri no Ue ni Shita to Kuchibiru, Confiserie*[/color] by NATSUKI Ichi: (Hijikata x Shinpachi) Shinpachi's starting to think that cigarettes don't taste so bitter after all... **Vol 2** - Cover illustrator: ICHINOMIYA Shihan - Doujin artists: ICHINOMIYA Shihan, IZUMI Asuka, una, Kaina, KUSAKA An, KUJOU Yako, SAKURAI Shiori, SAWANOI Fumi (澤乃井フミ), NASEBA Naru, NATSUKI Ichi, HASUKAWA Yuuto, HINA Youko **Vol 3** - Cover illustrator: Mizuka - Doujin artists: Ichimiya, Omatsu, KIKKAWA Shou, KOZAKI Yone, SAKURAI Shiori, SAKURAI Taiki, SOUDA Yuuko, SAWANOI Fumi (澤乃井史), HASUKAWA Yuuto, MASUDA Kiyosumi, MATSUMOTO Kiyo, Mizuka, Megumi, YAMADA Papiko, YUKI Tatsumi, YUKIYOSHI Komina, YUKUE Moegi **Vol 4** - Cover illustrator: SAWANOI Fumi (澤乃井フミ) - Doujin artists: AOI Enu, IZUMI Asuka, ITAGAWA Icchi, una, Omatsu, KAGAMI Haruki, KOZAKI Yone, SAKURAI Shiori, SAWANOI Fumi (澤乃井フミ), SHIORA Masamune, SOUDA Yuuko, TENDOU Kazuya, NASEBA Naru, HINA Youko, Mizuka, Megumi **Vol 5** - Cover illustrator: TATEWAKI Mame - Doujin artists: AOI Enu, ITAGAWA Icchi, TATEWAKI Mame, KUJOU Yako, KURONO Kaname, SHIORI Masamune, SEGAWA Sanku, SOUDA Yuuko, TENDOU Kazuya, NASEBA Naru, Fujita, Megumi, Yuki * Note: [color=blue]blue[/color] = y