Taiza Kujou is a lawyer that will defend anyone, even the worst scums that roam the surface of the Earth.

The manga centers on Harumi Minami, a 23-year-old new hire at a women's fashion magazine, who remains an unpopular virgin in both his work and private life. However, the magazine's handsome editor Fujihara notices him one day.

The smugglers in our tale--guys who have to clean up the bodies after mob assassinations in which heads get ripped off--are a cold-hearted silent veteran, an old man, and a young guy forced to do dirty work to pay back money he owes the mob. When the young smuggler makes a mistake by allowing a captured rival to escape, the price he must pay for his error gets horrifically high... (Source: TOKYOPOP)

Shirou's ordinary life as a poor construction worker gets turned upside down when he comes across a naked girl, Lucy, who's fallen out of the sky! Her strange and unique personality entices him and he introduces her to his apartment buddies. But after leaving for just a few minutes, he returns to the apartment to find Lucy gone, all his friends slaughtered and an ogre-like stranger standing amidst the carnage. The big man suddenly pulls Shirou out of the apartment building just before it explodes! Shirou gets pushed down into the sewage system of the city and is saved by a mysterious man... (Source: TOKYOPOP)

In recent years, Japan has become the shining light of Asia, with its noteworthy achievements in the fields of Science and Technology, Medicine and the like. But while there are a great number of rich and successful Japanese people, there are even more who're engaged in a furious struggle simply to earn their day-to-day living expenses -- all the while battling dangerous and money-consuming addictions such as gambling and alcoholism. What will these people do when they require the cash to feed the never-ending desires that are part and parcel of being human? How miserable and dangerous might their lives become if they fall into traps set by black market money-lenders to ensnare just such weak-willed individuals? *Note: Won the 56th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga in 2011. And the 23rd Japan Media Arts Festival Social Impact Award in 2020.*

An official spin-off about Ushijima's past! The main character is young Kaoru Ushijima, who had not yet encountered black finance, in the winter of his second year of junior high school. Following his conflict with the three Wanido brothers, he swung a metal bat at Sanzo's head. Taken to a juvenile detention center on charges of causing bodily harm, what will Ushijima think about his first time at a place like this? (Source: Shogakukan, adapted & translated)

Over 12 million copies in total! From the big hit manga "Yamikin Ushijima-kun" Overwhelming ramen comic spin-offs have started!! The worst yakuza, Namerikawa. Eat ramen like crazy and eat the weak people!

The manga's story centers on Aizawa, who runs into a speeding truck and time travels back to the 1990s. (Source: Anime News Network)

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...

A four-volume anthology of award-winning submissions to Afternoon's Shikishou (Four Seasons Award). Each volume is named after a season. The criteria for the selected works and authors is unknown. **Spring** 1. **Miseinen** (未成年) \[Seiki Tsuchida; 1987 grand prize\] 2. **GOTAVOICE** \[Tsutomu Takahashi; 1987 Spring runner-up\] 3. **STRAIGHT** \[Taiyou Matsumoto; 1987 Autumn runner-up\] 4. **Neko no Te Kashimasu** (猫の手貸します) \[Noriko Irie; 1987 Winter grand prize\] 5. **Ronin Heartbreak!** (Roninハートブレイク！) \[Yasuo Ootagaki; 1988 Summer honorable mention\] 6. **Shonen-ou ni Shiroi Kumo** (少年王に白い雲) \[Masumi Sudou; 1988 Autumn runner-up\] 7. **Oku-sama Shinkaron** (奥様進化論) \[Risu Akizuki; 1988 Autumn honorable mention\] 8. **Ridatsu** (離脱) \[Masaaki Nakayama; 1988 Winter runner-up\] 9. **Hachigatsu no Hikari** (8月の光) \[Hideki Arai; 1989 Summer grand prize\] 10. **Western Carnival** (ウエスタンカーニバル) \[Hiromoto Shinichi; 1989 Summer honorable mention\] 11. **Golden Lucky** \[Shunji Enomoto; 1989 Autumn honorable mention\] 12. **A Mess on a Weekend** \[King Gonta; 1989 Winter grand prize\] 13. **Haikibun! Sakana-hime** (杯気分！肴姫) \[Kiwa Irie; 1989 Winter winner\] 14. **Ma, Ikka!** (ま、いっか！) \[Hiramatsu Minoru; 1989 Winter honorable mention\] 15. **Higan to Shigan no Aida de** (彼岸と此岸の間で) \[Yuji Aoki; 1990 runner-up\] 16. **Zouteki Ningen** (象的人間) \[Masayuki Taguchi; 1990 Autumn winner\] 17. **Home Range** (ホームレンジ) \[Masayuki Sugawara; 1991 Summer runner-up\] 18. **Meitantei ni wa Narenai Keredo** (名探偵にはなれないけれど) \[Ken Matoba; 1991 Summer runner-up\] 19. **MOZOO** \[Hiroyuki Yasuda; 1991 Autumn honorable mention\] 20. **Sakana** (魚) \[Hideji Oda; 1991 Winter honorable mention\] **Summer** 1. **Killing Paranoia** (きりんぐぱらのいあ) \[Toyokazu Matsunaga; 1992 Summer grand prize\] 2. **Boku wa Otouto** (ぼくはおとうと) \[Shinji Obara; 1993 Spring grand prize\] 3. **YOKO vs** \[Shinya Kuwabara; 1993 Spring winner\] 4. **Mugen no Juunin** (無限の住人) \[Hiroaki Samura; 1993 Summer grand prize\] 5. **Ka, Nanten, Kuma** (蚊、南天、熊) \[Iou Kuroda; 1993 Autumn grand prize\] 6. **KUROGANE** (KUROGANE クロガネ) \[Kei Toume; 1993 Autumn winner\] 7. **Ohayashi ga Kikoeru Hi, Hoka** (お囃子が聞こえる日、他) \[Daisuke Igarashi; 1993 Winter grand prize\] 8. **Kodoku no Oto** (孤独の音) \[Kanji Yoshikawa; 1993 Winter runner-up\] 9. **Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko** (ヨコハマ買い出し紀行) \[Hitoshi Ashinano; 1994 Spring winner\] 10. **Sonna Yatsu a Inee!!** (そんな奴ァいねえ!!) \[Yuu Komai; 1994 Spring honorable mention\] **Autumn** 1. **GENOMES** \[Keiko Aramaki; 1994 Summer grand prize\] 2. **Ten no Ryouiki** (点の領域) \[Shimoku Kio; 1994 Summer winner\] 3. **Ame no Furu Basho** (雨の降る場所) \[Yoshitoshi Abe; 1994 Summer runner-up\] 4. **JAGUA** \[Kouichi Kiba; 1995 Summer grand prize\] 5. **BLAME** \[Tsutomu Nihei; 1995 Summer special award\] 6. **Kitto Kawaii Onna no Ko Dakara** (きっとかわいい女の子だから) \[Hiroki Endou; 1995 Autumn grand prize\] 7. **Vendémiaire no Migite** (ヴァンデミエールの右手) \[Mohiro Kitoh; 1995 Autumn runner-up\] 8. **Spoonman 3.18** \[Torao Asada; 1996 Autumn grand prize\] 9. **Kamen Tenshi** (仮面天使) \[Shouhei Wakana; 1996 Autumn winner\] 10. **Lunch no B** (ランチのB) \[Shinemon; 1996 Summer honorable mention\] **Winter** 1. **Sofa-chan** (ソファーちゃん) \[Q Hayashida; 1997 Autumn runner-up\] 2. **Kobe Zaijuu** (神戸在住) \[Kon Kimura; 1997 Winter winner\] 3. **Yasashii Kodomo no Tsukurikata** (やさしいこどものつくりかた) \[Rokuro Shinofusa; 1997 Spring honorable mention\] 4. **Yuku Tokoro** (ゆくところ) \[Asa Higuchi; 1998 Spring winner\] 5. **Yuutsuu Suberidai** (憂鬱滑り台) \[Shouhei Manabe; 1998 Summer grand prize\] 6. **Mushishi** (蟲師) \[Yuki Urushibara; 1998 Winter grand prize\] 7. **Gurade** (グラデ) \[Takatoshi Kumakura; 1999 Summer runner-up\] 8. **Love Roma** (ラブロマ) \[Minoru Toyoda; 2002 Spring grand prize\]