There are two sides to every coin...light vs. dark, good vs. evil, love vs. hate. Sometimes the line between the two grows thin...and it's so, so easy to cross. So it's no surprise that Fudo Aikawa, A.K.A. Red Gelato of the Gelato Five and hero to all people, just may have happened to fall for the villainess and member of the shadow organization Gekko, Desumi Magahara! But when opposites like these attract, there's more than a few obstacles to their love...! What's a pair like this to do? (Source: Kodansha USA)

An adventure in another world with cute girls by your side and video game-like powers–sounds like an anime fan’s dream, right? Not so for melancholic author Osamu Dazai, who would quite literally prefer to drop dead. Video games haven’t even been invented yet when he gets yanked into another world in 1948. Really, all the fantastical adventure he keeps running into is just getting in the way of his poetic dream of finding the perfect place to die. But no matter how much he risks his hide, everything seems to keep turning out okay. Follow a miserable hero like no other in this cheerfully bleak isekai comedy! (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment) *Note: Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Web Manga Category.*

The story follows a boy who was in a soccer team, but it was disbanded due to not enough players. However, after the boy meets a female professional soccer player, he aims to bring his soccer team back.

When Mermaid Princess Ela's fish friend is captured and turned into a delectable meal, she goes to land to mourn his death and aid his passing into the great beyond... If only that was the end of the story. Follow Ela as she discovers the wonders of seafood.

Kumada is an office worker who lives his life by avoiding all kinds of risks: "If you're prepared, there's no need to worry.'' "Better safe than sorry'' "A gentleman does not approach danger." One day, a bear suddenly appears in his house as he is enjoying his bachelor lifestyle. It's also a mysterious bear who does housework...!?

Sanshima Koudai is the usual tough high school delinquent, who's always spoiling for a fight. The only person who can hit him and get away with it is his childhood friend Hikaru, who does her best to keep him in line. One day, at the Sanshima produce store, a strange package comes in. Assuming its some sort of rare fruit, Koudai and Hikaru promptly eat it. However, it was much rarer than they could have imagined. Soon after, a childish-looking Chinese "Sennin" (supernatural hermit) who has come to seek it explains that it is a "Taisai," one of only three in the world. It is said that anyone who eats all three gains eternal youth. Eating only one still grants the owner a lifespan of thousands of years, marked out by a winding red line on the forearm. Unfortunately, there are many powerful people in the world who seek eternal youth, and they will stop at nothing to kill those who possess the Taisai and take it from them. Koudai is unshakably confident that he can beat anyone who comes at him, but will he and the nameless Sennin be able to protect Hikaru?

Collections of one-shots that won the monthly Hop Step Award from 1987 to 1996.