My little sister and I looked up at a high-rise apartment building, touching the clouds like a castle would. Even if there was a princess living in there, it didn't have anything to do with us, merely an unreachable existence---Or so we thought. With a meeting by pure chance, I ran into Shindou Rei, and realized. The Rei in front of me wasn't a princess, or the untouchable idol at school, but just a cute girl you could find anywhere.
When twins are born to the Oda household, Karin is tossed aside as an unwanted child. The one person who gave her strength through her childhood was her brother, Oda Nobunaga. Now both adults, Nobunaga sets about his plan for world domination in order to unify the world and create a place of happiness for both his subjects and his sister. However, tragedy strikes as Nobunaga is attacked in his palace and murdered. Beside his death bed, Karin vows to take on her brother's dream and act as his substitute, even if it requires making a deal with a demon to do so...
Igarashi Tohru, a college student, took a 6-month part-time job in a child care facility located deep within the mountains to take care of children for 3 million yen. However, in this remote area, sin runs deep in the work to be done.
"An anthology of an adult puffing at blue smoke quietly" Various well-known mangaka look into the theme of cigarettes and smoking.
Nazuna Nonohara, a porn actresses with androphobia. This manga revolves around Nazuna's past, and the tragedy that she experienced. The manga is based on the author's personal experiences.
When Soah's impoverished, desperate village decides to sacrifice her to the Water God Habaek to end a long drought, they believe that drowning one beautiful girl will save their entire community and bring much-needed rain. Not only is Soah surprised to be rescued by the Water God-instead of killed-she never imagined she'd be a welcomed guest in Habaek's magical kingdom, where an exciting new life awaits her! Most surprising, however, is the Water God himself... and how very different he is from the monster Soah imagined.
I was just walking down the hotel corridor when I first met the overbearing CEO. This beautiful stranger forcibly adopted me, saying that he has some weird sickness and I am his only cure. In order to shake off his headache, he has locked me up in a corner; but I was never the obedient type…
"It's a woman's body, but why does yours look so delicious?" I'm courted relentlessly by a gay, who should've been my enemy. "No! Why did he get hard because of me...!?"
The story of two small-town high school boys and best friends, both striving to escape from their suffocating lives in the close-minded hamlet.
A mystery “hero” has appeared! His mission? To teach all the bad guys a lesson!
By night, junior high student Yoshimori Sumimura is a "kekkaishi"--a demon-hunter who specializes in creating magical barriers around his prey. By day, Yoshimori's got some other demons to battle: an addiction to sweets and a seriously crotchety grandfather! Yoshimori's pretty 16-year-old neighbor and childhood friend, Tokine Yukimura, is also a kekkaishi, but their families are feuding over who is the true practitioner of the art. Kekkaishi received the 2007 Shogakukan Manga Award for shounen manga.
A girl sees stars in the people and things around her. Some are bigger and shine, others dull and dim like her own. She meets two boys from school one day who show her that all stars can shine brightly, if you see them the right way.