It is about a young, prominent surgeon, who left a prestigious hospital in Tokyo and moved to an isolated island in the southern part of Japan. He works at a clinic there as the only doctor on the island. First the islanders didn't trust him but slowly he gains their respect. In 2004 Dr. Koto Shinryoujo won the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga.

A mercenary in cyber-armor battles a repressive cyborg regime.

A "Diadem" is a word for 'crown' that has its root in Greek. "Stephanos", which appeared in "Mandala" 01, was also a 'crown'. It seems that we could consider this the second work in a continuing series of shorts that should perhaps be called a "Crown series".

There exists a martial arts contest in Japan that is of no concern to boys. Girls who possess the Dragon Queen`s spirit gather at a special academy. The goal - fighting each other to make the soul of the Dragon Queen one once more. How? Why? By fondling their defeated opponent`s breasts, of course!

This series is loosely based on the anime: Ash aspires to be a Pokémon Master, and together with the various friends and Pokémon that travel with him, embark on many adventures. Note: The manga was heavily edited and censored by VIZ since its original content was found too "offensive" by the American public and was made more "kid-friendly" (even though it was a Kodomo manga to

First issue of a canceled series; collected (in thumbnails) in Blame and So on (Artbook)

When Yuko randomly runs into her aloof classmate Arisa one day, she's delighted to get a chance to get to know her! She cheerfully accompanies her to Shibuya, where Arisa says she has an important job that only she can do. As the situation turns violent, Yuko realizes that the mysterious Arisa has a lot more secrets than she could have guessed. Is Arisa involved with the urban legend of the "Execu

It's a textless oneshot (full color) about a girl and her life out on a flooded city.

In the title piece, Chiruhi, Orin is a prostitute who works on a boat near the seashore. She falls in love with a young hairdresser, who is one of her customers, even though she knows it is an impossible love. This collection consists of seven historical short stories which tragicomically depict people trying to do their best in the city of Edo throughout the seasons.

A hair stylist develops a crush on a regular client.

It is the year 4088. It has been over one thousand years since the Crisis of Systems (Lost Property), which resulted in the destruction of four planetary systems, leaving only a single inhabitable planet, Zion. Mankind is forced to live in space colonies, since that one planet is constantly being invaded by alien life forms that have come to be known as Victim. To stop the aliens and to allow pe

Collection of miscellaneous short stories.

Once Demons and Humans were at war, and special warriors were needed to defend humans. Now a peace treaty exists between demons and humans. To uphold it human warriors now protect demons from other predatory demons. The Yosogi family is given this thankless task--and it's heir is young Akira, who can't even stand up against his older sister. But only Akira can sense the presence of demons, so he m

From MangaHelpers: When an enemy explosion leaves private military soldier Terawaki Ryo nearly dead, a secret organization rebuilds his body using the research they have done in human revivals. Unfortunately for him, the technology only allows him to come back in the form of a teenage girl. His new identity, Shibahara Kyoko, leaves him distraught as his frail body doesn’t allow for the combat s

The Van Helsing Church Order is bent on destroying all supernatural creatures, as well as anyone else who gets in their way. However, a certain silver-haired man and red-haired vampire are not waiting for the Church to come to them! During their latest attack on a Van Helsing "cleansing" squad, they inadvertently save the life of a human being..

Aihara Kumi is a young staff worker for an office. One night, a boy who was part of her baseball team from her high school days was stabbed to death. It's the beginning of a long series of murders.

The much-awaited sequel to BLAME! follows a man, called a Dismantler, who is in charge of sub-dividing the nexus towers that incurr Safeguard interference upon its detection of humans without the net terminal genes. Although humans are once again able to reside in the Net sphere, the Safeguard are still a threat. The Dismantler or NSE, or Net sphere engineer, goes on a journey to aid mankind in th

The protagonist is a descendant of Pcell. This story happens a long time after the events of Blame!. This young silicon creature knows well the havoc that Killy brought and decides to move towards the end of the megastructure, to look for him. NOTE: This oneshot is actually chapter 8 of Blame Gakuen! and So On

A manga about people trying to kill themselves, but weird stuff happens instead

Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou is a mystery series in which Shinokawa Shioriko, a young owner of a bookstore in Kamakura, unravels the mysteries of the ancient books that are taken there. The story begins with a young man named Daisuke, who practically grew up without reading books due to his phobia, who brings the complete (and autographed) collection of works by Natsume Soseki, (Japanese writer

A story about a stand-up comedian to-be.

Expatriate Japanese artist Benkei lives in New York. His secret? He may be the only artist in town who isn't entertaining fantasies of being a hitman - he's living them.

It covers the adventures of two teenagers, Karin and Reiji, as they try to run Karin's family restaurant when the only adult around, her mother gets sick and is unable to do the job. Both kids know how to cook but the boy, Reiji, is better and he doesn't let Karin forget it.

A manga series of the giant Batosupi! franchise concentrating on the daily life of the Battle Spirits club at high school, rarely focusing on actual card battles. The two main characters are based upon the characters in Toppa Bashin, Batosupi’s anime. Maaya is similar to Bashin and Jun is similar to J.