Vote for the Hidden Gem of Manga - May 2023

Nyankees
Living in the streets has its rough moments, but for the free-spirited Ryuusei, nothing beats a life without rules. While searching for leftover meals in alleyways, Ryuusei wanders into gang territory, accidentally starting a fight with rowdy thugs. Out of nowhere, a little girl charges straight at them, screaming in glee—because all she sees are cute kittens.

After fleeing, Ryuusei roams around Nekonaki Town and discovers that the local gangs have placed restrictions on their homeless lifestyle: outsiders cannot feed on their grounds, flirt with their women, or step onto their turf uninvited. So when Ryuusei stirs up conflict with the boss of Nekonaki, he does not escape the gang's claws without punishment. Although he is constantly getting into trouble, the dark-brown tabby will stop at nothing to complete his objective: finding a male calico cat with a scarred eye. He will paw his way through the laws of stray cats, even if he has to fight them all.

Leviathan
After a long absence, the young shaman Samizo Kohei returns from the dead with a prophecy of the apocalypse. Or part of him returns, at least - most of his body has been replaced with the transplanted body parts of his former friends, all retaining their distinctive personalities. He returns to his home in Shinjuku, where he works as a psychic surgeon in an unlicensed clinic. Here he serves as the unofficial guardian of the Shinjuku underground, solving paranormal murder mysteries, with the assistance of an assortment of other bizarre mystics and semi-human allies. Meanwhile, the others wonder exactly what Kohei has become, and whether he has returned to prevent the apocalypse, or to initiate it.

Coulomb Fille
The story follows Kanzou Wakai, a 15-year-old who is considered weird due to his hair which has looked like "dried seaweed" since birth. The boy with the troubled adolescence happens to encounter Noemi Hokari, a mysterious, peculiar girl who believes that she "cannot touch people." Were the "dried seaweed monster" and the "electrified girl" destined to meet?