Interest Stacks

Takagi and Kanemura are two normal high-school students in a near-future Japan where many things are different but taken in stride. Technology has evolved to the point where items like face-blurring necklaces, sleep-control devices, and Willy Wonkaish meal-flavored gum are treated as fads. New services also dot the landscape, such as businesses that can help you reclaim memories and places that can upload dead people to the internet to continue living their lives in virtual reality. The two girls also treat encounters with androids, strange monsters, and aliens as somewhat normal occurrences. Dainana Joshikai Houkou is a fantastical slice of futuristic life that proves that while society can change, people seem to stay the same.

Momo Momoda, a Kansai girl who dreams to be a game creator. She is accepted as a Planner-in-training in a indie game company, G3. However, what will face her are the bitter disparity between her dreams and reality. She starts to learn the real lesson! Taiyo Tenkawa, who often caught by his own thoughts in gaming world. Hoshino Tsukiyama, the normal employee who has a mysterious hobby, and a lot of other members with various personalities. Nevertheless, until today their game spirit are burning in passion in the nook of Akibara! It's a hot story of the game industries whom compete for the good deed!

At the start of the Edo period, the samurai Toyohisa Shimazu is in the midst of a bloody battle against the legendary Tokugawa clan to ensure the successful retreat of the Shimazu clan forces. After his entire unit is massacred, Toyohisa manages to single-handedly force the enemy to withdraw—at the cost of being mortally wounded. Walking out of the battlefield dejected, he mysteriously finds himself in a white hallway, where he’s immediately thrown into a door. He awakens in a different world, and there he encounters "Drifters," other legendary warriors who died and ended up in the same realm. Together, they use the knowledge and experience from their past lives in order to take over an empire and fight against an unknown force of evil that intends to crush all humanity. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Sakurai Ichiko is a 29-year-old woman whose head contains council members (each with differing personalities) that dictate her every thought and decision. While waiting at the train station one day, she encounters Saotome, a man whom she met and made short conversation with at a drinking party with friends. Although she's interested in him, being a much a older woman, Ichiko hesitates over whether or not she should approach him, causing a wave of uproar between her intracranial council members. (Source: Asian Girls on Mopeds)

1. Akahoshi-kun 2. Suiheisen JPG (Water Horizon JPG) 3. Hiruyasumi (Lunch Break) 4. Dan-kun no Shinpai (Dan-kun's Concerns) 5. Juu (Gun) 6. Musume no Keikaku (The Daughter's Plan) 7. Seijin Bomb Natsu no Hi (Adult Bomb Summer's Day) 8. Tonda Kuruma (The Car That Flew) 9. Kamimura no Sawayaka na Hentai (Kamimura's Exhilarating Abnormality)

After rigorously training for three years, the ordinary Saitama has gained immense strength which allows him to take out anyone and anything with just one punch. He decides to put his new skill to good use by becoming a hero. However, he quickly becomes bored with easily defeating monsters, and wants someone to give him a challenge to bring back the spark of being a hero. Upon bearing witness to Saitama's amazing power, Genos, a cyborg, is determined to become Saitama's apprentice. During this time, Saitama realizes he is neither getting the recognition that he deserves nor known by the people due to him not being a part of the Hero Association. Wanting to boost his reputation, Saitama decides to have Genos register with him, in exchange for taking him in as a pupil. Together, the two begin working their way up toward becoming true heroes, hoping to find strong enemies and earn respect in the process. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Ichirou Inuyashiki is an old father worn down by the hardships of life, rendering him helpless and weak. Although he is friendless, unloved by his family, and diagnosed with cancer, he decides to try living his best life and adopts a dog. However, while walking his dog one night, the reality of his hopeless situation settles in and he breaks into sobs in a park. But that sadness is short-lived as an encounter with an extraterrestrial object leaves him with a healthy yet mechanical body. Unsettled by the foreign body and his inability to cry anymore, Inuyashiki starts to believe he has lost his humanity. However, one night, he saves a homeless man from death, and the sight of the happy and grateful man moves him to tears—proving to him that he is still a human. From that moment onward, Inuyashiki resolves to put his new power to use for the purpose of saving those in need. Unfortunately, his joy doesn't last for long, for he finds that there is a new threat determined to revel in its own newfound power through horrifying means. Thus, Inuyashiki's mission turns from being a small-time neighborhood hero to a guardian against a thriving monster. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Akiko Hayashi has soaring but strangely specific dreams: to make a successful manga debut while still in school, have her favorite actor star in its adaptation, and end up marrying him. However, she is far from having the motivation or skills to realize these hopes. When a friend introduces her to an unorthodox, backstreet art class taught by the strong-armed Kenzou Hidaka, called simply as "sensei," Akiko decides to enroll, expecting an easy ride and an automatic improvement in her art skills. To her chagrin, what she gets is something else entirely—a tough, demanding, and uncompromising teacher with absolutely no interest in manga. But when Akiko takes up Sensei's challenge of an intense schedule, she comes to recognize how much he cares about his students and forms a close bond with him. With Sensei's guidance, Akiko learns what is necessary to become a successful mangaka as well as what it means to be an adult. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Eighteen-year-old Koreeda Kazuki is a genius hacker whose only real skill lies with computers. Into his aimless life steps Sakai Daisuke, a wealthy man who makes him a proposition he finds impossible to refuse: that he will become Koreeda's investor on the condition that Koreeda use his abilities to help him "conquer the world." In cyberspace where national borders hold no meaning, thus begins the story of two modern-day adventurers who stand against crime on a global scale. (Source: MU)

Hiroki Endo's series tells the story of two old friends, Meguru Takayanagi and Takashi Yamabuki, who after a long time meet each other again at an amateur shooto mixed martial arts contest. While Meguru only practices MMA for fun, Takashi is pursuing a serious goal. Even though each of them has their own reason to fight, both are becoming stronger with each match... Universally praised for its realism and accurate depiction of martial arts, All Rounder Meguru is one of the first manga to provide a glimpse into the energetic and exciting world of modern MMA. (Source: Kotonoha)

The hero and author of Sanzoku Diary is Okamoto Kentarou. When he was young, he lived out in the country, and he knew an old man who was a hunter. In 2009, Kentarou was inspired to leave Tokyo and return to Okayama Prefecture to become a hunter himself. Using an air rifle and traps, Kentarou hunts, prepares and eats various animals. The manga covers all his hunting-related activities in close detail. (Source: MangaHelpers)

History classes have never interested Saburo. He never saw the point of learning something that happened in the past, let alone a few hundred years ago. But when he falls off a wall, he travels through a wormhole and ends up in 16th century ancient Japan. He meets a very young Oda Nobunaga, one of the most influential figures in Japanese history, who turns out to be identical in appearance as Saburo. The real Nobunaga, sick of the castle life and wanting to travel, orders Saburo to take his place. Without knowing how to get back to his time, Saburo tries to make sure history isn't rewritten for the infamous Oda Nobunaga. (Source: MU)

This is a collection of one-shots from Dowman Sayman. It contains short stories about serial killers finding love, historical figures brought back from the dead, a clever take on the the September 11th attack, yaoi fan-girl ghosts making suggestions to the men she watches, and everything in between.

Momo, whose nickname is "Oku-tan," is a normal 25-year-old housewife whose hobby is to think about what she can prepare for her husband's dinner all day long. She lives with her pet rabbit P-tan in a Tokyo where a giant flower has for unknown reasons bloomed in the heart of the metropolis, destroying everything in its vicinity. Influenced by mutagenic chemicals released by the flower, the nearby plantlife has mutated and overrun the urban landscape, transforming it into the jungle now known as "Tokyo Forest." Momo's husband has been missing since the blooming of the flower a year ago, but despite her family asking that she return home to Hokkaido, she insists on waiting for him. The story details her day-to-day life, and her various culinary adventures. It's said that if the flower blooms a second time, the world will be destroyed... (Source: MU)

This is a historical romance with great tourde-force drawing technique, depicting the world of Ancient Rome 2,000 years ago, lived by the natural historian Pliny the Elder who historically existed. Pliny and his party are travelling to complete the "Natural History," an encyclopedia that covers all natural phenomena, from volcanic eruptions to the ecologies of fauna and flora. This story recreates their journey northwards through the Roman Empire as they observed earthquakes and tsunamis. (Source: Japan Media Arts Festival)

Sakura Hana is a quiet orphan, who spends much of her time watching cloud-shapes and making up stories for them. She's too shy and troubled to talk audibly to her classmates, but she ends up as the narrator for her school's play. Although her teacher tells her she doesn't have to do it, Hana is determined to. With some help from an unexpected source, Hana discovers a love for reading aloud and struggles to find her courage. Even when Hana is 22 and has moved to be a company employee in Tokyo, she still has to contend with her natural shyness and her tentative, quiet voice. One day, she discovers a group that practices the art of reading aloud, of telling stories through voice instead of written word. Will Hana be able to follow the passion she discovered in her youth, or does her small voice render her unfit for for this kind of storytelling? (Source: MU)

Included one-shots: Moero, Stove Iin, Nanafushigi Generator

1. Bouya no Christmas (A Lad's Christmas) 2. Travel Writer 3. TUDM 4. Uchuu Sensou (Space War) 5. Slavakia 6. Goutsukubari no Machi to Konjac Iwa (Greedy City and Konjac Rock) 7. Ratakia no Majo (Latakia the Witch)

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1. Sayonara Girlfriend 2. Omokage Sunset 3. Watashi no New Town 4. Galaxy Kaikou 5. Maboroshi Cyanosis 6. Alien/Summer

A man walks the same route every day. Things generally stay the same, but there's always something a little bit different.

Nanashima's high school baseball team missed going to the nationals by one heartbreaking game during his 2nd year in school. Now as a 3rd year and team captain, he sees that the team is nothing compared to last year. The all star starters from last year have graduated and Nanashima is left with unskilled and, more importantly, unmotivated players that have no shot at making the nationals. That is when Mr. Toku, an old man in the neighborhood who has watched every practice and every game the school has ever played for the past few decades, secretly entrusts Nanashima with 1.000.000 yen. Mr. Toku wants Nanashima to use the money however he wants to ensure the team makes it to the nationals. But that large of an untraceable fund is too big of a responsibility for a high school teenager and even a goodhearted kid like Nanashima might fall into its temptation. (Source: MU)

The story centers around Higashiyama Haruto, a high school teacher, whose dearest wish is to be killed by a high school girl. (Source: MU)

On the last day of school, Mitsuru, a primary school student who has the power to talk to plants waters a forgotten water hyacinth in his classroom. Since then, strange incidents start occurring in the town of Tsurumaki. A story of summer vacation in a nostalgic and warm world, drawn by a genius. (Source: Shinchosha, translated)

A story about "Deathco," a young girl who's good at killing, and not much else. She works for a secretive, international league of assassins known only as "The Guild," who infamously dress in costumes when they hunt their targets. (Source: MU)

This work depicts the everyday life of an old man, Daikichi, who lives alone on a small island with his pet cat, Tama, after his wife passed away. Set in the backdrop of the island's vibrant seasonally changing sceneries that change day by day, the heartwarming daily lives of the cat and the old man unfold. The lives of a human being and a cat are carefully expressed with warm coloration. (Source: Japan Media Art Festival)

The manga centers on a set of twins with an older brother and younger sister. The twins were born with a set of odd matching birthmarks on their sides. After their mother abandoned them their stepfather sold them off to a freak show. The story tells what becomes of the twins afterward. (Source: ANN)

Everyone always thought the Masaoka family was a family straight out of the movies - a movie-star beautiful wife, her kind husband, and their cute daughter, enjoying their perfect garden. One day, Lisa's husband never comes home - Lisa and her daughter's life changes forever. (Source: Fantasista Inc.)

1-20. Hita-Hita 21-22. La Pomme Prisonnière

This is a science fiction romance masterpiece based on the planet Rafnas saturated with anti-gravitational particles called "Rafna," where a feuding woman and man reconcile and love begins to grow between them. On a colony where humanity has evolved to be able to fly by consuming "Rafna," a woman who can fly higher than anybody and a man who cannot fly because of a genetic atavism, work together to save their village from an imminent natural catastrophe. (Source: Japan Media Arts Festival)

The "panic horror" manga is set in contemporary Japan after a zombie outbreak. The omnibus of short stories depicts the tragedies that befall a bullied child, a yakuza member, a couple, and various other characters. The first chapter revolved around the zombie extermination police force, a young boy, and his classmates who have been turned into zombies. (Source: ANN)

An unnamed surveyor from Boston, telling the story in the first-person perspective, attempts to uncover the secrets behind a shunned place referred to by the locals of Arkham as the "blasted heath." (Source: Wikipedia)

Endowed with immortality, Suzu Inaba has lived for 398 years. Her daily routine consists of getting Sakuro "Saku" Usami, her 19-year-old live-in boyfriend, to help her kill herself. But every time Suzu wakes up from another failed suicide attempt, Saku begs her to continue living with him. One day Suzu, haunted by painful memories, hits on a surefire way to die. A tale of eternal love between two people whose differences grow even as their love deepens. (Source: Japan Media Arts Festival)

The experiences of author, Tatsuta Kazuto, a former laborer at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

An autobiographical manga based on the artist's childhood days in Nakamura, Kochi Prefecture, during the 1960s and 70s. The day to day lives of bumbling father Akira, reticent but steady mother Asami, and withdrawn, contemplative son Makoto are depicted through humorous and touching episodes, written in the local dialect, that evoke nostalgic memories of the Showa era. (Source: Japan Media Arts Festival)

It may look like an ordinary freshman high-school class, but every one of the girls in it is endowed with supernatural power. The catch is that their power only lasts through adolescence, and is of no practical use. A light and laugh-filled look at the trials and tribulations of the period before adulthood, built around the premise of teenage girls with limited superpowers. (Source: Japan Media Arts Festival)

In the 1980s two great players anchored the Yomiuri Giants: "Monster" Suguru Egawa and "Weed" Takashi Nishimoto. As pitching aces for the same team, the two had a legendary rivalry unparalleled in Japanese baseball history. With two real personages as his protagonists, the author based his bold interweaving of fact and conjecture on exhaustive interviews with Nishimoto and other featured individuals. (Source: Japan Media Arts Festival)

Set in 1903, just half a year before the Russo-Japanese War. An academic research party from Japan is in the town of Ji'an on the northern bank of the Yalu, the river that separates Manchuria and the Korean Pennisula. The party's objective is the Gwanggaeto Stele, the monument erected in memory of King Gwanggaeto of Goguryeo in ancient Korea. The epitaph holds the key to the history of ancient Korea and the ties between Japan and Korea.

Having lost both parents, Miyo Yamaguchi ends up in the care of an aloof uncle and a stern aunt who is impatient to find her a job. After consecutive failed attempts, luck finally smiles on the wretched orphan when she lands a sales clerk position at a curiosity shop. Despite not meeting the requirements, Miyo possesses a rare ability that piques the interest of the shop's proprietor Momotoshi Koura: upon touching an object, she can tell who its past and future owners are. Along with the exotic merchandise from distant countries, Momotoshi's whimsical demeanor and his assistant Ganjii's menacing appearance cause Miyo to feel like Alice straying in Wonderland. Nonetheless, the two prove to be very supportive—guiding her through this fascinating environment. As she adjusts to her new tasks, little does Miyo know the descent into the rabbit hole opens not only an exciting chapter in her life, but also the doors to a miraculous world that is bound to change her destiny forever. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

A manga that questions the place of talent and effort in the occupation known as "idol." The protagonists are four young men from another planet whose only virtue is their looks. Accompanied by an idol fan-girl, they plot to invade the Earth by becoming top idols. But what looked like a shiny, happy world turns out to be harsher than they expected, with those seemingly cheerful, carefree idols constantly competing with one another. (Source: Japan Media Arts Festival)

The Battle of Peleliu was fought on the lovely Pacific island of that name by Japanese and American forces toward the end of the Pacific War. A work of fiction based on historical fact, this manga views the battle through the eyes of Tamaru, a 22-year-old soldier and aspiring cartoonist seeing his first combat. A chronicle of the "truth" as seen by a young man struggling to come to terms with war in an era when war was the norm. (Source: Japan Media Arts Festival)

After Nozomi Aizawa follows her crush, Shirou Azuma, from school all the way to the train station, she finally musters the courage to confess to him. Instead of being a romantic moment, she receives an unexpected response from the boy which progresses into a heated debate between the two. From that point forward, Nozomi and Shirou continue to meet up at the train station and often end up arguing about their opinions on romance or the opposite gender. There is tension in their relationship, but as they carry on with these trivial yet precious conversations, the distance between the two awkward teenagers gradually closes. [Written by MAL Rewrite] Included one-shot: Volume 3: Miracle☆Gift

Fujoshi no Tsuzui-san is about the main character and author, Tsuzui, along with her friends, as they "ship" males together, and shows how their imaginations get wildly "creative" for the purposes of their hobby. (Source: pixivision)

Taki Amamiya is notified of the sudden suicide of his twin that he never even knew existed. But to Amamiya, who works reluctantly at the Parapsychology Research Institute, it was only the prelude to a more shocking chain of events. After following the recommendation from police to investigate the matter more in depth, they found a surprising fact: Amamiya had no brain. Now fear the world of the psychic and supernatural. (Source: ANN)

The series centers on the life of French historical figure Joan of Arc.

They say that the prime of one's career happens in their mid-thirties. During that time, women plan many things and tell themselves, "I won't let this year go by without doing anything!" And then, a 34 year-old's life begins, hearing a new vacuum cleaner hum in the night shifts her moods as the Galactic Railroad runs in her mind... Shall we take a look at an unemployed's slow, laid-back daily life? (Source: MU)

Yuuri Kariya is an airhead who falls head-over-heels in love with Ryuuhei Aono after their very first meeting. Yuuri's happiness knows no bounds when Aono surprisingly ends up agreeing to go out with her, and thus she starts to enjoy her perfect relationship with her perfect boyfriend. Alas, misfortune strikes when only two weeks into their relationship, Aono tragically dies in an accident. But is something as simple as death really enough to keep the two lovers apart? Aono-kun ni Sawaritai kara Shinitai follows the daily lives of these sweethearts, telling a heartwarming love story of two souls going beyond life and death. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Hifi is a novice plant hunter. Her father Ario died, but was resurrected by the power of plants. Is he human, or a plant? To keep him alive, Hifi must sacrifice the plants she loves. The two travel while living this forbidden life. (Source: MU) Included one-shot: Volume 2: Chiaki-kun no Samurai Spirits

During the 17th century, Europe is being devastated by the Thirty Years' War. Although the Netherlands send reinforcements to The Holy Roman Empire, almost all of them end up deserting, with the exception of a single Japanese man. Travelling all the way from East Asia, Issak is searching for the man who murdered his master and stole something precious to him. Suspecting the killer has joined one of the opposing armies, Issak participates in the war as a mercenary, hoping to find and end his nemesis once and for all. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

In Japan, 80,000 people a year disappear. In this socially themed drama about a duo of detectives, the new recruit Mugino and the brilliant Terasaki set about to find a wide range of missing persons. Under their detective agency's banner of "Specialists in finding people," the two use the evidence left behind and the psychology of the missing as clues, becoming ever-more involved in a battle of wits and test of wills with the missing who have their various reasons to not be found. (Source: Japan Media Arts Festival)