Sixteen-year old Kaoru, who cannot be exposed to sunlight due to her sickness, spends the days sleeping or watching a boy outside her window. During the nights though, she goes out and sings with her guitar in hand. What she dreams of is a love that can't come true since their times never overlapce, or so she thought...
A letter comes to the three Kohda sisters in Kamakura, bringing the news of their father's death. A father they hadn't seen since he divorced and left home 15 years ago. Despite feeling indifferent about their father, Yoshino, the middle of the three, and Chika, the youngest, go to Yamagata to attend his funeral on oldest sister Sachi's request. There, they meet Suzu, their young and reliable half sister. Umimachi Diary won the Excellence Prize for manga at the 2007 Japan Media Arts Festival Awards. It was also nominated for the 1st Manga Taisho, where it came in 3rd place, for the 12th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, where it came in 2nd place, and for the 13th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
Ritsu inherited his sixth sense from his grandfather, along with a demon guardian named Blue Storm. Strange things just seem to happen around these two, and it's left to them to get to the bottom of all these mysterious events. Each story is independent but features recurring characters you'll come to know and appreciate as they, each in their own way, try to deal with things 'not of this world'. Note: Won the Excellence Prize of manga section of Japan Media Arts Festival in 2006.
"When I got fired from my job, I went to a different world.." Fujioka Noel is a hard worker for a black company, but her efforts go unrewarded when she is handed a notice of dismissal one day. Frustrated and sinking into despair, she was suddenly transported to another world.. In front of the bewildered Noel appeared Fenrir, the large, silvery-white wolf. Taking a liking to her, he took her into his care as his 'beloved daughter.' Before long, in the midst of her healing, she became caught up in events that will change the world..
Supermodel Lydia took part in a fashion show organized for a charity for disadvantaged children. But the money from the show disappeared, and it was Lydia's mother who stole the money! Lydia cannot accept that this is what happened, even after being investigated by the police...because she blames herself for her mother's unhappiness. It is the wealthy Christiano who lends Lydia a helping hand in her time of need. Although his intentions are to spend the night with her!
A touching story of hunting and romance takes place in the vast expanses of Nature. Ritzhard governs a wintry territory far to the north. Sieglinde is a soldier with nicknamed the "Crimson Eagle" Ritzhardt falls in love at first sight with her, and they begin their life together... for a trial marriage of one year!? Hunting reindeer, snacking on nuts, making traditional handicrafts... In their peaceful and modest life in the land of winter, will the couple truly become husband and wife? The story that was 3-time award-winner of the Narou-Con competition has been adapted to manga!
A slice-of-life story about a new employee who can literally read emotions and an inexpressive but actually very kind sempai at work.
Suddenly one day--energetic high school girl, Katagiri Hina, has time slipped into the year 1907. The first person she sees is the sorrowful man by the name of Hongo Takaaki. Who exactly is this Hongo-sama? As fate works its gears, how would their romance unfold? Transcending time, two people meet. A destiny.
From Dazzling Scans: The unemployed Shibata Michiko is betting everything she has on her romance with a younger man—literally. In order to keep him happy, she deprives herself of the things she wants and buys him expensive clothing and accessories. Since she's flat out broke, she needs to find a job before she starves to death and loses her young love interest. However, Michiko discovers that the boy was never interested in her romantically. Depressed at being dumped and after a series of unsuccessful interviews, she bumps into Kurosawa—an intimidating former boss she used to dislike.
Manga written by Nemu Youko after she'd given birth to her daughter in 2018, published eight months later. It reflects on her own experience of pregnancy through lives of fictional couple Kiri and Muchan, two people in their 30's with already established routines, careers, and comfortable everyday dynamic, who after years of half-hearted discussions and tiptoeing around the subject find themselves expecting a child. Complimented by a conversation with another mother working editorial in the manga industry, published online. "This book is for pregnant women, those who were pregnant, those who will soon become pregnant, those who are wondering if they should become pregnant, those who do not want to become pregnant, those who are not interested in pregnant women, those who have pregnant women around, and those who are close to pregnant women This is a book that any person who's been born can read. Thank you."
Sarah, a 20-year-old college student, meets Minori, a 33-year-old strawberry farmer, while helping out with her grandfather’s business. Even though she’s terrified of Minori at first, Sarah begins to develop feelings for him as she discovers that he’s actually a very sweet person. Little does she know, however, Minori is also attracted to her!
An incomplete first volume was published in 2009. The series was finished and a complete anthology was published in 2016.
