The gambling father racked up a huge debt and disappeared. The mother has passed away. The sisters, Kyo and Asu, are the main characters. The two of them are all alone in this world and are very poor; they live in a 40-year-old apartment (no bath, one room plus kitchen, 26000 yen rent). With dreams, hope, and economizing, they live in harmony. Indeed, today as well as tomorrow. Notes: • Their names mean "today" and "tommorrow" respectively. • 26000 yen is about 220 dollars. From Baka-Updates: Kyou and Asu are two sisters whose mother passed away while Asu was still a baby. After racking up an unbearable amount of debt due to his gambling addiction, their father disappeared - leaving the two siblings to fend for themselves. Thus begins these two spirited girls' efforts to make ends meet while still enjoying their childhoods to the fullest. "No matter what hardships we have to endure, I'm happy so long as we're facing them together!" A warm and sweet little slice-of-life story that will surely enrich you with a feeling of peace and good humour!
Junichiro Koizumi. Prime Minister of Japan, or God of Mahjong incarnate? Watch him clash with other world titans such as George W. Bush, Kim Jong Il, and Vladimir Putin in the one force that matters in the political world: mahjong.
Aaah, peaceful life is boring. After the battles of the first series, Joukyuu has to stay quiet in Japan teaching martial arts. Even with Veronica and Kageyasu close by, it is so sleepy. Then when a chef offers him a quick trip to US to mess with their gangs, in return for great Japanese food, he jumps at the chance. Dragging both girls with him, along with Bull for good measure, he arrives in America like a typhoon. Will they survive his entry? Sequel to Aiki
In a war 4,000 years ago, the ruling race, known as the Karma, froze the world of Rune and emigrated to a neighbouring planet. Only now, as the ice is melting, have they been able to return. Dulk is a young man of exceptional power, who is in training to become a Shaman. Since he was young, he has had vivid dreams of the planet of Rune, despite the fact that he has never actually been there. When he finally goes to Rune, he will discover his powerful destiny in the planet's mysterious history!Won the Excellence Prize in the manga category at the 13th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2009.
Fat nerd meets beautiful slut.
On the morning of her entrance ceremony, Koufuku headed towards a shrine to pray for a happy high school life. At the shrine she visited, her encounter with a girl dancing...?
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 of the Meiji era) that he inherited from his grandmother, to the mysterious bookstore. Will the shy and introverted Shioriko solve the mystery of the books?
From Manga Box: Satoru Hasegawa, a young real estate agent, lives together with his equally young wife, Aya, and their daughter. Five years into their marriage, he's not particularly dissatisfied with anything, but he's got a secret that he can't tell a soul! Satoru is helpless before Sayaka, an escort, and Eri, his boss at work, and he's been carrying on lively affairs with both of them. But then he meets a woman with the faint aura of first love... This is a romantic suspense story about a man who can't tear his eyes away from that sweet but dangerous trap.
Higasa Sachi draws manga, but keeps it hidden from her classmates and acts like a model student. Alice Toyozaki is openly otaku, draws manga in class, and is bullied by her classmates. One day Sachi stands up for Alice and is consequently invited to the manga research club.
From Fried Squid Scans: 32-year-old Bushido-sama considers himself to be a modern-day Samurai. When his wife passed away due to illness, he promised to raise their daughter into a fine woman. But, for an adult male, raising a child is not an easy task. The tasks range from teaching proper table etiquette to sex education... Welcome to the life of a Samurai father.
Chronicles of Street Observation Research is a Papa no iukoto wo kikinasai! spin off centered on Yuuta's university life and what happens at the Street Observation Research Society. Compared to the other spin-offs, this one has more adult content.
From Tokyopop: Hideki's just like every other guy in the 22nd century. He just wants a good job, a good car, and a sexy robot girlfriend to call his own. Until he lands a job, he'll never be able to afford his own 'Persocom' companion. Hideki's luck changes when he discovers Chi--an adorable but seemingly "stupid" Persocom--tied up in a pile of trash. His first robot companion turns out to be a lot more responsibility than he expected, and she gets him into quite a few embarrassing situations. It's 'boy-meets-girl' for the cyber age.
