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Amidst the turmoil of the Meiji era, a young girl of ten faces multiple challenges following her sale to a brothel, as portrayed in "The Flower Memoirs." On the other hand, "Dreams of the Sovereign North" showcases Page Tetsunosuke's experience of observing the brave life of Toshizo Hijikata. With a plethora of brief stories that offer delight, there's a tale to suit all tastes.
Collection of 23 stories about love in the everyday life of the Japanese. 1. His Scent 2. Heavy and Pop (♂) 3. Painfully from the Heart 4. Holiday 5. Heavy and Pop (♀) 6. A Place One Likes to Return To 7-8. The Silent Radiance 9. Small and Lovely 10. At the Park 11-12. The Truth Behind Things 13. Almost a Weding Proposal 14. The End of a Friendship 15. My Life: First Example - Chikada 16. Kyoko 17. That Afternoon 18. My Life: Second Example - Sawa 19. My Life: Third Example - She 20. Holiday Part 2 21. Sweet 22. Painful Love III 23. The First Time
1. Monkey Strip 2. Koko de Kiss shite 3. Ameagari 4. Mayonaka wa Junketsu 5. Koko ni Aru Heart
Jealousy, fear, and love...where does it all lead? Let Satonaka Machiko take you on a journey into the true heart of women in this sometimes dark, sometimes comedic short story collection!
From Eien Scans: An cute autobiography based off Ninomiya Tomoko's family life, with her husband and son.
Sakura is reunited with Kenshou, a man who is 9 years younger than her, who she has thoroughly rejected in the past. Now that Kenshou has grown up, can Sakura set aside her reservations about dating a younger man?
For more than a century, the legend of Faust has remained a popular tale of a peculiar scholar who made a notorious deal with the devil. However, the conventional portrayal of Faust as a dreary, bookish man in fairy tales has obscured the truth about the actual character. In reality, Faust is a captivating, bespectacled woman named Johanna Faust who is still alive to this day. As Johanna searches for missing pieces of her long-lost demon, she ventures into a small town where she rescues a young boy named Marion from the clutches of a criminal. In return for her assistance, Johanna requests a simple favor from Marion, but her charm and enigmatic persona arouse Marion's curiosity, compelling him to join her on her journey. Included in this is a one-shot: Transparent Museum, Volume 1.
From ShoujoMagic: Arisue Sei lived as happily as any normal kid would, just him and his mother -- a particularly private woman -- on an outlying island of Okinawa. There were also his friends Toichi and Moichi. The only unusual things about Sei were his sharp instincts and high intelligence. But everything changed when his mother was killed and he was kidnapped by the people of Neo Genesis. Now, six years after the kidnapping, Arisue Sei has returned to Japan with the title of "Doctor" at only the age of 18, and he's not the Sei that his friends remember. There are bodyguards with him who protect him from others who wish to possess his superb intellect. He says he's come back to assist with the research at Rakuhoku University, where Moichi now works, but here is where the door to Sei's secrets just begins to open. Note: Won the 47th annual Shogakukan Manga Award for Shoujo in 2002.
San attends the most elite female school in Okinawa, when WWII aggravated to the point she and her classmates are recruited in order to serve for the Japanese army as nurses. They will have to deal with a far cruel reality than what they could ever imagined.
From Asian Girls on Mopeds: 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.
In a quiet village, Young Seol, an aristocrat, wakes from deep slumber, only to find a young man named Soon Jo Yi trying to kidnap her.
In this manga, the primary focus is on Gorou Inogashira selecting and consuming his meals. In contrast to other culinary manga, Gorou prefers dining at inexpensive establishments, with no emphasis placed on the specifics of the cuisine. Through Gorou's extensive monologue, which constitutes the majority of the dialogue in the manga, the authors aim to illustrate the fundamental nature of the act of eating.
