A heartwarming love comedy about a couple of magicians

A bizarre oneshot depicting the hardships and adventures of a isekai truck driver.

Tanaka Takeshi is isekai'ed… and leaves his common sense behind.

Souya, desperate for cash to pay his little sister’s medical expenses, has an offer from a shady company fall into his lap—more than enough money for only a year of work…on the other side of a portal to another dimension, where he’ll have to ascend to the fifty-sixth floor of a dungeon! Worse, his gig-work stint as a fantasy world adventurer gets off on the wrong foot when the transfer process malfunctions, stranding him without supplies! Will his otherworld adventure end before it even begins…?

Due to the remarriage of her father, Asahi moves to an old and historical town Kamio. With a new family, her new life begins. However not all is what it seems and grotesque creatures and ghosts soon emerge.

A middle-aged engineer who was weary of life ended up being reborn into a different world as Zack, the son of a frontier feudal lord. Once there, he received a mission from God. He was told to prepare himself for the task of “guiding the future hero of the world”. With that in mind, Zack not only trained himself in swordsmanship and magic but also committed himself towards reforming problems in hygiene and education. After developing a new local product, Zack was reminded of his once forgotten dream: brewing alcohol! As he resurrected his long lost passion, it was the beginning of his “Dream Life”.

A compilation of noteable submissions to the Afternoon Four Seasons Awards from 1987 to 2000 from major artists from when they were still newcomers. **Note:** Do not confuse this for the [Afternoon Four Seasons Awards CHRONICLE 1987-2000 Selections](https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/title?code=1000000684) from 2013, which cut 23 of the 48 oneshots but still spread the remaining 25 across 4 seasonal volumes. **Chapters:** **Spring:** 1​. Tsuchida Seiki - Miseinen (1987 Four Seasons Prize) 2. Takahashi Tsutomu - GOTAVOICE (1987 Spring Semi-Winner) 3. Matsumoto Taiyou - STRAIGHT (1987 Autumn Semi-Winner) 4. Irie Noriko - Neko no Te Kashimasu (1987 Winter Four Seasons Grand Prize) 5. Ohtagaki Yasuo - Ronin Heartbreak! (1988 Summer Honorable Mention) 6. Sudou Masumi - Shounen-ou ni Shiroi Kumo (1988 Autumn Semi-Winner) 7. Akizuki Risu - Oku-sama Shinkaron (1988 Autumn Honorable Mention) 8. Nakayama Masaaki - Ridatsu (1988 Winter Semi-Winner) 9. Arai Hideki - 8-gatsu no Hikari (1989 Summer Four Seasons Grand Prize) 10. Hiromoto Sinichi - Western Carnival (1989 Summer Honorable Mention) 11. Enomoto Shunji - Golden Lucky (1989 Autumn Honorable Mention) 12. King Gonta - A Mess on a Weekend (1989 Winter Four Seasons Grand Prize) 13. Irie Kiwa - Haikibun! Sakanahime (1989 Winter Four Seasons Prize) 14. Hiramatsu Minoru - Ma, Ikka! (1989 Winter Honorable Mention) 15. Aoki Yuuji - Higan to Shigan no Ma De (1990 Semi-Winner) 16. Taguchi Masayuki - Shouteki Ningen (1990 Autumn Four Seasons Prize) 17. Sugawara Masayuki - Home Range (1991 Summer Semi-Winner) 18. Matoba Ken - Mei Tantei ni Hanarenai keredo (1991 Summer Semi-Winner) 19. Yasuda Hiroyuki - MOZOO (1991 Autumn Honorable Mention) 20. Oda Hideji - Sakana (1991 Winter Honorable Mention) **Summer:** 21. Matsunaga Toyokazu - Killing Paranoia (1992 Summer Four Seasons Grand Prize) 22. Ohara Shinji - Boku wa Otouto (1993 Spring Four Seasons Grand Prize) 23. Kuwahara Shinya - YOKO vs (1993 Spring Four Seasons Prize) 24. Samura Hiroaki - Mugen no Juunin (1993 Summer Four Seasons Grand Prize) 25. Kuroda Iou - Ka, Nanten, Kuma (1993 Autumn Four Seasons Grand Prize) 26. Toume Kei - KUROGANE (1993 Autumn Four Seasons Prize) 27. Igarashi Daisuke - Obayashi ga Hikoeru Hi & Imada Fuyu (1993 Winter Four Seasons Grand Prize) 28. Yoshikai Kanji - Kodoku no Oto (1993 Winter Semi-Winner) 29. Ashinano Hitoshi - Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (1994 Spring Four Seasons Prize) 30. Komai Yuu - Sonna Yatsua Inee!! (1994 Spring Honorable Mention) **Autumn:** 31. Aramaki Keiko - GENOMES (1994 Summer Four Seasons Grand Prize) 32. Kio Shimoku - Ten no Ryouiki (1994 Summer Four Seasons Prize) 33. Abe Yoshitoshi - Ame no Furu Basho (1994 Summer Semi-Winner) 34. Kiba Kouichi - JAGUA (1995 Summer Four Seasons Grand Prize) 35. Nihei Tsutomu - BLAME (1995 Summer Special Prize) 36. Endou Hiroki - Kitto Kawaii Onnanoko dakara (1995 Autumn Four Seasons Prize) 37. Kitoh Mohiro - Vendémiaire no Migite (1995 Autumn Semi-Winner) 38. Asada Torao - Spoonman 3.18 (1996 Autumn Four Seasons Grand Prize) 39. Wakana Shouhei - Kamen Tenshi (1996 Autumn Four Seasons Prize) 40. Shinemon - Lunch no B (1996 Summer Honorable Mention) **Winter:** 41. Hayashida Q - Sofa-chan (1997 Autumn Semi-Winner) 42. Kimura Kon - Koube Zaijuu (1997 Winter Four Seasons Prize) 43. Shinofusa Rokuro - Yasashii Kodomo no Tsukurikata (1997 Spring Honorable Mention) 44. Higuchi Asa - Yuku Tokoro (1998 Spring Four Seasons Prize) 45. Manabe Shohei - Yuuutsu Suberidai (1998 Summer Four Seasons Grand Prize) 46. Urushibara Yuki - Mushishi (1998 Winter Four Seasons Grand Prize) 47. Kumakura Takatoshi - Gurade (1999 Summer Semi-Winner) 48. Toyoda Minoru - Love Roma (2002 Spring Four Seasons Grand Prize) **Selected Descriptions:** Kio Shimoku - Ten no Ryouiki A brief insight into the life of a young graduate student looking for work who finds himself in bed with a mysterious girl he has never seen before. Abe Yoshitoshi - Ame no Furu Basho Eshikawa is a man who has lost sight of his life and stumbles through it, with no clear meaning or purpose. One day, he is informed that his ex-girlfriend committed suicide, which sets his brain on retrospect mode. He goes on a journey of self-revelation and contemplates upon the myriad of human emotions, the joys and sorrows of normalcy. Kiba Kouichi - JAGUAR As a woman is returning home one night, she runs into a man who was just in a car crash. As he's dying, he asks her to throw a certain package into the sea. Hayashida Q - Sofa-chan Hayashida Q's debut work about a female couch spirit. ___ **See Also:** - [MDList of Afternoon Four Seasons Award–winning oneshots](https://mangadex.org/list/d7b883be-732f-4d5b-8d92-818fa3c62555/afternoon-oneshot-four-seasons-award-winners) - [blog post covering this series](http://sportable.seesaa.net/article/246888518.html) - [Wikipedia article about this series](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%95%E3%82%BF%E3%83%8C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E5%9B%9B%E5%AD%A3%E8%B3%9ECHRONICLE) - [Wikipedia article about the contest, including a list of winners](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%95%E3%82%BF%E3%83%8C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E5%9B%9B%E5%AD%A3%E8%B3%9E)

Shuutarou is a 90 year old "fairy" who was reincarnated by the Goddess into another world. He wishes for a "healthy body," however, he is gifted with cheat abilities to use powerful magic instead! After his parents died, he gets fostered by a woodcutter that was a former adventurer. After 11 years, he has become an apprentice adventurer at that guild then the goddess suddenly comes to him in a dream and asks him to go on a journey. So along with his beast mount companion, Pheles, they go out to adventure the world! [Web Novel (English)](https://www.whimsicalstargazers.net/shut-in-magician/)

A story of two NPCs.

Young Mikan runs away to Tokyo to follow her best friend, Hotaru, who has been enrolled in an exclusive, secretive private school for geniuses. But it turns out that Alice Academy is a lot more than meets the eye. If Mikan wants to stay by Hotaru's side, she has to both pass the strange "entrance exam" and face the even greater challenge of befriending her very odd new classmates. Whether it's Hotaru's gift for inventing gadgets, the cranky Natsume's fire-casting ability, or Professor Narumi's control of human pheromones, everyone at the school has some sort of special talent. But what ability, if any, does Mikan possess? Mikan is going to have to rely on her courage and spunk if she's going to stay in school, or even stay alive!

Several vignettes featuring a young girl and her uncle on a series of fantastical adventures.

A story of the demon world. "How about it, Saria-sama, why not make your magic power known to the nation?"

Living on a planet, Rojica and Rakka. They dig a hole to kill time and throw a "mysterious disk" or find a "secret dungeon" in the forest and have fun every day. There are still a lot of things these two do not know about the planet ….

In a world where everyone has a monster crest from birth, a select few rise to become Monster Trainers. Reyn Erhardt, a slime trainer, the lowest of the low, cares nothing for status and just continues his daily regimen of training for his personal slime, Pem-Pem. Yet in school dominated by monsters as grand as dragons, those who cannot hope to rise to the top take out their frustrations on the lowest ones, and Reyn and Pem-Pem make for easy marks. Or do they?

An ordinary family that loves cats. One day, the whole Tanaka family died during a major earthquake. When they woke up, they were reincarnated as the Stuart family, a noble family from another world. Though everyone is dressed in the Western style, they have memories of their previous Japanese lives. Even though they’re confused, they've gotten used to living in another world. --- [Original Web Novel](https://ncode.syosetu.com/n1970fg) [Light Novel Release](https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321912000220)

Fiolia is the daughter of a duke, thoughtful of her people and active in her fief. One day, she was poisoned by the heroine of an otome game and falls into a coma. When she wakes up, she regains the memories of a previous life… but finds out twenty years have passed?! Fiolia learns of the scheming that the game heroine, Anne Rose, has been up to and that has been damaging the country. In order to return the favor to Anne Rose and save the people, she must act! "Just you wait Anne Rose. You’ll pay for what you did!" The refreshing revenge fantasy of a handsome lady who is always outside the norm!! --- 20 years after a failed assassination attempt with poison, Fioria wakes to find she has all the memories of her past life. But the world she lives in is in fact the world of an otome game. And what's more, she wakes up to find the story of the game is now 20 years after the original ending of the game! With her country in turmoil and the original heroine of the story, Anne Rose, turning out to be a spy, Fioria sets out to right these injustices and give payback to the ones who have wronged her! An action packed tale of justice, *I Woke Up 20 Years Later!* is a refreshing and exhilarating revenge fantasy story. --- **Note:** In webtoon format, this series has 62 chapters. --- [Webtoon Format (Japanese)](https://www.comico.jp/comic/364) **Official Translations:** * [English](https://www.pocketcomics.com/comic/364/?languageCode=en) * [Chinese (Simplified) / 汉语](https://www.kuaikanmanhua.com/web/topic/10746/) * [Chinese (Traditional) / 漢語](https://www.pocketcomics.com/comic/364/?languageCode=zh) * [French / Français](https://www.pocketcomics.com/comic/364/?languageCode=fr) * [German / Deutsch](https://www.pocketcomics.com/comic/364/?languageCode=de) * [Thai / ภาษาไทย](https://www.comico.in.th/titles/2530)

I was an ordinary Japanese high schooler but now I’ve been reincarnated into the classic fairytale “Snow White”! If the storyline continues, I’ll end up being hunted down and poisoned by the queen with a poisoned apple. In that case, I’ll just leave before the hunter comes! A modern twist on the classic fairytale oneshot from the duo NANAO Mio x TOMA Rei.

Vietnam War, 1965. Hikaru Minami, a soldier in the U.S. Army, meets and falls in love with the "princess," the strongest and most beautiful guerrilla soldier in the Vietcong!

In a world where witches are shunned and have been forced onto the brink of annihilation, a samurai with no memories is transported to the hideout of some of these witches. Having the name: "Dragon King" and a keen strategic mind, its up to him to help defend the witches from those that would seek them harm.

A short little comic about a well-meaning, very tired office worker, and a tiny snowman who, among other things, finds itself a knife.

The Republic of Torimania. The only place in the world where winged humans live. The capital is Torima. The official language is Japanese. Their famous product is bird manju. A young girl chooses this mysterious country for her studies abroad. Who will she encounter in the Republic of Torimania, and what will she find there?

In the Kingdom of Lapanesta, a hero named Yulia "Yusha" Chardiet and her party of friends manage to defeat the Demon Lord. However, their sealing spell goes wrong and the girls inadvertently send the Demon Lord back in time to before Yusha became a hero. Reverted to the size of a small girl, the Demon Lord, now known as Mao, becomes a teacher at Yusha's Adventure School with the aim of expelling her so that she'll never become a hero in the future. Manga adaption from the original tv series. Serialized in Comic Fire.

IN FULL COLOR! Here's a short little story about a naughty heron-harpy and its encounter with a fisherman.

The Yo-kai Watch series has caught on in Japan - this is the girls comic following Fumika (aka Fumi-chan), the female protagonist from the games. The stories are original and sometimes show new origin stories for Yo-kai versus what was shown in the Shounen comic, but all draw on the pun-tacular characters and settings of the games, anime, and other manga.