Kogami Kii hates his normal everyday life and wishes for something to happen. One day in the middle of class, he looks out the window and sees his teacher’s head explode when a little girl hits it. He goes to the bathroom to calm himself, but when he gets back to the classroom, he finds most of his classmates killed by the same little girl…

Akira Kurushima. A man who deems to replace God, judging who should live and who should die. Kurushima is an investigator and professor for the Japanese Society of Thanatology, carrying out illegal euthanasia to give those who desire a "worthy death" a peaceful one. People who want to die come to him, asking him to keep watch over the end of their life…

High-school girl Yui found a mysterious boy lying unconscious on the beach. This mysterious boy can't remember where he is from, only that his name is "Sid." After a confrontation with the locals, they discover that Sid is one of the human weaponry developed by the Japanese government, known as "Uncanny Brains" or UB. As the powers of the UB unfold before them, will Sid's arrival on this island spell doom for Yui and her friends? (From MangaHelpers)

Middle-aged salaryman Hiroshi Nakahara accidentally takes a train ride back to his old hometown to visit his mother’s grave. Then for reasons he can’t explain, Hiroshi is transported back in time, and discovers that he’s an 8th grader again, but with all of his adult memories intact. Can he, or should he try to change the decisions he made before? But more importantly, can he find his way back to the present day, or is he stuck in the past?

Life can be so wonderful as terrible. The young Umeno, bullied since she started high school, decided to put an end to her life, but her suicide attempt failed and she survives. And it's precisely in the hospital that fate seems to provide her a new beginning, she'll know people who would show her a different meaning of life, above all a boy her own age in a terminal illness …Can hope germinate even in the coldest of winters?

"I wanted to see him make this kind of face." I was a gloomy nerd in high school, and at that time I was entwined with Washizawa Natsuo – my dark past. Now, a few years later, we have reunited and Natsuo asked me out. This is my chance. We'll go out, then I'll break up with him, leaving him in tatters! ---

Mayama reunites with his old middle school classmate, Yumi. Mayama is captivated, but Yumi has a boyfriend. Then he learns Yumi's boyfriend beats him… ---

A story set before the beginning of the main series. Masataka and Keigo figure out how to work together as partners.

Lusters, those who have the ability to embody their heart's true wishes into a power. Because people were afraid of the possibility of the Lusters committing crimes, it was decided that death row inmates, Gundog, were to subdue the Lusters. What will satisfy their hunger? Now, standing in the jaws of death of desire!!

Nostradamus prophesied that the world would end in the seventh month of 1999. Today is July 21st, 1999. Ever since she was little, Maruyama Sakura has put her faith in this prophecy, has believed she will die at age 19. Consequently, nothing has seemed all that important to her. As the final days of her final month tick down, Sakura is whiling away the last of her time. Then Sakura meets Mori. Sakura has ten days until the end of the world.

A one-volume compilation of three stories meditating on work, identity, and purpose. The first three chapters contain "Psychic Training," the story of a young girl who desperately wants to become a psychic. The fourth and fifth contain a retelling of "Bartleby the Scrivener." The sixth contains "Yoru no Taiko", the story of a young woman meets the man of her dreams.

This is a 5-volume manga series comprised of individual short stories that all have to do with coffee one way or other. Each of them is bittersweet with a philosophical bent.

A hot nymphomaniac wakes up one morning to find that everyone in the world has disappeared…

After the crime rate began to spiral out of control in the third Toutoh empire, a law was established to help expedite trials and relieve the pressure on the overcrowded prisons, which were filled to the brim with criminals who had been sentenced to life in prison without any chance of parole. According to this new law, trials could still be held and the death sentence could still be given to accused criminals who hadn’t been captured yet. Moreover, in order to capture these criminals who had been given a punishment by the courts, the Special Executions police force was created…

Collection of short stories: - **Spring Egg** (青春のたまご, Seishun no Tamago): Chika’s house was actually just an old lodging house, but due to the location, her parents decided to turn it into a student dorm for the college students. One day, she meets her first love, Fujimori Tomohiro, a college student who will be living at her house! But, Chika’s mother had made him signed an agreement that he can’t go after Chika-chan?! How would their love bloom?! - **Sunflower Girl** (ひまわり娘, Himawari Musume): Misaki likes Kenji but she doesn't have the courage to confess. Now that summer break is close, she plans to give him a love letter, but… - **Happiness Faces South!** (しあわせ南向き！, Shiawase Minami-muki!): Sakura used to like her sensei, but now that he has a girlfriend she decides not to like anyone else. Bon, a college student sees her playing softball and falls for her. Will Sakura be able to fall for him too?? - **The Prince and I** (王子様とわたし, Oji-sama to Watashi): Mari has always liked her next-door neighbord Kaoru, but he always treats her like an old hag. Then Mari's senpai confesses to her. What will Kaoru do? - **2 Block Honey** (2丁目ハニィ, 2-Chome Honey) Satoshi's girlfriend used to be a crybaby, short and cute. That was a year ago! Now she's taller than him and likes to wear high heels. How does Satoshi feel? - **Spring, Air, Sunday** (春と空気と日曜日, Haru to Kuki to Nichiyobi):

Japan is a seismically active country, so the occasional trembler isn’t anything that people get too worked up about. They happen and it’s unfortunate, but in general Japan is prepared. But there is one scientist who believes that he has found proof that a recent quake has triggered a cataclysmic event, and that within a year Japan will sink into the sea. Now if he can get anyone to believe him before it’s too late… Also known as Japan Sinks, this is based on the award-winning novel and movie of the same name.

Sequel to Nakahara Aya's well-loved series Love★Com. This is a collection of short stories focusing on a few side characters and new ones while subtly providing an overview of what has become of the original characters from the major series.

Risa Koizumi is the tallest girl in class, and the last thing she wants is the humiliation of standing next to Atsushi Otani, the shortest guy. Fate and the whole school have other ideas, and the two find themselves cast as the unwilling stars of a bizarre romantic comedy duo. Lovely Complex Plus is actually volume 17 with the final chapter called Love Com Final. The first two chapters are about before Koizumi Risa and Otani Atsushi met each other. The third chapter is about their first encounter and a little bit of what happens to them after the ending of Lovely Complex. Contains a side story called Hoshi ni Natte mo Aishiteru (Even When I Become A Star, I'll Still Love You) in volume 12: Reina wakes up surprisingly in her boyfriend's room. But it seems that she passed away three days ago… --- - **Received the 49th Shogakukan Manga Award for Shojo in 2004**

A collection of standalone stories written by both Furuya Usamaru and Otsuichi. The stories all revolve around the common troubles that teenagers go through, whether it be falling out with a friend, being bullied, or dieting.

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After the death of his parents, a young Mirai Kakehashi is left in the care of his abusive relatives. Since then, he has become gloomy and depressed, leading him to attempt suicide on the evening of his middle school graduation. Mirai, however, is saved by a pure white girl named Nasse who introduces herself as a guardian angel wishing to give him happiness—by granting him supernatural powers and a chance to become the new God. In order to earn the position, he must defeat 12 other "God Candidates" within 999 days. Soon, Mirai begins a struggle to survive as a terrifying battle royale erupts between himself and the candidates looking to obtain the most power in the world. --- **Officially published:** - In English by [VIZ Media](https://www.viz.com/platinum-end), and on [MangaPlus](https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/titles/100021) - In French by [Kazé](http://minisites.kaze.fr/platinum-end/) - In Italian by [Panini Comics](http://comics.panini.it/store/pub_ita_it/mmafi037-it-manga-fight-platinum-end-n-1.html) - In German by [Tokyopop](https://www.tokyopop.de/manga/tokyopop-manga/shonen/platinum-end/) - In Spanish by [Norma Editorial](https://www.normaeditorial.com/catalogo/S/4472/1/platinum-end/)

Scientists predicted an imminent meteor impact on Earth that would annihilate civilization, but contrary to their prediction, the meteor missed Earth. Though avoiding immediate destruction, humanity found that the meteor left behind something in its wake, something that would change the course of civilization forever: a new form of bacteria that ate through all known metals. Facing this new era where all metals turn to ash, Jinkichi and his classmates will have to survive with little help from the Japanese government. Some of his classmates have already begun to understand that the norms of the past have collapsed, and lawlessness will be the new law. Jinkichi will have to protect himself as well as his classmates from the violence that ensues.

The story of a young boy who decides to commit suicide, only to find himself in a strange world after his death, told in the form of a picture book.

–What will I steal next? The highly popular vocal song that started on Nico Nico Douga is becoming an original comic!! Companies distinguish winners and losers according to the laws of economics established by adults. In order to destroy that system, the phantom thief Noel infiltrates the casino "Jailhouse"! No-one can escape her aim. The curtains open on the great thief show!!