A one-shot compilation with themes of suffering, crime, and betrayal, incorporating elements from gekiga. - **Cave In** (落盤, Rakuban): A young man gets to the bottom of a mining incident from 20 years ago that isn't what it seems. - **The Flowers and the Ruffians** (花とあらくれ, Hana to Arakure): Ken is sent to a cabin that houses other vicious men in the barren north. His goal? Plant seeds, and have them flower on the land, no matter what. - **Decisive Battle at Cannibal's Cape** (人食岬の決戦, Hito-shoku Misaki no Kessen): A team of soldiers is weary from long battle on an island. Some are willing to go to great extremes - even if it means some may be expendable... - **The Ghost of the Jet Base** (ジェット基地の幽霊, Jet Kichi no Yūrei): Detective Hazama is called to investigate paranormal activity at an air base, but finds himself wrapped up in more than he bargained for. - **Fire Valley** (火の谷, Hi no Tani): In the Wild West, a young boy searches for the man who killed his father. Rumors of a cursed yet powerful pistol are about - one said to literally be possessed by a demon - and they interest the men of the local saloon. What connection could there be? - **Tatsumaki Voyage Log** (タツマキ号航海記, Tatsumaki-gō Kōkaigi): Shichiro is a boy who lives by the sea, and was found as a baby in an abandoned ship. One day, he learns that he is not his parents' blood son, which causes him great distress. Not long after, the red algae that are a key source of revenue in his town are dying off. What begins as an investigation of the cause turns out to be a long journey linked to Shichiro's heritage. - **Wings and Stardust** (羽と星くず, Hane to Hoshikuzu): An emonogatari. A pair of wings made of a mysterious substance are found in the stratosphere by an astronaut. Through a tumultuous string of events, they end up in the possession of the young Kazuo. But there are other parties interested in Kazuo's wings as well - yet Kazuo only wishes to have the wings better the lives of his community. And so Kazuo goes on his own journey, his fate bound with the wings... --- **Volume 319 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

Kyoko (21) and Jiro (23) live together in Tokyo without being married. She is a graphist in an advertisement agency, he's starting to be an illustrator. We follow them through their love struggles and daily life with friends and family in a world where sexual revolution is about to start.

In the era of cavemen, a boy with white skin is born on the night of a storm. He is immediately outcast as a cursed child, doomed to bring disaster to whoever he comes across. This boy is set to be sacrificed to the Dragon King (a Tyrannosaurus), but is saved by an ape woman, Kitty, and is given the name Ryu. Ryu grows up as her child, and soon encounters the world of the cavemen again - with Kitty dying in a skirmish between them and the Dragon King. Ryu soon learns that Kitty is not his birth mother, though she is somewhere out in the world. Faced with this mystery, Ryu ventures on a journey to seek her - all while dealing with discrimination from other cavemen, and the ever-present danger of the prehistoric era. The first part of the Ryu Trilogy. **Links:** - [Anime Adaptation on ANN](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1463)

The first of two early works one-shot compilations by Kimura, this collects works from her latter half of high school through college, with one one-shot from her 20's at the end. Common themes include waiting, loneliness, and the psychology of children. - **Rain** (雨, Ame) - A boy is falsely accused of tearing a classmate's photo, but things don't seem to favor his truth. This boy is no stranger to lies and falsehoods, however... - **Tommy** (トミィ) - Tommy is a boy whose father perished during the war. Though the truth is hidden from him, Tommy begins to notice something is off.... - **Balloon** (風船, Fuusen) - A largely silent one-shot about a girl who longs for the embodiment of joy: balloons. - **Tunnel** (トンネル) - A recollection of one's time when he was a young boy, and a tunnel that only he felt fear toward. - **Carrot** (にんじん, Ninjin) - A reflection on one's dislike for carrots when he was a young boy, and a certain incident regarding that. - **Mamoru-kun is Dead** (まもる君が死んだ, Mamoru-kun ga Shinda) - A whole town investigates what happened to one young boy, while also reflecting upon the wrongs done to him. - **A Joyful Tale** (こうふくな話, Koufuku na Hanashi) - Kimura reflects upon the aspects of her younger self that she has now lost. The only one-shot not in a shojo magazine, instead serialized in *COM*. - **The Wingless Bird** (翼のない鳥, Tsubasa no nai Tori) - The tale of Joey, a country boy who has always wished to fly since he was very young. Joey departs from home, wanting to find out a way in which he can fly, but he discovers much more in the wide world he explores.

Received an honorable mention at the 104th Shinman Prize for "Uka no Kikkake"

"I ended up seeing that girl in my class who didn't want to be seen by anyone"—The bright and cute Mizuki who selflessly takes care of her sick mother—Seemingly the perfect “good girl” in every respect. But what about Umino, who saw a girl like that in a way she absolutely should not have? What is arriving at the end of escaping from reality? This is sure to be a road trip story about sad girls

In U.C. 0096, a ceremony to commemorate the end of the One Year War is held in Side 7. The Aonbarr, built to resemble the famous White Base is present at the ceremony, having transported junior high school students from Earth for the ceremony. Sun Place, one of the students who quickly becomes bored with the ceremony, enters a restricted access area, and encounters the three MS built for the ceremony, the G-First, Cannongan, and GF-Tank. At the same time, Zeon remnants on the Musai-class "Mailmer" attack, hoping to secure the Aonbharr as a trophy and join the Neo Zeon remnants known as "The Sleeves".

Tajima Ryohei, aka Shikeisyu 042 is sentenced to death for murdering 7 men. However the government is planning on abolishing the death sentence for good. In order to accomplish this, Ryohei must prove that ex-criminals like him can live in society. During the 3 years he lives outside the prison, he will meet more than 1,000 people, clean restrooms, plant flowers and define the value of human life and kindness.

Rugged soldiers mourning on Earth and in outer space. The UC world’s MSV story begins! The development of Federation Forces mobile suits hidden in the shadows of war…

Jack Oshinumi is a young man of English descent who is forced to reside in Hokkaido after contracting serious illness, much to his chagrin. With his mind more concerned about his studies than his health, Jack finds himself at odds with his family around him. All he wants is to return to school, return to Tokyo, and being an ordinary Japanese boy, and that's all that matters to him. As soon as he moves in, however, Jack begins to see strange beings emerge in not just his dreams, but even in the real world. One day, Jack encounters a strange man named Rin Funo, who looks similar to one of those beings he saw in his dreams. Rin, a family friend to his cousins, give Jack a certain pendant. Before long, Jack finds himself amidst several parties interested in that pendant for their own malicious purposes - parties from the realm of the fae, Nymphidia. When the pendant falls into the hands of another, Jack must leave Hokkaido, and embark on a journey within Nymphidia. This journey will make him realize not just his purpose, but the significance of his heritage. An epic romance from Ryoko Yamagishi, featuring faces from Greek, Celtic, and other mythologies and folklore, as well as some from Christianity. *In the original 5 volumes, the following one-shots are included:* Volume 2: Ochikubo Monogatari Volume 5: Dream

A collection of one-shots by Yokoyari Mengo. - Chapter 1. **Hagane no Kokoro** - Chapter 2. **Neo Dutch Wife** - Chapter 3. **Stand By You** - Chapter 4. **"Kawaii"** Meet Yukiho Amamiya, a 14-year-old girl who becomes a gravure idol to help her sister. She's cute, and she knows it - but she can't seem to be cute around the boy she likes. Will she ever hear him call her "cute"? - Chapter 5. **One Flower (Ipponbana)** - Chapter 6. **Koi wa Zenkei Shisei** - Chapter 7. **Namu Amidaisuki**

Out of nowhere, 99 girls were sent to a large room, where they are inadvertently transferred to the other side of the screen. There, strange creatures live, which begin to hunt the girls who cross the monitor.

In postwar Japan, Tamao has lost the love of his life. Working as a male prostitute for a living, the money he earned went to the alcohol that he drank to make him forget the pain of loneliness. One day, Gorou, the younger brother and the spitting image of his past lover showed up. “I came to see you”, and was embraced with all of his might. At first, Tamao simply saw the shadow of his old lover’s face, But then unknowingly, he came to want to know more about Gorou himself. Having lost an irreplaceable person, this is the story of the love reborn between the two of them.

(from mangaupdates): Tyrian’s stepfather, a notorious womanizer, decides to remarry, and his victim is a sickeningly sweet and innocent girl named Juliet. But the girl is kidnapped off of Tyrian’s ship, first by pirates and then by more pirates in the form of our dashing Luminous Red Benedict. The neatly woven threads of conspiracy which have been supporting Tyrian’s life begin to unravel, and he flees to Spain at last. Captain Red redoubles his pursuit. Conflict between Tyrian Persimmon (ancestor of one Major Klaus Heinz von dem Eberbach) and Luminous Red Benedict (AKA, pirate ancestor of one Dorian Red Gloria).

All the world's creatures lived in harmony until humanity rose to power. The flora and fauna feared for their lives and hid from the humans, leaving behind a barren world with only rocks and dirt. There are a few exceptions… Witches, exceptional women with the gift to heed plants' words, live in secret lairs full of vibrant greenery. Tula, a powerful witch nearing the end of her life, raised her apprentice Piri in one of these sanctuaries. Piri has a lot to learn. In fact, she can't even hear the plants' voices! Naturally, she has no desire to leave her secret haven—or Tula—but situations outside of her control force her away. Where will Piri go now? Will a gift from Tula help her find her way?

Saori and her older brother Tokio are stopping by a village out in the countryside during summer break. Unbeknownst to Saori, Tokio has went there to reflect on one girl he first met back in his high school years - one who waited and waited for him, despite everything. An uncollected one-shot of Yashiro's that has not been present in any of her tankobon.

A group of very different people wake up together in the sealed environment of an abandoned school building. They include the college students Yumi and Reiji, a cabaret girl named Akane, an occult-obsessed salaryman named Yukitoshi, a punk factory worker named Toshio, an unemployed pedophile named Taichi, and a 9-year-old girl named Michika. The building in which they find themselves has running water, no food, and a timer set for seven days. When they find a cleaver and a hot pot in an upstairs classroom, they begin to guess the intention behind their imprisonment; they're meant to kill and eat one another to survive. In principle, they should be able to survive just by waiting out the seven days in hunger, but nothing is ever that simple.

Ritsuka Uenoyama is bored with it all—with school, with his basketball club, and even with his one true passion: playing guitar. That is, until the day he finds his favorite hidden napping spot occupied by a strange boy cradling a broken-stringed guitar. At first, Uenoyama is nonplussed by Mafuyu Sato and his slightly odd behavior, but when, on a whim, he asks Mafuyu to sing, the power of that song pierces him to the core.

A fairly close manga adaptation of George Orwell's Animal Farm, serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine. A tale of the rise and fall of a society farm animals form after they overthrow their owner. Animals toil and suffer on Manor Farm, owned by the cruel and careless Mr. Jones. One night, Old Major, an elder pig on the farm, has a fantastic dream one night, of which he informs all the other animals; one where animals overthrow the human race, and the fruits of their labor are made theirs to keep. Though he dies not long after, the animals are emboldened with his vivid visions of a potential future - and one day, through a fierce uprising, they take ownership of the farm from Mr. Jones. Manor Farm - now renamed Animal Farm - maintains itself under an ideology known as Animalism, built upon Old Major's dream and stances regarding humans. However, tension is high, and different parties have their own intentions about the fate of Animal Farm...

Kiba Yuuji may look like a normal guy, but he's got a dark secret. He carries a murder license, and his secret code name is KIBA! He can morph his body as he wishes, allowing him to even transform into a woman! Welcome to the beginning of another ulra-violent extravaganza by the same man who brought you Black Angels!

Moriyama is a well-off executive director of a high-class company, with a wife and two children. However, Moriyama isn't all he seems: He is in fact a Zainichi Korean who changed his name and identity after the war to shield himself from discrimination. One night, he is asked by an old friend to shelter a fellow countryman, Jo, who has come for his own reasons. Moriyama, who has distanced himself from his roots until now, must confront not only his heritage, but his past. A sealed one-shot of Tezuka's focusing on Zainichi Koreans, it has never been recollected or reprinted in any capacity.

Socially-awkward Uehara wanted to be an entomologist since he was a kid, and he spent all his time chasing that dream. When he failed, he was forced to come back to his home island, where his mother was completely unsympathetic to his problems. He arrived to his home island along with many other tourists, who were there to observe an unusual astronomical event. Afterward, Uehara encountered a strange bug whose bite transformed his body (including his penis). What is happening to Uehara, and what will become of his life?