KUROGANE

Hosaka Mao's never stood out. Her father's a washed-up rock-and-roller. Her hair reminds people of Pippi Longstocking. She's nowhere near the in-crowd. The arrival of long-haired beauty Hasekura Yokiko changes everything… — ["Kuuden Noise no Himegimi" was originally serialised in Monthly Birz, a magazine that suspended operations in 2018. Chapters 1-21 were released in three volumes with Birz Comics. Another magazine, Evening, then picked up the series and the story continued from where it left off (albeit with the new name "Kuuden no Himegimi"). The first volume of "Kuuden no Himegimi" (thus technically the fourth volume in the series) was released in 2019.]

A compilation collecting the new one-shot which depicts the later developments following the final chapter of the main story, a previously uncollected one-shot, latest interviews with Toume Kei and the director of the anime adaptation, Fujiwara Yoshiyuki, and more.

Ever since he injured his hand and had to quit playing piano, Yanagawa has had no motivation. Then one day he receives a suspicious cigarette from a girl he knows. A collection of short stories.

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)

The world's largest collection of used bookstores, Kanda-Jinbouchou. There begins the story of the unforgettable days the three Karakida sisters spend surrounded by the scent of used books when they inherit the used bookstore their grandfather left behind. ___ **Additional Links:** - [Official X](https://twitter.com/gj_karakida)

Torn to pieces by a pack of dogs, young samurai Jintetsu's ravaged body has been found by Genkichi, outcast and master inventor. Genkichi gives the dead boy a new, indestructible steel body and a talking sword - just what he'll need to exact his vengeance. But what about Otsuki, the beautiful girl he left behind? Steel armor is defense against any sword, but it can't save Jintetsu from the pain in his heart.

Maya is a mysterious young girl who is hired as an assistant to detective Matsunomiya. The Imperial City of the Taisho Era has a mixture of Eastern and Western cultures… What kind of adventure will the two encounter here?

A short, full color textless oneshot about a girl and her friend.

When Motomi Utsuki moves in his grandfather's apartment, he meets this girl named Acony who claims to be a dead person and eventually he gets to know that this place and the people living in the building are not normal.

Murata Range's new project! The birth of a monster comic book series that sparks comics × illustrations × video × music!! Contributions from various artists! **Adviser:** Murata Range **Contents:** **Volume 1** Cover: Murata Range 1. Hayashida Q - Underground Underground 2. Malter - CONFESSIO 3. Kamo - Awakoi 4. TOKIYA - ACID JPG 5. Takamichi - Eijisu 6. Kataoka Jinsei & Kondou Kazuma - Fabrikbesichtigung 7. Miura Yasuto - Gorogoro 8. JNTHED - 111xx 9. Toume Kei - Skit Scooter 10. Tada Yumi - Ana Clift 11. Author: JD Morvan (Jean-David Morvan), Artist: bengal (Bengal) - congcongcong 12. Shiina You - Iseki Genki ~a daytime vision~ 13. Suzumi Atsushi - BLOOM IN BLACK 14. Miggy - The Shape of Happiness 15. Manji - IRIE 16. Touyou Kataoka - Koedame-shiki no Blues 17. JohnHathway - MAGIC ROCKET STATION 18. toi8 - Liar 19. kawayoo - OTOKOYUONn/ayu 20. Mechikuro - 909 / QUEST OF QUAKE 21. Matayoshi - No Makeup **Volume 2** Cover: Hayashida Q 22. Author: Tada Yumi, Artist: Murata Range - The Planetarium In Midsummer 23. Kodama Yuuki - SPOT THE WORLD 24. Itou Yuu & Maeshima Shigeki - Soukiji 25. Igarashi Ran - Elise 26. Takamichi - Eijisu -the latter part- 27. Touyou Kataoka - Sonna Michiyo no Manna San 28. Enomoto - TWILIGHT ZONE 29. Kamo - UbuCos 30. kawayoo - Machiko & Stopko 31. toi8 - Nepentosu 32. Author: Hiramatsu Masaki, Artist: TOKIYA - Astral Mails 33. Matayoshi - Nanatou no Himegimi 34. Mechikuro - 909 / QUEST OF QUAKE 35. Nathan Fox - TTLK 36. JohnHathway - Space logistics 37. Malter - CONFESSIO 38. fuzichoco - Renmei 39. walter - Futuristic ___ **Volume 2 Links:** - [Official Site (WANIMAGAZINE)](https://www.wani.com/product/138e2/) - [Amazon](https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4862692575) - [CDJapan](https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOBK-1507415)