A woman named Mieko, is in her late twenties exhausted by her busy everyday life, catches a glimpse of students enjoying their youth and suddenly recalls her own younger days. Driven by alcohol, she puts on that sailor uniform and ventures out to a park in the middle of the night. There, she runs into an impossibly perfect, stunningly handsome young man. A painfully realistic life story, vividly brought to life by a rising talent with extraordinary skill!
An anthology of horror one-shots by various artists.
Follow the lives of Hoshi Yoshimochi, a visual design major student who has problems interacting with people ie seeing people as 'mud masses' who's also not into touching, and her close friend Akari Sonobe, an oil painting major as they go through the ups and downs lives of being art students.
No matter how much time passes, and no matter who they are, the love one has for their parents does not change. A heartbreaking tragedy about the memories a son has of his late father.
A boy makes an innocuous wish on a shooting star, and the world ends.
"The stars that don't shine in Tokyo surely do shine in a different town..." TSUTSUMI Koutarou, who couldn't be a senior at a college-oriented high school in Tokyo, moves into Himi City, Toyama Prefecture with his relatives and spends one school year there. "I wouldn't be able to shine for the rest of my life..." He's hurt, and depressed. However, his encounter with a girl named Nagisa changes his "tomorrow" little by little. Now, HARA Hidenori begins "the sweetest 'starting-over' love story in the world"...
The thrill of love and the brightness of adolescence.By a master of facial expressions, Miboshi Tama.8 short stories by Mitsuboshi Tama, who draws characters that come alive on the page.What if you could see "love"...a story about a boy who sparkles when he looks at his beloved, but when he's beside her turns into a shadow.Winner of Haruta Comic Grand Prix "Hoshi no Kage"Furthermore,a fetish manga about a gakuran that can change shape "Gakusei Randa"A story about the intimate daily live of four siblings "Hinata House"A 210 page book comprised of 8 lovely stories!The thrill of love, the joy of adolescence, the appreciation of one's family, and feelings that aren't easily said out loud, are made entertaining thanks to the vividly drawn expressions.8 stories from author Mitsuboshi Tama:- Chapters 1-4. Hinata Ie (ひなた家)- Chapter 5. Star Dreamer (スター・ドリーマー)- Chapter 6. Gakusei Randa (学生ランダ)- Chapter 7. Seishun Feet (青春フィート)- Chapter 8. Mahoutsukai to Deshi (魔法使いと弟子)- Chapter 9. Hoshi no Kage (星の影)- Chapter 10. Namida ni Kakusu (涙に隠す)- Chapter 11. Geranium no Niwa (ゼラニウムの庭)
From Tokyopop: To what distance would you go for your one true love? In the midst of an alien invasion, Mikako joins the resistance, leaving behind the one young man she loves. As she goes deeper into space, Mikako's only connection with her boyfriend is through cell-phone text messages. The war rages on and years pass, but Mikako barely ages in the timelessness of space while Noboru grows old. How can the love of two people, torn apart by war, survive?
The plot involves romance, faith, and an unusual circumstance resulting from a noteworthy misunderstanding.
Reiko finds a starving mysterious animal that looks like a cat with wings. To the girl's surprise this cute animal names itself a space salesman that would sell advanced technology to humans for just a bit of hahise, which is abundant on Earth. But what is hahise? Would you pay it for a machine that can copy anything?
The story centers on Asuna, a girl who spends her solitary days listening to the mysterious music emanating from the crystal radio she received from her father as a memento. However, she embarks on a journey of adventure to meet a boy again, and thus comes to know the cruelty and beauty of the world, as well as loss.
In 205X, armed forces and conflicts are a thing of the past and people live safe, peaceful lives, all thanks to a cheap, inexhaustible source of energy. One day, something strange is discovered on the moon: an ancient corpse in a spacesuit. The corpse is undeniably human, but it appears to be about 50,000 years old! What does this mean about the history of our species and what effect will this discovery have on current human society? Won the Seiun Award in 2013