A boy who can see music... A man rescues an instrument from a museum... And a boy hears the first rhythm... These stories and more are included in this collection of music-related one-shots from the mangaka of Oh, My Sweet Alien! and Why Not Be My Dog.
Follow the lives of a family whose town is cast under a spell of growing younger instead of growing older.
From Pleasant Memories Waiting 300 years for a fateful meeting, living positively with crazy delusions, striving for many lovers, and drinking milk every day to get bigger breasts…Girls do all of this for boys! A collection of four stories to help out with your love.
In a certain part of town, there is a very exclusive restaurant. So exclusive that only ghosts get to dine there! Yes, it’s a ghost-only restaurant where ghouls and goblins freely roam, drink and eat! Strange? Not until you meet the only waitress there, who happens to be a full-blooded human! ~Taken from Aerandria NOTE: On hiatus
"I am depressed. Even if I'm a god ---." 16-page oneshot depicting the melancholy of a god.
Aka Hyakki YakoushouColored illustrations of scenes from the manga Not complete.
Delicious Foods!! Bloody Battles!! Enter Bishokuya Toriko and Chef Komatsu's adventures to assemble the greatest full course the world has ever seen! Follow the adventures of the Gourmet Heavenly Kings and friends through the exotic Gourmet Universe in Full Color!!
People are starting to act very odd around Norio. This average, normal boy is suddenly getting a lot of unwanted romantic attention and he can’t figure out why! A broken leg and a fall down the stairs into the arms of a handsome stranger set off the beginnings of an explanation, and it is one Norio never could have possibly imagined. Soon a whole new world opens up for Norio, revealing a secret society of special people evolved from animals other than monkeys. This society has a complex structure and its members are ranked by rarity and desirability, and it turns out that Norio is a particularly rare breed and his DNA is in much demand! How will he survive in this modern jungle where he’s suddenly the prey?
This work won the Best Art Award at the Asia Issued Comics Summit in 1999.
Secchun, who moved away when his mother remarried, was invited to live together with a childhood friend so they could both attend the same high school. Little did Secchun realize that reuniting with his friend would go 'beyond' his expectations.
(From Prisms): It is the oneshot manga Umezawa made before his very succesful follow-up BOY and which tells of the adventures of Hibino, delinquent son of God. God gets enough of his son's behaviour and sends him down to earth to better his life and test him. The outcome of this will determine the future of the world, because God won't have his son succeeding him if he doesn't better his life and will end humanity if Hibino fails.
A cute story about a reckless girl who works at a magic company and her three co-workers as they deal with out-of-this world problems like a runaway baby dragon.