One-shots (M-Z)

Story & Art: Mieko ŌSAKA / 逢坂みえこ
First Published In: Young You #2005-10 (Shūeisha)
Genre: Horror / Gag
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After bringing her deceased boyfriend back from the dead with the help of a magic monkey’s foot, a young woman learns a surprising secret about him and her own sister…

Story & Art: Ri’ichi UESHIBA / 植芝理一
First Published In: Monthly Afternoon #2004-10 (Kōdansha)
Genre: Romance / Mystery
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For Akira Tsubaki, the arrival of a mysterious girl in his class marks the beginning of a chain of events that turns his whole life upside down… An “inscrutable” love story from the creator of Discommunication and Yumetsukai.

Story & Art: Yutaka TANAKA / 田中ユタカ
First Published In: Monthly Afternoon #2005-02 (Kōdansha)
Genre: Fantasy / Sci-Fi
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Set in a distant future wherein Earth is no longer inhabited by men but human-like creatures with wings, Princess Mimia tells the story of a little girl who was born without wings and who can’t use magic like everyone else. Mimia, the last princess of the winged people’s kingdom, thinks of herself as a freak of nature. Her folk, however, believe that she’s a Child of the Gods because her appearance resembles that of the Gods who once created them. As a Child of the Gods, it is Mimia’s fate to travel to the Country of the Gods in the starry sky. But she is not sure if she really wants to embark on this uncertain journey that could determine her world’s destiny…

Story & Art: Kenji HAMAOKA / 浜岡賢次
First Published In: Champion RED #2004-08 (Akita Shoten)
Genre: Horror / Gag
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Being a housewife is no picnic, especially if you have to deal with an idiotic hubby, two reckless children, a mother whose hobby is to decapitate moving “things” and those annoying zombies that are always out to have the best bite of you. A hilariously bizarre tale from the king of gag manga: Kenji Hamaoka of Urayasu tekkin kazoku (Super Radical Gag Family) fame.

Story & Art: Katsuhiro ŌTOMO / 大友克洋
First Published In: Goro #1979-06-28 (Shōgakukan)
Genre: Action / Drama
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Story & Art: Takashi SASAKI / 佐々木崇
First Published In: Monthly IKKI #2005-09 (Shōgakukan)
Genre: Slice-of-life
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Just an ordinary story about two grade schoolers and a cute little serow…

Story & Art: Yūki URUSHIBARA / 漆原友紀
First Published In: Monthly Afternoon #2004-09 (Kōdansha)
Genre: Drama / Supernatural
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Mitsuko Kunizaki has inherited a small grocery store from her grandmother. Being a single mother to a little boy, she intends to close it down and move on with life. However, in the solitary store that sits next to the last bus stop at the tip of a peninsula lie some long-buried memories that slowly reemerge as Mitsuko arrives at what used to be her home—memories of a lonesome childhood and people who came to the peninsula to end their life.

Story & Art: Moto HAGIO / 萩尾望都
First Published In: Petit Flower #1985-01 (Shōgakukan)
Genre: Sci-fi / Fantasy
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A young man is being used as a guinea pig in a mysterious experiment…

Story & Art: Katsuhiro ŌTOMO / 大友克洋
First Published In: Manga Shōnen #1980-04 (Asahi Sonorama)
Genre: Action / Drama
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Story & Art: Suguro CHAYAMACHI / 茶屋町勝呂
First Published In: Monthly IKKI #2003-10 (Shōgakukan)
Genre: Fantasy / Horror
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A girl in a deep slumber. A boy watching over her. An unusual fantasy spun from their innocent dreaming. This is their story…

Story & Art: Tatsuyuki TANAKA / 田中達之
First Published In: Comickers 2001
Genre: Sci-fi / Fantasy
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Story: Satoshi FUKUSHIMA / 福島聡
Art: Kaoru MORI / 森薫
First Published In: Comic Beam #2004-09 (Enterbrain)
Genre: Drama
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Two girls whose characters are as different as day and night enter their school’s art club at the same time. Thus begins an awkward “love-hate” relationship whose emotional climax shall leave none of them unchanged.

Story & Art: Katsuhiro ŌTOMO / 大友克洋
First Published In: SF Adventure #1984-06 (Tokuma Shoten)
Genre: Drama
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Visiting someone else’s apartment could be a very dangerous thing to do, especially if you forget to knock before you enter… — A hilariously strange 1-shot from the renowned author of Akira and Domu.

Story & Art: Hisae IWAOKA / 岩岡ヒサエ
First Published In: Monthly IKKI #2004-05 (Shōgakukan)
Genre: Drama
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Told from a rather unusual perspective, award-winning White Clouds is a beautiful and touching story about life, death and the heartening belief that we all will arrive at the same place when our time has come.

Story & Art: Katsu YAGI / 八木克
First Published In: Monthly IKKI #2004-06 (Shōgakukan)
Genre: Drama
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Story & Art: Tsutomu NIHEI / 弐瓶勉
First Published In: Young Gangan #2007-03 (Square Enix)
Genre: Sci-fi / Action
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Story & Art: Yūji IWAHARA / 岩原裕二
First Published In: Champion RED #2004-08 (Akita Shoten)
Genre: Adventure
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For four curious children a newly-discovered crate on a remote island might become the biggest adventure of their youth.

Story & Art: Yarō ABE / 阿部夜郎
First Published In: Big Comic Original #2004-07 (Shōgakukan)
Genre: Drama
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In this manga short story written and drawn by Yarō Abe the reader is introduced to Toru Koeda, a seventh grader who is going through the trying times of puberty and finds release in a bamboo ear cleaner. Although Abe’s art might at first seem simplistic, it enhannces the characters’ personalities and allows the readers to easily identify with them during the short read.