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After being dumped, followed closely by her grandmother's sudden death, the chubby Yuri is left broke and homeless. That is until she discovers that her grandmother had been lying to her for years. Her mother is not dead, but is in fact a famous movi

From Shoujo Manga Maniac: Katsuyuki, a gifted, petty and egocentric high schooler, intends to work in the high financial world. His well regulated life explodes when his mother remarries his worst nightmare: a traveller writer, unproductive, nice and

From Wingtip Cafe:Yu has found the stage full of dreams and happiness. Fascinated by magic of the drama, she struggles to be a stage director and a scriptwriter. This is her drama.

From Wingtip Cafe:Hina, Arare, and Hana are the three sisters of Kyoto's oldest confectionery shop, Fukuya. Although they each have different personalities, they all take pride in their shop. Fukuyadou-honpo will bring you a taste of the ancient capi

High school tough girl Aria is notorious for taking on her school's worst bullies. But punching out jerks is nothing compared to what happens when she finds herself inexplicably drawn to the demonically possessed Sakura, a guy who would as readily ri

One day a 23-year-old Japanese musician travels to Mongolia in order to get inspirations for writing a piece of music. There he meets Kanon whose mother runs the "Hotel Kanon" in the desert. Kanon grew up in Mongolia, does not know who her father is

From Condensation:Following the scandal involving his latest work, famous suspense novelist Kevin Fredward retires to the countryside to escape the media and the demands of city life. He posts a wanted ad for a new housekeeper, but who should come kn

The funeral bells are ringing the day that Mikaya moves into his new apartment. However, once he arrives, he learns a startling fact: the room he's moving into belonged to the dead man, K. Strangely enough, no one ever found K's body. Where is the bo

From Tokyopop:Beautiful creatures called 'Alichino' grant any wish to those who find them--but at a price!A young lady searching for an Alichino wants to bring her brother back to life. She meets Tsugiri, a handsome young man who she thinks is an Ali

From JShoujo ScansThe underwater world and the real world are linked to one another. Sango, a hospitalized girl, makes up cute, mysterious stories about the underwater world.

From Tokyopop:Kaguya is the orphaned survivor of a war she can't remember. She has grown to love her new life and the parents who have adopted her, until once again, her life is torn away from her. A boy she remembers only in her dreams comes to Kagu

From Jshoujo Scans:Takt is a boy who can see ghosts and other strange apparitions. Often the ghosts and people he meets carry strong emotions only he can help resolve. See the world through Takt's eyes, let yourself be touched by these heart-warming

Transylvania Rose is a bored angel who descends to Earth to clean a few souls. When she witnesses a depressed undertaker slitting his wrists, Rose rips off one of her wings and gives it to the undertaker, trapping them both somewhere between heaven a

Story about a novelist and his daughter, Chise-chan, elementary school girl in Tokyo. Because Chise's mama died when she was very young, papa takes care of her. She loves papa so much that she carries papa's photo at a magazine interview instead of t

Meet Sabato Obiga, a hapless young teen trying to find himself in the world, which is made all but impossible by his frighteningly flamboyant family. Scaring away every girl he brings home, Sabato's family seems to revel in his misery--but could ther

Short story collection.1. Iguana no Musume: A girl develops a complex about herself after her mother thinks of her as a hideous iguana.

This award-winning classic story focuses on Marlee, an agent of the space empire sent on a mission to track down the opera singer Eroccus. There are three intertwining narratives which span planets and hurl the readers back 30,000 years in time. The

Yukari is a girl who can see the deceased. Yuusaku is a boy who can hear any phenomena that has a voice. Through their encounters with the inhuman, they learn fear, sadness, and compassion; and grow as humans.

This manga tells the stories of an antique store that is run by an elderly man and his grandson. The grandson watches the store while his grandfather is out, and it seems like the most interesting customers come by during these times. The grandson ha

We begin the story as Rock has left her husband, Astro, and their children and wants a divorce because Astro has cheated on Rock (again). As the five year old twins, Rockette and Astro Junior, find pictures of their parents when they were young, we f

The story takes place in the 80's. Kaneda Sakae, a high school girl living in Sapporo, suddenly moves to Tokyo with her mother...

The story follows the life of a teenage boy named "Mesh," so-called for his unique "mesh"-colored hair: blonde with silver strands on the sides. It begins with a scene where Mesh, after being beaten, escapes from a mob and encounters Milon, a forger

Harumi Sawa is an ordinary high school student finds himself at odds with Ayako Kawahori, a girl who has recently transferred into his school. Not only does he become drawn to her bizarre stench, he also begins to pay close attention to her seemingly

A collection of short stories by Kyoko Okazaki published in the 1990s. The title story, 'Chiwawa-chan,' follows the friends of Chiwawa, a girl found dead in Tokyo Bay, who come to realize they do not know anything about her such as her real name or h