(from ebookjapan): Michael's seemingly carefree daily life, with his pampering and begging for food, is thrillingly unpredictable, including a fall from the seventh floor and an interrogation on suspicion of theft of Pen Nibs! Michael's daily life created the golden age of cat manga that took the 1980s by storm! The "dancing cat" that won the Kodansha Manga Award, was made into an anime TV series, a TV drama, and even appearing in TV commercials. Michael, who, has become a hit with the general public, is back in digital form! Beware of the too cute cat! [Official English](https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3004-968/Whats-Michael-Fatcat-Collection-Volume-1-TPB) --- - **As mentioned in the description, What's Michael? Won the 10th Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga in 1986, shared with Osamu Tezuka's [Message to Adolf](https://mangadex.org/title/16dc43f3-d6ba-4154-b445-a9d2e674c0eb/message-to-adolf)**

To the misunderstood Seon who stole the class membership fee, Marie makes a strange suggestion instead of holding him responsible. Was it a helping hand? Winner of the Best Promoting Competition on Earth!

It was the Sengoku Era, a time when warring Daimyō usurped each other constantly. There was a man whose soul was overtaken by the ways of tea and material greed as he worked his way up toward greater power and status. His name was Furuta Sasuke, a vassal of Oda Nobunaga. With his world broadened by the genius Nobunaga and his spiritual insight learned from Senno Sōeki, Master of Tea, Sasuke travels the road of the Hyouge Mono, or comical fellow. To live or not to live. For power or the arts. That is the question!Won the 14th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Award Grand Prize.

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Within the winding streets of Kyoto's geisha district, there lives a 16 year old girl named Kiyo. After failing to become a Maiko, an apprentice traditional Japanese performer, Kiyo works as the caterer for her troupe. This is the story of her daily life. - Won the 65th Shogakukan Manga Awards in the shounen category.

There are six members of the boy's ping pong club. Two are relatively normal; however, the other four consist of an aspiring sexual deviant, two perverts, and a guy with lethal B.O. Add in a cantakerous girl as a manager, and you have the entire crew. This series pushes the boundaries of good taste beyond anything the western world has experienced, yet somehow manages to remain vaguely charming. The antics of the ping pong club includes one member's trademark "Protruding Pecker Serve," molesting cross-dressing members, and the infamous "Turtle Sequence," which is much too horrifying to describe. In 1996, this manga won the Kodansha Manga Award for general manga.

During the past decades, Japan has become the shining star of Asia, with its noteworthy achievements in the fields of science, technology, medicine, quality of life, and many others. Yet, while there are a great number of rich and successful Japanese people, there are even more of those engaged in a furious struggle for something as simple as earning to cover their day-to-day living expenses; all the while battling dangerous and money-consuming addictions such as gambling and alcoholism. What would these poor and not-so people do when they require the money to fulfill their never-ending desires, the desires that are part and parcel of being human? Just how miserable and dangerous might their lives become were they to fall into traps laid by *yamikin*, the loan sharks of the Japanese financial world's dark side, whose only goal is to ensnare such weak-willed souls? Adapted into film and a J-Drama. --- - **Won the 56th Shogakukan Manga Award for General Manga in 2011** - **Won the 23rd Japan Media Arts Festival Social Impact Award in 2020**

In the imperial court, a young woman is put into servitude, Maomao. The tale is just beginning for the woman pharmacist from the red-light district, as rumors circulate about the emperor's children's lives being short-lived. Her curious nature and thirst for knowledge pushes her to action. To satisfy her curiosity, this young pharmacist will investigate the origin! What is shifting in the imperial court…?!

A ‘fearsome psycho-thriller’ centering on the ‘dark side of adolescence’. Following Ichikawa Kyoutarou, a teenage boy belonging to the very bottom caste of his school, this work details his troubled interactions with a certain classmate, and his attempt to hide murderous impulses that find themselves in the darkest recesses of his soul. In reality, though, it's a sweet youth rom-com between a messed up boy and a bright, if somewhat strange, beautiful girl. - Won the Tsugi ni Kuru Web Manga 2020 Award. - Was nominated for the 2020 and 2021 Manga Taisho Award. - Won the top prize of 2021 Tsutaya Comic Awards

The manga is about ten-year-old Chie, "the most unfortunate girl in Japan," who manages her family diner while her unemployed yakuza father and her mother are separated. Note: Jarinko Chie won the 26th Shogakukan Manga Award for best general manga in 1981.

The story is set in the modern day, except people with special powers have become commonplace throughout the world. A boy named Izuku Midoriya has no powers, but he still dreams.

“Until the day humanity falls.” In the year 2020, Earth’s magnetic poles disappeared and humankind was nearly wiped out by cosmic radiation. Within the span of a hundred years, living creatures began to mutate and devour each other while the remaining humans, numbering in the tens of thousands, struggled bitterly in their man-made bases. In the Abyss, home to the mutated xenogenics, there lived a sentient little mushroom. Because it had been nourished by the blood and flesh of the deceased human An Ze, not only did it take on a similar-looking human form, but a similar name as well: An Zhe. An Zhe is determined to go to the human base to search for his spore, which had been harvested by humans. Once there, however, he faces the omnipresent risk of discovery and certain death as he tries to keep his non-human nature hidden from the Judges, whose responsibility is to inspect for and eliminate xenogenics like himself. And of all the Judges, Colonel Lu Feng is the most perceptive and merciless—as soon as he determines that someone is a xenogenic, he will execute that person on the spot. But An Zhe’s mutation goes undetected by Lu Feng’s eyes, and so a tale of humans and xenogenics unfolds… Silver Award winner at the 12th Chinese Nebula Awards for Chinese Science Fiction.

In the 13th century, Fatima, a captive of the Mongol Empire, the most powerful empire on earth, was taken prisoner and assigned to serve in the imperial palace. With knowledge from Iran, the era's foremost experts on medicine and science, Fatima seeks a world in which she can display her talents. She meets Töregene, the sixth wife of the second emperor, Ögedei, who has mixed feelings about the Mongol Empire....

I thought that if I reincarnated, I would be able to build a happy harem and be peerless in another world...! ! The guild that was created on a whim has become the pinnacle guild of strong men. Moreover, except for me, everyone is handsome and beautiful. I'm the weakest in the guild... can I quit the guild now? The opening of the dark fantasy of the lethargic hero and the guild members who adore him at the level of worship――

Little Nyano doesn't know what she got wrong about a test question she should've gotten right! Can she figure out the problem and fix it? --- Prize winning debut oneshot from the second round of the Yatagarasuhai Competition published in the Harta magazine.

I can't believe my ojou-sama is so huge! Fujido Oriko is the buxom young head of the Fujido Zaibatsu, a group that has a monopoly on Japan's vending machine industry. And serving at her side is her personal butler, the eccentric Dr. Sebastion. When a monster suddenly attacks the city, Dr. Sebastion slips his ojou-sama an experimental energy drink his team in R&D has been developing. As a result, she quickly finds herself growing into a giantess, matching the attacking kaiju in size! Will she be able to stop his rampage, or at the very least, keep her dignity intact? [i][Winner of Shounen Jump's Dec 2020 Bronze Rookie Award][/i] [*][url=https://twitter.com/nikukaiQ]Author's Twitter[/url]

An immortal being was sent to the surface of the earth and met a boy living alone in the middle of tundra. The being can take the shape of dying things, but only if the "impetus" is stronger than the previous one. What sort of experiences and meetings will the being encounter while living forever? --- - **Won the 43rd Kodansha Manga Award for Shonen in 2019** --- **Officially Translated:** - In French by [Pika]() - In Italian by [Star Comics]() - In Polish by [Kotori]() - In Russian by [Istari]() - In German by [Egmont]() - In Indonesian by [m&c!]() - Alternative English version by [Inkr Comics]()

Kindaichi Hajime returns from his biking trip around Japan to meet Inspector Kenmochi and childhood friend Nanase Miyuki at the themed inn "Ruins." Case List: 01. Vampire Legend Murder Case. 02. Opera House: The Third Murder. 03. Jail Gate Cram School Murder Case. 04. Snow Spirit Legend Murder Case. 05. Reika Hayami and the Uninvited Guest. 06. Chidamari's Room Murder Case. 07. Fudo High School Festival Murder Case. 08. Black Magic Murder Case. 09. Inspector Kenmochi: The Murderer. 10. The Evil Spirit of the Diving Pool. 11. The Mysterious Event at the Campsite. 12. Alchemy Murder Case. 13. Murder at 10000 metres. 14. Game House Murder Case. Note: In the newer reprints of the Kindaichi series, the File, Case and Shin cases were merged and printed as full cases instead of the original tankobon. The volumes which correspond to the above cases are 27 to 34. The raw links below correspond to the first chapter of the first case of the Shin Series.

“If a silver bullet is used on a vampire, he will die.” Angie is a vampire with an immortal body. Throughout eternity, she has lived in the human world by blending in as a stage actress. Angie's attendants have always run away from her because of her arrogant attitude, that is untill an unusual newcomer named Chris appears...? This is the unique love story between an immortal vampire and a human.

Hatori Chise is only 16, but she has lost far more than most. With neither family nor hope, it seems all doors are closed to her. But a chance encounter begins to turn the rusted wheels of fate. In her darkest hour, a mysterious magus appears before Chise, offering a chance she couldn't turn down. This magus who seems closer to demon than human, will he bring her the light she desperately seeks, or drown her in ever deeper shadows?Nominated for the 8th Manga Taisho Award.

It's a war of words that invades reality!

The sequel to Konjiki no Gash!!, aka Zatch Bell. Once the battle to decide the King of the demon world, in which 100 demon children fought against each other, had come to an end… the King of the demon world was crowned, and the demon world lived out the rest of its days in peace. Or at least, that was how it was supposed to be. Now, a shocking fact about the demon world comes to light. And in the depths of their despair, three demon children decide to take a great risk.

Award-winning series by author and essayist Uchida Shungicu. A frank, sex-positive look at pregnancy, childbirth, child rearing, and single motherhood. The series is tagged as Erotica because it has sex in it, but if you're looking for an erotic manga per se, you'll probably want to look elsewhere.

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Yasumi Ai. She's a first-year high school student living on Izu Ōshima, an island that's part of Tokyo prefecture. She loves to read manga, but a certain event triggered her to start thinking about "creating" manga. She begins to think about "creating" manga. What is the world that awaits her? A manga by Minoru Toyota, a manga artist who loves manga! The pain and joy of creating works of art. No expense is spared in this tale of growing up and manga adventure! Note: Won the 6th Manga Taisho Award in 2023.

On a daring quest to save a life, two friends are hurled into another world, where an evil sorceress seeks to enslave them. But then the lion Aslan's song weaves itself into the fabric of a new land, a land that will be known as Narnia. And in Narnia, all things are possible.

Italo and Erika made a promise: they would become siblings starting from the first day of school. Although it's easy to convince their classmates, the distance between them two grows every day and the gaps of this relationship will give way to dangerous feelings…

Every 1000 years, 100 demon children are sent to Earth to compete in a battle to become king of the Demon World. Each demon is paired with a human partner who is given a spell book of a specific color. The human can cast the demon's spells through their book. If a demon's book is burned, they disappear and return to the Demon World. The last demon remaining becomes the king. The show is oriented around Gash Bell and his human partner, Takamine Kiyomaro. [*]Won the 48th Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shounen category.

Yusuke Urameshi was a tough teen delinquent until one selfless act changed his life… by ending it. When he died saving a little kid from a speeding car, the afterlife didn't know what to do with him, so it gave him a second chance at life. Now, Yusuke is a ghost with a mission, performing good deeds at the behest of Botan, the ferrywoman of the River Styx, and Koenma, the pacifier-sucking judge of the dead. Official Full Color Version!

Known for the compilation *"Captivated, by You"*, Wayama’s first serialization in a Josei magazine is a comedy set in an all-girls school about a Japanese language teacher, Hoshi-sensei, and the carefree play that his students involve him in. The story starts when Kagawa, a student, delivers the class journal to Hoshi-sensei. As the students play word chain game "Shiritori" in the form of drawings in the remarks column of the journal, Hoshi-sensei becomes troubled… --- - **Won the 25th Japan Media Arts Festival Social Impact Award for Manga in 2022**

Musashino Art University, Department of Visual Communication Design, 2021 graduation project. When he was in elementary school, a boy who had been trying to save his childhood friend from being bullied by a bully turned violent. Now, as a junior high school student, his classmates nickname him "Kaiju-kun" and distance themselves from him. One day, a girl who is "half Kaiju" joins his class. She seems to have come to school to make friends with many people...... A heartwarming monster coming-of-age story about the pain of school life and friendship!

It has been 3 years since the first dungeon, a giant cave filled with monsters, was born. In a world where dungeon raiders are common, Yoshimura, who lives his life as company livestock, unexpectedly (and unfortunately?) ranks first in the world rankings! Wishing for a more laidback lifestyle, he retires and decides to enter the dungeon. Wielding unknown skills that he has gotten, he joins the the frontline of the dungeon raiders. What will be the future of his laidback life?

Sunday Webry Newcomer Award, March 2021, 4-Page Division, Third Place. An up-and-coming mangaka thinks back on drawing as she takes a bath.

Sunday Webry Newcomer Award, March 2021, 4-Page Division, Third Place. An up-and-coming mangaka thinks back on drawing as she takes a bath.

There was once a doctor fixated on creating the "ideal human being." After the doctor's death, his fabricant creations start attacking humans in order to attain the perfect body. When Ashibi Yao's entire family is murdered by these fabricants, he sets out on a journey of revenge accompanied by the doctor's final creation, Fabricant 100.

Sunday Webry Newcomer Award, September 2022, Free Division, Honorable Mention. A man is curiously gifted one of his own flowers by his mailwoman. What are the implications behind this gift?