With her mother dead and father long gone, Chise Hatori has spent her childhood being passed unwanted from relative to relative, until she finally makes her unfortunate way to a strange and improbable auction block. Offered as a "slay vega" to the highest bidder, Chise is purchased by the (literally) boneheaded Elias Ainsworth, who promises to take her on as his apprentice. Elias is a mage, and his world is one of dragons and faeries - but before Chise can begin to get accustomed to all that nonsense, Elias drops another bombshell. Apparently Chise isn't just intended to be his apprentice - she will also be his bride.... more>>

Nominated for the 8th Manga Taisho Award. <<less

The battle with Orochi took place at Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan, during the Tenshou Period -- 300 years before the events of... more>> Donten ni Warau. This is the story of that battle. <<less

In the Kingdom of Caliburn, there exists three powerful witches. They were adored by the public, until the Third Witch was branded as an traitor by the First Witch. Many years later, the Third Witch’s apprentice, Alfred, meets a girl who wants to save her father from exile. These are the adventures of two very different people with one common goal.... more>>

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Sketchbook revolves around a group of high school students who are members of the art club at their school. The plot follows a slice-of-life style... more>> via the students' experiences at school through the club. The main character is a shy, quiet girl named Sora Kajiwara who goes through life at her own pace. She tends to look at the little things in life, and is often in awe of the simpler things. Sora knows several stray cats around her town and has given them names. <<less

It's the early 20th century and Aoi is a young newspaper reporter investigating a series of grisly murders. When she gets too close to the... more>> culprit, she discovers that there is a secret team of vampires working for the military...and that one of the vampires is her supposedly dead friend! This team, known as Code Zero, is the government's best hope at stopping violence caused by other vampires. What on earth has Aoi stepped into? <<less

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Kinji had it made: a swank apartment, a real estate empire, and enough cash to lounge around living the good life. After a freak magical accident, he washes up in another world, all but enslaved to a crooked corporation. In a fantastical land where money is everything, there's only one way for an Earthling to get ahead: make your fortune, by any means necessary! Dragons, goblins, and the occasional dubious potion won't stop Kinji's quest for the world's biggest bank account. The Black Company is open for business!

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In the 16th Century Holy Roman Empire, witch-hunting is at its height—with any kind of misfortune being attributed to them. As a result, those accused... more>> of being witches, regardless of truth or circumstances, are tortured, and executed. It just happens that the naturally people-loving witch, Marie, lives during this time—and she wants to live alongside humans! But she can't let anyone find out she's a witch! <<less

Crimes commited using manned combat-androids dubbed "Katana" run rampant.... more>>

In an effort to maintain order, the government has organized the AKCD - "Anti Katana Crime Division."

Togusa of the 8th squad of the AKCD, while holding existential doubts as a Human-Katana hybrid, continually casts himself into battle... <<less

Mihama Academy - on the surface, a closed learning environment established to nurture students who find themselves at odds with the world around them; in actuality, an orchard-cum-prison built to preserve fruit that has fallen too far from its tree.... more>>

Whatever the circumstances behind its establishment, Mihama Academy is at present home to five female students, all with their own reasons for "enrollment." For better or worse, each girl has established a routine obliging of her current situation; life moves at an idle, yet accommodating pace within the walls of Mihama.

Yet with the arrival of the institute's first male student, the nearly preposterously opaque Kazami Yuuji, the students at Mihama begin to fall out of step with their predetermined rhythms. Will Yuuji prove to be the element the girls around him needed to take hold of their lives once more, or will the weight of their pasts prove too steep a wall to overcome?

Based on the visual novel of the same name by Front Wing. This spin-off focuses heavily on Yumiko Sakaki's story. <<less

In a world split between the Inside and the Outside, those living in both realms are told never to cross over to the other side,... more>> lest they be cursed. A young girl named Shiva lives on the other side, in a vacant village with a demonic guardian known only as “Teacher.” Although the two are forbidden to touch, they seem to share a bond that transcends their disparate appearances. But when Shiva leaves Teacher's care to seek out her grandmother, the secret behind her mysterious living arrangement comes to light. <<less

The small country Sunkwoll is in a tight spot because it's under attack of the great country Zarmine. But the general, Rain, who's reputed to be an exceptionally gifted swordsman, is against the war and won't enter the battle. But how is one supposed to wage a war like this anyway?... more>>

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Why not read about a popular craft beer now? Kenzaki Nana, who works in an advertising agency in Kyoto, was frustrated that the people in the company weren’t treating her fairly. At that time, she encountered a shop owner, Nonami Ryuichi and a photographer, Ashikari Tetsuo and a craftbeer at the Izakaya “Shiro Kuma”.... more>>

All the featured beers are real! The Kyoto Craft Beer Story begins! <<less

With Japan in the midst of a bloody revolution, an elite cadre of samurai swordsmen known as the Shinsengumi must protect the embattled city of Kyoto. Tetsunosuke Ichimura has spent his life dreaming of working at the Shinsengumi, and his wish has recently been fulfilled. As a page for Vice-Commander Hijikata Toshizo, he is privy to a wealth of secrets and is among Japan's highest ranking officials, some of whom are actual historical figures. When a strange gun-toting swordsman, Ryoma Sakamoto, recognizes Tetsunosuke and his brother as the sons of someone he calls the "Peacemaker," trouble brews and the other Shinsengumi run the outsider out of town. ... more>>

Full of action, this sword-fighting and gun-toting story is centered on the bakumatsu, a chaotic and bloody time of revolution that would ultimately result in the disbanding of the samurai and the opening up and Westernization of Japan. Fifteen-year-old Tetsu must witness the war around him, and perhaps gain some amount of wisdom about the samurai. <<less

After the case occurring in 2116 in the Southeast Asian Union (the SEAUn), Shinya Kogami continues to wander. In a small South Asian country, Kogami... more>> rescues a bus carrying refugees being attacked by armed guerrillas. Among them is a girl named Tenzing. Tenzing begs Kogami to teach her how to fight in order to take revenge. What kind of world exists wherein a girl seeking revenge and a man capable of exacting his own both see possibility in the margins of a place with no way out? <<less

It's been a thousand years since the world was covered in a sea of sand. The former scientific civilization has perished, and the surviving humans... more>> are in a harsh struggle for survival against giant water-stealing creatures known as aqua gorgers. One day, Noah, a boy who lives in a remote sea area, saves a woman who is being chased by aqua gorgers, but she turns out to be an incarnation of the God of Fire, who has the power to burn anything she touches...!? A boy and a girl travel in search of paradise at the end of the sand sea. A hyperclassical desert punk fantasy!!! <<less

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Technology has now allowed people to be numerically categorized based on their psychological, physical, and emotional traits. People have begun using this technology to standardize what everyone considers a "good way to live." They call this system "PSYCHO-PASS."... more>>

Although all people know the standard "good way to live," crime still occurs. Kougami Shinya and his colleagues are part of the governmental agency that apprehends individuals deemed lacking under the PSYCHO-PASS standard. His agency is actually comprised of individuals who were once found to be problematic for society. They are now the dogs of the government. <<less

A dragon expelled from his family because of his cowardliness in search of a new home in a world full of elves, gnomes, orcs and... more>> other creatures. <<less

A masterpiece theater and a new movie theater founded in 1965 in the city. Wakaba, a super-cool and salt-friendly projection technician girl, worked there. Mr.... more>> Wakaba, who silently puts the film on the projector in the narrow and hot movie room, has a lot of secret fans ...? <<less

Keisuke spends his days as if he has died after breaking up with his beloved girlfriend Chizuko. One day, he meets a boy, Koushi, who... more>> claims to be the child of Chizuko and Keisuke. Keisuke is happy to have a connection with her, but is told that Chizuko is dead. Koushi, who was brought up by his grandmother, wants to meet the recipient of her transplanted organs. Why couldn't the two of them be happy? A summer-long family report on a man who lost his love and a boy searching for his beloved face. <<less

Shiina is a serious man who has wanted to be a zoology professor since he was a child. He was infamous for always carrying around... more>> many massive books. Now 28 years old, Shiina is an associate professor who works diligently to train future zoologists at a university while looking after his childfood friend, Chitose. Chitose is also an associate professor in the biology department and apparently always walks around with penguins. So he is quite infamous in his own right. Chitose has a weak constitution and always needs Shiina’s help. This manga focuses on the trials, tribulations, and future of the young associate professor, Shiina. <<less