He's short, weak, and has just transferred to a new school. Kurumatani Sora is the main character in this story who loves basketball. He has... more>> been shooting hoops ever since he was little and has been trying to grow tall just like his mother, who "used" to be a basketball player. What happened to her and what Sora will do at the new school is all up to you to find out! <<less

High school girl Akari mourns the loss of her mother who died when she shielded Akari from an oncoming truck a year ago. She discovers... more>> an adventure game her mother had gotten for her birthday some time ago, but never had a chance to finish. Suddenly, she is summoned to be the mother of the Demon Lord's 10 children in another world... <<less

Life’s not easy for a child of Heaven and Hell! Given a second chance to live, Jo Ara was happy to trade her dire past for a world of fantasy and magic. The only catch is she was reborn as Irene Neros Parjunel, the beloved newborn child of the southern demon king! ... more>>

With the god of the underworld and her deceased mother watching over her, she sets out to discover her place in this world. Throw in a snarky angel godmother and a stubborn demon godfather, and it's the perfect setting for mischief and chaos! Will Irene succeed in helping her father battle the threats that plague him? And after making plenty of friends along the way, can she finally experience true love, too? <<less

If you're born in Japan and you play football, you'll eventually want to wear the national team uniform! It's the same for everyone! Ichijou Ryuu is a boy whose dream is to become a Japan national team player. With his twin childhood friends, Yuuto and Yuki, their first goal is to win the Japan Under-12 Football Championship!... more>>

The excitement of a one-on-one! The tension in front of goal! The elation from pulling off the perfect link up play! The essence of what makes football enjoyable is here.

Won the Shogakukan Manga Award for Best Shonen Manga in 2014. <<less

"Classes" are given at the age of 10, and the presence or absence of "skills" greatly affect life. Arel, the son of "Sword Princess" Fara... more>> and "Magic King" Leon, has been branded as "Classless"... But even without a job or skills, Arel believes he can persevere through effort. <<less

Seiichi Osabe is just a normal if not insular 14-year-old boy with a beautiful, loving mother and a hardworking father. The bond between him and his mother is iron-clad, but when an accident involving his cousin sows the seeds of doubt in his head, Seiichi begins to question whether his mother's doting nature is normal, or something more sinister and abnormal. Where do you draw the line between motherly love and unhealthy adoration? And how can you tell where that line is when your mother's love is all you've ever known?... more>>

(Source: Anime-Planet) <<less

Enthusiastic Koji is a 12-year-old boy, who got what it takes to become a Crystal Brawler. But not as much as the others.. .But once... more>> he applies for Crystal Brawlers middle school, he discovers that fusing with Crystal Monsters can give students supernatural powers. However, catching up to become a Master Champion seems to be afar for him, but must do whatever it takes to reach his goal by overcoming obstacles, thick and thin! <<less

Activate the strongest vest system and get a new status every week.... more>>

Some people are ordinary students on the surface, but behind the scenes he is the chairman of a multinational group, a peerless genius doctor, a chef who makes the world crazy, the world's top killer, and a superb hypnotist.

In short, he has countless vests.

Su Xun: I really just want to be an ordinary person, why is it so difficult? <<less

A young man suddenly awakens in the middle of an open field, with only his lame pajamas as company.... more>>

Apparently he was summoned as a "Sorcerer King of Destruction" to destroy the world. What the hell?!

But nothing's going to happen by staying depressed, so why not make a golem with earth magic! And then...?

Exploring another world with the strongest inhuman partner! <<less

Witches suddenly declare war against humans, causing two-thirds of the world to fall apart. ... more>>

They summon monsters called "Supporters" and devastate human residences but why?

Survivors gather people with the power to combat the witches and called them Witch Hunters! Tasha Godspell is one of the strongest nicknamed "The Marksman" along with his "Jack-O-Lantern" looking Supporter. He fights the witches but cannot really bring himself to hate them. <<less

A speck of dust can fill an ocean. A blade of grass can destroy the sun, moon, and the stars. A flick of a finger can turn the world upside down.... more>>

Groups of heroes rise, and innumerable clans stand together. Various saints fight for power as the entire world falls into chaos. I ask the boundless Mother Earth: Who decides the ups and downs?

A young man walks out of the barren wilderness, and everything starts from there… <<less

The story follows Hikari Shirochi, an ordinary high-school boy whose hobbies are games and PC-modding. In the first chapter, mysterious phenomena occur to his body,... more>> which conducts static electricity unusually well. <<less

Regular high school boy Toru Takahashi is in love with high school girl Yuri Otogane, but she’s not really into guys. Toru decides to win... more>> Yuri’s heart by embracing his feminine side so he enlists the help of one of his “girly” friends, Toranosuke Sagara, to help develop his sense of beauty... <<less

In the 13th century, the Mongolian Empire rapidly expands across the globe. Later historians who studied the prophecies of Nostradamus would say that Mongolia was the birthplace of the "Great King of Terror," Angolmois. And eventually, the forces of the Mongolian Empire would turn their attention toward Japan; 1274: The Bun'ei Invasion. The exiled samurai Jinzaburo Kuchii is in Kamakura when he finds himself face to face with this invasion.... more>>

This story is a fresh look at the great battle that rocked all of medieval Japan: the Mongol Invasion. It shows how the people of Tsushima panicked, struggled, and eventually rose up against the overwhelming forces of their enemy. <<less

During the political upheavals and social strife at the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan (1855), two parent-less brothers Yukimura Shoutarou and Yukimura Gentarou... more>> struggle to survive in these turbulent times. With their only possession being their deceased father's sword and clinging onto the wisdom of their mother's final words, the brothers seek to embark on the Path of the Warrior: Sidooh. <<less

The island nation of Alistria is ravaged by civil war. The Waldrons are a small family of father, mother and young daughter running an arms shop there. But a cruel military plot leaves the father dead, the daughter taken away, and the mother beaten down with her left eye lost.... more>>

But Sophia Waldron is no ordinary stricken mother or weeping widow. She takes up the only sniper rifle remaining in the ruins of their humble little store and sets out with only one goal in mind: revenge against the army that took away everything she cared about. <<less

Musashi is a teenager living under demon rule. As children, he and his best friend made a promise: to become the greatest warriors in the... more>> world and overthrow the demons. But life intervenes, and five years later, he finds himself about to become a miner. Yet can Musashi truly be satisfied with a "normal" life? <<less

In the future, mankind has been able to create machine bodies so they can be able to live for thousands of years. Humans are now second class citizens and if they do not acquire an mechanical body, they are either hunted or forced to live a life of poverty. ... more>>

Tetsuro Hoshino is a young boy whose mother is killed by the machine men for a hunting trophy. Outraged, Tetsuro seeks out revenge and vows to keep his word to his mother to get a machine body. He soon meets a woman named Maetel who gives him a free ticket on the space train Galaxy Express, which if he rides, he will be able to receive a free mechanical body. But nothing is as it seems as rumors rise that all who board the train never return.

This is a story of how one boy learns about the world and his quest for a new body.

Note: Originally serialized in Shuukan Shounen King from 1977 to 1981, a sequel was serialized in various incarnations of Big Comic from 1996 to 2005. In tankoubon form, this sequel wasn't released as a stand alone titled, but tacked on reprints of the original series. This means, for example, that Shogakukan's 1997 release covers the original series in volume 1 to 14 and the sequel in Volumes 15 to 21.

Won Shougakukan Award in 1977 for Shounen Manga category

Viz released five volumes of the sequel. The original manga has yet to be translated into English. <<less

Two boys met on a stormy night: Tsukushi, a boy with no special traits at all, and Jin, a soccer genius. On that night, Jin drags Tsukushi into the world of high-school soccer.... more>>

It was nominated for Best Shōnen Manga at the 39th Kodansha Manga Awards.

The series was number twelve in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2014.

Won the 40th Kodansha Manga Award for Shounen in 2016. <<less

Saijou Mikoto was born with a bad heart. It was thanks to the incredible skills of Japan's leading pediatric heart surgeon, Shindou Mamoru, that he... more>> survived into adolescence, and he's decided to show his gratitude by becoming the greatest pediatric surgeon the world has ever known. <<less

"Sugihara, a North Korean, began studying at a Japanese high-school. Since his father was an ex-pro boxer, Sugihara knew how to fight other Japanese boys... more>> who challenges him to a fight because of his nationality. At one party Sugihara meets a girl who would only let him know of her family name: Sakurai..." <<less

In a town with no baseball team, young Bungo spends his days throwing the ball he received as a gift against a wall until Yukio... more>> Noda, Japan’s representative youth baseball player, appears before him and an unexpected showdown ensues! After a chance meeting in middle school, these two enroll in Shizuo Senior where they struggle to make it to Koshien with everything they have. <<less

Once upon a time, when all of creation were still untouched by mankind, when all creation of the world were considered gods... ... more>>

In the world of the Eastland that transcends time and space, a war breaks out between heroes, who fight for their own destiny! <<less

All her life, Chihaya's dream was to see her model sister become Japan's best... That is, until a quiet, unassuming transfer student named Arata tells her otherwise. A dream, he explains to her, is something she needs to work at herself. ... more>>

Arata plays a competitive version of a traditional Japanese card game, known as Hyakunin Isshu, in a way Chihaya has never seen before. After taking Arata's place in a game, Chihaya discovers she has a passion for it. Now Chihaya wants to become number one in the world, the Queen of Karuta.

Note: Won the 2nd Manga Taisho Award and the 35th annual Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shoujo.

Was nominated for the 20th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2016. <<less

Rygart Arrow is the only one in his world who lacks the inherent ability to power up quartz, the energy source that makes all of the machines run. Nevertheless, he's pretty well connected. The King and Queen of his country of Krisna happen to be old college friends. But so is Zess, the guy who is leading the army of a neighboring kingdom in an attack on Krisna.... more>>

How did it comes to this? There's little time to ponder the implications as an army in giant, mechanized battle suits attacks. Arrow just feels like he's in the way - until he comes across a powerful, ancient mech that no one has yet to be able to figure out how to run. But his natural affinity for the suit's operating mechanism may just turn Arrow into the most important player of all. <<less