A bottom-feeder JK and a yankee boy. Bento connects these two opposites in this coming-of-age love story!

One day, Omori Sizuka, a high school girl who loves to eat and is bullied by bullies, discovers the secret that Akira Kurose, aka "Ashura-kun," the only tough yankee at school, enjoys cooking. The next day at lunchtime, Akira summons Sizuka to the rooftop and asks her to eat his homemade lunch box to keep her mouth shut.

"A delinquent guy likes a chubby girl for who she is but he’s worried about her health cause she’s eating nothing but unhealthy food. So he starts making lunches for her so her diet gets better and then romance begins"

A story where a girl of light fights against the darkness of the world.

I found myself possessed in a game I used to play occasionally.
And to top it off, I'm the female warrior of a barbarian tribe that only has bad endings.

...Alright, let's escape.

As a mountain-rescue volunteer, Shimazaki Sanpo is a man who has scaled the world’s peaks and is well acquainted with the rigors, joys, and splendor of mountains. Many alpinists make their way up mountain trails in the hope of reaching a summit in Japan’s Northern Alps, where Sanpo lives. With comments like “You really hung in there!” and “Make sure you come again!”, he cheers up the climbers as they head back to everyday life.

Won the 1st Manga Taisho Award in 2008.

Miya made a bold high school debut in an attempt to change from her once *infamously* boring self. She gets involved with another girl named Hiyo, and is convinced to enter the beautiful world of Japanese traditional instruments. Inspired by a mesmerizing live performance, Miya ends up joining Hiyo's quest to establish a "Japanese music club" and form a Japanese instrument ensemble.

A deformed female human go out with a pumpkin on her head to kill all who bullied her in the past.

The story begins with a beautiful girl, her perfectly fake smile, and the people who love her selfishly for it.

What transpires behind the scenes of the glittering showbiz industry? How far would you go for the sake of your beloved idol? What would you do if you found out reincarnation was real? The star of the show is Aquamarine Hoshino and the stage is but a mere facade. Will he manage to reach the climax before the world of glamour swallows him whole?

Note: In August 2021, Oshi no Ko won the Next Manga Award in the print category.

This is a story about the main character named Inuyama, who is on the edge of life with no job or savings. One day, he is tasked with the role of "broadcast advisor" and "pseudo-boyfriend" of a gravure idol. Can he reach the top of the world of gravure in this romantic comedy harem? ♡

Haru is a 16-year-old recruit of the "Black Hawk" 4th Cavalry Unit of the Knights' Regiment under the command of Captain Karen, a profoundly beautiful and fierce 29-year-old swordswoman, who, unbeknownst to all the unit except Haru, is a pure maiden with exactly zilch experience with men.

Being privy to this delightful side of her, Haru secretly henpecks her and teases her lovingly, which turns her into a flustered and heavily-armed tomato. Watch as he slowly inches his way into her heart as he dodges her zweihänder!

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The story begins in 1420, right as what would be known as the Bohemian War began. A young girl named Sharka is raped and left for dead among the corpses of her whole town, but she manages to survive. She is picked up by the Bohemian forces, who put a gun in her hands and take her on board as a soldier. Will Sharka be able to fight and take her vengeance?

He is a successful writer who has created a fantasy world in his novel. But he made a terrible mistake in the end, causing the protagonist to reveal himself as a traitor and the world to be dominated by the demon king. He received the wrath of readers and regretted his choice.

Then he woke up in his own novel, in the body of the villain Shin Kang Ho, a ruthless killer who works for the demon king. He is five years before the disastrous ending, and has the chance to change the fate of the world. But Kang Ho has no intention of being a hero. He knows the world is cruel and full of greed. So he decide to use his talent and knowledge to achieve everything you can, without caring about others.

Kang Ho will devour all the resources, rewards, skills and treasures he finds on his way. He will become the strongest and richest of all.

St. Dorothea Academy is a prestigious girls school with rich history. It values friendship of its students and there’s a tradition to appoint 2 students who showed the most beautiful friendship to be “La Raine” every year. It’s said that La Raine, with their eternal friendship guiding the other students, is the one that puts the academy to shine…

Hachiya Tanpopo is just transferred to that school, and this is what she thinks, “Lol”.

Mai Shintani, who works at the Kitakabane Police Station was suddenly assigned in the "Organized Crime
Countermeasures Division", commonly known as the "Sotai". Immediately after that, she gained influence within
her jurisdiction. The leader of expanding yakuza faction "Tatsygamigumi" Shogo Mikuro mysteriously disappeared.
There's a tension in the conflict between cases of opposing Yakuza groups. And for some reason, Shintani is looking
composed at the northern police station. Behind it is an absurd shocking truth?!

The greatest labyrinth of the 20th century, a drama for working men and women in a town called a Kowloon walled city. Daily adult romance in a gentle dystopia, a new life gently.

"...It's fine if I want to live."

Flamme was chosen to join the hero's party even though all her stats were zero. The only thing she had was an ability with no known effects, "Inversion." It was completely worthless in combat, but even still, she wasn't discouraged and did whatever she could for the party. However, the famous genius sage Jean was unsympathetic and did whatever he could to drive her out, finally resorting to selling her into slavery.

Even at the slave shop, Flamme was persecuted endlessly, finally being fed to horrific monsters just to serve as entertainment. However, when she picked up the "Cursed Greatsword" that was supposed to melt her body away, her life was quickly 'inverted.'

The curse turned into a blessing, and her despair became inverted—this was the start of a dark fantasy interwoven between two young girls!

Who will you “play” with tonight—? A sweet and sugary harem romantic comedy about sleeping with elves ♡

After killing the Demon Lord, Blum Dilmond was pursued by the kingdom and forced to leave the country. While spending days trying to avoid the assassins aiming at his neck, he suddenly came up with an idea. He could hide inside the dungeon that was once the Demon Lord’s hideout. If it’s there, then he could be safe.

Without hesitating Blum went into the dungeon, but then he met someone unexpected in the lower levels, one of his former companions with whom he fought side by side against the Demon Lord. Moreover, a maid, called Irene, who once served the Demon Lord is also there. And so since their interests happened to match, the three of them decided to cooperate together to rebuild the worn-out dungeon, working earnestly in order to turn it into their own safe paradise.
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Ume and Momo, the two cat sisters, share their lives under one roof.
Their days may seem uneventful, but within those moments, they discover countless sources of happiness and joy.

Akira Azuma is a tall, attractive, but aloof Kusunoki High School freshman girl and all-around athlete. Hiyori Motohashi is a short Kusunoki freshman girl in the school's broadcasting club. While trying to set up coverage on Akira, Hiyori finds herself attracted to Akira's mysterious charm.

The main character is the son of an English woman of noble birth and a Japanese zoologist. Keaton went to England at the age of five with his mother after his parents' divorce. There he learned archeology at Oxford University, where he met his wife with whom he has a daughter, Yuriko. They divorced after five years. He works as an operative/detective for Lloyds of London where he's known for his abilities he acquired as a master sergeant in the SAS and as a veteran of the Falklands War, and was one of the members of the Iran Embassy incident. This helps him carry out his dangerous work of insurance investigator.

Note: Was nominated for Eisner Awards in 2015.