If you've ever had a guy steal your girl through the use of a squid-related judo move, this oneshot will definitely speak to you!

It straddles the line between being comedic and just plain odd. If I had to give it some deep meaning, I'd say it speaks to the futility of life. Sometimes the bad guys just win, and the good guys get embarrassed.

A collection of short stories:

1. Hissatsu! Madonna Densetsu
Himeno's met her match in beauty, but it just so happens that Mikoto is a guy!

2. Gekikara Baby!
Hokuto is a strong girl who hates playboys. You'll find her reason why.

3. Tekken Baby!
Maki is hiding the fact that she's abnormally strong from her boyfriend, Chigusa, who isn't the type to be strong himself, but she doesn't have anything to worry about?

4. Fire Baby
Hino is very passionate about her table tennis, and won't stop until she beats anyone who insults her beloved sport!

5. Tennen Bad Boy
Kiyoka knows something about Amano-kun that no one else knows.

Sakurada is a photographer whose main activity centers around gravure idol photography. He also has a special ability that allows him to hear the voice of boobs. Navigate through the tough photography industry with the help of boobs with various boob-sonalities!

One day in a sunny leisure day, a woman visited my house and asked me if I’m interested in managing a dungeon along with support from a goddess. But of course, I refused. Eh? I shouldn’t ignore a person in trouble, moreover if it’s a beautiful woman? No way, that’s too bothersome and why do I have to do that? I’m perfectly satisfied with my comfortable life now, throwing it away is just overly stupid... Sigh, fine. So I just go to another world, become a dungeon master, manage a dungeon, and deal with a mana circulation problem? Understood, but how to do it? Let me show you how...

From Yen Press:

Da-Eh, an aspiring manhwa artist who lives with her father and little brother, comes across Sun-Nam, a softie whose ultimate goal is simply to become a “tough guy.” Whenever these two meet, trouble follows. Meanwhile, Ta-Jun, the hottest guy in town, finds himself drawn to the one girl that his killer smile doesn’t work on — Da-Eh. With their complicated family history weighing heavily on their shoulders, watch how these three teenagers find their way out into the world!

Historie takes place in ancient Greece and follows the life of Eumenes and his childhood, who would later in his life grow up to be the secretary and general to Alexander the Great.

Note: Won the 16th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize's Grand Prize in 2012. Won the 14th Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize for Manga.

Gone are the days of swordsmanship and chivalry. Now is the age of gunpowder and war. Our story has two players. The first is Orcsen, a unified nation with many demonic races, led by the oft-reviled orcs. And the second is Elfind, the kingdom ruled by the beautiful yet vainglorious elves. Dineru, chieftain of the dark elves, has been forced to flee her homeland from enemies she had once trusted as friends. In the midst of their forced diaspora, she has a fated encounter with the leader of Orcsen, the orc king Gustav...

The three kingdoms. The era where heroes flocked in order to defeat the world. The best-armed follicles got lost in history due to a momentary mistake. The last moments of life… “Give me one more chance, I promise I’ll defeat the world!” When I opened my eyes, the follicle was in it’s twenties. It went back in time, with its tumultuous spirit beginning to unfold!

Shirahama Kenichi is a book lover who has just entered high school, but he is often bullied by others. One day, he became good friends with the new transfer student, Fuurinji Miu, who was also looking for a friend. Kenichi was shocked at how powerful she is at first, but he is still somehow attracted to her...

From Fantasyshrine:

The so-called “Hard-boiled man” famous novelist, Takamura, came to a seaside village and encountered a youth named Midori, who bewitched Takamura with his jade green eyes. But before the cynical novelist realized it, he was dragged into a small hostel ran by Midori’s family! Later, Takamura learned that both Midori and him shared similar heartbreaking childhood experience, yet Midori never lost his faith and trust. In anger and frustration, Takamura violated Midori! How would these two come to terms with their feelings for each other?

Chapter 4 also published in Yatte Yaru, Konya! (chap 3).

All human beings have various interests, hobbies, and tastes. Akane’s brother is such a guy who can't even talk about such things but instead has been secretly watching his sister. He discovered though her secret, as she saw her doing SM...!? Can this be true…? A secret love story of an older sister and her younger brother unfolds…

A misty day at the waterfront. In relation to Forget-me-notImari lives by herself with a stray cat that found her one day. In short chapters, this is the story of her lazy everyday life eating, drinking, and napping on her bed naked with cats.

1-3. Hitai ni Mikazuki
Ten years ago, Yutaka followed Azusa but ended up falling from a tree. Because of that, she has a moon shaped scar on her forehead. Then the two separated, but when he came back, he was a shinobi! (From ShoujoLove)

4. Gakuen Nanafushigi-kun (学園七不思議くん)

5. Kirakira Ichibanboshi (キラキラ一番星)

Kenzaki Ryuunosuke is a new editor for Weekly Shounen Magazine, but his love for an unpopular series gets him no love with his coworkers. He meets Takanashi Tsubasa, an aspiring mangaka, and seeks to prove himself by making her the number one manga artist in Japan.

After the body dies, the soul lives on. Many spirits progress toward the world of light, through the levels of the spirit world where they study how to improve their souls. These spirits are sometimes reincarnated into the physical world, and sometimes they are sent back as guardian spirits for other living people. Guardian spirits must protect their charge's souls from the blackness that oozes up from the world of darkness below.

Riyon is a very laid-back spirit, who often skips her spirit classes to fool around. To train her further, she is sent back to the physical world as a guardian spirit. Instead of following a human from birth, she is helping a beleaguered man, the Japanese Prime Minister Kasuga Soichiro, in the last year and a half of his life. After an unexpected close call with death, Kasuga gains some unusual talents, including the ability to see Riyon. Will Riyon and Kasuga together be able to protect his battered soul?

From MangaHelpers:
Multiple instances of mysterious mass deaths are erupting all over the city. The only similarity between each mass death is the time in which the victims were found dead. Trainee doctor Sasaki finds himself in the midst of one of these mass death events. He must now fight his way out of a dungeon ruled by a man-eating monster: "Hitokui." As other humans are slaughtered and eaten alive around him, will he be able to escape out of this dungeon and bring an end to these mass murders?

The story revolves around a high school student named Shinya Matsumoto and his love story, which takes place in the summer vacation. Shinya unexpectedly encounters a car accident, which results in a mother and son being taken to a hospital. The son, Daisuke Kirishima, is completely fine while his mother, Reiko Kirishima must stay in the hospital for three weeks and is unable to look after her son thereafter.

1-2) Unspeakable Relationship ~ Inoue's Case
Kensuke meets, through a dating site, a certain "Michiru-san" who's erotic, has a sexy beauty mark near his mouth, and is great at playing coy. Although they both lie and claim they're 20, Kensuke is actually 17 and Michiru-san is actually 26. Not only are they 9 years apart in age, but Michiru also ends up being a teacher at Kensuke's school! As soon as the truth is out, Michiru stoically proposes to end the relationship.

3) Unspeakable Relationship ~ Yamada's Case
It seems Inoue's friend Yamada has his own forbidden love.

4) Not Cute

5) Under Hair Cut 100

5-6) Bokura wa Tada Hashiru Dake For ten years Kousuke has followed Tomonari-senpai, from high school to college and now the company at which they both work, all the while telling himself that their friendship is enough for him. Kousuke's world tips upside down when he finds out two shocking facts in one evening that change his perspective on Tomonari drastically. 7) Call Me One day the phone rings and its some guy you met at a business function some time back. For some random reason he keeps calling once a week at the same time. Simple chit-chat, nothing special. Just when did that routine phone call begin to make me feel this way?

From Shinmakoku Scanlations:

The cute outer appearance is a disaster for Tominaga Jun. The instant he enrolled to an all-boys school, he got love confessions from his classmates and seniors!! Dislikes being judged by mere appearance, he refused all of the guys... sometimes he even had to use his fist to make them go away. Trying to be as tough as a man can be, he found himself attracted to the president of the student council body, Sakuma. Despite of his plain look, Sakuma is actually a reliable man. What will happen to Jun, who hold feelings of admiration and love for him!?