Saeko is happy. Even if she is poor, even if she has no education, even if she is a single mother. As long as she has her only daughter, Yui. Beautiful Saeko dotes on her ugly daughter, who looks nothing like her, and today as well, she gathers happiness for her daughter by any means necessary.

Set in Central Asia in a rural town near the Caspian Sea during the 19th century, the story revolves around a young woman, Amir, who arrives from a distant village across the mountains to marry Karluk, a boy eight years her junior. The story unfolds among details of everyday family and community life. However, the peaceful atmosphere is disturbed when Amir's family demands to take her back to their village.

Note: Nominated for the 4th and 6th Manga Taisho. Won the 7th annual Manga Taishou Award in 2014 and the intergénérations prize at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2012.

Who knew that the game I designed for fun with my friend in middle school would later become a monster that would swallow up the entire world? Taejun, who has been living a tough life with his younger sister, loses all of what he saved due to a lease fraud. In despair, he curses, "To hell with this fucking world!!" while looking at Namsan... but the next day, the curse came true! Namsan suddenly turned into a large sinkhole where man hunting golems started endlessly spawning!! The world has turned into a living hell, but Taejun realizes that these golems may be a mob he created in the past? A strategy that only he knows of. Save the world, or save just yourself.

Shingo is engaged and his fiance want to meet his parents, but Shingo is reluctant because of a family secret. His mother is in reality his father, he had a sex-change surgery and later married a man, that now is Shingo stepfather. Also Shingo parents own a transvestite bar, his mother being one of the star, the other being all transvestites, one of then having a love interest in Shingo, that is trying to hide that part of his life to his fiance and office coworkers. Shingo also have other secret, he have phimosis, and need to have a circumcision to correct the problem before to marry his fiance. Knowing of this problem one of the transvestites recommend him a doctor that do works for them, and is very discrete. When he goes to the surgeon, the transvestites disguise him as a woman, so he can leave the bar being unnoticed and go to the clinic for the circumcision. The doctor screws it up and thinks Shingo have asked for a sex-change. Seems circumcision is an euphemism for sex-change in the transvestite slag. The surgery is irreversible and Shingo have to start a new life as a woman, working as a OL, and having a lesbian relationship with his fiance.

Even dragons fall in love! This beautiful retelling of Chinese folktales highlights the relationships between humans and non-humans. Whether fantastical, like the love story of the Dragon King's daughter, or intense, like the connection between beast and hunter, this collection of five stories builds on traditional lore and storytelling. Future volumes in the series will explore more Chinese-inspired tales about foxes, tigers, and beyond! [Seven Seas]

I’m not sure why I decided to buy a medusa in the slave market, but since then she insists a lot that I remove the blindfold from her eyes. Is she trying to petrify me? Or does she really want to see me with her own eyes?

The young girl Moli who was about to enter high school, was struck by lightning while running late and was sent to Continent of Mingzu. What is this, so it’s a Q version of a world?! What about the promised beautiful youth! Oh well, at least everyone is half beast~ I’ll reluctantly join in for the time being! The status of a magician or some other heavy responsibilities like that, I don’t want it. I just want to foolishly spend my sweet time being. Selfish!

Panic disorder, depression, developmental disorder, PTSD... Japan is said to be a country of hidden mental illnesses, where many patients suffer from mental illnesses without being able to talk to anyone. The suicide rate is one of the worst among developed countries. How has Japan fallen into this kind of situation? Psychiatrist Konosuke Yowai confronts the problems facing Japan's psychiatric care and sheds light on the shadows in people's minds.

A spin-off of the Yuru Yuri series featuring Sakurako and her sisters.

Keisuke Agatsuma, is a high school student with a great sense of comedy. A student named Jun Tsujimoto transfers to his school. Both share ideas and form a plan to make a stand-up comedian duo. They aim to become pro together, despite the many hardships they will face.

Question: What is the format of competitive quiz bowls, called "golden rule" by truly able players?Answer: 7 Right 3 WrongExplanation: It means that one wins when he gets seven correct answers, or gets disqualifed when he gives three incorrect answers. It's a standard rule loved by competitive quiz bowl players.

The story follows Richard Ranashinha Dvorpian, a handsome British jewelry appraiser, and Seigi Nakata, a bright and upright Japanese college student. The duo solves various jewel-related cases by unraveling the hidden psychological aspects of their owners that lie within the gems.

While working as a small supporting actor in a movie, Ki Man Sung has nothing else going for him.
However, that was when ,through mysterious circumstance, the movie set had become reality during filming.
With the sound of the director’s cut, during that short take, he’s not an actor but actually thrown into the events occurring, showing the pain and emotions he faces in that moment.
He can only come back if he creates that perfect take…!
Can he grow to become the greatest actor?

I was transported into the romantic fantasy novel my younger sister was reading, not as the male lead but as the second male lead. If I remember correctly, this punk is fated to go into war in the future and die in the male lead’s place. Okay, I’ve made up my mind. Let’s not go anywhere near the main characters and stay healthy until I can go home.

A skill useless from the beginning, . Regardless, in order to save a childhood friend who sacrificed her body to protect him, Touru spent twenty-five years developing the skill. Once completed, the skill could completely defy the world’s common sense. Touru, the girl, the naughty child they picked up in a back alley, and the old landlord lady join together as companions, setting out on an adventure to become heroes. A man who lived through the depths of despair decided to move forward and widen his horizons.

At the end of the twenty-first century, a rare disease named "Cagaster" began infecting the human race — transforming them into massive insects. Two-thirds of Earth's population had been devoured by these insects before humanity came to a decision: those that were infected must be exterminated.

In the year 2125 — thirty years after the discovery of Cagaster — a young exterminator named Kidou finds a man dying from insect-inflicted wounds at the edge of the desert near the insects' "cage". The dying man entrusts Kidou with his daughter, Ilie, and tells him to seek out the girl's mother.

In a mountainside bakery, Konta, a young shopkeeper, comes across Mamita, a stranded alien looking for food. As Konta winds up taking him in as his little brother, so begins the story of the baker and the little alien.

The literature industry is suffering from the publishing recession. While the literary magazine 'Mokuren' was grieving over the present state of affairs, a composition intended for their Newcomer's Award was sent to their editing department. However, it completely ignored the application rules. It should have been torn to shreds, but the work caught the eye of a sole editor. As a result, the world began to change.

This is a story about a high school boy who is afraid of big tits and gets caught up with the new transfer student with big tits!

Sakura Chiyo tries confessing to her crush, Nozaki-kun, but he mistakes her as a fan! Unable to convey her feelings, what happens when he invites her to his house? Find out in this hilarious series.

Nominated for the 8th Manga Taisho Award.