Overworked, still single, 38-year-old salaryman Sakurai Kazuaki collides with a young man at the train station - causing the magazine he was carrying to be spoiled. This young man, Minagawa Youichi, is a student at an art college and lives in a big, old-fashioned mansion with two of his cousins. Since he happens to own the same magazine, he takes Sakurai to his house, saying "If I trade my copy with yours, you'll have nothing to complain about, right?"

Despite feeling annoyed and frustrated by the unsociable Youichi's arrogant behaviour, Sakurai soon finds himself a frequent visitor of the secluded household, inexplicably drawn to its enigmatic owner...

In order to become a Strong and Cool girl, the highschool girl Mie Tsukasa joins a professional wrestling organization. Follow her intensive training every day together with her trainer, with the aim of becoming a pro-wrestler.

Five stories, including his debut work, Strange Ferry Tale; The Puppet Princess, an epic, action-filled tale of a beautiful princess and a young ninja; and Shall We Go Out Walking by Night?, a bizarre romance that introduces the detective Skuya Shuuhei. Fujita Kazuhiro presents: Night Songs, his first collection of short stories!!

A series of loosely-connected vignettes, each lead to the next by a stray thought. A young hit-man chased from his home; a dropped key to a bloody room; a meat-locker to hide a corpse; the watchful eyes of crows; a criminal's chance at salvation; the sight of music in the air. Where will this story take you, and in what place will it end?

One of the first Super Robot manga and the one that introduced most of the traits of the Mecha genre. Constructed with the Super-Alloy Z, Mazinger was built by Professor Juzo Kabuto as a weapon against the Mechanical Beasts of the evil Dr. Hell. Koji Kabuto, the grandson of Professor Kabuto, becomes the pilot of Mazinger Z when his grandfather is killed, and battles from there on against Dr. Hell and his allies. This is the first series that introduced the concept of a pilot inside a Mecha, which all series from then on have followed.

A bustling city, crowded streets... But always would the night fall... And when it does, in those dark corners, who is staring out unnervingly? Who is laughing hauntingly? How many secrets, how many tears are silently echoing in this endlessly lonely void?

Koizumi Yuta is a 14-year-old boy who has quite a bit of a problem. The demon princess of the magical world, Lucia, has to procreate with him. That child would have the ability to engulf the entire world for seven whole days. Mikamoto El and Kasukabe Rie are the two angels assigned to make sure that doesn't happen. Kasukabe Rie happens to be the girl he likes. Just how is he going to survive this ordeal?

Note: Included in the limited fourth volume edition is a special collaboration booklet (comic) between Princess Lucia and Kimi no Iru Machi.

It’s Re-chan and Fuyu-chan’s last day of high school.

From Shoujo Crusade:

One day, Hirazono Satsuki, while walking home from work, finds a girl in a garbage dump. He ends up taking her home and she introduces herself as Riene, an exorcist. She is on a quest to find somebody who took care of her before, a girl named Satsuki. Could he be the same Satsuki?

"The Aoi that normally appears cool to everyone around her is actually very cute."

A collection of 24 short stories about the troubles and stress at work faced by a wide variety of people, including a novelist, a dancer with a secret, a rabbit-powered bus driver and an elephant tamer.

Okiguchi Hiroyuki is an animator who is doing something he truly enjoys - drawing key animation frames for animes. Then right before the deadline for another set of key frames, a new blonde-bomb-shell production assistant comes to pick up his work. But is that all she intends to take from our protagonist?

Third-year high school student Aya, who's secretly afraid of water, manages her high school's swim club. It's her last summer as manager and her final time managing the swim club for the Inter High Meet, but perceptive Takeru figures out her secret.

From Manga Abyss:

Super genius inventor Shizuka, a.k.a. the walking National Treasure, fell in love at first sight with Hajime-kun when she was 10 years old. She hasn't stopped pursuing him for 6 years! Every day, she worked hard to invent something that will get Hajime-kun to fall in love with her. Will she ever be able to win Hajime-kun's heart?

Story takes place 20 years after the events in Love Neko. Asakura who invented Nekoko for his teacher Eiji when he was in high school, now owns a company that makes love machines. When he tries to make one to resemble Eiji, his old crush, it all goes wrong and this new love machine is programmed as a "clumsy-type".

Asakura got mad that he made a machine so clumsy and considers him useless. Therefore, Asakura decides to give the clumsy love machine to his younger brother Minami. Asakura never named the machine, except once he called him Eiji so Minami decides to keep that name for him. Minami has a more caring and loving approach towards the clumsy little guy and their relationship blossoms.

Meanwhile, Asakura gets stuck with another love machine that didn't sell out and no one wanted. His co-workers told him to try and get to know a love machine and maybe he would like them more. The fault with this one is that half way through love making, it falls unconscious. Even though Asakura uses harsh words with him, he still wants to stay by Asakura's side and their relationship unfolds.

Two mini side stories with the characters from Love Neko appears at the end.

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From Easy Going Scans:

After the sudden death of his wife and child, John Harding spirals into despair. Deprived of his motivation to live, his attempt at suicide is unexpectedly interrupted by the arrival of a friend who wants him to coach the town's Little League team. Can John restore meaning to his life?

A bittersweet and meditative adaptation of the English language novel "The 12th Angel" by Og Mandino.

A serial killer is on the loose, and the authorities are stumped! But little do they know that this unusual case requires unusual sleuthing methods. That's where Mako Miyoshi, home detective extraordinaire, and Kyosuke Kagami, a shikigami user, come into place. Together, they'll investigate the supernatural crimes, but have they started something that might be too much for them to handle?

Includes:
She Got Off the Bus at the Peninsula:
Mitsuko Kunizaki has inherited a small grocery store from her grandmother. Being a single mother to a little boy, she intends to close it down and move on with life. However, in the solitary store that sits next to the last bus stop at the tip of a peninsula lie some long-buried memories that slowly reemerge as Mitsuko arrives at what used to be her home—memories of a lonesome childhood and of people who came to the peninsula to end their lives.

The Labyrinth Cat:
Residents who have just moved in are always lost in this complex apartment. However, there is one little feline that will help them get back to their apartment house.

Bio Luminescence (created under the pen-name Soyogo Shima)

Also includes two Mushishi stories set in modern day Japan and with different characters than the long running series.

A chance meeting between a famous idol and an ordinary girl on a snowy surreal day sets the stage for this manga. Depressed and hopeless, Kurashiki Yuya meets Mayu, whose carefree and live-for-the-moment attitude brings him new hope. In the spur of the moment, Yuya forgets to ask Mayu's name, and watches as she disappears from his life. Much later, Yuya comes across Natsume Tougo and their band, Dessert, along with their new performer who is none other than Mayu. Mayu and Yuya meet again, but Touga is determined to not let her go at any cost!

Extra story in v.9: Only One
Mio, the daughter of a famous international singer, Mayu, has return to Japan. She has the talent, the looks and the soul and she has been scouted by agents to become a singer, but that is not what she wants. What does she want?

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