Award Winning - Page 4

Taiwan during the Qing dynasty was deeply patriarchal. Women were disregarded from birth, their only purpose was to find a good marriage. But once married, the pressure was on to provide sons. This gave rise to various folk practices which claimed to ensure male offspring. Chieh-Niang watches as her sister-in-law, obsessed with giving birth to a son, gives in to these superstitions. And she herself is under pressure to marry – can she ever break free? Walking by the river one day, she comes across the body of a woman. A priestess is summoned to ensure the woman\'s spirit passes peacefully and does not haunt the town. The priestess, with her mysterious ways, does seem able to communicate with the spirit world, and Chieh-Niang, seeing a glimmer of hope, enrolls as her apprentice. But soon after, small handprints start appearing on her legs as she sleeps, while more women go missing or are found dead. What will Chieh-Niang do, and will she find the life she wants? Tan-Tsiu-Niu was selected as a recommended book by the former Minister of Culture and was recommended as a must-read book for the 2020 World Book Day by the National Museum of Taiwan Literature.

\"We\'re pretending to be lovers, right...?\" \"Let\'s break up.\" Akira Watase is dating his best friend, Fumiya Watari. But it\'s all a camouflage! In order to keep girls away, Akira is playing the role of Watari\'s lover, who\'s famous among the female students at school. Watari even kissed him to prove it to the girls!? Akira was depressed, saying that his youth is completely over, but for some reason, he keeps pretending they\'re dating...? (Source: Ichijinsha, translated)

The manga is about ten-year-old Chie, \"the most unfortunate girl in Japan,\" who manages her family diner while her unemployed yakuza father and her mother are separated. Note: Jarinko Chie won the 26th Shogakukan Manga Award for best general manga in 1981.

Every 1000 years, 100 demon children are sent to Earth to compete in a battle to become king of the Demon World. Each demon is paired with a human partner who is given a spell book of a specific color. The human can cast the demon\'s spells through their book. If a demon\'s book is burned, they disappear and return to the Demon World. The last demon remaining becomes the king. The show is oriented around Gash Bell and his human partner, Takamine Kiyomaro. [*]Won the 48th Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shounen category.

My childhood friend who became separated three years ago is dancing on TV as a top idol. And it was the childhood friend who moved to the next to my room to see it!? A gem of romantic comedy that won the Comic Walker Manga Award at the 6th Kakuyomkon is now available as a comic!