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Penguin is a Korean cartoonist who got married to an English man Mev. Sometimes they are faced with cultural differences, but they never fail to put a smile on each other's face. Follow their love story with this comic!

From Day of the River: Crooked Star: Endou Makoto and Tachibana Aya are the best of friends. They always spend the night at each other's houses, staying up and talking until dawn. However, during their third year of high school, these two friends discover that they've been keeping secrets from each other...? Is It Okay?: Kana is the only daughter of a family that runs a bath house in the suburbs. She is a little on the masculine side, but it doesn't really matter... even if the boy she likes only sees her as a friend, it's okay, right? But soon, a university student who gets a job at the bath house begins to change her... Also includes Youth Rhapsody.

A collection of short stories about supernatural occurrences that take place in our everyday…

Prequel to Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl Published in an anthology of 4 stories about Jigorou and 2 other stories completely unrelated to Jigorou or Yawara. One of them is called A Bat & 2 Balls.

The manga revolves around high school boys Seto and Utsumi, and their completely normal but comedic talk after tests end.

In the series, the Hino family picks up their "little brother" from the airport. The "brother" turns out to be Rilienthal, an intelligent dog who speaks Japanese. He is also the target of men in black suit from a mysterious organization. They refer him as RD-1.

The recently wed manga artist Kazama Ayami is drawing an essay on her true feelings about romance and marriage. She had minimal interaction with boys in her all girls school, but she got married with a boy she knew for a year, and now she must relive her embarrassing and pitiful memories for drawing her manga! Meanwhile, her rival manga artist is the boy she is about to marry, so will this become another embarrassing memory…!? This will be her challenge of appealing to other persons purer feelings!

The Secret Stairs is a supernatural story set at a girls' boarding school. It focuses on friendship between girls.

From Tokyopop: Confidential Confessions is a shocking new manga series that deals with many of the hard-hitting issues that teens face today. Using emotionally moving storylines and multi-dimensional characters, each groundbreaking volume tackles such topics as teen prostitution, rape, HIV, stalkers, suicide, and sexual harassment. Vol. 1:: Tobira (MOMOCHI Reiko) Ch. 01-03: The Door Ch. 04: Mistakes Vol. 2:: Namida Tears Vol. 3:; Memai (MOMOCHI Reiko) Ch. 01: Our Future Ch. 02-04: Dizziness Vol. 4:: Itami Ch. 01: Pain Ch. 02: Distortion Ch. 03: Tomorrow Ch. 04: Forbidden Kiss Vol. 5:: Himitsu (MOMOCHI Reiko) Vol. 6:: Uwasa

When a fool lost his smile.When everyone around him are smiling through a lie.When the one he lives for laugh through a mask. The fool shall wish for a happy death.Original webcomic: www.shumijin.deviantart.com

Rather more representative of the Nishioka siblings' writing style than Kami no Kodomo, this is a collection of one-shots that explore the thoughts and feelings of ordinary people in an odd, surrealistic manner replete with atypical and symbolic illustrations. More than one reading may be required if you are to completely grasp the core message behind each of these stories.

Story 1: Tsuki to Mizuumi From Shogakukan: Kazuna's late grandfather was a writer, and his unpublished novel depicting his private life was found among the articles left by him. He had written down his affection to his lover, while he was a devoted husband. Kazuna felt perplexed, and went to see his grandfather's lover. Hinako Ashihara depicts sweet, painful love in this collection of her long-piece love stories. Story 2: Nora in December from tohukyo: Dressed in frilly clothes like a princess, Nacchan lived next door in a house made of sweets. Nacchan says she doesn't like it because it is all her mother's own dream world. To help Nacchan, I decided we should go out on an adventure like Nora the cat. It was such a fun day and the best part is we actually met Nora! But Nacchan's mother was so upset that she didn't let Nacchan and I be friends anymore. Then one day, Nacchan's house of sweets next door was suddenly enveloped in flames. Nacchan was never found again...