Sakura Kousuke is a boy who strives to throw away a past mired in regret. He transfers to a new school for his second year of high school, believing it will give him a chance to come clean. Unbeknownst to him, however, the appearance of five other "Sakura"s in his class will bring the past to his present, forcing him to come to terms with himself, his old friends, and a girl who, though being Kousuke's complete opposite in terms of personality, also knows him better than anyone else.
When a friend asks Natsuki what high school club she's going to join, she cheerfully responds "the go-home club" (meaning, she's not going to join any of them). However, she soon realizes that this club actually exists at her high school, and she's just expressed interest in joining it! Before she knows it, she ends up as one of the two new members of "the go-home club," which is a small group of eccentric school girls. One of the girls likes fighting bears, while another is ridiculously rich. But what exactly constitutes the activities of "the go-home club"?
Akuno Himitsu Kessha (Evil Secret Society) is 4-koma about Akuno Asahi. Akuno appears to be a beautiful and smart high school girl who would go to any length to help her classmates and teachers. However, hidden in her heart, she harbors a desire to be the leader of an evil secret society. She was starting to think that her dream would never be fulfilled, but then one day she meets her truant classmate, Hitoyoshi.
A happy misunderstanding.
From Yen Press: At Matabi Academy, students are allowed to bring their pet cats to the dorms. For Yumi Hayakawa, whose favorite hobby is making clothes for her kitty Kansuke, Matabi seems like a sure bet. After all, nothing can possibly go wrong with her best friend at her side! But on the first day of school, the two find themselves face-to-face with a murderous demonic minion on campus! Will Yumi and Kansuke be able to defend themselves and their school against an ancient cat demon’s thirst for vengeance?
Rakudai Ninja Rantarou is about a boy who wishes to become a chou-ichiryou-ninja (aka, the number one ninja). There is only one problem: he keeps failing. Together with his friends, they encounter mishap after mishap as they seek to eventually graduate from the first grade.
A collection of short side stories taking place in the world of Tensura --------- The ordinary Mikami Satoru found himself dying after being stabbed by a slasher. It should have been the end of his meager 37 years, but he found himself deaf and blind after hearing a mysterious voice. He had been reincarnated into a slime! While complaining about becoming the weak but famous slime and enjoying the life of a slime at the same time, Mikami Satoru met with the Catastrophe-level monster “Storm Dragon Veldora”, and his fate began to move.
Lies! They were all lies! The scriptures were a lie! The Western Paradise was a lie! Even universal salvation was all just a lie! Back then, the Westbound Team perished while on a pilgrimage in search of holy scriptures. The so-called "Eighty-One Tribulations" were just eighty-one different paths to death. So, aspiring pilgrims, do you still dare… to embark on this journey to the west?
Fushimatsu Fushio is an unpopular loser whom is screwed over by a lazy Cupid, Kyupiko, who gives him the curse of being hated by the entirety of womankind. Years later God realizes how horrible of a situation this is for the poor boy and kicks the lazy Kyupiko out of heaven until she fixes the situation.
Itsuki Minami needs no introduction – everybody’s heard of the “Babyface” of the Eastside. He’s the toughest kid at Higashi Junior High School, easy on the eyes but dangerously tough when he needs to be. Plus, Itsuki lives with the mysterious and sexy Noyamano sisters. Life is never dull, but it becomes dangerous when Itsuki leads his school to victory over some vindictive Westside punks with gangster connections. Now he stands to lose his school, his friends, and everything he cares about. But in his darkest hour, the Noyamano girls come to Itsuki’s aid. They can teach him a powerful skill that will save their school from the gangsters’ siege and introduce Itsuki to a thrilling and terrifying new world. Note: Won the 2006 Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category. A new edition named Air Gear Unlimited was released in 2014. The format is bigger and it contains some coloured pages.
The eternal darkness which people call “night”. Long long ago, there was an opposite to this “night”. Something far brighter than the light of their lamps, the light of hope for humanity. Seek out the forgotten “morning”.
Short stories by the author of Horimiya over the years.