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On the outside, Greta is a perfectly ordinary girl. She lives with her twin sister Gretel and their mother. However, her mother’s blatant favoritism towards her twin isn’t ordinary at all… nor is Gretel’s strange appearance. No matter how much Greta tries, her mother doesn’t pay her any attention. Jealously slowly eats away at Greta, until… Torn in Two is a 17-page horror one-shot from Indonesian creator Kevin Winata. It won the top award in the 16th Itten Toppa Award for its “eerie atmosphere” and was published in the June 2025 Edition of Monthly Comic ZENON, as well on the official Comic ZENON website!

Winner of the Future Talent Award in the 17th Itten Toppa Award, Absent follows a zealous teacher as he searches for his missing student. When the teacher visits his student’s home, he gets wrapped up in events beyond his imagination.

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As war rages around her, Bonnie’s life, her family, and her body are destroyed. While recovering from injuries sustained in a bombing, Bonnie meets a doctor who makes her want to live again, but could this doctor have ulterior motives? Read the new one-shot by the highly-awarded creator of “My Friend TOMA”! Plushelisa received a “Future Talent Award” for this work in the 15th Itten Toppa Manga Award!

Hatori, a high school teacher leading an ordinary life, notices one day that his student, Spica Tsumugi, is being bullied. On a rainy day after school, Hatori finds himself alone with Tsumugi by chance. Hatori tells her, "I'll do something about it!" but Tsumugi gently takes his hand and says with a smile, "Hatori-sensei, you're such a liar." Teacher and student... two people who should not get too close. This somewhat bewitching girl will dramatically change Hatori's ordinary life.

In a dystopian world ravaged by pollution, a new social hierarchy has emerged. The few remaining survivors have fled to the slopes of Mount Fuji, where they live within a rigid class system. In this system, life-sustaining water circulates from the summit down to the base - from the highest to the lowest caste. Hideo, a middle-class resident, is shaken when his close friend Nayuta suddenly vanishes without a trace. The mystery deepens when Hideo finds blood mixed in his shower water, trickling in from the drains of a higher class home. Driven to uncover the truth, Hideo sneaks into the upper level. There, he finds his old friend, Nayuta, but something about Nayuta has changed... Check out TOKYO-02 by Brazilian creator Kyo Kōsaka, which won the top prize in the 14th Kyushu International Manga Award!

"MY FRIEND TOMA" is the story of Mari, a shut-in who decides to cut herself off from the rest of the world. However, after living in isolation for a year, Mari realizes that even she, a self-declared misanthrope, can get lonely. Thus, Mari embarks on a journey to create her ideal friend: an AI program called "Toma". Will Toma lead Mari even further into isolation, or will he encourage her to rejoin society? Dive into this story about loneliness, desire, and obsession from French MasterClass member and manga prodigy Plushelisa, who received the top prize in the 11th Kyushu International Manga Award for this piece!

Working earnestly on her family farm, Jasmine is hindered by a crippling fear of flowers from a past trauma, despite wanting to enjoy their beauty. Her life is changed when she encounters her kind neighbor Samuel, but something sinister and more terrible than Jasmine’s fear is lurking in the shadows...!

No matter what clumsy but good-hearted Faust paints, it can't seem to satisfy his renowned master, Silas. When heavy sickness chains his master to the bed, Faust takes upon himself the role of drawing paintings instead of his master scheduled to be exhibited at the Crystal Palace. However, there is more to Silas' immense success than talent alone, and behind the glittering success, dark forces lurk, unknown to young Faust. Dive into the dark world of fantasy and art with American MasterClass PoodPoopsie, who swept the top award at the 10th Kyushu International Manga Award!

A cruel fate befalls the siblings the moment they set foot on foreign soil. But... you really think I'd accept an ending like this...?

The story takes place in the near future. Detective Celia Mine is working on a strange murder case, the process of which accidentally spoils her new friend...