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A short-form comic from the author of Chihayafuru, showing Chihaya's college life.

The manga centers around Noemi Kohiyama, a second-year student at Count High School, a school with no established reputation in the world of tankery. Her first match as a tank commander is against Saunders University High School. She directs the crew of her tank with her orders, and she follows the orders of their team leader. At that time, she remembers the words that her senior said to her.

Touka is an ordinary high school girl who loves bowling. Her father runs a bowling alley, she has a crush on her former coach, and she is a pro at the game. The only issue is that if anybody watches her bowl, she becomes extremely conscientious of her body and plays poorly. To ensure this doesn't happen, Touka's best friend tries to help her overcome her shyness while bowling.

Retired boxer Shouji Kazuya has long given up dreams of winning championship titles. He's now a coach and all his hopes are pinned on his protege, the upcoming pugilist Gaku. But the relationship between the two is not simply that of coach and student... "It's just that when I see the normally expressionless kid making a face like this, I can't help but get excited."+

The story revolves around Daibutsu, a middle aged former rally driver who lives with his wife Kumiko and their son. Daibutsu is a former rally driver, who used to participate in the All Japan Rally Championship. Daibutsu proceeded to go to his garage to rebuild his, Mitsubishi Starion 4WD, named Jackie, a Group B rally car which was banned at the end of the 1986 season. He then proceeds to sets his return to racing by challenging people on the street with his car.

The 1980's was an unusual decade. The price of land skyrocketed, and the value of money went well above the norm. The numbers that defined the world all spun out of control, launching one of the largest bubble economies Japan had ever seen. For Mahjong, as well, it was an age that saw high stakes games on a scale unlike any age before it. And in this age, a man some call "Kai" lives as a "Mukoubuchi", what true, lone-wolf gamblers are called.

Kotesashi Kouyou is the protagonist who possesses outstanding skill as a masseur. He aspires to become a sports doctor and wants to get scholarship in medical school. Starting spring, he will attend the high school attached to Seiwa University, a sports powerhouse. Since his family is not wealthy, he has to work as a hostel manager where he is allowed to stay in order to pay for his school expenses, however, there he encounters high school girl athletes with various problems. Kotesashi's job is to take care of them physically and mentally, as well as being the hostel manager. School girls from sports clubs and massages! All this will start a life full of intense excitement in the dormitories!

A world in which Korea is the global capital of combat sports. At Nam-Il High School where the best and most talented students of martial arts reside, Jiu Ji-Tae suddenly finds himself thrust into their midst despite being a total weakling. By neutralising his physical shortcomings through jiu-jitsu, can he rise to the top of the fight classes?

From Serenus Dreamers: Michiru is a happy child who loves to skate. During her childhoood, she meets Leon, a cute innocent boy. They begin to ice dance together. But as she has a conflict with her mom, she plans to run away with Leon. Leon, considering the danger, declines Michiru. Hurt by this, Michiru runs away by herself. Finding out that Michiru has run away, Leon and others search for her, finding her in the skating rink. But the person who was standing in the rink no longer had the smile that old Michiru used to!?

The 2,500-year-old Su Ye lived to the day when he was 22 years old and traveled back to the ancient times. When another person traveled back to the ancient times, he regained his identity as a college student and officially started his glorious life. Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, all are excellent, and all are well-known in civil and military affairs. "I just want to live for a hundred years, don't mess with me, I'll hammer it all back for you!"

Ayasaki Hayate is only 16 years old when he’s abandoned, leaving him to fend for himself against the yakuza, who are after his organs to settle his parents’ massive gambling debt. Looking for a way to somehow acquire 157 million yen before he is cut up by gangsters, he stumbles upon a rich girl whom he can kidnap and ransom. The only problem: he’s a terrible criminal, and ends up saving her life from other would-be kidnappers and apparently confesses his love for her. In order to work off his debt, the girl, Nagi (who is convinced that Hayate is in love with her), and her maid Maria (who knows otherwise), allow him to work as a butler at their mansion. Hayate’s tenure as a butler is not easy, however, and is filled with talking tigers, homicidal robots, jealous relatives, and overarching hilarity. Serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday + Feng Shen Ji Manhua

From Storm in Heaven: Takatou Masaki is the second youngest of four sons, and seemingly a delinquent by nature. His hot temper has put a wedge between himself and his strict father, gotten him kicked out of one school, and tossed him at a school notoriously horrible for the one thing he's truly good at, basketball. A chance encounter with the willful Yuuki Kanako may serve as a catalyst for change, as the indefinable connection she feels with him draws them together... Won Shogakukan Manga Award in 1988.