This book contains selected short stories featuring beautifully drawn characters from Takahashi\'s early works published in the 1970s and 1980s. It also includes previously unpublished works such as \"Toriko,\" drawn before his commercial debut, and collections of illustrations for novels and magazines. Included Stories: 1. Haka Hori Sam (墓堀サム) 2. Gigan Monogatari (義眼物語) 3. Tamago (卵) 4. Fukuwajutsu (腹話術) 5. Tsuisekikou (追跡行) 6. Yuusuke no Kimyouna Sekai Part. 3 (遊介の奇妙な世界Part.3) 7. Milk ga Neji wo Mawasu Toki (ミルクがねじを回す時) 8. Kouya (荒野) 9. Kao ga Nai (顔がない) 10. Kamen Shounen (仮面少年) 11. Shirabe (しらべ) 12. Raiyaa Kyouju no Gogo Dai ichi wa (ライヤー教授の午後第1話) 13. Mugen Shinshi Dai go Wa Mugen Shoujo (夢幻紳士第5話夢幻少女) 14. Toriko (とりこ) 15. Maami (マーミ) 16. Kiechatta (消えちゃった) 17. Feminist (フェミニスト) 18. Machi no Kirigrisu (街のキリギリス) 19. Sachiko (幸子は泣かない) 20. Mita Hito De Nai to Wakaranai Caliostoro no Shiro Zakkan (見た人でないとわからないカリオストロの城雑感) 21. Sherlock Holmes no Nichijou Teki Bouken (シャーロックホームズの日常的冒険) 22. Sarashi Kubi (さらし首)
Minami-kun spots a poster recruiting new members for the Magical Girl Club. Thinking "Cosplay cuties woohoo!" he decides to join... What the hell!? It's not cosplay—we actually become magical girls?? A slice of life love-comedy revolving around magical girls and slippery slopes.
The sequel to the original manga, Major by Takuya Mitsuda. Daigo is the son of Shigeno Goro (the main protagonist of Major). While born in the family of talented baseball players, Daigo is burdened with high expectations and suffers from inferiority complex. A brand new road to the Majors awaits.
Zenichirou is a middle school student raised in a motherless family. His breakfast always consists of onigiri and instant miso soup from the convenience store. Yae, a childhood friend of Zenichirou, cannot stand to see him eat such an innutritious breakfast, so she decides to make him breakfast every morning… This story conveys a simple message: eating with another person makes miso soup taste more delicious and hearty!
Yuu Kajima is a soldier with the Earth Federation Forces during the One Year War, testing new technology before it\'s mass-produced. During a routine battle, he and his teammates come under attack from a mysterious blue Mobile Suit that attacks like a monster, barely escaping with their lives. Returning to base, Yuu is assigned to pilot that same machine - Blue Destiny. As he uses his new machine and clashes with Zeon ace Nimbus Schterzen, Yuu learns that there may be more to the enigmatic Blue Destiny and its EXAM System than he previously thought.
Because of her family's poverty Yata, a high school student, was searching for a really cheap lodging. And she found it in a certain shared-house type apartment. Each of the residents of which happened to be, surprise-surprise, some kind of demon (with big mammaries also)! And so the story of a bit lewd, sometimes bizarre and often noisy cohabitation of Yata and others at human world, receiving those big-breasted demon-girls trying to fit in, is getting started!..
Yagi Naohito has a fear of being hated, so he always acts according to everyone’s ideals. With that mindset, he was half-jokingly labeled “A coward” by Akasaka Tooru - a guy whom he met at a mixer that his friend half forcefully brought him along. After being overwhelmed by the young man on their way home, Yagi didn’t think that they’d end up meeting again a few days later. As a help to Akasaka who’d just lost his home and was at his wit’s end, they started living together. The man was supposed to be nothing but a burden but without noticing, he gradually become someone who Yagi could rely on..?
Sonokawa Junpei is a 19-year-old who works multiple part-time jobs to support his little sister and unwell mother. One day, he discovers a major cash prize at the company where he works as a janitor, V Line, for anyone who can discover the cheating method of a major champion (a user named 'M') of their online mahjong game. As it happens, this same 'M' shows up at the family restaurant where Junpei also works, and Junpei jumps at the opportunity to get money for his family! His strategy is to befriend 'M' (whose name is Mizuki) and uncover his cheating method. When he goes to Mizuki's house, though, it is clear that the befriending part is going to be a challenge. He learns from Mizuki's older sister that he suffered head trauma in the accident that killed their parents. Since then, he has lacked the ability to experience emotion, though he has also gained amazing powers of memory. He spends all of his time playing--and winning--online mahjong. Now, Junpei wants to genuinely become Mizuki's friend, and to help prove that he is a genius, not a cheater!
Sung Hoon was a normal High School student, but one day he finds himself with a tiger that Hwangun didn't marry, and is told that the world will end if he doesn't marry that tiger. The story begins with the cute smile of the tiger girl.
A group of high school students visit the inside of a mountain on an agricultural trip. While staying at a farmer\'s home, they learn the rural life. However, the village doesn\'t exist…? A shudder runs down everyone\'s spine as a lot of inexplicable events happen in the village, that now restricts entry. What are the high schoolers\' fate?
A clumsy, but cheerful girl and her boyfriend (a cat?!)
This museum\'s treasured collection is a slew of strange comics!
