(from ebookjapan):**"I will become the best financier in Osaka!"** Tatsuyuki Haibara, unemployed after his company went bankrupt, decides that finance is his true calling and goes to work as a salesman for the finance company Teikoku Kinyu (Imperial Finance). However, it is not a sweet job, and Haibara is confronted with various human dramas and underworld situations related to money, such as a woman who became a soap opera star by shouldering a debt, a man who got involved in fraud, and a confrontation with an underworld moneylender... The story is set in Osaka, the commercial capital of Japan, and is the first in a series of Osaka Finance manga! ---- **Won the Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga in 1992**- **Won the Osamu Tezuka Excellence Award in 1997**
I’m going to work hard on my Manga manuscripts…maybe tomorrow! The leisurely life of the blossoming girl Manga artists in the apartment building “Tokiwa-sou”♪
This is the story of a girl who works as a performer at sake houses, but who has a unique ability. She has a tattoo of an eye on her hand which endows her with the ability of "second sight." Though this often comes in handy, it also complicates her life. She is constantly getting involved in situations with various supernatural creatures, such as animal spirits, kappas, and more.[credit: tethysdust]
Himawari ~ Kenichi Legend is a gag manga based on the manga author's real life story. Himawari is about an OL named Akiko who is very good at drawing illustrations for her company bulletins. She drew manga as a kid, but hadn't pursued it. Her father Ken'ichi works at the same company. He is a tropical fruit freak & is on a different wavelength than others. Himawari ~ Kenichi Legend was nominated for the 1st Manga Taisho Award in 2008.
Kashoo, the incredibly popular confectionery and coffee company, produces the most addicting products. However, there is a mystery behind how the company obtains its raw materials. What lurks on the island from which they obtain their caffeine-laden goods? Just what type of contract are people who are hired to work on this island signing? (To say more about the storyline would take the wind out of the first couple of volume's sails. You really must read it.)
he Red Hook's dead girlfriend is resurrected into WAR CRY, a human of mass destruction hosted by a teenage boy. When a demigod from their past comes to haunt them to death they must resolve their lost love.
Minori no Hibi is a cute short manga about a girl that goes to live with her wacky grandfather. Her grandfather, an inventor of strange items, likes to try them out on Minori. Many escapades then ensue as Minori learns to cope with these situations day by day.
High school student Jinpachi Kogure is a member of the manga club and is no good with women. Yumika Testuyoshi is a troubled female high school student who's always skipping school and searching for a girl she doesn't hate. However, these two are in reality young masters of the art of killing people: "Young Guns"----!
The critically acclaimed shoujo manga about the drama of all-women musical theaternow an anime!Like the Takarazuka Revue, the young women who go to the Kouka School of Musical and Theatrical Arts play all the parts of musical theater, be they female or male. Narata Ai is a jaded former idol performing female rolesher roommate, playing male roles, is bright-eyed musical fangirl Watanabe Sarasa. From the school to the stage to the rest of their lives, there is no challenge these young women can't face with their passion for performance.
