Manga like Wakusei 9 no Kyuujitsu

Ichikawa Haruko Sakuhinshuu

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Two volumes of the author's best one-shots.

Volume 1: Mushi to Uta (虫と歌, Insects and Songs)
1) Hoshi no Koibito (星の恋人, Star Lover); Afternoon 2007-12
The odd relationship between a teenage boy and his uncle's "daughter."

2) Violight (ヴァイオライト); Afternoon 2008-07
A boy wakes up in an unfamiliar land, with only a strange, ethereal young man to accompany him on his journey to safety.

3) Kusaka Kyoudai (日下兄妹, The Kusaka Siblings); Afternoon 2009-12
A baseball player who's just quit the school team due to a shoulder injury and the adorable robot he adopts as his little sister.

4) Mushi to Uta (虫と歌); Summer 2006 Afternoon Four Seasons Award winner work; 2006-10 Appendix
The story of a young man who builds models of insects for odd clients, and his siblings. Winner of the Shikitaishou award.

5) Secret; kakioroshi
A two-page oneshot.

Volume 2: 25-Ji no Vacances (25時のバカンス, 25-Hour Vacation)
1-2) 25-ji no Vacances (25時のバカンス, 25-Hour Vacation ); Afternoon 2010-09, 10
Marine biologist Nishi Otome takes time off and reunites with her brother, Kotaro, for the first time in a while.

3) Pandora nite (パンドラにて, On Pandora); Afternoon 2010-01
The meeting between a delinquent named Nana and a strange transfer student at Pandora Women’s College, located on one of Saturn's satellites.

4) Tsuki no Soushiki (月の葬式, The Funeral of the Moon); Afternoon 2011-10
A genius high school student begins living with a lonely man in the isolated snowy mountains of the north.

Note: Winner of the Tezuka Osamu New Artist Prize (2010).

Tags: Seinen , Anthology , Anthropomorphism , Space , Tragedy , Aliens , Photography , Environmental , Body Horror , Family Life , Robots , Incest , Boarding School , Fugitive , Delinquents , Animals , Adoption

Warera Contactee

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life

A tired, fed up office worker and that weird kid from her elementary school work together to build a rocket to space in this charming short series.

Kanae, now a dull office worker, happens to meet up with her former classmate from grade school, Nakahira Kazuki. For some reason, Kazuki had been creating a rocket all by himself. Kanae get deflated when she finds out his unexpected goal, but winds up working with him to complete the rocket! And so begins this unexpected story of Kanae and Kazuki, which ties into them seeing a UFO when they were in grade school.

Note: Nominated for the 11th Manga Taishou Awards (2018).

Tags: Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Female Protagonist