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Kani ni Sasowarete

Also known as An Invitation from a Crab.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

Collecting a handful of self-published shorts along with a mix of serialized stories and essays, panpanya's English-language debut mixes art styles and narratives from a range of genres.

If you are ever fortunate enough to see a crab strolling through your neighborhood, please follow its lead. By slowing down to a crab's pace and looking around and about in this world, you too may discover life's many mysteries that are hidden in plain sight.



Tags: Denpa , Josei , Female Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Anthology , Iyashikei , Episodic

Shimeji Simulation

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

A girl who shut herself in a closet for the last 2 years of middle school realizes she has to go to high school. When she exits her closet for the first time in two years and looks at herself in the mirror, she notices that she grew shimeji mushrooms out of her head.

Tags: Meta , Surreal Comedy , Philosophy , Augmented Reality , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Denpa , LGBTQ+ Themes , 4-koma , Post-Apocalyptic , Yuri , Hikikomori , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Episodic , School , Suicide , Gods , School Club , Tragedy , Religion , Trains , Cohabitation , Seinen

Gishi Sanjin Den

Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Tags: Anthology

Ashizuri Suizokukan

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Slice of Life

panpanya’s debut one-volume work.

Ashizuri Suizokukan is a recompilation of panpanya’s Ashizuri Suizokukan and ASOVACE series, which were independently published in 2010 and 2011, respectively. It includes a collection of newly written travelogues and an abundance of color pages.
Ashizuri Suizokukan was published by Ichigatsu to Shichigatsu on August 30, 2013.

Ashizuri Aquarium (足摺り水族館)
The Complete Shopping District (完全商店街)
Board Game (すごろく)
A New Universe (新しい世界)
Innocent World (イノセントワールド)
A Dream I Had on April 17th, 2012 (二〇一二年四月一七日の夢)
Ashizuri Aquarium (足摺り水族館)
The City of the Dead (冥途)
Sputnik (スプートニク)
Untitled (無題)
Creatures of the Machine Age (マシン時代の動物たち)
Ashizuri Aquarium (足摺り水族館)
A Fish For You (君の魚)
Ending Theme (エンディングテーマ)



Note: Nominated for the 7th annual Manga Taishou Award.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Episodic , Surreal Comedy , Anthology , Iyashikei , Fishing , Denpa , Travel , Autobiographical , Josei , Animals , Artificial Intelligence

Hikidashi ni Terrarium

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

A collection of odd (and often very short) one-shots on a wide variety of subjects.
Most of them are at least somewhat humorous, however.

Note: Nominated for the 7th annual Manga Taishou Award.

Tags: Episodic , Surreal Comedy , Food , Seinen , Satire , Space , Nudity

xxxHolic

Also known as xxxHOLiC.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

Kimihiro Watanuki is haunted by visions of ghosts and spirits. He seeks help from a mysterious woman named Yuko, who claims she can help. However, Watanuki must work for Yuko in order to pay for her aid. Soon Watanuki finds himself employed in Yuko’s shop where he sees things and meets customers that are stranger than anything he could have ever imagined.



Notes:
The series was re-named to xxxHolic•Rou on chapter title pages of chapter 186 and on, but not on their volume's front covers, spines and indicia.
The chapter count contains a one-shot published in May 2010 to commemorate the switch, which was later collected into Volume 18.
The chapter count also reflects the magazine releases; the chapters plus the one-shot were re-arranged into 109 chapters across 19 volumes.

Tags: Magic , Youkai , Mythology , Crossover , Ghost , Seinen , Curses , Male Protagonist , Clone , Witch , Philosophy , Time Manipulation , Urban Fantasy , Denpa , Memory Manipulation , Tragedy , Episodic , School , Heterosexual

Kimi no Kureru Mazui Ame

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Supernatural

A collection of dark and somewhat strange stories.

Kimi no Kureru Mazui Ame (君のくれるまずい飴, Bad Candy You Give Me)
Two girls and candy.

Oyogu Hana (泳ぐ花, Swimming Flowers)
A city girl feels out of place in a small fishing town.

Tekisha Seizon (適者生存, Survival of the Fittest); COMITIA117
A girl sneaks food to feed her friend turned fish.

Yasashii Kanoke (やさしい棺桶, A Tender Casket)
When your best and oldest friend comes back from the dead and lives in your room.

Haha to Ane (母と姉, Mother and Sister); COMITIA115
A girl struggles with her identity and her relationship with her sister after the death of their mother.

Nishi ni Shizumu (西に沈む, Sets in the West); Doujinshi Anthology, JUN Vol.2 (COMITIA116)
When I wake up, I see another me.

Anata no Koto wa Suki Nandakedo (あなたのことは好きなんだけど, Much as I Love You); Twitter (2015-10-19)
The pretty one and the sweet one.

Chousekiryoku (潮汐力, Tidal Force)
Did she just see the moon crash?

Sayonara (さよなら, Goodbye)
Somebody drew a rectangle in pencil on my desk.

Sumu Ma (棲む魔, Where Demons Dwell)
Half-eaten fish start washing ashore after a group of girls disappeared, presumed dead.

Rikyou (離郷, Leaving Home); Twitter (2018-6-30)
A girl leaves her hometown.

Haru no Sanagi (春の蛹, Spring Pupa); COMITIA112
The scent of peach blossoms conjures up memories of high school.



Tags: Anthology , School , Primarily Female Cast , Denpa , Female Protagonist , Mermaid , Animals

Ningyo no Koe

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Romance

Ranju, who has started raising a pet mermaid, wants to give the voiceless mermaid vocal cords so she can speak. ...But how?

Notes:
Honorable mention in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon Seasonal Manga Awards (Autumn 2018).

Tags: Female Protagonist , Mermaid , Yuri , Gore , Seinen

Gengaku Shijuu Soudan

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Psychological , Slice of Life

Tags: Female Protagonist , Josei

Sukaraiti

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Sci-Fi

A lone robot travels through a desolate world. His purpose is to sever the lingering attachments of the immortal humans who remain in this world by killing them. Through encounters, attachments, and farewells, he comes to understand humanity.

Tags: Seinen , Male Protagonist , Post-Apocalyptic , Robots