Short Game: Adachi Mitsuru ga Tanpen de Tsumugu Koukou Yakyuu
School Sports
Short Program is the title of a short story collection by Mitsuru Adachi. 1. Relief 2. Yuugengaisha Adachi Pro 3. Dou-Kyou-Sei 4. Meitantei Go Page 5. Full Count 6. Tori no Ichi 7. Asaoka Koukou Yakyuubu Nisshi: Over Fence 8. Gag Touch 9. Yuku Toshi Kuru Toshi 10. Ame Ni Mo Make Zu 11. Yonpeji no Mirai
Jitsuroku Adachi Mitsuru Monogatari
Comedy Historical Parody
This is the tale of how Adachi Mitsuru went from being an assistant artist on a weekly manga to the superstar mangaka we know him to be today. But it's told (and written by) Mitsuru's older brother Tsutomu, who was also an assistant artist early on in their careers. (Source: MU)
Slow Step
Comedy Drama Romance
High school romance, softball and boxing story. This manga focuses on the love triangle between Nakasato Minatsu, Akiba Shuu and Kadomatsu Naoto. Due to a strange set of circumstances, Minatsu (a softball player) is disguised as another girl when she bumps into Naoto (a boxer), who falls in love with this "version" of Minatsu. (Source: Prisms)
H2
Hiro has two loves: baseball and porn. But due to an elbow injury he gives up baseball choosing a school with no baseball team. His childhood friend Hikari attends a different school with baseball ace Hideo and the two wish Hiro had not given up baseball. Hiro joins the soccer team but meets Haruka, a very clumsy girl, who is manager of the unofficial baseball club. When the soccer team challenges the baseball club to a game, with hopes of humiliating them, the baseball club nearly loses until Hiro, disgusted by the soccer team`s arrogance, switches to the baseball club. (Source: MU)
Kirei ni Shitemoraemasu ka.
Comedy Slice of Life Seinen
The manga takes place at a seaside town laundry shop called "Kinme Cleaning," where the proprietress Takana Kinme is a cheerful, hardworking girl who loves hot springs. The "bittersweet" story stars Kinme and the people around her. (Source: ANN)
Kannoushousetsu
Drama Shoujo
Sayounara, Utsukushii Hito
Drama Psychological Josei
This is a remarkably well-told story about a young woman named Rin, who used to be bullied in high school; and Sayaka, her classmate who used to take half-hearted pity on her. But Sayaka turns out to be a real wolf in sheep’s skin, so when the two women meet again in university at a party, Rin swears to take revenge on Sayaka. The points of view of both Rin and Sayaka are developed equally well and their thoughts and actions make us think deeper about our own conduct towards others. (Source: Aerandria Scans)
Game Center Arashi
Game
The story is about a young boy named Arashi Ishino who is obsessed with video games. He would spend all his time trying to beat the games and conquer the local arcades. He would meet competitors like Satoru Daimonji and Ishii, who would try to out match him with higher scores. At a certain point in each episode, he would display his special skill of unleashing a top which will spin so fast that both the top and his hands would catch on fire. On release, the spin would land on or near the cabinet panels, turning the ordinary button into a turbo button thus giving him a major advantage. His appearance is known for being bucktoothed, and he always wears a hat labeled "Arashi" with a picture of a sprited alien. Game Center Arashi was the first animation with a gamer as the lead character and have the plot revolve around life with competitive gaming. Some of the games featured in the show include Space Invaders, Breakout, Galaxian, though they were not explicitly named. Some of Arashi's gaming techniques even have special names like "Blazed Top", "Vacuum Hurricane Shot", "Fish Stance". (Source: wikipedia)
Riajuu Meimon Daigakusei ga Watashi ni Itto ni Narimashita.
Romance Josei
Kimi no Te de Saku Hana ni Naru
Q and A
Comedy Romance School
The Andou family has just moved back into town after a six year absence. Atsushi finds he is now dealing of living in the specter of his big brother, being known in town as Big Brother's Little Brother. But he wakes up one morning to find quite literally being haunted by the ghost of his brother who died six years ago.
Amaama-kun no Okashi na Yuuwaku
Asaoka Koukou Yakyuubu Nisshi: Over Fence
Minori is the manager of her high school's baseball club, which has been defunct up until five years ago. Even now, it's a little rough, since there currently are no seniors in the club at all! None of the second year players know why the club closed so many years ago, or about the baseball history all their fathers share... (Source: MangaHelpers)
Onna Kyoushi
Romance Shoujo
Kyoko's a recent graduate who just began teaching at a local high school. Being a new teacher, she spends her days battling with the ups and downs that comes with the job. But one day, she notices that a student of hers, Sakurai, has been paying her a little too much attention, and when they wind up being in the same room after school.... (Source: JShoujo Scans)
Choukyoushi
From JShoujo Scans: Sawa has been going out with Manabu for almost a year. He's kind, gentle, and giving. She has no complaints, seeing as how he's the perfect gentleman, and she figures that if they continue to date, they'll eventually end up marrying. One day, Manabu takes her out to a bar, where he introduces her to a friend of his, who turns out to be someone she used to know back in college. On her taxi ride back home, she finds that she took her former classmate's cellphone by mistake. He asks if he can come pick it up at her apartment, and when he arrives...
Heart no Ace
Comedy Romance Shoujo
A collection of three short stories. Ace of Hearts: Akizuki Akira is the Jaguars' ace, but even he can't beat the Elephants' star player Edajima. When Sakura Misao joins the team it seems like they might have a chance, but Akira can't stand to be shown up by a girl and quits the team. Not one to disturb the peace, Misao leaves the Jaguars to find a new team, but when she finds a spot with the Elephants, who will win the final showdown? Teens: The morning of his first day at a new school, Wakamatsu Jirou accidentally helps capture a dangerous criminal, and rumours spread like wildfire. Now a living legend, he's the first and only line of defense against the delinquents that make everyone's lives miserable. Only problem is, he doesn't know the first thing about fighting! Fresh Leaves in the Wind: Class 5 wants to win the upcoming girls' softball tournament, but with school idol Yamazaki Misa on class 2's lineup, not even their own male classmates want to cheer for them. When an unathletic yet perceptive student by the name of Mizutani Hiroshi offers his aid as their coach, he might just be the perfect secret weapon.
Conveni Maria
Drama Seinen
Maria is a sweet country girl who goes to Tokyo to honor a favor for her late grandmother. Waiting for her at her destination—the Rosy Convenience Store in Masakigaoka—are the Tomekichi brothers, struggling with an increasingly senile grandfather, a clueless father, and a family business on the verge of bankruptcy. All seems hopeless, until Maria turns up on their doorstep, to the dismay of one brother in particular. To complicate matters, there are moody customers, ever-present food issues, and a shady inspector ready to strike at any moment. Will Maria be able to save this little convenience store? Or is it doomed to fold? A fun story that deals with life, love and lunch, Conveni Maria will make you feel warm inside, and maybe even a bit hungry! (Source: Netcomics)
Gamble!
In the year 20XX, the Japanese Government legalizes all gambling. Japan becomes the best gambling country in the world. While many gamblers from across the world gather for ferocious competition, one person a boy named Masaru starts to gamble. Is this genius a gambling genius as well!? The story of probability & theory that holds true to gambling begins! (Source: MangaUpdates)
Saraba Tomo yo
Drama School Shoujo Ai
1. Futatsu no Sekai 2. Saraba Tomo yo 3. Sister Strawberry 4. Kogage nite 5. Gekka 6. Yokubou
Touch
Touch is a shounen story about two twin brothers, a pretty girl next door, and that good old pastime of baseball. The manga was written by one of the most well known manga-ka out there, Adachi Mitsuru in the early 80's (1981-1986). He's a wonderful writer who tends to write stories that are related to baseball and Koshien, the stadium where the All High School Baseball Tournament is held. (Source: MangaProject)
Cross Game
Kou Kitamura is a fifth grader whose family runs a sporting goods store. One of the regular customers of his family's store is the Tsukishima Batting Center, and so he gets to know the four daughters of the Tsukishima family (Ichiyo, Wakaba, Aoba, and Momiji) very well. Since Kou has spent so much time practicing in their batting cages, he has become a genius hitter, but has no knowledge of any other aspect of baseball. This is in contrast to Aoba, who, despite being a year younger, is an adept pitcher and hitter. Wakaba is a classmate of Kou's, and she seems fully intent on marrying him when she grows up. All seems idyllic in their world, until tragedy strikes. The story then skips ahead to four years later, as Kou has continued the training he began four years ago, but has not played in a baseball game since. As he finally begins playing again, it remains to be seen whether or not he will live up to the expectations of those who know the true talent he has been hiding all this time. (Source: ANN)
Rough
Yamato Keisuke, a promising freestyle swimmer, and Ninomiya Ami, a talented diver, are the offspring of two rival families owners of confectionery shops. Two generations ago, Grandfather Ninomiya came up with an idea for an owl-shaped cake, but Grandfather Yamato quickly raised to the challenge and thought of a similar cake—but in Yamato's the owl had ears. Because they're priced the same, Yamato's extra ears were crucial, and that made the business of the Ninomiya confectionery suffered. Grandfather Ninomiya then fell ill worrying about his shop. Before his death, his last words were "I was killed by the Yamatos," and since that moment the two families have been sworn rivals. (Source: MU)
Miyuki
Wakamatsu Masato lives with his step-sister, Miyuki, whom he does not have blood relationship with. Their father is always working overseas and left the two of them living by themselves in Tokyo. Miyuki is cute, nice, sensitive and very popular among guys around Masato. Masato has a girlfriend at school whose name is Kajima Miyuki, who is pretty and gentle, the ideal dream of every high school boy. It took years for Masato and his sister to realize whom they love and care the most. (Source: The Ultimate Manga Guide)
Hiatari Ryoukou!
The story focuses on the relationships of Kasumi Kishimoto, a high school student. When she enters Myōjō High School, she moves into her aunt's boarding house, where four boys attending the high school are tenants. Despite her steadfast determination to stay loyal to her boyfriend, who is studying abroad, Kasumi finds herself slowly falling in love with one of the boarders, Yūsaku. (Source: Wikipedia)
Bouken Shounen
Slice of Life
The only common feature running through these stories is a grown-up protagonist somehow coming face-to-face with his childhood past, in a testament to the loss of youth, the disillusionment of growing old, and nostalgia for better times. In the Adachi pantheon, this is a rare diametric view of his eternal theme of "youth," in this case youth as seen through the lens of the past. It's a powerful statement from Adachi that might even be an acknowledgment of his steadily-creeping age. What is impressive about these stories is not the plots or characters themselves, but the absolutely perfect way he tells them, another facet of experience that comes with age. Most of the stories may require multiple readings to fully appreciate the airtightness of the plot and visual motifs. (from Mangascreener)
Jinbee
Jinbe is the story of the relationship between Jinpei and his step-daughter, Miku. Miku's mother died after being married to Jinpei for a little over a year, when she was 13 years old, and Jinpei has been raising Miku alone since then. (Source: Wikipedia)
Tsuyoku Hakanai Monotachi
Soukai no Atmosphere
Action Fantasy Romance
Paro Yakyuu News
Comedy Sports
Toshishita no Hisoka na Gouin: Chou wa Mitsuya ni Uka wo Suru
Sabaku no Harem
Mishe a strong willed girl raised from poverty has caught Prince Kallum's attention. Attention as in, "you will become one of my concubines," thus begins Mishe's adventures into Prince Kallum's world. (Source: MU) Included one-shot: Volume 1: Watashi no Oinari-sama
Nijiiro Tougarashi
Action Adventure Comedy
The story is set in a place very similar in appearance to Earth in the Edo period. However, Adachi (the mangaka) regularly reminds the reader all throughout the series that the setting is another planet in the distant future which just happens to look like Earth. After the death of his mother, Shichimi sets out to join his step-brothers and -sister who live together in Karakuri Tenement, a place provided by the father they have never met. He finds out that each of them had different mothers (all of whom have died), but were fathered by the same man. Not long after Shichimi's arrival, the siblings decide to journey to visit the graves of each of their mothers. On this journey, they encounter many dangers. (Source: Wikipedia)
Hibiutsuroi
Seinen
It's so cheerful and easy to play together when you're a kid! It doesn't matter who's the boy, and who's the girl. But kids are growing up...
Kokoro Note
Romance School Shoujo
Yamashiro Hana, a high school girl struggles with her own shyness to get closer to Ishizaki Yukito, her classmate.
Short Program 2
Romance Shounen Sports
Probably one of the most difficult feats in manga is to tell a compelling short story, and Mitsuru Adachi is a master of the medium. This selection of some of his best short works include two tales in the dangerous life of a pretty private-eye-to-be; a boy's stop-off on the way changes his life's destination; five short-shorts in a quirky cafe; Japan's future ace pitcher can't even throw a ball; when a school play goes bad, the world is a stage for love and karate; a drama of rugby and past lives; two off-beat time-travel tales; and more! Mitsuru Adachi's low-key but high-impact stories are a must read for any manga aficionado. (Source: VIZ Media) 1. Haru ga Kuru Mae ni... (Before Spring Comes) 2. Wakaba Mark (Subject - Wakaba) 3. Tochuu Gesha (A Stop on the Way) 4-8. 5×4P 9. Shindo 4 (4 on the Richter Scale) 10. Ace wo Tsubuse! (Aim at the Ace) 11. Spring Call 12. Yuku Haru (Spring Passes) 13-14. Kaerimichi (The Road Home) 15. Sayonara Game
Nine
Comedy Romance Shounen
Right before track star Katsuya Nimi and judo champion Susumu Karasawa enter high school, they see a pretty girl crying as the school's baseball team looses yet another game. It turns out that she's Yuri Nakao, the baseball coach's beautiful daughter, who is worried because the team is in danger of closing down if the streak continues. Katsuya and Susumu decide to join the baseball team in hopes of helping them make it to Koshien. Things get more complicated, however, when Katsuya starts to fall for Yuri... but their budding romance is interrupted by a few potential rivals. Can Katsuya learn both how to win at baseball and at romance? Included one-shots: Volume 5: Koibito Sengen, Zoku Isourou yori Hitokoto
The Kabocha Wine
Transfer student, Aoba Shunsuke, arrived at Sunshine School only to find the premises empty. He was secretly gleeful to be the first to reach the school, oblivious to the fact that it was Foundation Day and a rest day for the institution. At that moment, a big-sized "L"(Eru) beauty by the name of Natsumi appeared before him and the two of them hit off together even though Shunsuke was so much smaller than her. Shunsuke's mother runs a women's apparel busines but the shop is in need of manpower. Shunsuke offers to help out at the shop but fumbles a lot because he does not know how to interact with the ladies. Eru decides to step in and help out around the shop and this pleases Shunsuke's mother. This is a romance story that shares the joys and woes of the "SL" combi between Shunsuke and Eru. (Source: MU)
Shima Shima Everyday
Comedy Slice of Life Josei
A light-hearted slice-of-life story about a girl who finds a stray cat.
Yaku Yaku Sports Land
Ikinari Keiyaku Kekkon desu ka!? Onzoushi to Futsuu na Watashi no Ama Love Seikatsu
Mix
Drama Romance School
The story takes place in the same Meisei Gakuen high school as Touch, only it is set 26 years later. Like Touch, Mix revolves around brothers and baseball as a main theme. (Source: ANN)
Katsu!
Action Comedy Drama
Satoyama Katsuki and his best friend Kawakami Kyouta, both age 15, enrolls in Mizutani Boxing Gym to get close to their tomboyish crush, Mizutani Katsuki, whose father owns it. However, Satoyama soon finds out that she is distant from her father. Worse, it turns out that she hates boxing. In a sparring match, everyone including Mizutani soon discovers Satoyama's hidden yet unpolished skill in boxing. Satoyama soon learns that Mizutani is really in love with boxing, but disdains it because its a man's sport of which she cannot join. Mizutani then takes it upon herself to be Satoyama's trainer/manager to reach the championship belt. Satoyama complies to be closer to his crush. As the story progresses, we soon find out that Satoyama has a hidden past and lineage, one that would give him the necessary skill and talent to be a legendary oriental pro-boxing champion. (Source: Wikipedia)
Itsumo Misora
Comedy Drama School
Sports comedy with psychic powers. The story revolves around six children and a cat who save a religious icon from a fire, in reward for which the temple god grants each of them a power that will activate on their 13th birthday. Upon entering junior high school together, the six are forced to join the Sports Rental Club, which provides temporary members to other clubs when the regular members can't participate. The main character is Misora, a straight forward type of girl who likes physical activities like kickboxing. (Source: Wikipedia)
Shin Onimusha: Night of Genesis
Action Historical
Based on Capcom's award-winning Onimusha franchise, the manga is the prequel to the Shin Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams video game that features tales from feudal Japan. Yuki continues his quest to destroy the tainted cherry trees and thwart Hideyoshi's diabolic ambitions, while Akane departs on her quest for vengeance against Munenori, traitor to the Yagyu Clan. The fiery intensity that is the world of Onimusha continues!
Short Program
Romance Shounen
These short works by a master of manga storytelling are rich with emotion and unexpected outcomes. Decidedly human, they deal with the kinks and quirks of love, lust, missed opportunity, fate, and temptation that make life both tragic and comic. (Source: VIZ Media) 1. Kinkyou (The Current State of Affairs) 2. Kousaten mae (At the Intersection) 3. Short Program 4. Take-off 5. Change 6. Plus 1 7. Murasaki (Purple) 8-9. Nani ga Nandaka (What's Going On!?)
Concerto
Romance Shoujo Ai Slice of Life
A series of yuri one-shots. The first is about two childhood friends who like music and who are asked to perform at the graduation ceremony of their school. Longing deals with two members of the archery club: Kyoko and her senpai Touko, who is ashamed of her man-like body. Spice is about a young girls-loving teacher who wants to seduce her female students. Innocent is about a nude portrait hanging in an art room, the model and the painter. Rendez-vous is about two girls secretly in love who elope together after being found out. (Source: M-U)
Idol A
Comedy Shounen Sports
Satomi Azusa is a popular teenage gravure idol. She's also a highly talented baseball player, but, as a girl, she can't play on her school's team. Her father happens to be the coach of the team, and he concocts a scheme to allow her to play. His scheme involves Hirayama Keita, Azusa's childhood friend, a teenager of no particular talent. Keita's redeeming feature is that he looks a lot like Azusa. In fact, after putting Keita in a wig and girl's clothes, not even their parents can tell the two of them apart. To help Azusa's (and her father's) dream come true, Keita agrees to trade places with her during the baseball games. Soon "Hirayama Keita" becomes a popular player, and "he" begins to move towards a career in pro baseball. How long can Keita and Azusa keep up the act? What will happen when people find out? (Source: MangaHelpers)
Oira Houkago Wakadaishou
Comedy Slice of Life
Meet our hero Wakadaishou! He doesn't have much interest in school; he saves his energy for all the excitement he can stir up after school. This is an early Adachi Mitsuru 'youth manga,' filled with engaging characters, comic scenes, and a young hero with a zest for life. (Source: MU) Included one-shots: Volume 1: Isourou wa Tsurai yo Volume 2: Kimagure Punch
Pink Spot
Sports Seinen
Home Sweets Home
Comedy
Choujinrui 6
Action Sci-Fi Super Power
Himerareta Mitsugoto: Bara-tachi no Enbukyoku
Kaijuu-iro no Shima
Drama Shoujo Ai Shounen
Without a single friend, middle schooler Kon Chigawa lives on a small island and laments that she hasn't "fallen in love" yet, unlike her classmates. She often plays by "the Hole", a cave near the sea where a man-eating monster lives, according to folk tales. One day, as she meets with another girl who accidentally drops her smartphone in the sea, they fall from a cliff together but miraculously survive. It turns out Furuka is also all alone. (Source: MU)
Megumi to Tsugumi
School Yaoi
Megumi, an Alpha, son of the great Kokonoe Academy Chairman, goes to avenge his friends who were beaten by a yankee wielding a metal pipe. But that yankee is Tsugumi, an Omega who doesn't use suppressants and deals with his heats through sheer willpower. Tsugumi loathes all alphas because they consider omegas just tools for reproduction and has sworn to kill them all. Megumi, whose behaviour is different from other alphas, confuses Tsugumi and leaves him torn between rage and desire... (Source: Hero Scans)
Orcinus: Inakuchi Mitsuru no Choutei Seikatsu
Comedy Fantasy
Gu Ra Me!: Daisaishou no Ryourinin
Slice of Life Seinen
About a girl who wants to be a gourmet chef and ends up working as the Prime Minister's chef. ---- "There are political ideals of what's on the table. Therefore, the food served in all residences has a meaning, and we must appreciate the message..." Play in the shade of the political "food" under the consul emphasis on the role of Prime Minister Ato. We had about 60 years back in residence cook! Like visiting the prime minister's official residence in quenched intent thoughtful people to cook for guests, to assist in policy ... was named to such a big role, 25-year-old young woman chef Ichiki walnuts. Or can she answer the great expectations of the Prime Minister Ato? (Source: MU)
Shounen Onmyouji
Fantasy Historical Romance
The series, set in the Heian era, Abe no Masahiro is the grandson of the great onmyōji, Abe no Seimei. Seimei, who passed his teachings on to his grandson, Masahiro who has lost his sixth sense and the ability to see spirits. Masahiro constantly feels resentful for being in his grandfather's shadow. Even so, one day, Masahiro meets a fox-like creature which he names Mokkun, who shows him his true potential powers after fighting a demon. Mokkun is actually Toda who prefers to be called Guren. He is one of the twelve shikigami called the Shinsho, who has pledged his loyalty to Seimei and is helping Masahiro to surpass his grandfather. Masahiro's dream to surpass his grandfather may not be realised easily as not only does he have to convince the other Shinshō that he is Seimei's true successor, he must also increase his power in order to stop demons coming from China, the other parts of Japan and the Underworld as well as rival onmyōji's who want to destroy Japan. He also has to keep his promise to protect Princess Akiko of the Fujiwara clan. (Source: Wikipedia)
Kagami ga Kita
Comedy Mystery Horror
1. Kagami ga Kita 2. Revenge Doll 3. Hoshi wa Sen no Kao 4. Kawaii Hana 5. With Cat 6. My Sweet Sunday
Hell's Kitchen
Comedy Shounen Supernatural
Dogma, the Earl of Poor eating comes to train high school student Satoru into the perfect chef. But what awaits Satoru at the end of his training is only death. His teacher is not an ordinary noble but a demon from hell who promises to eat his soul, spiced with a lifetime of cooking expertise. Will Satoru abandon his normal life to become the puppet of this demonic earl? How will he cope with his life's expiry tag? Let's have a taste of this Heresy Gourmet! (Source: Easy Going Scans)
Ojousama Shousetsuka no Kiken na Doukyo Seikatsu: Kahogo Shitsuji ni Aisarete
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