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Shuzo Oshimi
SWEATY YOUNG THINGS When Nakamura said to Kasuga that Saeki wanted to have sex with him, might she have been telling the truth?
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Shuzo Oshimi’s impact on the English manga scene has never been in doubt. His talent to mix surreal designs and passionate, youthful narratives has made him a best-seller many times…
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Lonely bookish teen struggles to find his identity through Charles Baudelaire’s poetry, until two girls, a bully and the class beauty, help him realize true love and real friendship.
Yohei, Kei and Yui are childhood friends and things get complicated when Yohei witnesses Kei and Yui in an intimate moment. But when unexpectedly Kei moves away and returns a…
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From the creator who brought you notable works such as The Flowers of Evil, Happiness, and Inside Mari, comes his latest suspense drama centering on the theme of a toxic…
Originally published in Japanese as Chi no Wadachi 2 by Shogakukan, 2018 –Colophon.
Originally published in Japan as Aku no hana: Tokyo: Kodansha, Ltd., 2010.
Following the story of a lonely teen struggling to find his identity who cannot find the right words to say, except through the poetry of Baudelaire, this manga is a…
A college student apparently wakes up in the body of a high school girl.
Mari’s life is starting to fall apart. She’s fallen out with her friends, teachers and family. So, with few clues as to where she has disappeared to, Isao and Yori…
A visceral teenage vampire story from the creator of Flowers of Evil.
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Originally published in Japanese as Chi no Wadachi 5 by Shogakukan, 2019. –Colophon.
Originally published in Japanese as Chi no Wadachi 6 by Shogakukan, 2019. –Colophon.
"Seiichi's aunt and uncle have arrived to confront Seiko, and the truth has come out at last. The lies--and his family--are falling apart, and Seiichi is left to pick up…
"His mother finally in custody, Seiichi is questioned by police and recovers a memory of being thrown off a cliff just like Shigeru. He begins to free himself from his…
"First published in Japan in 2020 by Kodansha, Ltd., Tokyo"--Colophon.
Manga format; reads from back to front, right to left.
Volume 1: "Originally published in Japanese as Devil ecstasy 1 and 2 by Kodansha, Ltd. Devil ecstacy first serialized in Young Magazine, Kodansha, Ltd., 2005-2006"--Copyright page.
"Shigeru's midnight visit leads Seiichi back up the hill where his mother dropped him as a child...and as events begin to fold in on themselves like the layers of his…
High schooler Yumeko is your ordinary high school girl except she's obsessed with seeing the male body part in real life. Determined, Yumeko decides to join the art club at…
"p on the hill, Seiichi's encounter with Shigeru merges with his own experience of being cast away by his mother, Seiko--and in that moment, he kills Shigeru in order to…
"Yo doesn't exactly get what love or dating is. After all, things ended up in a disaster with Mitani, his ex-girlfriend. And for some reason, he feels much more comfortable…
From the creator of Blood on the Tracks, Shuzo Oshimi. A charming story of two middle-schoolers that have a close shave with love!
Two middle school swimming club students have…
Yo doesn't know what he's doing anymore. Nothing feels right. His relationship with Mitani has distorted into something far from what he had wanted it to be--his body can't resist…
Seiichi is back home for the first time in ages to inter his father's remains in the family grave. After that, he'll be finished, nothing left to hold him in…
Shino Oshima is so shy she cannot even say her name out loud.
Flowers of Evil follows the story of a lonely teen struggling to find his identity. He cannot find the right words to say, except through the poetry of Baudelaire. A…
The second combined edition of The Flowers of Evil features volumes 4-6 and follows the adventures of a lonely, bookish teen struggling to find his identity through Baudelaire’s poetry, until…
Ordinary middle school student Seiichi Osabe receives love and care from his mother Seiko. Until one summer an incident changes the family dynamic forever.
From the creator of Blood on the Tracks, comes his latest work tackling adolensence with a gender bender twist…
Yohei, Kei and Yui are childhood friends and things get complicated…
A compelling and visceral teenage vampire story from Shuzo Oshimi, creator of Flowers of Evil.
A supernatural story of sexual awakening, growing up and suburban vampirism.
A dorky boy is attacked by a girl in an alley. She sucks his blood and gives him a choice: life or death. He chooses life, but finds himself with…
It is becoming clear to Isao and Yori that finding Mari is going to take more time than expected. As the two continue their search they’ll have to cooperate, despite…
