Isshiki Makoto

That day, the boys decided what they would use their lives for. They say that a prince born in the land of the Nile must die before he turns 17. In order to break the curse placed by Lady Lowe, a witch who lives in a magical forest called the "Seven Days Forest," the boys begin an adventure that will put their lives on the line...

Itsumo Issho or Always Together In order to win the heart of her dream boy, an obese girl joins forces with her cousin to lose weight… — An amusing take on the topic “obesity” and how the right motivation can work wonders from the author of Piano no Mori and Hanada Shônen-shi.

A tranquil tale about two boys from very different upbringings. On one hand, you have Kai, born as the son of a prostitute, who's been playing the abandoned piano in the forest near his home ever since he was young. And on the other you have Syuhei, practically breast-fed by the piano as the son of a family of prestigious pianists. Yet it is their common bond with the piano that eventually intertwines their paths in life. Won the 12th Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize in 2008

A little bumpkin kid by the name of Hanada Ichirou gets into all kinds of mischief until things take a turn for the nasty. Trying to escape the wrath of his enraged mother, he gets in an accident, resulting in nine stitches on the back of his head, and one little side-effect: a knack for the supernatural. Young Ichirou is now able to communicate with ghosts, who just can't get off his back with all kinds of requests.