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A short series of one-shot gag manga by famed creator Akira Toriyama, spanning eight total installments released from 1999-2005. It is most notable for its later portion, Neko Majin Z, which is a self-parody of Dragon Ball, the author's most famous work. The series revolves around the adventures of various characters from the "Neko Majin" race, magical creatures that primarily take the form of various cats that engage in a wide variety of activities from practicing martial arts to engaging in practical jokes. On April 4, 2013 and just only a couple months after Dragon Ball received its digital color release, Neko Majin was given the same treatment.

England, the middle of the sixteenth century. Lady Tonia has been imprisoned in a fortress for treason against the king. So as not to soil the name of the Cavendish family, she remains strong-hearted until her final moments. The executioner who arrives is Sandor, a mysterious man with beautiful turquoise eyes. The moment Tonia takes her opportunity to escape, she falls into the river. Involuntarily, Sandor rescues her and, in the face of her purity, is reluctant to execute her. And yet, for the sake of his cousin, held hostage, he must deliver her heart to the king at any cost…!

He was introduced to her in order to save her from her destiny… When Alicia was seven years old, she met Thomas Cavendish, the man chosen to be her future husband. She fell in love with him the moment she met him, but their fated marriage had nothing to do with her feelings. It was the result of her adoptive father’s calculated decision to save her from her destiny…

Working as a piano tuner, Yuzuru had met various kinds of pianist. But when the music of a unique and eccentric pianist Rion reaches his ears, he knows that he won't be able to escape from the latter's charms. And when Rion confesses his love and convey his desire to make Yuzuru as his official piano tuner, Yuzuru find it as something that is hard to believe. Does Rion like him for who he is or his skills? 

“When I woke up, I found I had turned into a fridge and was in an unknown apartment…”  

 

Fusion between two of the greatest mangas of all time. (Dragon Ball x One Piece)Special one-shot collaboration to celeberate One Piece's 10th anniversary.

Violet-eyed French Princess Celeste is en route to a remote area in Northern England to fulfill an engagement arranged by her father. After a slew of unbelievable hardships, her aunt falls ill and her travelling party is delayed. Brother Guy, a novice monk with unearthly beauty, is hired as a guide. Completely disappointed in women, Brother Guy makes a vow with God to keep silent while serving as the guide to the beautiful princess, totally unaware of the unimaginable, cruel fate that awaits them…

"Please tell me the name of this feeling—" Sakura is an android working as a maid. Her master, Choutarou, always looks at her coldly, seeing her as just a machine. Even though he used to smile at her when he was a child... Is this yearning to see his smile again a malfunction in her system? Read Itoshii Hana no Namae on manhuascan

Young Roid is the pilot of a “Galaxy Taxi”. Called to a planet called Kongaratta by a young girl called Pola, this short story tells Roid’s journey to become the greatest hero of the galaxy. Roid is unimpressed with space and wishes to return to Earth but Pola bribes his companionship with promises of money 

Published in 1997 in an issue of Weekly Shonen Jump for the "Jump Readers' Cup", this manga tells the story of two young demons named Bubul and Purupuru who venture outside of their village to the human world to make snowmen. During this activity, they hear an approaching car and quickly check it out which leads into hijnx. This manga won the award that year, marking the first time Toriyama won it since his 1981 one-shot "Pola & Roid" and its demon world notably has several concepts that would be reused in Cowa, one of his single-volume length tales.

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In 1977, a then unknown Akira Toriyama participated in an annual competition for new mangaka, sponsored by Shueisha in Monthly Young Jump magazine with the work, Awawa World, a short oneshot that features a mashup of concepts from superheroes to samurai to kaiju and it's all topped with fast-paced absurdist humor and even features attempts to mix modern scenarios with the feudal setting. Though his work was nominated, it ultimately didn't win. Later on in 1983, this manga would be republished in two parts in "Bird Land Press", the official newsletter of Toriyama's fanclub. The original master materials of this and his second one-shot "Mysterious Rain Jack" would be put on display during a touring art exhibition centered solely around Akira Toriyama's work which sprouted up in the 1990s and this is where unfortunately disaster would strike for during this exhibition. The master materials of Awawa World and Mysterious Rain Jack were stolen, making an official rerelease as of right now impossible to achieve.

One year after the failure of his first manga, Awawa World, Toriyama once again tried his hand at manga creation for the Monthly Young Jump award and crafted Mysterious Rain Jack, a one-shot mystery comedy that features an unnamed detective and his bumbling inspector ally who try to crack the case of a string of mysterious thefts that revolve around various items such as sweets and Cola. The story notably features character designs and scenarios that would later find their way into his most popular work, Dr. Slump. In particular, the lead detective's design would eventually be reused for Kurikinton Soramame and there's an appearance by an ogre who would later become Thunder Ogre Goronbo. The work was unfortunately rejected which was in large part due to the usage of several designs lifted straight from the space opera film Star Wars. Despite this however, Kazuhiko Torishima, who would later become Toriyama's editor, contacted him with words of encouragement that kept him going until he eventually found success. Like Awawa World, this manga would be republished in two parts in the "Bird Land Press" fanclub newsletter and would have its master materials brought out for display during a roaming art exhibition in the 1990s that was dedicated entirely to Toriyama's work. Unfortunately it along with Awawa World had its master materials stolen and when coupled with the use of copyrighted designs? This means an official rerelease is highly unlikely.