Kitagawa Shou

From OMFGG Scans: Long ago Bengo was a feminine, weak looking child who was bullied at school. Koudai was the first person to stand up for Bengo and eventually the two become good friends until they parted ways due to unfortunate circumstances. In the present, Koudai, a lawyer renowned for his continuous losing streak, is assigned to a sure loss case. While meeting his new wacky client, a familiar face appears… Two completely different lawyers that you will love!

This manga is about the job of cleaning up scenes of death, and discusses the meaning of life and death. Through interactions between the deceased's family and friends with the death sweepers, we understand the meaning of death. No matter is it is a peaceful death at the ends of one's life, murder, suicide, death from illnesses, when death comes, who would be able to predict it, or prevent it? That is why we have to try our best to live on.

The series takes place at a certain Japanese location, where a girl moves in with her aunt to a new house after experiencing some more or less shocking events back home. There she meets a boy named Fuyuki, who she from then on spends a lot of time with. The thing special about Chinatsu is her voice, a voice which many seem to have heard before, but from where? What's so special about this girl, and what'll happen in the future?

Shibata Tonami has an ability to see various mirages whenever there's rain, which isolates him from others who don't understand him. However, after his encounter with Kawakami Miki, a beautiful girl who has an ability of her own, everything in Tonami's life changes.

Enzo Takaya, character inspired by Jean Reno, is a teacher and the oldest son of his family, as such, he takes care of his siblings like a father. One day, a 5 year-old girl is found on their doorstep with a note: she is the result of Enzo's former life of crime and luxury as a gang member. Although he ignores who the mother is, he decides to take in the little Nanami. She unfortunately suffers from a skin disease due to sensitivity to pollution and certain types of food. So, Enzo becomes a health freak…

Commenced when the artist was only 21 years old, and yet it shows surprising maturity in both style and story. Most importantly, Kitagawa captured the essence of the age bordering adolescence and adulthood. In a sense, 19 is the GQ of manga. Our hero, Kubota Kazushi, will have his heart broken three times (and his virginity intact) before he finds a steady love, and that's just half of the story. The story can be very light hearted, and then very depressing sometimes. The tone is, IMHO, overall melancholic. Comparing with some other bland shounen stuffs that are out there, 19 scores far above the field. Kazushi Kubota is an eighteen-year-old guy that has never had a girlfriend. One day, the girl that he had been secretly in love with comes back into his life after four years! Will he have the courage to ask her out? Read on and see!

"Don't go near the shrine! If you want to leave this village safely..." Moriya Tou was at the peak of happiness. His girlfriend Kasumi accepted his marriage proposal. However, from that day on, Kasumi disappeared... leaving behind the words, "I'll get permission from my aunt and sister back home." In pursuit of Kasumi's whereabouts, Tou visits Ototachimura, a closed village that has been ruled by a feudal lord's family since ancient times. The villagers look at Tou suspiciously, Kasumi's sister Tsubaki has a melancholy look on her face, and there is a shrine that worships something unknown. Is this village hiding something...? On the morning before the once-every-25-year festival, the body of a villager is discovered...!

Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, where Ishinomori Manga Museum is located, was the most affected area in Japan by the Great East Japan Earthquake. 10 years have passed since then... We introduce the situation at that time and the people working towards reconstruction through manga!