Matsumoto Jiro

A small anthology to commemorate the releases of volumes 1 & 2 of Mitokon Perestroika.

Revolves around the shogunate infantry corps, the Western-style army developed by the Edo shogunate at the end of the Edo period.

Follows two girls born in Japan during a civil war. Shimon Hanazawa is a woman who participates in her school's "volunteer activities," and Momoko Takasaka is her classmate and instructor.

A conversation between two high school girls, and the iron ambition one of them has.

A riff on Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairytale "Little Matchstick Girl" done in the style of Jiro Matsumoto

A collection of eight Zombie related oneshots by several authors. Includes illustrations by Hiroe Rei (Black Lagoon), Samura Hiroaki (Blade of the Immortal) and Matsumoto Jiro (Freesia).

The future.The people that migrated to an alternate dimensional space, seeking a new world to live in, started an armed rebellion in order to declare independence from Earth. Thus, multi-dimensional war broke out with the United Army of Earth. The battlefronts spread, and the fight grew long.In their desire to break the deadlock, the United Army of Earth decided to launch a large-scale offensive, deploying to the front line vast amounts of "Assault Girls" – new arms that would render all previous weaponry ineffective.Piloted by outcasts and criminals, the members of the The 13th Independent Assault Girl Hunting Platoon – dubbed "The Hyena Platoon" – are tasked with hunting down and destroying rogue Assault Girl pilots, who have succumbed to the corruption that eventually befalls all pilots.Started as a oneshot in "A City of Honests and Heretics."

A masterpiece collection of short stories by Jiro Matsumoto, which has a unique art style, a unique world view, and quirky storylines. Kyoko, the class president, reads out her composition in front of the whole class. She writes about her mother, who is into a strange religion, her rebellious sister, who shoplifts, and her father, who is often hunted by his father. But Kyoko loves her father!

This world is broken, so are humans. Shu is one of them. He's a talented sniper who keeps a broken android, named Alice. Together they live like hermits and make living by exterminating caravan robbers, until one day the woman that Shu saved invites him to live in a commune.

The story centers around Becchin, a high school girl who lives in a battle tank on a riverbed in Tokyo's Suginami ward, and her friend Mandara. Together, the two exterminate the zombies of dead Suginami citizens.

Flowers and guns…With a gun in their hands, the girls will seize their days.

Another short story collection from Jirô Matsumoto. Contains 5 stories: A Revolutionist in the Afternoon A Revolutionist in the Afternoon 2 (not a sequel to the first one) Desert Witch: A wounded man is being chased, but then he stumbles on cursed grounds Takeyama's Life: A vampire, who is not really into the whole gothic vampire thing. The Footmen Flee: Two men are in the battlefield, and all they want to do now is go home (without being killed by the opposing side)

A short story collection from Jirō Matsumoto (the artist of "Freesia"). Contains explicit sexual imagery and language, not recommended for the squeamish.

A story of three childhood friends - Colo, Cookie, and Naomi - who grew up in a sleepy backwater town on an uncivilized planet. They struggle to get by while holding on to their dreams of leaving town and finding a better life but can their friendship endure the tests of time? Can it withstand invading armies, broken dreams, conflicting ambitions, divided loyalties, jealousy and even betrayal?

Freesia is set in an alternative Japanese society that is at war, and has passed a law legalizing retaliatory killings. If somebody kills your loved one, you are legally sanctioned to kill, or hire someone to kill, the victimizer. The manga is set around a character who works for a firm that specializes in these retaliatory killings.

A coming-of-age story from Jiro Matsumoto (the author of Freesia) about a young, aspiring photographer named Soma. He's going nowhere, stuck in a mire of sex and drugs, until a horrible end to a one night stand sets him on a path that changes his life forever.

Is this a dream? Reality? Or maybe something else…? Every night, a mysterious man who styles himself Peter Pan sneaks up in Manami's room. He takes her with him to Neverland, an eerie place created out of human desire. Neither pain nor obligation exist in this place. A fairytale land of freedom, where people live governed only by their own instincts. There, all of reality's troubles and unpleasantness may be forgotten. However… being human may not be quite as bad as it sounds.

A martial arts historical series about a peasant turned samurai and caught in the turmoil of the Satsuma Rebellion, in the first years of the Meiji Era. Included oneshot: Inu no Seikatsu.