Nakamura Hikaru

Christmas Collaboration

Hikaru Nakamura author of "Saint Young Men" and "Arakawa Under the Bridge" begins a new series for the first time in 10 years! The Black Santa Claus is looking for staff for his "Black Enterprise"!! After failing her university entrance exam, Hino Miharu had no choice but to search for a job. For the past three years, she’s been working part-time at a convenience store, where she’s scolded by her manager and taken advantage of by her younger co-worker. That is until she finds herself entangled the black Santa himself, where she is whisked off to her dream job…or so she thinks.

Saint☆Young Men is slice-of-life or divine-life, tale of Jesus and Buddha as they try to experience the modern world, in this case, Japan. The manga places a funny twist on religion, attitudes, culture and customs in Japan through the eyes of Jesus and Buddha. You see Jesus and Buddha experiencing Asakusa, public baths, theme parks, and the internet. Throughout the manga, we get a little history of their divine greatness only to see their apparent insignificance in modern Japanese society. Suffice to say, before people can recognize that they're actually Jesus and Buddha, people think of them as someone who looks like Johnny Depp or a guy with a button on his forehead. For real.Alternative Official EnglishReceived the 2009 Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize for Short Work Manga

Kou, a young "elite" man, has a policy of never being in debt to anyone. Unfortunately, he ends up owing Nino, a strange girl who saves his life. The girl, who claims she's from Venus and lives under a bridge by the Arakawa river, requests that Kou become her lover to settle the debt. So, Kou ends up living under the bridge with Nino. AnimeNewsNetwork Links: Season 1 Season 2 Live Action Move

Nakamura Koubou is a series of unrelated comedic short stories. The stories usually follow the Japanese “manzai” style of a misguided character with outrageous comments (boke) and another character that acts as the voice of reason (tsukommi). Hilarious situations and out of this world characters will keep you laughing.

A collection of nine short stories written by NisiOisin with the collaboration of nine different artists: Musumeiri Hako (Girl in a Box) - Artist: Akatsuki Akira A delinquent finds a girl abandoned in a box… and takes her home… RKD-EK9 - Artist: Obata Takeshi In future scientists found that heaven exists but you need to do a certain amount of good deeds in order to get there. So what happens with people, who don't have enough of them? Nani Made Nara Koroseru? (How Far Can You Kill?) - Artist: Ikeda Akihisa Reika asked her neighbour friend Kyuu "how far could he kill?" when they were playing in sandpit. After that coversation they driffted apart. Ten years later Kyuu meets Reika carring a big box. She told him, it's dog corpse. Hanger Strike! - Artist: Fukushima Teppei Koi Aru Doguya - Artist: Yamakawa Aiji Bad boy Shimane felt in love with a good student Yokoi Shuu. To get her love, he has spent all his money on a magic ring that is supposed to make her fall in love with him. But there is a trick if she won't accept it. Now that he has the ring, what will he do? Offside o Oshiete (Teach Me the Offside) - Artist: Nakayama Atsushi High-school student Itou tries to cope with the disbanding of the soccer club when a girl asks him to explain the offside rule to her. Doushitemo Kanaetai Tatta Hitotsu no Negai to Wari to Sou demo Nai 99 no Negai (The One Wish That He Wants Granted No Matter What, and the Ninety-Nine That He Doesn’t) - Artist: Nakamura Hikaru Bokura wa Zatsu ni wa Manabanai - Artist: Kawashita Mizuki Tomodachi Inai Doumei - Artist: Kindaichi Renjuurou