Works
- Hen (1988–1997)
- There are two series of Hen; the first, with kanji, ran for 13 volumes—the first three are short story collections, and the remaining ten are a romantic comedy in which both leads are male. The short stories were later repackaged as "Aka" and "Kuro".
- The second series, 8 volumes, with the title only in romaji, is a romantic comedy in which both leads are women. This series has been adapted into an anime.
- Zero One (1999–2000)
- There are only three volumes, about a video game tournament. It was not successful, and ended abruptly.
- Gantz (2000–ongoing)
- It currently has 35 volumes. The first eight have been adapted into the first 21 episodes of the two seasons of the anime, with the final five episodes consisting of a different story that the manga follows.
- Me~teru no Kimochi (2006–2007)
- Three volumes in all, about a shut-in or hikikomori falling in love with his young stepmother after the death of his father.
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“His character as one of the fathers of the English language would alone make his works important, even those which have little poetical merit. He was as simple as Wordsworth in preferring his homely but vigorous Saxon tongue, when it was neglected by the court, and had not yet attained to the dignity of a literature, and rendered a similar service to his country to that which Dante rendered to Italy.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)