IMA Ichiko

  • The Paradise on the Sand
    A collection of four short stories. Chapter 1 is the 100 page title story. It's a supernatural shoujo about a man with one chance to escape from death, a mysterious woman he meets, and a tribe seeking to find its way back into Heaven. Chapter 2 deals with the mystery of a man gone missing, and presumed dead. Chapter 3 is a very short story about a couple in the mountains who pick up a strange guest. Chapter 4 is a longer story about the traditions binding a family, those that would break away from them, and the dark secret that holds the family in sway.
    Updated: 2020-12-26
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  • Otona no Mondai
    Naoto is a stressed-out college student doing his best to juggle the eccentricities of his divorced parents with his own burgeoning romance. His stress deepens after his gay father proposes to the handsome and elegant male lover. This is a humourous series by Ima Ichiko about the modern, dysfunctional family.
    Updated: 2021-08-25
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  • Itoko Doushi
    Quoted from Slash-kun's review:
    "The reissue of the author's old works from mainly her djs (1991-1995). The short series of the cool romance between two cousins who love each other with a little guilt feeling. And three short stories (Stylish comedy like current author's taste. Hero finds his uncle after a long separation but the guy is not same man as his uncle.../ The forbidden relationship between hero and his young uncle-in-law seems to change after the birth of the baby of hero's sister.../ Re-issue of short story from "My beautiful green Palace". The researcher visits again the village of Merman legend to meet the mysterious guy / Kakioroshi - additional newly written sequel of the series. Cousins enjoy barbecue with their colleagues of their office)."
    Updated: 2021-08-25
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  • Itsutsu no Hako no Monogatari
    From PresenceDear:

    A compilation of short stories on the theme of “boxes.”

    1) The Setting Sun
    An art dealer deals with the impending death of a promising young artist.

    2) Always a Holiday with You
    A high school student’s fantasy becomes reality in an unexpected way.

    3) Pandora’s Elevator

    4) Coffin Under the Snow

    Note: A bunko version was released in 2005 and 2007 with a new cover (see picture on right).
    Updated: 9 months ago
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  • Kishibe no Uta
    A town in ancient China has fallen under a curse and all the water resources are drying up. In order to save everyone, a young girl has been picked as a sacrificial lamb for the water God Kahaku, who resides in a far away places called Suiko. The girl and his bodyguard En travels to Kahaku to prepare for her sacrifice, however, everything is not what it seems.
    Updated: 2021-07-31
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  • B Kyuu Gourmet Kurabu
    From Beautiful Soup:
    "B Grade" is a manga that takes
    place a few years after the two
    lead males have graduated
    from high school. One of them
    came out in high school, and
    the other was a scary sempai
    who kind of took care of him.
    But now they meet at the same
    office, several years later,
    where the kouhai has yet to
    come out of the closet...
    Updated: 2021-08-25
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  • Suna no Ue no Rakuen
    From Storm in Heaven:
    A collection of four short stories.

    Chapter 1 is the 100 page title story. It's a supernatural shoujo about a man with one chance to escape from death, a mysterious woman he meets, and a tribe seeking to find its way back into Heaven.

    Chapter 2 deals with the mystery of a man gone missing, and presumed dead.

    Chapter 3 is a very short story about a couple in the mountains who pick up a strange guest.

    Chapter 4 is a longer story about the traditions binding a family, those that would break away from them, and the dark secret that holds the family in sway.
    Updated: 2021-08-25
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  • Kotou no Himegimi
    A collection of short stories:

    Red Sleeves / Akai Sode (赤い袖)
    Silence / Chinmoku (沈黙)
    Midnight Dinner Table / Mayonaka no Shokutaku (真夜中の食卓)
    There's No Funeral Portrait! / Iei ga nai! (遺影がない!)
    Princess of the Lonely Isle / Kotou no Himegimi (孤島の姫君)
    Elegant Animals / Utsukushiki Kemonotachi (extras)
    Updated: 2020-12-26
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  • Kumo o Koroshita Otoko
    In a country without water, there existed a ritual whereby the people prayed for it. In this country said to be inhabited by the Cloud Dragon, legends speaks of a dragon tamer who can bring rain.

    Presenting, a collection of grand oriental fantasies including "The Man Who Slayed the Clouds," and three other stories.
    Updated: 2020-12-26
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  • Gengetsurou Kitan
    Shouichirou Tsurugi is the master of an well-established, upscale miso shop. He's a noted "prodigal son" and an eccentric "Jack of all trades, master of none." He's also the patron of a suspicious male geisha, Yosaburou, who will do anything for money and has no talent, except for telling ghost stories. It may or may not be true that the young master is making amorous advances toward Yosaburou! Every night, the parlor of a restaurant in the red light district called Ghost Moon Tower showcases mysterious tales that interweave "strange things" and people's other desires.
    (Source: PresenceDear)
    Updated: 2023-06-15
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