A bitter, washed up manga artist receives a mysterious gift from a fan...

A one-shot by Takahashi Rumiko to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Japanese semimonthly seinen anthology, Big Comic.

Senmu No Inu contains six short stories that may especially appeal to readers with an appreciation for stories about relationships, character, and understanding other people. These are stories for thinking and feeling adults.

The boarding house Maison Ikkoku is home to a strange medley of weird characters, including the young student Yusaku and the beautiful (and widowed) manager, Kyoko. We follow the efforts of Yusaku to win Kyoko's affections, with interference from the rest of the tenants.
(Source: ANN)

Legend has it that if a human eats a mermaid's flesh, they will be granted eternal life. But is that a blessing or a curse? Immortal lovers Yuta and Mana travel through Japan and the centuries longing for a normal life. On their journey, they meet others who have consumed the flesh of a mermaid in hope of becoming immortal. But the powerful substance affects each person differently. Yuta and Mana are two of the lucky ones. Others are fated to die or transform into a savage monster, a "lost soul." Mermaid Saga contains three of Takahashi's uniquely macabre mermaid tales, A Mermaid Never Smiles, The Village of the Fighting Fish, and Mermaid Forest. Each revolves around Yuta, who wanders for hundreds of years, seeking a mermaid to cure him of his immortality.

A sophisticated collection of tales, ranging from the macabre to heartwarming to wacky. The trials and tribulations of daily life.

1. P no Higeki (The Tragedy of P)
2. Roman no Akindo (The Merchant of Romance)
3. Poi no Ie (The House of Trash)
4. Hachi no Naka (Hidden in the Pottery)
5. Hyakunen no Koi (One Hundred Years of Love)
6. L-size no Shiawase (Extra-Large Sized Happiness)

Classic short stories by the world's most popular female manga artist!
Before there was Ranma1/2 and Maison Ikkkoku, even before there was Lum Urusei Yatsura, there was Rumic World! Takahashi's first two comics ever, one of which won her Shogakukan Publishing's Best New Comic Artist Award.

This sophisticated collection of tales, ranging from the macabre to heartwarming to wacky, will please any Takahashi fan, as well as introduce the uninitiated to the broad range of the manga master's work! The trials and tribulations of daily life are infused with Takahashi's unique brand of magical realism!

"The great modern recession that you couldn't see coming. Have you ever wondered … if you could know if the future holds happiness for you or…?"
[Source: Rumic World]

Sanada Beni is 13 years old now and she is part of a ninja family. She is finally a Red ninja after 13 years of age. She takes an oath of loyalty to fulfill all her missions as family's "red ninja" descendant. But the problem is she is still a ninja in training. Four years ago she accidentally met a boy named Kiyoshi Makoto. Now she is set off to his school to protect him. Now what will would happen as Makoto continues to protect the entrance ceremony and Beni protects him?
(Source: MU)

Legend has it that if a human eats a mermaid's flesh, they will be granted eternal life. But is that a blessing or a curse? Immortal lovers Yuta and Mana travel through Japan and the centuries longing for a normal life. On their journey, they meet others who have consumed the flesh of a mermaid in hope of becoming immortal. But the powerful substance affects each person differently. Yuta and Mana are two of the lucky ones. Others are fated to die or transform into a savage monster, a "lost soul." Mermaid Saga contains three of Takahashi's uniquely macabre mermaid tales, A Mermaid Never Smiles, The Village of the Fighting Fish, and Mermaid Forest. Each revolves around Yuta, who wanders for hundreds of years, seeking a mermaid to cure him of his immortality.

As a child Sakura Mamiya mysteriously disappeared in the woods behind her grandma's home. She returned whole and healthy, but since then she has had the power to see ghosts. Now a teenager, she just wishes the ghosts would leave her alone! At school, the desk next to Sakura’s has been empty since the start of the school year, then one day her always-absent classmate shows up, and he's far more than what he seems!
(Source: MU)

Kosaku Hatanaka is a natural at boxing, but he can't control his voracious appetite. As a result, he has been forced to change his weight, going from flyweight, all the way up to feather weight, something his trainer tells him he doesn't have the frame for. On top of this he accepts challenges from higher weight classes, giving his coach (and himself) constant trouble.
Into this picture steps Sister Angela, a novice nun who takes Kosaku on as a personal project, determined to set him on the right path and break his habit of gluttony. Unfortunately, closeness can sometimes breed feelings of affection, which Kosaku begins to develop. Even worse, Sister Angela realizes she's beginning to have the same problems as well.

What would you do if a tiger skin bikini-clad alien followed you to school every day? Poor Ataru's life has never returned to normal since volatile extraterrestrial princess Lum fell for him. Now an excruciatingly wealthy and genteel rival, Mendo, adds to Ataru's torment. Not to mention an unending stream of extraordinary classroom visitors and educational materials including incompetent cherry blossom spirits, a legendary nightmare-eating tapir, and a fourth-dimensional camera that breeches alternate realities.

Another collection of Takahashi's short stories

Kagome is a modern Japanese high school girl. Never the type to believe in myths and legends, her world view dramatically changes when, one day, she's pulled out of her own time and into another! There, in Japan's ancient past, Kagome discovers more than a few of those dusty old legends are true, and that her destiny is linked to one legendary creature in particular--the dog-like half-demon called Inuyasha! That same trick of fate also ties them both to the Shikon Jewel, or "Jewel of Four Souls." But demons beware...the smallest shard of the Shikon Jewel can give the user unimaginable power.
(Source: Viz)