Most Popular Books by Inio Asano

In the near future, human rights arenâu0080u0099t guaranteed, but they are for sale. Without your rights, youâu0080u0099re just a mujina, with no place to call your own and no laws to protect you. But if the laws donâu0080u0099t apply to you, you can do anything you want. You just need the skills to back it up. And if youâu0080u0099re really good, you can really make a killing.

Longing for Something Bigger From the Eisner Award-nominated Inio Asano, creator of Solanin and Nijigahara Holograph, comes one of his most challenging works yet—an intense teen romance set in what may at first glance be one of the sleepiest places in Japan. When Koume and Keisuke''s relationship begins to take shape, it is apparent that they are both searching for something. Maybe Keisuke wants something more than a kiss from the fair Koume. Maybe Koume is looking for someone better than Misaki, the local playboy. But what they find in each other over the course of a summer might be far greater than anything they were expecting. Their lives are going to change. And this will all transpire before high school exams!

Fantagraphics is proud to welcome the great Inio Asano (Solanin, What a Wonderful World!) to its acclaimed literary manga line. Even as butterflies ominously proliferate in town, the rumor of a mysterious creature lurking in the tunnel behind the school spreads among the children. When the body of Arié Kimura’s mother is found by this tunnel’s entrance, next to apparently human traces, the legend seems to be confirmed. Is the end of the world coming? In order to appease the wrath of the beast, the children decide to offer it a sacrifice: The unfortunate Arié, whom they believe to be the cause of the curse, is shoved into a well that leads to the Nijigahara tunnel ― an act that in turns pushes Komatsuzaki, the budding thug who has carried a torch for Arié for a while already, entirely over the edge. But this is only the beginning of the complex, challenging, obliquely told Nijigahara Holograph, which takes place in two separate timelines and involves the suicidal Suzuki; Higure, his stalkerish would-be girlfriend; and their teacher Miss Sakaki, whose heavily bandaged face remains a mystery; and many more ― brothers, sisters, parents, co-workers, teachers, aggressors and victims who are all inextricably linked to one another and all will eventually ― ten years later ― have to live with what they’ve done or suffered through.

Punpun was an average kid in an average town... But things have changed. The love of his life wants to kill him. His parents got divorced. And God is being mean to him. What are you going to do now, Punpun? -- VIZ Media

From celebrity manga artist Inio Asano comes a collectors edition vignette manga anthology. Peer into the mind behind Good Night Punpun! "At the very least, morning still comes for everyone no matter what." An inspiring and melancholic collection of ten short stories, previously unpublished in English, that characterize Inio Asano''s genius from his early works. This includes the author''s debut miniseries, What a Wonderful World, and the six-years-in-the-making, personal piece Tokyo. Each story is a glimpse into the window of someone else''s life, their struggles, and the things that keep them going for one more sunrise. A wonderful, poignant, balance of jaded everyday life and the small moments that shine through the cracks.

Nachdem Ubume, die lange als unbesiegbar galt, im Kampf gegen Tenko ihre erste Niederlage erlitten hat, versucht sie, ihren Ruf wiederherzustellen. Darum macht sie sich daran,den Mujina-Bodyguard des Mekido-Ehepaars zu ermorden.

Terumi Morgan bitterly accepts that he shouldn’t expect a lot from life. He just wants to meet his deadlines at work and watch his porn in peace. But then an unexpected sick day sends him on a collision course with two people who will change his world forever—a runaway kid and a thirtysomething mujina assassin. Suddenly life is expecting a lot from him. -- VIZ Media

Three years ago the aliens invaded Tokyo. Nothing was ever the same again. But after a while, even impending doom starts to feel ordinary. The Japan Self-Defense Forces are still looking for a way to combat the alien threat, but so far conventional weapons have had no effect. Maybe it’s time to try something unconventional. Meanwhile, Kadode Koyama and her best friend avidly track the aliens’ movements on social media and less enthusiastically study for college entrance exams. When the end of the world looms overhead, you learn to take things one step at a time. -- VIZ Media

Meet Punpun Punyama. He’s an average kid in an average town. He wants to win a Nobel Prize and save the world. He wants the girl he has a crush on to like him back. He wants to find some porn. That’s what he wants, but what does he get...? -- VIZ Media

Im Stadtteil Tsukumo sind Menschenrechte nicht selbstverständlich. Einige Menschen, genannt Mujina, verlieren ihr Recht auf jegliche Teilnahme an der Gesellschaft – in Krankenhäusern werden sie nicht behandelt, die Justiz ignoriert sie, nicht einmal öffentliche Straßen dürfen sie betreten. Doch dieser Verlust ist zugleich ein Gewinn: Die Mujina erlangen die totale Freiheit von jeglichen Zwängen und der Heuchelei der Gesellschaft. Mithilfe von Anti-Schwerkraft-Schuhen machen sie die Dächer der Stadt zu ihrer eigenen Welt und verdienen ihr Geld auf eine Weise, wie es die Mitglieder der Gesellschaft niemals könnten: als Auftragskiller mit gezückten Katanas! Die neue knallharte Action-Dystopie von Inio Asano, dem Meister hinter Gute Nacht, Punpun! Mit exklusivem Artprint nur in der Erstauflage!

This is the end, Punpun. -- VIZ Media

Oba and Makoto are lurking in Oran’s memories from an alternative timeline where she and Kadode simultaneously save the earth and ruin their lives. When the worst happens, Oran takes a desperate leap into another timeline. But things don’t seem to be going very well in that timeline either. Good thing there are endless timelines, right, Isobeyan? -- VIZ Media

In the near future, human rights arenâu0080u0099t guaranteed, but they are for sale. Without your rights, youâu0080u0099re just a mujina, with no place to call your own and no laws to protect you. But if the laws donâu0080u0099t apply to you, you can do anything you want. You just need the skills to back it up. And if youâu0080u0099re really good, you can really make a killing.

Despite the ongoing menace of wild Invaders and A-ray contamination, people are still moving to Tokyo to find opportunities and themselves. After all, the likelihood of getting squashed by a crashing Invader vessel is still extremely low! Meanwhile, Kadode and her friends have started university, where they must face the crisis of choosing which student club to join—a critical decision that will affect the rest of their lives! -- VIZ Media

The collaboration between S.E.S. and the Self-Defense Forces is going beautifully. Fujin Type 9s patrol the streets of Tokyo, and the slaughter of the Invaders is at an all-time high. It’s almost enough to distract the populace from the ominous smoke coming from the mother ship! Meanwhile, Kadode is getting used to having an Invader living in her apartment. His delicious cooking almost makes up for the stress of dealing with the constant threat of vigilante exterminators taking him down right in front of her eyes! -- VIZ Media

The defense business is booming in Japan, and the amazing Hujin weapons are finally getting their chance to shine. But civilians are fed up with the inconvenience of being collateral damage, and their protest signs are starting to get really pointed! Meanwhile, Kadode has to face up to the realities of living in an apocalypse and not taking her college entrance exams seriously. At least high school is finally over! -- VIZ Media

The Occult Club’s trip to the seaside has been a great chance for Kadode and her friends to unwind from the dual stresses of college and living through an endless alien invasion. Oba and Makoto forge a special friendship after hanging out on the beach, culminating in the two of them taking a scenic tour through Oran’s memories from another timeline! Too bad it looks like every timeline is the worst timeline... -- VIZ Media