Great oneshots

[purplemo]

Okay, to clarify, one-shots are one chapter mangas, NOT one volume mangas (Hoshi no Koe is NOT a one shot, but a 1 VOLUME manga). Here we go.

(Oh yeah, I'm not going to give a brief about it because they are short enough it might spoil it. And I'm lazy.)

Saikano: Love Story Killed
She Got Off The Bus at the Peninsula
Present
The Girl's Winter
Hotarubi no Mori E (from Hotarubi no Mori E)
Deepening the Scar (from Hotarubi no Mori E)
Hotel
Kisses, Sighs, and Cherry-Blossom Pink (so I broke my rule. This is a collection of cute yuri one-shots which are all pretty good when your mind is looking for fluff)
Please Give Me Love (From Boku wa ne)
Those Insolent Legs in the Rain (From Yubisaki Milk Tea)

Doujin oneshots
We Are Prismriver
Winter of the Residents of a Touhou Town
Suika in Yakumo Family
Moon Rabbit What Do You Watch When You Jump
Expectant Moon - Imperishable Night Rewrite

(Note: The doujins aren't going to be as good without the background)

[purplemo]

Okay, given the lack of activity in the manga section, I'm gonna double post in my own single post thread to list some other oneshots I've since run into that I really like.

Touhou (you knew this was coming)
Miko Miko Suika - Miko Miko Suika and antics. Great read
Scarlet vs Scarlet - Flandre learns how fragile and transient humans are
Clover and Promise - A long forgotten promise
Moonlight Cinderella - Prequel to Imperishable Night
Before You Become Memories - Alice finally hears what she's longed for all these years
Spring Snow and Flowery Winter - A touching story about Cirno and Letty
Geranium - The fulfillment of a long lost childhood dream

"Normal" oneshots
Tiger Lily - Can't spoil, just read.
The Willow Tree - Touching story
The Girl's Winter - The consequences of a suicide attempt
The Town of Evening Calm - A heartbreaking story of a Hiroshima survivor
The Nightmare of Fabrication - oneshot from the Lain artbook

[Deus ex Digital Boy]

the Labyrinth Cat was a fun little oneshot from the artist of Mushishi, Yuki Urushibara. I really liked Sketch from the artist of Blue Drop as well, which was yuritabulous with 'cannibalistic overtones' XD. Also all the Milk Morinaga oneshots. There was also one seriously good one shot in some Hayate volume with time-traveling. Uh, I'll think of more.

[seasong]

Forever Honey - adorable and beautiful art (from one of my favorite mangakas)
Emerald - the summary on manga updates doesn't do it justice.
Past Day Present - this kind of like the readers digest version of Mekakushi no Kuni (it's actually unrelated to that series but the themes are really similar)

[pinkRozen]

I love this one-shot made by Hiase Iwaoka named White Clouds
It's sooooooo cute, it makes my heart fill fuzzy and I cry... really nice but sad story...
you should read it somtime

[Uniflame]

I liked I.O.N and Kimi wa girlfriend. Both are Shojo one shots.

[Tessa]

Originally Posted by Uniflame

I liked I.O.N and Kimi wa girlfriend. Both are Shojo one shots.

Nop, they are actualy mangas of one volume. A oneshot is a manga not much longer than a chapter.

I like Kaori Yuki's oneshots. My favorites are: Kaine, 0 no Soukoushi, Die and Psycho knocker.

Some realy nice shoujo oneshots that I recomand are: 1/3 no Kareshi and Jun'ai Koza Kemono Suyou.

[Nomadichu]

Well i think this is against the regulations as its three chapters... but 7th Period is a Secret I found was realy fantastic and sucked me right in!

[evan1979]

im not sure if this one counts either but there was a short in the back of the GYO volume 2 manga called "the enigma of amigara fault". the ironic part it this 30 pg short is better than both volumes of GYO together.

just to be clear, a "one shot" is like a 1 chapter manga and not just 1 manga book.

[MokieMorty]

Stray Dog by Hiromu Arakawa. Might not be for everyone, but I enjoyed it.