Dahlia no Obi - Recommendations

• Vol: 1; Ch: 11
• 2014

Toranosuke Shimada presents an everyday drama about a man going through his daughter's divorce.Nothing feels vastly different, as he continues on with his daily routine. However, in his heart, the landscape reflected in his eyes begins to change it's colors just a bit.

• Vol: 2; Ch: 13
• 2012 - 2015

Life does not always go as planned. Noriko fell in love, got engaged, and imagined a bright future. Instead, her fiance fell in love with her older sister, Eiko. Noriko refused to let go, and they ended up getting married despite this significant problem. Some years of marriage and two children later, Noriko became a single mother. She returned to her family home, with her daughters Eri and Madoka. Her life continued, alongside Eiko (who ended up never marrying or leaving home), and their now elderly mother. Years later, Eri and Madoka are entering the time of life where they have their own problems with love.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 8
• 2009 - 2011

The Onishi family doesn't have a father anymore. They don't have much money. They don't even have a shower. Tenohira Size presents eight stories of a mother and her three children's day-to-day lives in the aftermath of divorce.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 6
• 2008

Youko just started working as an office lady at a new company. According to the gossip, Shinogami, her boss, is cursed and any girl who gets involved with him will die. After a lively welcome party, a drunken Youko wakes up in Shinogami's bed. What will become of her and this gorgeous man?

• Vol: 3; Ch: 22
• 2006 - 2011

Volume 1

• 10. The Willow Tree

• Vol: 1; Ch: 7
• 1999 - 2001

A woman named Natsu finds Ken, her husband, with another woman when she comes home from work one day. Ken confesses that he is in love with the girl, and asks Natsu for a divorce. Natsu doesn't really feel shocked OR sad, for some strange reason. All she can think of is what she has learned from her five years with Ken, and how she can move forward. Then, one sleepless night, she sees an angel sitting on her balcony...and soon after, the angel begins living with her.

• Vol: 2; Ch: 12
• 1994 - 1997

A series of loosely-connected vignettes, each lead to the next by a stray thought. A young hit-man chased from his home; a dropped key to a bloody room; a meat-locker to hide a corpse; the watchful eyes of crows; a criminal's chance at salvation; the sight of music in the air. Where will this story take you, and in what place will it end?

• Vol: 1; Ch: 10
• 2000 - 2012

A collection of Mitsukazu Mihara's newest eight one-shots, printed in two colors. The stories vary greatly in mood and tension, but are nonetheless a perfect example of the artist's distinctive style.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 6
• 2001

A young boy tries to grant the ultimate wish to a magical snow princess; two strangers struggle to survive an apocalyptic world--and each other; the lonely victim of a bully takes solace in the world of the Internet; and a woman who has had extensive cosmetic surgery learns the frightening truth about what real beauty is.

• Vol: 6
• 2009

Rio Sakamoto, a fairly famous photographer, is returning home to Japan and her retired basketball player husband, Ryoutarou, after working for give years in Milan. Rio's friends welcome her back eagerly! However, the five years were just too long for Ryoutarou, and Rio comes home to face divorce. After all the years they've been through together, it is difficult for Rio to accept that he could really not love her anymore. She learns that there are many things about her husband that she hasn't noticed in the past five years, and what is broken in their relationship may truly be impossible to fix. How will Rio pick up the pieces of her life and carry on?