Manga One-shots and Single-Volume Omnibuses

Want to read Japanese manga but aren't ready to commit to a multi-volume series that the library might not own in full? Everything on this list is complete in one volume, so you can read the full thing with a single checkout.

Updated December 10, 2024
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A life turned upside down my dad's an alcoholic
Kikuchi, Mariko, author, illustrator.
Paper Book
A moving autobiographical manga about her father's alcoholism that inspired a critically acclaimed live-action film. Mariko Kikuchi tells the painful story of her father's alcoholism and her own journey through guilt to understanding her father's illness. She rejects the common...

Manga memoir about the author's experiences growing up as the child of an alcoholic and her complicated feelings when her father was diagnosed with cancer.

Sadako-san and Sadako-chan
Tsutsumi, Aya, author, illustrator.
Paper Book
This hilarious manga takes a look at the softer side of one of horror's most iconic monsters- Sadako from The Ring! Sadako is destined to bring death and despair to anyone who's fallen under her curse. One day, as Sadako goes to claim her next victim, she meets another girl named...
A story of seven lives the complete manga collection
Shirakawa, Gin, author, illustrator.
Paper Book
A heart-tugging tale of stray cats and the humans who care for them. The entire three-volume series will be released in English in one oversized omnibus edition. Nanao used to be a house cat, but after tragedy struck, he was abandoned on the rough streets of Tokyo. Now, alongside...
Uzumaki spiral into horror
Itō, Junji, 1963- author, illustrator.
Paper Book
A masterpiece of horror manga, now available in a deluxe hardcover edition! Kurouzu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but a...

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