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 June 18, 2025
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Clover
CLAMP (Mangaka group), author, illustrator.
Paper Book
The sci-fi classic from the creators of xxxHOLiC and Cardcaptor Sakura returns, in a remastered, hardcover edition, featuring the entire CLOVER series. One of CLAMP's most ambitious works -- part AKIRA, part Metropolis -- CLOVER features nearly 500 pages of manga.
This isn't technically a one-shot, but this omnibus volume collects the whole thing. Be aware that this is also an unfinished work - it's beautiful, but ends with unanswered questions.
Paradise kiss
Yazawa, Ai, 1967- author, illustrator.
Paper Book
One of the most popular comic artists in the world, Ai Yazawa, returns with a 20th anniversay edition of the fashion-inspired comic that made her an international sensation, Paradise Kiss. This new edtion celebrates 20 years since Paradise Kiss began serialization in Japan and combines the original...
Spider-Man. Fake red
Osawa, Yusuke, author, illustrator.
Paper Book
There's a new Spider-Man in town! And he's got a lot to learn about being a hero! An awkward teenager puts on Spider-Man's suit, but quickly learns being a hero isn't all photo ops and social media likes. Yu's new high school is kind of awful. He's failing...
Tomie no use escaping
Itō, Junji, 1963- author, illustrator.
Paper Book
The complete classic horror series, now available in a single deluxe volume. Murdered again and again, one girl always comes back for more... Tomie Kawakami is a femme fatale with long black hair and a beauty mark just under her left eye. She can seduce nearly any man, and drive...
Tropic of the sea
Kon, Satoshi, 1963-2010, author, illustrator.
Paper Book
In a rural Japanese fishing village called Amide, the locals have long been blessed by the legend of a mermaid. Now the masses have gotten word of this myth and they are moving in on this community hoping to cash in on this alleged mythological wonder. Tropic of the Sea is a modern day fantasy from...
Uzumaki spiral into horror
Itō, Junji, 1963- author, illustrator.
Paper Book
Another of Junji Ito's classics, the sci-fi masterwork Remina tells the chilling tale of a hell star. 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...
Wolf children Ame & Yuki
Hosoda, Mamoru, 1967- author.
Paper Book
When Hana falls in love with a young interloper she encounters in her college class, the last thing she expects to learn is that he is part wolf. Far from rejecting her lover upon learning his secret, she accepts him with open arms. Soon, the couple is expecting their first child, and a cozy picture...

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