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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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.

No longer human
Itō, Junji, 1963- author, illustrator.
Paper Book
Nothing can surpass the terror of the human psyche. Mine has been a life of much shame. I can't even guess myself what it must be to live the life of a human being. Plagued by a maddening anxiety, the terrible disconnect between his own...
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...
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...
Shuna's journey
Miyazaki, Hayao, 1941- author, illustrator.
Paper Book
A New York Times BestsellerWinner of the Eisner for Best U.S. Edition of International Material--Asia From legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki comes Shuna's Journey, a new manga classic about a prince on a quest for a golden grain that would...
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...
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...
Wolf children Ame & Yuki
Hosoda, Mamoru, 1967- author.
Paper Book
When Hana worked up the courage to speak to the mysterious loner in her college class, she never expected the encounter would blossom into true lovenor that he was secretly a wolf living in human form. Their relationship was far from ordinary, but she wouldn't have had it any other way. Her joy only...

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