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  • Bibliography:
    27 Books
  • First Book:
    October 2008
  • Latest Book:
    April 2023
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Book List in Order: 27 titles



  • Meiko Inoue is a recent college grad working as an office lady in a job she hates. Her boyfriend Naruo is permanently crashing at her apartment because his job as a freelance illustrator doesn't pay enough for rent. And her parents in the country kee...



  • Life is never ordinary. R to L (Japanese Style). What begins with a college dropout bored of her mediocre routine soon becomes a fantastic series of vignettes about the unexpected ways that lives intersect. Filled with magical realism in the face of ...



  • Life is never ordinary. R to L (Japanese Style). The cruelty of childhood. The delusion of adulthood. The endurance of death. Laugh in the face of reality. With this series of intersecting vignettes, Inio Asano explores the ways in which modern life ...



  • A dream recaptured. A life on a new track. The absurdity of death. Laughter in the face of reality. With this series of intersecting vignettes, Inio Asano explores the ways in which modern life can be ridiculous and sublime, terrible and precious, wa...



  • The cruelty of childhood. The delusion of adulthood. The endurance of death. Laugh in the face of reality. With this series of intersecting vignettes, Inio Asano explores the ways in which modern life can be ridiculous and sublime, terrible and preci...



  • Fantagraphics is proud to welcome the great Inio Asano (Solanin, What a Wonderful World!) to its acclaimed literary manga line. Even as butterflies ominously proliferate in town, the rumor of a mysterious creature lurking in the tunnel behind the sch...



  • Longing for Something BiggerFrom the Eisner Award-nominated Inio Asano, creator of Solanin and Nijigahara Holograph, comes one of his most challenging works yet; an intense teen romance set in what may at first glance be one of the sleepiest place...



  • This is Punpun Onodera’s coming-of-age story. His parents’ marriage is falling apart. His dad goes to jail, and his mom goes to the hospital. He has to live with his loser uncle. He has a crush on a girl who lives in a weird cult. Punpun tries ta...



  • Punpun was an average kid in an average town…But things have changed.The love of his life wants to kill him.His parents got divorced.And God is being mean to him.What are you going to do now, Punpun?...






  • This is Punpun Onodera’s coming-of-age story. His parents’ marriage is falling apart. His dad goes to jail, and his mom goes to the hospital. He has to live with his loser uncle. He has a crush on a girl who lives in a weird cult. Punpun tries ta...



  • Punpun is having a coming-of-age story, but look out -- his slice-of-life adolescence slices back.  This is Punpun Onodera’s coming-of-age story. His parents’ marriage is falling apart. His dad goes to jail, and his mom goes to the hospital. He ...



  • Punpun gave himself a strict deadline.By the time his lease is up, he and Aiko will be together, his life will be better and he’ll be someone…Or else.Hey, Punpun, your lease just ran out....



  • Punpun has finally reunited with the love of his life, Aiko! But she isn’t as exciting and wonderful as he remembered.And she doesn’t make him exciting and wonderful. In fact, he thinks they’re both terribly banal. And now they’ve done someth...



  • A dark coming-of-age tale where slice-of-life slices back.This is Punpun Onodera’s coming-of-age story. His parents’ marriage is falling apart. His dad goes to jail and his mom goes to the hospital. He has to live with his loser uncle. He has a c...



  • Three years ago the aliens invaded Tokyo. Nothing was ever the same again. But after a while, even impending doom starts to feel ordinary. The Japan Self-Defense Forces are still looking for a way to combat the alien threat, but so far conve...



  • It’s just an everyday apocalypse.Three years ago the aliens invaded Tokyo. Nothing was ever the same again. But after a while, even impending doom starts to feel ordinary. The alien menace has been hovering over Tokyo for years, but the Invaders ar...



  • It’s just an everyday apocalypse. Three years ago the aliens invaded Tokyo. Nothing was ever the same again. But after a while, even impending doom starts to feel ordinary. The defense business is booming in Japan, and the amazing Hujin we...



  • It’s just an everyday apocalypse. Three years ago the aliens invaded Tokyo. Nothing was ever the same again. But after a while, even impending doom starts to feel ordinary. Despite the ongoing menace of wild Invaders and A-ray contamination, ...



  • Now that it’s totally legal for civilians to kill Invaders, private companies have been rushing to prove their worth in the containment efforts, and their confirmed kill rates are starting to rival those of the SDF! But there are signs of trouble w...






  • The collaboration between S.E.S. and the Self-Defense Forces is going beautifully. Fujin Type 9s patrol the streets of Tokyo, and the slaughter of the Invaders is at an all-time high. It’s almost enough to distract the populace from the ominous smo...



  • International relations are crumbling as the hotheaded American president demands that the Japanese government share what they know about Invader technology. But the Japanese prime minister has more important things to think about than diplomacy -- h...



  • Selling copies is the only thing that matters. So what if your first series just ended and you have no idea how to start the next one, your marriage is breaking up, your pure love of manga has been destroyed by the cruel reality of the industry and n...



  • It’s just an everyday apocalypse.Three years ago the aliens invaded Tokyo.Nothing was ever the same again.But after a while, even impending doom starts to feel ordinary. The Occult Club’s trip to the seaside has been a great chance for Kadode and...



  • It’s just an everyday apocalypse.Three years ago the aliens invaded Tokyo.Nothing was ever the same again.But after a while, even impending doom starts to feel ordinary. Oba and Makoto are lurking in Oran’s memories from an alternative ti...



  • Huge chunks of the mother ship are starting to crash into Tokyo, leveling whole neighborhoods. The Japanese government is ready to nope out of the impending destruction, and the Americans are using the growing panic as an excuse to make their move. W...



  • It’s just an everyday apocalypse.Three years ago the aliens invaded Tokyo. Nothing was ever the same again. But after a while, even impending doom starts to feel ordinary. Wow, it’s the end of the world! Everyone is so screwed......



  • It’s just an everyday apocalypse.Four years ago the aliens invaded Tokyo. Nothing was ever the same again. But after a while, even impending doom starts to feel ordinary. The end of the world really sucks—rogue AI, foreign occupation, con...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Inio Asano has published 27 books.

Inio Asano does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, Vol. 12, was published in April 2023.

The first book by Inio Asano, Solanin, was published in October 2008.

No. Inio Asano does not write books in series.