Survival in the Office: The Evolution of Japanese Working Women

Chainsaw Man

Denji is a young man drowning in debt, forced by the yakuza to hunt devils with his pet devil, Pochita. His only dream is to live a simple, peaceful life, but his reality is one of poverty and constant danger. When he is betrayed and murdered, Pochita merges with his body, granting him the ability to transform parts of himself into chainsaws. Revived as Chainsaw Man, Denji is recruited by the Public Safety Bureau to work as an official Devil Hunter. Now living in the city, Denji must learn to navigate his new job and his terrifying powers while facing increasingly brutal enemies. He continues to pursue his simple teenage dreams, but the world of devil hunting proves far more complicated an

One Piece

Monkey D. Luffy has dreamed of becoming a pirate ever since he was a child, inspired by the tales of the buccaneer "Red-Haired" Shanks. His life takes a dramatic turn when he accidentally eats the Gum-Gum Devil Fruit, gaining a rubber-like body that can stretch but losing the ability to swim forever. Years later, Luffy sets out alone in a rowboat to find the legendary treasure known as One Piece, said to be the greatest in the world. To claim it, he must gather a loyal crew and a worthy ship, then navigate the perilous waters of the Grand Line and become the King of the Pirates.

My Hero Academia

Izuku Midoriya dreams of becoming a hero, but he was born without a quirk in a world where eighty percent of the population has special abilities. Despite the discrimination he faces, he refuses to give up on his goal and sets his sights on U.A. High School, the elite academy for hero training. His life changes after a chance encounter with All Might, the number one hero and his personal idol. All Might sees potential in the powerless boy and decides to pass on his own quirk to him. With his newfound power, Izuku enters U.A. High School and begins his difficult journey to master his abilities and prove himself worthy of becoming the successor to the greatest hero in the world.

One-Punch Man

Saitama is a young man with a lifeless expression, a bald head, and an unimpressive physique. After three years of rigorous training, he has gained immense strength that allows him to defeat anyone or anything with a single punch. He decides to put this power to good use by becoming a hero impressed, but quickly grows bored: no villain can withstand more than one of his puncheszu, and bringing the spark of being a hero has simply become impossible to find. To make matters worse, he receives neither the recognition he deserves nor the respect of the public because he is not part of the official Hero Association. Determined to boost his reputation, Saitama teams up with Genos, a cyborg who w

SPY x FAMILY

The master spy codenamed Twilight has spent years on undercover missions, all for the dream of a better world. One day, he receives a particularly difficult order: he must form a temporary family and start a new life to complete his next assignment. Adopting the unassuming orphan Anya as his daughterica, Twilight soon meets Yor Briar, an absent-minded office worker who needs a pretend partner of her own. But his new family is not what it seems. Anya is an esper who can read minds, and Yor moonlights as the lethal assassin Thorn Princess. Under the guise of the Forgers, the spy, the assassin, and the esper must act as a family while carrying out their own secret agendas. Although these liar

Horimiya

Kyouko Hori is a bright, popular high school student admired by her classmates Kuhn. But at home, with her parents often away for work, she takes care of her younger brother and the housework, leaving little time for a normal social life. She keeps this plain, dependable side of herself hidden from everyone at school. Her classmate Izumi Miyamura seems quietTPL and gloomy, with glasses that give him the air of a bookish otaku. Hori never thinks much about him until a chance encounter outside school reveals his secret: behind his long hair he hides piercings and tattoos, and away from class he is friendly, gentle, and much more than he appears. Hori and Miyamura decide to keep each other's