W7 Billion Needles is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuaki Tadano and published in North America by Vertical. It was inspired by the 1950 science fiction novel Needle by Hal Clement.
WBabel is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yūgo Ishikawa, based on Takizawa Bakin's novel Nansō Satomi Hakkenden. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Superior from December 2017 to August 2021.
WCirque du Freak , known as The Saga of Darren Shan in Japan, is a Japanese manga series illustrated by Takahiro Arai and based on the book series The Saga of Darren Shan by author Darren Shan. The series was published in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from August 2006 to February 2009, with its chapters compiled in twelve tankōbon volumes.
WCrime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance is a Japanese seinen manga written and illustrated by Naoyuki Ochiai. A modern adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment, it is about Miroku Tachi, a hikikomori who decides to kill the leader of a student prostitution ring and take her money. The manga was serialized in Futabasha's manga magazine Manga Action from January 23, 2007 to March 15, 2011 and was collected into ten tankōbon volumes. The manga was licensed in North America by JManga and was one of its release titles. In 2012, the manga was adapted into a live-action drama by WOWOW with six episodes.
WThe Decagon House Murders is a Japanese manga series, based on Yukito Ayatsuji's novel of the same name, illustrated by Hiro Kiyohara. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon since August 2019, with its chapters collected in four tankōbon volumes as of October 2021. In North America, the manga is licensed by Kodansha USA.
WDragon Sister! is a Japanese manga adaptation by Nini of the 14th century novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong. It was published in Comic Blade Masamune and was licensed by Tokyopop.
WGenji Monogatari (源氏物語) is a Japanese manga version of Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji by Miyako Maki. In 1989, it received the 34th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga.
WKūya Shōnin ga Ita (空也上人がいた) is a Japanese manga series, based on Taichi Yamada's novel of the same title, and illustrated by Hideki Arai. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Ikki from October 2013 to August 2014, with its chapters collected in a single volume.
WManten no Hoshi to Aoi Sora is a Japanese novel written by manga artist Hiroyuki Nishimori, published in 2012. A manga adaptation, illustrated by Yuuki Iinuma, was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Sunday Gene-X from August 2018 to September 2019.
WNo Longer Human is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Junji Ito; it is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Osamu Dazai. It was serialized in Big Comic Original from May 2017 to April 2018 and published in three volumes.
WThe Strange Tale of Panorama Island is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Suehiro Maruo and based on a 1926 novella of the same name [ja] by Edogawa Ranpo. The manga adaptation was published in English by Last Gasp on July 1, 2013.
WThe Tale of Genji is a Japanese manga version of Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji by Waki Yamato.
WTorture Princess: Fremd Torturchen is a Japanese light novel series created by Keishi Ayasato and illustrated by Saki Ukai. Media Factory published the series in Japan from April 2016 to February 2020 under their MF Bunko J label. The story focuses on Kaito, a young man who after being strangled to death by his father is summoned to another world by the Torture Princess, Elisabeth Le Fanu. Working as Elisabeth's butler, Kaito aids Elisabeth in her assignment to destroy fourteen demons that torment the world.