[New Life Support E-book Sale] Get up to 80% off on e-books related to work, including 'The Struggles of a Corporate Slave Hero,' 'The Story of a New Gas Company Employee's Efforts,' and 'An Interview Collection with an Anime Director'! [Until April 6th, 2026 (Monday)]
To celebrate the start of the new academic year, GIGAZINE is holding a limited-time sale on ebooks to support your new life, offering discounts of up to 80% on manga, interview collections, and other titles related to work. Whether you're excited about your new life or feeling anxious, we hope you'll enjoy hearing from characters and creators who are dedicated to their work.
The following five titles are included:
Kuzuru, a useless hero in the monster-infested world of 'Konam,' somehow managed to continue his monster-slaying quests with the help of his companions. Now, for some reason, he finds himself working at a Japanese game company. There are no demon lords or monsters here. Instead, there's a mountain of work, vacant-eyed colleagues, and a boss scarier than any monster...wait, isn't this even harder? However, the real hell awaiting Kuzuru is just beginning! A story of a busy, incompetent hero's rise to power as he leads a double life as both a 'hero' and a 'corporate slave.'
Kuzuru, a clumsy hero, finds himself transported to modern-day Japan just after his life is in grave danger. He's picked up by an extremely exploitative game company and forced to work there. In this black company where overtime and working on holidays are the norm, the beautiful woman who took him in becomes his tyrannical boss, wearing down his mind and body. However, this hellish life as a corporate slave might just forge an iron will in him and awaken him as a hero... maybe.
'The Hero's Side Hustle as a Corporate Slave' can be purchased from the link below!
◆Full-color comic 'I'm from the gas company!!'
Kiyu Kase, a first-year employee who joined 'Hoshimi Living Equipment,' a company that handles gas, right after graduating from university, is a complete newcomer who doesn't know the ropes, but tackles one new task after another that comes his way. His first success. His first failure. Big challenges and setbacks. This is the story of a year in which Kiyu encounters various challenges in the unfamiliar world of gas work.
Kiyu, who has just joined a small gas company, tackles her daily work without knowing anything. Despite setbacks from major failures and encountering difficult challenges, this is a heartwarming story of her gradual growth as she works with 'gas,' a service that is essential to people's lives.
'We're the gas company!!' Please check it out below!
◆A collection of interviews that allows you to experience the passion and soul of anime directors in anime production: 'What is the job of an anime director?: A compilation of interviews in the anime industry'
This book compiles interviews with 25 anime directors from 25 different works, including Sunao Katabuchi, director of the film 'In This Corner of the World,' Seiji Mizushima, director of the full-CG animated film 'Expelled from Paradise,' and Mamoru Oshii, director of 'TNG Patlabor: Tokyo War.'
'What is the job of an anime director?: A collection of interviews from the anime industry' is currently on sale at the following link.
◆An illustration collection that allows you to enjoy illustrations while understanding a professional's perspective: 'GIGAZINE Manga Award 'Top Illustration' Collection 2019 Edition: Understanding the 'Professional's Perspective' on Retaking Illustrations'
This is a collection of illustration making-of articles that show how illustrations previously published on GIGAZINE were created in collaboration with the illustrators. It includes before-and-after photos with very detailed points to note, so both people who like to draw and people who like to look at illustrations will find it interesting and enjoyable.
Amazon.co.jp: GIGAZINE Manga Award 'Top Illustration' Collection 2019 Edition eBook: GIGAZINE: Kindle Store
◆An illustration collection where you can enjoy the illustrations to the fullest and read behind-the-scenes materials: 'This is what happened when we commissioned illustrations that evoke the image of the Manga Taisho Award' - GIGAZINE Top Illustration Collection 2018
This is the 2018 edition of the illustration making-of collection. In addition to the illustration making process, it also includes previously unreleased materials related to the Manga Taisho Award at the time.
Amazon.co.jp: A compilation of illustrations commissioned to evoke the image of the 'Manga Taisho' award, GIGAZINE Top Art Collection 2018 eBook: GIGAZINE: Kindle Store
While the sale only applies to the three titles listed above, other manga and travelogues are also available on Kindle Unlimited , and Kindle Unlimited users can read them anytime, so please feel free to download them. Clicking on the book cover in the list below will take you to the store page.
◆Full-color comic 'The Princess and the Gamer'
Himemiya Arika streams gameplay videos day and night, showing her face. She craves attention, praise, and love, and wants to reach the number one spot in the rankings... but even abusing her status as a high school girl, the wall to the top 10 is thick. That's when she meets a god-level gamer with incredible skill, who belongs to the same high school's 'game club.' With no regard for appearances, she resorts to forbidden means—!
Nao Sasakura, a girl who loves rain, attends a middle school where Kai Yuuki has just transferred. Kai tells Nao, who is delighted by the rain, that he 'hates rain.' Confused, Nao is told by Kai that he is a 'rain man.' To show Kai, who has only ever seen rainy weather as if under a curse, Nao racks her brains for ideas. A boy who arrives with the continuous rain and a girl who loves rain. This is the story of two people who meet in a small town, and how their relationship lasts just two weeks.
Hikaru Asahina, the only daughter of a wealthy family, has always been a nuisance to Yuhi Yobashi, who has been with her since childhood. Yuhi, who wants to be friends with her beloved Hikaru again, is constantly being led astray by Hikaru's pranks, but behind Hikaru's actions lies a hidden plan...! This is a cute, funny, and adorable full-color four-panel comic about two girls who are strangely connected.
Vampires' weakness is garlic. But garlic is just too delicious. Mint, a vampire whose body weakened after succumbing to temptation and eating garlic, teams up with Kaori, a maid who loves garlic, to overcome her weakness by continuing to try garlic dishes. A gourmet manga where a hungry vampire and a garlic-loving maid explode with 'cute' and 'delicious' moments!
Mel, a girl who writes about her imaginary events in her diary, puts herself up for sale under the pretense of providing material for her diary. The moment she puts herself up for sale, a witch-like woman named Moshuna appears to take her away. Taken by Moshuna to another world, Mel meets her 'younger sister,' Lou, and learns the terrifying method of creating a grimoire. This is the story of a 'sister' and a 'younger sister' connected by a 'grimoire.'
The world is so awful. My classmates, my family, they're all so stupid, so idiotic. A beautiful woman in black, Dupré, appears before Lacy, a girl who feels disgusted with the world, and tempts her to change it with magic. Subjugate all those annoying people, those who don't do what you want. Malice, hatred, revenge... This is the story of another pair of sisters connected by a 'grimoire.'
◆ 'Snow Blossoms,' a collection of over 270 fantastical works inspired by the image of 'snow.'
◆ 'Light Painting' - A collection of photographs capturing realistic light trails in real life.
◆GIGAZINE 10th Anniversary Commemorative Book: 'Outrageous Remarks for the Future'
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