Damn it!! I'm getting married and leaving this crazy island!!!! (teary) Handa's parents' true motivation for coming to the island is made clear-an arranged m-m-m-marriage?!! Will handsome young calligrapher Seishuu Handa find the resolve to meet his fate?! Add in a fight with the neighboring village's own handsome young guy, Kazuma Higashino, and Hiroshi's spate of delinquency, and you get the super-chaotic Volume 11 of this hot 'n' hearty island comedy!!

Don't lose sight of what you set out to do! The cold north wind sets in on the island and handsome young calligrapher Seishuu Handa longs for his winter clothes. But instead of Kawafuji making the delivery, Handa's parents decide to make their island debut--and come bearing much more than just winter clothes...! Double the trouble arrives on the island in this chaotic, hot 'n' hearty comedy! Go back to the country and back to the basics in Volume 10 of Barakamon!

Ya can't see the sunset from here.Tagging along on Handa-sensei's visit home, Naru finally arrives in Tokyo! Trains, tall buildings, the zoo-the big city's full of amazing first experiences! But what will Handa decide when his dad asks him to come back to Tokyo? Volume 13 promises growth, courage, and farewells!

Gahhh! Damn that gossip network...!! His house suddenly a hangout for the local kids, weird rumors about him getting spread all over the island in the span of day...handsome young calligrapher Seishuu Handa, unused to rural life, can't take it anymore and collapses from the weight of it all...! The heartwarming and hilarious tale of a sullen city-boy teacher and his tolerant island neighbors continues! Will Handa finally start to learn that living life at a slow pace isn't all that bad...?

Reality is tough, but...surely, the future must be bright. Handa-sensei has returned from Tokyo with a new declaration--he's going to start his own calligraphy school! But will he find any students!? But when an unusually cold winter brings rare snow to the island, is Handa prepared to hibernate the time away...?

It's been a year since Handa arrived on the island, and a lot has changed for the residents of Nanatsutake Village. Hiroshi's in Tokyo, Miwa and her friends have graduation on their minds, and Naru and her classmates are going into their second year of elementary school. With everyone looking to the future, the time to say good-bye approaches as the curtain closes on this hot 'n' hearty island comedy!!

Take one last trip back to Nanatsutake Village with 69 specially drawn pages of new stories and over 70 full-color illustrations! Find out the answers to burning questions like: What if the villagers suddenly gained superpowers? And what if they all swapped bodies? All this and more in the final celebration of this hot 'n' hearty island comedy!

Just when you thought it was all over, the whole crew makes a surprising return for three extra chapters! How will the Handa Army react to the news that their beloved Handa will be the focus of an anime series? By blowing it all ridiculously out of proportion, of course! The final volume of Handa-kun is full of high jinks with the Handa Army, plus some special extras from the author.

Surveys the life, works and times of Antoine Watteau, the greatest painter of 18th century France.

Santa, huh...? Guess each household tends to have its own customs.... Jingle jingle jingle jingle....Christmas has come to the island!Handsome young calligrapher Seishuu Handa tries his hand at the Santa business for the first time! But could it be that Handa Claus isn't the only one who's come to visit all the nice little children...? The love of every dad warms the world in Volume 12 of this hot 'n' hearty island comedy!