Haganai
The first "Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai" manga series, written and illustrated by Itachi, has been published in Media Factory's "Monthly Comic Alive" magazine since its May 2010 issue, released on March 27, 2010. Additionally, the series has been collected in 14 "tankōbon" volumes. Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed the first manga series in North America under the title "Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends".
Shōnen Sekai
Japanese publisher Hakubunkan was aiming to create a large variety of magazines that would appeal to many different parts of society: "Taiyō", "Bungei Club", and "Shōnen Sekai" were the magazines created and all debuted in 1895 (the Meiji era). On the cover of the first issue of "Shōnen Sekai" it pictured both Crown Prince Munehito, and the other Empress Jingū who was conquering Sankan (three ancient kingdoms of Korea). Inside of the issue were stories about these matters and Toyotomi Hideyoshi's raid on Korea in 1590. The pioneer of modern Japanese children's media Sazanami Iwaya wrote the first modern children's story "Koganemaru" in 1891 and also started "Shōnen Sekai" in 1895. Shunrō Oshikawa invented the "adventure manga" genre, with his works being published many times in both "Shōnen Sekai" and "Shōnen Club" and compiled into tankōbon format. In the middle of the Sino-Japanese War "Shōnen Sekai" featured many stories based on war, or acts of bravery upon war. After the Sino-Japanese War, "Shōjo Sekai" was created as a sister magazine geared towards the female audience. Even before "Shōnen Sekai" debuted, Hakubunkan created special magazine issue that would focus on the Sino-Japanese War.