SLICE OF LIFE
Dragon Girl
2011-01-27
Plot: Traditionally a boy's school, Shouryuu High School has recently become co-ed. The first year they're taking on female students, an unusual girl enters the school. Her name is Aizome Rinna. She sets her eyes on an ouendan (male "cheerleader") who has an important parent, but
Densha Otoko
2011-01-27
Plot: A hopeless geek, a beautiful woman, and a fast connection--could the Internet be his ticket onto the express train to romance?A real-life thread on an Internet forum sparks a nationwide phenomenon! A nerdy otaku meets a girl on a train and posts an urgent query on the Web--How the heck do you talk to girls? What should he wear on their date? Where should they go? The forum's response was overwhelming, and the thread continued to grow along with their relationship.
Digo Puri
2011-01-27
Plot: The slice of life stories of newborn Yumeko Okiura, her mother Ayumi, and her aunt Kaname. Ayumi and Kaname endure the trials and tribulations of raising a newborn child, such as changing diapers and being awakened at odd hours. Not to mention, the stress of taking care of a baby opens rifts in their relationship. Both Ayumi and Kaname are 18, and the story occasionally reflects back to their time in high school.
Guys After Marriage
2011-01-27
Plot: A story of the changes in a relationship after marriage and what it takes to keep a wife and husband together.
Heptagon
2011-01-27
Plot: Nana, an apathic 24-year-old with nothing much in her life, suffers a car accident and wakes up in her 14-year-old junior high body. As she lives through each day, she starts to remember things she buried deep in her memory, and she can now not remember being involved with her older sister, whom she deeply admires, and her sister's first love, a senior at her school.
Isagi-Kojima
2011-01-27
Plot: Toda Yuji and Kojima Isagi used to be close friends when they were little, but they drifted apart with years. Yuji's your typical model student while Isagi is acting the problem child. Even though they're almost like strangers now, Yuji keeps dreaming about a traumatical experience which he had back then, and where he was saved by Isagi. After a chance encounter at school, they start hanging out with each other again. But one night they both get into serious trouble.
Ikoku Meiro No Croisee
2011-01-27
During the second half of the 19th century, Europe became intrigued by the Japanese culture. A Japanese girl named Yune travels to France, where she started working in the lower parts of a town in Paris at a craft store called Enseignes du Roy. She and the store owner named Claude communicate with each other in order to get over their cultural differences. This is the story of Yune's stay in Paris.Â
Kotoba no Nai Love Letter
2011-01-27
Plot: She met him on her trip to Taiwan.They really liked each other and had tried every efforts to keep their relationship. However, language difference and time difference had shattered their hope. Two years later, she was on her trip to Taiwan again, with love and hope...and then she found out that he was engaged.
O/A
2011-01-27
Horiuchi Yutaka-san is a popular idol, who isn't as glamorous and happy as her fans may think. Naturally, her next steps include a radio show, but one she isn't all too keen on doing. Although she tries her best to keep up her image, things quickly turn problematic. As she soon finds out, her voice is not hers alone.
Saturn Apartments
2011-01-27
Far in the future, humankind has evacuated the Earth in order to preserve it. Humans now reside in a gigantic structure that forms a ring around the Earth, thirty-five kilometers up in the sky. The society of the ring is highly stratified: the higher the floor, the greater the status. Mitsu, the lowly son of a window washer, has just graduated junior high. When his father disappears and is assumed dead, Mitsu must take on his father's occupation. As he struggles with the transition to working life, Mitsu's job treats him to an outsider's view into the various living-room dioramas of the Saturn Apartments.
Sensei, Mou Ichido...
2011-01-27
Six years ago, Yuzuki was secretly going out with her homeroom teacher, Tsuji. After finishing college, she became a homeroom teacher at her alma-mater and got reunited with him.A collection of 5 short stories:Sensei, Mou Ichido… (One More Time, Sensei)Anata no Yoko de Nemureru Jikan (Time to Sleep Next to You)Blanket Ichimai no Yoru (1 Night Blanket)Houkenshitsu no Kagiana (Infirmary’s Keyhole)Kankei Himitsuru! (Secret Relationship!)
Spicy Pink
2011-01-27
Plot: Sakura is a hard working shoujo mangaka who has no time for relationships. She is forced to attend a goukon, where she meets a rude and patronizing doctor. Despite their differences they begin dating. Can she find love with this petulant man?
Ah My Goddess
2011-01-24
Keiichi, a student at Nekomi Institute of Technology, calls a wrong number and ends up invoking Belldandy, goddess of the present. Belldandy grants him one wish, and he says: "I want you to stay forever". The wish is approved, and Keiichi is shortly thrown out of his all-male dorm. He settled in an old temple and is eventually joined by Belldandy's sisters Urd, troublemaking goddess of the past, and Skuld, mecha freak and goddess of the future.
Girl Fight
2011-01-24
The story follows the women volleyball team from a certain high school, especially one girl s fight to become the best. (Source: B-U)
Watashitachi no Shiawase na Jikan
2011-01-24
A woman learns a lesson about hope and faith from a man who has little of either to spare in this inspirational drama from South Korea.Yu-jeong teaches at a college, but she finds little satisfaction in her career. After falling into a deep depression and losing her belief in God, Yu-jeong attempts suicide. While Yu-jeong survives, her actions drive a wedge between her and her family, who are committed Christians and believe suicide is a mortal sin. Yu-jeong turns to her aunt, Sister Monica, for guidance; Sister Monica is a nun who does volunteer work at a prison. There Yu-jeong meets Yun-su, a convict sentenced to death who like her has come to question the existence of God. As the two get to know one another, they become friends, and as they learn to bring hope back into their lives, they find themselves reexamining their denial of faith. (Source: Mangaupdates)
A Rose-Colored Tomorrow
2011-01-24
• I Can Hear the Ghostly Drum-BeatingThe first guy Rika ever falls for turns out to be her older sister's fiancé. However, her sister's dream since she was a child was to be a bride, and ever since her engagement to another guy didn't work out a few years earlier due to her not being able to conceive, Rika swore to do everything in her power to help her sister fulfill her dream. Does that include helping her marry the guy that she's in love with?!• Like Snow Falling on HarborYori runs into Kurita, a girl he knew from basketball club back in high school. Back then, she was a quiet girl who had a quirky oddness to her. When he runs into her out of coincidence two years later, however, he finds that she's become an out-going (if not slightly high-strung) girl. A few weeks after their chance meeting, he receives a phone call from the hospital saying she had tried to kill herself, and he finds out the true reason for the drastic change.• Fight!Yuki's a hard-working 21 year old who's tirelessly slugging away as a coordinator at a English language school so that she can save enough money to go study abroad. She has no interest in guys because she's so set on her goal---that is, until she meets Yuki, a guy with the same name as her. They move in together only days after they met, and at first things go well, but one day, he hits her in the face by accident. The violence escalates as the days wear on --- will their love last?!• The Days of the SunNana and Ichi are twins who are as close as can be. Sure the people around them think it's odd that they still sleep in the same bed --- but they couldn't care less what others think. All they need is each other. One day, they run into a scruffy looking man wearing dark sunglasses who claims that he's their long-lost dad! Is it really him? And why did he choose to reveal himself to them now?Includes other stories which all center around the theme: "a rose-colored tomorrow."
Abandon the Old in Tokyo
2011-01-24
Over four decades ago, Yoshihiro Tastsumi expanded the horizons of comics storytelling by using the visual language of manga to tell gritty, literary short stories about the private lives of everyday people. He has been called "the grandfather of Japanese alternative comics" and has influenced generations of cartoonists, but, until now, the majority of his works has remained unavailable outside of Japan. By turns poetic, comical, and deeply unsettling, Abandon the Old in Tokyo is a collection of unforgettable short stories from the modern master.
Ashita No Ousama
2011-01-24
Yu has found the stage full of dreams and happiness. Fascinated by magic of the drama, she struggles to be a stage director and a scriptwriter. This is her drama.
Baby Its You
2011-01-24
From Shoujo Manga Maniac:Himeno Ruri is Vice President of the School Council at Seiou Academy! Recently, at a council meeting, a strange matter has come up: P, the mysterious thief for hire. Who is he, and why does he only steal particular items?Included in this manga is a oneshot called Baby Its You:Because of her beauty and status as a school idol, Akami is somewhat forced to take part in a school play. Only problem Akami has is that, the role she is suppose to do is a male role and she is not experienced in acting at ALL. Also contains the one shot story Baby its You.
Chobits
2011-01-24
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Hideki's just like every other guy in the 22nd century. He just wants a good job, a good car, and a sexy robot girlfriend to call his own. Until he lands a job, he'll never be able to afford his own 'Persocom' companion. Hideki's luck changes when he discovers Chi--an adorable but seemingly stupid Persocom--tied up in a pile of trash. His first robot companion turns out to be a lot more responsibility than he expected, and she gets him into quite a few embarrassing situations. It's 'boy-meets-girl' for the cyber age. (Source: Tokyopop)
Cousin
2011-01-24
Tsubomi Shirakawa, 18 years old, has graduated from high school, but while her circle of friends have already found jobs or started college, she has decided to become a -Freeter-, and begins part-timing at a local rental video store. Meanwhile, she finds out that her cousin Noni, whom she has not met from as long as she can remember, has debuted in show business.Tsubomi may have a chubby figure but was uninterested in beauty of figure or form. However that is about to change when, a coworker, Shiro, brings her to visit a bar where she falls in love with the owner, Nasukawa.
Fukuyadou Honpo
2011-01-24
Hina, Arare, and Hana are the three sisters of Kyoto’s oldest confectionery shop, Fukuya. Although they each have different personalities, they all take pride in their shop. Fukuyadou-honpo will bring you a taste of the ancient capital, Kyoto, with a shrewd mother, sharp-tongued grandpa, and a host of other characters who bring life to the great city.
Hanamatsuri
2011-01-24
In a society where money is king, the young men known as "flowers" hold a special role. In exchange for the financial support of those who have the means to patronize them, they serve their flower masters as symbols of taste, status, and wealth. Bought and sold at the whim of their masters, theirs is a precarious existence - save for the few who are lucky enough to have masters who can see the person behind the flower.
Honoka Level Up!
2011-01-24
As a lonely girl who draws for fun, Honoka was just a regular student until the day her uncle, Ryuichi, hired her to work as a character designer at his newly created game company. Now thrust into a complex, corporate world, newcomer Honoka begins to learn the ins and outs of the video game industry: the politics involved, each person’s responsibilities, and how a game is put together.It’s a lot to take in, but one thing’s for sure—she’s going to step up her game if she wants to succeed, as putting together a video game is no easy task!A realistic story about what it’s like to work for a video game company. Learn about the gaming industry through Honoka’s eyes.
Hoozuki-san Chi No Aneki
2011-01-24
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Gorou has a crush on his older step sister Haru. Unfortunately for Gorou, Haru happens to love teasing him sadistically in every way possible.This is a 4-koma crack comedy about their wacky day to day life and interactions.
Kashimashi Girl Meets Girl
2011-01-24
From Seven Seas:Being a girl is harder than it looks...For Hazumu, this couldn't be more true, because just the other day, she...was a he.Shunned by the girl of his dreams, Hazumu loses himself in the mountains and is promptly squashed by an oncoming space ship. The alien inside, feeling guilty, rebuilds Hazumu's body...but as the wrong gender!Now Hazumu must learn how to be the girl his parents always wanted while dealing with the trials and tribulations of being caught in a love triangle between two girls--his childhood friend, Tomari, and Yasuna, the girl who rejected him but is now strangely attracted to him/her!
Kimi Wa Petto
2011-01-24
Fed-up with a life of being under-appreciated and disrespected, Sumire Iwaya decides to change things when she picks up a young boy off the street and brings him into her house. Despite being total opposites, the two seem to complement one another as they try to carve out an ordinary life for themselves.
Lucky Star
2011-01-24
Lucky Star's story portrays the lives of several school girls attending a Japanese high school with a very loose humor tone.The setting is based on the town Kasukabe in Saitama Prefecture. The female lead is Konata Izumi, an athletic and intelligent girl who, despite these attributes, is not in a sports club, and has low grades. Her laziness at school is due to her love for anime and video games and lack of interest in anything else. In other words: she's an otaku.The serialization began with the four main characters in their first year of high school: Konata Izumi, Kagami Hiiragi, Tsukasa Hiiragi, and Miyuki Takara. As the story progresses, they move onto their second and third year.
Marriage with Evil
2011-01-24
A story about a girl from Paris who went to Basel, Switzerland in order to reunite with her father, brother, and the guy she loves, Zerman. Waiting for Zerman to pick her up from the train station, she accidently hugs San, a handsome, wealthy, and ally to some of the few powerful men.
Mary Stayed Out All Night
2011-01-24
Ui Mae-Ri, who has not dated for a long time, meets a death metal group's vocalist and begins a relationship with him. However, a perfect man interferes in their relationship...
My Girl Sahara Mizu
2011-01-24
Kazama Masamune - a single 23-year-old man...has a kid? During the season of cherry blossoms, his beloved passes away. He happens to meet a little girl outside work and realizes she is his daughter who was raised in secrecy by his lover. The worst spring of his life is transformed into a painful yet vivid spring.
Tom Sawyer
2011-01-24
From the creator of Saikano comes this manga take on the Mark Twain classic. (Source: Entropy)
Welcome to the NHK!
2011-01-24
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. The story follows Tatsuhiro SatoÂÂÂ, a university dropout entering his fourth year of unemployment. He leads a reclusive life as a hikikomori until he meets Misaki Nakahara, a mysterious girl who is determined to help SatÅ out of his reclusiveness. But Sato suspects the Nippon Hikikomori KyÅÂÂÂkai (Japanese Hikikomori Association), the hidden face of the TV channel NHK is conspiring against japanese young men in order to change everyone into a hikikomori by broadcasting moe anime. He also meets an old school acquitance and his neigbour, an otaku who convinces him to help him create the ultimate ero-game.From Tokyopop:Sato Tatsuhiro is a drug-addled "hikikomori" (a Japanese shut-in) who thinks a sinister organization, NHK (Nihon Hikikomori Kyoukai), is the cause of all his problems! He falls in love with a girl, Misaki, who he thinks is trying to assassinate him, but doesn't know how to talk to her or if he can trust her. The more he stays in his house watching anime porn, reading manga, and doing drugs, the harder it is for him to leave. Only Misaki can keep him from rotting away in his own apartment!
Akage no Anne
2011-01-24
Miss Marilla Cuthbert and Mr. Matthew Cuthbert, middle-aged siblings who live together at Green Gables, a farm in Avonlea, on Prince Edward Island, decide to adopt an orphan boy from the asylum as a helper on their farm. Through a series of mishaps, what ends up under their roof is a precocious girl of eleven named Anne Shirley. Anne is bright and quick, eager to please but dissatisfied with her name, her pale countenance dotted with freckles, and with her long braids of red hair. Being a child of imagination, however, Anne takes much joy in life, and adapts quickly, thriving in the environment of Prince Edward Island.
Anata wo Shinjiteru
2011-01-24
From momiji_mii's livejournal:A story about a teenage girl whose life has become a living hell because of her alcoholic father. Her mother seems to love her little brother better than her and she feels a lot of pressure because of the circumstances of her family. She's definitely more grown-up than the rest of the girls in her class. She lately feels some sort of connection with one of the bad guys in school, who has been showing kindness to her younger brother lately. He takes both of them to the zoo after the father breaks his promise due to being hungover.
Anne no Aijou
2011-01-24
Anne leaves Green Gables and her work as a teacher in Avonlea to continue her education at Redmond College in Nova Scotia. She tucks her memories of rural Avonlea away and discovers life on her own terms, filled with surprises… including a marriage proposal from the worst fellow imaginable, the sale of her very first story, and a tragedy that teaches her a painful lesson.
...seishunchuu!
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. From Impossibility:Kiriko has always been overshadowed by her older sister Eiko. Eiko is cute, smart, and extremely popular unlike Kiriko. This manga is about Kiriko leaving her sister's shadow while blossoming in love! Although this sounds like a typic
100% No Kimi E
2011-01-14
Always giving in to many little things, Yuzu transfers from a prestigious girls' school to a co-ed because of her family. Since the first day, she felt uncomfortable with the too open ethos of the school. While trying to fit in, she met a guy who she is irresistibly attracted to. He, Yuzu, and a puppy, form a map of love together.
14 Juicy
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Welcome to Watermelon Junior High where everything is so JUICY!!Short random school life chapters of a girl who wears a cow suit, a soccer fan girl and a Meganekko.
17 (sakurai Machiko)
2011-01-14
From: ShinnenIt's the start of their senior year, and Shiika happens to be in the same class as a guy named Megumi. It's a mystery to her why his voice echoes through her mind.
18-sai No Kodou
2011-01-14
Another tender love story which fails to run smoothly from the master of such works Yukari Kawachi! This is a one volume "novel" type manga.Rui will be a model, and Tougo will be a painter - the two young childhood friends dream about their future. When
3 AM Dangerous Zone
2011-01-14
Plot: Momoko, who dreams of becoming an illustrator, finds employment in an ultra fast-paced office that specializes in designing pachinko parlors!! With the office running a yazuka-like business and employing a designer, who has a habit of suddenly stripping in the middle of the night, Momoko believes that the company employees are a bit... no, definitely eccentric!! She continues pulling all-nighters, unable even to return home... And in the midst of cigarette-filled fumes, where women's authority takes a step back, she asks herself, "Why am I here?"
35 Do No Ren'ai Netsu (Yaoi)
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Honda is a pharmacist who is overworked due to the hospitalization of his co-worker (who he's secretly in love with). Luckily, one of his customers, Sasashi, turns out to be a doctor who is looking for a job. Honda immediately hires him, but then learns that not only was he fired from his previous job for embezzling, but he's a notorious playboy too.
7 Jikanme Rhapsody
2011-01-14
Toudou Rinko is a serious and reliable class representative, now in 2nd year of high school. It happens that the first male person she starts to notice is her homeroom teacher, Saku Makoto. She ends up helping the nonchanlant and playful teacher with his
A Channel
2011-01-14
4-koma about the daily lives of Tooru who has just entered the same high school as her best and childhood friend Run-chan, who is now a second year, and her friends Yuuko-chan (whom Tooru bullies cause they meet under bad circumtances) & Nagi-chan (who watches).
A Wolf Warning Manhwa
2011-01-14
From [ RC-SCANS ]:Han Summer (Yeuh-Reum) and Hyun Moo-Heum are very different from one another. While Moo-Heum is a brilliant, yet stunning son of a CEO of one of the most influential and extensive companies in the world, Summer, on the other hand, is a mediocre-looking girl - a plain Jane, who is just under an inescapable debt of 70 million! And to whom? It is none other than Hyun Moo-Heum! In the midst of this dilemma, a mysterious figure enters and intervenes with their lives. Could he be of any help to Summer or is he destined to make her life more complicated than it already is?
Ai Dano Koi Dano (Yaoi)
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Collection of stories1-2. The Which Is Love?"Sheesh, he’ll cry over any type of love. I really can’t understand it."Nonami ended up having to comfort the heartbroken Hino after he was dumped by his girlfriend. Even though Nonami thought he couldn't comprehend it, he was charmed by Hino's honest feelings. A heartrending story of sweet youthful gravity.3-5. Sen no Yoru6. Love and Goldfish7. Sen no Yoru Extra
Aka Chan To Boku
2011-01-14
Young Takuya has it tough. After his mother passed away it has been his job to take care of his baby brother Minoru while their father, Harumi, works the long hours of the Japanese "salaryman." Takuya must sacrifice the playtime usually associated with childhood for the responsibilities of an adult. Cooking, cleaning, sewing and scolding are all now an integral part of the young boy's life. "All work and no play" has Takuya incredibly frustrated and resentful of his little brother. Will Takuya find it in his heart to love the brother who is causing him so much grief?!Baby and Me received the 40th Shogakukan Manga Award for sh?jo in 1995.Included one-shots:Volume 2: Time LimitVolume 4: Secret Boy ni Tee Dasuna!!Volume 6: Baka de Karukete Wagamama deVolume 15: Natsu to Kimi no Irradiation
Akazukin-chan Ga Fushigi No Kuni Ni Mayoikondayou Desu
2011-01-14
This time Little Red meets the White Rabbit, who was incidentally halfway through a race with a turtle. Together they discover a mysterious hole in the ground which leads them to Wonderland. There she meets many delightful personalities like the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter and the Queen of Hearts, in addition to characters from the first book. How exactly will the airheaded Little Red manage to get herself out of Wonderland?
Alice's Dream Files
2011-01-14
Alice is a dream decipher. She notices that the class president has been sleeping a lot in class recently, so together with her rabbit partner, she enters his dream and hope to find out the cause...
Alpine Rose
2011-01-14
Plot: Seven years ago, Lundi found a little girl named Jeudi lying in a field of dandelions on the Alps. One day, they accidentally angered Count de Gourmont and so Jeudi was forced work as a maid in his castle. Lundi came to her rescue; however they nearly died when escaping. Set in the era of World War II, Lundi and Jeudi face many difficult situations as they search for the whereabouts of Jeudi's parents.
Alto
2011-01-14
Alto, a 12-year-old kid, has arrived to Porto Grande, the largest city in the country. His dream is to fly an airplane which only women can pilot. In order to fly, he disguises his gender and age and enrolls himself in an all girls school. What kind of a school life awaits him behind those closed doors?
Amanin Shoujo Azuki
2011-01-14
Wagashino Azuki, training secretly deep in the mountains. She's too clumsy and air-headed to be a ninja, but somehow Azuki ends up as the bodyguard of the heir to a financial empire! 3 mysterious girls also appear. How is this mission going to turn out!?