Kotaro Makaritoru is a manga that follows the antics of the long haired protagonist, Kotaro Shindo, a skilled karate expert, sole member of the Kyokutan-ryu Karate Club and an uninhibited pervert, who spends time feuding with the Student Council and Discipline Committee, along with various clubs within Tsurugamine High School, due to his habit of stealing panties, fighting, and his trademark rule breaking hair.
This is a tempestuous and heartbreaking love story about Ayuta, a rounin who aspires to attend an art university, who, in a jam-packed train, falls in love with Haruhi, a psychiatrist eight years his senior. Tenshi no Tamago is the manga adaptation of the Naoki Award-winning Murayama Yuka's novel of the same title.
Current-day Japan is facing the serious issue of population decline due to low birthrates and the concentration of the populace in only a few major metropolitan areas. Tottori-kun, the local god of Tottori Prefecture, least populous in all of Japan, must face these problems and other social issues as he and the other gods of Japan's prefectures battle it out to become the new capital. The series features real social, economic, and historical issues, with a dash of humor and creativity--and is also a fun way to learn about the different charms of each of Japan's 47 Prefectures. (This is an anthropomorphized battle manga) Synopsis from MangaUpdates: The story follows local gods of each Japanese prefecture as they battle to rule in Japan's capital.
IS (Pronounced Aiesu in Japanese) is not your everyday manga. This manga strictly deals with cases of intersexuality. IS stands for Inter Sexuality. This manga deals with very serious issues concerning intersexual people. The pain they go through, the troubles they confront, and ultimately their inability to reproduce and even find a partner who will accept them as they are - It's all there in a form of manga. First volume has different cases but from volume two onwards manga becomes a longer tale of Hoshino Haru, IS and their life, trials and tribulations towards the adulthood. IS won the 2007 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo manga.
Born on the north coast of Taiwan, the girl Lu moved to Taipei for university. The big city offered many new experiences, but it was also challenging and lonely, until she met a boy playing in a band at the live house Kafka By The Sea. With his music, he helped Lu expand her horizons and find a new purpose in life. And as they spent time together, their feelings for each other gradually grew. But a musical opportunity for him caused a chasm between them that might be too wide to cross...(Source: Books.com.tw, translated)Note: - A Gao Yan work translated to Japanese by RYUUZAKI Ryou
By all the usual measures, he could be considered a pretty useless guy: a scholastic failure, an athletic disaster, and a chronic loser… But Fukuda Shinichi has one passion: cheering for others! The 18-year-old captain of North Kanto Southern High's Cheerleading squad decides to make the most of his summer by attending cram school in Tokyo, only to find out that the whole trip was a sham! Things are looking up when he and his friend meet up with two cute Tokyo girls; too bad the girls brought them to a rip-off bar and took off! Ditched by his one remaining friend and stuck with an impossibly high bar bill, Fuku-kun's life couldn't get any worse! But just then he gets saved by Ume, his role model and former cheerleading squad captain! What is he doing in Tokyo… and why does everyone around seem to know and respect him? Without anywhere else to go, Fuku-kun decides follow Ume to his job, only to discover that… he's a host?!? Fukuda's summer of cheering others on has begun… and the streets of Tokyo's red-light district will never be the same!
This manga features Hohoko, a high school student who lives with her musician father. Yahiro, another student who helps in the school library along with Hohoko, is a fan of her father’s group, Hana to Hoho, and realizes who her father is. Hohoko, a book lover, and Yahiro, a music fanatic, write messages to each other in the school library, where private conversation is forbidden, and thereby gradually get to know each other. Hohoko is decidedly drawn to Yahiro, but what he really likes is her father’s music. The fact that he became friends with her because of her father weighs down on her heavily. Gradually, a secret about Hohoko’s mother that her father has kept from her, along with Yahiro’s views on love that result from past trauma, become clear. The two characters’ chance encounter constitutes the story of one summer in their lives, drawn with a touch of tranquility. Won a New Face Award from the 23rd Japan Media Arts Festival in 2020.
A vida nos reserva grandes surpresas. Tudo ia bem na vida de Ann Uekusa até receber uma bela notícia: seus pais iam se divorciar. Ela e sua mãe se mudam para o interior do Japão para refrescar um poucos dos ares da cidade grande e planejar uma nova vida. Ela, que está acostumada a não ser notada por ninguém, quando está na cidade natal de sua mãe, acaba vendo que cidade pequena todo mundo se conhece e se ajuda mutuamente, logo vai perceber que a bondade é algo que não se pode desprezar quando mais se precisa nas horas mais difíceis.
Satou Yui is an employee at Amagi Pharmaceuticals. Her beloved dog has died and she feels deep sorrow over its death. One day, while drinking at a bar, she shouts, with tears running down her face, "Develop a medicine to bring my dog back to life!" At that time, a man walks towards her. He makes a spiteful remark that there is no such medicine. He also tells her to stop barking and to go home. Yui feels anger within herself and she trips him. She then leaves the bar. Yui is unaware that the man she tripped is Amagi Kyouichi and he is the President of Amagi Pharmaceuticals. The next day, Yui hears at work that the President is looking for her. When she gets to his office, she realizes the man she tripped in the bar is the President. She thinks that she might get fired, but he suddenly tells her, "Please treat me as your slave."
The beautiful Seto is told that she has 6 months to live. At school, she meets a tomboyish girl who wants to leave her boyish past behind and debut as a shoujo heroine-esque high schooler.
There is a family of demons in which only boys are born. In order to continue his lineage, the demon lord has kidnapped a human woman to be his wife, just as his ancestors had done. However, this demon lord is a little strange and timid for demon standards. He even starts to study cooking in order to impress her... The Manga is an adaption of the [web novel](https://ncode.syosetu.com/n3482cg/). It is serialized in the pixiv comic web magazine "comicPOOL" published by Ichijinsha Co., Ltd. and has since won the pixiv award at the "Comicalize Party."
Naotatsu is set to stay with his uncle as he enters a new high school. However, a woman he has never met, Sakaki-san, picks him up at the station. He now shares a house with a salaryman who quit to become a mangaka unbeknownst his parents (the uncle), a cross-dressing fortune teller, a college professor, and a 25 year old office lady all quirky in their own ways. Naotatsu, a high school freshman, begins the strange days of living under the same roof with them. Ranked #2 in 2020 by Freestyle Magazine Ranked #5 in the 2020 Manga Taisho Awards Ranked #5 in the 2020 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Awards for male readers Won "New Creator Prize" in the 2020 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Award
Sayoko is a newly transferred student: gifted with rare beauty and mysterious and magnetic charm, she captures every student's attention. Among them, the introverted Yuiko and the grumpy Mari become friends with Sayoko, while Ryou, a known womanizer, wastes no time and tries to hit on her, unleashing his girlfriend's rage. But this story has countless plot twists, characters and secrets… --- - **Kisho Tenyo received the 1983 Shogakukan Manga Award for Shoujo Manga**
One day, a young man named Himuro Shousuke shows up out of nowhere, claiming he wants to become a shogi master. When he is told that he must follow the appropriate channels to become a pro shogi player, he produces a recommendation from a highly respected master, Mikami Sankichi. Shousuke claims he trained with Sankichi in Kochi, and now he's ready to skip the early steps of becoming one of the elite. People are understandably skeptical, but Shousuke begins to beat the skilled players they match him up with. Some are unhappy about an outsider coming into their hierarchy at a high level, but will they be able to stop his rise? The future is full of the internal politics of the shogi world and exciting shogi matches! [tethysdust] A manga about the Japanese board game of "shogi," similar to chess. Gekka no Kishi won the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1997.
Ooshima Nagi is an 28 year old office lady always trying to read the mood and fit in. Berated by her boss, taken advantage of by her colleagues, and betrayed by her boyfriend, Nagi quits her job and severs contact with everyone in her social circle in order to restart her life from scratch. Will Nagi be able to change herself, or will she fall back into her old ways? ___ **Note**: Nominated for the 11th Manga Taishou Awards (2018). Nominated for the 12th Manga Taishou Awards (2019). Won the 65th Shogakukan Manga Awards (2020).
When a local volcano erupts, the depopulated town of Kanematsu suddenly thrives as a hot-springs resort. High-school student Toyama, a cool character, can’t accept this dramatic transformation, while his friend Sakurajima enthusiastically embraces it. This is the story of how their friendship is affected by changes in their town. The freely-drawn, casual style the manga brings to its portrayal of the shifting emotions of high-school boys has earned it many fans.
Ulna Trop Jonk is a sniper who assumes her first military job on the front line of a remote island. There, the soldiers must fight against a wild village of monstrous aspect. - Won the 21st Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award's Manga Division in 2018 Nominated to 24th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Award
Akihime is a seemingly normal girl attending junior high school, but she is actually the daughter of Ryokuhouzan's tengu. She lives with her mother in the human world, living a normal human life. However, her childhood friend Shun is constantly trying to convince her to go to the mountains with him, so that they can become tengus together. Despite his continuous urgings, Akihime refuses because she has feelings for her classmate, Takeru-kun. Machi de Uwasa no Tengu no Ko won the 2009 Shogakukan Manga Award for best shoujo
Middle schoolers, Shiro and Masumi, encountered a mysterious dragon that brought them back to the time of the Three Kingdoms; situated in ancient China. As soon as they arrived, they were rescued by the Han Kingdom. Not long after these events, Masumi was kidnapped and Shiro barely escaped death… Soon the story gets more complicated as they are stuck in the past. In 1997, Ryuurouden won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen manga.
Ritsu inherited his sixth sense from his grandfather, along with a demon guardian named Blue Storm. Strange things just seem to happen around these two, and it's left to them to get to the bottom of all these mysterious events. Each story is independent but features recurring characters you'll come to know and appreciate as they, each in their own way, try to deal with things 'not of this world'. Winner of Award for Excellence in 10th Annual Japan Media Arts Festival.
Humanity's dream… Crystal humanoid technology. They have 'illnesses' just like humans but the treatment options are quite different. The troubled AI's band together, and the new doctor at the facility, Sudou, bears witness.
Ayame Touka, the ace of the girl's volleyball team, is known as "Prince" because of her tall stature and handsome appearance. But this prince has a hobby she can't tell anyone about... She actually likes erotic TL novels! But there's one more thing he can't tell anyone about... She's a little interested in Asagi-senpai, a fellow library committee member... He's the only one who doesn't call her "Prince", and treats her like a girl... He's such a special person. Then, one day, she finds out Asagi-senpai's secret... The author of the TL novel that Ayame likes is Asagi-senpai!? The two secretive people begin to explore each other. (Source: Shueisha, translated) Winner of Challenge Mee Grand Prix April 2022.
Igarashi is now in college. The bittersweet memories that he left behind in childhood are now beginning to resurface when he meets his childhood friend Chiyo-chan again after 10 years.
The workplace comedy's story follows a 26-year-old office worker named Momose. He recently changed jobs after his previous boss harassed him. He's worried his new boss will also use power harassment to make his life miserable. Momose is trying to hide his anxious stomach when he first meets his new boss Shirosaki, however he's surprised to find his new boss is such a natural airhead that he eliminates all of Momose's anxiety.