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Status: Releasing

Yuki is a typical college student, whose world revolves around her friends, social media, and the latest sales. But when a chance encounter on a train leads to her meeting friend-of-a-friend and fellow student Itsuomi-san, her world starts to widen. But even though Itsuomi-kun can speak three languages, sign language isn’t one of them. Can the two learn to communicate the budding feelings between them?

Notes:
Ranked 17th place for the Tsugimanga Award in the Print Manga Category in 2020.
Nominated for the 45th and 46th Kodansha Manga Award in the Shoujo Category in 2021 and 2022.
Nominated for the 68th Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shoujo Category

Tags: Shoujo , Language Barrier , Female Protagonist , Disability , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , College , Love Triangle , Bar , Chibi , Urban , Tsundere

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Koe no Katachi

Also known as A Silent Voice.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Based on a one-shot that won the 80th Weekly Shounen Magazine Newbie Best Mangaka Award.

Shouya is a bully. When Shouko, a girl who can't hear, enters his elementary school class, she becomes their favorite target, and Shouya and his friends goad each other into devising new tortures for her. But the children's cruelty goes too far. Shouko is forced to leave the school, and Shouya ends up shouldering all the blame. Six years later, the two meet again. Can Shouya make up for his past mistakes, or is it too late?

Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.

Tags: Rehabilitation , Language Barrier , Coming of Age , Bullying , Disability , Time Skip , Denpa , School , Suicide , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Kuudere , Shounen , Tragedy , Tomboy , Filmmaking

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Uruwashi no Yoi no Tsuki

Also known as In the Clear Moonlit Dusk.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Yoi Takiguchi has long legs, a deep voice, and a handsome face…in other words, Yoi is such a good-looking guy that most people don’t notice or care that she is, in fact, a girl. Indeed, she’s had the nickname “Prince” as long as she can remember. That is, until she met Ichimura-senpai…the only person who’s really seemed to see her for herself. To her surprise, she’s not sure how to handle this new relationship, especially when her newfound friend is a prince himself (and a guy prince, at that).

Note: Nominated for the 46th Kodansha Manga Award in the Shoujo Category in 2022.

Tags: Tomboy , Shoujo , School , Iyashikei , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Love Triangle

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INKR

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Unmei no Hito ni Deau Hanashi

Also known as How I Met My Soulmate.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance

Yuki is a 20-year-old college sophomore who has wished for one thing since moving to Tokyo: to find her soulmate. Growing a bit desperate after a long drought, she goes along with a friend to a club for the first time. Her friend thrives, but it's chaotic and loud... just not Yuki's scene. Just when Yuki begins to despair that she'll never ever find a real, adult relationship, she meets Iori, a man with bleached hair and a slightly scary demeanor… but first impressions don't always tell the whole story. Could destiny still have more cards to play?

Tags: Shoujo , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , College , Medicine , Urban

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Hibi Chouchou

Also known as Like a Butterfly.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Shibazeki Suiren is a stunningly beautiful girl. When she enters high school, most of her classmates are astonished by her beauty, but after noticing her quiet manners and lack of contact with anyone else except her friends Yuri and Aya, she receives the nickname "Takane no Hana", a beautiful flower but impossible to reach. However, after a fellow freshman called Kawasumi Kouha saves her from a persistent suitor, she finds herself mesmerized by him... as he's the only boy who won't look at her no matter what.

Tags: School , Coming of Age , Shoujo , Heterosexual , Unrequited Love , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Primarily Teen Cast , Martial Arts

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Comico

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Hidamari ga Kikoeru

Also known as I Hear the Sunspot.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Because of a hearing disability, Kouhei is often misunderstood and has trouble integrating into life on campus, so he learns to keep his distance. That is until he meets the outspoken and cheerful Taichi. He tells Kouhei that his hearing loss is not his fault. Taichi’s words cut through Kouhei’s usual defense mechanisms and open his heart. More than friends, less than lovers, their relationship changes Kouhei forever.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Disability , College , Boys' Love , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Educational , Food , Coming of Age

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Museru Kurai no Ai wo Ageru

Also known as Choking on Love.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance

Opposites attract in this shojo romance manga about a career-focused artist and the bad-boy guitarist who turns her world upside down!

Hibari, a single-minded art student with dreams of becoming a graphic designer, feels insecure about being “ordinary” compared to her peers. Gaku, a free-spirited guitarist from the same university, turns her world upside down after a chaotic encounter at a ramen shop. Hibari wants nothing more than to escape the disorder Gaku brings to her perfectly planned life. But as he slowly breaks down her walls, Hibari starts to realize that a little chaos might be just what she needs.

Tags: Shoujo , College , Female Protagonist , Band , Heterosexual , Drawing , Male Protagonist , Love Triangle

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Comic Days

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Veil

Also known as Veil.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

A chance encounter. A handsome soldier. A beautiful woman. A tentative love affair smolders on the snowy cobblestone streets, out of sight of those that might keep them apart.

Veil is a beautifully illustrated full-color romance manga, told in stylish short vignettes, beautiful illustrations, and secret moments.

Tags: Foreign , Heterosexual , Josei , Primarily Adult Cast , Disability , Fashion , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Full Color , Police

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Honey Lemon Soda

Also known as Honey Lemon Soda.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance

Middle school left Uka Ishimori with nothing but scars—to the point where she’s forgotten how to laugh or cry or even say “hello.” But a chance reencounter with a boy with lemon-colored hair invigorates her, giving her hope that maybe, just maybe, life can be that much sweeter if she finally reaches out for help.

Note: Nominated for the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in the Shoujo Category in 2021.

Tags: Shoujo , School , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Bullying , Heterosexual , Urban

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Rimacomi Plus

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Kawaii Hito

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Hanazono is a 27-year old young man who runs a flower shop. Unfortunately, he's not pretty or beautiful like the flowers at all! Everyone is afraid of Hanazono because of his eyes. But the truth is, he's actually a really nice person. His miserable life all changes when he meets Suzuka Hiyori, a beautiful young college student. She wants to be his girlfriend! Wait, what? Follow the tale of this adorable couple in Kawaii Hito!

Tags: Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Iyashikei , Shoujo , Heterosexual , Episodic , Age Gap , Horticulture , Boys' Love

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Perfect World

Also known as Perfect World.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

26-year-old Tsugumi Kawana reunites with her first crush from high school, Itsuki Ayukawa, at a get-together between an architecture firm and the interior design company she works at. He sends her heart aflutter, until she realizes he's now disabled, and in a wheelchair. At first she feels she couldn't date a guy in a wheelchair, but then her feelings begin to change...

Tags: Disability , Josei , Love Triangle , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Work , Tragedy , Adoption , Urban , Parenthood

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