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Mairimashita! Iruma-kun

Also known as Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy

Iruma Suzuki has always been eager to please, even at the cost of his well-being. Worst yet, he's the son of two selfish parents who end up selling him to a demon. Thanks to their totally irresponsible actions, Iruma has found himself living in the Netherworld, where he must live and attend school as the grandson of an older demon. Luckily, his new, doting grandfather is there to help, but Iruma will have to figure out how to blend in with his demonic classmates or risk getting eaten. All he needs to do is subjugate rival classmates, summon familiars, and do other typical demon things while never revealing that he's human… Piece of cake, right?

Tags: Demons , Ensemble Cast , Found Family , Male Protagonist , School , Adoption , Conspiracy , Magic , Shounen , Isekai , School Club , Idol , Crossdressing , LGBTQ+ Themes , Assassins , Love Triangle

Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun

Also known as Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

"Hanako-san, Hanako-san... are you there?" At Kamome Academy, rumors abound about the school's Seven Mysteries, one of which is Hanako-san. Said to occupy the third stall of the third floor girls' bathroom in the old school building, Hanako-san grants any wish when summoned. Nene Yashiro, an occult-loving high school girl who dreams of romance, ventures into this haunted bathroom... but the Hanako-san she meets there is nothing like she imagined! Kamome Academy's Hanako-san... is a boy!


Tags: Youkai , Mythology , Ghost , Urban Fantasy , School , Afterlife , Twins , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Alternate Universe , Shounen , Revenge , Gore , LGBTQ+ Themes , Exorcism , Magic , Suicide , Slapstick , Survival , Body Horror , Yandere , Tsundere , Time Manipulation , Gods , Mermaid , Love Triangle , Shrine Maiden , Body Swapping

Furyou Taimashi Reina

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Supernatural

"I get yelled at, my desk gets thrown out the window, I get hit with a fist wearing some knick-knack..." Shinguji, the class president, is concerned about the delinquent behavior of Reina Suzuno, a transfer student with blonde hair, a sukajan and loose socks. Her words and actions, which were thought to be a form of bullying or harsh punishment, are actually a unique method of casting out evil spirits. Her true identity that of a skilled exorcist, strong enough to make the toilet-bound Hanako-san tremble! Notes:
Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Web Manga Category.
Includes 9 extra chapters.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Ghost , School , Delinquents , Gyaru , Tomboy , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Teen Cast , Exorcism , Crossdressing , Seinen , Werewolf , Ensemble Cast , Gender Bending , Tragedy

Ansatsu Kyoushitsu

Also known as Assassination Classroom.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Meet the would-be assassins of class 3-E: Sugino, who let his grades slip and got kicked off the baseball team. Karma, who’s doing well in his classes but keeps getting suspended for fighting. And Okuda, who lacks both academic and social skills, yet excels at one subject: chemistry. Who has the best chance of winning that reward? Will the deed be accomplished through pity, brute force or poison...? And what chance does their teacher have of repairing his students’ tattered self-esteem?



Note: Includes 7 extras and the one-shot "Tokyo Department Store War Journal".

Tags: Teacher , Assassins , School , Primarily Child Cast , Shounen , Ensemble Cast , Satire , Tragedy , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Otaku Culture , Time Skip , Aliens

Gintama

Also known as Gin Tama.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi

The samurai didn't stand a chance. First, the aliens invaded Japan. Next, they took all the jobs. And then they confiscated everyone's swords. So what does a hotheaded former samurai like Sakata "Gin" Gintoki do to make ends meet? Take any odd job that comes his way, even if it means losing his dignity.



Included Bonus Chapters:
Volume 1: Dandelion (One-shot).
Volume 2: Shirokuro (One-shot).
Volume 24: 13 (One-shot).
Volume 38: Bankara-san Ga Tooru (One-shot).
Volume 41: Special Lesson.

Tags: Samurai , Found Family , Parody , Meta , Swordplay , Male Protagonist , Aliens , Philosophy , Shounen , Episodic , Tragedy , Space , Historical , Anachronism , Ensemble Cast , Time Skip , Police , War , Dystopian , Fugitive , Robots , Ninja , Ghost , Homeless , Assassins , Crossdressing , Idol , Shrine Maiden , LGBTQ+ Themes , Body Swapping , Gender Bending , Judo , Drawing , Gangs , Female Harem , Dissociative Identities , Afterlife , Amnesia , Cult , Military , Reincarnation , Nekomimi , Conspiracy , Politics

SPY×FAMILY

Also known as SPY x FAMILY.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The master spy codenamed <Twilight> has spent his days on undercover missions, all for the dream of a better world. But one day, he receives a particularly difficult new order from command. For his mission, he must form a temporary family and start a new life?! A Spy/Action/Comedy about a one-of-a-kind family!



Notes:
Includes 2 "Extra Missions" and 11 “Short Missions”.
Nominated for the 24th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2020.
Nominated for the 13th and 14th Manga Taisho Award in 2020 and 2021.
Nominated for the 44th Kodansha Manga Award in the Shounen Category in 2020.

Tags: Family Life , Espionage , Found Family , War , Surreal Comedy , Assassins , Work , Female Protagonist , Adoption , Male Protagonist , School , Fake Relationship , Aliens , Politics , Shounen , Heterosexual , Marriage , Orphan , Ensemble Cast , Super Power , Hikikomori , Slapstick , Guns , Parody , Episodic , Parenthood , Foreign , Terrorism , Satire , Iyashikei , Urban , Historical , Anachronism , Tsundere , Gore

Gakuen Alice

Also known as Gakuen Alice.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

Young Mikan runs away to Tokyo to follow her best friend, Hotaru, who has been enrolled in an exclusive, secretive private school for geniuses. But it turns out that Alice Academy is a lot more than meets the eye. If Mikan wants to stay by Hotaru's side, she has to both pass the strange "entrance exam" and face the even greater challenge of befriending her very odd new classmates. Whether it's Hotaru's gift for inventing gadgets, the cranky Natsume's fire-casting ability, or Professor Narumi's control of human pheromones, everyone at the school has some sort of special talent. But what ability, if any, does Mikan possess? Mikan is going to have to rely on her courage and spunk if she's going to stay in school, or even stay alive!



Volume 9 contains a side story;
Volume 10 contains the side story "Ibara no Sono" (いばらの園);
Volume 17 contains the side story "Hoshizora Obake" (星空おばけ).

Tags: Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Magic , Primarily Child Cast , Shoujo , Tsundere , Boarding School , Super Power , School , Time Skip , Age Gap , Adoption , Conspiracy , Yuri , Crossdressing , Love Triangle , Urban Fantasy

Jigoku no Ashita

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Supernatural

Ashita, a high school student who is head over heels in love, falls down a flight of stairs in shock after a heartbreak. When he wakes up, he finds himself in the arms of a beautiful woman on a boat headed to the afterlife. Ashita is gently comforted by the beautiful woman, named Gasha, and takes a tour of Hell at her request; soon after he ends up enrolling in demon school, where Gasha is the headmaster. Thrown into the midst of demons who are too loyal to their desires, a school life that inevitably leads to bloodshed begins!

(Kodansha, translated)

Tags: Afterlife , Demons , Male Protagonist , School , Seinen , Surreal Comedy , Gore

Rosario to Vampire

Also known as Rosario+Vampire.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Supernatural

All-around average student Tsukune can't get accepted to any high school save one...but on his first day, he finds the rest of the student body doesn't appear average in the least. Best of all, the cutest girl on campus can't wait to fling her arms around his neck! Wait a sec'--are those her teeth around his neck too...? Tsukune's going to have one heck of a hickey when he gets home from Monster High! But does he have a chance in H-E-double-hockey-sticks of raising his grades at a school where the turf war isn't between the jocks and the nerds but the vampires and the werewolves?



Tags: Vampire , Monster Girl , Magic , Female Harem , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Witch , Demons , School Club , Mythology , Primarily Female Cast , Youkai , Boarding School , Female Protagonist , Body Horror , Memory Manipulation , Unrequited Love , School , Succubus , Urban Fantasy , Dissociative Identities , Heterosexual , Mermaid , Love Triangle , Monster Boy , Delinquents , Gore , Chimera , Kemonomimi , Nekomimi , Tragedy , Bisexual , Estranged Family , Martial Arts , Zombie , Tanned Skin , Clone , Terrorism , Triads

Kyuutei Mahoushi Kubi ni Nattande, Inaka ni Kaette Mahouka no Sensei ni Narimasu

Also known as I Got Fired as a Court Wizard so Now I’m Moving to the Country to Become a Magic Teacher.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

Jade was one of the strongest mages in his entire country, boasting the coveted post of Court Wizard. Unfortunately, a twist of fate saw him fired from that gig, and now he’s wound up teaching at a magic school way out in the boonies. Worse yet, he’s in charge of a class of losers and misfits who have earned the scorn of the academy’s elite. Channeling both his skill as a royal magician and his earnest desire to help his students achieve their dreams, can Jade turn this class of rejects into a force to be reckoned with?



Tags: Magic , Teacher , Male Protagonist , Seinen