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Toshokan no Daimajutsushi

Also known as Magus of the Library.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

A story about a poor boy swept away by a kind library mage and the (literal) magic of reading, Magus of the Library is a beautifully-drawn, spirited fantasy adventure, like a Fullmetal Alchemist for all ages!

In the small village of Amun lives a poor boy named Theo. Theo adores books, but because of his pointed ears and impoverished life, he isn’t allowed to use the village library. As he endures the prejudice and hatred of the village, he dreams of going where such things don’t exist: Aftzaak, City of Books. But one day, Theo chances to meet a Kafna—a librarian who works for the great library of Aftzaak—and his life changes forever…



Tags: Politics , Seinen , Writing , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Philosophy , Elf , Magic , Travel , Primarily Female Cast , Religion , Animals , Language Barrier , Adoption , Desert , Fairy , Conspiracy , Bullying , Kemonomimi , Tanned Skin , Dragons , Environmental , Pirates , Nekomimi , Slavery , Espionage , Criminal Organization , Dinosaurs , Time Skip , Ensemble Cast

Dr. STONE

Also known as Dr. STONE.

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

One fateful day, all of humanity was petrified by a blinding flash of light. After several millennia, high schooler Taiju awakens and finds himself lost in a world of statues. However, he’s not alone! His science-loving friend Senku’s been up and running for a few months and he's got a grand plan in mind—to kickstart civilization with the power of science!



Note: Shueisha published its 27th volume on April 4, 2024. This volume contains the one-shot Dr. STONE: TERRAFORMING and the mini-series Dr. STONE 4D SCIENCE.

Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Survival , Ensemble Cast , Educational , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Lost Civilization , Travel , War , Environmental , Philosophy , Time Skip , Space , Kingdom Management , Primarily Male Cast , Tragedy , Espionage , Ships , Wilderness , Adoption , Asexual , Food , Time Manipulation , Guns

Koushaku Reijou no Tashinami

Also known as Accomplishments of the Duke's Daughter.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Iris, an otome game addict with no time for romance, gets hit by a truck after getting out of work–but instead of dying, she finds herself in the world of a game she’d played just hours earlier. However, she’s not reborn as the game’s protagonist, the main heartthrob of the harem. Instead, she starts her new life as the antagonist, right at the moment she’s being sent to live in a nunnery–for the rest of her life!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Politics , Economics , Villainess , Reincarnation , Seinen , Isekai , Kingdom Management , Heterosexual , Virtual World

Kusuriya no Hitorigoto

Also known as The Apothecary Diaries.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Mystery

Maomao, a young woman trained in the art of herbal medicine, is forced to work as a lowly servant in the inner palace. Though she yearns for life outside its perfumed halls, she isn’t long for a life of drudgery! Using her wits to break a “curse” afflicting the imperial heirs, Maomao attracts the attentions of the handsome eunuch Jinshi and is promoted to attendant food taster. But Jinshi has other plans for the erstwhile apothecary, and soon Maomao is back to brewing potions and…solving mysteries?!



Note: Won the Grand Prize in the Printed Manga category at the Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Award 2019.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Medicine , Detective , Royal Affairs , Foreign , Primarily Female Cast , Seinen , Drugs , Tragedy , Work , Politics , Crime , Episodic , Maids , Adoption , Heterosexual , Asexual , Conspiracy , Chibi , Ojou-sama , Suicide , Religion , Desert , Aromantic , War

Isekai Yakkyoku

Also known as Parallel World Pharmacy.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Fantasy

It’s time to change the misguided medical care in another world by using modern pharmacy!

When a young pharmacologist gives his life to his research and dies from overwork, he finds himself reincarnated as a boy named Farma, the son of the court physician. In a new world where faulty remedies run rampant, Farma uses modern pharmacy and cheat powers to cure all the diseases around him.



Tags: Magic , Isekai , Medicine , Economics , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Pandemic

Sengoku Komachi Kuroutan: Noukou Giga

Also known as Sengoku Komachi Kurotan.

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

Teenage history buff Shizuko Ayanokoji is a student at a specialized agricultural high school. One day, just as she's walking home from school, she suddenly finds herself transported back in time to the Sengoku Period…and who then appears before her but warlord Oda Nobunaga himself?! Captured by Nobunaga's army, Shizuko immediately vows to prove her agricultural expertise to him, but can she really fulfill this promise?



Tags: Female Protagonist , Agriculture , Historical , Food , Samurai , Anachronism , Rural , Military , Time Manipulation , War , Archery , Ghost , Shounen , Amnesia

Mahoutsukai no Insatsujo

Also known as A Witch's Printing Office.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

What nerd wouldn’t enjoy exploring an RPG-style world? Not Mika Kamiya! She was just about to enjoy her post-Comic Market haul when fate whisked her away to a fantasy land. All Mika wants is to find a way home, so she’s hunting for spells—but rather than search all over, they’ll be coming to her to attend her magical-book-selling event, Magic Market! With a very “animated” catalog of guests, eccentric attendees, and out-of-control lines, what could possibly go wrong?!



Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.

Tags: Magic , Isekai , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Episodic , Work , Kemonomimi , Animals , Demons , Dragons , Writing

Mushikaburi-hime

Also known as Bibliophile Princess.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance

When book-loving Lady Elianna spots Prince Christopher—her betrothed in name only—consorting with another noble lady, she realizes the recent rumors must be true. The prince has someone he truly loves, which means the annulment of their engagement is both inevitable and fast-approaching. What she doesn’t realize is that this is merely a surface ripple—one of many where the truth runs deep, in a conspiracy surpassing her imagination!



Tags: Heterosexual , Politics , Female Protagonist , Josei , Historical , Royal Affairs , Ojou-sama , Kuudere

Fushi no Kami: Henkyou kara Hajimeru Bunmei Saiseiki

Also known as Fushi no Kami: Rebuilding Civilization Starts With a Village.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

When the civilizations of yesteryear fade from memory and become fanciful fantasy, the only evidence of their existence...are books. Ash, a young boy living in a remote farming village, holds a secret—he possesses memories of a distant and more bountiful past life. Days of toiling in the fields have given rise to a burning desire: to bring more enjoyment to the everyday doldrum of his dreary present day! And while books may be the answer, Ash...can’t actually read! But where there is a will, there is a way. Join Ash as he battles illiteracy and sets his sights on a better life!



Tags: Medieval , Male Protagonist , Rural , Horticulture , Medicine , Agriculture , Lost Civilization , Isekai , Bullying , Demons , Foreign , Reincarnation , Shounen , Heterosexual

Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken

Also known as That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

As players of Monster Hunter and Dungeons & Dragons know, the slime is not exactly the king of the fantasy monsters. So when a 37-year-old Tokyo salaryman dies and wakes up in a world of dragons and magic, he's a little disappointed to find he's become a blind, boneless slime monster.



Tags: Reincarnation , Isekai , Kingdom Management , Politics , Medieval , War , Magic , Shounen , Economics , Monster Girl , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Demons , Dragons , Goblin , Agender , Rural , Yuri