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Satougashi no Dangan wa Uchinukenai: A Lollypop or A Bullet

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Thriller

Yamada Nagisa is a bored teenager who finds everyday life extremely unappealing: thus her plans to join a military academy as soon she graduates. On the last term of middle school, a strange girl named Mokuzu Umino, who claims to be a mermaid, transfers into Nagisa's class and, much to her bewilderment, begins to follow her around incessantly.

An annoyed and discomfited Nagisa initially strives to avoid these encounters, but then she begins to catch glimpses of the pain...

Tags: Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , School , Bullying , Hikikomori , Shounen , Disability , Rural , Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Class Struggle

Aku no Hana

Also known as The Flowers of Evil.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

The story opens as middle school student Takao Kasuga receives an F on a math test. But he doesn't even seem to notice because he's too engrossed in surreptitiously reading Beaudelaire's The Flowers of Evil. And the day goes downhill from there. In a moment of weakness, he finds and takes home the gym clothes belonging to sweet, pretty Nanako Saeki on whom he has a major crush. Unfortunately for Takao, there's a witness to the theft: Nakamura, who has a huge chip on her shoulder and a sadistic streak.

As the saga unfolds, we see Takao struggling to decide whether to confess or cover up his misdeeds at the same time that he tries to win over the girl of his dreams, and avoid the blackmail attempts of Nakamura, his new ”BFF.”

Smart, funny, and emotionally engaging, The Flowers of Evil introduces a character who's not a hero, but just an ordinary teenager in search of true love and real friendship.



Note: Includes 1 extra chapter.

Tags: Coming of Age , Psychosexual , Philosophy , Denpa , Rehabilitation , Love Triangle , School , Classic Literature , Tragedy , Time Skip , Sadism , Male Protagonist , Bullying , Suicide , Female Protagonist , Writing , Rural , Shounen , Heterosexual , Urban , Blackmail , Nudity , Crossdressing

Kodama Maria Bungaku Shuusei

Status: Releasing
Genres: Slice of Life

Follow the unique and intense activities of the literature club, consisting of the flawless Kodama-san, the president as well as its only member, and Fueda-kun, the promising applicant.

Note: Was nominated for the 24th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize.

Tags: Philosophy , Seinen , School , Classic Literature , Female Protagonist , School Club , Male Protagonist , Iyashikei , Heterosexual , Kuudere , Primarily Teen Cast , Episodic

Onani Master Kurosawa

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

Kakeru Kurosawa is an asocial junior high school student. He rarely associates with his classmates, and he looks down on them. But this behavior is topped off by a certain bad habit, his closely guarded secret: every day after school, he sneaks in to the rarely used girls' toilet on the 3rd floor and masturbates in a stall. Kakeru's shadowy routine remains undisturbed until one day, when a diminutive girl from his class, Aya Kitahara, almost discovers him. Their meeting begins a coming-of-age story dealing with blackmail, bullying, revenge, heartbreak, and ultimately, redemption.



Note: Includes a side story.

Tags: Coming of Age , Masturbation , Bullying , Male Protagonist , School , Revenge , Primarily Teen Cast , Anti-Hero , Philosophy , Tragedy , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Delinquents , Tsundere , Psychosexual