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Arakawa Under the Bridge

Also known as Arakawa Under the Bridge.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Kou Ichinomiya, a young man born with a silver spoon in his mouth and raised with the mantra “never owe anyone” suddenly finds himself deeply indebted to a young homeless woman, Nino, who lives on the Arakawa river bank and claims to originally be from the planet Venus. When Nino rejects all of Kou’s mundane offers of money or housing, Kou is at a loss for how to repay his debt, until Nino suddenly asks him to teach her about love. A daunting task, but the over-achieving Kou is determined to return Nino’s favor. And so begins Kou’s life under the bridge, along with a band of eccentric characters who have formed their own little community outside the boundaries of typical Tokyoite life…




Tags: Seinen , Surreal Comedy , Heterosexual , Aliens , Love Triangle , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban Fantasy , Slapstick , Found Family , Episodic , Homeless , Ensemble Cast , Philosophy , Coming of Age , Denpa , Amnesia , Twins , Ghost , Crossdressing , Yakuza

Yoroshiku Master

Also known as Sweet Rein.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

Sad at the thought of spending Christmas alone, Kurumi Sagara goes out for a walk. While she’s crossing the street, a boy bumps into her, and a rein suddenly appears that binds them together. The overjoyed boy tells her she’s his master and that she’s a Santa Claus. Kurumi dismisses him as a crazy person, but then he transforms into a reindeer?!



Included one-shots:
Volume 1: Amai Kamiato
Volume 2: Eden no Tobira
Volume 3: Penguin Kakumei Side Story

Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Shapeshifting , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , School , Orphan

Jaken-san wa Sugu Bureru

Also known as A Cursed Sword's Daily Life.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy

Have you ever seen a sword with eyes and teeth and… tentacles?

A fantasy world filled with magic, and inhabited by fantastic races, just like any other... Or so it used to be. The dawning of the technological era has brought forth computers, phones, tablets, and even the Internet. Fantasia has become ever changed... That is, until a pair of siblings stumbled upon and mysterious sword...



Tags: Magic , Surreal Comedy , Parody , Slapstick , Shounen , Kuudere , Satire , Urban Fantasy

VS Evil

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

Meet Asahi, a female college student possessed by a vengeful spirit without any of his memories among the living! This is the struggle of the two of them searching for his missing memories, a new-age über-stylish ghost battle manga!

Tags: Amnesia , Body Swapping , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Ghost , Urban , Gore , Nudity , Martial Arts , Urban Fantasy

SANDA

Also known as SANDA.

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

In a near-future Japan, Christmas has faded into myth, and the birth rate has dropped so dramatically that children are now the most precious commodity. Society has artificially extended adolescence to preserve their youth, and traditional holidays, like Christmas, are a mere legend of the past.

Volume 1 of SANDA introduces Sanda Kazushige, a middle-school student who unexpectedly becomes entangled in a strange and dangerous mystery. When his classmate, Fuyumura Shiori, accuses him of carrying a curse that could help find her missing friend, Ono Ichie, Sanda's life takes a dramatic turn. Together, they embark on an incredible adventure to unravel the truth behind Ichie's disappearance and uncover the hidden magic of Christmas itself.

As they delve deeper into the mystery, the duo faces external threats and internal challenges—questions about loyalty, courage, and the power of belief. Along the way, they confront the true meaning of friendship, trust, and the possibility of magic in a world that has all but forgotten it.



Tags: Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Dissociative Identities , School , Primarily Teen Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Ensemble Cast , Slapstick , Surreal Comedy , Shounen , Henshin , Shapeshifting , Gender Bending , Alternate Universe , Nudity , Amnesia , Dystopian

Suicide Girl

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Mahou Shoujo , Psychological , Supernatural

A story where a girl of light fights against the darkness of the world.

Tags: Suicide , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Magic , Demons , Time Manipulation , Tragedy , Primarily Female Cast , Ghost , Primarily Teen Cast , Nun , Gore , Maids , Idol , Body Horror , Bullying , Restaurant , Yuri , Age Gap , Love Triangle

Kisaragi Ibun

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Horror , Supernatural , Thriller

Malice, Unconsciousness, Urban Legends... The crossroads of music and the story of darkness corrupting people!!

Nagisa is a girl living in a fierce environment, both at home and school. Through music, she got addicted to the people on the internet. One day, she walked past a mysterious girl at the train station she usually goes to, and the world around her changed.

What she wandered into, is exactly the infamous 'Kisaragi Station', an urban tale popular among internet forums. As she fights against the monsters after her, what is the truth unraveling in front of her that makes her want to look away...?!

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Ghost , Yuri , Bullying , Body Horror

Yoarashi ni Warau

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Thriller

Ogino, a high school teacher, is persecuted by the students of her homeroom class, who call her "sludge". The only place where Ogino can be an ideal teacher is in the letters she writes to a truant girl named Yoarashi. One morning, she receives a reply to her letter from Yoarashi!

Tags: Teacher , Bullying , Female Protagonist , School , Seinen , Revenge , Yuri , Yandere , Age Gap , Crime

Bokura wa Mahou Shounen

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

Rambunctious Kaito Odagiri, who longs to be a hero, is suddenly invited by mysterious transfer student Makoto Kaibara to take up the mantle of a hero who protects their town. But contrary to his expectations, he suddenly finds himself with the gaudy appearance of a kind of hero known as a "Magical Boy"! And though at first Kaito cries "why did it have to be something as embarrassing as this?! I won't do it!" with a tear-stained face, before long he finds himself enchanted by his own unbelievable cuteness...!

Boys are cute – and strong! The curtain rises on this tale of super righteous magical boys!

Tags: Magic , Crossdressing , Henshin , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Child Cast , Gender Bending , Chibi , Seinen

Tokyo Mew Mew Olé​!

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance , Sci-Fi

Aoi Shibuya is a high school boy in Tokyo who is merged with the DNA of the Iriomote Wild Cat (the same animal for the original's protagonist Ichigo Momomiya) and given the power to transform into "Mew Mew." Although he has had no wishes to become a hero, he decides to transform to protect the future of all animals on the earth.



Tags: Primarily Male Cast , Henshin , Heterosexual , Shoujo , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban Fantasy , Aliens , Kemonomimi , Reincarnation , Dissociative Identities , Anti-Hero , Nekomimi , Female Protagonist , Animals , Male Harem , LGBTQ+ Themes , Femboy , School , Tanned Skin , Love Triangle , Martial Arts , Crossdressing , Bullying , Swimming