Manga like Burai Otoko: Bremen

BECK

Also known as BECK.

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

For the first 14 years of his life, Yukio Tanaka has been one heck of a boring guy. He has no hobbies, a weak taste in music, and only a small vestige of a personality. He yearns for an exciting life, but his shy, and somewhat neurotic personality make him his own worst enemy. Little does he know that his life will be forever changed when he meets Ryusuke Minami, a wild and unpredictable 16 year-old fresh from America, who happens to be in a rock-and-roll band named after his Frankenstein-like patched dog—Beck.



Tags: Band , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Rock Music , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , Foreign , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Crime , Love Triangle , Bullying , Work , School , Mafia , Swimming , Guns , Martial Arts

Hareluya II Boy

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Romance

Basically, this manga follows Hibino Hareluya as he tries to "conquer the world" by dealing with the everyday punks on the street. Always ready to fight and always winning his fights, he just finds himself more and more into trouble. Along the way he surrounds himself with friends who are all very strong into their own unique way.



Tags: School , Delinquents , Shounen

Detroit Metal City

Also known as DMC: Detroit Metal City.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music

Souichi Negishi is a common boy, timid, quiet. He loves flowers, walking and musical hits like the ones that radios play. But he is also Krauzer II, leader of Detroit Metal City (DMC), the most popular underground metal band of Japan! Souichi would like to change his life and start to play Swedish pop songs with peaceful and loving lyrics instead of the violent and vulgar ones of DMC, but when he is playing with his band he completely changes his attitude and behavior...

Note: Includes 8 extra chapters.

Tags: Band , Surreal Comedy , Episodic , Parody , Language Barrier , Seinen , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Metal Music , Rural , Drugs , Bullying

NANA

Also known as Nana.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance , Slice of Life

Nana Komatsu is a young woman who's endured an unending string of boyfriend problems. Moving to Tokyo, she's hoping to take control of her life and put all those messy misadventures behind her. She's looking for love and she's hoping to find it in the big city.

Nana Osaki, on the other hand, is cool, confident and focused. She swaggers into town and proceeds to kick down the doors to Tokyo's underground punk scene. She's got a dream and won't give up until she becomes Japan's No. 1 rock'n'roll superstar.

This is the story of two 20-year-old women who share the same name. Even though they come from completely different backgrounds, they somehow meet and become best friends. The world of Nana is a world exploding with sex, music, fashion, gossip and all-night parties.



Note: Winner of the 48th Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shoujo Category in 2002.

Tags: Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Band , Shoujo , Tragedy , Time Skip , Philosophy , Netorare , Found Family , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bisexual , Heterosexual , Achronological Order , Love Triangle , Age Gap , Urban , Rock Music , Nudity , Drugs , Bar , Mahjong

GTO

Also known as GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka.

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

Former juvenile delinquent Onizuka finds himself thrust into to role of high school teacher, facing students who behave just as he used to and an administration that doesn't trust him. Using the brash an unorthodox methods he picked up in his youth, Onizuka manages to reach through to his kids and help them with their problems.



Notes:
- Won the 22nd Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shounen Manga.
- The chapter count includes the 7 chapters extra GTO: Great Toroko Oppai♡ (Tomoko's Big Adventures) published in volumes 11 and 12, and one extra published in volume 25.

Tags: Teacher , School , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Work , Male Protagonist , Terrorism , Bullying , Tragedy , Rehabilitation , Delinquents , Nudity , Gangs , Shounen , Age Gap , Family Life , Motorcycles , Dragons , Crime , Revenge , Heterosexual , Yakuza , Detective , Acting , Guns , Police , Espionage , Drugs , Slapstick , Primarily Teen Cast

TO-Y

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music

To-Y (Fujii To-ii) is a member of the punk rock band GASP. Along with other punk bands, which usually just hanged out doing small gigs, they have this enormous hatred and aversion to the main Japanese music industry, which is dominated by pop music and untalented Idol singers. However, To-Y was tempted by Kado (the Nagel ripoff) of Kama Production, a strong will promoter, to expand out beyond GASP since he has the talent, except she also expect to promote him as an Idol singer, which revolts To-Y.

Note: Chapter count includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Shounen , Band

ARGONAVIS from BanG Dream! COMICS

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

Ren Nanahoshi is a lonely college student who isn't good at communicating with others. He remembers the thrill of watching a live band perform when he was young, and spent most of his days searching for his own identity. One day, while singing karaoke alone, two boys named Yuuto and Wataru discover Ren's singing ability. The two agree: "This is fate. Let's start a band!" Ren promptly runs away, but fate indeed steps in, and their journey begins.

Note: Includes 1 extra chapter.

Tags: Band , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Shounen

Desperado

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music

Shiina Kaoru, an ordinary high school student who lives in a tedious town where school is boring and there are no place to go to play, his only salvation is the live house where he watch local bands play. His ordinary life started to change when he decided to buy an electric guitar and met the mysterious transfer student, Kurosu Michiya, who owns a black Gibson Les Paul full of knife scars.

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Live

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Supernatural

Onigawara Yuutarou is your average high school kid, a bit on the quiet, kind-hearted side. One day, he walks through an arcane ritual and ends up summoning a demon, Slayer, who will grant him 3 wishes. Horrified by Slayer's violence, Yuutarou wishes for Slayer to stop using his demon powers, turning him into a human. Now Slayer's stuck with Yuutarou in a perfect personality mismatch, and to top things off, if one of them gets hurt, so does the other.

Tags: Demons , Delinquents , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Bullying

HARD BEAT

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance

The delinquent Shunsuke Tsuchida falls in love at first sight with Yukie, a high school girl he meets by chance. Yukie was going to see a popular singer Yoichi at a club. When Yoichi suddenly kisses Yukie, Shunsuke punches him out......! Later, Yukie tells Shunsuke about her admiration for Yoichi's and his music. So Shunsuke decides to start his own band, but......? A musical drama about a young delinquent who blossoms and rises with his musical talent! Note: Chapter count includes two bonus one-shots.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Delinquents , Band , Heterosexual , Seinen