Manga like Ciguatera

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Status: Finished

This coming-of-age tale from contemporary master Minoru Furuya centers on seventeen-year-old Yusuke Ogino, a self-described loser whose only refuge from the bullying hell he experiences at school is his dream of freedom on a motorcycle. But the unexpected entrance of a beautiful young woman into his life threatens to upend his whole world, forcing him to re-evaluate his relationships and even his sense of self. Instantly relatable and painfully honest, Furuya’s manga blends pitch-black humor with pathos and the awkward realities of everyday life to produce a quintessential tale of youth. The meticulous yet uninhibited art swings from stark realism to laugh-out-loud caricature, while nuanced characters and complex emotions help Ciguatera transcend the bounds of genre to take its rightful place as one of the great masterpieces of graphic storytelling.

Tags: School , Psychosexual , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Seinen , Bullying , Motorcycles , Nudity

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Bokutachi ga Yarimashita

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Psychological , Romance , Slice of Life , Thriller

Although satisfied with his average lifestyle, Tobio Masubuchi wishes for a long and fun existence, hoping that nothing will get in his way. Alongside his good friends Sho Isami, Yuki "Maru" Maruyama, and Hidero "Paisen" Kosaka, the group passes each day worry free, doing as they please. But when delinquents from a neighboring school overhear Maru saying that they should die, their troubles begin.

After being kidnapped and brutally assaulted, Maru is found by his friends, who are shocked to see what has been done to him. Angry, Tobio proposes that they take immediate revenge, and after deciding how they should do so, the four put their plan into action. But when what should have been just a prank turns deadly, Tobio's aspirations for an undisturbed life are shattered forever.

Tags: Seinen , Tragedy , Terrorism , Philosophy , Primarily Male Cast , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Satire , Revenge , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Delinquents , Ensemble Cast , Suicide , Nudity , Time Skip , Crime , Age Gap

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Boys on the Run

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Sports

The story is about how and why a guy goes from a worker at a dead-end job to becoming a boxer.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Work , Seinen , Boxing , Nudity , Delinquents , Love Triangle , Disability

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Sekitou Elegy

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

Satoshi Yanagawa is working part-time as a police assistant, and works with a beautiful girl that he likes at first sight. But she has a pretty bad character. Are there any prospects for romance? Read on to find out, the story is hilarious at certain moments, and touching at others.

Tags: Seinen , Work , Delinquents , Coming of Age , Love Triangle

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Yanmaga

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Sundome

Also known as Sundome.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Ecchi , Psychological , Romance

The "Roman Club," a school group interested in the occult, to which he's practically enslaved, has become boring for one Hideo Aiba. In fact, he finds his entire existence pretty tiresome until, one day, when a girl named Kurumi Sahana shows up and wants to join up. When the two are left alone in the club classroom, Kurumi makes a special "request" of Hideo, which makes him (understandably) freak out. Though he doesn't know what to think, one thing's for sure, Hideo's life just became anything but boring.

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Asatte Dance

Also known as Dance Till Tomorrow.

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

Erotic college comedy. Suekichi goes to university and has, as any Japanese university student, time for hobbies. Things change when he attends his great grandfather's funeral and wakes the next morning in his room with a very sexy girl besides him. His great grandfather has left him a little inheritance but there are some conditions. Meanwhile, sexy Aya keeps hanging around and refuses to go away. The beginning of a strange relationship which revolves around suspicions and desire.

Tags: Heterosexual , Nudity , Love Triangle , School Club , Seinen , College

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Oyasumi Punpun

Also known as Goodnight Punpun.

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

Meet Punpun Punyama. He’s an average kid in an average town.
He wants to win a Nobel Prize and save the world.
He wants the girl he has a crush on to like him back.
He wants to find some porn.
That’s what he wants, but what does he get…?

Tags: Coming of Age , Seinen , Tragedy , Philosophy , Denpa , Suicide , Psychosexual , Urban , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Time Skip , Fugitive , Surreal Comedy , School , Cult , Meta , Gods , Nudity , Work , Body Horror , Love Triangle , Ghost

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Viz

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Green Hill

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

This manga features Itokin from Boku to Issho.

Tags: Seinen

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Ressentiment

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Sci-Fi

A story set in the near future, about a middle-aged loser whose only refuge is a virtual bishoujo game.

Takurou, the main character, is a stereotyped, low self-esteem, adult male in a dead-end job. Because he feels he has nothing to live for, he let himself go, becoming fat, miserable, and lonely. The only shining thing he lives for is the occasional visit to a brothel where his savings will allow him to at least not be completely sexless. This is when, through a real-life friend of his, he is introduced to the virtual reality world of "The Unreal." Where, after spending $6000+ on equipment, you can purchase a virtual girlfriend who only thinks of you. Only the girl, Tsukiko, that Takurou purchases, seems to have come with a few defects.

Tags: Virtual World , Otaku Culture , Seinen

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Itoshi no Nina

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

One afternoon, Atsushi's best friend from childhood, Masa, informs him, "I kidnapped Niina Aota." Niina, whose popular nickname is Nina, is the girl Masa fell in love with at first sight on the train attending school. Atsushi found it unexpected and hard to believe, until he heads over to Masa's apartment and discovers that Nina has really been kidnapped....

Tags: Primarily Teen Cast , Crime , School , Josei , Male Protagonist

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Mushinuyun

Status: Finished
Genres: Ecchi , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Sci-Fi

Socially-awkward Uehara has wanted to be an entomologist since he was a kid, and he spent all his time chasing that dream. When he failed, he was forced to come back to his home island, where his mother was completely unsympathetic to his problems. He arrived to his home island along with many other tourists, who were there to observe an unusual astronomical event. Afterward, Uehara encountered a strange bug whose bite transformed his body (including his penis). What is happening to Uehara, and what will become of his life?

Tags: Unrequited Love , Nudity , Cosmic Horror , Body Horror , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Male Protagonist

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