Manga like Comic Master J

What is Comic Master J about?

Status: Finished

In the manga industry, there is a legend: If you leave a message on a bulletin board at a Shibuya train station, you can obtain the services of a certain man: Comic Master J, an assistant mangaka who can instantly complete any publication manuscript in any art style for the price of 5 million yen. However, he refuses to work on manga without a "soul." But what is J's true identity? Why does he wear an overcoat lined with pens and rulers? And for what reason does a man of such artistic talent choose to live in the shadows of the industry, rather than working on a manga of his own creation?

Tags: Seinen , Drawing , Meta , Post-Apocalyptic , Tragedy , Time Skip

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Kokumin Quiz

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

In a different world than the one we live in, a world where Japan is the lone superpower of the world, there is a wildly popular game show called the National Quiz. Every night, people dreaming of riches, fame, vengeance and happiness compete on the show, for the chance to be granted a wish, any wish they have: the National Quiz has the power to make your wildest dreams come true. It also has the ability, if you lose, to make your life a living hell.

This is the story of K-i K-ichi (aka prisoner KK47331), a former actor-turned losing National Quiz contestant-turned wildly popular host of the show, and the people and events surrounding him.

Tags: Surreal Comedy , Dystopian , Seinen , Satire , Politics , Male Protagonist

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Sukima

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Million Joe

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Thriller

Million Joe is the best manga of all time. A long running shounen action adventure series centering on a boy named Nyack and his quest to uncover the secret of Million Joe, known for its heavy use of foreshadowing and resolving old plot threads in a way that you can tell the author planned it out years in advance. Not only has this made it one of the best selling and most loved manga in Japan, if you include the anime and merch, it supports a trillion yen industry annually.

This is not that manga.

This is the story of the manga’s editor, Kurei Soichi. Once an aspiring manga artist himself, he now has one of the easiest jobs in the world… until he finds himself involved in one of the biggest cover-ups in all of manga history.

Tags: Crime , Tragedy , Drawing , Seinen

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Billy Bat

Also known as Billy Bat.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Supernatural , Thriller

It’s 1949 Los Angeles, and Kevin Yamagata, a Japanese American comic book author, is drawing his bestselling character, Billy Bat: a quick-witted detective who is, unsurprisingly, a cartoon bat. Everything is going well for Kevin until he discovers an unfortunate truth: He may have unintentionally plagiarized his beloved character from a drawing he once saw in Japan. Devastated by the news, Kevin returns to war-torn Japan to find the drawing’s original artist . . . but the character’s origins turn out to be far older and more perplexing than he had ever imagined.

Note: Won the Max und Moritz Prize for "Best international Comic" in 2014.

Tags: Time Manipulation , Historical , Drawing , Philosophy , Conspiracy , Seinen , Politics , Urban Fantasy , Ensemble Cast , Travel , Foreign , Achronological Order , War , Time Skip , Primarily Adult Cast , Police , Swordplay , Guns , Ninja , Dystopian , Male Protagonist , Religion , Anachronism , Espionage , Terrorism , Nudity

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