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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 , Work , Love Triangle , Bullying , School , Mafia , Swimming , Guns , Martial Arts

Rhyming Man

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music

The manga's story centers on Fumio, a high school student who hates rap. When his father, who is a rapper, is injured and cannot attend a rap battle event, Fumio decides to take his place.



Note: Includes an extra.

Tags: Seinen , Hip-hop Music

Angel Densetsu

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Romance

Seiichirou Kitano is a naive and kind boy with the heart of an angel and the face of a devil. Upon entering his new school he is presumed to be a villainous heroin addict, and unwittingly becomes the leader of the schools thugs, all thanks to his frightening face.

His new "friends" have great expectations of him, seeing him as a frightful demon. Kitano himself on the other hand, loathes violence and is blissfully unaware of the situation he is in...

Note: Includes 5 extra chapters

Tags: Surreal Comedy , Delinquents , Shounen , School , Male Protagonist , Parody , Tomboy , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Episodic , Angels

Wanitokagegisu

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

A night-shift guard with pretty much no social life, working in a mall, who often works out at the top of the mall with only his panties on. One night he finds a wishing star and wishes for friends. For good and bad, his current life style is about to change by the people he meets.

Tags: Seinen , Tragedy , Work , Hikikomori , Denpa , Male Protagonist , Yakuza

Kenshirou ni Yoroshiku

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

The "love, revenge, and slight euphoria" story centers on a young man who swears revenge against the yakuza. He studies the art of the "assassination fist" with all his might, and becomes an adult. But this man who is a genius at his martial art form realizes his techniques cannot actually be used to kill anyone.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Parody , Surreal Comedy , Revenge , Yakuza

SHIORI EXPERIENCE: Jimi na Watashi to Hen na Ojisan

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Music

Shiori was once a guitarist in a light music club in high school, but her first live performance was dashed when her brother ran away from home with a lot of debt to become a musician in Tokyo.

A decade later, Shiori is now a high school teacher, leading a boring, uneventful life and paying off the debt... till she runs into the ghost of none other than a famous guitarist Jim-you-know-who.

A story of a 27-year-old woman on her way to a music legend begins here.

Tags: Band , Ghost , School Club , Coming of Age , Seinen , Teacher , Female Protagonist , Tomboy , Anachronism , Rock Music , Ensemble Cast , Delinquents , Primarily Adult Cast

Burai Otoko: Bremen

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Music

Reiji and Kasuga head out to Tokyo to become the "Gods of Rock," but they seem to always attract trouble. On their way, Hayama Ryo and Fujii Ran join them in their quest.

Tags: Shounen , Crossdressing , Band , Rock Music

Hameln no Violin Hiki

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

Pandora's Box led a cursed existence. Through the curiosity of a woman, evil was unleashed and very nearly covered the world in darkness. Miraculously, humanity managed to seal Maou Kestra back into the box, but only with immense sacrifices. Even without their lord, the demons are still a formidable force that has only grown stronger with time, locked in the abandoned capital of the North, Hameln. Fifteen years have passed since that fateful battle...

Enter Hamel, a travelling minstrel who is so self-centered that he'd sooner cook his guardian crow (and family friend), Oboe, than go hungry for even a minute. Welcome to the world of music and hilarious insanity that is the Violinist of Hameln. Watch as Hamel takes cheap shots at his opponents and bashes pigeons with his giant violin and turns them into dinner.

How WILL the world be saved from Maou Kestra (it's a pun for orchestra, if you haven't noticed) with a hero such as this?

Tags: Shounen , Demons , Magic , Slapstick , Parody , Classical Music , Dragons , Male Protagonist , War , Angels

Juukinzoku Kanojo

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance

The Heavy Metal Music Group at the high school consists of just Amanokawa Rinko and the main character, a teenage boy madly in love with her. The club is intended for people who enjoy the music genre to discuss their passion for heavy metal. However, there’s only one kind of passion going on in this club house located in the outskirts of campus, and it is definitely rockin’.



Tags: Metal Music , School , Shounen