Manga like Double

Kasane

Also known as Kasane.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

Kasane's face is so hideous, you couldn't bear to look twice at her—and her ugliness has forced her to walk a harsh path in life. But her mother left her something: a tube of lipstick. The power of this lipstick will change everything about her downtrodden life.



Note: Nominated for the 8th Manga Taishou Award.

Tags: Shapeshifting , Acting , Body Swapping , Tragedy , Revenge , Female Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Bullying , Denpa , Crime , Urban Fantasy , Rehabilitation , Disability , Torture , Survival , Primarily Female Cast , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Incest , Primarily Adult Cast , Magic , Seinen , Philosophy , Age Gap , Love Triangle , Mythology , Yandere , Prostitution , Suicide , Time Skip , School Club , School

Glass no Kamen

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance

Chigusa Tsukikage holds the rights to the play "The Crimson Goddess," a lost masterpiece that many would love to see brought back to the stage.

Tsukikage, however, won't allow the cherished work to be diminished by an actress who isn't worthy of playing the title role. Fortunately, she has found two young actresses that just might be worthy: Maya Kitajima and Ayumi Himekawa. Though both actresses are exceptionally talented, only one can win the coveted role.

Tags: Shoujo , Acting , Female Protagonist , Work , Coming of Age , Love Triangle , Tragedy , Ojou-sama , Age Gap , Urban

act-age

Also known as ACT-AGE.

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

Lights! Camera! ACTION! Kei Yonagi wants to be an actress! But an already-difficult dream to achieve has become much harder since her father left and her mother died. She's now taking care of her two little siblings on her own.

Without much money left, will she have to give up her dream?!



Tags: Acting , Work , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Filmmaking , Philosophy , Shounen , Educational , Primarily Adult Cast , Twins

Urekko Mangaka X Utsubyou Mangaka

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Psychological

A story about the twisted entanglement between a depressed, shut-in, has-been comic author, and another best-seller, Super Darling comic author.

Note: This is a self-published work by Eno Sumi (After God) under the alias of Hanae Deki (英恵 溺).

Tags: Rehabilitation , Suicide , Boys' Love , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist

Déra Cinéma

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

The year is 1953. Japan has begun her recovery from the war, but economic hardship still plagues the people of the country. In these times, the people of Japan chose movie theaters as their escape from the hardships of reality. Imagine this fact: the base salary of a government official was 12,820 yen per year. At the time, a 2 liter bottle of beer was 107 yen, while a movie ticket was 125 yen. Yet, every year, 1 billion people visit the theaters to follow the magic of the movies.

Kudou Takeru, a freshman actor, and Kazama Shinichirou, a freshman director, both delve into this booming industry to pursue what they love. Their ambitions are rooted in a past promise made during the war, a promise of uncompromising pursuit of a "real" cinema. They aim to bring life to the "fake" and glamorous status quo of the cinema industry, by employing what they believe to be the pure form of theater: realism.



Tags: Acting , Seinen , Historical

Netsuen

Also known as Stage Fever.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

It’s the last summer of high school for drama club best friends Yuki and Natsu. While everything’s going well for Natsu, Yuki instead finds herself caught in mental turmoil... See the portrayal of one youthful summer in this fiery theater tale!



Tags: Yuri , Acting , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Shounen

10DANCE

Also known as 10 DANCE.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life , Sports

Shinya Sugiki, the dashing lord of Standard Ballroom, and Shinya Suzuki, passionate king of Latin Dance: The two share more than just a first name and a love of the sport. They each want to become champion of the 10-Dance Competition, which means they'll need to learn the other's specialty dances, and who better to learn from than the best? But old rivalries die hard, and things get complicated even further when they realize there might be more between them than an uneasy partnership…



Tags: Dancing , Bisexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Foreign , Seinen , Primarily Male Cast