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Gintama

Also known as Gin Tama.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi

The samurai didn't stand a chance. First, the aliens invaded Japan. Next, they took all the jobs. And then they confiscated everyone's swords. So what does a hotheaded former samurai like Sakata "Gin" Gintoki do to make ends meet? Take any odd job that comes his way, even if it means losing his dignity.



Included Bonus Chapters:
Volume 1: Dandelion (One-shot).
Volume 2: Shirokuro (One-shot).
Volume 24: 13 (One-shot).
Volume 38: Bankara-san Ga Tooru (One-shot).
Volume 41: Special Lesson.

Tags: Samurai , Found Family , Parody , Meta , Swordplay , Male Protagonist , Aliens , Philosophy , Shounen , Episodic , Tragedy , Space , Historical , Anachronism , Ensemble Cast , Time Skip , Police , War , Dystopian , Robots , Ninja , Ghost , LGBTQ+ Themes , Homeless , Assassins , Crossdressing , Fugitive , Idol , Shrine Maiden , Body Swapping , Gender Bending , Judo , Drawing , Gangs , Female Harem , Dissociative Identities , Afterlife , Amnesia , Cult , Military , Reincarnation , Nekomimi , Conspiracy , Politics

Binbougami ga!

Also known as Good Luck Girl!.

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

Sakura Ichiko is a 16 year old girl who leads a charmed life and is blessed with beauty, brains, and health. She has an abundance of “Happiness Energy”, which can make people happy, but at the cost of absorbing all the “Happiness Energy” from her surroundings. She has caused the energy balance of the world to become unbalanced and because of this, she becomes the target of a Poverty God named Momiji. Momiji goal is to remove Ichiko’s power of absorbing other people’s Happiness Energy and to return all the energy she has taken to its rightful place.



Included chapters:
Volume 6: Binbougami Ga!' Is!
Volume 6: You Binbougami!
Volume 10: Extra Round: You'll Put Them in the Most Delicious Place Of All
Volume 11: Extra Round 1: It's Better to Grow Up Slowly
Volume 11: Extra Round 2: Did Somebody Call for a Prince!!!
Volume 13: Extra Round 1: I'm Glad the Three of Us Could Come
Volume 13: Extra Round 2: A Pet's Misbehavior is the Owners Responsibility You Know
Volume 16: Art Book Extra Round: Come Here
Oneshot: not included in any volume, in was published in Weekly Shounen Jump to promote the main series, which ran in Jump SQ

Tags: Gods , Shounen , Parody , Meta , Female Protagonist , Magic , School , Heterosexual , Shapeshifting , Tsundere , Female Harem , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Teen Cast

Machigatta ko wo Mahou Shoujo ni Shite Shimatta

Also known as Machimaho: I Messed Up and Made the Wrong Person Into a Magical Girl!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Mahou Shoujo

While searching for a brave candidate to become a magical girl and defend the world from evil, a mythical creature finds Kayo Majiba, a cute young lady who seems like the perfect fit. But when this newly turned magical girl proves to be a crude delinquent who goes berserk in a conflict, it becomes clear that this may have been a terrible mistake. Now evil—and any innocent bystanders—will face the rage of a magical girl gone wrong!



Tags: Surreal Comedy , Anti-Hero , Delinquents , Magic , Female Protagonist , Henshin , Primarily Female Cast , Seinen , Gyaru , School , Nudity , Yuri , Urban Fantasy , Gore , Memory Manipulation , Foreign , Gods , Restaurant , Food , Tragedy , Revenge

Tentai Senshi Sunred

Also known as Astro Fighter Sunred.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

The story revolves around the battles between the evil organisation Florsheim and the ally of justice Sunred. The twist is that Sunred (referred to most characters familiar with him as simply 'Red') is a rough-talking, violent and rude hero while the villains of Florsheim (led by General Vamp) are for the most part polite, conscientious and easy-going.

Despite this, both sides still stay true to their roles, with Florsheim dedicated to destroying Sunred and taking over the world while Sunred battles against them. Other evil organisations and heroes are also mentioned from time to time.

Each episode is divided into various shorts of varying length. Most of the humour comes from the interactions of the characters, especially the main trio of Sunred, his girlfriend Kayoko and General Vamp. Kayoko and Vamp, for example, get along very well and she occasionally consults him about housework or cooking. In contrast, she and Sunred often argue like a long married couple.

Tags: Parody , Super Power , Tokusatsu , Seinen , Superhero , Henshin

Nami yo Kiitekure

Also known as Wave, Listen to Me!.

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

The stage is Sapporo, Hokkaido. One night, our heroine, Minare Koda, spills her heartbroken woes to a radio station worker she meets while out drinking one night. The next day, she hears a recording of her pitiful grumbling being played live over the air. Minare storms into the station in a rage, only to then be duped by the station director into doing an impromptu talk show explaining her harsh dialogue. With just one recording, the many eccentric facets of Minare's life begin to pull every which direction as she falls ever deeper into the world of radio.



Note: Nominated for the 9th and 13th Manga Taisho Award in 2016 and 2020.

Tags: Seinen , Work , Female Protagonist , Cult , Primarily Adult Cast , Rehabilitation

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 , Bullying , Terrorism , 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

Medaka Box

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

Kurokami Medaka, a first year, is elected as Student Council President, and the first thing she does is establish a suggestion box, later dubbed by students the "Medaka Box". Medaka encourages students to submit any problem to the box without hesitation and promises to take on any issue from anyone.

Since Medaka won the Student Council elections with a staggering 98% of the vote, she ends up as the Council's only member. She asks her childhood friend, Hitoyoshi Zenkichi, for help and he grudgingly agrees, becoming the Student Council's lowest ranking member. Soon Medaka recruits two more people to the Student Council, the former judo club member Akune Kouki as secretary and the current swim club member Kikaijima Mogana, on loan for 300 yen a day, as treasurer.

Now the Student Council members spend their days solving the problems submitted through the Medaka Box, whether they be hooligans in clubs where they don't belong, girls who need help writing love letters or people who've lost their pets, gradually earning the respect and admiration of the entire school.

Included chapters:
Volume 15 contains the gaiden "Good Loser Kumagawa" (グッドルーザー球磨川); Jump NEXT (2011/12/26)
Volume 22 contains the gaiden "Good Loser Kumagawa Final" (完結編).

Tags: Large Breasts , Coming of Age , School , Super Power , Shounen , Meta , Anti-Hero , Parody , Surreal Comedy , Female Protagonist , Satire , Martial Arts , Ensemble Cast , Afterlife , Chuunibyou , Male Protagonist , Yandere , Nudity , Primarily Teen Cast , Nekomimi , Assassins , Card Battle , Time Skip , Swordplay , LGBTQ+ Themes , Robots , Guns , Classic Literature , Swimming , Judo , Cyborg , Band , Idol , Incest

Oresama Teacher

Also known as Oresama Teacher.

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

Mafuyu is the no-nonsense, take-charge and hard-hitting leader of her high school gang. But when she gets expelled for being a delinquent, her mother, fed up with her daughter's wayward ways, sends Mafuyu to an isolated school far off in the country.

Determined to make the best of the situation and make her mother proud, Mafuyu decides to turn over a new, feminine, well-behaved leaf. But her fighting spirit can't be kept down, and the night before school starts she finds herself defending some guy who's getting beaten up. One slip wouldn't have been a problem, except the guy is…her teacher?! How can Mafuyu learn to be a good girl if her teacher won't let her forget her wicked past?



Note: Chapter count includes the one-shot “Omae Watashi no Koto Suki daro” and 1 extra chapter.

Tags: School , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Delinquents , Teacher , Bisexual , School Club , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Crossdressing , Gender Bending , Gangs , Tomboy

Halcyon Lunch

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

Gen, a recently bankrupted and now a homeless guy, meets unusual hungry girl named Hios who can eat anything with her chopsticks.

Tags: Seinen , Food , Monster Girl , Surreal Comedy , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Aliens , Yakuza , Heterosexual

Enidewi

Also known as Eniale & Dewiela.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

Angels and demons aren't known for getting along, but their shared enthusiasm for designer labels and luxury items has drawn angel Eniale and demon Dewiela into a tempestuous friendship...which has a tendency to dissolve into conflict. With the powers of Heaven and Hell behind them, even a minor fashion disaster can have near-apocalyptic consequences for the people of Earth!



Tags: Demons , Angels , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Adult Cast , Fashion , Slapstick , Episodic , Foreign , Zombie , Detective