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Tsuma, Shougakusei ni Naru.

Also known as Tsumasho.

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

“A grieving family receives a visit from an elementary schooler claiming to be the mother they lost a decade ago.”

Keisuke Nijima fell into the depths of despair after losing his beloved wife ten years ago to a traffic accident until, one day, an elementary school girl pays him a visit and claims to be his reincarnated late wife. And so the next chapter in a life that was frozen in time begins to turn once again, featuring the most devoted husband and his now elementary school wife!



Tags: Age Gap , Age Regression , Reincarnation , Seinen , Ghost , Primarily Female Cast , Tragedy , Family Life , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual

Yotsuba to!

Also known as Yotsuba&!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Hello! This is Koiwai Yotsuba, Yotsuba Koiwai...um, YOTSUBA! Yotsuba moved with Daddy to a new house from our old house waaaaaaay over there! And moving's fun 'cos people wave! (Ohhhh!!) And Yotsuba met these nice people next door and made friends to play with (one of 'em acted like one of those bad strangers Daddy told Yotsuba not to go with, but it was okay in the end). I hope we get to play a lot. And eat ice cream! And-and-and...oh yeah! You should come play with Yotsuba too!



Notes:
Includes an interlude.
Won the Excellence Award for Manga at the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2006 and the Grand Prize of the 20th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize in 2016.
Was nominated for the Manga Taishō award in 2008 and for the 12th and 20th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize in 2008 and 2016.
Was nominated for the Eisner Award in the "Best Publication for Kids" category.

Tags: Family Life , Iyashikei , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Parenthood , Slapstick , Shounen , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Rural , Adoption , Primarily Female Cast , Tomboy , Fishing

My Girl

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Kazama Masamune - a single 23-year-old man... has a child? During the season of cherry blossoms, his beloved passes away. He happens to meet a little girl outside work and realizes she is his daughter who was raised in secrecy by his lover. The worst spring of his life is transformed into a painful yet vivid spring.

Tags: Seinen , Family Life , Male Protagonist , Parenthood , Iyashikei , Work , Episodic , Tomboy

Harebare Biyori

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

After Chiharu's mother remarried, she met her new stepsister Rui at the funeral for Rui's grandfather. The grandfather had been taking care of Rui, but now Rui was planning to live alone by herself. Chiharu decided that they should live together instead. A tale about two stepsisters coming together.



Tags: Found Family , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Family Life , Seinen , Office Lady

Udon no Kuni no Kiniro Kemari

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

Souta Tawara is a web designer working in Tokyo. When he visits his family's Udon place in his hometown Kagawa Prefecture, he discovers a young boy. Upon confronting the boy, Souta soon learns his secret and decides to quit his job in order to take care of the boy, Poko. The daily adventures of the two slowly enfold as Poco energetically navigates his way through Kagawa, the "Udon Kingdom," along with Souta.

Tags: Seinen , Kemonomimi , Iyashikei

Kuriko to Biyori

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Nagatsuka Soujiro who works as a candy maker and his wife Makoto welcome a 4-year old Kuriko as their foster child. Soujiro, who doesn't have many memories of his childhood, worries whether he can properly take care of his foster daughter. This is a story about how people who are not related by blood become a family through making candy.



Note: Chapter count includes 1 extra chapter.

Tags: Food , Family Life , Seinen , Iyashikei , Parenthood , Adoption , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist

Amaama to Inazuma

Also known as Sweetness and Lightning.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Having lost his wife, math teacher Kouhei Inuzuka is doing his best to raise his young daughter Tsumugi as a single father. He’s pretty bad at cooking and doesn’t have a huge appetite to begin with, but chance brings his little family and one of his students, Kotori Iida, together for homemade adventures. With those three cooks in the kitchen, it’s no wonder this dinner table drama is so delicious.



Tags: Food , Family Life , Iyashikei , Seinen , Tragedy , Teacher , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , School , Orphan , Parenthood , Restaurant

Yashiro no Maou

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

Maou Shaitan Geneha, a demon lord whose powers were sealed away, seeks out the descendant of the one who sealed her; the office lady Shishibe Yashiro. Maou makes a contract with her, hoping to tempt Yashiro into undoing the seal.

Tags: Age Gap , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Demons , Yuri , Office Lady , Shounen

Usotsuki Kitsune no Koi Hanashi

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

Momiji, a fox cub, finds herself on the brink of death after she ends up in a car accident. However, she is saved by Shintarou, an aspiring cartoonist who takes her under his care. Their time together is brief yet sweet, ending with the lovestruck cub returning to the wilderness from whence she came. Back home, Momiji meets an otter master and, after a lot of training, gains the ability to freely transform into a human! With this technique, Momiji heads to Tokyo to look for her beloved Shintarou, but their reunion proves to not be as joyous as their initial encounter...

This is the heart-pounding love comedy about a pure-hearted and straight-laced fox girl!



Tags: Large Breasts , Kemonomimi , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Drawing , Henshin , Time Skip , Family Life , Nudity