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Temple

Also known as TenPuru -No One Can Live on Loneliness-.

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

Akemitsu Akegami was always told by his father that "no one can live alone"... but he's sure determined to do just that! After all, his father sure wasn't saying it with the best intentions, and Akemitsu has no desire to become like that creep. But when a chance encounter with a young woman leaves him with thoughts that are all too impure, he decides to do what he must - become a Buddhist monk and renounce his worldly ways. But the temple he decides to devote himself to...is full of women? And that same young woman is there, too?? What's a guy to do?



Tags: Surreal Comedy , Female Harem , Slapstick , Nun , Primarily Female Cast , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Shrine Maiden , Inn , Tsundere , Nudity , Kuudere , Maids , Religion

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 , Fugitive , Robots , Ninja , Ghost , Homeless , Assassins , Crossdressing , Idol , Shrine Maiden , LGBTQ+ Themes , Body Swapping , Gender Bending , Judo , Drawing , Gangs , Female Harem , Dissociative Identities , Afterlife , Amnesia , Cult , Military , Reincarnation , Nekomimi , Conspiracy , Politics

Prison School

Also known as Prison School.

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

On the outskirts of Tokyo stands Hachimitsu Private Academy, an all-girls boarding school for elite young women. But as the new school year rolls around, one tradition is going out the window: For the first time in the school's long history, boys are being allowed to enroll. On the first day of school, though, it turns out only five boys have made the cut. Thrilled by this discovery, these young men's adolescent hearts leap with joy at the thought of being surrounded by all those girls, but little do the five boys suspect the shocking fate that awaits them...



Notes:
Includes 1 extra chapter and the epilogue.
Won the Kodansha Manga Award 2013 for best general manga.

Tags: Seinen , School , Surreal Comedy , Nudity , Male Protagonist , Slavery , Slapstick , Prison , Heterosexual , Bullying , Revenge , Love Triangle , Kuudere , Ensemble Cast , Femdom , Watersports , LGBTQ+ Themes

Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou

Also known as The Daily Lives of High School Boys.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Follows the daily experiences of high school boys.

Note: Chapter count include 106 main chapters + 4 extras, and 26 chapters of the side story Joshikousei wa Ijou + 2 extras

Tags: Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , Slapstick , School , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Tomboy

Gokushufudou

Also known as The Way of the Househusband.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

He was the fiercest member of the yakuza, a man who left countless underworld legends in his wake. They called him “the Immortal Dragon.” But one day he walked away from it all to travel another path—the path of the househusband! The curtain rises on this cozy yakuza comedy!



Tags: Parody , Episodic , Yakuza , Male Protagonist , Slapstick , Gangs , Family Life , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Heterosexual , Food , Urban , Iyashikei , Animals , Marriage , Otaku Culture , Tanned Skin

Zom 100: Zombie ni Naru Made ni Shitai 100 no Koto

Also known as Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Horror

Surviving a zombie apocalypse beats being a wage slave any day! After spending years slaving away for a soul-crushing company, Akira's life has lost its luster. He lives in a trash-filled apartment, his pay is abysmal, and he can't even muster up the nerve to confess his love to his beautiful co-worker. But when a zombie apocalypse ravages his town, it gives him the push he needs to live for himself. Now Akira's on a mission to complete all 100 items on his bucket list before he...well, kicks the bucket.



Note: Volume 1 contains a bonus chapter titled "Sakura Mochi Of The Dead" Note: Volume 4 contains a bonus chapter titled "Show Club of the Dead"

Tags: Zombie , Primarily Adult Cast , Post-Apocalyptic , Pandemic , Male Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Slapstick , Seinen , Survival , Work , Heterosexual , Gore , Motorcycles , Body Horror , Ensemble Cast , Philosophy , Nudity , Space

Dasei 67 Percent

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

This comedy manga takes place in a college girl named Yoshizawa's room. Her friends, Itou, Kitahara, and Nishida often stop by, and they run into funny adult-level problems. For instance, there is the day when her friends drop by while Yoshizawa's hungover in bed, and she suddenly realizes that she doesn't have on any underwear under the covers. Yoshizawa also has unusual problems, like her need for advice on drawing realistic penises in her manga, since she's never encountered one in real life before. There are a lot of quirky things that can happen in a college girl's home!



Note: Includes 3 extra chapters.

Tags: College , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Drawing , Otaku Culture , Nudity , Episodic , Heterosexual , Cosplay

Rosengarten Saga

Also known as Rosen Garten Saga.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Ecchi , Fantasy , Supernatural

“Clench your ass, girl! Playtime's over!” Meet Rin, a gorgeous virgin who just can't seem to get laid. But her village getting decimated by raiders doesn't keep her down in the dumps for long! Picking up a sword that happens to be housing an extraordinary perver-… Er, the former prince, she sets off on an epic journey of revenge with various degenerat-… Ahem, heroes!

Tags: Nudity , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Gender Bending , Sadism , Futanari , Bisexual , Swordplay , Crossdressing , Yuri , Ghost , Parody , Foreign , Heterosexual , Surreal Comedy , Dragons , LGBTQ+ Themes , Masochism , Henshin , Twins , Incest , Male Protagonist , Femboy , Historical , Idol , Tokusatsu , Ensemble Cast

Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou

Also known as The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior.

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

Thanks to his parents’ job transfer, Usa has to live on his own. The problem is, his new place is full of weird people, and the upperclassman he admires is one of them…? A teenage romance comedy that’s heavier on the humor, not so much on the romance!



Note: Includes 4 extra chapters.

Tags: Seinen , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , School , Male Protagonist , Tomboy , Kuudere , Love Triangle , Time Skip

Genshiken

Also known as Genshiken.

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

It’s spring of freshman year, and Kanji Sasahara has a difficult dilemma. Should he declare his love for manga and anime fandom by joining an otaku club, like he has always wanted to? Is he prepared to deal with the social stigma attached to being an otaku? Meanwhile, Saki Kasakabe has her own otaku conundrum. How can she turn her boyfriend, anime fanboy Makoto, into a normal guy? Kanji follow his heart as does Saki. When both Kanji and Makoto join Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture, Saki chases Makoto through the various activities of the club from cosplaying and comic conventions, to video gaming and anime model figures. Saki finds otaku to be more than she imagined, but not necessarily in a good way.



Tags: Otaku Culture , School Club , College , Seinen , Cosplay , Primarily Adult Cast , Parody , Meta , Ensemble Cast , Tragedy , School , Video Games