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Komi-san wa, Komyushou desu.

Also known as Komi Can't Communicate.

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

Timid Tadano is a total wallflower, and that’s just the way he likes it. But all that changes when he finds himself alone in a classroom on the first day of high school with the legendary Komi. He quickly realizes she isn’t aloof—she’s just super awkward. Now he’s made it his mission to help her on her quest to make 100 friends!



Note: Winner of the 67th Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shounen Category in 2021.

Tags: School , Coming of Age , Kuudere , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Love Triangle , Disability , Slapstick , Heterosexual , Shounen , Meta , 4-koma , Gyaru , Yandere , Surreal Comedy , Agender , Chuunibyou , Crossdressing , Football

Sakamoto desu ga?

Also known as Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Model student, beacon of inspiration, gentle spirit of guidance, and friend among friends — you name it, Sakamoto can do it. He’s your go-to guy for any problem. But not everyone takes kindly to his unflappable persona, because, let’s face it, no one can truly be his match. Right?

In the face of bullies, braggarts, and killer bees, Sakamoto always keeps his cool. You haven’t heard of Sakamoto yet? Don’t worry, you will.



Included one-shot:
Volume 1: Katahaba Hiroshi (Broad Shoulders Hiroshi)

Tags: School , Surreal Comedy , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Episodic

Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge

Also known as Tanaka-kun is Always Listless.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

A sigh, chin on one hand, and those tired eyes... That’s Tanaka-kun, perpetually listless as he is. He and a quiet giant, Ohta-kun, who can’t seem to turn a blind eye to Tanaka-kun, come together in this slow, leisurely, and obstinately lazy coming-of-age comedy.



Tags: School , Iyashikei , Shounen , 4-koma , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Kuudere , Primarily Teen Cast , Tomboy , Delinquents , Anti-Hero

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

Blue Period

Also known as Blue Period.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

The studious Yatora leaves a dry life of study and good manners behind for a new passion: painting. But untethering yourself from all your past expectations is dangerous as well as thrilling…



Note: Nominated for Manga Taisho Awards in 2019, Kodansha Manga Awards in 2019 and the 24th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2020. Winner of the 13th Manga Taisho Awards. Winner of the General Manga category of the 44th annual Kodansha Manga Awards.

Tags: Drawing , Coming of Age , College , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Educational , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , School Club , Tragedy , Transgender , Bisexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Crossdressing , Gender Bending , Suicide , Nudity , Tomboy

Hoankan Evans no Uso: Dead or Love

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Romance

The story follows lawman Elmore Evans, who despite being one of the most amazing gunslingers in the West can't get rid of his bad luck in his romantic life.

Tags: Historical , Shounen , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Police , Episodic , Crime , Guns , Cowboys

Good Loser Kumagawa

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi

A one-shot starring Kumagawa from Medaka Box.
The story takes place at Suisou Academy, 2 months prior to Kumagawa's enrollment at Hakoniwa Academy, and shows events leading up to the shutdown of Suisou.

Notes:
Part one of the "Good Loser Kumagawa" series.
After premiering in the Winter 2012 issue of Jump NEXT, it was included in Volume 15 of Medaka Box.

Tags: Super Power , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Meta , School , Shounen