Manga like Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na!

Look Back

Also known as Look Back.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Fujino is a fourth grader who draws a manga strip for the school newspaper. Her art makes her the star of the class, but one day she's told that Kyomoto, a student who refuses to come to school, would also like to submit a manga for the paper...



Note: The one-shot was compiled in a special volume, released on September 3, 2021.

Tags: Drawing , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Hikikomori , Shounen , Coming of Age , Work , Meta , Autobiographical , School , Primarily Child Cast , Philosophy , Rehabilitation , Yuri

Blank Space

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

On one rainy day, high school girl Komae Shouko learns that her classmate, Katagiri Sui, has a special ability.

Tags: Super Power , School , Bullying , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist

Animeta!

Also known as Animeta!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Slice of Life

Miyuki Sanada had just been going through the motions until one night she came across a certain late-night anime that made her feel true passion for the first time in her life. She was so impressed by the production that she decided to become an animator herself! But was that really such a good idea? Harsh lessons and even harsher financial realities await as Miyuki strives to make her dream come true.



Tags: Seinen , Work , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Drawing , Otaku Culture

BEAT&MOTION

Also known as Beat & Motion.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance

The winner of the MILLION TAG manga competition! A new era of manga begins with this series about the struggle and joy of creating art. Anime and music collide in this new series about growing up and reaching for your dreams!



Tags: Coming of Age , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Drawing , Heterosexual , Band , College , Urban , Gyaru , Shounen

Bocchi the Rock!

Also known as Bocchi the Rock!.

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

Hitori Gotoh just wants to be popular, but the thought of interacting with her classmates makes her fall to pieces. Her solution-become a rock legend so cool that people approach her instead! However, while spending all of middle school in her closet shredding on the guitar may have earned her anonymous internet fame, it did nothing for her social skills. Now a high schooler, Hitori’s feeling ready to shrivel up and die-when she gets a sudden request to fill in for a band! It’s like her wish came true-but does this most anxious of introverts have what it takes to perform in front of a live audience?!



Note: Includes three extra chapters.

Tags: Band , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , 4-koma , Primarily Teen Cast , Surreal Comedy , Rock Music , Slapstick , Hikikomori , Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tsundere , Seinen

16bit Sensation

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Meiko Uehara, a college student, began working part-time at a computer store in 1992. However, behind the scenes, the shop was an erotic game maker specializing in bishoujo games. Meiko, a talented artist, is suddenly hired as a substitute graphic designer after the staff flees, even though she has never drawn an R-18 illustration before.

Will she be able to complete the eroge successfully?! With a 16-bit PC as her partner, her career as a creator begins.

Notes:
This was originally a doujinshi published at each Comiket starting in 2016. In 2020, the manga was officially published by Kadokawa.
Chapter count includes 3 extra chapters.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Video Games , Primarily Adult Cast , Software Development , College , 4-koma , Autobiographical , Work , School Club , Male Protagonist

Eiga Daisuki Pompo-san

Also known as Pompo: The Cinéphile.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama

Gene Fini, a production assistant and film fanatic in the movie capital Nyallywood, has been working on popcorn films with the baby-faced movie producer Joelle Davidovich “Pompo” Pomponette. One day, Gene finds a script written by Pompo and is blown away. When he says it deserves to be made, Pompo challenges him to do it himself—and now Gene is officially directing his first feature film! The hours are long and the challenges are endless, but Gene’s passion for movies will fuel him through the gauntlet of making his own.



Note: Began serialization in Gene Pixiv on July 27, 2017.

Tags: Coming of Age , Filmmaking , Acting , Female Protagonist , Shoujo

Akebi-chan no Sailor Fuku

Status: Releasing
Genres: Slice of Life

Komichi Akebi lives out in the countryside with her family. She's won entrance to the prestigious Roubai Academy middle-school for girls and now she wants only two things -- to wear the school's sailor uniform and to make a hundred friends!

Tags: Female Protagonist , Iyashikei , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , School , Primarily Female Cast , Coming of Age , Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Seinen , Athletics , Dancing , Acrobatics , Orphan , Tragedy , Acting

Jimoto Saikou!

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama

Tags: Drugs , Crime