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Arakawa Under the Bridge

Also known as Arakawa Under the Bridge.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Kou Ichinomiya, a young man born with a silver spoon in his mouth and raised with the mantra “never owe anyone” suddenly finds himself deeply indebted to a young homeless woman, Nino, who lives on the Arakawa river bank and claims to originally be from the planet Venus. When Nino rejects all of Kou’s mundane offers of money or housing, Kou is at a loss for how to repay his debt, until Nino suddenly asks him to teach her about love. A daunting task, but the over-achieving Kou is determined to return Nino’s favor. And so begins Kou’s life under the bridge, along with a band of eccentric characters who have formed their own little community outside the boundaries of typical Tokyoite life…




Tags: Surreal Comedy , Found Family , Slapstick , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Aliens , Heterosexual , Seinen , Homeless , Episodic , Philosophy , Ensemble Cast , Crossdressing , Ghost , Coming of Age , Denpa , Amnesia , Twins , Yakuza

Gokusen

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

Fresh out of college, Kumiko "Yankumi" Yamaguchi becomes a math teacher at an all-boys high school. Unfortunately for her, she's assigned by the school board as the homeroom teacher for class 3-D, which happens to be the class of delinquent students. When the class attempts to make a living hell out of Yankumi's career, they fail as her persistence and aggression gain her respect. However, little does anyone in the school know that Yankumi is actually heir to the Kuroda Ikka—one of Tokyo's most powerful yakuza clans.



Note: Includes nine extra chapters.

Tags: School , Yakuza , Female Protagonist , Delinquents , Josei , Teacher , Love Triangle , Age Gap , Transgender , LGBTQ+ Themes

Nicoichi

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

This is a story about the love and hardships of a 29 year-old guy named Makoto Suda. Makoto is an ordinary office worker in every sense but one - in front of Takashi, his stepchild, he disguises himself as a woman and plays the role of a beautiful mother. While leading this “fatherless family” life, he falls in love with a woman. One morning he sees her on a crowded train, but… she’s being molested!?

Tags: Gender Bending , Seinen , Crossdressing , Parenthood

Asper Kanojo

Also known as That's My Atypical Girl.

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

Yokoi is a manga artist who spends his nights delivering newspapers just to make rent, since his original works just don’t seem to sell. Suddenly, one day he gets a visit from Saito-san, a self-proclaimed fan of Yokoi’s work who made the long journey to meet him. Yokoi quickly realizes that the things Saito-san sees, feels, and thinks about are different from most people… These two struggle together to find a place to belong in this unique slice-of-life!



Note: Original serialization ran for 123 chapters. These were then combined to make up 100 chapters in the volume releases.

Tags: Primarily Adult Cast , Rehabilitation , Disability , Suicide , Bullying , Heterosexual , Seinen , Philosophy , Psychosexual , Drawing , Male Protagonist , Writing , Estranged Family , Female Protagonist , Language Barrier , Tragedy

Sekine-kun no Koi

Also known as Sekine's Love.

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

Keiichiro Sekine, age 30, is an exceptionally "unfortunate" man. Though he's a hot, elite businessman who's popular with both women and men alike, he's cursed with a "triple handicap" of being insensitive, passive and a jack-of-all-trades, but master of none. Having lived a life that's been somewhat out-of-focus, Sekine resolves to make a change and heads for a small knitting and handicrafts store. While knitting and counting the stitches, Sekine finds himself recalling horrible memories in his past and the feel of his previous upperclassman, Kazune's, bone-thin body! But after meeting the store owner's granddaughter, Sara, Sekine's love life might finally begin... or not.



Tags: Seinen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Rehabilitation , Work , Heterosexual , Age Gap , Nudity , Table Tennis , Urban