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Haru no Noroi

Also known as Haru’s Curse.

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

After Natsumi's younger sister and best friend Haru dies at the age of 19, she begins dating Haru's fiancee Tougo - on the condition that he take her only to places he had taken her sister. Their relationship deepens as the seasons pass, but Haru's Curse lies between them... Will there be happiness after Haru's Curse is broken?



Note: chapter count includes two extras.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Josei , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Urban , Tragedy , Suicide , Yuri , Unrequited Love

Hiraeth wa Tabiji no Hate

Also known as HIRAETH -The End of the Journey-.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Supernatural

After the death of her best friend, Mika is determined to follow her into the grave. But her suicide attempt introduces her to a world unlike any she's ever seen...full of gods and spirits and entities of which she could never have dreamed. But even with this world of wonder, can she find a way out of her sorrow?



Tags: Suicide , Afterlife , Found Family , Travel , Tragedy , Yuri , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Gods , Seinen , Bisexual , Agender , Male Protagonist , Motorcycles , Boys' Love

Saturn Return

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

Kaji Ritsuko, an author of short stories, finds herself unable to write. On a certain day, a remnant from Ritsuko’s past reemerges. Aoi, a male friend she used to completely confide in, appears in a dream and asks her, “Your life… is that really it?”. The next morning, Ritsuko is awakened by a phone call. Aoi has committed suicide. The glimmer of a forgotten dream, the day-to-day of a modern couple, the death of someone irreplaceable…

A life of “loss” that she had always averted her eyes from begins to move…

Tags: Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Suicide , Seinen , Writing , Tragedy

Raise wa Tanin ga Ii

Also known as Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Yoshino grew up as the yakuza princess of the Osaka Somei crime family. Everyone left her alone due to her sharp gaze and mobster ties. But when her grandfather signs a truce with the Tokyo-based Miyama crime family, she’s offered for betrothal to the Miyama leader’s grandson, Kirishima. At first, Kirishima seems amiable and polite–but when he shows his dark side, he proves to be more disturbing than any gangster Yoshino has ever met. This engagement is sure to be a wild ride for a tough yakuza princess and her twisted yakuza prince!



Note:
Winner of the 4th Next Manga Award in the Print Manga Category in 2018.
Nominated for the 46th Kodansha Manga Award in the General Category in 2022.

Tags: Yakuza , Crime , Urban , Mafia , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Heterosexual , Criminal Organization , Arranged Marriage , Gore , Yandere , Ojou-sama , Male Protagonist , Feet , School , Bisexual

Sakikusa no Saku Koro

Status: Finished
Genres: Psychological

Sumika's main hobbies are drawing and looking through the binoculars the house of her two cousins: Akio, whom Sumika is in love with, but who seems to change girls continuously; and Chinatsu, brilliant in the study and responsible, but who would like to attend the same university as her. Sumika looks fascinated this world from "the other side", through the lenses, fantasizing about Akio bringing home his best friend instead of the girls...



Tags: Love Triangle , Boys' Love , Yuri , Female Protagonist , Seinen

Asagi Iro no Saudade

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama

Fujisawa Ren, struggled to find place both in hometown and in Tokyo, where Ren started living as if trying to escape. Unable to discover hope for life, Ren was on the verge of giving up everything. That's when Matsuri, a childhood friend Ren never wanted to meet but longed to see desperately, appeared.



Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Agender , Suicide , Drawing , Primarily Adult Cast , Yuri

Chirizokonai no Hiraeth

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

Sanayazama Kazura, a girl who just wants to be loved, discovers that the girl she had been spending all of her money on to look her way has betrayed her. In the depths of despair, a mysterious woman named Kinka approached and asked, 'shall we die together?'. The two decided to take a leap from a high-rise apartment.
Standing at the crossroads of life, the story revolves around the important people in their lives as they confront the feelings hidden deep within their hearts.



Tags: Suicide , Time Manipulation , Unrequited Love , Yuri , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast

Bakajo 26-ji

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance

Atsuko and Yuri were classmates from elementary school all the way through college, although they hardly ever spoke to each other during their school days. At their first reunion in 15 years, Atsuko discovers Yuri's secret, and she takes drastic action.... What will be the destiny of these two polar opposites, who have completely different interests and friends, and whose personalities often clash?

Tags: Female Protagonist , Fugitive , Primarily Adult Cast , Crime , Foreign , Yuri , Seinen