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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 , Primarily Teen Cast , Bisexual , Suicide , Crossdressing , Gender Bending , Nudity , Tomboy

Akane-banashi

Also known as Akane-banashi.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama

Rakugo--the ultimate form of storytelling, where everything in a story is expressed with just your body and words. Shinta and his daughter Akane have been seduced by this wonderful form of classical entertainment. Having observed her father strive to pass the shin'uchi rakugo test, Akane will take her own steps into this unique world!



Notes:
Ranked 3rd in the 8th Next Manga Awards print manga category in 2022.
Ranked 4th in the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2023 guidebook for male readers.
Ranked 3rd in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2023.
Ranked 2nd in the 16th Manga Taisho in 2023.
Nominated for the 47th Kodansha Manga Award in the shounen category in 2023.
Included in the New York Public Library's 2023 Best Books for Teens.
Included in YALSA's 2024 Great Graphic Novels for Teens.

Tags: Rakugo , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Coming of Age , Acting , Work , Philosophy , Shounen , Found Family , Revenge , Family Life , Time Skip , School

Hana wo Meshimase

Also known as Hana wo Meshimase.

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

After Shion's mother passed away, she was left with her father who loves to gamble and evade his responsibilities as a father. Due to that continuous pattern, Shion moves in to live as a live-in employee with 25-year-old florist Shun Mamyuuda. As she begins to learn the value of flowers and life, will she also find her place in love?

Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Age Gap , Heterosexual , Horticulture , Urban , Work , School

Knitter's High!

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Knitting themed manga about the story of a handcrafts club in a boy’s high school.

Tags: Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , School Club , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast

Jouzu ni Ikaremashita

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

Despite being bad at customer service, Iga is unexpectedly hired as a restaurant floor staff. While struggling with unfamiliar tasks, Iga, who is already feeling down due to the sudden end of a romance, stumbles upon the art of flower arrangement. A tale of the way of flower arranging, depicting the story of "living to live."



Tags: Josei , Male Protagonist

Garden in the Closet

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Koki is a big, burly high school student who fits in well with the boys. But deep down, he's confused by the topics of conversation and can't honestly talk about his knowledge of plants. One day, a transfer student named Misaki arrives in his class. But for some reason, Koki is the only one who can't see him... A story about living for tomorrow, drawn by up-and-coming artist Itono Kei.



Tags: Transgender , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Boys' Love , School , Horticulture

Jie Jiao De Xiangyanghua Wu

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

The 18-year-old He You is an incoming college freshman who just moved to her college city, where she had an unpleasant encounter with a strange guy on her very first day. Upset, she wandered to a fragrant flower shop at a street corner, where she was welcomed in by its beautiful and warm-hearted shopkeeper. Little did she expect that she’d find the same kind of magical flower from her childhood… as well as the unpleasant strange guy! Is he the “magical” boy who helped her in her childhood?



Tags: Love Triangle , Full Color , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , College , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things