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Status: Finished

Ako finds herself coasting along, watching her twenties pass her by. Work at the video rental store, see her boyfriend, repeat... Her days are becoming an indistinguishable, listless blur. Until she encounters a skateboarder practicing a trick—and she's a girl! For some reason, Ako feels a pull toward the sport. Slowly, all the dreams and ambitions she gave up on and the futures she imagined for herself come flooding back, and Ako resolves to change herself now, before it's too late. But is it ever really too late to discover something new?

Tags: Seinen , Female Protagonist , Skateboarding , Primarily Female Cast , Tomboy , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast

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Comic Days

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Umi ga Hashiru End Roll

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

After turning 65 and bereaved of her husband, Umiko visits a cinema for the first time in decades. A shocking, life-changing event awaits her. When she meets Kai, an art student majoring in film, Umiko realises that she wants to make a film. She realises that she is on the side of "the people who want to make films"... Lured by the waves that stir her heart, the 65-year-old dives into the sea of film!

Tags: Female Protagonist , Filmmaking , College , Primarily Adult Cast , Photography , Shoujo , Iyashikei , LGBTQ+ Themes , Elderly Protagonist , Asexual , Aromantic

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Young Champion Web

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SK∞

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Sports

Reki, a high school sophomore and skater, is addicted to “S,” a highly secret and dangerous downhill skateboarding race that takes place in an abandoned mine. The skaters are especially wild about the “beefs,” or heated battles that erupt in the races.

Reki takes Langa, a transfer student returning to Japan after studying abroad, to the mine where the races are held. Langa, who has no skateboarding experience, finds himself pulled into the world of “S”...

Tags: Skateboarding , Athletics , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Shoujo

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Hitori de Ikiru wa Mama Naranu

Also known as You Can't Live All on Your Own!.

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

What is considered "normal" for a 30 year old? Should she be married, have a carreer, live independently...?

Shuko Maeda, 28, is a single office worker who lives in a shared house with her three friends. One of them is Eika Matsuki, a career woman whose life revolves around work. Then, there's Misaki Kawaseda, a musician, singer and hopeless romantic. Finally: Shio Momoyama, who works freelance and is laid back in her professional and personal life. Together, they navigate the stresses and joys of daily life as women approaching 30, in a society that has certain expectations for them, while they all try to find their own unique way to thrive!

Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Josei , Primarily Adult Cast

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Pixiv Comic

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Ashita Shinu ni wa,

Also known as Since I Could Die Tomorrow.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Sawako Honna, 42, single; she works hard at a film promotion company. One night, all of a sudden, her heart palpitates, and her body goes cold... Could it be that she's going through menopause!?

Not as hard-working as in your 20s. Not as flippant as in your 30s. The mental and physical changes, and the obstacles you face in your 40s. Sudden illness, menopause, fatigue you can't get rid of, changes in working patterns, money worries, life plans for the future...

"What will happen to me tomorrow?"

Note: 23rd Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award winner. Nominated for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award.

Tags: Josei , Female Protagonist , Office Lady , Office , Urban

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