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Hirayasumi

Also known as Hirayasumi.

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

With a carefree outlook on life, Hiroto knows better than anyone that slowing down is sometimes the best way to move forward.

At 29 years old, carefree Hiroto Ikuta doesn’t have a girlfriend, a full-time job, or a plan for the future—and he couldn’t be happier. Hiroto’s breezy attitude isn’t easy for everyone to understand, though. In a world filled with anxiety, confusion, and grief, Hiroto and the people who surround him are all just doing their best to figure out this thing called life.

After developing an unlikely friendship with the grouchy old granny who lives in his neighborhood, Hiroto suddenly finds himself inheriting not just her house, but some rather difficult emotions as well. His 18-year-old cousin Natsumi moves in with him, but as a struggling art student, she has her own troubles to deal with and may just put Hiroto’s easygoing lifestyle to the test.



Tags: Seinen , Iyashikei , Family Life , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , College , Drawing , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Filmmaking , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist

Kimi ni Todoke

Also known as Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You.

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

Sawako Kuronuma is the perfect heroine...for a horror movie. With striking similarities to a haunting movie character--jet-black hair, sinister smile and silent demeanor--she's mistakenly called Sadako by those around her. But behind her scary façade is a very misunderstood teenager. Too shy to fit in, all she wants to do is make some friends. But when the most popular boy in class befriends her, she's sure to make more than just that--she's about to make some enemies too!



Notes: The chapter count includes 3 extra stories and prologue.

Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , School , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Tomboy , Ensemble Cast , Bullying , Baseball , Gyaru , Love Triangle , Tsundere , Age Gap , Tragedy

Kimi wa Houkago Insomnia

Also known as Insomniacs After School.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Nakami is a studious but cranky and antisocial high schooler who gets on his classmates' nerves. However, his bad attitude comes from the fact that he has a sleeping disorder, and frequently spends nights on end without a single minute of sleep. During the preparations for the school festival, he is begrudgingly sent to the school's astronomy observatory to gather cardboard boxes, a place which is said to be haunted by the dire happenings of the now defunct Astronomy Club. He finds the isolated place a haven ripe for him to sleep, but while rummaging around, he stumbles upon his classmate Magari Isaki sleeping inside a toppled-over locker.

Isaki, unlike him, is a personable and popular girl at class, but who also hides her own problems with insomnia. Looking for a middle ground, they find that there's comfort and ease in sleeping together, so they resort to make the observatory their own private cubby to sleep... Have they found the comfort they're looking for?

Note: Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category.

Tags: Coming of Age , Iyashikei , Astronomy , Heterosexual , School , Photography , School Club , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Disability , Female Protagonist , Outdoor , Time Skip

Segimal Putsagwa Boseupagwon

Also known as After School Lessons for Unripe Apples.

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

Mi-Ae is just a normal middle school girl trying to survive school. She likes reading comics, the pop group “The Fire Boys”, and karaoke. One day, a boy she used to know transfers to her school and begins to stir up trouble. No matter what she does, it seems he just doesn’t appreciate her efforts to get to know him. What’s up with that?



Tags: Kuudere , Female Protagonist , Full Color , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Rural , Delinquents , Bullying , Football

Yugami-kun ni wa Tomodachi ga Inai

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The story of the comedy manga revolves around Yuuji Yugami and Chihiro Watanuki, who sit next to each other in class. Unfortunately for Chihiro the transfer student, Yuuji is weird... extremely weird. Even though he's the ace of the baseball club, he hasn't adapted to the club at all. He also stands apart from the rest of the class, but seems completely satisfied with being alone.



Tags: School , Coming of Age , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Baseball , School Club , Ensemble Cast , Rakugo , Time Skip

Kieta Hatsukoi

Also known as My Love Mix-Up!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Mistaken identity leads to a blossoming romance between two boys.

Aoki has a crush on Hashimoto, the girl in the seat next to him in class. But he despairs when he borrows her eraser and sees she’s written the name of another boy—Ida—on it. To make matters more confusing, Ida sees Aoki holding that very eraser and thinks Aoki has a crush on him!



Notes:
Winner of the 67th Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shoujo Category in 2021.
Includes 5 extra chapters.

Tags: Boys' Love , Shoujo , LGBTQ+ Themes , Male Protagonist , Bisexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , School , Surreal Comedy , Slapstick , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Amnesia , Time Skip , Unrequited Love

Machida-kun no Sekai

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

Machida-kun seems like the perfect brother, son, and student because he loves people. Helpful when he needs to be, but puts himself down when he feels like a total failure. However, the people that surround his daily life are there as a reminder as why Machida-kun needs no improvements because the people love Machida.

Notes:
Winner of the New Creator Prize of the 20th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
Included one-shot: Kimi wa Ai

Tags: Episodic , Iyashikei , Male Protagonist , Shoujo , Family Life , School , Ensemble Cast , Philosophy , Heterosexual , Bullying , Acting , Time Skip

Metamorphose no Engawa

Also known as BL Metamorphosis.

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Ichinoi, a 75-year-old woman living a peaceful life, unwittingly buys a Boy's Love manga one day…and is fascinated by what she finds inside. When she returns to the bookstore to buy the next volume, the high school girl working there–Urara, a seasoned BL fan–notices a budding fangirl when she sees one. When Urara offers to help Ichinoi explore this whole new world of fiction, the two dive into BL fandom together, and form an unlikely friendship along the way.



Notes:
Winner of the New Face Award from the 22nd Japan Media Arts Festival Awards in 2019.
Nominated for the 12th and 14th Manga Taisho Award in 2019 and 2021.

Tags: Otaku Culture , Female Protagonist , Josei , Primarily Female Cast , Boys' Love , Iyashikei , Coming of Age , Drawing , Elderly Protagonist , Urban , Heterosexual

Busu ni Hanataba wo.

Also known as April Showers Bring May Flowers.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Pessimistic high school student Hana Tabata doesn't believe her life could ever be like that of a heroine from the shoujo manga she reads—she's convinced she's ugly, and she's always alone. Still, she can't help but imagine herself as a leading lady when she's changing out flowers early one morning...until she's caught in the act by her handsome classmate Yousuke Ueno! Hana can't wrap her head around his kind words at first, but as they grow closer, she finds her life slowly beginning to change…



Tags: Seinen , Female Protagonist , School , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Bullying , Love Triangle , Male Protagonist

Ikoku Nikki

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

The manga centers on 35-year-old novelist Makio Koudai and her 15-year-old niece Asa, who live together under one roof. Makio took Asa in on a sudden impulse after Asa's parents, which included Makio's older sister, passed away. The next day, Makio returns to her senses and remembers that she does not do well in the company of other people. So begins their daily life, as Makio attempts to acclimate to a roommate, while Asa attempts to get used to an adult that never acts like one.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Family Life , Josei , Adoption , Coming of Age , Writing , Estranged Family , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Female Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Parenthood , Yuri , Food