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Hoshikuzu Telepath

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Konohoshi Umika is a high-schooler who is very bad at communicating with others. Feeling almost like an alien trapped on Earth with nowhere to belong, one day she meets a girl who claims to be an actual alien!

Note: Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2021 Award in the Print Manga Category.

Tags: Aliens , 4-koma , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , Yuri , Educational , Female Protagonist , School Club , Coming of Age , Seinen , Primarily Teen Cast , School

Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka?

Also known as Is the order a rabbit?.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Lured in by the promise of cute bunnies, Cocoa stops by Rabbit House Café for a drink—only to find out it's the very place she'll be living…?! Inside, she meets small-but-aloof Chino, militaristic Rize, calm and traditional Chiyo, and Sharo, a normal girl who overflows with elegance. Watch the girls' friendship deepen as the café bursts with cuteness and laughter from all directions!



Tags: Ensemble Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , 4-koma , Coming of Age , School , Work , Iyashikei , Seinen , Yuri , Kuudere

Matazoro.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

It's a youthful comedy about three girls stuck repeating high school!

After being a recluse for a year, Koto will be a high school freshman for the second time in the spring.
She is lazy in the morning, forgetful, not good at studying, and not good at interpersonal relationships.

She is a fragile and wounded creature, full of weaknesses. But with the help of her new friends who are also repeating their first year, she tries to start a normal school life.



Notes: Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2021 Award in the Print Manga Category. Volume 1 won the 2021 Rookie 4-Koma Of The Year award. Volume 2 won the 2022 4-Koma Of The Year award.

Tags: 4-koma , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Yuri , Primarily Female Cast , School , Rehabilitation , Female Protagonist

Urara Meirochou

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

The story is set in Meiro-chou, a town where all-female diviners (uranaishi) live and where girls from all over the country yearn to become the top diviner — "Urara." Today, a solitary girl named Chiya enters the town's gates. However, she has another purpose coming here, besides becoming the Urara. Chiya's days as an apprentice diviner begin as she meets three friends — the earnest Kon, Koume who is a fan of Western culture, and the shy Nono.



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Ensemble Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Magic , Seinen , Historical , 4-koma , Yuri

Anima Yell!

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sports

Kohane Hatoya is a girl who loves to be helpful to others. After she moves from middle school to high school, she becomes fascinated with cheerleading, and she starts a cheerleading club at her high school. Joining Kohane in her cheerleading activities is the experienced Hizume and Kohane's childhood friend Uki.



Tags: Cheerleading , School Club , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , School , Yuri , 4-koma

Hitoribocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Hitori Bocchi suffers from extreme social anxiety, she’s not good at talking to people, takes pretty extreme actions, is surprisingly adept at avoiding people, her legs cramp when she overexerts herself, gets full of herself when alone, will vomit when exposed to extreme tension and often comes up with plans. Now she is entering middle school and her only friend, Yawara Kai, is attending a different school. This leaves Bocchi alone, surrounded by new classmates with whom she must make friends before Kai will talk to her again.

Note: Includes 1 extra chapter.

Tags: School , 4-koma , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Ensemble Cast , Hikikomori , Primarily Child Cast , Seinen , Slapstick , Primarily Teen Cast , Iyashikei , Coming of Age , Ninja , Episodic , Teacher , Ojou-sama

Komi-san wa, Komyushou desu.

Also known as Komi Can't Communicate.

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

Timid Tadano is a total wallflower, and that’s just the way he likes it. But all that changes when he finds himself alone in a classroom on the first day of high school with the legendary Komi. He quickly realizes she isn’t aloof—she’s just super awkward. Now he’s made it his mission to help her on her quest to make 100 friends!



Notes:
Winner of the 67th Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shounen Category in 2021.
Chapter count includes 37 extra chapters.

Tags: School , Coming of Age , Kuudere , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Love Triangle , Slapstick , Disability , Heterosexual , Shounen , Meta , Yandere , 4-koma , Gyaru , Surreal Comedy , Chuunibyou , Agender , Crossdressing , Football

Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaete mo Omaera ga Warui!

Also known as No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Kuroki Tomoko is a super popular, high school girl, who has had 50 years of dating experience, and 100 boys... in the Otome game world. In the real world, she is a 15 year old shut in, who has all of the qualities of a "mojo" (喪女, a gloomy or unpopular woman).

However, when school isn't going as she expected, and she isn't as popular as she had thought she was, she takes a look at herself in the mirror for the first time in a few years, and has some shocking revelations...

Tags: School , Female Protagonist , Rehabilitation , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Otaku Culture , Satire , LGBTQ+ Themes , Parody , Bisexual , Hikikomori , Yuri , Coming of Age , Meta , Chuunibyou , Female Harem , Shounen , Yandere , Acting

Machikado Mazoku

Also known as The Demon Girl Next Door.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Mahou Shoujo , Slice of Life

Yoshida Yuko was living a perfectly normal (if poverty-stricken) life, but at the age of fifteen, she suddenly sprouts demon horns and a tail! Her mother explains that she's actually a demon named Shadow Mistress Yuko, once sealed away and cursed so that her family would remain poor for generations. Now Yuko can break that very curse if she defeats Chiyoda Momo, a magical girl who goes to her school…but Momo is stronger than she is, knows how to manage magical powers, and is so freaking nice that she's actually helping Yuko out of scrapes. Yuko's too weak and uncoordinated to straight-up kill Momo, even if she wanted to, but she can't just be buddies with this generous magical girl, either–she has to break the curse on her family somehow. What's a demon girl to do?



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Demons , Primarily Female Cast , Magic , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , 4-koma , Yuri , Memory Manipulation , Amnesia , Henshin , Super Power , Seinen , Kemonomimi , Gods , Youkai , School , Tsundere , Disability

K-On!

Also known as K-On!.

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

When their high school's pop-music club is about to be disbanded due to lack of interest, four girls step up to fill the membership quota. Unfortunately, lead guitarist Yui Hirasawa has never played an instrument in her life. Ever. And although she likes the idea of being in a band, standing in front of the mirror posing with her guitar is a lot easier than actually playing it. It's gonna be a while before this motley crew is rocking out, but with their spunk and determination cranked to 11, anything is possible!



Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , School Club , 4-koma , Primarily Female Cast , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Band , Food , Rock Music , Female Protagonist , Tsundere , Seinen , Chibi , Tomboy , Slapstick , Tanned Skin