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Yofukashi no Uta

Also known as Call of the Night.

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

One sleepless night, Ko slips out to walk the streets. Life after dark is a revelation! When flirtatious Nazuna invites Ko to spend the night at her place in an abandoned building, he’s stoked! But then he awakens to kisses on his neck with a little too much bite to them... Is it just the delicious taste of his blood that makes her meet him night after night for late-night adventures, conversation and...naps? Or something else? Then, when a cute girl from Ko’s past shows up and competes for his attention, his budding relationship with the undead is put to the test!



Notes:
-Seventh place of Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category.
-First place of Daruma 2023 Award (France) in the new manga category (released in 2022 in France).

Tags: Vampire , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Monster Girl , Age Gap , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Yandere , Surreal Comedy , Monster Boy , Heterosexual , Outdoor Activities , Shounen , Hikikomori , Female Protagonist , Urban , Suicide , Detective , Primarily Teen Cast , Philosophy , Gore , Maids , Gyaru , Iyashikei , Femboy , LGBTQ+ Themes

Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii

Also known as Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku.

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

Narumi Momose has had it rough: every boyfriend she’s had dumped her once they found out she was an otaku, so she’s gone to great lengths to hide it. When a chance meeting at her new job with childhood friend, fellow otaku, and now coworker Hirotaka Nifuji almost gets her secret outed at work, she comes up with a plan to make sure he never speaks up. But he comes up with a counter-proposal: why doesn’t she just date him instead? In love, there are no save points.



Notes:
Includes 29 extra chapters.
The English edition combines 2 Japanese volumes into one each (so e.g. the first two Japanese volumes are combined into 1 English volume).

Tags: Otaku Culture , Primarily Adult Cast , Office Lady , Video Games , Work , Episodic , Heterosexual , Josei , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Office , Meta , Iyashikei , Ensemble Cast , Cosplay , Tsundere , Crossdressing , Chibi

Cigarette & Cherry

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

The beautiful senior and the virgin junior, mingling during their days on campus. With his eyes set on getting a girlfriend during his college debut, what appeared before him was a beautiful senior... who smokes?! A clumsy romcom that's generating a lot of buzz on social media!

Tags: Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , College , Seinen , School

Telework Yotabanashi

Also known as Home Office Romance.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Nokoru is finally afforded the chance to telework at home due to the pandemic lockdown. Rediscovering old passions and new hobbies, Nokoru is allured by his next-door neighbor, Natsu.

From the creator of Sweat and Soap, this standalone volume showcases two adults building a relationship when most human-to-human interaction was halted, even if it feels like a tall tale to find romance at home.



Tags: Heterosexual , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Travel , Software Development , Pandemic , Urban , Foreign , Historical

Kowloon Generic Romance

Also known as Kowloon Generic Romance.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Romance , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

Welcome to Kowloon Walled City: a dystopian townscape where the people are brimming with nostalgia, and where the past, present, and future converge. Amid the hidden emotions and extraordinary daily lives of the men and women working in its confines, a tale of romance begins to unfold for real estate agent Reiko Kujirai—one that feels as familiar as Kowloon itself…



Note:
Nominated for the 14th Manga Taisho Award in 2021.
Nominated for the 6th Tsugimanga Award in the Print Manga Category in 2020.

Tags: Clone , Female Protagonist , Amnesia , Seinen , Memory Manipulation , Primarily Adult Cast , Nudity , Dystopian , Office Lady , Urban , Work , Alternate Universe , Heterosexual , Foreign , LGBTQ+ Themes , Gender Bending

Tayutau Kemuri wa Tsukamenai

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Chiaki, a college student without a girlfriend, meets Miyako, a waitress at a shisha store, through a matching app recommended by a friend. This is a love story that lyrically depicts a faint love that begins with a matching app and shisha.

Tags: Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Gyaru , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Urban , Heterosexual , College

Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku

Also known as The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

This story takes place in a particular town with two infamous schools in constant dispute: Chidori High, a boys' school predominantly attended by low-class students with damning grades, and its neighbor Kikyo Girls' High, with most of its female students coming from wealthy and prestigious families. One day, high school second-year Rintaro Tsumugi, a fierce-looking but gentle-minded student at Chidori, is helping at his family's patisserie when he encounters a female customer by the name of Kaoruko Waguri. Rintaro enjoys his time with Kaoruko, as she doesn't judge him for his appearance, but this blissful peace is quickly disturbed when Rintaro makes the discovery that Kaoruko is actually a student at Kikyo. This revelation marks the beginning of the two's strenuous tale, as they fight against the limitations placed upon them by their schools and surroundings in an attempt to find their own path!



Tags: Heterosexual , Iyashikei , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Urban , Coming of Age , Food , Delinquents

Konbini de Kimi to no 5-funkan

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

The Office Lady, who looks forward to stopping by at the convenience store on the way home from work. And Shibasaki-kun, the poker-faced high school part-timer, who gets stirred up by OL for some reason. A heartwarming manga about two people who pass by each other at the convenience store.

Note: Includes 9 extra chapters.

Tags: Seinen , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Office Lady , Age Gap , Konbini

Yesterday wo Utatte

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

After college, Rikuo Uozumi, a boy without much ambition in life, takes on a job at a convenience store. The days pass by uneventfully for Rikuo until he meets his former girlfriend and classmate, but especially thanks to the unusual Haru Nonaka, and her pet raven… Readers of Toume Kei’s other works- Hitsuji no Uta, Luno, Kurogane- will enjoy her unique style.

Tags: Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Teacher , Unrequited Love , Seinen , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Photography , Drawing

Goma Shio to Purin

Also known as Black Sesame Salt and Custard Pudding.

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

One morning, HARUHI wakes up to find that she's married to an old man she doesn't know!? Haruhi works as a heavy machinery operator at a construction site full of men.One night, Haruhi meets a middle-aged man with grey hair at a pub, and submits a marriage certificate under the influence of alcohol. She had taken him straight into her room! Don't judge a man by the colour of the hair. Love comedy by a silver fox and a girl physical worker.



Note: Chapter count contains 2 extra chapters.

Tags: Age Gap , Josei , Heterosexual , Marriage , Primarily Adult Cast , DILF , Female Protagonist , Calligraphy , Love Triangle , Work , Food