Manga like Netsuen

Look Back

Also known as Look Back.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Fujino is a fourth grader who draws a manga strip for the school newspaper. Her art makes her the star of the class, but one day she's told that Kyomoto, a student who refuses to come to school, would also like to submit a manga for the paper...



Note: The one-shot was compiled in a special volume, released on September 3, 2021.

Tags: Drawing , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Hikikomori , Coming of Age , Shounen , Work , Meta , School , Philosophy , Primarily Child Cast , Yuri , Rehabilitation

Haru no Yokujitsu

Status: Cancelled
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Starting her second year of high school, Rokka, an ordinary high school girl, learns that a transfer student will be seated in front of her. However, that transfer student turns out to be Suzuran, the person who took her first kiss when she was in 6th grade. A tender and bittersweet young girls’ love story begins!

Tags: Yuri , School , Primarily Female Cast , Shounen

Double

Also known as Double.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Scatterbrained Takara Takarada is an undiscovered genius actor who fully embodies every character he's cast as, delivering unforgettable performance after performance onstage. But this genius can only be brought forth by his best friend and fellow actor, Yuujin Kamoshima, who cares for Takara even as he envies him for his innate talent.

When it takes the two of them together to bring a character to life, what will happen when Takara is scouted away from their small-time theater troupe and thrust into the new world of television instead? Can Takara survive without Yuujin's guidance... and how does Yuujin respond to being left behind?



Notes:
Won an Excellence Award from the 23rd Japan Media Arts Festival.
Seventeenth place of Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Web Manga Category.

Tags: Acting , LGBTQ+ Themes , Male Protagonist , Bisexual , Boys' Love , Primarily Adult Cast , Classic Literature , Nudity , Love Triangle , Seinen

PPPPPP

Also known as PPPPPP.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music

Gakuon Otogami was a genius pianist whose name is among the greatest in the annals of the music world. He had seven children who also all became genius pianists. All seven except for the one named Lucky that is. This is the miraculous story of a regular kid taking on godly talent!



Tags: Twins , Tragedy , Musical Theater , Classical Music , Estranged Family , Shounen , Revenge , Male Protagonist , Dissociative Identities , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Adoption , Bullying

Risou to Koi

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

An adult life Yuri omnibus that centers on themes of ideal life and love.



Tags: Yuri , Josei , Primarily Adult Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Work , Anthology , Idol , Acting

Dawn Dance

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama

Despite being the adopted son of a Kabuki actor, Teruchika has no interest in Kabuki and is a terrible actor. On the other hand, although Kuni is a talented Kabuki performer, she is unable to go on stage because she is a woman. Teruchika tries to use his ability to "copy" her performance to indirectly bring Kuni to the stage, but...?



Tags: Acting , Kabuki , Shoujo , Dancing , Male Protagonist

act-age

Also known as ACT-AGE.

Status: Cancelled
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Slice of Life

Lights! Camera! ACTION! Kei Yonagi wants to be an actress! But an already-difficult dream to achieve has become much harder since her father left and her mother died. She's now taking care of her two little siblings on her own.

Without much money left, will she have to give up her dream?!



Tags: Acting , Work , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Filmmaking , Philosophy , Shounen , Educational , Primarily Adult Cast , Twins