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Koe no Katachi

Also known as A Silent Voice.

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

Based on a one-shot that won the 80th Weekly Shounen Magazine Newbie Best Mangaka Award.

Shouya is a bully. When Shouko, a girl who can't hear, enters his elementary school class, she becomes their favorite target, and Shouya and his friends goad each other into devising new tortures for her. But the children's cruelty goes too far. Shouko is forced to leave the school, and Shouya ends up shouldering all the blame. Six years later, the two meet again. Can Shouya make up for his past mistakes, or is it too late?



Note: Chapter count includes 2 extra chapters.

Tags: Rehabilitation , Language Barrier , Bullying , Coming of Age , Disability , Time Skip , Denpa , School , Heterosexual , Suicide , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Kuudere , Filmmaking , Shounen , Tomboy , Tragedy

Perfect World

Also known as Perfect World.

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

26-year-old Tsugumi Kawana reunites with her first crush from high school, Itsuki Ayukawa, at a get-together between an architecture firm and the interior design company she works at. He sends her heart aflutter, until she realizes he's now disabled, and in a wheelchair. At first she feels she couldn't date a guy in a wheelchair, but then her feelings begin to change...



Tags: Josei , Disability , Love Triangle , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Work , Tragedy , Adoption , Urban , Parenthood

Hikari to Tomo ni...

Also known as With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child.

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

Born during the sunrise—an auspicious beginning—the Azumas' newborn son is named Hikaru, which means "light." But during one play date, his mother notices that her son is slightly different from the other children. In this alternately heartwarming and bittersweet tale, a young mother tries to cope with both the overwhelming discovery of her child's autism and the trials of raising him while keeping her family together. This is a story that resonates not only for those whose families have been affected by autism, but also for all past, present, and future parents.



Notes:
The chapter count includes the one-shot "Thank You Sensei!, Haru no Manazashi".
The English publishing of this manga only has 8 volumes, compared to the usual 15 in Japan.

Tags: Josei , Disability , Educational , Family Life , Coming of Age , School , Ensemble Cast , Parenthood , Female Protagonist , Work

Hattatsu Shougai to Issho ni Otona ni Natta Watashitachi

Also known as My Brain is Different: Stories of ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders.

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

This intimate manga anthology is about the struggles and triumphs of individuals learning to navigate daily life with a developmental disorder. The comics follow the stories of nine people, including: a junior high dropout finding an alternate path to education; a former "troublesome" child helping kids at a support school; a so-called problem child realizing the beauty of his own unique quirks; and a man falling in love with the world with the help of a new medication. This inspiring volume illustrates their diverse anxieties and finding self-empowerment in a world not quite built with them in mind.



Tags: Educational , Autobiographical , Disability , Biographical , Rehabilitation , Non-fiction , Anthology , Hikikomori , Suicide , School

Tokyo Kaido

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

The eccentric Dr. Tamaki is doing brain research. Hashi, 19 and a half, has a small fragment of a car that remained in his brain after an accident, and since then he can't help but say out loud everything he thinks and feels . Hana, 21, has unexpected orgasms anytime, anywhere, even in public. The brain of 6 year old Mari cannot perceive the people around her, she lives in an isolated world where there is no other human being apart from her. Hideo, 10, says he has "super powers," and can "get in touch with aliens and God."

Tags: Disability , Seinen , Philosophy , Ensemble Cast , Drawing , Medicine , LGBTQ+ Themes , Crossdressing , Amnesia , Urban Fantasy

NHK ni Youkoso!

Also known as Welcome to the N.H.K..

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Psychological , Romance

Sato Tatsuhiro is a drug-addled "hikikomori" (a Japanese shut-in) who thinks a sinister organization, NHK (Nihon Hikikomori Kyoukai), is the cause of all his problems! He falls in love with a girl, Misaki, who he thinks is trying to assassinate him, but doesn't know how to talk to her or if he can trust her. The more he stay in his house watching anime porn, reading manga and doing drugs, the harder it is for him to leave. Only Misaki can keep him from rotting away in his own apartment!



Tags: Hikikomori , Otaku Culture , Rehabilitation , Primarily Adult Cast , Tragedy , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Denpa , Suicide , Seinen , Drugs , Bullying , Nudity , Disability

Shrink: Seishinkai Yowai

Status: Releasing
Genres: Psychological , Slice of Life

Panic disorder, depression, development disorder, PTSD.. Japan, secret home to many carrying a diseases in their souls, unable to share their pain with anyone and suffering alone from their latent mental illnesses. When suicide rates are the worst among the developed nations, one cannot help but wonder what the reasons for this downfall were. Psychiatrist Konosuke Jowai takes on Japans mental health issues and tries to shine light into the dark corners of people's hearts.



Tags: Rehabilitation , Medicine , Educational , Disability , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Seinen

Sazanka

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

The story is about a young woman named Tatsuki, who has Aspergers, something that not even her boyfriend or her best friend know about. She chooses to take the first step and tell people about her condition, but what will come of it?

Tags: Disability , Female Protagonist , Educational , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban

Boku no Tsuma wa Hattatsu Shougai

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Satoru Kitayama (30) is an assistant to a manga artist. His wife, Tomoka Kitayama (32), has a developmental disability. Although there are various problems in their lives, they spend their days making arrangements.

Tags: Disability , Heterosexual , Family Life , Seinen , Autobiographical , Non-fiction

Watashi no Shounen

Also known as My Boy.

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

Satoko Tawada, a 30-year-old office worker at a sporting goods company, encounters Mashuu Hayami, a 12-year-old boy, playing soccer in a park at night. She was treated cruelly by a former lover, he is dealing with a high-handed and uninvolved family. Both are burdened with loneliness, and they sense that the other has something that they’re searching for...



Tags: Coming of Age , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Office , Male Protagonist , Office Lady , Time Skip , Age Gap , Heterosexual , Tragedy , School , Love Triangle