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Bakuman.

Also known as Bakuman。.

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

Average student Moritaka Mashiro enjoys drawing for fun. When his classmate and aspiring writer Akito Takagi discovers his talent, he begs Moritaka to team up with him as a manga-creating duo. But what exactly does it take to make it in the manga-publishing world?



Tags: Drawing , Work , Meta , Shounen , Writing , Educational , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Otaku Culture , Tomboy , School , Tragedy

Steins;Gate

Also known as Steins;Gate.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Sci-Fi

What do you get when you cross a microwave with a cell phone? Apparently, a time machine! Self-proclaimed mad scientist Okarin and the Future Gadgets team now have the ability to send text messages into the past. Will this newfound power be used for personal gain? To change the world? Or for something much more sinister... ?



Tags: Time Manipulation , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Tragedy , Female Harem , Software Development , Shrine Maiden

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 , Shounen , Coming of Age , Work , Meta , School , Philosophy , Primarily Child Cast , Rehabilitation , Yuri

Shuukan Shounen Hachi

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Fresh out of high school, Yasaka "Hachi" Hachiki enters the infamous Onigahama manga academy in the hope of becoming a pro mangaka. Well aware of his lack of talent, Hachi soon meets Mikeya Touma, a young prodigy who nonetheless thinks he has a long way to go. Despite the gap in their abilities, an incident suddenly sparks a rivalry between the two of them. Thus begins the tale of Onigahama's students and their merciless struggle to achieve their common dream.



Tags: Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Drawing , School , Shounen

Hoero Pen

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

The truth about the mangaka: Moyuru Honoo will show how hard and dangerous this job is. But his passion for drawing and for the supreme art of mangas can't be stopped, even by blonde assassins, alien writers, and unhappy editors!

Tags: Seinen , Drawing , Episodic , Primarily Adult Cast , Work

Rin

Status: Finished
Genres: Supernatural

Fushimi is a high-school student who also aspires to be a mangaka. Rin is a model who appears to be able to see the future. What will happen in the future?

Tags: Shounen , School , Super Power , Drawing , Love Triangle

Moeyo Pen

Also known as Burning Pen.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama

Hot blooded comic about... writing comics. There are actually a few series starting with Moeyo Pen (Burning Pen), then later on came the sequel series Hoero Pen (Shouting Pen).

Tags: Drawing , Shounen , Meta

Game Maou

Also known as The Game Devil.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

Shrouded in pixels, reality becomes a video game! There’s no going back! Real-life permadeath on ultra-difficulty, let the game begin!!



Tags: Video Games , Male Protagonist , Drawing , Shounen , Primarily Adult Cast

THE COMIQ

Also known as THE COMIQ.

Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Thriller

Ryota Sakamaki is a struggling artist who finally gets his big break when his manga series is serialized. Sakamaki’s life is thrown into turmoil, however, when he learns that his backgrounds are drawn by an inmate charged with the infamous Halloween Murder. But is his assistant truly guilty of that heinous crime?!

The manga is commemorating the 50th anniversary of Weekly Shonen Jump.



Tags: Drawing , Conspiracy , Work , Shounen , Ensemble Cast , Yandere

Ryuu to Chameleon

Also known as Dragon and Chameleon.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Supernatural

Garyo Hanagami is a best-selling manga artist praised as a genius of the craft. Shinobu Miyama is a bitter rookie with a knack for copying other people's art styles. When an accident causes the two to switch bodies, Miyama is more than happy to take Hanagami's place, forcing the veteran to rebuild his career from the ground up. Now, the dragon must reclaim his throne from the chameleon who replaced him!



Notes:
Thirteenth place and winner of the U-Next Prize at the 9th Next Manga Award in the Print Manga Category in 2023.
Winner of the Manga Kingdom Tottori Prize at the 53rd Japan Cartoonists Association Award in 2024.

Tags: Drawing , Body Swapping , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Shounen , Otaku Culture , Work