Top Calligraphy Manga Recommendations

Yao Shen Ji

Also known as Tales of Demons and Gods.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Romance

Because of the Space-Time Demon Spirit Book, time and space underwent a reversal. Though he was supposed to have died to demon beasts, Nie Li found himself sitting in a classroom when he opened his eyes. He had gone back to the age of thirteen. Now that everything has begun anew... how will he protect his beloved?



Tags: Wuxia , Cultivation , Reincarnation , Age Regression , Martial Arts , Male Protagonist , Full Color , Super Power , Lost Civilization , Politics , Female Harem , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Gods , Coming of Age , Demons , War , Economics , Alchemy , Calligraphy , Time Manipulation , Dragons , Angels , Magic , Kaiju , Kemonomimi , Foreign , Crossdressing

Barakamon

Also known as Barakamon.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

For a certain reason, a handsome, young calligrapher by the name of Seishuu Handa uproots himself and moves to an island on the westernmost edge of Japan. "Sensei," as he comes to be known, is a city boy through and through, and has never experienced rural life until now. And by the looks of it, he has much to learn! Luckily(?), he has a willing teacher in Naru, the energetic expert islander, to help show him the ropes. But can Sensei keep up with the plucky first-grader, or will he get schooled?! Here unfolds a heartfelt island comedy about a gruff on the outside, soft on the inside urbanite teacher and his new, unfailingly kind island neighbors!



Notes: - One extra and four side stories are included in volume 18+1. - Original serialization was completed on 2018-12-12 with 18 volumes (139 chapters). - A new limited-run serialization was started on 2023-04-12 and ended on 2023-09-12 in Monthly Shounen Gangan, in conjunction with the TV-drama adaptation. This new run adds 7 chapters and 1 volume to the total count.

Tags: Family Life , Iyashikei , Calligraphy , Rural , Found Family , Work , Male Protagonist , Coastal , Food , Rehabilitation , Teacher , Fishing , Shounen , Cars , Agriculture , Crossdressing , Cycling

Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e: 2-nensei-hen

Also known as Classroom of the Elite: Year 2.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Thriller

Students of the prestigious Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School are given remarkable freedom–if they can win, barter, or save enough points to work their way up the ranks! Ayanokouji Kiyotaka started at the bottom in the scorned Class D, where he met Horikita Suzune, who was determined to rise up the ladder to Class A. Who can beat the system in a school where cutthroat competition is the name of the game? The second year of this intense school drama begins now!



Includes Volumes: 4.5, 9.5, 12.5
Included Chapters: 15 Prologues and 15 Epilogues.

Tags: School , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Ensemble Cast , Boarding School , Philosophy , Conspiracy , Heterosexual , Coming of Age , Survival , Primarily Teen Cast , Battle Royale , Politics , Fugitive , Bullying , Revenge , Classic Literature , Delinquents , Card Battle , Orphan , Seinen , Torture , Martial Arts , Disability , Dissociative Identities , School Club , Athletics , Tsundere , Calligraphy , Love Triangle , Kuudere , Female Harem , Suicide , Yandere , Maids , Tragedy

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

Handa-kun

Also known as Handa-kun.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

School life isn't getting any easier for Seishuu Handa. Try as he might to make himself invisible to his classmates, the rising number of "Handaists" --classmates beguiled by his erratic behavior-- make his task nearly impossible. With a new nemesis and girlfriend (??) in the mix, does Handa-kun have even a slim chance of staying off the radar?!

Tags: School , Slapstick , 4-koma , Calligraphy , Delinquents , Shounen , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast

Chaegeul Ilgeumyeon Gyeongheomi Ssayeo

Also known as Read to Level Up.

Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Supernatural

Jongsuk is the pinnacle of mediocrity, with nothing to show for himself except his penchant for reading. One day, he finds a mysterious book at his favorite used book store. The book "tells" him to write about his experience in its blank pages, and in return shows him a related piece of information. Little did he know, the passages Jongsuk read in the books transferred right into his system, endowing with new abilities he never thought possible.



Tags: Full Color , Adoption , Super Power , School , Male Protagonist , Acting , Calligraphy , College , Crime

Yuki to Sumi

Also known as Yuki to Sumi.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Yukino Tachibana is a calligraphy prodigy.
At the tender age of 16 she is already one of Japan's most exciting young artists, performing live calligraphy demonstrations to sell-out crowds on worldwide tours. With her refined, beautiful, and mysterious air, she is so popular at her new high school that she has earned the appellation of 'The School Madonna'.

She is also as dumb as a post.
As artful her brushstrokes, as demure her outward demeanor, the real Yukino Tachibana is far-removed from the image her classmates see on television and in the school hallways - in reality, apart from her calligraphy genius, Yukino is completely useless, rude, and possessing of a distinctly inflated sense of self-worth.
There is only one classmate who fails to be fooled by her facade: run-of-the-mill protagonist du jour Tarou Nakamura. Sitting next to her in class, Nakamura doesn't really get why the rest of the school finds her so enthralling - he's much more interested in his crush, Amano-san. But this indifference might prove to be his downfall, as circumstances cause Yukino to set her eyes on him....

This boy, this poor, poor boy, is burdened with a Herculean task - to keep Yukino's true nature a secret from the rest of the school, while trying to win the heart of his sweeheart. Can Nakamura really keep this brainless beauty's utter idiocy a secret!? And can he win Amano's heart through the power of calligraphy at the same time!?

Tags: Heterosexual , Calligraphy , School , School Club , Shounen

Sen wa, Boku wo Egaku

Also known as The Lines that Define Me.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Sosuke Aoyama is a college student adrift on his own...until a chance meeting with suibokuga artist Kozan Shinoda brings him into the world of India-ink painting. But though he finds connection with the art and Shinoda himself, there's more to both the art world and Shinoda's family than Sosuke realizes...



Tags: Shounen , Drawing , Primarily Adult Cast , Rehabilitation , Calligraphy , College

Suenagaku Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu

Also known as Together Forever.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Romance

After her father has suddenly passed away, Takatsukasa Hikaru was adopted by her cousin, Kuzukiri Kiyomizu. Hikaru expresses that she is madly in love with Kiyomizu, but he is having none of it.



Tags: Slapstick , Shoujo , Age Gap , Heterosexual , Kuudere , Love Triangle , Female Protagonist , Calligraphy , Primarily Teen Cast , School , School Club

Hoteri Hotette First-kiss

Also known as Hoteri Hotette First Kiss.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Whether you’ve shared many or simply yearn to feel the butterflies, experience the rush of true love’s first kiss in four charming short stories. Follow junior high pairs as their hearts reach out to one another and their lips tremble in anticipation. While some quietly harbor their feelings for a dear friend over the years, others are suddenly struck by Cupid’s arrow after one look from a stranger. Once these feelings bloom, there’s no holding back! Note: Includes two extras chapters.

Tags: Anthology , Shoujo , Calligraphy , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , School , School Club , Tsundere , Episodic

Haksagwihwan

Also known as Return of the Scholar.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy

Against all odds, Ma-Hyun escapes the demonic realm he was trapped in and returns to his family. They’re shocked and overjoyed to find the son they thought dead is alive. They’re even more shocked to discover that his ordeals have transformed him into a martial arts master of incredible skill and power! But Ma-Hyun soon learns that surviving demons and monsters may not be as challenging as adjusting back to a normal life after a decade away, especially as a shadowy organization targets his family...



Tags: Full Color , Male Protagonist , Historical , Martial Arts , Demons , Calligraphy , Coming of Age , Conspiracy , Cult , Educational , Family Life , Food , School , Teacher

Kodomo wa Wakatte Agenai

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

A narrative of self-discovery masquerading as a coming of age romance, a family composition drama, a procedural detective story, and a superpowered thriller. Sakuta Minami openly professes the many loves of her life: Matsumoto Leiji anime, her family, swimming, Magical Plastering Girl Buffalo Koteko, but the unanswered questions surrounding her mother's separation from her natural father have nagged her all her life. Moji Shouhei, an anime geek with prodigious talent for calligraphy, holds in his gifted hands both a physical key to the school roof of their high school as well as the figurative key to finally unraveling the mystery of Minami's father.

Tags: School , Swimming , Rural , Coming of Age , Seinen , Calligraphy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Cult

Jiao Nü Dufei

Also known as A Beauty, A Fatal Concubine.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Romance

Rebirth and come back, Mu Yunyao believes in three points: firstly, don't be kind to others; secondly, remove out the source of the trouble; thirdly, don't believe the true feelings. So, she is ruthless and unscrupulous. Instead of enduring, she would rather stir the world upside down. But after a encounter, there is always a cold prince following her and wanting to marry her...



Tags: Female Protagonist , Historical , Revenge , Politics , Reincarnation , Heterosexual , Full Color , Medicine , Calligraphy

Tomehane!

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

Tales of a high school calligraphy club.

Yukari Ooe, a boy who returns to Japan from Canada, finds himself joining his new high school's calligraphy club; without enough students, the tiny club is in danger of being abolished.



Tags: Calligraphy , School Club , School , Seinen , Judo

Bokkonrinri

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Rin had quit calligraphy after her mother's death. Then upon seeing the calligraphy of a high school calligraphy masters, Uchida Dougen, she started learning again. Rin entered the same school as Dougen and the current calligraphy club or more like Dougen fan club. When the student council president announced that the club would be disbanded, Rin had to take action to keep the club going. Dougen, who had come to support the president, ended up joining the club because Rin's word sparked his interest. Unbeknownst to her, Dougen is somewhat of a playboy. What will become of Rin and her beloved Calligraphy club?

Tags: Calligraphy , School Club , Shoujo , Female Protagonist

Kanojo wa Aitsu no Osumitsuki

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

"Who do you like?"
"What are your dreams?"
"What does the springtime of life means?"

Yuuwa had fun everyday so she thought it was okay! but she got very busy with her club and her extra classes. She started thinking that it was very OK to be like that. And, she will start a club of "calligraphy" with her classmate, Arata, and the one she loves, Yuu.

This is the beginning of her love story!



Included one-shots: Ai wo Komete Ippitsu! (愛を込めて一筆!), Ai♥Puchi (アイ♥プチ)

Tags: Shoujo , Calligraphy , School

Bokka

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Forced to compete with each other without having so much as seen one another's' faces in years as a result of their divorced parent's competitiveness, two identical twins long to meet and talk about how they truly feel about these battles.

Tags: Calligraphy , Shounen

Ookami Official Anthology Comic

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

Tags: Animals , Gods , Mythology , Anthology , Youkai , Calligraphy , Religion

Haneru Kimi wo Tomeru Boku

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance

Riko Makabe and Kohei Kiyotsuka studied calligraphy together as children. At that time, Riko fell in love with Kohei after a playful encounter that awakened her sexual fetish. When they meet again at university, they become lovers, but they are unable to cross the line because of Kohei's insistence for a pure and proper relationship. This is a campus romantic comedy about the push-and-pull between an aggressive girl and her honest younger boyfriend!

Tags: Heterosexual , College , Calligraphy , Seinen

Warui Shodou Buin

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance

Tags: Nudity , School , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Netori , Calligraphy