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Hagane no Renkinjutsushi

Also known as Fullmetal Alchemist.

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

Alchemy tore the Elric brothers’ bodies apart. Can their bond make them whole again?
In this world, alchemists are those who study and perform the art of alchemical transmutation—the science of manipulating and transforming matter. They are bounded by the Law of Equivalent Exchange: in order to gain something, one must sacrifice something of equal value.
In an alchemical ritual gone wrong, Edward Elric lost his arm and his leg, and his brother Alphonse became nothing but a soul in a suit of armor. Equipped with mechanical “auto-mail” limbs, Edward becomes a state alchemist, seeking the one thing that can restore his and his brother’s bodies...the legendary Philosopher’s Stone.



Note: Includes 8 extra chapters.

Tags: Alchemy , Conspiracy , Politics , Military , Philosophy , War , Tragedy , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Disability , Travel , Steampunk , Ensemble Cast , Super Power , Magic , Body Horror , Lost Civilization , Chimera , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Shapeshifting , Guns , Gore , Historical , Tsundere , Cars , Heterosexual , Kuudere , Tomboy , Trains

Ajin

Also known as Ajin: Demi-Human.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

High school student Kei Nagai is struck dead in a grisly traffic accident, but immediately revives to learn that he may not be like every other human. Instead, he may be a mysterious almost immortal being granted not only the powers of rejuvination but the abilities to see super-natural beings. Scared, he runs away, and is aided in his escape from society by his friend. Unfortunately for Kei, the manhunt is on and he will soon be caught within a conflict between mankind and others like him as they prepare to fight a new war based on terror.



Notes:
Includes 13 extra chapters.

- Nominated for the 7th annual Manga Taishou Award.
- Nominated for the Readers Award in the 18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
- Nominated for the 38th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards in the Seinen category.
- Nominated for the 40th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2016 in the General category.

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Fugitive , Seinen , Super Power , Terrorism , Crime , Suicide , Gore , Male Protagonist , Conspiracy , Guns , Anti-Hero , Torture , Military , Body Horror , Philosophy , Urban , Police , Revenge , Shapeshifting , Ghost , Bullying , Tragedy , Delinquents , Drugs , Cars , Satire

Sun-Ken Rock

Also known as Sun-Ken Rock.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Ecchi

Delinquent Ken goes to Korea to follow the girl he loves, but somehow, he gets caught up in Korea’s local gang business instead!? And what do you mean he’s the gang’s boss now?



Notes:
- Includes 9 extra chapters.
- Includes the one-shot "Trigun: The Lost Plant"

Tags: Gangs , Seinen , Yakuza , Male Protagonist , Martial Arts , Primarily Male Cast , Nudity , Foreign , Gore , Travel , Tragedy , Mafia , Cars , Swordplay , Food

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Stardust Crusaders

Also known as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3: Stardust Crusaders.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Mystery , Supernatural

In a Japanese jail sits 17-year-old Jotaro Kujo: punk, fighter, delinquent...and possessed by a force beyond his control! Around the world, evil spirits are awakening: "Stands," monstrous invisible creatures which give their bearers incredible powers. To save his mother's life, Jotaro must tame his dark forces and travel around the world to Cairo, Egypt, where a hundred-year-old vampire thirsts for the blood of his family. But the road is long, and an army of evil Stand Users waits to kill JoJo and his friends...



Tags: Super Power , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Primarily Male Cast , Travel , Tragedy , Time Manipulation , Vampire , Ensemble Cast , Urban Fantasy , Body Horror , Delinquents , Desert , Animals , Shapeshifting , Gambling , Cars , Disability , Age Regression , Unrequited Love , Revenge

Banana Fish

Also known as Banana Fish.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama

Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideous secret that drove Ash's older brother mad in Vietnam has suddenly fallen into Papa's insatiably ambitious hands--and it's exactly the wrong time for Eiji Okamura, a pure-hearted young photographer from Japan, to make Ash Lynx's acquaintance...



Tags: Mafia , Tragedy , Gangs , Noir , Drugs , Conspiracy , Primarily Male Cast , Foreign , Crime , Revenge , Criminal Organization , Shoujo , Delinquents , Urban , Male Protagonist , Guns , Primarily Adult Cast , Adoption , Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Politics , Police , Cars , Bisexual

Akumetsu

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological , Thriller

Nagasawa Shiina is just an average 3rd year high school student until her parents' company goes bankrupt. In order to pay the bills, she sells herself into prostitution. At her first job, a mysterious masked man crashes the party... and it's someone she knows.

Akumetsu is the story of Shou, a vigilante that's out trying to straighten the corrupt Japanese Government through terrorism with his "One man, One kill" code of action.

Tags: Crime , Politics , Anti-Hero , Economics , Police , Shounen , Military , Gore , Male Protagonist , School , Tragedy , Cars , Clone

Fechippuru: Bokura no Junsui na Koi

Also known as What I Love About You.

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

Yunoki has not only found himself in bed with a woman he doesn't know, but she insists they're already a couple?! The woman, Kotoka Hatsushima, is a charming, 23-year-old writer...who has one heck of a back fetish, and Yunoki fit the bill! And when she tells Yunoki that it was her hair that sealed the deal for him, he realizes the truth—she knows about his hair fetish, AND she's absolutely right! He's mortified, but Kotoka sees reason—if they float each others' boats and already know about each other's predilictions...why not start a relationship? And Yunoki can't argue with that...thus the back/hair (not to be confused with back hair!) hijinks ensue!



Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.

Tags: Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , 4-koma , Shounen , Heterosexual , Cars , Transgender

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

Sunny

Also known as Sunny.

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

The story of an orphanage, the children who live in it, and the beat-up old Nissan Sunny 1200 which provides them with a means of escape from their boring everyday lives.

Note: Winner of the Best Manga of the Year award at the 2016 Shogakukan Manga Awards.

Tags: Family Life , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Child Cast , Seinen , Estranged Family , Tragedy , Autobiographical , Rural , Adoption , Episodic , Cars , Delinquents , Heterosexual , Baseball , Time Skip

Initial D

Also known as Initial D.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

Only the fearless survive in the white-hot world of street racing, as teams take on dangerous roads in the shadow of Mt. Akina. Behind the wheel of the mysterious "Ghost of Akina" is Takumi, on his way to becoming the greatest racer ever.



Note: the chapter count includes 6 extra chapters published in volumes 2, 3, 30, 33, 39 and 48.

Tags: Cars , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , School , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Heterosexual , Nudity , Rural

MURCIÉLAGO

Also known as MURCIÉLAGO.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

Mass murderers may not have much by way of career skills, but Kuroko Koumori seems to have landed her dream job as a hitwoman for the Tokyo police! A license to kill other killers? That's some serious job satisfaction, right there!



Included one-shot:
Volume 1: Pilot film of Murciélago

Tags: Gore , Anti-Hero , Female Protagonist , Nudity , Police , Yuri , Primarily Female Cast , Detective , Large Breasts , Guns , Assassins , Drugs , Primarily Adult Cast , Body Horror , Seinen , Female Harem , LGBTQ+ Themes , Age Gap , Cult , Cars , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Dissociative Identities , Gender Bending , Cunnilingus , Scissoring , Sex Toys

Emma

Also known as Emma.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Calling upon his former governess, William Jones, gentleman, is startled when his knock is answered by an uncommonly beautiful servant, the soft-spoken Emma. Throughout his visit, William's eyes drift to the maid whenever she enters the room, and he contrives to meet Emma socially as she goes about her errands. But London society is a web of strict codes and divisions. For the son of a wealthy merchant, seeking out a working-class girl is simply not done! William's father plans for his son to marry into the peerage and elevate the Jones family to greater heights, but although William says and does what is expected of him, he longs only for Emma's company...



Tags: Foreign , Historical , Maids , Work , Educational , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Adoption , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Ojou-sama , Orphan , Travel , Time Skip , Butler , Teacher , Nudity , Cars , Trains , Ships

Ben Jian Xian Jue Bu Chi Ruan Fan

Also known as Sword King In A Women's World.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Ecchi , Fantasy , Romance , Supernatural

After rebirth, how can this sexy smoking girl told me to be her toy-boy? I'm a master in cultivation! How can I succumb to this world of women? Look at how I fight my own way in this world of women!



Tags: Female Harem , Cultivation , Martial Arts , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Full Color , Urban , Wuxia , Nudity , School , Heterosexual , Swordplay , Gore , Basketball , Guns , Reincarnation , Drugs , Crossdressing , Transgender , Cars , Love Triangle , Revenge , Marriage , Dragons , Arranged Marriage , Assassins , Time Skip , Military , Tsundere

Dr. Slump

Also known as Dr. Slump.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

Basking in the glow of his scientific achievement, Senbei scrambles to get Arale in working order so the rest of Penguin Village won't have reason to suspect she's not really a girl. But first Senbei needs to find her a pair of glasses and some clothes...



Tags: Shounen , Chibi , Slapstick , Surreal Comedy , Urban Fantasy , Meta , Family Life , Parody , Super Power , Time Manipulation , Robots , Space , Tokusatsu , Real Robot , Aliens , Travel , Anthropomorphism , Motorcycles , Cars , Urban

Naneun Amy-reul Saranghae

Also known as I Love Amy.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Bibi is a bubbly girl who's deeply obsessed with Peter, the cutest boy at her high school. So when she sees a random girl talking to him, Bibi invites her to a sleepover with malicious intent... only to have a surprisingly nice time! That's how she makes friends with Amy, a shy and sweet girl who agrees to help Bibi get with Peter. But as they cook up all sorts of love schemes to win Peter over, Amy's place in Bibi's heart grows bigger and bigger by the day...



Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , Female Protagonist , Full Color , Yandere , Cars , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Foreign , Rehabilitation , Tragedy , Bullying , Bisexual , Orphan , Unrequited Love , Marriage

Gunsmith Cats

Also known as Gunsmith Cats.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama

Meet Rally and Mini-May, two of the most fun-loving, well-armed, bounty-hunting women in Chicago! Whether they're chasing bail jumpers or fending off the Mob, you can bet on a healthy supply of guns, bombs, car chases, and more guns!

Rally is assigned to track down a bail-jumping informant whose testimony could severely damage the Mob. Unfortunately, the Mob is onto him, and the meanest, toughest bad-girl hitwoman in the Windy City is all too willing to "ventilate" our heroines to get to the stool pigeon!



Tags: Guns , Cars , Police , Crime , Female Protagonist , Gangs , Mafia , Seinen , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast , Nudity , Drugs , Memory Manipulation , Foreign , Age Gap , Amnesia , Bisexual

Yoru ni naru to Boku wa

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

Eight years ago, Mochizuki Saya was raped and murdered by three juvenile delinquents. Protected under the Juvenile Act, the delinquents have been allowed to re-enter society... but Mochizuki Wakaru, Saya's younger brother, hasn't forgotten their crime and wishes for their punishment.

Not long after his sister's death anniversary, he decides to look for those responsible, however, he is run over with a bike by one of the delinquents and hospitalized. While at the hospital, he awakes the ability to interact with other people's dreams and discovers that these interactions bring real-life effects. Knowing that his ability allows him to do a "perfect crime," he vows to avenge his sister... when night falls.

Tags: Revenge , Male Protagonist , Detective , Crime , Police , Urban , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , Super Power , Tragedy , Cars , Torture , Crossdressing , Gambling , Mahjong

Aa! Megami-sama!

Also known as Oh My Goddess!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Supernatural

Alone in his dorm on a Saturday night, Nekomi Tech’s Keiichi Morisato dials a wrong number that will change his life forever—reaching the Goddess Technical Help Line. Granted one wish by the charming young goddess Belldandy—a wish for anything in the world—Keiichi wishes she would stay with him always! Complications are bound to ensue from this; the immediate first being the new couple getting tossed out of the dorm—it’s males only!

As the hapless student and his mysterious “foreign beauty” ride around looking for a new place to stay—risking the different dangers of seeking shelter with an otaku convinced Belldandy is an imaginary woman, and a Zen priest convinced she’s a sinister witch—Keiichi’s still got his classes on Monday morning! How is his new “exchange student” companion going to be received on the N.I.T. campus? A little too well for normal life to ever return...



Note: Won the Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga in 2009.

Tags: Gods , Seinen , Magic , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual , Motorcycles , Demons , Female Harem , College , Cars , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Alchemy , Robots , Coming of Age

MF Ghost

Also known as MF Ghost.

Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi , Sports

In a near future where cars have mostly switched over to sustainable power, combustion engine racing is a rarity. The MFG is the last major race for this dying breed, and half-Japanese Kanata Rivington has come back to try his luck. But that's not all he's come to Japan to do...he's searching for his father, too. Can even the ambitious Kanata accomplish all he's set out to do?



Tags: Cars , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast , Rural , Love Triangle , Primarily Male Cast , Female Harem

Change the World: Kyou Kara Satsujinki

Also known as CHANGE THE WORLD -BLOODTHIRSTY KILLER FROM TODAY-.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

Saito Yuichi, a self-proclaimed social reject, has accidentally switched bodies with an elite police officer, Mitsumune Sakutaro! He still has his consciousness, but his body is completely different. Now with a whole new life ahead of him, he thought he could enjoy being an elite detective. But it seems that his new body is hiding a few important secrets!



Tags: Body Swapping , Police , Revenge , Suicide , Male Protagonist , Detective , Cult , Guns , Gore , Crime , Seinen , Assassins , Cars , Yakuza ,