Category: Manga
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Densha Otoko
Densha Otoko (literally “Train Man”) is a multi-media narrative which started as a novel before becoming a TV drama, film, and manga series. Yamada Tsuyoshi, a shy otaku who regulars Akihabara, whose life changes after he rescues Saori, a sophisticated woman, from a drunk on a train. The high-class Saori gifts Yamada a set of…
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Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
Childhood friends Arumi and Sasshi are residents of the failing Abenobashi commercial district in the Abeno Ward of Osaka. After an accident, they find themselves transported to an alternate sword and sorcery world. Their attempt to get back to reality finds them traversing a series of nonsensical worlds as they chase a variety of “goblins”.…
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Too Many Losing Heroines
Self-proclaimed “background character” Kazuhiko Nukumizu accidentally witnesses Anna Yanami, a popular girl in his class, being rejected by her childhood friend. Nukumizu later continues getting roped in to helping “losing heroines” – mostly characters embodying archetypes of the childhood friend romance trope – into resolving their romantic conflicts. Nukumizu, Anna, Lemon, and friends are students…
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Himouto! Umaru-chan
People are not always who they appear to be, as is the case with Umaru Doma, the perfect high school girl—that is, until she gets home! Once the front door closes, the real fun begins. When she dons her hamster hoodie, she transforms from a refined, over-achieving student into a lazy, junk food-eating otaku, leaving…
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Ekiben Hitoritabi
A married train otaku and Ekiben enthusiast, Daisuke takes a break from managing his business to experience a grand tour of Japan by rail. Along the ride, he comes to meet a series of travel partners who accompany him for portions of his journey. A fusion of every middle-aged railfan’s dream, a fictionalized travelogue, and…
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From Up On Poppy Hill
Umi Matsuzaki lives in her grandmother’s boarding house at the top of a hill in Yokohama. As a part of her morning routine, she raises some signal flags in honor her naval veteran father. When Umi meets Shun Kazama, a rabble-rousing member of the school’s newspaper club, they decide to clean up the school’s clubhouse,…
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The Ancient Magus Bride
Chise Hatori was a child nobody wanted. At age fifteen she sells herself into slavery, desperate for a home where somebody actually wants her to be there, and is purchased by a mysterious mage with a skull for a head. He whisks Chise off to his home in rural Britain and introduces her to a…
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Monkey Turn
Student athlete Tadano Kenji is crushed by the reality of being too short to chase professional baseball, but his aging coach recommends an alternate path: Japan’s professional hydroplane speedboat racing league called Kyotei, or BOAT RACE. Soon he enrolls in the BOAT RACE training school, where he starts to develop his general racing skills and…
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ReLife
27-year-old Arata Kaizaki, struggling with his stagnant life, is offered a chance to rejuvenate his youth through a mysterious experiment. Under the guise of a high school student, he must navigate the complexities of teenage life and forge new relationships while concealing his true identity. As he interacts with his classmates and confronts his own…