La Blue Girl (淫獣学園 La☆Blue Girl, Injū Gakuen La Blue Girl; roughly “Lewd Beast Academy: The Blue Girl”) is an erotic anime and manga series by Toshio Maeda. Like Maeda’s other hentai series (e.g., Urotsukidōji), La Blue Girl features a large amount of tentacle rape. It departs somewhat from its predecessors, however, by lightening the atmosphere with humor, lightly parodying the “tentacle hentai” genre. An immensely successful series, La…
Nagareboshi Lens (流れ星レンズ, Nagareboshi Renzu; “Shooting Star Lens”) is a Japanese slice of life romance shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Mayu Murata. It began serialization in Shueisha‘s Ribon manga magazine in 2011 and ended on July 3, 2014; a total of 10 volumes were published. An original video animation adaptation was released in 2012. Characters Risa is the main female protagonist who has no experience in love. Once when her best…
The Oblivious Saint Can’t Contain Her Power: Forget My Sister! Turns Out I Was the Real Saint All Along! (Japanese: 無自覚聖女は今日も無意識に力を垂れ流す 今代の聖女は姉ではなく、妹の私だったみたいです, Hepburn: Mujikaku Seijo wa Kyō mo Muishiki ni Chikara wo Tare Nagasu: Imadai no Seijo wa Ane dewa Naku, Imōto no Watashi Datta Mitai desu) is a Japanese light novel series written by Almond and illustrated by Yoshiro Ambe. It…
Pani Poni (Japanese: ぱにぽに), also known by the title of its anime adaptation, Pani Poni Dash! (ぱにぽにだっしゅ!, Pani Poni Dasshu!), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hekiru Hikawa. It uses parody, frequently referencing Japanese and American pop-culture in many ways.[2][3][4] It mainly follows child prodigy Rebecca Miyamoto, an MIT graduate newly hired as a homeroom teacher at Peach Moon Academy, where she deals with the antics…
QQ Sweeper (QQ スイーパーキューキュースイーパー, Kyūkyū Suīpā) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kyousuke Motomi. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s shōjo manga magazine Betsucomi from March 2014 to May 2015. A sequel, titled Queen’s Quality (クイーンズ・クオリティ, Kuīnzu Kuoriti), was serialized in the same magazine from July 2015 to April 2025. Both series are published in North America by Viz Media. Plot Sixteen-year-old Fumi Nishioka is a homeless high school…
Ragna Crimson (Japanese: ラグナクリムゾン, Hepburn: Raguna Kurimuzon) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daiki Kobayashi. It has been serialized in Square Enix‘s Monthly Gangan Joker since March 2017, with its chapters collected in 16 tankōbon volumes as of September 2025. An anime television series adaptation produced by Silver Link aired from October 2023 to March 2024. Plot In a world where dragons (ancient, fearsome creatures) are considered humanity’s…
Sabagebu! -Survival Game Club!- (さばげぶっ!) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hidekichi Matsumoto, began serialization in Kodansha‘s shojo manga magazine Nakayoshi from December 2010. The final chapter was published in the magazine’s January 2017 issue. An anime adaptation by Pierrot+ aired in Japan between July and September 2014. Plot Taking place at Aogiri Academy, the series follows a group of female high school students…
Tactics (stylized as tactics) is a Japanese manga series written as a collaboration between Sakura Kinoshita and Kazuko Higashiyama. It was serialized in Comic Blade Masamune. Kinoshita supplied the character “Kantarou”, and Higashiyama supplied the character “Haruka”. While the manga was previously licensed for released in English in paperback by both ADV Manga and Tokyopop, the manga was only available in English in digital format…
Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru! (Japanese: うちのメイドがウザすぎる!; transl. “Our Maid is Way Too Annoying!”), known as UzaMaid! (ウザメイド!, UzaMeido!) for short, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kanko Nakamura. An anime television series adaptation by Doga Kobo aired between October and December 2018. Plot Tsubame Kamoi, a former JSDF pilot who is attracted to young girls, takes on a job as a maid to look after…
Wakakozake (ワカコ酒; lit. ‘Wakako Sake‘) is a Japanese manga series by Chie Shinkyu. It has been serialized by Tokuma Shoten in the seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Zenon since the September 2011 issue; it is also available on Web Comic Zenyon. The series has twenty-four volumes so far; the first volume was released in May 2013, and the latest release in February 2025. It was adapted into a Japanese television drama by North Stars Pictures…
xxxHolic (stylized as ×××HOLiC; pronounced “Holic”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the manga group Clamp. The series, which crosses over with another Clamp work, Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, revolves around Kimihiro Watanuki, a high school student who is disturbed by his ability to see the supernatural, and Yūko Ichihara, a powerful witch who owns a wish-granting shop. When Watanuki asks Ichihara to…
Yakitate!! Japan (焼きたて!! ジャぱん; ‘Freshly Baked!! Ja-pan’)is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takashi Hashiguchi. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from December 2001 to January 2007, with its chapters collected in 26 tankōbon volumes. A 69-episode anime television series adaptation by Sunrise was broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 2004 to March 2006. In North America, the manga was licensed in English by Viz Media in 2005…
