The Tale of the Outcasts (Japanese: ノケモノたちの夜, Hepburn: Nokemono-tachi no Yoru) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Hoshino. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s Weekly Shōnen Sunday from August 2019 to April 2021, with its chapters collected in eight tankōbon volumes. The series is licensed for English release in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. An anime television series adaptation by Ashi Productions aired from January to April 2023….
Saijō no Meii (最上の命医, lit. “The Best Skilled Surgeon”) is a Japanese manga series written by Kenzō Irie and illustrated by Takashi Hashiguchi. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s Weekly Shōnen Sunday from December 2007 to February 2010, with its chapters collected in 11 tankōbon volumes. A sequel, titled Saijō no Meii: The King of Neet, was serialized in the same magazine from March 2010 to April 2014, with…
Rakuen Noise (Japanese: 楽園ノイズ, Hepburn: Rakuen Noizu, “Paradise Noise”) is a Japanese light novel series written by Hikaru Sugii and illustrated by Yū Akinashi. The series is published by ASCII Media Works, under their Dengeki Bunko imprint, since May 2020, with five volumes released as of August 2022. A manga adaptation, illustrated by Akisato Shino, started in Media Factory‘s Monthly Comic Alive in March 2022. Light novel Written by Hikaru Sugii and…
Paradise Kiss, also abbreviated to ParaKiss, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa. It appeared as a serial in Shodensha‘s fashion magazine Zipper [ja], with its chapters collected in five volumes. The series has also been adapted into a 12-episode anime series, produced by Aniplex and Studio Madhouse, and aired in Japan on Fuji TV‘s Noitamina programming block. The comic and the anime have become popular both domestically and…
Ohime-sama Navigation (おひめさまナビゲーション, Ohime-sama Nabigēshon, lit. Princess Navigation), with the subtitles Otogibanashi Uranai (おとぎばなしうらない, lit. Fairy tale divination) and Which Girl do you Trust?, is a reader-participation game in the Japanese bishōjo magazine Dengeki G’s Magazine, published by ASCII Media Works, which ran between the February 2008 and May 2011 issues. The project had been first announced in the two-hundredth issue of Dengeki G’s Magazine released in the October 2007…
Nanana’s Buried Treasure (龍ヶ嬢七々々の埋蔵金, Ryūgajō Nanana no Maizōkin, lit. “Nanana Ryūgajō’s Buried Treasure”) is a Japanese light novel series by Kazuma Ōtorino, with illustrations by Akaringo and Non. Enterbrain has published twelve volumes since January 2012 under their Famitsu Bunko imprint. A spin-off light novel series titled Ikkyū Tensai no Kiwamete Fuhon’i na Meisuiri (壱級天災の極めて不本意な名推理, lit. “Tensai Ikkyū’s Reluctant Deduction”) is also published under Famitsu Bunko, with the…
Maga-Tsuki (まがつき) is a shōnen manga series by Hoshino Taguchi, who got the idea for the story after visiting a shrine. The story follows Yasuke, who is about to confess his love to his childhood friend when he is cursed by accidentally breaking a mirror at his family’s shrine. The curse causes him to be linked to the goddess of misfortune…
Lament of the Lamb (Japanese: 羊の歌、ひつじのうた, Hepburn: Hitsuji no Uta, lit. “Song of the Sheep”), alternatively titled The Lament of a Lamb or Sheep’s Song, is a Japanese horror manga series written and illustrated by Kei Toume. It follows Kazuna, a boy with a mysterious illness which turns out to be vampirism. It was adapted into a live action film in 2002 directed by Junji Hanado, a three-part Drama…
Kagetora is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Segami. It has been licensed in North America by Del Rey and consists of 11 volumes. Plot The story is about a male ninja named Kagetora, whose job is to teach the arts of self-defense and combat to the female heir of a renowned family of skilled martial artists, Yuki….
Jinki: Extend (Japanese: ジンキ・エクステンド, Hepburn: Jinki Ekusutendo) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shirō Tsunashima. The story revolves around two girls who end up piloting giant humanoid robots called “Jinki” (which translates to “man-machine”) and the manipulation behind the scenes that drew them inexorably together in a final battle. It takes place in two parts, in Venezuela during 1988…
I Married My Best Friend To Shut My Parents Up (Japanese: 親がうるさいので後輩(♀)と偽装結婚してみた, Hepburn: Oya ga Urusai node Kōhai (♀) to Gisō Kekkon Shitemita, lit. “I Fake Married My (Female) Kōhai Because of My Annoying Parents”) is a Japanese yuri manga series written and illustrated by Kodama Naoko. The series follows Machi Morimoto, a woman who enters into a same-sex sham marriage with her kōhai (junior). I Married My Best Friend To Shut My…
Hakumei and Mikochi (ハクメイとミコチ, Hakumei to Mikochi) is a Japanese manga series by Takuto Kashiki. It has been serialized since 2011 in Enterbrain‘s seinen manga magazine Fellows!, which was renamed to Harta in 2013. It has been collected in eleven tankōbon volumes. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Lerche aired from January 12 to March 30, 2018. An original video animation was included on the second Blu-ray/DVD volume released on June 27, 2018. Sentai Filmworks licensed the…
