I Tell C (Japanese: アイテルシー, Hepburn: Aiterushī), stylized as i tell c, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazusa Inaoka. It was serialized in Shueisha‘s Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from February to June 2021, with its chapters collected into three tankōbon volumes. Publication The series is written and illustrated by Kazusa Inaoka. It was serialized in Shueisha‘s Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from February 1 to…
Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story (Japanese: マギアレコード 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ外伝, Hepburn: Magia Rekōdo: Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magika Gaiden) is a Japanese role-playing video game developed by f4samurai for Android and iOS, which was released by Aniplex in Japan on August 22, 2017. A North American version was available from June 2019 to October 2020. The game is a spin-off of the 2011 anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica, and…
Land (Japanese: ランド, Hepburn: Rando) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazumi Yamashita. It was serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Morning from March 2014 to July 2020, with its chapters collected in 11 tankōbon volumes. Publication Written and illustrated by Kazumi Yamashita, Land serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Morning from March 13, 2014, to July 9, 2020. Kodansha collected its chapters in eleven tankōbon volumes, released from October 23, 2014, to September 18, 2020. Reception Land placed 13th on Takarajimasha‘s Kono Manga ga…
I Saw It: The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima: A Survivor’s True Story, titled Ore wa Mita (おれは見た) in Japanese, is a one-shot manga by Keiji Nakazawa that first appeared in 1972 as a 48-page feature in the magazine Monthly Shōnen Jump. The story was later published in a collection of Nakazawa’s short stories by Holp Shuppan. I Saw It is an autobiographical piece following the life of Nakazawa from…
Hana & Hina After School (ハナとヒナは放課後, Hana to Hina wa Hōkago) is a yuri manga (girl’s love comic) written and illustrated by Milk Morinaga, and serialized by Futabasha in the magazine Comic High! until June 2015, and then in Monthly Action. In August 2016, Morinaga announced that she is ending the series in November. The manga is translated and published in English by Seven Seas Entertainment. Plot Hana Hasegawa…
Family! (Japanese: ファミリー!, Hepburn: Famirī!) is a Japanese comedy manga series written and illustrated by Taeko Watanabe, the author of Kaze Hikaru. The story follows the lives of the Andersons, a conventionally dysfunctional family in which the parents are as childish as the children are mature; nevertheless, they manage to live happily together. The manga was serialized in Shogakukan‘s Bessatsu Shōjo Comic magazine from the July 1981 issue to the…
Ekiben Hitoritabi (駅弁ひとり旅, “Train Lunch Solo Journey”) is a seinen manga series by Jun Hayase, serialized in Manga Action. It focuses on the main character, Nakahara Daisuke, as he eats ekiben, bento meals sold at train stations, as he travels around Japan by rail. A 12-episode live-action television series adaptation aired between April 5 and June 21, 2012. Plot Nakahara Daisuke is the owner…
Dakaichi: I’m Being Harassed By the Sexiest Man of the Year (Japanese: 抱かれたい男1位に脅されています。, Hepburn: Dakaretai Otoko Ichi-i ni Odosarete Imasu.) is a Japanese manga series by Hashigo Sakurabi. It is serialized in the yaoi monthly magazine Magazine Be × Boy since July 2013 and has been collected in eight tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by CloverWorks aired from October to December 2018. An anime film adaptation of the manga’s Spain…
Candy Flurry is a Japanese manga series written by Ippon Takegushi and illustrated by Santa Mitarashi. It was serialized in Shueisha‘s Weekly Shōnen Jump from April to September 2021, with its chapters collected into three tankōbon volumes. Premise Described as a “sweets battle-comedy”, the series follows Tsumugi Minase, a “sweets-user” who wields a lollipop weapon thanks to the Toy Toy Candy, a confection…
Yami-ma no Mamiya (闇麻のマミヤ, “Mamiya: Dark Mahjong“) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuyuki Fukumoto. It is a sequel to Fukumoto’s manga Ten, set 20 years later. It has been serialized in Takeshobo‘s Kindai Mahjong since July 2019. Yami-ma no Mamiya features a unique variant of mahjong, called “Yami Mahjong,” or “Darkness Mahjong,” in which point sticks are spent into a bank, called “dark deposits,” in…
Tamagotchi! (たまごっち!) is a 2009 Japanese fantasy slice of life anime series produced by OLM‘s Team Kamei division, officially based on the Tamagotchi digital pet jointly created by Bandai and WiZ. It is directed by Jōji Shimura (Pokémon) and written by Aya Matsui (Boys Over Flowers), with character designs done by Sayuri Ichiishi, Shouji Yasukazu and Miwa Sakai. It officially aired on TV Tokyo and other affiliate stations in Japan from 12…
Saikyō! Toritsu Aoizaka Kōkō Yakyūbu (最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部, lit. “Strongest! Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Motoyuki Tanaka. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s Weekly Shōnen Sunday from January 2005 to April 2010, with its chapters collected in 26 tankōbon volumes. In 2008, the manga won the 32nd Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category. Story Six years ago following a crushing defeat, a…
