Parallel (ぱられる) is a Japanese shōnen manga by Toshihiko Kobayashi. It tells the story of two high school students, Shinnosuke Nekota and Sakura Hoshino, who are forced to live together in the same house when their parents become unofficially engaged and leave the country for their work. The manga spans four volumes, comprising a total of 19 chapters as well…
Oi! Tonbo (オーイ! とんぼ, “Hey! Tonbo”) is a Japanese manga series written by Ken Kawasaki and illustrated by Yū Furusawa. It has been serialized in Golf Digest’s golfing magazine Weekly Golf Digest since August 2014. An anime television series adaptation is set to premiere in 2024. Manga Written by Ken Kawasaki and illustrated by Yū Furusawa, Oi! Tonbo started in Golf Digest’s golfing magazine Weekly Golf Digest on August 4, 2014. Golf Digest has…
Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic (マギ, Magi) is a Japanese fantasy adventure manga series written and illustrated by Shinobu Ohtaka. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from June 2009 to October 2017, with its chapters collected in 37 tankōbon volumes. In North America, the manga is licensed for English release by Viz Media. Taking place in a fantasy world that borrows elements from One Thousand and One Nights,…
Lance N’ Masques (Japanese: ランス・アンド・マスクス, Hepburn: Ransu Ando Masukusu) is a Japanese light novel series written by Hideaki Koyasu with illustrations by Shino. Pony Canyon has published the series in nine volumes from 2013 to 2018 under their Poni Can imprint. An anime television series adaptation by Studio Gokumi aired from October 1 to December 17, 2015. Plot The protagonist of the story is Yōtarō Hanabusa, a member…
Velveteen & Mandala (Japanese: べっちんとまんだら, Hepburn: Becchin to Mandara) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Jiro Matsumoto. Originally published as a Japanese-language series starting in 2007, this manga was later compiled into a Japanese-language Tankōbon, and subsequently was published in 2011 as an English-language paperback graphic novel. Plot Velveteen & Mandala takes place in a dystopian Tokyo that is in the midst of a war. The…
Kagome Kagome (かごめかごめ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Toshiki Yui. It was serialized in Shueisha‘s seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump from May 1999 to June 2001, with its chapters collected in three tankōbon volumes. Publication Written and illustrated by Toshiki Yui, Kagome Kagome was serialized in Shueisha‘s seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump from May 20, 1999, to June 19, 2001.[c] Shueisha collected its chapters in three tankōbon volumes, released from February 18, 2002, to September 19, 2001….
Jisatsutō (自殺島, “Suicide Island”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kouji Mori. It was serialized in Hakusensha‘s seinen manga magazine Young Animal from November 2008 to August 2016, with its chapters collected in seventeen tankōbon volumes. A prequel series, titled Muhōtō, was serialized in the same magazine from February 2019 to July 2022, with its chapters collected in six tankōbon volumes. Publication Jisatsutō, written and illustrated by Kouji…
I Saved Too Many Girls and Caused the Apocalypse (俺がヒロインを助けすぎて世界がリトル黙示録!?, Ore ga Hiroin o Tasukesugite Sekai ga Ritoru Apokaripusu!?) is a Japanese light novel series written by Namekojirushi and illustrated by Nao Watanuki, which has been published by Hobby Japan under their HJ Bunko imprint since June 2011. A manga adaptation drawn by Kouji Hasegawa was serialized in Comic Dangan. J-Novel Club has licensed the novels in North…
Hamtaro, known in Japan as Trotting Hamtaro (とっとこハム太郎, Tottoko Hamutarō), is a Japanese manga and storybook series created and illustrated by Ritsuko Kawai about a hamster. The manga was serialized in Shogakukan‘s “Second Grade” magazine in April 1997; more Hamtaro stories would later be added into the other grade-level magazines, as well as in Ciao. The series focuses on a hamster named Hamtaro, who has a variety of adventures…
Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!, often shortened to Manabi Straight!, is a Japanese multimedia project co-developed by the animation studio Ufotable and MediaWorks. The project revolves around a group of high school girls in the year 2035 when the birth rate has dropped dramatically. It launched in August 2004 in MediaWorks’ Dengeki AniMaga magazine, and went on to produce a manga adaptation serialized in MediaWorks’ Dengeki…
Family Complex (Japanese: ファミリー・コンプレックス, Hepburn: Famirī Konpurēkusu) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Mikiyo Tsuda. Family Complex was first serialized in the manga magazine South (a special issue of Wings) published by Shinshokan, with the only bound volume released in May 2000. Although the manga avoids openly image of any LGBT-themed content, it is also known because of the easy parody of yaoi and yuri fanservice. Plot The story centers around Akira Sakamoto, who…
isen Flügel (アイゼンフリューゲル, Aizenfuryūgeru) is a Japanese light novel series written by Gen Urobuchi and illustrated by Higashiguchi Chūō. The series was published in two volumes under Shogakukan‘s Gagaga Bunko light novel imprint from July to December 2009. The series was also adapted into a manga series illustrated by Anno Nanakamado, which was serialized from May 2016 to September 2018. An anime film adaptation produced by A-1 Pictures has been announced….
