.hack//Legend of the Twilight (.hack//黄昏の腕輪伝説, Tasogare no Udewa Densetsu; lit. “.hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet”) is a science fiction manga series written by Tatsuya Hamazaki and drawn by Rei Izumi. The twenty-two chapters of .hack//Legend of the Twilight appeared as a serial in the Japanese magazine Comptiq and published in three tankōbon by Kadokawa Shoten from July 2002 to April 2004. Set in a fictional MMORPG, The World, the series focuses on…
The Fable (Japanese: ザ・ファブル, Hepburn: Za Faburu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Katsuhisa Minami. It was serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from November 2014 to November 2019, with its chapters collected in 22 tankōbon volumes. A sequel series, titled The Fable: The Second Contact, ran in Weekly Young Magazine from July 2021 to July 2023. A third series, titled The Fable: The Third Secret, began serialization in…
A-Do (Japanese: 亜童, Hepburn: Adō) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jaku Amano. It began serialization in Kodansha‘s Monthly Young Magazine in May 2019, and has been compiled into eleven volumes as of July 2025. Plot The series takes place in a futuristic Japan where, following immigration reforms 25 years prior, tensions are rising between the local population and immigrants. Riko Saeki…
The Yagyu Ninja Scrolls (Japanese: Y十Mワイ じゅう エム ～柳生忍法帖～, Hepburn: Y- Jyu -M – Yagyū Ninpōchō) is a Japanese manga series by Masaki Segawa, an adaptation of a novel Yagyū Ninpōchō by Futaro Yamada. It was serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from May 2005 to June 2008, with its chapters collected in eleven tankōbon volumes. Like the author’s previous title Basilisk, The Yagyu Ninja Scrolls is based on a novel from Yamada’s Ninpōchō series and can…
Vagabond (Japanese: バガボンド, Hepburn: Bagabondo) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takehiko Inoue. It portrays a fictionalized account of the life of Japanese swordsman Musashi Miyamoto, based on Eiji Yoshikawa‘s novel Musashi. It has been serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Morning since September 1998, with its chapters collected in 37 tankōbon volumes by July 2014. Viz Media licensed the series for English release in North America and has published the 37 volumes…
Ubunchu! (うぶんちゅ！) is a comedy manga serialized in ASCII Media Works‘ Weekly ASCII and Ubuntu Magazine Japan between May 2008 and June 2013. Its name is a play on words combining the Linux distribution Ubuntu and a Japanese onomatopoeia for a kiss, chu (ちゅ). Plot The story follows the activities of the three members of the Ichinomiya Prefectural High School’s system administration club (part of the wider IT club)….
Taboo Charming Mother (Japanese: 艶母, Hepburn: Enbo; lit. ‘Charming Mother‘), also known as Erotic Heart Mother, is a hentai manga series written and illustrated by Tsuzuru Miyabi and published by Tsukasa Shobō between 1998 and 1999. It was later adapted into a six-episode original video animation (OVA) series produced by Milky between 2003 and 2005. The anime series was licensed in the US by JapanAnime. Plot Misako Amamiya is a young and beautiful housewife…
Q-Ko-chan: The Earth Invader Girl (QコちゃんTHE地球侵略少女, Kyūko-chan: The Chikyū Shinryaku Shōjo) is a manga series by Hajime Ueda. The two-volume series has been released in the United States by Del Rey Manga. Characters Pilots Kirio Muji: The kind of guy who just drifts through life not turning his head in either direction. He doesn’t like his sister much, for unknown reasons. Kirio also two…
Obake no Q-Tarō (Japanese: オバケのQ太郎, Hepburn: Obake no Kyū-Tarō) is a Japanese manga series by Fujiko Fujio about the titular obake, Q-Taro, who lives with the Ōhara family. Q-Tarō, also known as “Q-chan” or “Oba-Q”, is a mischief-maker who likes to fly around scaring people and stealing food, though he is deathly afraid of dogs. The story is usually focused on the antics of Q-Tarō and…
M×0 (エム×ゼロ, Emu × Zero) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasuhiro Kanō. It was serialized in Shueisha‘s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from May 2006 to May 2008, with its chapters collected in ten tankōbon volumes. It tells the story about a school that teaches students how to do magic and the crazy antics of a normal boy who was admitted under special circumstances….
L DK, stylized as L♥DK, is a shōjo manga by Ayu Watanabe, serialized in the Japanese manga magazine Bessatsu Friend since 2009; it has been adapted into a live-action film that was released in 2014. The story tells about the relationship between a high school girl, Aoi Nishimori, and the school prince, Shūsei Kugayama, when they come to share a small apartment. The series volumes have appeared…
I (Japanese: アイ, Hepburn: Ai) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mikio Igarashi. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s Monthly Ikki from June 2010 to June 2013, with its chapters collected in three wideban volumes. Publication I is written and illustrated by Mikio Igarashi. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s Monthly Ikki from June 25, 2010, to June 25, 2013. Shogakukan collected its chapters in three wideban volumes, released from July 29, 2011, to August 30,…
