Zenryaku Milk House (Japanese: 前略・ミルクハウス, “Omission Milk House”) is a Japanese slice of life romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Yumiko Kawahara. The manga was serialized in Shogakukan‘s Bessatsu Shōjo Comic from the March 1983 issue to the May 1986 issue, with a total of 39 chapters. The individual chapters were compiled by Shogakukan under their imprint Flower Comics into ten tankōbon volumes. In 2014, the series was reissued…
Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend, known in Japan as Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata and the short form Saekano, is a Japanese romantic comedy light novel series written by Fumiaki Maruto, with illustrations by Kurehito Misaki. Fujimi Shobo published thirteen volumes between July 2012 and October 2017 under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. The story follows high school student Tomoya Aki, who recruits a trio of…
Nana & Kaoru (Japanese: ナナとカオル, Hepburn: Nana to Kaoru) is a Japanese erotic romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Ryuta Amazume. It was serialized on Hakusensha‘s seinen manga magazine Young Animal Arashi (2008–2009) and Young Animal (2009–2016), with its chapters collected in eighteen tankōbon volumes. Three other manga series have also been released, as well as an original video animation and two live action films. Plot Kaoru Sugimura is a 17-year-old virgin who has an S&M…
Jin (Japanese: JIN-仁-) is a Japanese seinen manga written and illustrated by Motoka Murakami, which was featured on Super Jump during its original run from 2000 to 2010. It was compiled into 20 tankōbon by Shueisha and published between April 4, 2001, and February 4, 2011. The manga series has been adapted into three live-action television drama series: two in Japan in 2009 and 2011; and in South Korea…
Takkoku!!! (タッコク!!!) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsubasa Fukuchi. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s Shōnen Sunday Super from March 2009 to January 2011. Its chapters were collected in six tankōbon volumes. Manga Takkoku!!! is written and illustrated by Tsubasa Fukuchi. The series started as a one-shot in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shōnen Sunday on February 27, 2008, before being serialized as a series in Shōnen Sunday Super from March 25,…
Lady Snowblood (Japanese: 修羅雪姫, Hepburn: Shurayuki-hime) is a Japanese manga series written by Kazuo Koike and illustrated by Kazuo Kamimura. It was serialized in Shueisha‘s Weekly Playboy magazine from February 1972 to March 1973. The series revolves around the title character, a female assassin who seeks vengeance against the bandits who raped her mother and murdered both her father and older brother. Lady Snowblood was translated into English and…
Jihai (JIHAI〜磁海〜, lit. “Magnetic Sea”) is a SF Manga series by Toshimi Nigoshi that was serialized in Comic B’s-LOG magazine (an Enterbrain publication) from April 2006 until January 2008. The series was collected in three tankōbon volumes. The English-language release was licensed by CMX Manga. It was published in English in 2009. Plot In the future, mankind has installed a ring around the Earth to prevent the disasters that…
I Hate You More than Anyone (世界でいちばん大嫌い, Sekai de Ichiban Daikirai, lit. “The World’s Most Detestable”) is a Japanese shōjo manga written and illustrated by Banri Hidaka. Plot summary Akiyoshi Kazuha is the responsible oldest daughter in a large family. She attends an all-girls high school with her best friend Senko and has a crush on her little brother’s kindergarten teacher. During her…
Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill (Japanese: とんでもスキルで異世界放浪メシ, Hepburn: Tondemo Sukiru de Isekai Hōrō Meshi) is a Japanese light novel series written by Ren Eguchi. The series originated on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in January 2016, before being published in print with illustrations by Masa by Overlap beginning in November 2016 under their Overlap Novels imprint. As of December 2022,…
Abashiri Ikka (あばしり一家, known in the United States as The Abashiri Family) is a Japanese manga series created by Go Nagai that originally ran in the magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion. Some of its characters returned with different names as part of other series, such as Cutie Honey, UFO Robot Grendizer and Mazinger Angels Z among others. Some of the first stories were adapted into an original video animation by Studio Pierrot in 1991,…
009-1 is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shotaro Ishinomori. The manga was serialized in the Futabasha publication Weekly Manga Action from 1967 to 1970, then returned briefly in 1974. The story concerns Miléne Hoffman (“Mylene” in the English translation), a female cyborg who works as a secret agent. The Japanese title of the manga was 009ノ1, or “Zero Zero Ku-no-ichi”, a…
Ogami-san Can’t Keep It In (Japanese: 大上さん、だだ漏れです。, Hepburn: Ōgami-san, Dadamore desu.) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yu Yoshidamaru. It was serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from October 2016 to November 2019, with its chapters collected in seven tankōbon volumes. Publication Written and illustrated by Yu Yoshidamaru, Ogami-san Can’t Keep It In was serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from October 25, 2016, to November 25, 2019. Kodansha collected its chapters in seven tankōbon volumes,…
