Magic of Stella (Japanese: ステラのまほう, Hepburn: Sutera no Mahō) is a Japanese 4-panel manga series by cloba.U, serialized in Houbunsha‘s seinen manga magazine Manga Time Kirara Max from the October 2012 issue to February 2022 issue. It has been collected in ten tankōbon volumes as of December 2021. An anime television series adaptation by Silver Link aired in Japan between October and December 2016. Plot Upon enrolling in high school, Tamaki Honda joins a…
Last Game (Japanese: ラストゲーム, Hepburn: Rasuto Gēmu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinobu Amano. It was serialized in Hakusensha‘s shōjo manga magazine LaLa from July 2011 to June 2016. The series follows Naoto Yanagi and Mikoto Kujō from the time they meet in elementary school until their second year in college, where most of the series takes place. Plot Born into a wealthy family with…
Kaiju No. 8 (Japanese: 怪獣8号, Hepburn: Kaijū 8-gou), also known in English as Monster #8, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoya Matsumoto. It has been serialized for free on Shueisha‘s Shōnen Jump+ application and website since July 2020, with its chapters collected in ten tankōbon volumes as of August 2023. The story follows Kafka Hibino, a man who, after ingesting a kaiju, gains the…
JoJolion (Japanese: ジョジョリオン, Hepburn: Jojorion) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki, and is the eighth part of the larger JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure series. Set in Japan in 2011, it follows Josuke Higashikata, a young man afflicted by retrograde amnesia, in his search to uncover his identity in Morioh Town, a coastal Japanese town affected by the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. However, his digging pulls…
I Think I Turned My Childhood Friend into a Girl, known in Japan as Koisuru (Otome) no Tsukurikata, is an otokonoko romantic comedy manga series by Azusa Banjo, published by Ichijinsha in Comic Pool and in collected tankōbon volumes. It was originally released through Banjo’s Twitter account starting on December 26, 2019, as Osananajimi (♂) o Onnanoko ni Shiteshimatta Hanashi, and was picked up for serialization due to positive reader response….
Hana to Akuma (花と悪魔, lit. “Hana and the Demon”) is a Japanese manga series by Hisamu Oto. It was serialized in the shōjo manga magazine Hana to Yume, which is published by Hakusensha. Plot Fifteen years ago, Vivi, a demon, decided to leave the demon realm and come to the human world. One year after arriving in the human world he found an abandoned baby and…
A Galaxy Next Door (Japanese: おとなりに銀河, Hepburn: Otonari ni Ginga) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gido Amagakure. It has been serialized in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Good! Afternoon since April 2020. A television drama adaptation aired from April to May 2023. An anime television series adaptation by Asahi Production aired from April to June 2023. Characters Ichiro Kuga (久我 一郎, Kuga Ichirō) Voiced by: Taku Yashiro (Japanese); Nazeeh Tarsha (English) Portrayed by: Hayato Sano 23-year-old…
Venus Versus Virus (ヴィーナス ヴァーサス ヴァイアラス, Vīnasu Vāsasu Vaiarasu) is a Japanese manga series created by Atsushi Suzumi which was first serialized on June 27, 2005 in MediaWorks‘ shōnen manga magazine Dengeki Comic Gao!. The manga ended serialization in Dengeki Comic Gao! on February 27, 2008 due to the magazine’s discontinuation, but the manga continued serialization in ASCII Media Works‘ manga magazine Dengeki Daioh between March 21 and July 26, 2008….
Fantastic Children (ファンタジックチルドレン, Fantajikku Chirudoren) is a Japanese anime television series created by Takashi Nakamura and produced by Nippon Animation. It first aired in Japan across TV Tokyo between October 4, 2004 and March 28, 2005, totaling 26 episodes. There was an extended ending special released only on DVD.[citation needed] The series was later translated and dubbed by Animax into English for broadcast across its English-language networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia. It is licensed…
The Elder Sister-like One (Japanese: 姉なるもの, Hepburn: Ane Naru Mono) is a Japanese manga series by Pochi Iida, based on the adult dōjin of the same title. It began serialization in ASCII Media Works‘s seinen manga magazine Dengeki G’s Comic in 2016, before it was moved online to the ComicWalker and Niconico Seiga websites in 2019 after Dengeki G’s Comic ceased publication. It has been collected in six tankōbon volumes. The manga is licensed in North…
Damens Walker (Japanese: だめんず・うぉ～か～, Hepburn: Damenzu Uōkā) is a Japanese manga essay series by Mayumi Kurata. Damens Walker was serialized in the weekly magazine Weekly Spa! from June 14, 2000 to April 2013. The series has inspired two live-action television drama adaptations and a mobile anime series. Synopsis Damens Walker follows the dating life of a woman who is only interested in good-for-nothing men, known as “damens” (だめんず) (a combination of…
Canvas 2: Akane Iro no Palette (Canvas2 〜茜色のパレット〜, lit. Canvas 2 ~Red Colored Palette~), also known as just Canvas 2, is a Japanese visual novel developed by F&C FC01, a brand of F&C, released for Windows on April 23, 2004. The game was later ported to the PlayStation 2 by Kadokawa Shoten, on January 26, 2006. AiCherry produced a DVD Player Game version of Canvas 2 on November 28,…
