Ganbare Doukichan (manga/anime)

Ganbare Doukichan (がんばれ同期ちゃん, Ganbare Dōki-chan, transl. “Do Your Best, Douki-chan”) is a collection of illustrations by Japanese artist Yom. The doujinshi manga began serialization online via Yomu’s Twitter account in September 2019. Eleven volumes have been released as of December 2023. A short-form 12-episode original net animation (ONA) adaptation by AtelierPontdarc was released from September to December 2021. Premise The story follows Douki-chan, an office lady who works with Douki-kun….

Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya (manga/anime/video game/film)

Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya (Japanese: Fate/kaleid liner プリズマ☆イリヤ, Hepburn: Feito Kareido Rainā Purizuma Iriya) is a Japanese manga series by Hiroshi Hiroyama (also known as KALMIA), serialized in Kadokawa Shoten‘s Comp Ace magazine from 2007 to 2008. It is an alternate universe spin-off of the Fate/stay night visual novel by Type-Moon, with Illyasviel von Einzbern as the protagonist. Various other characters from Fate/stay night and its sequels and spin-offs also appear. A second manga series…

Dangerous Drugs of Sex (manga/live action)

Dangerous Drugs of Sex (Japanese: 性の劇薬, Hepburn: Sei no Gekiyaku), titled Sei no Gekiyaku: Midara ni Kaihatsu Sareru Karada (性の劇薬~淫らに開発される身体~, lit. “Dangerous Drugs of Sex: The Indecently Developed Body) during serialization, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Mizuta. It was serialized in the digital manga magazine Boys Fan from June to December 2018. A live-action film adaptation was released in theaters on February 14, 2020. Plot Makoto Katsuragi…

Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card (manga/anime/video game)

Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card (Japanese: カードキャプターさくら クリアカード編, Hepburn: Kādokyaputā Sakura Kuria Kādo-hen, lit. “Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card Saga”) is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by the manga group Clamp. It is a sequel to Clamp’s manga Cardcaptor Sakura and focuses on Sakura Kinomoto in junior high school. The manga was serialized in Kodansha‘s Nakayoshi magazine between the July 2016 and January 2024 issues, with the chapters being collected…

Yano-kun no Futsū no Hibi (manga/anime/live action/film)

Yano-kun no Futsū no Hibi (矢野くんの普通の日々, lit.“Mr. Yano’s Ordinary Days”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yui Tamura. It began serialization on Kodansha‘s Comic Days website in June 2021. A live-action film adaptation is set to premiere in Japanese theaters in November 2024. An anime adaptation has been announced. Characters Tsuyoshi Yano (矢野剛, Yano Tsuyoshi) Portrayed by: Yūsei Yagi Kiyoko Yoshida (吉田清子, Yoshida Kiyoko) Portrayed by: Anji Ikehata…

Watashi no Musuko ga Isekai Tensei Shitappoi Full Ver. (manga)

Watashi no Musuko ga Isekai Tensei Shitappoi Full Ver. (私の息子が異世界転生したっぽい フルver., “My Son Seems to Have Gone Reincarnated to Another World. Full Version”) is a Japanese manga series written by Kanemoto and illustrated by Hikari Shibata. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from August 2021 to November 2022, with its chapters collected in five tankōbon volumes. Plot Tomota Dobara is a…

The Villainess and the Demon Knight (novel/manga)

The Villainess and the Demon Knight (悪役令嬢と鬼畜騎士, Akuyaku Reijō to Kichiku Kishi) is a Japanese light novel series written by Nekoda and illustrated by Asahiko. It initially began serialization on the Moonlight Novels female adult section of Shōsetsuka ni Narō in December 2017. It was later acquired by Ichijinsha who began publishing the series under its Ichijinsha Melissa light novel imprint in November 2020….

Peach Boy Riverside (manga/anime)

Peach Boy Riverside (ピーチボーイリバーサイド, Pīchi Bōi Ribāsaido) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Coolkyousinnjya, serialized on Neetsha’s webcomic distribution site Weekly Young VIP since January 2008. The remake version written by Coolkyousinnjya and illustrated by Johanne has been serialized in Kodansha‘s shōnen manga magazine Shōnen Magazine R, as well as the website and app Magazine Pocket, since August 2015 and has been collected in fifteen tankōbon volumes….

Magical Emi, the Magic Star (anime/manga)

Magical Emi, the Magic Star (魔法のスターマジカルエミ, Mahō no Sutā Majikaru Emi) is a magical girl anime series by Studio Pierrot. It was simultaneously released as a manga by Kiyoko Arai. The third magical girl series created by Studio Pierrot, Magical Emi also appears in two feature-length OVAs, as well as the Adesugata Mahou no Sannin Musume and Majokko Club Yoningumi A-Kukan Kara no Alien X OVAs. Plot Mai Kazuki is from a…

I Want to Hold Aono-kun so Badly I Could Die (manga/TV drama)

I Want to Hold Aono-kun so Badly I Could Die (Japanese: 青野くんに触りたいから死にたい, Hepburn: Aono-kun ni Sawaritai kara Shinitai) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Umi Shiina. It has been serialized in Kodansha‘s Monthly Afternoon since December 2016. A live-action television series adaptation aired from March to May 2022 on Wowow. Plot Yūri Kariya is a female high-school student who starts a relationship with…

Again!! (manga/TV drama)

Again!! (Japanese: アゲイン!!, Hepburn: Agein!!) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsurō Kubo. It was serialized in 2011 in Weekly Shōnen Magazine published by Kodansha until reaching its conclusion in 2014. It was adapted into a Japanese television drama series in the summer of 2014. Synopsis Kin’ichirō Imamura, a high school senior, prepares to graduate with no friends and having never participated in extracurricular activities. An accident…

Yellow (manga)

Yellow is a four-volume yaoi manga by Makoto Tateno, published in English by Digital Manga Publishing. It tells the story of two elite drug “snatchers” (couriers), Taki and Goh, mainly about the love and adventures they share together. This manga does not involve a seme-uke relationship that is commonly present in and/or attributed to the genre of yaoi. Instead, both males are represented as equals in…