I Married My Best Friend To Shut My Parents Up (Japanese: 親がうるさいので後輩(♀)と偽装結婚してみた, Hepburn: Oya ga Urusai node Kōhai (♀) to Gisō Kekkon Shitemita, lit. “I Fake Married My (Female) Kōhai Because of My Annoying Parents”) is a Japanese yuri manga series written and illustrated by Kodama Naoko. The series follows Machi Morimoto, a woman who enters into a same-sex sham marriage with her kōhai (junior). I Married My Best Friend To Shut My…
Gakuen Alice (Japanese: 学園アリス, Hepburn: Gakuen Arisu), also known as Alice Academy or Alice School, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tachibana Higuchi, serialized in the shōjo manga magazine Hana to Yume from issue 19 of 2002 to issue 14 of 2013. It was adapted into an anime series produced by Aniplex and Group TAC which originally premiered on NHK BS-2. It spanned twenty-six episodes that aired between October 30, 2004 and May 14,…
Fake Fur (Japanese: フェイクファー, Hepburn: Feiku Fā) is a manga by Satomi Yamagata. It is licensed in English by Digital Manga Publishing, which published Fake Fur in April 2007. A prequel volume, Manic Love (感情回路, Kanjō Kairo), was published by DMP in September 2007. Plot The first story in Fake Fur concerns a schoolboy, Yamashita who learns he is gay, and falls in love with his straight classmate Kubo, who moves…
Accomplishments of the Duke’s Daughter (公爵令嬢の嗜み, Kōshaku Reijō no Tashinami) is a Japanese isekai light novel series written by Reia, featuring artwork by Futaba Hazuki. The series was initially self-published on Shōsetsuka ni Narō starting on February 7, 2015 and Fujimi Shobo began publishing a light novel version in November of the same year. The web novelization ended on September 3, 2017 and the final…
20th Century Boys (Japanese: 20世紀少年, Hepburn: Nijusseiki Shōnen) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoki Urasawa. It was originally serialized in Shogakukan‘s seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 1999 to 2006, with the 249 chapters published into 22 tankōbon volumes. A 16 chapter continuation, titled 21st Century Boys (21世紀少年, Nijūisseiki Shōnen), ran in the same magazine from 2006 to 2007 and was gathered into two tankōbon volumes. It tells the story of…
Wandering Son (Japanese: 放浪息子, Hepburn: Hōrō Musuko) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takako Shimura. It was originally serialized in Comic Beam from the December 2002 to August 2013 issue, and published in 15 tankōbon volumes by Enterbrain from July 2003 to August 2013. The series is licensed in English by Fantagraphics Books, which released the first volume in North America in July 2011. A 12-episode anime adaptation produced…
Vandread (Japanese: ヴァンドレッド, Hepburn: Vandoreddo) is a Japanese anime television series directed by Takeshi Mori and producted by Gonzo. The series is composed by two seasons consisting of 13 episodes each; Vandread, broadcast from October to December 2000, and Vandread: The Second Stage, broadcast from October 2001 to January 2002. The series was also adapted into a manga and light novel series. Plot Further information: List of Vandread characters The male-only planet…
Ultra Maniac (ウルトラマニアック, Urutora Maniakku) is a manga series written by Wataru Yoshizumi. The romantic comedy series features 8th grader Ayu Tateishi, a tennis club member, and her transfer student friend, Nina Sakura, who is actually a trainee witch from the magical kingdom. It premiered in Shueisha‘s Ribon manga magazine in February 2001 and ran until January 2004. It was also published in five collected volumes by Shueisha. Viz Media licensed…
The Tale of Genji (あさきゆめみし, Asakiyumemishi) is a Japanese manga version of Murasaki Shikibu‘s The Tale of Genji by Waki Yamato. It follows nearly the same plot with some modern adaptation. It was originally published from 1979 to 1993 in the manga magazine Mimi, which Yamato had worked for already in the years before. It spanned thirteen volumes and was published by Kodansha. The series was…
Saigo no Yūransen (最後の遊覧船, lit. “The Last Pleasure Boat”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinichi Sugimura. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s seinen manga magazine Big Comic Superior from January to August 2020, with its chapters collected in two tankōbon volumes. Publication Saigo no Yūransen, written and illustrated by Shinichi Sugimura, was serialized in Shogakukan‘s seinen manga magazine Big Comic Superior from January 10 to August 28, 2020. Shogakukan collected its chapters in two tankōbon volumes, released…
Para Para Days (Japanese: パラパラデイズ, Hepburn: Para Para Deizu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yumi Unita. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s seinen manga magazine Monthly Big Comic Spirits from October 2014 to February 2021. Publication Written and illustrated by Yumi Unita, Para Para Days was serialized in Shogakukan‘s seinen manga magazine Monthly Big Comic Spirits from October 27, 2014, to February 26, 2021. Shogakukan collected its chapters in three tankōbon volumes, released from May 12, 2017, to…
Ohikkoshi (おひっこし) is a Japanese manga anthology of Hiroaki Samura‘s romantic comedy works published in English by Dark Horse Manga. It collects the five-part series “Ohikkoshi” along with the one-shots “Luncheon of Tears Diary (Vagabond Shōjo Manga-Ka)” and “Kyoto Super Barhopping Journal (Bloodbath at Midorogaike)”. External links[edit] The Comics Journal review[dead link] Ohikkoshi (manga) at Anime News Network‘s encyclopedia Ohikkoshi The cover of Ohikkoshi おひっこし Genre…
