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…
Nanako SOS (ななこSOS, Nanako Esu-ou-esu) is a seinen manga series created by Hideo Azuma which ran in Popcorn and Just Comic (both published by Kobunsha) from April 1980 to July 1986. The series was adapted into 39-episode anime television series produced by Kokusai Eiga-sha which aired on the Fuji Television network from April 2, 1983 to December 24, 1983. Azuma created additional manga stories which ran in Azuma Magazine from July 2001 to July 2004….
Maestro (マエストロ, Maesutoro) is a Japanese music slice of life seinen manga series written and illustrated by Akira Sasō. It was published by Futabasha, with serialization from 2003 to 2007, first on the manga magazine Manga Action and later on the website Futabasha Web Magazine. It was compiled in three volumes published between 2004 and 2008. It was adapted into a live action drama film titled Maestro!, directed by Shōtarō Kobayashi and released on…
Jingai-san no Yome (人外さんの嫁, lit. “Non-Human Creature’s Wife”) is a Japanese four-panel manga series written by Yu Aikawa and illustrated by Akiwo Yasaka, serialized online via Ichijinsha‘s Zero-Sum Online website since June 2016. It has been collected in twelve tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Saetta premiered from October 2 to December 18, 2018. Plot Tomari Hinowa is a normal high school boy,…
I Love You, My Teacher (Japanese: 先生、好きです。, Hepburn: Sensei, Suki Desu) is a Japanese romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Kouji Miura. It was serialized in Kodansha‘s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from December 2017 to June 2018, before moving to the Magazine Pocket website where it ran from June to August of that same year. Its 33 chapters were collected in four tankōbon volumes. Plot Yūki Higuchi is a teacher…
Fake (フェイク, Feiku) is a seven-volume BL manga by Sanami Matoh. The story focuses in a romance between Randy “Ryo” Maclean and Dee Laytner, two New York City detectives from the fictitious 27th precinct. An anime version of the fifth act (or chapter) from the second manga is also available, in the form of an OVA. Fake was first published as seven volumes by Biblos, but after the company went…
Candy (飴イロ蛮優引力, Ameiro Banyū Inryoku) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Satomi Sugita. It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing which released the manga on 26 August 2008. Reception Rachel Bentham, writing for Active Anime, felt Candy was “explicit without being too graphic and attractive for its tender-hearted characters and bon-vivant tone.” Leroy Douressaux praised the varied character designs and the…
Baby Princess (ベイビー・プリンセス, Beibī Purinsesu) is a series of Japanese illustrated short stories written by Sakurako Kimino with illustrations by Natsuki Mibu and Yuki Kiriga. The stories were a part of a reader participation game in ASCII Media Works‘ Dengeki G’s Magazine where readers could influence the progression of the story. The project was first unveiled in the October 2007 issue of Dengeki G’s Magazine,…
16bit Sensation: Watashi to Minna ga Tsukutta Bishōjo Game (Japanese: 16bitセンセーション 私とみんなが作った美少女ゲーム, Hepburn: Jūroku Bitto Sensēshon Watashi to Minna ga Tsukutta Bishōjo Gēmu, “16bit Sensation: The Bishōjo Game Made by All of You and I”) is a Japanese manga conceptualized by Misato Mitsumi, Tatsuki Amazuyu, and Tamiki Wakaki and illustrated by Wakaki. It was first launched as a dōjinshi at Comic Market in December 2016; Kadokawa Shoten started publishing it in collected tankōbon volumes…
