Zange Meshi (ざんげ飯) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hatsumi Kodama. It was first irregularly published in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Morning from May 2020 to July 2021, and has also been published on the online platform Comic Days since May 2020. Publication Written and illustrated by Hatsumi Kodama, Zange Meshi started its irregular serialization in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Morning on May 7, 2020; the series started publication on the Comic Days online platform…
Yakushiji Ryōko no Kaiki Jikenbo (Japanese: 薬師寺涼子の怪奇事件簿, lit. “Ryōko Yakushiji’s Strange Case Files”), known in English as Ryoko’s Case File, is a Japanese light novel written by Yoshiki Tanaka and illustrated by Narumi Kakinouchi. It was adapted into manga and an anime television series, two Drama CDs had also been released prior to the anime adaptation with different voice actors. Plot The series is centered on an elite police…
Wakaba Girl (わかば＊ガール, Wakaba Gāru) is a Japanese four-panel manga series written and illustrated by Yui Hara and published by Houbunsha. An anime television series adaptation by Nexus aired in Japan between July and September 2015. Plot Wakaba Kohashi is a “a slightly out-of-tune super” daughter of a well-to-do family. She looks like an elegant rich daughter, but admires the trendy “gyaru” fashion subculture. Her friends…
Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru! (Japanese: うちのメイドがウザすぎる!, transl. “Our Maid is Way Too Annoying!”), known as UzaMaid! (ウザメイド!, UzaMeido!) for short, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kanko Nakamura. An anime television series adaptation by Doga Kobo aired between October and December 2018. Plot Tsubame Kamoi, a former JSDF pilot who is attracted to young girls, takes on a job as a maid to look after…
Tail of the Moon (月のしっぽ, Tsuki no Shippo) is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Rinko Ueda. The series began serialization in Margaret magazine in 2002 and ran until 2007. The individual chapters have been collected into fifteen tankōbon volumes by Shueisha; the first on March 25, 2003 and the last on August 24, 2007. The series has been licensed by Viz Media for an English-language North American…
S.S. Astro (教艦ASTRO, Kyōkan ASTRO, lit. Teach-Warship Astro) is a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga by Negi Banno about the lives of female teachers within a school at which they teach. The “Astro” in the title is actually an acronym abbreviating “Asahio Sogo Teacher’s ROom”, alluding to the school’s name Asahio Sogo. The original title, Kyōkan Astro, plays on the fact that kyōkan (教官) is ‘instructor’ in Japanese, but the…
Pani Poni (Japanese: ぱにぽに), also known by the title of its anime adaptation, Pani Poni Dash! (ぱにぽにだっしゅ!, Pani Poni Dasshu!), is a Japanese manga series by Hekiru Hikawa that uses parody, frequently referencing Japanese and American pop-culture in many ways. It features several first year students and their teachers in a school in Japan, though the main focus is on class 1-C. The manga was serialized…
Nagasarete Airantō (Japanese: ながされて藍蘭島, Hepburn: Nagasarete Airantō, lit. “Cast Away… Airan Island”) is a Japanese harem manga series by Takeshi Fujishiro. It was first serialized in Square Enix‘s Monthly Shōnen Gangan magazine in January 2002, and a few years later expanded into a multimedia franchise including drama CDs, light novels, and a 26-episode anime adaptation by Studio Feel that aired in Japan between April 4 and September 26, 2007. From the same author,…
The Kabocha Wine (Theかぼちゃワイン, The Kabocha Wain, trans. The Pumpkin Wine) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsuru Miura. It was serialized in Kodansha‘s Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1981 to 1984. The Kabocha Wine received the 1983 Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category. The sequel to the manga, The Kabocha Wine – Sequel (The かぼちゃワイン sequel, lit. “The Pumpkin Wine – Sequel”) is a one-shot manga published by Seirindo on…
I Couldn’t Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job. (勇者になれなかった俺はしぶしぶ就職を決意しました。, Yūsha ni Narenakatta Ore wa Shibushibu Shūshoku o Ketsui Shimashita.), also known in its short form as Yu-Shibu, is a Japanese light novel series written by Jun Sakyou and illustrated by Masaki Inuzumi. The series was awarded Gold in the 23rd Fantasia Awards. An anime adaptation by Asread aired…
Hades Project Zeorymer, known in Japan as Project Zeorymer (冥王計画ゼオライマー, Purojekuto Zeoraimā), is a Japanese manga series by Yoshiki Takaya, written under the pen name Chimi Moriwo, and published in the adult manga magazine Lemon People from October 1983 to November 1984. A three-part finale was serialized in Monthly Comic Ryū in 2007. A four-episode OVA adaptation by AIC tones down the explicit sexual content and deviates entirely from the manga…
Failed Princesses (Japanese: できそこないの姫君たち, Hepburn: Dekisokonai no Himegimi-tachi) is a Japanese yuri manga written and illustrated by Ajiichi. It was serialized on Takeshobo‘s Manga Life Storia Dash website between 2018 and 2021, and collected into six bound volumes. The series was licensed for an English-language release by Seven Seas Entertainment in 2019. Plot Fujishiro Nanaki concentrates on being pretty, and is annoyed by others like Kurokawa Kanade who she considers…
