Pathos is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Mika Sadahiro. It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing, which released the first volume on July 22, 2008, and the second on September 23, 2008. Reception Leroy Douresseaux says of Pathos that “Rarely are vampires as sexy as they are in Pathos“, and favourably compares it to Interview with the Vampire, later describing the…
Ōjōgiwa no Imi o Shire! (往生際の意味を知れ!) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kyo Yoneshiro. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from February 2020 to July 2023, with its chapters collected in eight tankōbon volumes. An eight-episode television drama adaptation was broadcast on MBS from March to April 2023. Media Manga Written and illustrated by Kyo Yoneshiro, Ōjōgiwa no Imi o Shire! was serialized in Shogakukan‘s seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic…
Natsu no Kumo: Spinning Web (ナツノクモ Spinning Web, “Summer Spider: Spinning Web”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rokuro Shinofusa. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s Monthly Ikki from September 2003 to March 2007, with its chapters collected in eight tankōbon volumes. Publication Natsu no Kumo is written and illustrated by Rokuro Shinofusa. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s Monthly Ikki from September 25, 2003 to March…
Magic User’s Club (魔法使いTai!, Mahō Tsukai Tai!) is a magical girl/boy anime created by Triangle Staff and Junichi Sato. It was first released as a six-part OVA in 1996 and then a 13-episode TV series in 1999, which was broadcast by WOWOW, and then by the anime television network Animax across its respective networks worldwide, including Southeast Asia, South Asia and other regions. Produced by Bandai Visual, the series is directed by Sato,…
Last Inning (ラストイニング, Rasutoiningu) is a baseball manga written by Ryu Kamio, supervised by Kiyosi Kato and illustrated by Yu Nakahara. Plot Saitama High School went to the first round of the Koshien 36 years ago. However, after that they did not manage to win any. Keisuke Hatogaya one of the members of the team 23 years after going to the Koshien punched the Umpire for making…
Kajiba no Baka IQ (火事場のバカIQ, “The Fierceness of an Idiot’s IQ“) is a Japanese anthology manga series written and illustrated by Shunji Enomoto. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s seinen manga magazine Monthly Ikki from January 2013 to September 2014, when the magazine ceased its publication, and continued its publication directly in tankōbon format. Shogakukan released three volumes. Publication Written and illustrated by Shunji Enomoto, Kajiba no Baka IQ was serialized in Shogakukan‘s seinen manga magazine Monthly Ikki from January…
Jōkyō Monogatari (上京ものがたり, “Going to Tokyo Story”) is a Japanese autobiographical manga written and illustrated by Rieko Saibara. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 2003 to 2004, with its chapters collected in a single tankōbon volume. A live-action film adaptation premiered in 2013. In 2005, the manga, along with Mainichi Kaasan, won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize‘s Short story Award. Cast Kii Kitano as Natsumi Takahara Fumino Kimura…
I Wanna Do Bad Things with You (Japanese: 君と悪いことがしたい, Hepburn: Kimi to Warui Koto ga Shitai) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yutaka. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from October 2022 to March 2024. Plot Tall and plain high school girl Mamori Wataya has always been a social outcast. One day, she meets and befriends Soushi Fuji, the most…
Hana Yori mo Hana no Gotoku (花よりも花の如く, ‘More Flower-like Than Flowers’) is a manga series written and illustrated by Minako Narita. Plot The story follows Norito Sakakibara, a young man who apprentices as a Noh performer with the aim of eventually becoming a Noh master. Reception Sales Volume 6 has sold 84,443 copies (as of November 17, 2008) Volume 7 has…
Game Center Arashi (ゲームセンターあらし, Gēmu Sentā Arashi) is a Japanese manga by Mitsuru Sugaya, which ran in CoroCoro Comic from 1978 to 1984. It focus on Arashi Ishino, a young gamer whose life revolves around video games. The manga, which is one of the earliest Japanese video game-themed comics, sold over 5 million copies.[1] The series was adapted as a popular anime television show that aired in 1982 in Japan on…
Farming Life in Another World (Japanese: 異世界のんびり農家, Hepburn: Isekai Nonbiri Nōka) is a Japanese light novel series written by Kinosuke Naito and illustrated by Yasumo. It has been published online via the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō since December 2016. It was later acquired by Enterbrain, who has released sixteen volumes since October 2017. A manga adaptation illustrated by Yasuyuki Tsurugi has been serialized in Fujimi…
Electric Hands is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Taishi Zaou, (a boys love and girls love pen-name for Mikiyo Tsuda). It is licensed in French by Asuka, which released the manga in January 2009. It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing, which released the manga on November 18, 2009. It is licensed in Germany by Egmont Manga. Reception Faustine Lillaz, writing for Planete…
