La Esperança (エスペランサ, Esuperansa; “Hope”) is a shounen-ai manga series written and illustrated by Chigusa Kawai. It has been published in the United States by Digital Manga Publishing in 2005. Original ran was from November 2000 to 2006. Plot Georges Saphir has spent his whole life trying to be the opposite of what his father was and has worked himself to the bone to become the perfect…
Maburaho (Japanese: まぶらほ) is a Japanese romantic school comedy light novel series written by Toshihiko Tsukiji, illustrated by Eiji Komatsu and serialized in Gekkan Dragon Magazine. The light novel was adapted into a manga illustrated by Miki Miyashita and later developed into a 24 episode anime series produced by J.C.Staff and broadcast by WOWOW in Japan. The series is about the story of Kazuki Shikimori, a second year student of…
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,…
An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess (Japanese: 自称悪役令嬢な婚約者の観察記録。, Hepburn: Jishō Akuyaku Reijō na Konyakusha no Kansatsu Kiroku) is a Japanese light novel series written by Shiki and illustrated by Wan Hachipisu. The series was originally posted as a web novel on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website, before Shiki removed it in March 2017. AlphaPolis later published it as a light novel…
Panic × Panic (Japanese: ぱにっく×ぱにっく, Hepburn: Paniku × Paniku) is a shōjo manga by Mika Kawamura, published in Kodansha’s Nakayoshi and collected into two volumes. It is licensed in English by Del Rey Manga. Reception Matthew Warner of Mania Entertainment felt the first volume was generic, feeling as if he had read the story before, and criticised the second volume for becoming “insultingly stupid”. Rachel Bentham of Active…
Qualia the Purple (紫色のクオリア, Murasakiiro no Qualia) is a yuri science fiction light novel written by Hisamitsu Ueo and illustrated by Shirou Tsunashima. It was first published in Japan by ASCII Media Works under the Dengeki Bunko imprint on July 10, 2009. A manga adaptation, drawn by Tsunashima, was serialized in Dengeki Daioh starting on January 27, 2011, and published in Japan in a total of three tankōbon volumes. Both the novel and…
RahXephon (Japanese: ラーゼフォン, Hepburn: Rāzefon) is a Japanese anime television series created and directed by Yutaka Izubuchi. The series follows 17-year-old Ayato Kamina, his ability to control a mecha known as the RahXephon, and his inner journey to find a place in the world. His life as a student and artist in Tokyo is suddenly interrupted by a mysterious stalker, strange planes invading the city and…
Saber Marionette J (Japanese: セイバーマリオネットJ, Hepburn: Seibā Marionetto Jei) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Studio Junio. aired on TV Tokyo from October 1, 1996, to March 25, 1997. It is the first installment of the Saber Marionette franchise. The show was localized in North America by Ocean Productions and into six other languages by various companies. In between production, Saber Marionette J spun off into other media. A manga…
Tadano Kōgyō Kōkō no Nichijō (只野工業高校の日常; lit. “Daily Lives of Tadano Technical High School”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Chisato Oga. It was originally published as a webcomic on the author’s Twitter account in September 2017. A one-shot was later published in Shueisha‘s seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump in December 2018. It later began serialization in the same magazine in July 2019. Synopsis The series is set…
Uchi no Otōto-domo ga Sumimasen (うちの弟どもがすみません; lit. ‘Sorry About My Younger Brothers!‘) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Ozaki. It began serialization in Shueisha‘s shōjo manga magazine Bessatsu Margaret in January 2020. A live-action film adaptation premiered in Japanese theaters in December 2024. An anime television series adaptation produced by Lay-duce is set to premiere in 2026. Plot After attending high school for a year, Ito Narita has to…
The Valiant Must Fall (Japanese: 勇気あるものより散れ, Hepburn: Yūki Aru Mono Yorichire) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yu Aida. It has been serialized in Hakusensha‘s seinen manga magazine Young Animal since February 2021. Publication Written and illustrated by Yu Aida, The Valiant Must Fall started in Hakusensha‘s seinen manga magazine Young Animal on February 26, 2021. Hakusensha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on August 27, 2021. As of November 28,…
Wake Up, Sleeping Beauty (Japanese: おはよう、いばら姫, Hepburn: Ohayou, Ibarahime; lit. “Good Morning, Thorn Princess”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Megumi Morino. It was serialized in Kodansha‘s shōjo manga magazine Dessert from November 2014 to May 2017. It was published in six tankōbon volumes. Publication The series is written and illustrated by Megumi Morino. It was serialized in Kodansha‘s Dessert from November 22, 2014, to May 24, 2017. Its chapters were…
