Category: Manga
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Barakamon
As a punishment for punching a famous Calligrapher, young handsome Calligrapher Handa Seishu is exiled on a small island. As someone who has never lived outside of a city, Handa has to adapt to the quirks of his closely-knit new wacky neighbors, like the whole town coming to help him move in, unwanted visitors who…
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Sweetness and Lightning
Kōhei Inuzuka is a teacher who has been raising his daughter, Tsumugi, by himself following the death of his wife. Having mostly bought ready-made meals like eki-ben for his daughter since, Kōhei’s encounter with one of his students, Kotori Iida, leads him to take up cooking in order to provide proper meals for Tsumugi. Many…
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Hokkaido Gals are Super Adorable!
Teenager Tsubasa Shiki moves from Tokyo to the city of Kitami in Hokkaido. On arrival he meets his classmate and gal [gyaru] Minami Fuyuki, who takes a liking to the city boy and takes him under her wing. The two grow closer and explore their town and greater Hokkaido together. The anime was announced for…
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Saguri-chan Tankentai
Let’s go exploring with a cute girl!! A landscape painted by the beautiful stroke of a paintbrush can be found anywhere!! An exploration manga filled with comedy that will make you say, “Let’s go there tomorrow!” As a “travel manga” of sorts, it was easy to find pretty much every location in the series. Locations…
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Koku no Hito (The Climber)
The story of Mori Buntaro, loosely based on real-world climber Kato Buntaro. After moving to a new school, Buntaro is challenged by classmates to solo climb his school building, ending in him vaulting an extreme overhang. After being chewed out by a teacher, he keeps seeking higher and higher peaks, throughout Japan and later abroad.…
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Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso
Your Lie in April. Fourteen-year-old piano prodigy Kōsei Arima becomes famous after winning several music competitions. When his mother Saki dies, Kōsei has a breakdown while performing at a piano recital. Two years later, Kōsei has not touched the piano and views the world in monochrome. Kōsei is confronted by Kaori Miyazono, an audacious, free-spirited violinist whose playing…
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Skip to Loafer
Mitsumi Iwakura is a year-one high schooler who moved from a town in the outskirts of Ishikawa Prefecture facing population decline, to a prestigious high school in Tokyo, following the path to her dream of becoming the mayor of her hometown. On the day of her entrance ceremony, she gets caught in the commuter rush…
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Summer Time Rendering
Following the death of his parents, Shinpei Ajiro grew up with the Kofune sisters Ushio and Mio before heading to Tokyo to live alone. Two years later, he returns to his hometown in Wakayama to attend Ushio’s funeral following news of her drowning. However, Shinpei becomes suspicious when he receives news of strangle marks around…
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Maison Ikkoku
Maison Ikkoku is a comedic Rumiko Takahashi manga about a slow burn romance between the serial entrance-test-failing ronin Yusaku Godai and the young widow Otonashi Kyoko, who happens to be the acting landlady of Godai’s apartment. Kyoko’s dog, Soichiro, shares a name with her deceased husband. The comedy is derived from the antics of the…