One day, Miwa's little brother came home late from playing by the Tama River with one of his friends and an adult man. He convinced Miwa to come meet the man, claiming he looked like Johnny Depp. Miwa and her friend Aya come to meet him after school and discover that was a total lie.
However, Miwa finds herself drawn to the goofy young man, whose name is Haruo. To Aya's annoyance, Miwa develops a major crush on him and talks about him constantly. But could anything come of this crush, since Miwa is a first year high school student and Haruo is an adult? Miwa starts to get to know Haruo, meeting him day after day, there by the Tama River.
School of Water Business; The School of Water Business; Toritsu Mizusho; 都立水商!
Comedy, Ecchi, Mature, Romance, School Life, Seinen
27
1
2
May 15, 2024
from mangaupdates.com
Mizushoubai (water business) is the term for Japan's night life activities, such as fuuzoku (similar to prostitution but none of the illegal bits), hosting and managing (entertaining at bars), and kyabakura (night clubs).
Recently, it was decided that a high school should be founded to educate the youth in these area where they'd previously had no such guidance: the School of Water Business, "Mizushou", located in Tokyo's Shinjuku ward.
The story is from the perspective of a teacher, Tanabe Keisuke, who was transferred there to help teach that school's first generation of students.
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Toritsu Mizushou first appeared as a light novel by Hikaru Morozumi. The manga series doesn't seem to share very much with the novel other than the setting, so in a way you might call it an authorized doujin.
Shinobu Inokuma's series before this was Salad Days, and you can find similar character designs there. One character in Salad Days is cloned into an entire baseball team in Mizushou. But unlike Salad Days, Mizushou is much more focused on major characters, and story arcs tend to become longer as the series goes on.
All in all, great comedy and good soap opera. Explicit sexual content has been surprisingly rare, more or less equivalent to Kenichi Sonada's Gunsmith Cats or Cannon God Exaxxion.
Inokuma has a web site, "The Garden Plot" at http://saladplanning.pro.tok2.com/main.html
From Furinkazan:
If you like +anima and are over 18, this manga is for you. X-gene is about a few chosen people, whose DNA contains genes from certain unique animals that can turn them into that animal and receive its attributes. What makes this game even more deadly is that they can kill and consume other X-genes?(as they are referred as in the manga) powers and use it for themselves. But they need to hurry, for only one can enter the ark.
Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Seinen, Tragedy
34
1
0
May 15, 2024
From Entropy:
Seriu meets Yae, an older woman in the photography club, who’s also a celebrity at her university known for her free-spirited speech and mannerisms—especially her magnificent travels from man to man! What’s intriguing, though, is their relationship. Frustrated and formerly part of the tennis club, Seriu thinks that his girlfriend is just a bit of heavy baggage, but he unexpectedly gets off to a good start with her! Even though they hurt each other with their honest confessions, they grow with each other. Yasashii Watashi is essentially a compassionate romantic drama set in a university setting.
A wildly imaginitive trek into the deepest realms of human beliefs and the mysteries of the universe. Daisuke Igarashi's amazing pen can recreate anything he can imagine on paper, resulting in beautifully chaotic, maddeningly detailed scrawls of pure wonder. You must read this manga. A true celebration of the human imagination. -Bakaupdates
Young Shima Kōsaku; Yangu Shima Kōsaku; ヤング島耕作; Young Shima Kousaku
Comedy, Drama, Seinen, Slice of Life
31
1
3
May 15, 2024
One chapter in the saga of Shima Kousaku, salaryman at Hatsushiba Electric.
In this part of the series, Kousaku has just started working at a branch office for the company doing an unexpected amount of menial labor when a chance meeting with the company president leads to his dearest wish being granted as he is transferred to the central office. Not all is well there, though, as he becomes involved in the complicated affairs of his colleagues, whether in business or in romance. In spite of everything, however, he retains his faith in the company and an unflappable optimism.
Contains 4 short stories: Under Execution, Under Jailbreak - A man in jail and his attempts to break out of his cell. Dolce and His Master (2 chapters) - A man and his cat are stranded on a small sinking ship. Their supplies of food and water are dangerously low - almost non-existent. Who will go over the edge first? And who will emerge victorious in the frenzied battle that follows? Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - At a Confessional, Kishibe Rohan listens to the life story of a rich and successful man. Deadman's Questions (3 chapters) - A man (or it is a ghost?) wanders around town struggling to accomplish his mission.
Comedy, Drama, Ecchi, Harem, Romance, School Life, Seinen, Sports
32
1
6
May 15, 2024
Meet Shina Uonome. He's your average 17 year-old guy with sexual needs. On the ride home he eyes a beautiful girl fishing by a rocky bay . This image stays with him even when he transfers to a new school. But little did he know that avaricious beauty is the one to "Shang hai" him into his adventure with the less then popular "fishing club."
―Psychedelic witch story; Netsutai no Citron; Nettai no Citron; 熱帯のシトロン
Drama, Fantasy, Mature, Seinen
49
1
2
May 15, 2024
[From Omanga]:
A coming-of-age story from Jiro Matsumoto (the author of Freesia) about a young, aspiring photographer named Soma. He's going nowhere, stuck in a mire of sex and drugs, until a horrible end to a one night stand sets him on a path that changes his life forever.
WARNING: Mature content. Do not be surprised if you come across disturbing imagery.
Gaku - Minna no Yama; がく; 岳 みんなの山; Vertical; Peak - Everyone's Mountain
Drama, Seinen, Slice of Life, Sports
28
1
2
May 15, 2024
Shimazaki Sanpo loves mountains. He loves them so much he calls himself a mountain-man and lives in the alpines, lending his hand as a volunteer in a rescue team, finding people, dead or alive, in the Japanese alpines. The alpines can be a beautiful place, but it's also a dangerous, dangerous place.
Gaku: Minna no Yama received the 2008 Manga Taisho ("Cartoon Grand Prize") and the 2009 Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga.
He's from an impresive clan. His bloodline is impressive but he's not. Having been thrown out of his home, Ryosonuke lives as a sort of tradesman. After recieving a vampire doll from his sempai his spilt blood wakes it up and with the death of his sempai he also aquires a meat eating girl. The two girls help Ryosonuke to control the monster that lurks in his blood as different individuals come after him for various reasons.
Is this a dream? Reality? Or maybe something else...?
Every night, a mysterious man who styles himself Peter Pan sneaks up in Manami's room. He takes her with him to Neverland, an eerie place created out of human desire. Neither pain nor obligation exist in this place. A fairytale land of freedom, where people live governed only by their own instincts. There, all of reality's troubles and unpleasantness may be forgotten. However... being human may not be quite as bad as it sounds.
Summary By WolfXenos
The 18 year old Mitsuru Yaegashi arrives in Tokyo planning to become a professional Illustrator. While searching for cheap apartments he suddenly gets wrapped up in in the Town Renewal Project, becoming part of the Fight Town. He fights his first fight against a boxer to defend the boxers grandmother and prove him wrong. After becoming part of fight town he wants to leave but after registering there is a penalty fine and he'll be charged by the police for the fight!
The story takes place in a world that resembles 19th century Europe. When a carnival comes to town one day, Ray, the son of a bar owner, meets a girl with wings. The girl's name is Vendemiaire. She was given life by her Creator and tells Ray that she is not human.
This is a series of short stories showing the kindness and cruelty of mankind. You can enjoy pictures drawn with a fine touch alongside the philosophic dialogue of the characters.
This 2-volume series is the debut work of Mr. Kitoh. Hints for his next work, Narutaru can also be found in this story.
(Blurp above from Kodanclub)
Before he started The Ravages of Time, Chen Mou penned a two volume series called Unhuman. The volumes are broken up into three seperate stories, each focusing on a different character.
It's divided to three arcs:
Arc 1: Unhuman (不是人)
Arc 2: Me Lowly Woman (賤妾)
Arc 3: The Final Keystone (終礎)
The manga begins as Kanae Sekiguchi, proprietor of the Tsuki no Yu bathhouse, struggles to reopen her business after the unexplained disappearance of her husband...
Pursued by the mob, a young child seeks the protection of White Dragon, a deadly assassin with the ability to disguise his gender, and kill using... water.
Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Office Workers, Seinen, Slice of Life
27
1
2
May 15, 2024
On a wharf on Tokyo Bay is a small gallery named Gallery Fake. The owner of the gallery, Fujita Reiji (藤田 玲å¸) , was once a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. He was a learned curator with remarkable memory, keen aesthetic sense, great skill in restoration of paintings, and knowledge of many languages, so he was called "the Professor." However, because of trouble in the workplace, Fujita was forced to quit the museum. Now he is an art dealer who sells paintings, authentic and fake alike, at extraordinary prices. His motto is, "One without aesthetic sense can't help being cheated out of his money. And, by being deceived, one may learn to distinguish the real one from the counterfeit."
However, Fujita is not a villain. He truly appreciates art and the artists who spent their lives to create it. He is not someone who just earns money by selling fake paintings. Sometimes he takes paintings from a wicked politician who considers art only as a means of exchanging bribes. Sometimes he tries to restore destroyed paintings. Readers get to like him for his passion and true love for art. He often touches the lives of those he encounters, and people are attracted to him in spite of himself.
In 1996 Gallery Fake received the Shogakukan Manga Award.
Godeath – Megane No Ketsumyaku ; God Death - Megane no Kechimyaku
Ecchi, Seinen
60
1
8
May 15, 2024
It is the 18th century in Naples, Italy. There is a girl named Maria living peacefully in the city, but she is more than she appears. She is like a goddess of death, with a sword that cuts through everything. But what exactly is she? Where has she come from and what cruel destiny awaits her?
Students are trained in the Infinite Stratos academy to pilot the weapon system IS (Infinite Stratos). Although it is believed that only females have the ability to operate the IS, there is one man who can. His name is Orimura Ichika.
People in Urabe; Urarachan no Naka no Hito; うららちゃんのナカの人; 我被合成妹了
Comedy, Ecchi, School Life, Seinen
24
1
4
May 14, 2024
Urara would really like to be a normal high school girl, but her mad scientist older sister and mother make this a difficult goal. For their latest experiment, they've fused Urara's neighbor and childhood friend Takaharu into Urara's body. After discovering this, Urara destroyed some of the experimental apparatus in a fit of rage, leaving them stuck with each other for the time being. Takaharu is a high school graduate who sells erotic manga while waiting to retake his college entrance exams. Takaharu takes over Urara's body when she falls asleep or passes out, and, to Urara's embarrassment, has been using it as source material for his manga. Will the two of them be able to deal with sharing a body until Urara's family can put things right?
Aya, Julia, Michelle and Himiko don't know each other, but they all have the desire to end their lives. They meet through a site on the internet and decide to organize a rock concert. It will be unique in the sense that they want to die on stage, or at least that's what they plan to do. But will fate decide otherwise?
Mikami Inaba was fighting a person from another school on her school's rooftop. As they fought, her friend Haru appeared. Seeing Mikami distracted, the man charged at her, causing both of them to break the nearby rabbit cages & fall off the roof. As Mikami fell, she desperately grabbed the rabbit. Suddenly, a flash or pink light appeared. Mikami fused with the rabbit, and gained another personality, called Mimika. Now, Mikami only appears when various people threaten her and her friends. Otherwise, she takes on the form of Mimika.
After succumbing to serious injuries, the main character faints in the forest, only to be found and helped later on by a young woman named Eruruu (Whose species has animal-like ears and tails). He has no memories of who he is, and furthermore he has a mask stuck to his face that cannot be removed.
The elder of the village he is taken to gives him clothes, and a name: Hakuoro. He is adopted as one of the villages own members, and is also adopted into Eruruu's family, which consists of herself, her younger sister Aruruu, and the village elder, their grandmother: Tuskuruu.
Notes:
Based on a [leaf/aquaplus] h-game.
-Bakaupdates
With the (non-accidental) death of Claudius, the emperor of Rome, his emotionally and psychologically unstable adopted son Nero takes the throne. A historically based Roman adventure, full of political intrigue, murder, rebellion, incest, and all the things a boy wants!
Baraiso: Warau Kyuuketsuki 2; La sonrisa del vampiro; The Laughing Vampire; The Laughing Vampire 2: Paradise; Vampyre I; Vampyre II; Warau Kyūketsuki; ハライソ 笑う吸血鬼２; 笑う吸血鬼; O Vampiro que Ri; Paraíso - O Sorriso do Vampiro
Horror, Mature, Romance, Seinen, Supernatural
30
1
0
May 14, 2024
Volume 1 : The Laughing Vampire.
While a young boy, just resurrected as a vampire, commits acts of awful ferocity, the city around him shows all its perversion. The adults abuse of their power, the boys degenerate and use all the available means to achieve their goal to give vent to their low instincts. Whoever can't understand and make opposition is doomed to change or becoming crazy. So which is the real horror? The vampire who kills in order to feed himself or the crawling disease hidden in the society that slowly corrupts without being noticed?
Volume 2 : Paradise.
Following the events narrated in the first volume, Luna and Konosuke are now living together with the old woman vampire as fellows, as lovers, in a diabolic innocence, killing to quench their thirst for blood, joining death and love under the dream of the eternal youth. Meanwhile a young boy, named Makoto, is looking for his lost sister Miko, who disappeared years ago under mysterious circumstances. But what has really happened to that girl who liked eating grubs and dreamed to become on of them? And is someone really hiding a terrible secret? The paths of all the characters will dramatically collide, bringing unexpected consequences after the things are gradually revealed.
A story suspended between weirdness and decadence, showing a clear nostalgia for the German cinematography and Federico Fellini, where the blood is used to trace a great and only apparent amoral story.
Action, Martial Arts, Mature, Romance, School Life, Seinen, Shounen
31
1
4
May 14, 2024
You-Geon, a high school student, is saved from drowning by a mysterious girl his own age. Indeed, this girl is a North Korean agent trained to kill. The encounter which will completely change You-Geon's peaceful life means that this mysterious girl never leaves You-Geon alone for a second worried he might reveal her secret to someone. The atmosphere at the high school will never be the same again..
遙遠的小鎮 ; 遥かな町へ ; A Distant Neighborhood ; Haruka na Machi e ; Odległa dzielnica ; Quartier Lointain ; Vertraute Fremde
Drama, Seinen, Slice of Life
91
1
1
May 14, 2024
On his way back from a business trip, the protagonist decides on a whim to take a train back to his old hometown. The moment he pays respects to his mother's grave in the transformed town, he is transported back to a summer when he was still in junior high school, only with all his middle-age consciousness, knowledge and abilities intact.
On this journey across time, he understands for the first time the burdens born by his father, and his mother's tears. This is the kind of fantasy manga were made for, executed by an artist of great talent. This is a serious, delicate, and ultimately moving time travel variation.
Strange people live in a building called Getenrou. There are boys looking for porn, a space officer, robots, and also...a murderer on a killing spree!?
Officer Sakuraba Saeko's curiosity is piqued by two siblings who appear to hold the key to solving the mystery, and she begins an investigation of her own. Will her �œsloppy” logic be able to reveal the astonishing truth hidden in Getenrou?
Nominated for the 2012 Manga Taisho Award.
The "Bagmen Incidents", a series of murders. The perpetrator is the rumored girl clad in a sailor uniform whose face is concealed by a Gas Mask dubbed "Mask-san". One day, by a coincidence, that same Mask-san was seen by the young boy Watta. Furthermore, that face belongs to, of all people, his classmate...!? With the unprecedented heroine, Gas Mask Girl unfolds with suspense in battle and on campus. The curtain rises magnificently!!
Eden – It’s an Endless World! ; Eden: It's an Endless World!; EDEN ～It's an Endless World!～; Eden (ENDO Hiroki); Эдем: Этот бескрайний мир; بهشت : جهانی بی پایان است; エデン イッツアンエンドレスワールド; 伊甸园
In the panic surrounding a worldwide pandemic which kills 15 percent of the population and cripples many more, a secret organization, the Propater, topples the UN and seizes control of much of the world. A boy and a girl, raised in an abandoned virology research center, immune to the virus, are attacked by the Propater and escape.
Based strongly on Gnostic mythology, all major characters are named after gnostic deities, and have analogous roles.
Ho Kenshitsu; ほっ健室; Feel Relieved a Nurse's Office; Nurse's Office; 保、健室
Comedy, School Life, Seinen, Slice of Life
27
1
1
May 14, 2024
The gag comedy is set in a school nurse's office (hokenshitsu). A strange nurse deals with the unique issues of the female student body, such as an self-absorbed eye-patch-wearing girl, a character with frequent nosebleeds, a shy but well-endowed girl, and others.-From ANN News Source
Set in a future Japan, 500 years after an endless war called "Eternity" was called to a conclusion by a miracle, people live in "the time after eternity". Christianity has spread and the Vatican now control everyday life; people are divided into the "deeply devout" and the "not so devout".
Ogito is known for being "godless" and is taken as an intern in the "department of saints" in the "miracle inspections" section, partly due to his reading many forbidden books. He is immediately taken off on an inspection where a preist - the head of his three person team - is killed, and Ogito is left only with the wierd Izumi - a man who gave up his life to God to let his heart reside in a puppet.
