drama

Drama manga heavily emphasize their characters' emotional development. Whether by experiencing the protagonist's emotional turmoil, viewing heated character interactions, or exploring a passionate romance, any manga that humanizes its characters through emphasizing their flaws qualifies as a Drama.

Ten no Ryuu Chi no Sakura

Ten no Ryuu Chi no Sakura

Status: Completed
Sakura Karukaya liked her life: she was just a high schooler who loved rhythmic gymnastics, being raised by her older brother and sister. However, both of her siblings were hiding secrets about themselves and Sakura that would make her realize that the wor... Show more
Wild Animals

Wild Animals

Status: Completed
From Yen Press:

Coming of age during the Cultural Revolution in China, sixteen-year-old Ma Xiaojun yearns to rebel against the system. But while he manages to get into plenty of trouble with his friends, he also nurtures a more solitary side, a my... Show more
The Clown

The Clown

Status: Completed
Renai Anagram

Renai Anagram

Status: Completed
Scarred by domestic violence and the sudden departure of her mother and her younger brother, Satsuki doesn't know how to trust people. Renai Anagram is the story of a young woman's struggles to overcome her past and learn how to accept and value herself.
Expressionless

Expressionless

Status: Completed
Mari to Shingo

Mari to Shingo

Status: Completed
It's about two childhood friends, Takatou Mari and Innami Shingo, and their days in all-boys school in early Shouwa era. They gradually fall in love with each other...
Hard Tackle

Hard Tackle

Status: Completed
Eros Thanatos

Eros Thanatos

Status: Completed
Abe Seimei

Abe Seimei

Status: Completed
Barairo ga Me ni Shimiru

Barairo ga Me ni Shimiru

Status: Completed
NOTE: Cover image shown is the reprint.
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai - Minagoroshi Hen

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai - Minagoroshi Hen

Status: Completed
From Yen Press:

The “Curse Killing Arc” . . . The “Time Killing Arc” . . . As each incarnation of the terrible events in Hinamizawa unfolds, Rika Furude must watch as her friends descend into madness and despair, knowing the only fate that... Show more
Captain Tsubasa Pilot Chapter

Captain Tsubasa Pilot Chapter

Status: Completed
This was the root of everything, the debut work of Takahashi sensei, a nostalgic memory. The story of Genzo Wakabayashi and a boy named Tsubasa Taro.
Hadashi no Tenshi

Hadashi no Tenshi

Status: Completed
Issho ni Neyou yo

Issho ni Neyou yo

Status: Completed
Ichiko Usami is a fifteen-year-old runaway girl. One day, while she's loitering around the riverbed with nowhere to go, a masked boy named Kohaku suddenly appears in front of her! Ichiko faints and Kohaku takes her to the mansion he shares with several oth... Show more
Quartet

Quartet

Status: Completed
18-year-old Hirosaki Naoya's mother has just gotten remarried. Naoya and his little brother and sister move in with their new stepsister, the beautiful young office worker Yukari, while their parents are on their honeymoon. The four of them are eager to bu... Show more
White Album (ABENO Chako)

White Album (ABENO Chako)

Status: Completed
Touya now has a new girlfriend, Yuki Morikawa--but before they enter college she is going to debut as an idol. How will this new development affect their relationship? What about the current idol, Rina Ogata, who seems to have set her sights on Touya?
Kimi wa Machigatteiru

Kimi wa Machigatteiru

Status: Completed
Ootemachi Tokio is an elite businessman. When a bizarre dream forces him to pay attention to temp worker Takebashi, are Ootemachi's days of being self absorbed over?
No Thank You No Thank You

No Thank You No Thank You

Status: Completed
Kimi no Iru Machi

Kimi no Iru Machi

Status: Completed
Kirishima Haruto lives in a small town in Hiroshima and is just about to enter high school when Eba Yuzuki, a mysterious girl from Tokyo suddenly decided to go to high school in the countryside and despite his objections, she moves in to his home.
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Sensei to, Watashi to, Hajimete

Sensei to, Watashi to, Hajimete

Status: Completed
From Midnight Scans:

Sensei, the person whom I long for, whom I wait for, whom I love, and whom I want to be with. At night, I always think about you, Sensei. You are similar to me, but you have a completely different personality. The moment I fel... Show more
Sekai wa Bokura no Tame ni

Sekai wa Bokura no Tame ni

Status: Completed
Belne's Love

Belne's Love

Status: Completed
Belne is the stage name of a famous singer, Jaques aka Souvenir d'Alexandrie, who retires suddenly and passes the name on to his friend and student, the popular French singer Gardlud Réamont. Gardie, in turn, passes the name on to the series' Belne, born ... Show more
Ginkyuushin

Ginkyuushin

Status: Completed
An alternate universe story with the characters of Belne's Love in the French Revolution. Belne is the Angel of Death, Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just. St. Just was Robespierre's, here played by Gardie, right-hand man in inciting and carrying out the Rei... Show more
Oosaka Fuyu no Jin

Oosaka Fuyu no Jin

Status: Completed
Teni Muhou Kizuna

Teni Muhou Kizuna

Status: Completed
From Manga.club:

“A doctor is never off duty. Every day of the year, every hour of every day.”
Even though his enemy is the corrupted medical world, Jou Busujima, the highly-skilled rumored surgeon will never turn down any patient!
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Youkai Hunter

Youkai Hunter

Status: Completed
From Hokutonogun.com and HappyScans:

A former professor of archaeology, Hieda Reijiro was expelled from the Japanese Archaeological Association for claiming that youkai exist. Ancient horrors come to life before our eyes as the youkai hunter wand... Show more
Undercurrent

Undercurrent

Status: Completed
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...
Akai Yuki

Akai Yuki

Status: Completed
A collection of short stories telling the tales of peasant farmers in rural pre-modern Japan, and the lives they live.
Fushigi na Mori no Mandragora

Fushigi na Mori no Mandragora

Status: Completed
America

America

Status: Completed
By the end of the 1980s Nae wants to become a journalist more than anything and to leave Japan for the country where everything is possible, the United States. Until she is able to fulfill this dream, Nae shares her passion for American culture with her fr... Show more