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.
Natsu o Oboeru
Status: Completed
A summer story of 17-year-old Yousuke who has a crush on his teacher Aiko.
Henjin Henkutsu Retsuden
Status: Completed
Explore the lives of the famous-yet-not-so-famous people of history; such as Nikola Tesla, Ty Cobb, Typhoid Mary, the woman behind the Winchester Mystery House, Kou Yoshio, and many more.
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Diva (ONO Hiromu)
Status: Completed
From xkazemg:
Lima was born in the family of musicians; her mother a worldwide opera diva and her father a famous violinist. Lima’s dream of becoming a professional violinist, like her father before his death, was shattered after the car acciden... Show more
Lima was born in the family of musicians; her mother a worldwide opera diva and her father a famous violinist. Lima’s dream of becoming a professional violinist, like her father before his death, was shattered after the car acciden... Show more
Naki Shoujo no Tame no Pavane
Status: Unknown
During a field trip to the imperial capital, Tokyo, Kaga Nanao overhears the beautiful melody of a violin and immediately becomes captivated by it. In order to meet the mystery violinist, Nanao learns the violin and defies her father's wishes by attending ... Show more
Kimi ni Shika Kikoenai
Status: Completed
A timid schoolgirl imagines owning the ideal cellphone in her head, but one day, there is a connection; the phone rings in her head, and someone is on the line!
Champagne wa Koi no Biyaku
Status: Completed
Rebecca really is unfortunate. At first her fiancé gets stolen by her stepsister and then she even has to attend the wedding of those two. At the wedding tycoon Graydon Gallagher approaches and comforts her. The next morning she wakes up next to him and i... Show more
Kedamono no Uta
Status: Completed
This world is filled with MONSTERS.
In any epoch, in any place, in any person...
Yui found her classmate Kotoha badly beaten up in abandoned hospital. After recovery Kotoha becomes sticky to Yui. According to Kotoha, she can't remember a crimi... Show more
In any epoch, in any place, in any person...
Yui found her classmate Kotoha badly beaten up in abandoned hospital. After recovery Kotoha becomes sticky to Yui. According to Kotoha, she can't remember a crimi... Show more
Minus
Status: Completed
Note: Enterbrain's complete edition includes the chapter "Cooking disaster, second part" (遭難クッキング後編, lessons 30 & 31), which was not originally compiled in tankobon because of its depiction of cannibalism.
Wings of Desire
Status: Completed
From Chuang Yi:
Levian is not quite your average tree faerie. She is outspoken, brazen, and has a human attitude to boot! But when this dryad decides to interfere in the love life of her human friend Kelly, she sparks a chain reaction that has her... Show more
Levian is not quite your average tree faerie. She is outspoken, brazen, and has a human attitude to boot! But when this dryad decides to interfere in the love life of her human friend Kelly, she sparks a chain reaction that has her... Show more
Ame Nochi Hare (Bikke)
Status: Completed
Amagai Gakuen, a prestigious school for boys, was hit by an unusual spring storm during the entrance ceremony. Five boys - Hazuki, Toma, Yusuke, Madoka and Junta - were all caught in the storm's violence and were affected by a strange phenomenon. All of th... Show more
Mitsubachi no Kiss
Status: Completed
Kei isn't any ordinary woman: with a touch, she can see inside a person, to the things they've done and will do. This unique ability has lead her to work, in isolation, for a secret government agency. Unable to take the trauma anymore, she escapes. She wil... Show more
Yuganda Kishi
Status: Completed
Story 1: Satsuki have a boy who want to fulfill all of her wish, even from afterlife.
Story 2: About a haunted house.
Story 3: Why a boy who was supposed to die still moving around and the teachers seems to hold a secret?
Story 2: About a haunted house.
Story 3: Why a boy who was supposed to die still moving around and the teachers seems to hold a secret?
Merry Go Round in Wonderland
Status: Completed
It was said that being in love is much like riding a roller coaster. This holds true for most except for junior high student, Haruka who finds that her love isn't at all like this and on the contrary compares it to a merry go round.
When Haruka di... Show more
When Haruka di... Show more
Maiko no Uta
Status: Completed
From the Animeraider:
Maiko is the daughter of a famous ballerina and in her 2nd year of middle school. She is studying to follow in her mother’s footsteps, and her grand dream is to dance with her older brother who is also a dancer and has left... Show more
Maiko is the daughter of a famous ballerina and in her 2nd year of middle school. She is studying to follow in her mother’s footsteps, and her grand dream is to dance with her older brother who is also a dancer and has left... Show more
Abusan (MIZUSHIMA Shinji)
Status: Completed
The story of fictional baseball player Yasutake Kageura.
In 1977 Abusan received the Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general manga.
In 1977 Abusan received the Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general manga.
Kimi to Boku no Ashiato
Status: Completed
Collection of illustrations and short stories:
• Kimi to Boku no Ashiato (part 1)
• Kimi to Boku no Ashiato (part 2)
• Kanojo no Sekai
• About Me
• Kenka (Quarrel)
• Tenohira
• Na... Show more
• Kimi to Boku no Ashiato (part 1)
• Kimi to Boku no Ashiato (part 2)
• Kanojo no Sekai
• About Me
• Kenka (Quarrel)
• Tenohira
• Na... Show more
Nobody Cry
Status: Completed
Nichika had a one-night-stand for the first time in her life. A life that consists of indifferent parents, friends who she can't shed her true feelings to ("because it's tedious"), and her belief that she's destined for Freeterdom. However, on a ... Show more
Maybe So Sweet
Status: Completed
A young man pursues his dream in cinematography in the city of New York and meets an interesting girl after he's been accepted at the school of his dreams.
Web Publication
Web Publication
Ai no Jikan
Status: Completed
Shiori is a young art student. She's single, reserved and secretive. The only one she trusts and confides in is her best friend, Toda.
But one day her life turns upside down when she meets (by chance? or fate?) Kageyama, an older university studen... Show more
But one day her life turns upside down when she meets (by chance? or fate?) Kageyama, an older university studen... Show more
Aozora Yell
Status: Completed
Aozora Yell centers on Tsubasa, a girl who saw an inspirational brass band performance at the finals of the Japanese high school baseball championships one summer. Tsubasa vows to join the band when she enters high school, and she happens to meet a certain... Show more
Boogiepop and Others (Novel)
Status: Completed
There is an urban legend that children tell one another about a shinigami that can release people from the pain they may be suffering. This "Angel of Death" has a name--Boogiepop. And the legends are true. Boogiepop is real.
Told in a no... Show more
Told in a no... Show more
Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator (Novel)
Status: Completed
There is an urban legend that children tell one another about a shinigami that can release people from the pain they may be suffering. This "Angel of Death" has a name--Boogiepop. And the legends are true. Boogiepop is real.
Told in a no... Show more
Told in a no... Show more