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.

Changeling

Changeling

Status: Completed
Inspired by the novel Ship of Fools by Sebastian Brant.
One Zero

One Zero

Status: Completed
Yumemiru Wakusei

Yumemiru Wakusei

Status: Completed
Iris was the illegitimate prince of Aslan Kingdom in the big Continent and was raised in a desert by his mother. After her death, the King saw the son inherited his beloved’s beautiful silver eyes and silver hair, and desired to make Iris the crown princ... Show more
Red Rin

Red Rin

Status: Completed
Kaze Tachinu

Kaze Tachinu

Status: Completed
Kaze Tachinu tells the story of Jirou Horikoshi, the designer of Japan's famed Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter plane of World War II, blending it with Tatsuo Hori's 1936-37 novelette of the same name, which follows the tentative relationship between a male nar... Show more
Barbara

Barbara

Status: Completed
Wandering the packed tunnels of Shinjuku Station, famous author Yosuke Mikura makes a strange discovery: a seemingly homeless drunk woman who can quote French poetry. Her name is Barbara. He takes her home for a bath and a drink, and before long Barbara ha... Show more
Blue Roses

Blue Roses

Status: Completed
Yasha Gozen

Yasha Gozen

Status: Completed
Story 1: Yasha Gozen -- In this sparse, effective short story, a young girl whose family just moved to an old house deep in the mountains finds herself haunted by a supernatural creature, but everything might not be as it seems.
Azuma Kagami

Azuma Kagami

Status: Completed
A serious manga set in feudal Japan.

Part of the Manga Japan Classic series.

Other volumes in the series:
1: Kojiki (ISHINOMORI Shotaro)
2: Ochikubo Monogatari
3: Genji Monogatari (HASEGAWA Housei) 1
4: Genji Monogatar... Show more
Kaiki Kanzume

Kaiki Kanzume

Status: Completed
Blue (CHIBA Kozue)

Blue (CHIBA Kozue)

Status: Completed
From JShoujo Scans:
After three years Mimi comes back to the island where she had spent her childhood. She is greeted by her childhood friends Yousuke, Sumire and Hikari. Heartbroken in Tokyo, she has now came back to the beautiful island surrounded by... Show more
Mishiranu Ano Ko

Mishiranu Ano Ko

Status: Completed
Juuni Banme no Tenshi

Juuni Banme no Tenshi

Status: Completed
After the sudden death of his wife and child, John Harding spirals into despair. Deprived of his motivation to live, his attempt at suicide is unexpectedly interrupted by the arrival of a friend who wants him to coach the town's Little League team. Can Joh... Show more
Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch

Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch

Status: Completed
Fall 1986... in Rokkenjima, a private island owned by Kinzou Ushiromiya, eleven of his relatives arrive for a family reunion. He is dying and children want nothing more than to split the wealth he will leave behind. But as a storm traps them on the island,... Show more
Sakurazawa Erica the Best

Sakurazawa Erica the Best

Status: Completed
Mayuri no Kyoufu Houkoku

Mayuri no Kyoufu Houkoku

Status: Ongoing
Main series title is 魔百合の恐怖報告, but each volume has a different subtitle.
Pin to Kona

Pin to Kona

Status: Completed
In the world of Kabuki, where family social standings are highly valued, Kyonosuke is inept even though he is born as the son of a duke of a famous household. Ichiya while being born in a family that has no connection to Kabuki, is trying to move from the ... Show more
Kimi wa "Suki" no Daimeishi

Kimi wa "Suki" no Daimeishi

Status: Completed
Contains 3 oneshots:

1) Kimi wa "Suki" no Daimeishi
From Midnight Scans:
I didn't think you'd still remember me once you'd gained fame. When you're supposed to pick me up, you don't even think to come.
That's why, when there'... Show more
Captain Tsubasa (Shounen Jump 40 Shuunen)

Captain Tsubasa (Shounen Jump 40 Shuunen)

Status: Completed
A special oneshot story of Captain Tsubasa as part of the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the magazine Weekly Shonen Jump. This story occurs between the end of the juveniles soccer championship and the middle school soccer tournament of the original... Show more
Pipedon

Pipedon

Status: Completed
Aku no Hana

Aku no Hana

Status: Completed
Kasuga Takao is a boy who loves reading books, particularly Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal. A girl at his school, Saeki Nanako, is his muse and his Venus, and he admires her from a distance. One day, he forgets his copy of Les Fleurs du Mal in the classroo... Show more
Bara Yashiki no Shoujo

Bara Yashiki no Shoujo

Status: Completed
Ikeda's manga debut.

In front of a mansion where roses blossom, Tomoko and her brother Kenichiro meet a mysterious girl. She looks interested in them but vanish each time they see her.
Jotei Ecatherina

Jotei Ecatherina

Status: Completed
Through the biography of the French sovereign Henri Troyat, Ikeda Ryoko decides to transpose the life, the loves and the diplomatic corps of "Catherine the Great" to paper. The result is a historical fresco of rare fidelity to the original story.
Haru no Yuki

Haru no Yuki

Status: Completed
Haru no Yuki is set during the 1920s and tells the story of Matsugae Kiyoaki (played by Tsumabuki Satoshi, Lorelei and Waterboys), a young rich idealist, whose family's wealth have imbued him with a selfish arrogance that betrays his true nature. The objec... Show more
Ayako (IKEDA Riyoko)

Ayako (IKEDA Riyoko)

Status: Completed
Ayako is a young girl of wealthy family, but in her past hides a terrible secret: her real mother had been raped in prison by a mysterious hideous creature, resulting in her birth. Ayako is perpetually chased by Dr. Ogata, who is trying to expose her demon... Show more
Epitaram: A Wedding Song

Epitaram: A Wedding Song

Status: Completed
Byouki no Hi

Byouki no Hi

Status: Completed
Dashi Master

Dashi Master

Status: Completed