Anime Works

Myne successfully negotiates with the temple to become an apprentice blue shrine maiden, ensuring she will receive the same treatment as a noble. Her work there begins, and after such a long wait, she can finally read in the book room! But the temple's status-based structure and her problematic attendants mean she doesn't have it easy: she'll need to beat society to enjoy her books in peace! This is a biblio-fantasy by book lovers, for book lovers! Part 2, begin! (Source: J-Novel Club)

• Fantasy
• Slice of Life

Joe Yabuki has learned how to toughen up and stop trusting others after a troubling youth spent bouncing between orphanages and fending off bullies. After finally escaping the cycle of violent temporary homes, Joe adopts a delinquent lifestyle in the streets of San'ya, a slum in Tokyo. He makes his way through the world with his fists, picking fights with anyone he pleases. Danpei Tange, a washed-up and alcoholic former boxing coach, notices Joe's animalistic combat ability and attempts to mentor the wild teenager. Despite developing an explosive relationship, the two form a close bond and rely on each other to look after the other homeless children in San'ya. Unable to abandon his destructive habits, Joe is arrested for petty crimes. In jail, he meets and fights with lifelong friends and rivals, including the boxing prodigy Tooru Rikiishi. Continuously challenging Rikiishi to fights, Joe is knocked out time after time due to his savage brawling style failing in the face of Rikiishi's controlled boxing technique. But eventually, Joe stuns his rival with a knockout blow, earning Rikiishi's respect and the promise that they will one day meet again inside the professional ring. Finding a reason to live within boxing, Joe takes life head-on with a new purpose. As he rises through Japan's amateur and professional boxing scenes, he contends with painful loss and increasing injury. Joe's passion for fighting is all-consuming, and he grapples with the idea that a life without boxing may not be one worth living. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

• Drama
• Slice of Life
• Sports

Nestled within Tokyo's Asakusa district lies a quiet mansion known as Ayakashi-sou. Despite its size, the mansion is home to just a single sixteen year old girl, However, Ayakashi-sou takes its name from the ayakashi— Japanese spirits and ghosts who inhabit it. Kuuko and Yukime, a prank-loving fox girl and gentle snow-woman, call this place home, while the childlike Zashikiwarashi Kii watches over the building. They are soon joined by the newly created cat youkai named Nene, who has nowhere else to go. Living with the ayakashi is the building's owner, Mahoro Miyatsuka, who inherited it from her late grandmother due to her ability to see and interact with the spirits. While her ability allows her to connect with the ayakashi, Mahoro's habit of talking to invisible people has led to her peers avoiding her. Despite this, Mahoro is content with tending to her ghostly friends as they spend their days watching fireworks, playing games, and otherwise living life one day at a time. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

• Slice of Life
• Supernatural

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Azumanga Daioh, the manga is being repackaged into a new three-volume set, which will include three chapters of new material called Supplementary Materials. Each new chapter covers one year of high school, with all new adventures for Sakaki, Yomi, Tomo, Chiyo, Osaka, and Kagura. (Source: MangaPark)

• Comedy
• Slice of Life

Shizuru Roji has a crush on fellow college student Nana, but he doesn't have the courage to confess. Antisocial and extremely awkward, he is only able to express his feelings for her through poetry. As if it couldn't get any worse, he meets Kokoro Maida, Nana's cousin, an odd little child that starts to call him "Mama." As Shizuru gradually becomes attached to Kokoro, not only does he get into all kinds of mischief, he also finds himself spending more time with the girl he loves. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

• Comedy
• Slice of Life

News of the handsome and famous Kabuki actor, Ryuusei Horiuchi reaches the ears of Akari but she has no interest in checking him out when all she wants is to meet the one who truly loves her. Just when she declares this statement she accidentally injures Horiuchi, who silently glares at her before leaving. Later on in the day, she finds a black cat, which she follows right into Horiuchi's Kabuki theater. Guilty for causing a bruise on the actor himself, Akari volunteers to become his assistant until it heals. While Akari initially dislikes Horiuchi's silent and cold personality, her feelings begin to change as she remains by his side.

• Drama
• Romance
• Slice of Life

High school yankee Akamatsu regularly picks fights with Seven, a strong homeless man who lives in the local park. Fighting Seven is the biggest thrill in Akamatsu's life, so when it seems like Seven may have to leave the park, Akamatsu suddenly invites him to share his house!? (Source: MU)

• Boys Love
• Slice of Life

A tiger and a beaver who grew up together defy peer pressure to end their friendship and join forces to fight injustice. A camel journalist who passed judgment on carnivores for years spends a life-changing night with a seductive wolf. A crocodile and a gazelle must find a way to work together as chef and assistant on a cooking show with flagging ratings. A fox and a chameleon wrestle with stereotypes about each other—and themselves. And much more... (Source: VIZ Media)

• Drama
• Romance
• Slice of Life

In this world, there are humans without beast ears, and humans with beast ears called Bestia. After the ordeal with Sougo's father, Akira and Sougo are spending one happy day at a time with their son, Shouta. A relaxing vacation in Hawaii brings them closer than ever, and it seems Shouta will soon be a big brother! On another note, Sougo's father, Soushi, is reunited with his first love: Yuu Ohara, one of Shouta's daycare teachers. Memories between the two resurface, and they are still drawn to each other, just like the day they first met. Can the two of them finally have their happily ever after? (Source: Fantasista Inc.)

• Boys Love
• Fantasy
• Slice of Life

In this world, there are humans without beast ears and humans with beast ears, called Bestia. Dr. Akira Miyaji specializes in treating Bestian patients at the general hospital and is a Bestia himself. At first, he despises the hospital's hottie manager—ahem, I mean... haughty manager, Sougo Kijima, for being the embodiment of the very Bestia instincts that Akira tries to suppress. But when The Doctor realizes that both he and Sougo may be victims of similar circumstances, his impressions shift. Now, they are living their happily-ever-after welcoming a baby into their new life together. But with both parents of a toddler working in the highly demanding medical field, they must figure something out if they want to make it out in one piece! And to top it all off, Sougo and Akira will have to face their biggest hurdle yet: Sougo's Bestia father. (Source: Fantasista Inc.)

• Boys Love
• Fantasy
• Slice of Life

In this world, there are humans without beast ears and humans with beast ears called Bestia. Sougo and Akira, a happily married Bestia couple, live blissfully with their ever-growing family. Things stir up a bit when Sougo's half-brother, Kazuhisa, makes his appearance and offers Akira to produce an offspring with him, much to Sougo's annoyance. What will Akira do? On another note, while the interaction between Nurse Kirigaya and Doctor Kurosaki is the same as ever, Kirigaya can't deny that Kurosaki is growing on him. Even their co-workers assumed that the two were a couple more often than not. But there are reasons why Kirigaya is reluctant to return Kurosaki's advances. Will Kirigaya be able to open his heart to Kurosaki? (Source: Fantasista Inc.)

• Boys Love
• Fantasy
• Slice of Life
• +1

1. Yoakemae (Before Dawn) 2. Alfalfa 3-5. Nichiyou, Gogo, 6-jihan. (Sunday, Afternoon, 6:30.) 6. Chou Mousou A-ko no Nichijou to Yuuutsu (The Typical Day and Melancholy of Super-Imaginative A-ko) 7. Kyuujitsu no Sugoshikata (How to Spend a Day Off) 8. 17 9. Subarashii Sekai (What a Wonderful World) 10. Tokyo 11. Sekai no Owari (The End of the World)

• Drama
• Slice of Life

When Madoka learns that her parents won hundred million yens at the lottery, she does not believe her ears. But while she begins to dream about a princess's new life, she meets to live only in a small appendix of the house of the family Asagi... For Madoka, a new life begins.

• Comedy
• Romance
• Slice of Life

Ichinoi, a 75-year-old woman living a peaceful life, unwittingly buys a Boy's Love manga one day... and is fascinated by what she finds inside. When she returns to the bookstore to buy the next volume, the high school girl working there—Urara, a seasoned BL fan—notices a budding fangirl when she sees one. When Urara offers to help Ichinoi explore this whole new world of fiction, the two dive into BL fandom together, and form an unlikely friendship along the way. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

• Slice of Life

Shin Himemiya had always wanted to become an actor ever since he was in high school. Now, he is an up and coming actor who only gets roles for the bad guys. Kazushige Tatebayashi had always wanted to go to college, but instead he became an actor. Now, he is an up and coming ikemen who only gets the likable roles. These two opposites may look like they have nothing in common on the outside, however, what secrets lay on the inside? Follow these two as their mysterious show business secret love unfolds. (Source: Exiled Rebels Scanlations)

• Boys Love
• Drama
• Slice of Life
• +1

Akiko Hayashi has soaring but strangely specific dreams: to make a successful manga debut while still in school, have her favorite actor star in its adaptation, and end up marrying him. However, she is far from having the motivation or skills to realize these hopes. When a friend introduces her to an unorthodox, backstreet art class taught by the strong-armed Kenzou Hidaka, called simply as "sensei," Akiko decides to enroll, expecting an easy ride and an automatic improvement in her art skills. To her chagrin, what she gets is something else entirely—a tough, demanding, and uncompromising teacher with absolutely no interest in manga. But when Akiko takes up Sensei's challenge of an intense schedule, she comes to recognize how much he cares about his students and forms a close bond with him. With Sensei's guidance, Akiko learns what is necessary to become a successful mangaka as well as what it means to be an adult. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

• Award Winning
• Slice of Life

Within a quaint mountain village in 18th-century Tibet, 13-year-old Kang Shiva is preparing to one day inherit his father's position as the town's doctor. Absent-minded and obsessed with herbs, Kang has never considered falling in love and marrying, despite being at the right age to take a bride. When a girl named Mosh Rati comes from afar to meet her future husband, she stays with Kang's family at their house. Mesmerized by her beauty, Kang thinks about how lucky the man who marries her will be. But to his surprise, she is his intended bride! Between a doctor-in-training and a young lady from a foreign country, a blossoming romance is bound to form. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

• Slice of Life

Ever since Takashi Murakami started dating Haruhiko Fujimori, the manager of the flower shop he works at, he has been a constant victim of sexual harassment. Although he loves and wants to grow closer to his new boyfriend, Takashi is afraid to take the next step together, intimidated by how direct and brazen Haruhiko is in his advances. However, realizing that he needs to come to terms with the difficulties in their relationship, Takashi decides to let Haruhiko do as he pleases—eventually making love with him for the first time. The following morning, Haruhiko proposes the unthinkable: Takashi should move in with him! Initially rejecting the offer, Takashi ultimately gives in and obeys his boss. Now that they are housemates, Takashi must find a way to overcome his fears while dealing with Haruhiko's perverted personality. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

• Boys Love
• Romance
• Slice of Life
• +1

"What the hell are you doing, me?" Already half of his high school life is over and none of his hopes and dreams have been fulfilled yet. This is how Yuuhi Nagi, who has no friends in his classes, has been living his uneventful empty life—until he got dragged into this unexpected crisis! This is how the lives of the four people who are most likely to repeat a year, and the person who will help them succeed, are connected. This is where this bittersweet coming of age story begins!! (Source: MU)

• Comedy
• Drama
• Romance
• +1

Motochika Narasaki comes from a large, noisy family, and his two little brothers make it nearly impossible for him to have any alone time. When his need for peace and quiet coincides with his teacher arm-twisting him into minding the school library in the evenings, he hesitantly accepts. What he does not expect, though, is running into the infamous delinquent, Natsuki Terashima, who has been roped into taking care of the library as well. Initially Narasaki is convinced that he could never get along with someone like Terashima; however, as he spends evening after calm evening reading with the other boy, Narasaki is forced to change his opinion, and the odd pair gradually become closer. But this arrangement will only last till the summer vacation, and Narasaki must soon figure out what this time, and the person he spends it with, mean to him. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

• Boys Love
• Slice of Life
• Erotica

After Ryou's father remarries, he's not sure what to do with three new brothers and a stepmother at the age of 19. As he comes to appreciate his happy new home and family the glue holding them together starts to come undone. How will these four brothers weather tragedy after tragedy and stay together? (Source: MU)

• Boys Love
• Slice of Life
• Erotica

Just having broken up with her boyfriend of five years, 26-year-old Michiyo Ozawa goes drinking with her coworkers. She meets with an unfortunate accident when the elevator to her apartment is out of order. Having little choice but to resort to asking the nearest household for access to their toilet, she meets Zenji Oyamada, a tenant who seems like a somewhat ordinary guy on the surface—until Ozawa notices the mountain of boxes in his room. Oyamada's brother likes sending him these boxes that contain trinkets from each of his eccentric, rapidly changing hobbies while overseas. Instantly intrigued by the boxes, Ozawa is asked by Oyamada if she would like to open one of them. As Ozawa does so, a heartwarming story about an ordinary couple and the strange boxes they open begins. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

• Comedy
• Romance
• Slice of Life

Ishidaira is a delinquent who visited the library for the first time since elementary school. He discovered that he still hadn't returned a book he borrowed 10 years ago. He ended up having to work part-time at the library to pay for it. This is the beginning of a manga that makes you want to go to the library after you read it. (Source: Kodansha, translated)

• Slice of Life

Ryou Watari is a boy born in the body of a girl. Rejected for being a "tomboyish girl" and a transgender boy, he cannot confide in anyone and suffers in the prison of his own skin. Subtly, he expresses his genuine self through a buzzcut and secret purchases of boys' clothes. However, Ryou's life changes when Jin Satou joins his class. Jin is laidback, fearless, and straightforward. He is not ashamed of his interests, nor does he care about others' opinions. For the first time ever, instead of envy, Ryou feels admiration. After running into Ryou in a men's fashion store, Jin proposes the unexpected: they should start a clothing brand together. Overwhelmed and afraid, Ryou confesses everything to Jin. To his surprise, Jin is fully accepting. Honored to have his first genuine friend and a trusting partner, Ryou agrees to set their business in motion. Recruiting a photographer and collaborating with talented outcasts, the boys prepare to express themselves through fashion and change the world—one step at a time. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

• Drama
• Slice of Life