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.
Tenshi no Uta
Status: Completed
Mihail Meyer, nicknamed "Michel" by his wife, is a half-Japanese doctor. While on the way home with his wife late one night, he nearly runs over a 6-year-old boy playing in the street. Alex is a precocious but endearing child and the son of up-an... Show more
Shite, Okeba Yokatta Koukai
Status: Completed
1) I should have...
En Asakura often has the same dream lately. She dreams of a boy asking her to kiss him. Her dream is connected to a painful memory from her high-school life, when she felt in love with a boy named Maru. When he asked her to kiss him... Show more
En Asakura often has the same dream lately. She dreams of a boy asking her to kiss him. Her dream is connected to a painful memory from her high-school life, when she felt in love with a boy named Maru. When he asked her to kiss him... Show more
Tsuki no Yoru
Status: Completed
14 pages short story which originally appeared in AERA COMIC'S "Nippon no Manga" anthology.
To get anything other than the pretty pictures out of this short story, one should have read [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanshiro_(novel)]... Show more
To get anything other than the pretty pictures out of this short story, one should have read [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanshiro_(novel)]... Show more
Shinya Shokudou
Status: Ongoing
A manga that revolves around an old-fashioned all-night food stall, the various dishes that the stall owner prepares to suit the tastes of different customers, and the joys, griefs, trials and tribulations of his faithful patrons.
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2 Dome no Koi wa Usotsuki
Status: Completed
Sumi has hopelessly loved Natsuki since she was 18. Now she's 28 years old, works at a cosmetics company, and has managed to miss out on most of her prime dating years by pining after one boy. One day, an interesting new cafeteria opens at Sumi's company, ... Show more
Kiss no Tochuu
Status: Completed
Mine's first love ended when Setsu, her old playmate, transferred to another school. Before he went away, he left her a message that Mine should not have her hair cut. Four years have passed since then. Setsu came back, but he has changed a great deal. Thi... Show more
Koko ni Iru yo!
Status: Completed
Hikage is a reclusive 8th grader who no one seems to notice. She finds comfort in her blog, and the people who comment on it. Everything changes one day when two cute boys notice her. These boys are the most popular kids in the entire school. When one of t... Show more
Spiral - Suiri no Kizuna
Status: Completed
World-class detective Kiyotaka Narumi's last words prior to his sudden disappearance continue to haunt his younger brother, Ayumu. The cheeky 10th-grader becomes equally embroiled in the mystery of the doomed "Blade Children" when he is mistakenl... Show more
Kuro Bara Alice
Status: Hiatus
The young tenor singer Dimitri miraculously escaped with his life after a severe accident. But soon after that, strange cases of group-suicides started to happen all around him... A vampire-romanesque tale of love and survival!
Kyoumei Suru Echo
Status: Completed
Kyoumei Suru Echo is a collection of shorts from Tsubomi magazine, that are intertwined by mutual acquaintance but otherwise don't intersect. Included are the stories Kyoumei Suru Echo ('Lonesome Echo'), Runner's High, Unbalance, and Asymmetry.
Mononoke Soushi
Status: Completed
From Mangaupdates:
This is the story of a girl who works as a performer at sake houses, but who has a unique ability. She has a tattoo of an eye on her hand which endows her with the ability of "second sight." Though this often comes in han... Show more
This is the story of a girl who works as a performer at sake houses, but who has a unique ability. She has a tattoo of an eye on her hand which endows her with the ability of "second sight." Though this often comes in han... Show more
Shukuren - Gin no Mori no Oni
Status: Ongoing
From Aerandria Scans:
Legend has it that when the heart of a demon dies, his body changes into silver... When a woman, betrayed by her lover, and a demon who does not trust humans meet, the wheel of life and death begins to turn for their fatal love...... Show more
Legend has it that when the heart of a demon dies, his body changes into silver... When a woman, betrayed by her lover, and a demon who does not trust humans meet, the wheel of life and death begins to turn for their fatal love...... Show more
Sad Love Story
Status: Completed
As a child, Joon-young was always teased because his mother owned a bar that served Americans. When he meets Hae-in, a blind girl, they become childhood sweethearts and he vows to always protect her. However, Hae-in and her mom take off one night, leaving ... Show more
Please! Mr. Bear!
Status: Completed
After the ending of his last true love, a white-collar worker experiences the excruciating sorrow of parting. Walking around the empty city aimlessly and now living a prosaic life, how will he be able to put back the broken pieces of his heart and love aga... Show more
Honey Bitter
Status: Completed
Because of the extraordinary power she has, Shuri Otokawa was always living in the dark full of fear and distress. Eventually, she decided to become more optimistic about her life when she started a new job at her aunt's research laboratory. However, at su... Show more
Koiiro Omoi
Status: Completed
I've always, always longed for this. Fancy gossip with friends. And my first love. The girl who thinks this, Ayumu, met the sparkling boy Kanata. When she sees him, her heart beats fast and her chest feels tight. These feelings... is that love?
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Munasawagi Karute
Status: Completed
Couple rings.. you exchange it with the one you love. What happens when your ring is with the one who loves you, and not the one you love? Mika was rejected by the one she loves when she confessed and her ring ends up with Keigo. What will happen between t... Show more
3 Level Combination
Status: Completed
From Noctis Op.92:
What exactly is the difference between a robot and a human?
In a dystopian future in which robots are becoming increasingly commonplace, a young boy named Hogu lives in near poverty with his grandmother and sister. Though h... Show more
What exactly is the difference between a robot and a human?
In a dystopian future in which robots are becoming increasingly commonplace, a young boy named Hogu lives in near poverty with his grandmother and sister. Though h... Show more
Kodomo no Kodomo
Status: Completed
In a small town in Tokyo, the PTA argues about teaching sex ed in elementary school, but what nobody knows is that eleven-year-old Haruna is already pregnant. When she decides not to tell any adults, it's up to her classmates to help her through this ordea... Show more
Kiss to Koukai
Status: Completed
Kiss to Koukai (Kisses and Regrets)
The distance between us wouldn't diminish. It's painful, lonely, and my heart squeezes in pain. At that time, if I had been more honest, would it change anything...? Yeah, right. That's why this time, so I won't re... Show more
The distance between us wouldn't diminish. It's painful, lonely, and my heart squeezes in pain. At that time, if I had been more honest, would it change anything...? Yeah, right. That's why this time, so I won't re... Show more
Survival of the Dead
Status: Completed
A oneshot intended to serve as promotion for George A. Romero's film of the same name.
Toki Wa...
Status: Completed
Toki wa... is a manga about two guys who travel back in time and visit Tokiwa Manor in the 1950's. Tokiwa Manor is an apartment building where Osamu Tezuka, the father of modern manga / anime, and many other early influential mangaka once lived. [MU]
Shinigami no Ballad
Status: Completed
Hayama Makoto is tormented by sightings of shinigami*, Asano Mitsuki dwells on his dead sister's shadow, and Koumoto Yaeko longs for the love of her life―these are the heart-rending yet tender tales of the people whose thoughts dwell on life and death, a... Show more
There's Something About Sunyool
Status: Ongoing
Sunyool Lee, a twenty-something rags-to-riches story. From a down-and-out illegitimate child to the only daughter of a powerful politician, she's seen and heard it all. Now it's time for her to find the perfect man to share her life with.
Triangle
Status: Completed
After a childhood friend passes away, the two who were left behind reminisce the love from the past and the present.