Naitou, Ryuu

Kemono Friends 2

けものフレンズ2

Hitsuji

Hana Tanaka is a first-year high school student. She lives in the small mountain village of Uzuka, where she runs a public bathhouse with her grandmother and Toota. One day, feeling a bit bored with her unchanging daily routine, a mysterious "Yeti" creature arrives from the distant Himalayas!

While this doesn't bring about any major changes, she embarks with the Yeti to explore the small “sparks of joy” in her daily life!

(Source: Kodansha, translated)

Yeti, Toaru Hibi

Yeti, a Day in the Life

イエティ、とある日々

Amano, Sakuya

Konohana Kitan is the heartwarming story of a new apprentice named Yuzu, and the other fox girls who work at a hot spring hotel called Konohatei. The staff at Konohatei live by one belief: no matter who one may truly be, no matter what, anyone who is a guest is a god. Of course, that includes you. Let the hospitality of Yuzu and the Konohatei heal your tired soul.

(Source: Tokyopop)

Konohana Kitan

このはな綺譚

Shinomaru, Nodoka

Souta Tawara had made it clear that he would not inherit his family's udon restaurant when he left his hometown in the Kagawa Prefecture for Tokyo many years ago. But following the death of his estranged father, he finds himself returning to the place he had been so desperate to get away from.

With both parents gone, all Souta expected to find was an empty house and restaurant. Much to his surprise, he stumbles upon a scruffy little boy sleeping inside one of the cooking pots with a sack of flour for a pillow. The boy, as Souta later discovers, is none other than Kagawa's rumored tanuki, a shape-shifting raccoon dog that has been inhabiting the area for many years. Unable to leave the boy to his lonely existence, Souta decides to take care of him and names him Poko.

As Souta spends more time in Kagawa, memories of his childhood resurface, and with them, the regret of having left affairs with his father unresolved. Udon no Kuni no Kiniro Kemari is the story of how, through his innocent ways, Poko unknowingly helps Souta come to terms with his past and their journey toward a new future together.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Udon no Kuni no Kiniro Kemari

うどんの国の金色毛鞠

Tatsuyama, Sayuri

That tale of a little bunny named Clover and her friends in the Crescent Forest.

Happy Happy Clover

はぴはぴクローバー

Higa, Aloha

Shirokuma Café provides a pleasant atmosphere that is popular among magazines and its local clientele, with one of its charms being that anyone is welcome regardless of species. The owner of this trendy eatery is a pun-loving polar bear named Shirokuma, who enjoys running the place as much as he likes wordplay. His friends—an easygoing panda and a level-headed penguin—are regulars at the establishment. Even though the three have their own daily lives, the trio always have fun together, whether it is an exciting trip to see new sights and people beyond the cafe or a casual conversation at the end of a long day.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Shirokuma Café

Polar Bear Café

しろくまカフェ

I want to continue this journey together with you. This is the story of a lonely bear and an outcast crow, and their journey to find their "irreplaceable companion."

Somewhere in Japan is a black bear who lives deep in the forest. In his childhood, he was separated from his family and has never met another bear. The bear is alone, until he meets a city-raised crow... The two decide to search for the bear's companions that he's never met before. Passing through mountains, forests, grasslands, volcanoes, and lakes, meeting deer, owls, herons, and boars, can the two find their "irreplaceable companion?" What about the existence of Yatagarasu, the God who grants only one wish?

(Source: Bungeishunju, translated)

Kuma to Karasu

クマとカラス

Miyanaga, Asaya

Two guardian foxes from the Inari Shrine are sent to grant wishes to those who've prayed at the shrine

Hamatsuri Machi no Otsukai Kitsune

葉祭町のおつかい狐

Yoshino, Satsuki

Seishuu Handa is considered a prodigy in the calligraphy world. However, he is extremely narcissistic about his work, and when a senior curator dismisses his award-winning piece as conventional and bland, he loses his cool, leading to potentially career-ending repercussions. 

After seeing his son's immaturity, his father⁠—also a master calligrapher—sends Handa to a village in the Goto Islands as punishment. Deprived of city comforts, Handa moves into a house in the local village with the sole intention of spending his stay engrossed in calligraphy. However, the house he has moved into was previously the hideout for some rambunctious children, headed by Naru Kotoishi, who are unwilling to move out. Furthermore, the neighbors seem very interested in the calligrapher, who they see as an amusing oddity!

Despite Handa having been uprooted from his comfortable lifestyle, his experiences with the village and its people will teach him things about himself, life, and calligraphy.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Barakamon

ばらかもん

Itagaki, Paru

In a world populated by anthropomorphic animals, there exists a bias: carnivores are just mindless predators in the eyes of many herbivores. However, when an alpaca named Tem is murdered within the walls of Cherryton High School, the fear toward carnivores skyrockets to an all-time high. 

Legoshi, a student at this school, is a gray wolf who is quite awkward despite his fearsome appearance. When turmoil affects his school life, he is forced to confront the divide between herbivores and carnivores, as well as his own place in this society. This is further complicated by his supposedly romantic feelings toward a herbivore, which might not be what they seem.

Beastars details Legoshi's struggles against his inner demons while living in a society that is unforgiving toward his kind.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Beastars

BEASTARS

Takahashi, Yoshihiro

A giant demon bear named Akakabuto has taken over Futago pass. Shortly after, a silver, tiger-striped Akita pup named Gin is born and is trained as a bear-dog. Gin is brought to Riki (the leader of a large pack of dogs and Gin's father) to join the pack. Riki let's him join after proving his strenght and sends his platoons to all parts of Japan to recruit strong males to fight Akakabuto.

Gin, the third generation of bear-dogs goes through many hardships for the purpose of stopping the terrifying bear, Akakabuto.

(Source: ANN)

Ginga Nagareboshi Gin

Silver Fang: The Shooting Star Gin

銀牙～流れ星銀～

Koyama, Aiko

Kyoto is home to many districts where young women work as geisha: entertainers who perform traditional songs and dance. Kiyo Nozuki is a teenager living in a small manor where a group of maiko—apprentice geisha—reside. She has always admired the geisha and originally moved to Kyoto in hopes of becoming a maiko. However, Kiyo discovers that she is not cut out for the job. Not letting it upset her too much, she decides to help her troupe using her strongest suit instead—become a caterer and cook them delicious meals to support them in their everyday lives!

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

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