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

Kojima, Akira

Shiratori Ryushi wants to become a picture book writer, and he moves to an apartment, Narutaki-So, in order to go to an art school in Tokyo. Narutaki-so is an old Japanese style one-story house which doesn’t fit in urban scenery. It is owned by the cousin of his mother, and the manager of the apartment is Aoba Kozue. She is his second cousin, and they met with each other when they were children although he doesn’t remember her much. She is in the second grader of a high school attached to Aoba Junior Collage.

There are five people living in Narutaki-So. First, Chanohata Kotomi is living in the room #1. She is a best friend of Kozue. Then, the resident of the room #3 is Momono Megumi. She is a kind of person who goes her own way. In the room #5, Kurosaki Sayoko and her daughter Asami are living. Asami is in the first grade of a junior high. Finally, in the room #6, Haibara Yukio is living with his puppet, “Johnny”.

They are all characteristic and eccentric persons. However, in fact, the most eccentric person is Kozue. She has a secret; when she is shocked at something, she changes her personality. Not knowing this, Shiratori moves to Narutaki-So to realize his dream. What kind of a new life will be waiting for him?

(Source: MU)

Mahoraba

まほらば

Kobako, Totan

Sora is a quiet girl who finds her niche in the high school art club. When she isn't out capturing images of the neighbourhood in her trusty sketchbook, she can almost certainly be found befriending the local cats.

Sketchbook

スケッチブック

Aoki, Ume

Accepted to a high school specializing in the arts, Yuno moves into a nearby apartment complex to make her commute easier. Just a few days into her new routine, she quickly discovers that creativity doesn't end with the art school bell! Her neighbors—Sae, Hiro, and Miya—are all fellow students, and each has her own hilarious quirks. And eccentricity clearly rules this school; Yuno's homeroom teach is a cosplay otaku and the principal is just...weird. Will the quiet Yuno be able to handle this creatively kooky cast of characters?

(Source: Yen Press)

Hidamari Sketch

Sunshine Sketch

ひだまりスケッチ

A collection of extra chapters released seperately from the other volumes.

Sketchbook: Shucchouban

スケッチブック 出張版

Kajiwara, Osamu

Former Tokyoite Himeno Toyokawa is a sweet, playful high schooler who's recently moved to Tajimi City with her grandmother and widower (and bankrupt) father, who owns a cafe. Naturally, she's eager to find a place to fit in at her new high school. So when she discovers the Pottery Club, she decides to give it a shot, even though she has some very personal history with pottery...

(Source: ANN)

Yaku nara Mug Cup mo: Comicalize!

やくならマグカップも こみからいず!

Inoya, Kotoba

Chiyuki Fujito is an aspiring model whose dream is to take part in Paris Fashion Week; however, she lacks the proper height to even be considered for the simplest of modeling gigs. Similarly, Ikuto Tsumura is a poor high school student who wants to design clothes, but he has instead decided to skip college and head straight into the workforce to support his family. 

When the two cross paths, they come to the conclusion that no matter how difficult it may seem, they will do what they can to achieve their goals and prove that one's circumstances do not determine their course in life. And so begin both of their journeys, destined to meet again on the runway.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Runway de Waratte

Smile Down the Runway

ランウェイで笑って

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]

Maiko-san Chi no Makanai-san

舞妓さんちのまかないさん

Ishizuka, Chihiro

Makoto Kowata, a novice witch, packs up her belongings (including her black cat familiar) and moves in with her distant cousins in rural Aomori Prefecture, in the far north reaches of Japan, to complete her training and become a full-fledged witch.

(Source: Kodansha USA)

Flying Witch

ふらいんぐうぃっち

Horiuchi, Atsunori

Togami, Hiromasa

Sousuke Aoyama is a college student who suffers painfully from the loss of his parents in a traffic accident. He meets Kozan Shinoda, a suibokuga (India-ink painting) artist, at an exhibition. Kozan becomes interested in Sousuke and surprisingly accepts him as his disciple. However, Kozan's niece is dismissive of Sousuke and declares to compete with Sousuke for the "Kozan Award." Although Sousuke seemed uninterested in painting at first, he gradually becomes drawn to it by each stroke he draws...

(Source: Kodansha, translated)

Sen wa, Boku wo Egaku

The Lines that Define Me

線は、僕を描く

Kawada, Daichi

As a member of the art club, Shintaro Ibuki is stuck with the arduous task of making a piece of school equipment by hand. While crafting, he notices the intimidating Kyoko Sugisaki glaring at him. Unsatisfied with his clumsy efforts, Kyoko eventually steps in and quickly finishes his work for him. Wishing to return the favor, Shintaro helps with the sketch Kyoko was working on.

Fascinated by each other's different areas of expertise—Shintaro by Kyoko's special talent for handcrafting drums and Kyoko by Shintaro's impressive art skills—they begin working together on various projects. But their shared passion for creating beautiful things may be just the first step for romantic feelings to appear in full bloom.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Hanninmae no Koibito

Blooming Love

半人前の恋人

Sonoyama, Yukino

In a boisterous classroom, 15-year-old Aia Udagawa's thoughts are far from the topic at hand. While his classmates select him as a model for the Aoi Festival Artist Contest due to his past modeling experience, Udagawa watches Jun Sumisaki, a tall and awkward girl who seems embarrassed about her unique freckles and impressive height. They are paired as model and stylist—but Udagawa defeatedly mourns his abandoned dream of becoming a makeup artist.

Udagawa has long convinced himself he has no talent, and Sumisaki lacks the confidence to hold her head high and flaunt her stunning features. Even so, Sumisaki proposes that they switch: Udagawa will have all creative freedom, and she will boldly strut the runway like her mother once taught her. Notable figures from the glamor industry will be watching, but it may prove to be the push Udagawa needs to return to the fashion and beauty scene and conquer it alongside his favorite model.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

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