Manga Like Toumei na Yurikago: Sanfujinkain Kangoshi Minarai Nikki

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Kakukaku Shikajika

Manga34 chAward Winning

Shared themes: Memoir. Also Award Winning.

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

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Gou Gou datte Neko de Aru

Manga177 chAward Winning

Shared themes: Memoir. Also Award Winning.

After Ooshima's cat named Sava suddenly dies, she finds it difficult to continue creating manga. However, with the help of a new kitten named Gou-Gou who shows up, she's able to get over the loss of Sava and eventually feels inspired to continue her work. When

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Iryuu: Team Medical Dragon

Manga210 chAward Winning

Shared themes: Medical. Also Award Winning.

In order to gain a professorship at Meishin University Medical Center—with the greater goal of reforming the corrupt Japanese medical system—Dr. Akira Katou decides to focus her newest research paper on one of the most difficult surgical procedures in the worl

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Black Jack ni Yoroshiku

Manga127 chAward Winning

Shared themes: Medical. Also Award Winning.

Saitou Eijirou is a newly established intern doctor, who is forced to take on a second night job at another, much smaller hospital because of the extremely low pay he receives. As he bounces between the two different hospitals, he is forced to dig deeper and d

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Comic Showa-shi

Manga120 chAward Winning

Shared themes: Memoir. Also Award Winning.

A historical story using Ghosts to explain the life times of the reign of Emperor Hirohito. Comic Showa-shi describes an era of upheaval and impoverishment in Japanese history, beginning with the Tokyo Earthquake in 1923, and covering the financial panic, the

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Gekiga Hyouryuu

Manga48 chAward Winning

Shared themes: Memoir. Also Award Winning.

Over four decades ago, Yoshihiro Tatsumi expanded the horizons of comics storytelling by using the visual language of manga to tell gritty, literary stories about the private lives of everyday people. He has been called "the grandfather of Japanese alternative

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Jin

Manga137 chAward Winning

Shared themes: Medical. Also Award Winning.

As a result of a strange encounter with a mysterious carcinogenic fetus he found inside a patient's skull, brain surgeon Minakata Jin has slipped back through time. Equipped with modern medical knowledge, he faces various fatal diseases and injuries. Then, he

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7.7

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Wild Life

Manga234 chAction

Shared themes: Medical. Also Award Winning.

Tesshō is a high school juvenile delinquent. He has a special ability of perfect pitch. He saves a wild dog with the help of Kashu, a veterinarian. He later names the wild dog inu (Japanese for "dog"). He then finds his purpose in life: to become a veterinaria

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Kounodori

Manga328 chAward Winning

Shared themes: Medical. Also Award Winning.

Pregnancy is not a disease, so insurance does not apply. Obstetric treatments do not treat injuries or illnesses, so an obstetrician is not normally needed during the birth of a child. Still, obstetricians are needed because anything can go wrong during a preg

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7.4

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Shissou Nikki

Manga3 chAward Winning

Shared themes: Memoir. Also Award Winning.

Hideo Azuma was born 6th February 1950 in Hokkaido. He moved to Tokyo where he was assistant to Rentaro Itai and debuted in manga in 1969. Throughout the 70´s and 80´s he produced a large body of work in many genres including the comedies FUTARI TO GONIN (Two

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7.4

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Dr. Kotou Shinryoujo

MangaAward Winning

Shared themes: Medical. Also Award Winning.

After making a serious mistake in his work in Tokyo, talented surgeon Goto Kensuke is invited to take charge of the only clinic on the small island of Yonaguni, Okinawa. It is difficult to get competent doctors to serve on this remote island, and the islanders

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Aoi Honoo

MangaAward Winning

Shared themes: Memoir. Also Award Winning.

In this story set in the early 1980s, a young man dreams of becoming a renowned comic writer in years to come. His name is Honoo Moyuru. He has no money, only a dream. Then, he feels overwhelmed by his lack of ability, and buys some sake, although he has no he

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Sayonara Shikyuu

Manga21 chDrama

Shared themes: Medical · Memoir.

An autobiography about the author's struggles after being diagnosed with cervical cancer.

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Ooyasan to Boku

Manga23 chAward Winning

Shared themes: Memoir. Also Award Winning.

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Uchi no Tsuma tte Dou deshou?

MangaAward Winning

Shared themes: Memoir. Also Award Winning.

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Gan Manga Series

Manga16 ch

Shared themes: Medical · Memoir.

A memoir series detailing the mangaka's bout with colorectal cancer.

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8.6

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Chihayafuru

Manga253 chAward Winning

More Award Winning to explore.

Always deemed inferior to her elder sister, the strong-willed yet aimless Chihaya Ayase has no dream of her own. In contrast to her, Taichi Mashima, the son of a surgeon, is gifted yet insecure as he is burdened by the heavy expectations of his strict mother,

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Sakamichi no Apollon

Manga45 chAward Winning

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Constantly transferring schools since childhood, Kaoru Nishimi has always been seen as a social outcast when he transfers due to his intellectual nature and wealthy background. But after moving to Kyushu for his first year of high school, things begin to chang

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Nodame Cantabile

Manga150 chAward Winning

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Shinichi Chiaki, the perfectionist son of a famous pianist, is in his fourth year at Momogaoka College of Music, hoping to achieve his secret dream of being a conductor. His admiration for his father led him to pursue a career in music. As much as he wants to

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8.3

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Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu

Manga31 chAward Winning

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Young Yotarou has just left prison after serving a short term for a crime he does not know anything about, but without family, he has nowhere to go. Instead, he is going straight to the unrivaled master of rakugo—a form of comedic Japanese storytelling—Yakumo

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Hachimitsu to Clover

Manga71 chAward Winning

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Takemoto lives in a run down student apartment, where his greatest worry is when he'll next be able to afford to eat meat and whether he'll get to class on time. Although he's away from home and living on his own, Takemoto is far from finished growing up. Alon

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Kuragehime

Manga93 chAward Winning

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Tsukimi Kurashita has wanted to be a princess ever since her youth. However, at 18 years old, she finds herself far from that dream. Instead, she has become a plain and shy girl who spends most of her time and money on her biggest obsession: jellyfish. Tsukimi

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8.3

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Hikari to Tomo ni...: Jiheishouji wo Kakaete

Manga92 chAward Winning

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Born during the sunrise—an auspicious beginning—the Azumas' newborn son is named Hikaru, which means "light." But during one play date, his mother notices that her son is slightly different from the other children. In this alternately heartwarming and bittersw

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Mystery to Iu nakare

MangaAward Winning

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Average college student Totonou Kunou's usual morning making curry gets interrupted when police officers come knocking at his door, questioning him about his whereabouts on the night before. As it turns out, one of his classmates was found dead near his house—