Pen to House: Pen wa Kainushi ga Suki
Penguin & House

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Manga containing cute animals (and maybe some not-quite animals)! All manga are at least partly translated online/English licensed.

here we have more stories with animals (or magical creatures/robots) as companions.

For all the parents and other older relatives, librarians, and teachers out there, here is a list of manga that are appropriate for everyone of all ages and could make for a lovely spot on any and all kinds of bookshelves.


WORK IN PROGRESS: I will add descriptions and maybe add more later.
Give me a break, it's 3 am here rn lol


Manga has always been popular with kids, and those in the West who visit their local library may notice that kids tend to gravitate to the graphic novel sections, sometimes just for these Japanese comics! Many of the most famous, popular, and beloved manga may be serialized in magazines aimed at children in Japan, but may surprise those in the West with how violent/fanservice-y/not-exactly-child-friendly they may be to Western sensibilities. Because of this, it can be awkward and/or uncomfortable to share with younger family members, and had any parent glimpsed the wrong manga they might unfortunately ban their child from manga entirely!
So this stack is for those who don't want to go on the wrong step, and want to introduce manga to anyone younger or let them start building a manga collection on reasonable terms. Or for those who want some generally lighter reads. Either approach is fine :P


Disclaimer: I try to put all kinds of series here, but I will admit that there may be a large bias for relatively older shoujo series... not necessarily because I think shoujo always deserves more love and far more credit than people give the demographic tag, but simply because much of it includes series I personally grew up reading. Though there are also nostalgic picks that aren't shoujo in here too. Either way, sorry if I didn't put in any of your childhood favorites haha.


Recommended further research:
5 Manga Recommendations - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVumrw8hdow
Pokémon manga fun facts & recommendations - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qe0Xlu9Ta4


Check out my mahou shoujo stack! https://myanimelist.net/stacks/22572



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This stack contains licensed titles that have been OUT OF PRINT and series that apply will be indicated as such. This means it is near impossible to find these new without destroying your wallet, but there is still a chance in the ever-growing secondhand market! To find these older, hard-to-find series, I recommend the following sites:
https://www.abebooks.com/
https://www.alibris.com/
https://www.biblio.com/

BookFinder is also a huge help with searching for listings with bargain prices! To get the best results, look up the ISBN for English prints of series and copy-paste them into the search.
https://www.bookfinder.com/

Looking for a new animal companion, but tired of the same ol' cats and dogs? Here are some manga featuring unusual creatures that you'd never expect to see as pets!


Official Challenge Stack
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1. Click the Restack button
2. Complete at least 1 manga (*) on this list by August 31st!

*　Manga you completed before the challenge started (Jul 1) will not count. You will need to read something new, finish something you have on-hold, or re-read something you've read before.

*　Ongoing series will be accepted for the challenge only if you've read up to the recent translated chapter and have it on your Reading/On-Hold. Do NOT set publishing manga to Completed as 0/0 chp/vol, you won't get a badge!

A List of the Shojo and Josei Manga available on the MangaMo app (excluding the Kodansha licenses, since they typically land on most of the digital-only platforms and make this list too long). Several titles (listed below) don't have MAL listings but are in the MangaUpdates database.

- 29-year-old in the Service Industry
- A Transparent Fever
- A Wish
- All Hallow's Even
- Chika's Forest
- Control Love
- Dreams Take Flight
- Ekikoi: The Young Miss Falls for the Station Attendant
- Fevered Nights
- I Picked Up a Homeless Handsome Guy
- Inherited by Her Enemy
- Injured Innocent
- Leave it to Sero
- Love Portrait
- Maison Q
- Matching our Answers
- Maternity Bride
- Mistress, Mother...Wife?
- My Little, Stray Cat
- Natalie and Mysterious Takumi
- Patricia
- ring a bell
- Seize the Flowers of Love
- Sweet Pain (by Tsunami Minatsuki)
- Sweet Seduction: Under the Same Roof with The Guy I Hate
- Take Me
- The Bridesmaid's Secret
- The Merciless Travis Wilde
- Too Rotten for Romance
- You Haven't Seen the Best of Me!

Manga/Manhwa where there are central non-romantic relationship(s), ie friends, teacher-student, something in between etc but not family/found family, I have a different stack for that

Some of these may have romance as well but it's not between the main characters and/or it's a subplot that often doesn't result in the characters actually getting together

Not on MAL:
-Susu, Han: About a pair of estranged siblings reconnecting, and their group of friends. Good comedy and drama.
-The Competition: About a violin competition, has friendships and sibling relationships. Good drama.
-The Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood: A group of outcasts become friends. Great comedy.
-Our Time: Adorable friendship between a boy who can stop time and a girl who can only be free from her coma in his stopped time.