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naoki urasawa's wonderful documentary program manben shows mangaka at work while they discuss their form and process with urasawa-sensei. this list includes one noteworthy series by each mangaka featured on the show.

an english fansub of the series can be found here (this is NOT urasawa-sensei's official website):

https://www.naokiurasawa.com/

i will do my best to choose series' that can be read in their entirety in english, either officially or via scanlations. information can be found in the descriptions for each entry.

format:
mangaka ([season][episode])
common english title(s)
magazine

Characters who are overweight, are seen as fat, or are very plump.

Anime Planet Tag: https://www.anime-planet.com/characters/tags/overweight

Manga Update Tag: https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?category=Fat%20Female%20Lead ; https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?category=Fat+Male+Lead


NOT LISTED ON MAL
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A Pudgy Girl's Love [Satomi] *
https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/z7goj1c/a-pudgy-girl-s-love

Borrowed Beauty [Elise]
https://www.anime-planet.com/manga/borrowed-beauty

Childhood Friend [Shouta] *
https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/yc1ytgl/childhood-friend-jiro-rin

His Highness, Don't Leave! I Will Lose Weight for You! [Han Fei]
https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/lwqxryi/his-highness-don-t-leave-i-will-lose-weight-for-you

Koi no Kiseki [Taeko]
https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/kcngpza/koi-no-kiseki

My Chubby Princess [Mu Wushuang]
https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/yxevrcd/my-chubby-princess

My Pudgy Coworker Is a Snack [Fukuyama] *
https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/ktg2gqu/manmaru-douki-ni-kuwaretai

Out-Girl's Proposal
https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/x3xyxgm/out-girl-s-proposal

Tell Me It's Real [Paul AUSTER]
https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/28cln1j/tell-me-it-s-real

-----------OVER 50 MANGA-----------
Eyeshield 21 -- [Ryokan KURITA]
Tejina-senpai -- [Masashi]
Steins;Gate -- [Itaru HASHIDA]

KonoSugoi is an annual magazine aimed at finding out which is the best manga with content published in the year of the survey. The choice is made by a panel of judges from the manga and publishing industry, and often reflects works with a lot of potential for anime adaptation.

Due to the variety of opinions and the extensive amount of works, the list is divided between men and women. In this stack we will cover the choices of the female audience, since the origin of the awards.

all the shoujo + josei manga currently scheduled to release volume 1's of english prints in 2023! wanted to make this stack for anyone whos like me and wants to keep track of the new shojo and josei that is coming out this year so they can add some to their collection. i will try to keep this updated if more series are announced throughout the year, enjoy <3

Edit: We have so many coming out this year that i had to break it up into 2 stacks!

just josei manga that I like

work in progress. will add descriptions eventually

Just a list of the one-shot or single omnibus releases in English of Shojo and Josei stories. Companies include Viz, Vertical Comics, Yen Press, Seven seas, Denpa, Kodansha, Fantagraphics, Star Fruit Books, Dark Horse, Digital Manga Publishing, and ADV manga. There are several that Tokyopop licensed as one-shots or single omnibi, but I ran out of room so I didn't include them on this list.

*I ran out of room to include these works:
- Kodansha's Is Love the Answer?/Kimi no Sekai ni Koi wa Nai which is 1 volume (https://myanimelist.net/manga/143738/Kimi_no_Sekai_ni_Koi_wa_Nai)
- Kodansha's "An Older Guy's VR First Love"/VR Ojisan no Hatsukoi (https://myanimelist.net/manga/142033/VR_Ojisan_no_Hatsukoi)
- Last Gasp's "Pure Trance" (https://myanimelist.net/manga/1359/Pure_Trance)
- Moyoco Anno's "In Clothes Called Fat" (https://myanimelist.net/manga/13881/Shibou_to_Iu_Na_no_Fuku_wo_Kite?q=in%20clothes%20called%20fat&cat=manga)

A list of all the Shojo and Josei manga titles licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment.

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/56379

Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/56591

Manga that feature diverse body types. Mainly chubby, average, or bigger female leads. Mixed bags of genres. Mostly romance, comedy, slice of life, ecchi.

I'm defining "modern" Shojo and Josei manga to mean anything that began being published in 2013 or later. Obviously personal taste plays a role in whether you'll like something. I'm also trying to focus on Shojo and Josei manga licensed in English officially, so some excellent stories will sadly be missing from this list (they should probably get their own at some point).

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/57752

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/57753

This is based on the same series by YouTuber Colleen’s Manga Recs. Check it out: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnU3t7zw-xz601l2DGww8H3C9JW4u7GRf&si=UN24tUq1ezw4hWEa

If you like…
- Fairy Tail/One Piece —> Yona of the Dawn
- Sakamoto Days —> Oresama Teacher
- Blue Box —> Waiting for Spring
- Rurouni Kenshin —> Kaze Hikaru
- Kaguya-Sama: Love is War —> Special A
- Ancient Magus Bride —> Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts
- Jujutsu Kaisen —> QQ Sweeper
- My Dress Up Darling —> Otomen
- The Promised Neverland —> Limit
- Komi Can’t Communicate —> Ran the Peerless Beauty
- Apothecary Diaries —> Eccentric Doctor of the moonflower Kingdom
- Chainsaw Man —> Karneval
- Berserk —> Basara
- Fullmetal Alchemist —> Nina the Starry Bride
- Blue Flag —> Run away with me Girl
- Sousou no Frieren —> The Cursed Prince’s Servant
- Spy x Family —> Love of Kill
- Oshi No Ko —> Kageki Shoujo
- Demon Slayer —> Natsume’s Book of Friends
- Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure —> X
- Toilet Bound Hanako-Kun —> The Illustrator’s Guide to Monster Girls
- Blue Period —> Blank Canvas: My so called artist’s journey
- Your Lie in April —> Nodame Cantabile
- Haikyuu —> Chihayafuru
- A Silent Voice —> Life
- Detective Conan —> Usotoki Rhetoric
- Inuyasha —> Red River
- Bride’s Story —> Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom
- Attack on Titan —> Children of the Whales
- Dungeon Meshi —> From Far Away
- Skip to Loafer —> I see your face turned away
- Yakuza Fiancé —> Firefly Wedding
- Call of the Night —> The Hachioji Speciality: Tengu’s Love
- Ranma 1/2 —> Hana-Kimi

- The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity —> Fall in Love You False Angels
- Witch Watch —> Otaku Vampire’s Love Bite
- The Dangers in my heart —> Tamon’s B-Side
- Fire Punch —> Angel Sanctuary