Otaku Culture Manga

Despite being a talented artist, middle school student Moritaka Mashiro is unsure about his future, accepting that he will simply lead a normal life. After seeing one of Mashiro's drawings in class, Akito Takagi—an aspiring writer—insists that they write a manga together. But Mashiro is hesitant—his uncle, a mangaka, had died from overworking just a few years prior. However, when Mashiro hears that his crush, Miho Azuki, aims to be a voice actress, he becomes determined to create a manga that can be adapted into an anime for her to star in. Reciprocating Mashiro's feelings, she agrees to get married once they have both achieved their dreams. Bakuman. chronicles Mashiro and Takagi's successes and struggles in their attempts to be serialized in Weekly Shounen Jump and become famous mangakas. Will their gamble pay off, or will they join the countless number of failures? [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Engrossed in the family business of traditional doll making, Wakana Gojou is a reserved high school freshman without friends. Harboring painful memories of a childhood friend's disdain toward his interest, Gojou cannot relate to his classmates and their pastimes, eventually isolating himself. Gojou has yet to perfect his crafting of dolls' faces, but is exceptionally skilled at making their clothes. His finesse with the sewing machine is soon discovered by his beautiful classmate Marin Kitagawa, whose boldness and honesty Gojou both admires and envies. Instantly, she shares with Gojou her own hobby: she likes to cosplay as characters from erotic video games. However, Kitagawa cannot sew her own costumes, leading her to seek Gojou's expertise. Now, as he is dragged along to the charming girl's endless cosplay-related affairs, Kitagawa becomes his first friend who fully accepts him. Thus, although polar opposites, their relationship slowly blossoms through their aptitude in helping each other in the intricate world of cosplay. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Narumi Momose is a petite and cute young woman who loves idols, games, and everything anime or manga-related, especially in the boys' love genre. In other words, she is a closet otaku and more specifically, a fujoshi. After a breakup due to these kind of interests, she quits her job and joins a new company. At her new workplace, the only colleagues who know about her secret are her childhood friend Hirotaka Nifuji, a blunt gaming otaku; Hanako Koyanagi, a cool and mature-looking beauty; and Tarou Kabakura, an attractive guy with a scary face who always gets into fights with Hanako. While having drinks to catch up, Hirotaka advises Narumi to date someone who would understand her hobbies. But she is hesitant—otakus are typically perceived as gross, and the only ones who can understand them are otakus themselves. Or could a relationship between two otakus work? Following the relationship of Narumi and Hirotaka as they begin dating, Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii is a light-hearted story about those who try to balance work, relationships, and hobbies. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Keima Katsuragi is a high school student better known online as the "God of Conquest," the man who can obtain the heart of any dating sim girl. In his opinion, real life is an awful game; three-dimensional girls are annoying and false representations of how a real girl should be. One afternoon, while taking a break from cleaning duty, he stumbles across a strange message that goads him to conquer a girl. On a whim, he accepts, and his consent summons a girl named Elucia "Elsie" de Lute Ima, a denizen of hell tasked with capturing runaway spirits that have festered in girls' hearts. Keima is shocked and tries to escape, but Elsie tells him that failure to fulfill the newly formed contract will result in the termination of his life! Tasked with capturing the runaway spirits, Keima uses his expertise and knowledge of dating sims to obtain the hearts of girls in real life. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Confessing to your crush is no easy task for any teenager, and it is no different for Chiyo Sakura, who was saved from being late on the first day of school at Roman Academy by Umetarou Nozaki. Touched by his action, Sakura begins to develop feelings toward him. One fateful day in their second year of high school, Sakura finally musters up the courage to confess. Swallowing her fears, she reveals it to him in a classroom after school. However, unbeknownst to her, Nozaki is actually a praised shoujo manga artist working under the pen name of "Sakiko Yumeno." His work is acclaimed for being sensitive toward girls' feelings, but Nozaki himself has no experience with love or being in a relationship. All this results in him misunderstanding Sakura's confession as nothing but praise from a fan, and he simply hands her his autograph. One misunderstanding leads to another, and she somehow ends up working as an assistant for his manga. Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun follows Sakura as she continually tries to convey her feelings to the oblivious Nozaki while helping him with his manga, as well as meeting his quirky assistants who coincidentally also attend Roman Academy. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Tatsuhiro Satou is a 22-year-old hikikomori who dropped out of college and is now entering his fourth year of unemployment. He consumes hallucinatory drugs to escape reality, leading him to come up with various conspiracy theories. One such theory concerns the existence of a secret organization called the Nihon Hikikomori Kyoukai (NHK), which is supposedly responsible for Tatsuhiro's shut-in nature and the increasing number of hikikomori people across Japan. On a quest to fight back against NHK, Tatsuhiro swears to leave behind his socially inept self. However, Tatsuhiro soon realizes that socializing may be too far-fetched a dream for him, as he struggles to get through even the most basic interactions with others. With the help of the mysterious Misaki Nakahara, who claims she can cure him of his current lifestyle, will he be able to turn his life around? [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Tomoko Kuroki is not cool. She is unattractive, socially awkward, and spends most of her evenings playing video games. Even so, no one wants popularity as desperately as she does. With one ingenious idea after another, Tomoko comes ever closer to achieving her goal—or so she thinks. Utilizing such innovative methods as imitating popular anime personas and buying expensive panties, she claws her way toward attaining the social status of her dreams. Pathetically hilarious and strangely charming, Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui! depicts Tomoko's daily struggles with social anxiety in a lighthearted and relatable way. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Rather than a prince and a princess living happily ever after together, it is much more appealing to see a prince and a prince fall in love. Believing in this wholeheartedly, Kae Serinuma is an overweight second-year high school girl who spends her days obsessing over fictional boys and fantasizing about men being in love with each other. In particular, she ships her male classmates Nozomu Nanashima and Yuusuke Igarashi—in her mind, every interaction they have hints at their romance. However, Kae's entire world is turned upside down when her favorite anime character dies. Heartbroken, she locks herself in her room and cuts off all contact from society. When she finally emerges a week later, she has slimmed down to have become a radiant beauty! Now, all the boys that Kae was content with watching from afar are suddenly pursuing her—the only problem is, Kae wants no part in it! She would much rather they kiss each other, not her. In the battle for her heart, Kae ensnares the boys in her wild fantasies and exposes them to the true nature of a fujoshi's world. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

It's the spring of freshman year, and Kanji Sasahara is in a quandary. Should he fulfill his long-cherished dream of joining an otaku club? Saki Kasukabe also faces a dilemma. Can she ever turn her boyfriend, anime fanboy Kousaka, into a normal guy? Kanji triumphs where Saki fails, when both Kanji and Kousaka sign up for Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture. Undeterred, Saki chases Kousaka through the various activities of the club, from costume-playing and comic conventions to video gaming and collecting anime figures—learning more than she ever wanted to about the humorous world of the Japanese fan... (Source: Del Rey Manga)

Yoshikazu Miyano is a meek high school student who enjoys reading boys-love manga. One day, he finds himself in a predicament of stopping a fierce school fight, unsure of what actions to take. Before everything gets worse, he is interrupted by upperclassman Shuumei Sasaki, who boldly takes his place and saves Miyano from his grief. From that day on, Miyano has quietly looked up to him. However, three months later, Miyano realizes that Sasaki is more bothersome than admirable. At school, Miyano is greeted by him with playful teases, not to mention the frequent friendly skinship he receives. When Sasaki asks for manga recommendations, Miyano lets him borrow a boys-love comic he owns. Surprisingly, Sasaki ended up enjoying its content and got hooked on boys-love as well, marking the start of a shared passion. Could it develop into something more? [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Kagami Junichirou was known as a physics genius when he was a teenager, and he was even published in "Nature." However, after college, he suddenly lost all interest in science. As a NEET, he's devoted himself to his anime blog and nerdy collecting habits. He claims he has a serious illness called "I can't do anything I don't want to do." Desperate to get him to do something with his life, his little sister manages to get him a job teaching physics at his old high school. He's certainly an unconventional teacher, but he becomes fairly popular with the students. After helping a girl who's being ruthlessly bullied, Kagami finds that he actually likes teaching. Will he continue his career as a weird teacher? Will he go back into physics? Or will he end up back where he started? (Source: MangaHelpers)

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 hopes. When a friend introduces her to an unorthodox, backstreet art class taught by the strong-armed Kenzou Hidaka, called simply as "sensei," Akiko decides to enroll, expecting an easy ride and an automatic improvement in her art skills. To her chagrin, what she gets is something else entirely—a tough, demanding, and uncompromising teacher with absolutely no interest in manga. But when Akiko takes up Sensei's challenge of an intense schedule, she comes to recognize how much he cares about his students and forms a close bond with him. With Sensei's guidance, Akiko learns what is necessary to become a successful mangaka as well as what it means to be an adult. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Aoba Suzukaze is a high school graduate and an aspiring character designer. She joins the video game company Eagle Jump, known for the game that she profoundly loves—Fairies Story. At Eagle Jump, Aoba is placed into a team of six, which includes the lead character designer for the original Fairies Story game, Kou Yagami. Getting mentored by her role model, Aoba strives to become a better character designer and learn the ropes of the video game industry. New Game! revolves around the buoyant lives of Aoba and her team members. Together, the girls put their sweat and tears into the production of the new upcoming video game, Fairies Story 3—the third installment of the Fairies Story series. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

​Seventeen years ago, Takafumi's uncle fell into a coma, but now he's back like a man risen from his grave. Soon, Takafumi discovers two bizarre things: His uncle treasures video games above all else, and, while comatose, he was actually transported to another world as some heroic guardian! Now, not only does Takafumi have to room with an uncle who is literally magical, he also has to catch the guy up on two decades of history—smartphones, high-speed internet, modern anime tropes...and the traumatic outcome of the '90s console war! (Source: Yen Press)

"I have no interest in real girls!" So claims Okumura, the president of the school's manga club. He's your typical otaku, obsessed with a sexy (fictional) 2D manga character known as Lilliel. Then the new school year starts, and a (real!) 3D girl named Lilysa whose passion is cosplay joins the club. Lilysa convinces Okumura to become her photographer—and guess who her favorite manga character is? Not only that, but Lilysa is into modeling the fetishy stuff! The boundaries between 2D and 3D start to blur as this hot-blooded romantic comedy unfolds. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

In public, Umaru Doma appears to be the perfect high school student: hard-working, refined, and totally responsible. But the minute she gets home to her older brother Taihei–and dons her famous hamster hoodie–she devolves into the ultimate bratty little sister! She's happy to roll around all day in an otaku cloud of games and junk food while her exhausted older brother takes care of everything in the house. In this hilarious comedy about family, friendship, and the nonsense we put up with (from the people we love), Umaru and Taihei will find a way to make it work! (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

When eating a chocolate cornet, which end do you begin with, the top or the bottom? Which side is the top and which is the bottom? For that matter, what is a chocolate cornet? The proper way to eat pastries is only one of the many everyday occurrences explored by the girls of Ms. Kuroi's class. Meet Konata, an athletic and intelligent girl too dedicated to her favorite primetime anime to excel in anything but otaku culture; Miyuki, the cute, bespectacled living example of moe with an encyclopedic knowledge of all subjects; Kagami, the bitter-sweet, tough but shy straight-man to Konata's constant teasing and pranks; and her younger fraternal twin sister, Tsukasa, a kind but air-headed klutz. Witness this study in the human condition as our heroines explore the unexplored in questioning the ordinary! (Source: Bandai Entertainment, edited)

Rookie manga artist Teppei Sasaki has worked tirelessly to become serialized in the pages of Weekly Shounen Jump only to be rejected again and again. When the latest one-shot he placed all his hopes in is dismissed, Teppei resolves that after four long years, he should just quit. But just as he makes the decision, lightning strikes his apartment, fusing his microwave and fridge together. As he inspects the mess, the microwave miraculously spits out a magazine: an issue of Shounen Jump from 10 years in the future. Frontlining this issue is a new serialization titled "White Knight" by Itsuki Aino, a debut so flawless that it moves Teppei deeply. When the issue disappears thereafter, Teppei believes that the idea came from his own imagination and quickly works to copy it down as a one-shot. Submitting it to Shounen Jump, the editors are amazed and decide that the work is good enough to run as a series. With his dreams finally realized, Teppei works to refine the one-shot and it debuts soon after. Meanwhile, elsewhere, a 17-year-old Itsuki Aino opens the latest issue of Shounen Jump to find her fledgling story within its pages, a truth that will soon come crashing down upon Teppei. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Kyousuke Kousaka, a normal seventeen-year-old high school student, hasn't gotten along with his younger sister, Kirino, in years. For longer than he can remember, Kirino has ignored his comings and goings and looked at him with spurning eyes. It seemed as if the relationship between Kyousuke and his sister, now fourteen, would continue this way forever. One day, however, Kyousuke finds a DVD case of a magical girl anime entitled 'Hoshikuzu Witch Merle' (Stardust Witch Merle), which had fallen into the entranceway of his house. To Kyousuke's surprise, inside the case is a hidden adult video game titled 'Imouto to Koishiyo!' (Love with Little Sister!). Kyousuke attempts to fish out the culprit who dropped the case by bringing up the topic of magical girl anime at the family dinner table. All that comes out is a strong negative reaction from his parents, especially his anti-otaku policeman father. That night, Kirino bursts into Kyousuke's room and, in perhaps the first conversation she has initiated with him in years, says they "have things to talk about." Kirino brings Kyousuke to her room and shows him an extensive collection of moe anime and lolicon bishoujo games she has been collecting in secret. (Source: Wikipedia)

Tatsuhiko's love for drawing began at a young age, and his aspiration was to work in animation someday. But when the young boy is bullied for his art, Tatsuhiko swears to never draw in front of others ever again. Desperate to find something new to fill the void in his heart, he turns to music, but eventually becomes jaded by his mediocrity. While out drinking with his friends, Tatsuhiko's sob story earns the ire of a drunk woman, who intimidates the young man into reassessing his attitude toward life. He decides to give animation another chance, and in the process rediscovers his love for the medium, pushing himself to publish a short video. Tatsuhiko is stunned when the video goes viral, even more so when his favorite singer, Nico Kashiwagi, requests a collaboration on her next music video! Excited to finally meet the artist he has admired for so long, the young man is shocked to discover that Nico is the same bar patron that gave him an earful, though she has no recollection of that drunken night. While initially hesitant of their new partnership, Tatsuhiko slowly learns that there is more to Nico's brutish passion than he realizes. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Koe de Oshigoto! is a story about Aoyagi Kanna, a 16 year-old girl who was asked to become an erotic game voice actress on her 16th birthday by her 28 year-old sister at her ero-ge company. (Source: MU)

Kyousuke Kousaka, a normal seventeen-year-old high school student, hasn't gotten along with his younger sister, Kirino, in years. For longer than he can remember, Kirino has ignored his comings and goings and looked at him with spurning eyes. It seemed as if the relationship between Kyousuke and his sister, now fourteen, would continue this way forever. One day, however, Kyousuke finds a DVD case of a magical girl anime entitled Hoshikuzu Witch Merle (Stardust Witch Merle), which had fallen into the entrance way of his house. To Kyousuke's surprise, inside the case is a hidden adult video game titled 'Imouto to Koi shiyo!' (Love with Little Sister!). Kyousuke attempts to fish out the culprit who dropped the case by bringing up the topic of magical girl anime at the family dinner table. All that comes out is a strong negative reaction from his parents, especially his anti-otaku policeman father. That night, Kirino bursts into Kyousuke's room and, in perhaps the first conversation she has initiated with him in years, says they "have things to talk about." Kirino brings Kyousuke to her room and shows him an extensive collection of moe anime and lolicon bishoujo games she has been collecting in secret. (Source: Wikipedia)

Die-hard otaku Tomoya Aki never imagined himself falling for a girl in real life until one of his spring breaks, when he experienced a picturesque encounter with a mysterious beauty. Reminiscing about the brief yet enchanting event, he decides to produce a bishoujo game—a game focused on attractive girls—with the sole purpose of capturing the allure of that idyllic scene. Days fly by, and Tomoya enters his second year of high school having made no progress on his game. On top of that, he is shocked to discover that the girl he met is his unremarkable classmate, Megumi Katou. Determined to make his game a reality, Tomoya ropes Megumi into the project and sets out to convince his childhood friend Eriri Spencer Sawamura and upperclassman Utaha Kasumigaoka to help with its development. Tomoya soon finds out, however, that working with friends on such an ambitious project is much more difficult than he initially thought. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Every weekday, lively 10-year-old Hime Gotou watches her father put on his suit and tie before leaving for his nine-to-five office job. However, as soon as he loses sight of his innocent daughter, Kakushi Gotou runs to change from business attire into a washed-out T-shirt and old shorts. As a single father, Gotou has one crucial secret he must absolutely keep hidden from Hime: his career as an established comedy manga artist. But the humor he is known for is excessively dirty and vulgar—meaning he will resort to anything in his power to prevent his unassuming daughter from ever reading it. Compelled by his irrational fear that Hime will lose respect for him, Gotou employs Hime's teacher and his overworked editors as aides in his ridiculous attempts to keep her away from the truth. Even so, behind these absurd and silly situations, there are traces of a darker secret lurking in the past of the Gotou family. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Its starts from where the last season ends, Aito and Ashisu meets her new assistant. An entry of a new member. what story can she make out of Aito and Ashisu's life? (Source: MU)

Takuya Seo is an otaku who likes "anime for girls" and can't say he likes it out loud. One day, he hooks up with two girls from his class, Amane and Ijichi, but it seems that Amane is also an otaku... It's about a school romantic comedy where the otaku meets the girls he likes! (Source: Coamix, translated)

Dweeby high schooler Yuuki Uehara has created the perfect romantic comedy heroine—she's bashful, airheaded, and completely chaste. When an editor at Uehara's dream publisher coldly dismisses his manga story as trite and lacking realism, it sends Uehara into a spiral of despair that pushes him into the path of his bubbly, gorgeous classmate, Niina Miyamoto—an aspiring manga artist herself! Having gotten similar feedback on her own manga, Miyamoto proposes she and Uehara engage in a fake relationship, since neither of them have any romantic experience. But Miyamoto is far from the perfect heroine Uehara's concocted, and he certainly isn't the cocky hero from her story either. Can their wacky relationship turn their manga dreams into reality, or will it lead to even more comic disasters? (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

20-year-old Aihara Minoru has come to Tokyo to make his dreams of becoming an action manga artist come true. To his amazement, he lands a job as a live-in assistant of his favorite mangaka, Takakura Kenji, who writes a popular fighting manga called "Ultimate Banchou." Upon arriving at his new workplace, however, he discovers that his idol is not the tough guy he'd always imagined. The truth is, Takakura Kenji is the pen name of Sekai Ichiko, a girl his age who is basically a moe character (she looks and acts like a little kid). After Aihara's obvious disappointment starts them off on the wrong foot, it's going to be tough for him to prove to her that he has what it takes to be a manga artist! (Source: MangaHelpers)

The manga follows the daily life of an earnest, hardworking office lady named Kaoru and her otaku husband, who is totally immersed in a certain huge net bulletin board system. (Source: ANN)

Honda is a skeleton, but more importantly, she is a bookseller. And she'll tell you from firsthand experience that the job of a bookstore employee is more challenging than it may seem to the average customer. Alongside her equally eccentric coworkers, Honda constantly deals with the stressful requirements of the bookselling industry. From the drama of receiving new titles without their bonus material to the struggle of providing quality service to customers who speak a different language, the work of a skeleton bookseller never ends. Nevertheless, despite the hardships she faces, Honda thoroughly enjoys her job and strives to bring the best book selections and service to her customers. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Asakusa Midori wants to create an anime, but she's too disheartened to make that first step by herself. By pure chance, she meets Mizusaki Tsubame, an up-and-coming socialite secretly dreaming of becoming an animator. Together with Midori's money-loving best friend Kanamori Sayaka, the energetic trio slowly work towards making their "ultimate world" a reality! (Source: MU, edited)

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A 4-koma style strip that follows Najimi Osana and her friends adventures in doujin—that is to say drawing (often perverted) fan comics. Najimi decides to join the "circle" as a doujin artist herself once she realizes how profitable it can be, but she soon realizes it's harder than it seems.

Ryo Sakaguchi has a deep, dark secret: he's a fudanshi—a boy obsessed with BL. While he has trouble understanding how others don't find the same bliss he does from his unusual hobbies, that doesn't make it any easier for Ryo to buy his precious manga from the “girls” section of the store, or any simpler explaining the world of boys' love, shipping wars, and doujinshi circles to his best friend Nakamura. Will Ryo find other fanboys to share his hobby with, or is he doomed to sit alone on his throne of BL romance? (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

The daily life of up-and-coming female mangaka living together in a dormitory.

Mie is a dull high school student who happens to be a professional manga author. He hires an assistant, but the person who came is the number one gal in his class! Despite her looks though, she's extremely good at what she does, and working with her is exciting, stimulating, busy, and fun!! (Source: Kodansha, translated)

While most kids his age like to play around for fun, 13-year-old Akito Takagi is determined to find his ambition in life. Manga has been his sole source of inspiration since he was a child; he always engages in reading manga when he takes a break from studying. Within school, Takagi never misses a beat, ranking first in every exam he has taken. However, this does not stop him from constantly worrying about his future, and, despite his indifference, he hopes that he can finally find a true friend he can share his destiny with. Subsequently, spurred by his love for manga, Takagi resolves himself into becoming a manga author. But before he can begin pursuing his dream, he must overcome one problem—to find an artist who would be willing to make manga with him. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Garyou Hanagami is a veteran mangaka. Best known for the behemoth of a series that is Dragon Land, Hanagami-sensei has years of experience under his belt and is always thinking up new manga ideas. Shinobu Miyama is not. An amateur working for Hanagami-sensei as an assistant, Miyama is nicknamed "The Chameleon" for his ability to copy the artstyles of those he works under. However, his true dream is to escape the faceless crowds and become someone. So what happens when a work accident causes them to swap bodies? (Source: MangaDex)

Meet Reiji Yoshida: a yuri otaku that loves yuri more than anything else in the world. All he wants is to enjoy his hobby in peace, but trouble ensues when he crosses paths with Mitsuru Hoshina, a fujoshi who is obsessed with boys' love. Hijinks ensue, and a vengeful ghost residing in their school's manga club swaps their bodies! Polar opposites in both personalities and hobbies clash in this exciting first volume—follow the adventures of their comedic body swap experiences! (Source: J-Novel Club)

Yasaka Hachiki isn't a genius, and he's painfully aware of it. Yet, fresh out of high school, he decided to enter a special school for aspiring mangaka: Onigahama, also known as "The Tower of Ogres," along with his buddy Saru. Even at the end of the school's two-year course, it is said that only one or two students actually become pros. One serious contender is Mikeya "Mike" Touma, a pretty boy with an obvious talent for manga but who has so far failed to impress his friend, a strange girl he calls Myaako. To his shock, though, Myaako actually gives praise to a seemingly mediocre storyboard drawn by Hachi on a notebook. This ticks him off and sparks a rivalry between the two. Thus begins the tale of Onigahama's students and their merciless struggle to achieve their common dream. (Source: MU)

The plot centers on Kazuki Sendo, whose passion and talent for painting and drawing propels him into the world of doujinshi (underground comics). Soon, Kazuki's everyday life is consumed by the fanboy life and his girlfriend is beginning to have some serious doubts about him... Sure, his new career as a struggling artist has begun, but at what cost to his friends and family? (Source: Tokyopop)

This is the story of the characters from the anime Shirobako in their high school years, told from Ema's perspective. Ema Yasuhara is a shy, withdrawn girl. She loves to draw but... she's not confident in herself. That was when Miyamori Aoi saw her art and asked, "Let's make an anime together!." (Source: MU)

When it comes to idol group ChamJam, Eripiyo is the oldest—and perhaps only—fan of Maina Ichii. Despite Eripiyo's enthusiastic support, Maina is the least popular member of the group, but that doesn't deter Eripiyo, even though she spends so much of her money that she only has a single outfit of her own. But her love for Maina doesn't waver, even though she knows she might never be noticed for it! (Source: Tokyopop)

Having a light novel author father and an eroge illustrator mother, Kanou Shinichi is a thoroughbred otaku. However he does not have any special power except for his broad knowledge, sharp insight, and impeccable instinct about "moe" and its products, from manga to anime to games to light novel to figures. One day he found himself transported to a fantasy world where elves live and dragons fly. And he is given a task—not to fight monster or embark on a quest, but to enhance cultural exchange by becoming a "moe missionary" in this fantasy world! He meets a palace guard who has a bit of fujoshi taste, a half-elf maid, and the empress who is a little girl. He comes up with the idea of building a school. At first it runs as a comedy but later there are serious matters that Shinichi needs to face: ethnic discrimination, social problems, conflict with neighboring countries, sabotage by opposition elements including Japanese government and the likes. Can he overcome the obstacles, successfully bring "moe" culture to the fantasy world, and help the people there as well?

Mizuki's manga are flying off the shelves, but an artist's work is never done. With the help of her dedicated assistant, she is on a quest to create her magnum opus—the ultimate adult manga! (Source: VAST Visual)

Based on the Linux operating system variant Ubuntu, this "slapstick school comedy," three high school students—the fervent UNIX user and club president Akane Kisaragi, the hardcore gal-game otaku vice-president Masato Midou, and the doujinshi-drawing Mac fan Risa Shiina—are learning how to use Ubuntu in their systems adminstration club. (Source: ANN)

Vengeful spirit is a mass of emotions that clings to this world with a grudge. In the growing modern world, vengeful spirits with various "grudges" were born, and there were also exorcists who specialized in that particular field. The wild "shitty big emotion" that the exorcist Osamu faces is... a fangirl?! She loves manga and anime, and she calms raging spirits. A gag series featuring a contemporary exorcist! (Source: MANGA Plus)

In front of a despair-ridden young girl, an entertainment producer suddenly appears! P-chan, who sees an unpolished diamond inside the girl—Ame-chan—requests to be her personal manager! In order for Ame-chan to become the top streamer and create waves in the world of entertainment, the two join forces, but it seems that Ame-chan is a bit "unique" and has a very strong desire for approval... (Source: Akita Shoten, translated)

A compilation of stories centered around the characters of Sasaki to Miyano.

A reliable office worker, Hanaichi Fudo, undoubtedly had a gift for the arts but gave up on his dreams of becoming an artist to lead a normal life. One day, his senior at work, Saori Wakaba, asked Hanaichi for help in writing her manga. Will he take up the pen again?! (Source: MANGA Plus)

A spinoff of Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai following Ayase's route.

Komichi Shijou, the most famous person at her school, was troubled. Despite being a romantic comedy artist, she had no understanding of "the feeling of love" and was stuck in a creative slump. One day, a certain boy and girl appear before her. With their arrival, Komichi Shijou's investigation into "genuine love" begins...!? (Source: Kadokawa)

Megumi Miki is a loner and a closet otaku who's pretty devoted to her fan activities! She wants a friend who she can gush over her bias with... and when she went to an offline meeting with a follower from social media, they turned out to be a bona fide yakuza!!! Despite feeling like her life is in danger, after talking with him, she could tell that he's a truly passionate otaku! He's overly sensitive, and any talk about shipping the reverse of his faves are a taboo. Plus, he turned out to be the troublemaker that his appearance suggests, but being with him is fun and he's also dependable!! (Source: Kodansha, translated)

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The story tells a romantic comedy between Tanaka, a high school teacher who loves otome games, and Murai, a high school boy who is in love with Tanaka. Tanaka, who has never been involved in a real-life romance, is confessed to by Murai but rejects his confession. On the next day, Murai transforms himself into the exact likeness of Tanaka's favorite character from her favorite otome game. (Source: Crunchyroll)

A spinoff of Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai following Kuroneko's route.

Otaku culture has finally become mainstream, and Megumi can't quite get used to it. Divorced, with a teen daughter, Megumi thinks fondly back to her days as an anime and manga otaku—in 1995. That year, she transferred to a new school and decided to start fresh by hiding her otaku interests. She found herself taken under the wing of a basketball ace named Masamune, who's got a kind heart and looks just like one of her favorite characters. But, though Megumi catches a whiff of destiny in the air, she's crushed to learn that Masamune detests otaku... (Source: Kodansha USA)

Hiroto Takei, a manga artist who failed a serialization conference, decided to give up on his dream and went on a heartbreak trip to Brazil to put everything behind him. In a favela (slum) that he happened to wander into, Hiroto met João, a poor boy with a piercing gaze. He lives right on the other side of the world, and to his surprise, he has a dream of becoming a Japanese manga artist! No matter where you live, you don't have to give up. The story of two slum dwellers chasing their dreams begins! (Source: Ichijinsha, translated)

Follow the adventures of Nankyoku Sakura, who seems to be obsessed with anime and manga. She started her first day at school wearing a school swimsuit, cat ears, and a maid tiara and called it her "pajamas." She's also insanely rich, apparently. (Source: MU)

This one is a spinoff from Kore ga Watashi no Goshujin sama. The story is about a school, Shiritsu Yurihime Gakuen, an all girl school specialized in preparing maid for the otaku moe industry. Of course, the leader is no less, a Nakabayashi, a heavy-class otaku with unlimited asset to burn for while seven generations. Our main heroine this time is Mochida Natsumi, a girl with hentai mind as worse as Yoshitaka and luck as bad as Izumi. She came with the ambition of building harem of imouto. But life is not as beautiful as in those harem love comedy genre anime/manga, because in this school, all the girls are well educated in otaku business. Her couple is Kitamura Kiriko, a.k.a Mitsuki 2. Cute, innocent (looks) and demonic personality to the bone and teeth. She's also Natsumi's roommate, imouto, as well as goshujin sama. (Source: Suiheisen)

Kore Kaite Shine is set in Izu Oshima, an island 120 kilometers south of Tokyo. The story centers on Ai Yasumi, a high school girl who loves to read manga, and learns about the joy and pain of drawing her own manga (Source: ANN)

Welcome one and all—to the fabulous life and times of Sasaki, Miyano, and their closest companions! Ever wondered how Kuresawa met his girlfriend? Want to find out if Miyano and Kuresawa were always friends? Or contemplated just why Miyano and Hirano are so close? The answers to these questions—and many more—will be revealed! (Source: Yen Press)

Amane is an otaku girl who dreams to publish her own BL series. When she sees the cool Narita in an unexpected situation, she kinda obsesses with him and asks him to be her art model for her BL character. (Source: MU)

An anthology comic of Needy Girl Overdose by various mangaka.

A man meets up with his university tokusatsu circle after the passing of their leader. (Source: MU)

A story about all the people who are involved in creating manga.

Haruto, a shy, spoiled boy who loves BL, joined the manga research club that he had dreamed about when he entered university! The beginning of his new life with his new otaku friends...or so he thought. For some reason, his childhood friend, Yousuke, who doesn't even read manga, ended up joining the club as well. Haruto is tired of being teased by Yousuke all the time, but for some reason Yousuke seems to be just like his favorite BL character...?? Is it normal for an otaku to get excited about this even if they don't like it?! (Source: AlphaPolis, translated)

Taku Kuraike, a high school student, is depressed after being diagnosed with being on the verge of obesity. At an event he attended to heal his heartbreak, a woman he liked asked him to do something... He starts training at home! (Source: Kadokawa, translated)

Tanaka is a pure-hearted gal who loves shoujo manga. Terao is a plain-looking girl who is working as an erotic manga artist. They are the exact opposite in looks and personality, but they enter the deep and limitless world of erotic manga! (Source: Futabasha, translated)

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The daily exploits of the naive, hyper-enthusiastic editor-in-chief Hana and Japan's cutest manga editors—cynical assistant editor-in-chief Aki, and editorial staff: glutton Tsugumi, and otaku Ringo—are frantic, as they attempt to realize their dream of launching the new number one manga magazine, the Monthly Comic Earth Star. And it does not bode well that they have zero experience in actually editing a manga... (Source: aniDB)

The story tells us the day-to-day life of a cat trying to take care of his owner, a mangaka, so that she can meet her deadlines and responsibilities and not fall into the temptation of idleness for the sake of both of them. (Source: MangaDex)

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When Susumu, an unpopular manga author, is dropped from the magazine of his dreams, his ex-editor suggests he write boys' love manga instead. Minoru, who works with Susumu at a restaurant and secretly has feelings for him, congratulates Susumu, saying it's amazing that he received an offer to write manga. However, Susumu himself doesn't feel right about it, since he doesn't know anything about boys' love. He even begins to think about quitting drawing and going back to live with his parents. Minoru has always supported Susumu, even cooking for him regularly, but as the risk of being separated looms closer, he suggests Susumu date him to do "hands-on research" for his manga. Susumu thinks it's a fake relationship purely for the sake of research, but he's gradually affected by Minoru's honest attitude...! (Source: GOT)

An otaku and a yankee that seems to be interested in reading manga?

Aoba Hagoromo is a mangaka best known for her series revolving around delicious meals. Nichiro Inaba is assigned to be her assistant, but discovers a shocking secret: Hagaromo-sensei is a massive canned food nut! (Source: Kodansha, translated)

Shiho is a troublemaking otaku aiming to create the most perfectly accurate costumes. Yotogi is a popular cosplayer with over 200,000 followers who is known for her revealing outfits. These girls are like fire and ice, clashing as they strive to become superstars in the world of cosplay!! (Source: Yen Press)

Ren Fujisawa could not find a place in her hometown or in Tokyo where the pieces of her identity fit together. She was about to give up on everything, when the person who appeared in front of her was the person she missed the most in the world, the person she wanted to see more than anything else in the world, the person she wanted to see so badly that she would die. A promising, delicately and emotionally depicts a human story that will sink deep into your heart, especially in this time when everyone is lonely. (Source: Kadokawa, translated)

Twenty-seven-year-old Maki Enomoto is done with relationships. One year ago, her terrible boyfriend made her the joint guarantor on a loan before promptly ghosting her with a mountain of debt. Now she just wants to be left alone to her quiet otaku life, working her office job to make her ex's monthly repayments, and devoting what scant little is left to her hobbies. Namely, her virtual boyfriend Allen-kun, who is hot, kind, and dependable in a way that real-life men aren't—least of all the hotshot young VP that keeps getting on her case about deadlines and deliverables. But when said VP shows up with a rather interesting proposal, Maki must decide if she's ready to roll the dice one last time... (Source: Kodansha USA)

Dragons. They blot out the sun, strike fear in the hearts of men, spew fire onto doomed villages... the strongest beings in history. And now, their descendants are... somehow mangaka!? The little nerd Bahamuko-sensei is a brand new mangaka who got her first monthly serialization. She wants to make a world-famous manga and inspire other dragons (who are also complete nerds) to invade our world. Through thick and thin with her assistant Takigawa (soul patch), every day brings more scheming! (Source: Kadokawa, translated)

Hajime Haibara's daily life faded into monochrome as his first love disappeared. Seven years later, he is now a high school student, and a beautiful girl named Misora Rurikawa, who draws erotic manga without being noticed, appears in front of him. I can show you a 'new world,'" she says, taking him to a large-scale doujin event! (Source: Cygames, translated)

Kuroi-san's always doing something all by herself after class. And even though she makes sure no one bothers her, one day, a certain person happens to find out what it is she's up to... and next thing he knows, he's declared her accomplice?! (Source: MU)

All that awaits former middle-aged men who get full of themselves after turning into pretty girls is a bad time?! It's up to you decide whether it's just desserts or a happy ending! (Source: Kadokawa, translated)

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Sensei Hakusho depicts Kunio Ajino's experience as an assistant for the mangaka Yoshihiro Togashi.

In 1978 animation director Yoshiyuki Tomino set forth to change the Japanese animation industry. For decades prior, Japanese science fiction had churned out numerous tales of semi-autonomous robots that would often come to the aide of humanity, but as someone who worked on a number of those works, Tomino came to the realization that he wanted to see a more realistic robot narrative. His vision was one where the robot while just slightly more human in appearance, was utilized more as a tool manipulated by man. With renowned artist Yoshikazu Yasuhiko by his side, and occasionally as his artistic rival, Tomino would change the way the whole world came to see Japanese animation and the broader toy and comics industries built around it. This evolution would be a war in its own right! Battles were fought in the offices of the animation studio! Conflicts were equally as heated in the recording booth! (Source: Denpa Books) Note: Gundam Sousei was collected in Kidou Senshi Gundam-san.

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"Actually... I'm a member of a yakuza gang!" How am I supposed to react to this sudden revelation from my gentle nerdy boyfriend?! Until today, I thought he was just a fellow geeky comic artist whom I get hyped over anime with. I'm surprised, to say the least, but I can't help myself from getting turned on by his gorgeous tattoos as well as his fit physique. And how could my heart not flutter when he shoots a sexy gaze at me and playfully says, "You like me teasing you here and feeling you up inside, huh?" So we're not just a normal nerdy couple?! How is this all gonna work out?! (Source: NTT Solmare)

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Boku, Otary-man (otaku + salaryman) is a autobiographical manga of the author Yoshitani, who is also working as a system engineer. Yoshitani is an ordinary Japanese salaryman who lives alone in a big city. He faces the daily struggle at his office and performs the domestic chores in his house all from an otaku perspective.

Morgamaria, the Succubus Queen, was defeated in her original world and has been transmigrated to the room of a certain adult male (residing in Japan). She tries to use her powers of charm to once again dominate the world. However, the man she meets in her new home turns out to be a succubus's natural enemy...? (Source: Shinchosha, translated)

One day, Teru, a high school girl aspiring to become a manga artist, is hit by a truck and reincarnated into another world! She is made the slave of Sirius, a beautiful elf queen she meets in the other world, and begins a life of hardship... except... her orc coworker is the healing type, and the village's elves are cute? Eh? This seems like a pretty fun life...? (Source: Houbunsha, translated)

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Hirose Arisu's dream is to be a mangaka! But is it as simple as it seems? Will she be able to rise to being a great mangaka like her classmate Usami? Or will she continue to be a failure...?

Jiun is an aspiring webtoon artist and Kanghyun is both his inspiration and crush. He's finally ready to debut a new comic when the feedback he receives is shocking: his work is so similar to Kanghyun's that he's pretty much a pakuri (someone who copies another's work). Distraught and ashamed, he decides to meet Kanghyun in person to apologize. But instead of being angry with him, Kanghyun hires him to be his assistant. Working for your crush: what could go wrong? (Source: Tappytoon)

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