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[Kaiten]

Boku to Issho
By: Furuya Minoru
Genre: Comedy
Serialized In: Young Magazine
Publisher: Kodansha
Status: 4 Volumes, Complete
Recommended By: k-dom

A story about two kids who go to Tokyo after their mother died and their stepfather kicked them out of the house. In Tokyo they meet up with a fellow orphan named Shigeru Ito. Thus begins their cynical tale of laughter and depression.

Contains Mature Content.

By the Mangaka of Ciguatera

All Images Copyright © 1997 Furuya Minoru

Pokemon Special
Written By: Kusaka Hidenori
Art By: Mato (volume 1 - 9), Yamamoto Satoshi (volume 10 - )
Published By: Shogakukan
Status: 39 Volumes, Ongoing
Recommended By: Ustegius

Pokémon comics based on the original Game Boy games... not the TV series!

POKÉMON ADVENTURES includes all the Gym Leaders, places, and opponents from the game. There's plenty of action as trainers named Red and Blue explore forests, jungles, cities, and caves in search of Pokémon and excitement. But can they foil the schemes of Team Rocket, a mysterious group of villains who want to use Pokémon for evil?

All Images Copyright © 1997 Kusaka Hidenori, Mato, and Yamamoto Satoshi

Aphorism
By: Kujo Karuna
Genre: Horror
Serialized In: Gangan Wing (2008 - 2009), Gangon Online (2009 - )
Publisher: Square Enix
Status: 8 Volumes, Ongoing
Recommended By: phio_chan
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Naraka High School, is a seemingly normal school. However, unknown to the public is the cruel truth of what really goes on in the school's halls. Rather than studying, students are forced to struggle for their very survival. And the strong bonds of friendship may be the only difference between life and death.

All Images Copyright © 2008 Kujo Karuna

High School Debut
By: Kawahara Kazune
Genre: Romance
Serialized In: Betsuma
Publisher: Shueisha
Status: 14 Volumes, Complete
Recommended By: Kaiten

When Haruna Nagashima was in junior high her life consisted of playing softball and reading comics. But now that she's going to high school, Haruna decides to put all of her energy towards getting a boyfriend and having the high school romance of a lifetime. To help in her quest, she enlists cute upperclassman Yoh Komiyama to coach her as she eschews her jock tendencies and turns herself into the kind of girl who can catch a guy. Yoh agrees, with one catch: Haruna had better not fall for him!

All Images Copyright © 2003

[Adv2011]

Read Boku to Issho should be made to anime XD

[Josef K.]

Read Boku to Issho should be made to anime XD

It will really fit with all the energetic drawings of it. It will really be in a league of it's own. But no one really does old series into anime I think. It ran in the late 90s.

[Kaiten]

Bokurano
By: Kitoh Mohiro
Genre: Mecha, Tragedy
Serialized In: IKKI
Publisher: Shogakukan
Status: 11 Volumes, Complete
Recommended By: Ustegius
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During summer vacation a group of fifteen children discover a mysterious man living in a cave by the. Surrounded by high tech gadgets, the man claims to be a game developer, creating a video game with a giant robot defending Earth from 15 alien invaders. He asked the children to test the game for him and they happily agreed. The fun soon turned to horror, soon after winning the first child to play died. Worse still they had no idea how to end the game.

All Images Copyright © 2003 Kitoh Mohiro

Coffee Time
By: Toyoda Tetsuya
Genre: Slice of Life
Serialized In: Afternoon
Publisher: Kodansha
Status: 1 Volume, Complete
Recommended By: ‎igotthegoods

A series of intercorrelated short stories centered around coffee, coffee breaks, and the people who enjoy them.

All Images Copyright © 2008 Toyoda Tetsuya

Again!!
By: Kubo Mitsurou
Genre: School Life, Coming of Age
Serialized In: Weekly Shounen Magazine
Publisher: Kodansha
Status: 4 Volumes, Ongoing
Recommended By: Kaiten
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The main character is a student attending his high-school graduation. Due to his appearance and personality, he didn't make a single friend during his three years of high school. As he remembers his days in the school, he wonders what his life would have been like if he had made different choices. In particular he wonders about his life had he answered differently when girl from the cheering club asked him to join. Since the cheering club was disbanded, he feels he should take one last look at their club room before leaving the school forever. However, he is misunderstood by another girl that was waiting for her boyfriend and as he chases her (to clear up the misunderstanding), she falls down the stairs (possibly dying). He goes to check on her but ends up falling too. He wakes up to find he is back to his first day in school (three years ago). Thinking it's obviously a dream, he just tries to correct the mistakes he made during that day...until the girl shows up blaming him for pushing her down the stairs and what's worse bringing her three years into the past!

All Images Copyright © 2011 Kubo Mitsurou

Paperakyu
By: Matsunaga Toyokazu
Genre: Surrealist
Serialized In: Webcomic
Publisher: Doujinishi
Status: 9 Chapters, Ongoing
Recommended By:‎ Josef K.
Original Web Comic
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A self published webcomic by the mangaka of Bakune Young and Ryuuguuden about a young boy with a rare, infectious disease known as "paperakyu".

All Images Copyright © 2011 Matsunaga Toyokazu

[k-dom]

I'm not sure it would be that interesting into animé but I sure laughed a hard time while reading it.

---------- Post added April 19, 2012 at 07:21 PM ---------- Previous post was April 12, 2012 at 01:41 PM ----------

Does someone has read some other work from Furuya Minoru that you would recommend ?

[rajin]

High School Debut in my list

[k-dom]

So this is where your new avatar is from ?
Again is promising I hope we will have some new chapters soon. And I have to check Paperakyu, Ryuuguuden from the same author was an interesting read

[Kaiten]

Indeed, it is from Coffee Time, a series I think you would really like. I'm looking forward to the next chapter of Again as well. I have found myself looking forward to new chapters. VIscans seems to have a new chapter out every two or three weeks, hopefully the next is soon.

[Kaiten]

Gaku - Minna no Yama
By: Ishizuka Shinichi
Genre: Mountain Rescue
Serialized In: Big Comic Original
Publisher: Shogakukan
Status: 16 Volumes, Ongoing
Recommended By: Kaiten
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Shimazaki Sanpo loves mountains. He loves them so much he calls himself a mountain-man and lives in the alpines, lending his hand as a volunteer in a rescue team, finding people, dead or alive, in the Japanese alpines. The alpines can be a beautiful place, but it's also a dangerous, dangerous place.

Winner of the 2008 Manga Taisho Award and 2009 Shogakukan Manga Award

All Images Copyright © 2003 Ishizuka Shinichi

Emma
By: Mori Kaoru
Genre: Historical, Romance
Serialized In: Comic Beam
Publisher: Enterbrain
Status: 10 Volumes, Complete
Recommended By: Josef K.

In Victorian-era England, a young girl is rescued from a life of destitution and raised to become a proper British maid. Emma meets William, the eldest son of a wealthy family, and immediately falls in love with him. William shares her feelings, but the strict rules of their society prevent their relationship from ever coming out in the open. Traditional class distinctions and rich, historical details provide the backdrop for this appealing romance.

By the Mangaka of Otoyomegatari

All Images Copyright © 2002 Mori Kaoru

Until Death Do Us Part
Written By: Takashige Hiroshi
Art By: Double-S
Genre: Action
Serialized In: Young GanGan
Publisher: Square Enix
Status: 17 Volumes, Ongoing
Recommended By: naruto-niichan
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Haruka Tooyama is a twelve-year-old girl with incredible precognitive abilities. But her accuracy in predicting the future has made her a target for any number of greedy corporations that would use her power for their own profit. When she is kidnapped, Haruka uses her gift to seek out someone who can help her escape and fixes upon a blind man making his way through the busy streets of Tokyo. Though it may seem an odd choice, Haruka’s powers have not led her wrong. Despite his inability to see, her chosen protector’s fighting skills become apparent when he draws a sword from his walking stick and deftly takes out her captors. Knowing she will always be pursued for her gift, Haruka begs the mystery swordsman to keep her safe…“until death do us part.”


All Images Copyright © 2005 Takashige Hiroshi and Double-S

Legend of Tyr
Written By: Ra In-Soo
Art By: Son Chang-ho
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Serialized In: Comic Champ
Publisher: Daiwon
Status: 11 Volumes, Complete
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Fantasy Action Legend that follows brother's diary!!
After his brother Loki's death, on Tyr's 17th birthday.... Loki's diary is delivered to Tyr. When following the diary step by step, Tyr realizes that everything that's happening around him is already recorded on the diary.

All Images Copyright © 2008 Ra In-Soo and Son Chang-ho

[k-dom]

It's a long time since we don't have any recommended manga here. I miss it a little...