Comedy (1721)

Uplifting the audience with positive emotion takes priority, eliciting laughter, amusement, or general entertainment. Almost always, comedy stories are episodic or have happy endings. Nearly every work will use comedy as a plot device to relieve tension, but the overarching narrative must be focused on evoking amusement to be Comedy. Drama and Comedy are not mutually exclusive, but mixing them requires the audience facing human struggle with lightheartedness. Slice of Life and Comedy are incompatible by definition.

NHK ni Youkoso!Welcome to the N.H.K.

Ooiwa, KenjiTakimoto, Tatsuhik 2024
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 Animeranku Rewrite]
Dec 26, 2003 to Apr 26, 2007 | 40 chp | Publishing

Oniichan to IsshoMe & My Brothers

Tokeino, Hari 2024
Sakura had lived with her grandma ever since her parents died in a car accident when she was three. When she turned fourteen, her grandma also passed away, leaving her alone. Just when she was about to give up hope having a family, out of nowhere, four guys claim to be her older step-brothers.

(Source: Esthétique)
Included one-shots:
Volume 1: Parallel to the World
Volume 2: Gakuchuu
Volume 3: Mahou no Tsukaikata (How To Use Magic)
Volume 4: Himitsu no Tobira no Kugurikata (How to go Through a Secret Door)
Volume 6: Santa no Iru Machi
Volume 7: Shirayukihime no Douwa (The long tale of Snow White.)
Volume 9: Kimi to Boku no Uta
Mar 17, 2003 to Mar 24, 2009 | 67 chp | Publishing

Rizelmine

Sugisaki, Yukiru 2024
The government has been conducting experiments to genetically engineer a human. Its first creation is a girl named Rizel, and the experiment is a success—sort of.

While healthy and cheerful, 12-year-old Rizel also possesses the uncanny need for love to further her development. Saddened by this emptiness in her life, she sheds tears that can end up destroying a city block.

So what's a girl to do ... except get married! Enter Iwaki Tomonori, your average 15-year-old boy. His world is turned upside-down the day he arrives home to find that the government has just announced that he's a married man!

(Source: Tokyopop)
2001 to 2002 | 7 chp | Publishing

Saber Marionette J

Akahori, SatoruKotoyoshi, Yumi 2024
On a world with no women, the surviving men have reintroduced the female in the form of an android. Called Marionettes, they are built to serve men and are limited in their interactions with humans. That is until a poor boy named Otaru Mamiya encounters a Marionette named Lime. Lime is a Saber model with a special circuit that gives her emotions. When Otaru awakens two more Saber Marionettes, his life as an 'average' man quickly becomes as extraordinary as the lives of his eager, busty new friends.

(Source: Tokyopop)
Sep 9, 1996 to Oct 9, 1999 | 34 chp | Publishing

Sei♥Dragon GirlSt.♥ Dragon Girl

Matsumoto, Natsumi 2024
Momoka Sendou (nicknamed "Dragon Girl") and Ryuga Kou are childhood friends. Momoka is a martial artist, and Ryuga is a Chinese magic master who banishes demons. In order to increase his power, Ryuga calls on the spirit of a dragon to possess him, but the spirit enters Momoka instead. Now the two must unite forces and fight demons together!

(Source: VIZ Media)
1999 to 2003 | 36 chp | Publishing

Saiyuuki Reload (Saiyuki Reload)

Minekura, Kazuya 2024
The fearsome foursome continue their journey west towards Shangri-La, encountering new challenges and new adventures along the way. Their legend precedes them, but not always in the way one might expect. The Minus Wave that apparently drove all the youkai in the land mad looks like it might have missed one, as Sanzou, Gojou, Hakkai and Gokuu meet a lone guardian and the band of children he cares for. Fear and misunderstanding run throughout this particular leg of the journey, including between the members of the Sanzou group!

(Source: Tokyopop)
Mar 28, 2002 to Jun 27, 2009 | 66 chp | Publishing

Samurai Deeper KyouSamurai Deeper Kyo

Kamijyo, Akimine 2024
At the dawn of the 17th century, at the end of the era of civil wars, in a world of chaos, the epic Battle of Sekigahara was joined. One man emerged from the largest battle ever fought on Japanese soil; a terrible warrior of unspeakable power, he was nicknamed 'the unconquerable.'

Kyoshiro is a peaceful medicine peddler who harbors the soul of an assassin. He accompanies a young bounty hunter across Japan in search of a murderer and on a quest to discover the terrible secret of his own identity.

(Source: Tokyopop)
May 26, 1999 to May 10, 2006 | 308 chp | Publishing

Kaitou Saint TailSaint Tail

Tachikawa, Megumi 2024
"Dear Lord, forgive me for the tricks up my sleeve..."

In the world of phantom thieves, one ponytail stands out from the rest—the uncapturable Saint Tail! She is not only known for using crazy magic tricks during and after her heists, but also for stealing back items that were wrongfully obtained. This infamous enemy of the law is the secret identity of Meimi Haneoka, a 14-year-old student attending Saint Paulia's Private School. With the help of her nun-in-training friend, Seira Mimori, Meimi assumes her alter ego during the night to help those in need.

While her heists usually go through without a hitch, things begin to change when a certain boy starts showing up during her ventures—enter Daiki Asuka, who is known as "Asuka Jr." due to sharing his name with his father, a well-known local detective. Not only does he voice his resolve to be the one to capture Saint Tail, but he is also Meimi's classmate at school! After the young detective's first nocturnal encounter with the now-wary magician thief, a cat-and-mouse chase begins.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Sep 3, 1994 to Feb 18, 1997 | 33 chp | Publishing

Samurai Champloo

Gotsubo, Masaru 2024
Mugen is a rough-around-the-edges mercenary with a killer technique and nothing left to lose. Jin is a disciplined samurai who's as deadly as he is reserved. Fuu is a young waitress with a good heart and a resourcefulness that emerges when you least expect it. These three unlikely companions are about to begin a journey that will change all of their lives.

It's a dangerous quest for a mysterious samurai that will see our squabbling group of heroes get into and out of trouble more times than they can count (which admittedly, isn't very high). From the cynical gentility of the nobles to the backstabbing of the Japanese underworld, Mugen, Jin and Fuu will face threats from without and within as they hurl insults and throwing stars alike. Ancient Japan is about to get a lethal dose of street justice—Champloo style. And it will never be the same.

(Source: TokyoPop)
Jan 26, 2004 to Sep 25, 2004 | 10 chp | Publishing

Scrapped Princess

Sakaki, IchirouYabuki, Gou 2024
Fifteen years ago, a set of twins—a girl and a boy—was born to the king of Linevan. Shortly after their birth, a prophecy foretold that when the girl turned 16, she would bring about the end of humanity. To avoid this terrible fate, the king ordered the princess disposed of... scrapped!
She miraculously survived and was raised away from the kingdom that would kill her. But now she has turned 15, and the king's guards have caught wind that she's still alive... and they set out to finish the job!
(Source: Tokyopop)
2002 to 2004 | 16 chp | Publishing

Tennen Pearl PinkPearl Pink

Tanaka, Meca 2024
We follow the bumpy and funny romance between bubbly Tamoko and the serious Kanji. With Kanji's father running an idol agency, and Tamoko being the daughter of their top-selling idol, Shinju, things get complicated. Tamako must hide the fact she is Shinju's daughter to save public face, but at the same time, is determined to be his ideal wife (as was promised when they were little kids). It doesn't help that Tamako's pretty clumsy and poor of domestic chores, but no matter what comes down the road, she's not about to give up!
(Source: Tokyopop)
2002 to 2004 | 21 chp | Publishing

The Tarot Café

2024
Meet Pamela, a tarot card reader who helps supernatural beings living in the human world. She'll help anyone, whether they're a love-stricken cat, a vampire spending eternal life running from his one true love, an unattractive waitress looking for the man of her dreams, or even a magician who creates a humanoid doll to serve the woman he loves. Although she is good-natured, there is a deep dark secret that she must deal with before she can move on to the next life.
(Source: Tokyopop)
2002 to ? | 18 chp | Publishing

20 Mensou ni Onegai!!Man of Many Faces

CLAMP 2024
20 Mensou ni Onegai!! is a about a nine-year-old boy named Ijuuin Akira who steals beautiful and valuable objects to please his two mothers and is known to the public as the dashing, clever thief named the Man of 20 Faces.

By day Ijuuin Akira is a normal student at Clamp School, but at night he becomes the mysterious thief 20 Masks. His thefts are usually subject to the whims of his two stepmothers, which Akira pulls off without any true objections or interactions. One night Akira ducks into the room of 5-year-old Ookawa Utako in an attempt to hide from the police. Although the pair shares a four-year age difference, they find themselves quickly falling for each other even as Akira finds himself being increasingly more involved with thefts, some of which include Utako's family. This as well as several other obstacles give the young couple's budding relationship a fair amount of difficulty.

(Source: Wikipedia)
Jul 10, 1989 to Jun 10, 1991 | 11 chp | Publishing

Vampire Doll: Guilt-na-Zan

Kari, Erika 2024
Guilt-Na-Zan is a vampire aristocrat who was sealed into a cross by Kyouji's ancestor more than 100 years ago. Now Kyouji has revived him--although he was resurrected as a doll and can only transform into his real figure when he sucks blood from Kyouji's sister Tonae... But when you combine Goth clothes and hot vampires, slowly but surely everyone will start to feel like one big family! (Source: Tokyopop)
Mar 28, 2002 to Sep 16, 2008 | 49 chp | Publishing

Vampire Game

JUDAL 2024
A century ago, the good king Phelios and the Vampire King Duzell had a life-threatening duel. Phelios defeated Duzell, but he was killed in the process. Now Duzell has been reincarnated as a kyawl, a catlike creature, to take revenge on Phelios's reincarnation. He becomes adopted by Princess Ishtar, one of Phelios's decendants. Duzell, with the help of Ishtar, now begins his quest for revenge!
1996 to Sep 25, 2004 | 92 chp | Publishing

Midori no HibiMidori Days

Inoue, Kazurou 2024
Seiji Sawamura is the toughest seventeen-year-old in town, feared by all for his fighting prowess and his deadly "Devil's Right Hand." But at heart, Seiji is a softy, and all he wants is an end to his seventeen-year history of being a lonely single guy. Unfortunately, his tough-guy reputation only serves to decrease his popularity with the ladies, until one day he wakes up to find a girl named Midori has replaced his right hand, and admits she has had a crush on him since middle school.
Sep 18, 2002 to Jul 21, 2004 | 86 chp | Publishing

Wild Adapter

Minekura, Kazuya 2024
Makoto Kubota wandered through life, not taking things too seriously or looking too deep within himself. His job as the head of the Izumo Group's youth gang kept him pleasantly occupied with yakuza wars, mahjong and assassinations... Until the day he stumbled upon a strange drug called Wild Adapter that produces bizarre side-effects—including death. Forever changed, Kubota becomes entangled with a drifter named Minoru Tokito, and the two form an unlikely companionship that draws them deeper into the mystery of Wild Adapter...

(Source: Tokyopop)
2001 to Mar 4, 2016 | 52 chp | Publishing

Tokyo Mew Mew

Yoshida, ReikoIkumi, Mia 2024
Thirteen-year-old Ichigo Momomiya is at an endangered animal exhibit with her crush Masaya Aoyama when she is hit by a beam of light and sees a cat entering her body. She begins to demonstrate cat-like behavior the following day. A giant monster attacks Masaya and forces Ichigo to transform into a pink magical girl with cat ears and a tail.

A boy named Ryou Shirogane explains that the monster she fought was a Chimera Anima—alien parasites that infect animals and turn them into giant monsters. Ryou and Keiichiro Akasaka, the owner of a pink cafe called Cafe Mew Mew, planned to take the DNA of five Red Data Animals and use them as biological weapons by injecting them into Chimera Anima—an experiment they called the Mew Project. But due to an earthquake the day before, the DNA was accidentally shot into Ichigo and four other girls that she met outside the museum instead!

Now a "biological weapon," Ichigo must fight against the aliens and find her potential teammates—all while keeping her feline identity a secret from Masaya.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Aug 3, 2000 to Dec 28, 2002 | 32 chp | Publishing

Tokyo Mew Mew à La Mode

Ikumi, Mia 2024
Berry Shirayuki is a cheerful and optimistic 12-year-old girl who has just been accepted into a private girl's school after studying hard for her exams. Aside from friendly but unwanted comments from her next-door neighbor Tasuku Meguro, it seems as if nothing can go wrong for this newly-made middle schooler! After the first day of school ends, Berry is saved from tripping over stairs by a blonde-haired boy, and ends up following him to Café Mew Mew in hopes of thanking him. While in the cafe, Berry accidentally stumbles upon a shining statue that projects visions of a cat and rabbit—who enter her body just before she metamorphosizes into a white-costumed magical girl with bunny ears and a cat tail!

Following a series of strange incidents which lead her to discover amazing hearing and jumping skills (as well as a craving for carrots), Berry realizes that she has become a new member of Tokyo Mew Mew—a group of magical girl superheroes with both animal-like and supernatural abilities! Berry needs to take her new responsibility as a protector of the peace seriously, because she is now a target for Tokyo Mew Mew's new enemy... and they are on the hunt for some fresh rabbit.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Included one-shot:
Volume 2: Usagi no Furasu Hoshi
Mar 3, 2003 to Dec 27, 2003 | 12 chp | Publishing

Wild☆ActWild Act!

Takada, Rie 2024
Yuniko Sakuraba isn't your ordinary 15-year-old girl. She is a die hard fan of the late actor Akira Nanae and she became a thief in an effort to recover and collect Akira's stolen memorabilia.

She then encounters, the 17-year-old actor Ryu Eba who has been labeled as the "New Nanae." She tries to steal his award which formerly belonged to Akira but is discovered. On the other hand, Ryu seems taken by the unique girl and offers to give her the award if she can steal it again. On the other hand, mystery surrounds Yuniko's past as she finds out that her mother, a former actress and who she hasn't seen because of her mother's illness has actually an amnesia and Akira's death has something to do with it!
1998 to 2000 | 57 chp | Publishing

Yubisaki Milk Tea

Miyano, Tomochika 2024
Through a series of coincidences, Yoshinori wound up having to fill in for his beautiful older sister as a model for a bridal gown. Now, he has discovered that he has a liking for cross-dressing, and that by doing so, he is learning a great deal about what it means to be a woman—and a man.

(Source: Tokyopop)
Included one-shots:
Volume 1: Hadairo Soda-sui, Namaiki na Amaashi
Volume 2: Reason
Dec 27, 2002 to Mar 12, 2010 | 89 chp | Publishing

Kodomo no Jikan

Watashiya, Kaworu 2024
The story of Kodomo no Jikan is centered around 23-year-old Aoki Daisuke, who has just landed his first teaching job as a grade school teacher at Futatsubashi Elementary School. He is placed in charge of Class 3-1, where one of his students, a mischievously precocious Rin Kokonoe, develops a crush on him and goes so far as to proclaim herself Aoki's girlfriend. She aggressively pursues her efforts to be with her teacher despite the fact that he will lose his job if she gets too close, a situation further complicated by the often complex, intertwining relationships existing between them and their respective friends, families, and peers.

(Source: Wikipedia)
May 22, 2005 to Apr 22, 2013 | 93 chp | Publishing

Lucky☆Star

Yoshimizu, Kagami 2024
Lucky Star's story portrays the lives of several school girls attending a Japanese high school with a very loose humor tone. The setting is based on the town Kasukabe in Saitama Prefecture. The main heroine is Konata Izumi, an athletic and intelligent girl who, despite these attributes, is not in a sports club, and has low grades. Her laziness at school is due to her love for anime and video games and lack of interest in anything else. The serialization began with the four main characters in their first year of high school: Konata Izumi, Kagami Hiiragi, Tsukasa Hiiragi, and Miyuki Takara. As the story progresses, they move onto their second and third year.
(Source: MU)
Dec 10, 2003 to ? | chp | Publishing

Negima!? NeoNegima!? Neo: Magister Negi Magi

Akamatsu, KenFujima, Takuya 2024
Welsh magister magi in training, Negi Springfield (ten), is sent to complete his magical training in Japan. Although he's an English teacher in an all girls academy, his class is quite extraordinary for normal school girls... middle school girls, 32 of them, average age 14!
Sep 26, 2006 to Aug 20, 2009 | 35 chp | Publishing