Drama (1560)

Plot-driven stories focused on realistic characters experiencing human struggle. Because drama stories ask the question of what it means to be human, the conflict and emotions will be relatable, even if the settings or characters themselves are not. Here, you will see humanity at its worst, its best, and everything in between. Simply having a serious tone, dramatic moments, or evoking tears does not equal Drama. If the narrative focuses on eliciting emotional reactions rather than on characterization, then it is melodrama and not Drama. Slice of Life and Drama are incompatible by definition.

Happy Yarou Wedding♡

Fujisaki, Kou 2024
This story features a college student, that everyone describes as 'cold,' being hired to look after a professor's cute 5-year old son, which leads to looking after the father, which leads to falling in love, but the professor's brother doesn't approve and is willing to do anything to split them up. Features the introduction of Chiharu and Kazuki.
In the Kemono series:
1. Happy Yarou Wedding
2. Utsukushiki Kemono-tachi (Beautiful Beast)
3. ...Virgin Love.
4. Toriko ni Natta... Kemono (Crazy for You)
5. ...Junai no Seinen (The Young Person's Pure Love)
6. Kemono wa Ai de, Iyasareru. (Smooth over his hurt feeling)
7. Playboy Amour.
- Romance no Kaori
8. Oboreru Kemono no Koibito.
9. Men's Love
10. Aikata
11. Ueta Aikata
12. Amaeta Kemono no Shitsukekata
13. Torawareta Amai Kemono-tachi
14. Aikata no Aishikata
15. Kemono no Marking
Jul 2001 | 6 chp | Publishing

Kemono wa Ai de, Iyasareru

Fujisaki, Kou 2024
Sixth volume in the Kemono series. As the son of the huge enterprise, Toudou, Kazuki had always been starving for real affection and the sudden appearance of Chiharu Saijou redeemed him from that miserable life. Drowned in that intercourse, Kazuki felt that there was nothing for him to be afraid of. However, one day a suspicious document came saying that Chiharu had the plan to take over the whole group. Because of that document, Chiharu's unknown past was exposed.

(Source: Countless Time)
May 29, 2006 | 6 chp | Publishing

100-oku Nengo no Kimi no Koe mo

Akiyama, MaikoOkai, Haruko 2024
1. Honnou to Senshokutai (Instinct and a Chromosome)
Nov 12, 2004 | chp | Publishing

Shuukatsu!! - Kimi ni Naitei

Yoshino, Aki 2024
Life isn’t sweet... Asaoka Yuuri, a senior in university, has failed for the 49th time in job hunting. During an exam at the 50th company, which should be a commemoration for her, she came to know Manabe Ryouji, a famous guy at her university. The first impression was horrible. But what will happen to Yuuri, who started to be attracted to Manabe, who looks cool and can do everything to the point that it’s annoying...?!
(Source: Aerandria Scans)
2008 | 10 chp | Publishing

Mudazumonaki Kaikaku (The Legend of Koizumi)

Oowada, Hideki 2024
Global political figures such as The Pope, Kim Jong Il, George W. Bush and recent Japanese Prime Ministers play riichi mahjong against each other.
Included one-shots:
Volume 3: Ritz Season.1
Volume 4: Oretachi Kenou Shineitai
Volume 11: Ritz Season.2
Volume 12: Lacross Shoujo Katagiri Ririn-san wa Totemo Moteru
Volume 13: Ritz Season.3
Feb 8, 2006 to 2015 | 144 chp | Publishing

Non-chan to Watashi

Yoshino, Aki 2024
Risa and Takumi are childhood friends, but due to a fight in the past, they stopped talking to each other. Now university students, Takumi is a famous playboy who goes out with a different girl every day, and Risa still regrets not having been able to apologize for what she did six years ago...

(Source: Aerandria Scans)
Jun 7, 2008 | 1 chp | Publishing

Teppuu

Ohta, Moare 2024
Perpetually bored, Natsuo Ishidou has been physically adept for as long as she can remember. Her ability to almost instantly pick up any kind of sport has left her constantly searching for any kind of challenge. However, because she rarely finds anything difficult, she has developed a narcissistic and apathetic attitude toward everyone around her.

One day, Natsuo sees a fellow student trying to advertise a mixed martial arts club. When the girl, named Yuzuko Mawatari, targets Natsuo from the crowd and extends an invitation to her, she becomes irritated with her demeanor and accepts the request in an attempt to discover why Yuzuko seems to be so carefree.

But while Natsuo participates in the mixed martial arts club, people from her past still have a bone to pick with her. Can she deal with the consequences of her poor attitude while rising to the challenge of someone who may actually be stronger than her?

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Nov 7, 2008 to Jul 7, 2015 | 35 chp | Publishing

I-Revo: Ice Revolution

2024
Being the daughter of a dojo manager, Oosawa Masaki has been practising nothing but karate. Her chance encounter with a certain young man sparks her interest in figure skating. Can a mannish Masaki transform into a sweet, lovely girl on the skating rink?
Included one-shot:
Volume 2: Megu Raian no Kimi
Nov 4, 2008 to Nov 4, 2009 | 13 chp | Publishing

Dennou Coil

Mizuki, Kuze 2024
Eleven years after the introduction of internet-connected, augmented reality eyeglasses and visors, Yūko Okonogi moves with her family to Daikoku City, the technological center of the emerging half-virtual world. Yūko joins her grandmother's "investigation agency" comprised of children equipped with virtual tools and powerful metatags. She quickly crosses paths with Yūko Amasawa, an expert hacker of the virtual environment, as Amasawa relentlessly seeks to "unlock" the mystery of a computer virus that emerges from an inaccessible corrupted space.
(Source: ANN)
Nov 5, 2007 | 2 chp | Publishing

Jisatsutou

Mori, Kouji 2024
Treating non-successful suicidal patients requires a lot of money and resources. With low budget and a personal respect argumentation, a doctor will ask a non-successful suicidal patient if they still want to live on or not. If not, the government will respect their wish. However, the government doesn't just simply kill them...
Nov 14, 2008 to Aug 26, 2016 | 168 chp | Publishing

Da Capo II

2024
Takes place approximately 50 years after the original D.C. ~Da Capo~ series.
The story revolves around Sakurai Yoshiyuki and Otome & Yume, the two granddaughters of the original D.C. ~Da Capo~ protagonists Junichi and Nemu.

(Source: MangaUpdates)
Nov 10, 2006 to Sep 10, 2009 | 37 chp | Publishing

Kimi ni shika Kikoenai

OtsuichiKiyohara, Hiro 2024
Ryo Aihara, a shy girl who has trouble holding conversations, is the only one at her school without a cell phone. With no friends to text or call, she convinces herself that owning one is pointless. However, with a strong desire for a cell phone, she envisions an ideal one to every detail.

Despite it being a made-up device, Aihara receives a call and realizes that she is the only one who hears the ringtone. Apprehensive but curious, she answers the call and hears a high school boy on the other end of the line. He introduces himself as Shinya Nozaki and claims that he is also using a phone in his head. The bizarre circumstance leads to the development of a close friendship between Aihara and Nozaki, one in which they can confide in each other.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Note: Tsuzuki Setsuri also did a manga based on the same novel.
Feb 26, 2007 to May 26, 2007 | 5 chp | Publishing

Mushi to Medama Series

Akira 2024
Sakaki Guryuu is a multi-talented genius who, despite being gifted and wealthy, decides to teach in the countryside to be together with his lover, Usagawa Rinne, who also happens to be his student. Their peaceful lives are shattered one day when Rinne is killed, in front of Sakaki's eyes, by a girl named "Gankyuu Eguriko," who gouged her eyes out with a spoon. Things take an even stranger turn when Rinne suddenly wakes up as if nothing had happened, and something called an "Eden's Apple" is thrown into the mix.

(Source: Baka-Tsuki)
Jun 24, 2005 to Dec 24, 2006 | 42 chp | Publishing

Jin

Murakami, Motoka 2024
As a result of a strange encounter with a mysterious carcinogenic fetus he found inside a patient's skull, brain surgeon Minakata Jin has slipped back through time. Equipped with modern medical knowledge, he faces various fatal diseases and injuries. Then, he meets the ordinary people of Edo as well as illustrious figures, and his surgical knife carves out a new history and story of life.

(Source: Easy Going Scanlations)
Apr 12, 2000 to Nov 24, 2010 | 137 chp | Publishing

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch

Taniguchi, GorouOokouchi, Ichi 2024
"Geass" is a supernatural ability bestowed upon people who are worthy of its use. Its exact effect depends on its user's desires, but those who command it wield devastating power.

In the far away land of Area 11, formerly known as Japan, the astute 17-year-old student Lelouch Lamperouge is granted his own Geass by the mysterious woman C.C., which gives him the absolute obedience of those it is used upon. With this, Lelouch vows to destroy the only world superpower—the Holy Britannian Empire—under the guise of the revolutionary freedom-fighter Zero, to exact vengeance on those who ruined him and his family.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Apr 28, 2007 to Mar 1, 2008 | 28 chp | Publishing

GurenkiCreo the Crimson Crises

2024
Suou is just a normal high school student. One night, she dreams about a red-haired demon girl... who shows up the next day in the middle of class and "claims" her as her property.

(Source: Horobi no Michi)
2007 to 2010 | 12 chp | Publishing

Otoyomegatari (A Bride's Story)

Mori, Kaoru 2024
It's the 19th century in a tribal town near the Caspian Sea, Central Asia. People lead simple lives along the Silk Road, believing in various customs and traditions as they have for many years. Amir Halgal is a beautiful 20-year-old woman skilled in archery, hunting, and horseback riding. She has come from a faraway village for an arranged marriage to a charming 12-year-old boy by the name of Karluk Eihon.

Due to the large age difference, the relationship between Amir and Karluk is a little awkward initially. However, everyday interactions between the two allow them to develop feelings of love and respect for each other that eventually strengthen their bond. Otoyomegatari follows the daily lives and challenges of Amir and Karluk alongside various other couples across Central Asia, in a beautiful portrayal of the culture and traditions of the brides of the era.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Oct 14, 2008 to ? | chp | Publishing

Biyaku Cafe

Ukyou, Ayane 2024
The popular oneshot “Aphrodisiac Café” has now begun serialization as a series! This time the heroine is a regular customer at the Aphrodisiac Café, Megu. Everyday she takes the time to put on makeup, but the reason for that is… What kind of tea would be suitable for a troubled maiden?

(Source: StarryHeaven)
Oct 2008 to Nov 2011 | 34 chp | Publishing

Yuugo: The Negotiator

Akana, ShuuMakari, Shinji 2024
Yuugo Beppu is a master negotiator and mediator. Fluent in five languages, Socratic wit, and a deep understanding of human nature combined with top-level international connections make him a formidable operator.

(Source: MU)
Jan 27, 2004 to Nov 10, 2015 | 187 chp | Publishing

Kisshou Tennyo

Yoshida, Akimi 2024
This psychological mystery is centered around a daughter of the Kanou family, Sayoko, who is said to be a descendant of a goddess. She has a face of a noble goddess and a heart of a most evil woman. She tries to keep her evil side hidden. But, when outsiders threaten to overtake her family fortune, she protect her family by using her charm and seduction to attract them into her trap.

(Source: Drama-wiki)
Included one-shot:
Volume 4: Carnival no Yoru
Feb 12, 1983 to Jun 13, 1984 | 18 chp | Publishing

Washizu: Enma no Touhai

Hara, Keiichirou 2024
A spin-off of Akagi depicting Washizu Iwao in the pre and early post-war period.
Jun 9, 2008 to Oct 9, 2012 | 53 chp | Publishing

Close to My Sweetheart

Yi, Huan 2024
Exchange students of boy and girl schools, the start of a confusing and sweet life? Qu You Lin, a national Judo champion, and Yan Ya Qiao, honored as a traditional Chinese music genius, were forced to study in each other's schools. What You Lin faced at the boys’ school, is a shaky Judo club, useless members, and a runaway coach; Ya Qiao, at the girls’ school, although nicknamed Little Prince Xiao Qiao, can he live surrounded by stars? Both long to go back to their schools, but still like finding such new possibilities...
(Source: Esthétique)
2008 | 15 chp | Publishing

Cappuccino

Yoshizumi, Wataru 2024
Ari Kojima and Sousuke Fujitani met as students in the same college seminar. They have been dating for four years, but since graduation, it has been difficult for them to spend time with each other. First they were separated by physical distance and long commutes, then by incompatible and irregular work schedules.

Finally, Ari and Sousuke decide to move in together and live in a "de facto relationship" with no immediate plans for marriage. Although the couple is prepared for opposition from their parents, they do not anticipate the inherent challenges of staying together.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Nov 2008 to Jun 2009 | 7 chp | Publishing

101-ninme no AliceAlice the 101st

Kawai, Chigusa 2024
Aristide enrolled into an elite music school following his grandfather's dying wish for him to study music and become a great musician like his father. Aristide isn't your typical student. He comes from the countryside and learned to play the violin from his grandfather and neighbor, a stark contrast to the formal, extensive training of his peers. He was enrolled as a special case, being the 101st student admitted into a class of only 100. This and his unrefined technique attract derision from some students and teachers. Aristide obviously has raw talent, but struggles with formal technique and written scores. However, he is determined to improve and remain at the school, chasing after the memory of his father's sound.

(Source: shinkeikaku)
Apr 28, 2007 to Feb 28, 2015 | chp | Publishing