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.

Teen Spirit

Kim, Jea-Eun 2024
Hwee Kang is in a band with all his friends and is recruited by a well known company called JBL because they all have the looks of stars. However, there are high expectations. During the audition, what surprise will they give everyone, and what will Hwee Kang do?

(Source: Eclipse Scans)
2009 to 2011 | 25 chp | Publishing

Futari to Futari

Yoshitomi, Akihito 2024
Ayumi and Sayako are roommates. Ayumi is dating Asami. Sayako is dating Keiko. What happens when Ayumi and Sayako both find out the other is dating another woman?

(Source: MU)
Jun 18, 2009 to Jun 18, 2010 | 6 chp | Publishing

Yomawari Sensei

Mizutani, OsamuTsuchida, Seiki 2024
The author, a high school teacher, recounts his 12 years on "night patrol" in Yokohama City, where he comes face to face with youth dealing with issues ranging from self-mutilation to drug abuse.

(Source: MU)
Oct 25, 2004 to Dec 25, 2008 | 45 chp | Publishing

Judge

Tonogai, Yoshiki 2024
Hiroyuki "Hiro" Sakurai is jealous that his brother Atsuya is dating his childhood crush, Hikari. However, his envious ways lead to the unintentional killing of his brother. Two years later, Hiro finds himself handcuffed in a pitch-black room, wearing a rabbit mask, and unsure of his captor's identity. Suddenly, eight other people in animal masks enter the room, and "Judge" commences: a twisted game where nine participants must judge each other's sins and decide who will be spared from death—and only four can leave. Aside from his own survival, Hiro needs to figure out who he can trust, why he was chosen to participate, and how his actions impact those around him.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Jan 12, 2010 to Aug 11, 2012 | 32 chp | Publishing

Survival

Saitou, Takao 2024
An inexplicable catastrophe plunges Japan at the bottom of the sea. A boy survives misfortune, but he has been abandoned in a land surrounded by seas on all sides. His effort to stay alive compels him to sharpen the wit, and that nothing he learned in school is useful for staying alive.
Aug 25, 1976 to Nov 26, 1980 | 119 chp | Publishing

Kimi no Sei

Chatani, AmiSakurairo 2024
Takaya has fallen in love at first sight with a girl he saw at his college. The only problem is that she happens to be Yurina, the girl he spent his elementary school days tormenting. While he hardly remembers her from those days, Yurina hates him with a passion. She holds him responsible for all the lasting emotional and psychological scars that were caused by the years he made her life a living hell. Takaya hopes they'll be able to move past their history and fall in love, but can Yurina ever feel anything for him but hatred and the desire for revenge?

(Source: tethysdust from Manga-Helpers)
2009 | 9 chp | Publishing

7-nin no ShakespeareSeven Shakespeares

Sakuishi, Harold 2024
He's said to be the greatest playwright and poet in history, the author of Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth, but just who was William Shakespeare?

(Source: Kodansha USA)
Dec 21, 2009 to Nov 2011 | 66 chp | Publishing

Lizard, Angels, and Daemons

Miyamoto, Kano 2024
Over lunch, Bun and Nagiko have a conversation about Bun's eventful love life. When Nagiko begins pressing Bun about his relationship with Daisuke, Bun finds himself making excuses about his refusal to have Daisuke choose between his lover and the little woman. Later, Bun questions the reply he gave Nagiko. Was his answer just a cop out? Will Bun finally confront Daisuke about what he truly wants out of their relationship?

Source: LiquidEros
2009 | 1 chp | Publishing

Yuukyuu no Kanata

Watanabe, Asia 2024
1-2. Yuukyuu no Kanata
Yuki and Hisakuni are twin brothers. Kanata, their childhood friend, was abused by his father in his own home so is staying with Yuki, Hisakuni, and their grandmother. The three were always close, but after an accident Hisakuni loses sight in one eye. Also after the accident Yuki and Kanata become lovers. Hisakuni tries to hide his love for Kanata and watches over the two but still feels a large gap forming in between them, while Yuki’s love for Kanata begins to grow, it become too large to handle. One day, Hisakuni tries to ask Kanata for the whole story of the accident that cost him his eye, but Kanata pushes him away and runs. A truck is headed toward Kanata, and Yuki and Hisakuni both run to save him. What will be of their tangled fate ---?

3. Yunatama
French Orion washes up on the shore of a small Japanese island with no memories of himself, other than his name. He's taken in by pretty teenager Tooya, and isn't in a hurry to leave. But how did he end up on the island in the first place?

4. Canary

5. Umemomo Sakura

6. Extra

(Source: B-U)
Oct 27, 2009 | 6 chp | Publishing

Shinigami AliceAlice in Death World

Tokitsukaze, Otoha 2024
Returning home late in the evening, Kanogawa Masaki is attacked by a murderer! Just in time to save her, a cute doll-like girl with deadly scissors kills the attacker, with the explanation that she is just doing her job. Unfortunately, part of this strange girl's job is also killing any witnesses. For reasons unknown, she allows Masaki to run away. Now Masaki can't stop thinking about her, and about finding a way to see her again...
Jun 18, 2007 to Sep 18, 2010 | 8 chp | Publishing

Veins

Shimotsuki, Kayoko 2024
This is a strange love story about a genius who is unable to erase his memories and an average girl.

Mika, an average female high-school student, falls head over heels for her beautiful violin teacher, Akizuki, who has the uncanny ability of "never forgetting something he's remembered once."

(Source: Stiletto Heels)
Included one-shots: Lion, Room 1/4: Kinketsu Cinderella
May 13, 2009 to Jun 13, 2009 | 4 chp | Publishing

China Blue Jasmine

Kakinouchi, Narumi 2024
From time immemorial, vampires inhabited the darkness. They were an immortal clan who shared the color of their iris with their partner... Until the appearance of the beautiful girl "Jasmine." Both of her eyes glittered with blue sparks. She is a vampire too, but what is her goal?!

Dare to open the scroll with the legend of the beautiful dancer China Blue...!

(Source: Aerandria Scans)
Dec 28, 2005 | 4 chp | Publishing

SotsugyouseiClassmates: Sotsu gyo sei

Nakamura, Asumiko 2024
A deep love bubbles beneath the surface, and a gentle touch is all Hikaru Kusakabe and Rihito Sajou need to release it. Sajou, studious and reserved, is yet to be accustomed to such strong feelings for Kusakabe, making him overthink and insecure. In contrast, Kusakabe, straightforward and bold, does not restrain himself from showing intimate affection.

While Kusakabe reveals his dream to one day become a professional musician, Sajou is tirelessly preparing for college. Their differing goals bring an unspoken, heavy cloud over their relationship: as the boys approach their graduation, it is unclear what awaits their romance. Nevertheless, their love warms them in the coldest winter and brings hope that, eventually, they will find the answer to their uncertain future together.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Jan 25, 2008 to Aug 28, 2009 | 16 chp | Publishing

Kidou Senshi Gundam Unicorn: Bande Dessinee

Fukui, HarutoshiOomori, Kouzou 2024
Set 3 years after the events of Char's Counterattack, a young man is caught in a deadly conflict between the Earth Federation and Terrorist Organization "The Sleeved" as they battle for an object that is said to have changed the course of Human history.
Jan 26, 2010 to Dec 26, 2016 | 78 chp | Publishing

Becchin to MandaraVelveteen & Mandala

Matsumoto, Jiro 2024
Tokyo has fallen into a post-apocalyptic state, ravaged by war. On the outskirts of the capital, two girls have taken residence in an abandoned military tank at a dry riverbed in the Suginami Ward. Mandara Legrand, who speaks like a broken tape recorder, lives alongside Becchin, a paranoid girl who deals with hallucinations of her life before the war took her world away.

Left to fend for themselves, there is no one left in the war-torn town that can help them survive the aftermath of destruction. Alone, they combat the undead, hunger, and boredom with what little supplies can be scavenged from the wreckage of the capital. The two girls struggle not only against their surroundings, but with their own sanity—as they work together to stay alive in the deteriorating pastoral countryside.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Jul 5, 2007 to Sep 4, 2009 | 14 chp | Publishing

Samehada-Otoko to Momojiri-Onna

Mochizuki, Minetaro 2024
Toshiko Momojiri—an ordinary kind of girl—falls in love with Kuroo Samehada, a gangster who is on the run after stealing the mob's loot. Toshiko, too, is on the run from a weird uncle. This is the story of two fugitives who meet and fall in love amid violence and gunfire.
(Source: Kodanclub)
1993 | 2 chp | Publishing

Monochrome Myst

2024
"Can you see the cat?" It was with these words that the sad schoolgirl, Angelica North, first met the young man, who was an eccentric occult fiction writer. The cat in question had been following Angelica ever since her parents had burned to death a month ago, but no one else besides her seemed able to see it.

The question took him off guard, but he found that he actually was able to see the mystical cat. The cat came to him to ask for help, to protect the grieving Angelica from allowing herself to be pulled into the world of darkness.

(Source: MangaHelpers)
Jan 19, 2010 to Mar 10, 2014 | 21 chp | Publishing

Anne no Seishun

Igarashi, Yumiko 2024
This is based on the book Anne of Avonlea and it's a sequel to Anne of Green Gables. It follows Anne from the age of 16 to 18, during the two years that she teaches at Avonlea school. Anne discovers the delights and troubles of being a teacher, takes part in the raising of the twins Davy and Dora and organizes the A.V.I.S. (Avonlea Village Improvement Society), which tries to bring improvements to Avonlea with questionable results.

(Source: MangaUpdates)
1998 | 6 chp | Publishing

Ebisu-san to Hotei-san

Kizuki, AkiraSatou, Nanki 2024
An office worker, Hotei, is not pleased when high-flyer Ebisu is transferred to her branch.
(Source: Lililicious)
Feb 12, 2009 to Feb 12, 2010 | 5 chp | Publishing

Sabaku no Tami

Miyazaki, Hayao 2024
Is a manga which Miyazaki wrote for a newspaper targeted for children. It is more of a graphic novel than a manga, since most of the text are written outside of the frames and there are very few dialogue bubbles (though towards the end of the story, it moved closer to the traditional manga style).

The surprisingly dark story deals with the devastation of war, betrayal, and the ugliness of the human nature under desperate situations, including deaths of several characters. One can see the influence of Tezuka Osamu in the art style of this manga (as in most of the manga written in this time), but you can also clearly see the style and motives you find in Miyazaki's later works such as "Nausicaä." In a sense, this is a prototype of "Nausicaä."
Sep 1969 to Mar 1970 | 26 chp | Publishing

Onanie Master Kurosawa: After the Juvenile

Yokota, TakumaIse, Katsura 2024
Two years after his memorable school trip, Kakeru Kurosawa decides to visit Osaka once again with his former companions. Among this crew are the often-bullied Pizza-tan, the cheerful otaku Keiji Nagaoka, the energetic bookworm Magister Takigawa, and the timid Aya Kitahara—the main source of Kurosawa's troubles during their time in school.

The trip is off to a rocky start as Kurosawa is berated by his girlfriend for not inviting her along with the group. Coupled with drama between Keiji and Takigawa and a tense ferris wheel ride shared by Kitahara and Pizza-tan, the gathering quickly becomes more and more uneasy. Though these longtime friends reunited to rekindle their old bonds, the strains in their relationship threaten to end their meeting in total disaster.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
2007 | 2 chp | Publishing

Kemono no Souja

Uehashi, Nahoko 2024
Erin is a 10-year-old girl who lives with her mother in the Tai Koh Region. She has a big love for animals, especially the Touda, dragon-like creatures used in the war.

Her mother Soyon was originally of the Mist People, an ancient clan whose members have green eyes. Because Erin's late father was the son of the chief of a village of Touda breeders, Erin and Soyon live there and Soyon is the head Touda doctor.

But one night, the Kiba, the Duke's strongest Touda, mysteriously die, and Erin's life will be changed forever, involving her into the fate of the whole country.

The series tells the story of Erin's life from childhood into adulthood.

(Source: Wikipedia)
Included one-shot:
Volume 11: Ryokui no Hito
Oct 25, 2008 to Jan 26, 2016 | 66 chp | Publishing

Kujakuou

Ogino, Makoto 2024
A young mystic without a past, Kujaku was born under a dark omen possessed of incredible supernatural powers. Raised by priests, he has learned to use these powers for good. But the evil Siegfried von Mittgard seeks to steal his birthright, and rule the world as the Regent of Darkness. He has dispatched bloodthirsty minions to destroy Kujaku before he can awaken to his destiny. Now, Kujaku must unravel the riddle of his past, before the power within consumes him!

(Source: AniDB)
1985 to 1989 | chp | Publishing

Tokarev no Ayaui Shiro

Tsukiji, ToshihikoUguisu, Kagu 2024
Suzuhara Ayaka deeply idolized her best friend, Shiroyama Hiroko. But when they were in high school together, Hiroko dropped out and vanished, telling Ayaka only that it was for something very important. Now, a letter from Hiroko to Ayaka has washed ashore with the corpse of a girl, asking for help.
Chasing after Hiroko, Ayaka goes to visit a strangely isolated high school for girls, which seems creepily eager to accept Ayaka as a student. Will Ayaka be able to uncover the school's secrets and rescue Hiroko before it is too late?
(Source: MangaHelpers)
2010 to 2012 | 8 chp | Publishing