Slice of Life (397)

In a verdant countryside resides a diligent young man and Kabocha, his vigorous yet gentle calico cat. Often sleeping in the shade of their house, Kabocha seems to be an ordinary, lazy feline. But when she goes outdoors, she explores everything nature has to offer. Along the way, the curious cat encounters fellow animals, some of whom may act hostile toward her. With each passing season, Kabocha and her adventures become evermore absurd!

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Azumanga Daioh, the manga is being repackaged into a new three-volume set, which will include three chapters of new material called Supplementary Materials.

Each new chapter covers one year of high school, with all new adventures for Sakaki, Yomi, Tomo, Chiyo, Osaka, and Kagura.

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Japanese railway employees.

Shiharu Nakamura is a high school girl who loves children, lives in an orphanage, and aspires to run a daycare. She works part-time at a nursery school where the cute two-year-old twins Akane and Aoi Matsunaga attend. One day, a handsome young man named Seiji Matsunaga comes rushing to pick up the twins, but they refuse to go home with him, clinging onto Shiharu instead. Shocked by the children's strong attachment to Shiharu, Seiji urgently requests for her to babysit them, offering to pay twice the amount she currently earns at the daycare. Shiharu realizes the cash will cover her living and schooling expenses while also providing the experience she needs to fulfill her dream.
Love So Life follows the happy days of Shiharu as she finds herself falling in love with her makeshift family, and the twins as they live out their early childhood playing, learning, and growing.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]

Two high-school girls share an apartment. Fun-loving Yamada Momo loves to spend any money she gets. Serious (yet cute) Madoka Suzuki scrimps and saves all the time. Madoka is saving her money to visit her grandfather in Germany. And Yamada? She wants to buy a scooter! But in the meantime they have to learn to live together. Can they be frugal, yet happy? Will Yamada ever find space for all her mangas? Will Madoka ever get used to having the toilet and bathtub in the same room?

Her name is Orange. She's a young girl in high school, coming of age in the heart of the city. And she has decided she has nothing to live for. Not her shallow friends. Not her parents. Not school. Not even the empty promise of love. Her head filled with morbid fantasies of suicide, Orange finds herself standing at the edge of her rooftop when the drunken, enigmatic young man, Dashu, enters her world...changing it forever...

A heartbreaking tale of a young woman desperately trying to understand the bewildering world around her, brought to life by the luscious artwork of manga icon, Benjamin, Orange is a profoundly moving story of loss and redemption.

Fumiya is a guy with a lot problems in real life, his job interviews are a disaster and the relationship with Chiemi,his girlfriend, does not go well at all.

One day, however, something unexpected happens: before the poor Fumiya appears a beautiful and enigmatic high school student, Yuki, telling him: "Do you dare to go ...".

From that moment the life of our protagonist changes radically.

Known only as "The Game," it takes players on a thrilling ride, bringing heart-pounding excitement and a sense of loftiness, and possibly a nice wad of cash. The rules are simple: seduce salary men into vulnerable positions before taking off with their money and dignity. Together with an aggressive and competitive group of high school dropouts, 16-year-old Kizuna Etou plays The Game, but begins to have second thoughts. Unfortunately, leaving isn't an option; the final rule of The Game states that no one is allowed to quit. Ever.

However, after one of her night-time escapades, Kizuna is approached by a persistent woman with a captivating job offer: model in the nude for the taciturn painter Yusei Asai. Though at first dismissive of each other, these individuals slowly begin to change their stubborn habits and open their hearts to one another.

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Follow the life of cat-girl Kurona and her friends as they meet other monsters, demons and spirits—learning how to deal with them...and with humans!

(Source: MU)

It covers the adventures of two teenagers, Karin and Reiji, as they try to run Karin's family restaurant when the only adult around, her mother gets sick and is unable to do the job. Both kids know how to cook but the boy, Reiji, is better and he doesn't let Karin forget it.

(Source: MangaFox)

Okamoto Momone is a first year student at an art school living on her own although she's close to her family. She's studying art to follow in the footsteps of her father, who left his wife and three children (Momo is the youngest) some years back. One day her mother summons her and her siblings home to say that their father has resurfaced, sending divorce papers to their mother. It's a bit of a surprise, but he's been gone a long time and everyone is used to it.

The story of friendship between a samurai and a doctor in the final days of the Tokugawa Shogunate.

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Amagai Gakuen, a prestigious school for boys, was hit by an unusual spring storm during the entrance ceremony. Five boys—Hazuki, Touma, Yuusuke, Junta and Madoka—were all caught in the storm's violence and were affected by a strange phenomenon. All of them were transformed into girls!!

Inevitably they will meet someone and fall in love. Bikke wholeheartedly introduces this new, beautifully drawn series about boys and girls coming of age.

(Source: MU)

Junpei is a boy who lives next to Minano Hatsuharu, his tutor who eventually became his homeroom teacher at school. Despite her timid nature and her shyness to boys, she begins to yearn for Junpei, and during one of their study sessions, their relationship becomes much more intimate. But with various obstacles thrown in front of them, how long will it last?

"Selfish, mean and manipulative". These are some of the words that people use about Tsuneko. But Tsuneko herself has no doubt that she is the most popular person in her elementary school class. Her best friends are Kiriko, the calm one, Hanako, the little madam, Nono, the cutie, Shee, the firm one, and Tsunta, the punk. These stories of their day-to-day lives are full of delightful observations about being a child and growing up in Japan.

(Source: Bookwalker)

This is the story of a forty-year-old salary man who quits his job to pursue his dream of becoming a manga artist—and the family that has to put up with him. While not terribly unhappy, Shizuo Oguro can't fight the feeling that something in his life just isn't right, so he walks away from his stable (yet boring) day job to embark on a journey of self-discovery. Unfortunately for his family, this journey also involves playing video games all day while his teenage daughter and elderly father support him. Will Shizuo succeed in creating a true manga masterpiece or will he be just another drop-out living a life of slack?

(Source: SigIkki)

A slice of life 4-koma revolving around three 2nd year highshool students - Miri Washizu, Natsumi Mameda, and Utako Nagao. Miri is of small stature but commonly misunderstood for being violent because of the mean expression on her face. Natsumi's main goal is to make life hard for Miri. Utako is class president and often looks after Miri.

Keitaro Satou is 30, successful at his job... and single. With worries about his future, he decides to have an arranged marriage to satisfy himself and his family, yet while his prospective "wife" is a beauty, problems are bound to pop up!
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1. Yoakemae (Before Dawn)
2. Alfalfa
3-5. Nichiyou, Gogo, 6-jihan. (Sunday, Afternoon, 6:30.)
6. Chou Mousou A-ko no Nichijou to Yuuutsu (The Typical Day and Melancholy of Super-Imaginative A-ko)
7. Kyuujitsu no Sugoshikata (How to Spend a Day Off)
8. 17
9. Subarashii Sekai (What a Wonderful World)
10. Tokyo
11. Sekai no Owari (The End of the World)

A lightly paced manga about two girls who live together. A classic odd couple setup featuring a responsible character with a caring atmosphere and a more free spirited musician who has trouble both feeding herself and paying the rent.

A salaryman's life gets turned upside down due to a dramatic tragedy, and now he is going to have a summer adventure the entire city will never forget.

"Giséle Alain will provide you with any service, Madame," Gisèle claims as she puts a sign on her door. Gisèle Alain is the owner of an apartment and decides to take on whatever request that she receives. She forces Eric, a resident of the apartment with overdue rent, to tag along with her service. Their first mission is to find a cat that another resident has lost and claims to have been missing for 3 days. Upon further investigation, they find a suspicious man taking away cats to an unknown alley. Gisèle decides to investigate further and finds out who the man is without hesitation! An amusing yet calm service providing you with anything you want; at your service by Gisèle Alain!

(Source: MangaHelpers)

The only thing in Tetsuo's mind is art. The beauty, the nature, and the quality of art. One woman watches him handle his art. Her name is Akira. She watches as he constantly tries to draw day after day, and she oversees the completion of his work at a local art exhibition. Akira apparently has become interested in Tetsuo's love for art and his work. One rainy night, Tetsuo notices that Akira left her umbrella and he decides to deliver it to her. He finds her and gives her the umbrella and doesn't use it as he claims that the umbrella isn't his. As Tetsuo leaves, Akira tells him to wait. He turns around and finds Akira bringing her lips towards his... Love has bloomed in the middle of a rainy night.

(Source: MangaHelpers)