Gin no Spoon manga's story centers around Ritsu, a high school boy who, along with his younger brother Shirabe and sister Kanade, were raised by... more>> their single mother Kyoko. When their mother is hospitalized due to sickness, Ritsu begins to take care of his younger siblings and cook food for them, slowly entering the world of cooking. Things become more complicated when Ritsu finds out a shocking fact: that he is an adopted child. <<less

IS (Pronounced Aiesu in Japanese) is not your everyday manga. This manga strictly deals with cases of intersexuality. ... more>>

This manga deals with issues concerning intersexual people. The pain they go through, the troubles they confront, and ultimately their inability to reproduce and even find a partner who will accept them as they are.

The series is consisted of cases, each dealing with different people - although some cases are much longer and more dramatic than others.

The series eventually ends up being about Haru, an intersex child, in a touching coming-of-age story.

Won the Kodansha Manga Award for Shoujo in 2007. <<less

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A cute and touching story of a single mother, Sumireko, and her daughter, Nozomi. The manga starts off with Nozomi being sixteen years old in the first chapter, then hops back to before she was born. Finally with the third chapter starts the "real" story, when Non-Non (Nozomi) is three years old.... more>>

Won the 19th Kodansha Manga Award for Shoujo in 1995. <<less

The son of a famous pianist, music student Shinichi Chiaki dreams of studying abroad and becoming a conductor like his mentor. Unfortunately, his fear of flying grounds his lofty plans! As he watches other classmates achieve what he has always wanted, Shinichi wonders if he should quit music altogether.... more>>

Then one day he meets fellow student Megumi Noda, also known as Nodame. This oddball girl cannot cook, clean, or even read a music score, but she can play the piano in incomparable Cantabile style. And she teaches Chiaki something that he has forgotten: to enjoy his music, no matter where he is.

Winner of the Kodansha Manga Award for Shoujo in 2004.

The series getting new cover editions (shinsouban) as of Sep 13, 2021. It’ll be 13 volumes total with B6 size and omake pages’ll be added. 1 volume releases in every month. <<less

Kuragehime follows Tsukimi Kurashita, an 18-year-old who moved from Kagoshima to Tokyo to become an illustrator. Tsukimi is a jellyfish otaku who comes to live in a shared bath and toilet, women-only apartment, Amamizukan. Other tenants include fujoshi, NEETs and others who consider fashion their natural enemy, calling themselves "Amars (The Sisterhood)". One day, Tsukimi meets a fashionable and beautiful girl, Kuranosuke Koibuchi, who saves a jellyfish that is about to die at a pet shop. She later discovers that Kuranosuke is merely cross-dressing in order to evade inheritance of his father's occupation as a politician.... more>>

Note: Won the Kodansha Manga Award for best shoujo manga in 2010 and was nominated for the 2010 Manga Taishou award. <<less

Yukari is a girl who can see the deceased. Yuusaku is a boy who can hear any phenomena that has a voice. Through their encounters... more>> with the inhuman, they learn fear, sadness, and compassion; and grow as humans. <<less

Akari, who loves books, moves to Tokyo to go work at the head office of a bookstore. There she meets the assistant manager Terayama Morizou,... more>> who loves books more than people. Up 'til now Akari hasn't worked at such a large store yet so she feels a lot of pressure, but at the same time she realizes she really loves her job. This manga depicts the struggles she experiences at work as well as in her personal life. <<less

Michiru is a happy child who loves to skate. During her childhood, she meets Leon, a cute innocent boy. They begin to ice dance together.... more>> But as she has a conflict with her mom, she plans to run away with Leon. Leon, considering the danger, declines Michiru. Hurt by this, Michiru runs away by herself. Finding out that Michiru has run away, Leon and others search for her, finding her in the skating rink. But the Michiru they find standing in the rink no longer has the smile that the old Michiru had!? <<less

Suddenly one day energetic high school girl, Katagiri Hina, has time slipped into the year 1907. The first person she sees is the sorrowful man... more>> by the name of Hongo Takaaki. Who exactly is this Hongo-sama? As fate works its gears, how would their romance unfold? Transcending time, two people meet. A destiny. <<less

The story follows a girl named Mame, whose family runs a public bath. She has held on to feelings of unrequited love for her childhood... more>> friend for twenty years. <<less

Alice Kinari, a girl just in primary school, seems to have a picture-perfect family. Her dad’s a hard worker, and her mom still has her... more>> gorgeous looks. All of that changes when an unexpected visitor appears, having Alice and her mom clasping each other’s hands in a grueling situation. <<less

The house of the Mitarai family, who operate a hospital, burned down in an unfortunate incident. The wife who caused the fire in an act... more>> of carelessness prostrated herself, apologizing in front of the flames. 13 years later, Murata Anzu is hired as a housekeeper for the Mitarai house. The woman who greets her is the second wife, Makiko. Despite her high standards, Anzu manages to secure a contract for work. However, her true goal is to infiltrate the house. <<less

27-year-old Hotaru would rather sleep at home than seek romance, but due to unforeseen circumstances, suddenly she's living with her boss, Takano. What's more is... more>> that she now has a budding relationship with Makoto, who's younger than she is. Like a dried fish thrown back into the ocean, can she learn to swim again and rediscover the ways of romance? <<less

26-year-old Tsugumi Kawana reunites with her first crush from high school, Itsuki Ayukawa, at a get-together between an architecture firm and the interior design company she works at. He sends her heart aflutter, until she realizes he’s now disabled, and in a wheelchair. At first she feels she couldn’t date a guy in a wheelchair, but then her feelings begin to change …... more>>

Notes: Received Kodansha Manga Award in 2019 for Shoujo category <<less

Smart, successful and good-looking Iwaya Sumire works for a big newspaper. However, her boss asks her to leave for being too "perfect" a woman. Feeling angry and dejected Iwaya returns home depressed, and most of all lonely. However, when she finds an unconscious young man lying in a box out the front of her home, she takes him in since he looks like a dog she used to own called Momo. She dubs him Momo and decides to "keep him as a pet." It's the start of an unexpected life together as they overcome obstacles and become quite attached to one another. But can love like this exist?... more>>

This manga won the 27th Kodansha Manga Award for shoujo in 2003 (shared with ). <<less

Chubby and plain, Taeko's biggest worry is whether she'll ever have the courage to tell her crush how she feels. Then one day a mysterious... more>> cousin comes to stay and Taeko's world is shattered. Cast out of her own home after her mother's death, Taeko stumbles into the night and is hit by a truck. When she wakes up, she's greeted by a doctor who promises to turn her life around. And thus begins a tale of revenge and intrigue that's a roller coaster of cracked out soap opera fun from start to finish. <<less

An autobiographical manga about Itagaki Paru, her two older sisters, mother, and father.

A rom-com manga on ice, perfect for fans of Princess Jellyfish and Wotakoi! Kokoro is the talk of the figure-skating world, winning trophies and hearts. But little do they know … he’s actually a huge nerd! From the beloved creator of You’re My Pet (a.k.a. Tramps Like Us)!... more>>

Chitose is a serious young woman, working for the health magazine SASSO. Or at least, she would be, if she wasn’t constantly getting distracted by her childhood friend, international figure skating star Kokoro Kijinami! In the public eye and on the ice, Kokoro is a gallant, flawless knight, but behind his glittery costumes and breathtaking spins lies a secret: he’s actually a hopeless romantic otaku, who can only land his quad jumps when Chitose is on hand to recite a spell from his favorite magical girl anime! <<less

A city girl from Tokyo goes to the countryside for a vacation. Being delusional about the romantic country life, she wanders off on her own... more>> and meets a young, troubled farmer. Needless to say that she falls head over heels for him. She offers to help him out as a live-in part-timer. Will something sprout...? <<less

The story is set in a pawn shop in a working-class neighborhood, Shitamachi, and it follows Shinobu and Aki, two people fascinated by sparkling jewels... more>> metaphorically "born from a distant ancient Earth." <<less

Daisy Luck follows the lives of four long-time girl friends, one who is now a housewife, one who is a baker, one who is an... more>> executive, and one who is not working. They're all about to turn 30. [Animeraider] <<less

Sayaka is an "old maid" who's never had a boyfriend before, but has been hopelessly in love with her friend from university for 10 years.... more>> However, the night before she's about to go on a date with him, she finds herself waking up in her co-worker's house, who she hardly even knows?!? But it turns out he's actually her boyfriend, but Sayaka has no recollection of this due to a supposed head injury? But why would she date him?!? Did she give up on her past love, and is this co-worker really someone that she's head-over-heels in love with? And most importantly, will Sayaka really continue to date this mystery boyfriend? <<less

There are so many things she wants, but she still hasn’t found out what she's looking for… That’s Fu Arisugawa, an office worker too busy... more>> with her shopping spoils and whose motto is “Shopping is Living." Meanwhile, for reasons she doesn’t yet understand, she’s interested in her cool-tempered and reserved boss. And there are her friends, too. Rio, who keeps her feelings towards Fu a secret; Mizuho, who always ends up dating losers; and Enjoji, who keeps interviewing University of Tokyo grads for an arranged marriage... Each are lost in their own way while searching for happiness. These four Alices wander through their lives of love... and shopping!! [Kodansha Comics] <<less

Ayako, a normal high-school girl caught up in the experiment of an enigmatic genius, is divided in two. In the midst of the confusion of... more>> sharing her life, she remembers her sister who had died suddenly. What lies beyond the feelings she remembers and the feelings she’s forgotten… <<less