Nominations are CLOSED
Please check out the POLL created for this round of nominations:
To limit the amount of nominations to a an amount that doesn’t overwhelm, each nomination has a sponsor. There are some many good manga out there we are swimming in recommendations…
Current Nominations:
@DIO-Berry
Given/ギブン
Love of music unites the four members of the band Given: hotheaded guitarist Uenoyama, playboy drummer Akihiko, gentle bassist Haruki, and Mafuyu, a singer gifted with great talent and burdened by past tragedy. Their struggles and conflicts may drive them apart, but their bond to the music—and to one another—always brings them back together again.
Ritsuka Uenoyama is bored with it all—with school, with his basketball club, and even with his one true passion: playing guitar. That is, until the day he finds his favorite hidden napping spot occupied by a strange boy cradling a broken-stringed guitar. At first, Uenoyama is nonplussed by Mafuyu Sato and his slightly odd behavior, but when, on a whim, he asks Mafuyu to sing, the power of that song pierces him to the core.
@Clovie1 (I chose this one for you because it got so much love in the poll but let me know if you want to switch it.)
わたしは壁になりたい
“I can’t like people, I’ve never been.” Yuriko, an A-sexual, decides to go on a date due to pressure from her parents.
Her partner is a gay man named Takerota, who has a crush on her childhood friend.
Yuriko (Fujoshi) who wants to become a wall and watch over people’s love affairs, and Rota Take, “I love my childhood friend () and I can’t help but love him, but I have to get married due to family circumstances.”
“I thought I would live alone forever.”
A married life where the demand and supply of such two people match.
はなものがたり
Highly acclaimed by bookstore staff all over the country!
A manga about a grandmother who woke up to beauty that became a hot topic on Twitter!!
Hanayo, who lost her husband of many years.
Yoshiko is single and runs a cosmetics store.
Two people who have walked completely different lives meet, are attracted to each other, and get to know each other because of her grandmother’s present.
Boys Run The Riot
High schooler Ryo knows he’s transgender, but he doesn’t have anyone to confide in about the confusion he feels. He can’t tell his best friend, who he’s secretly got a crush on, and he can’t tell his mom, who’s constantly asking why Ryo “dresses like a boy.” He certainly can’t tell Jin, the new transfer student who looks like just another bully… The only time Ryo feels at ease is when he’s wearing his favorite clothes. Then, and only then, the world melts away, and he can be his true self. One day, while out shopping, Ryo sees someone he didn’t expect: Jin. The kid who looked so tough in class has the same taste in fashion as him! At last, Ryo has someone he can open up to—and the journey ahead might finally give him a way to express himself to the world.
気になってる人が男じゃなかった
CDショップで働いているミステリアスな「おにーさん」が気になってしょうがない女子高生・あや。しかし「おにーさん」の正体は、話したこともない、クラスメイトの目立たない女子・みつきだった――。
Twitterで最高に注目を集める女同士の「愛情」を巡る物語、待望の書籍化。
みつきの過去をめぐる、描き下ろしストーリーを収録。
僕らの食卓
Yutaka, a salary man, is not good at eating with others due to an incident in his childhood. He always eats alone, and his menu consists of homemade bomb-size rice balls and supermarket side dishes. One day, as usual, when he’s about to eat lunch at the park, a kid, Tane, asks for Yutaka’s rice ball, so he gives it to him. The next day, Tane and his older brother - Minoru came to apologize, but due to Tane said that Yutaka’s rice balls were too delicious, Minoru asked Yutaka to teach him how to make rice balls. Although his mind was disconcerted, Yutaka still paid a visit to their house. The 3 are making rice balls and eating together.
うちの息子はたぶんゲイ
My husband is (単身赴任) Tanshin Funin, meaning he lives and works in another city, so I usually live alone with our two sons. Maybe we’re idiots, but we have two really good kids.
I sometimes wonder if my oldest son, Hiroki, likes another boy. I think he tries to hide it, but sometimes it’s pretty obvious. I haven’t talked to him about it yet, but all I can think is, my son is honest and so cute, and he’s probably gay.
Honorable Mention Nominations: (To be included in future polls…)
放浪息子
A boy who wants to be a girl and a girl who wants to be a boy. A full and delicate, adolescent story. Shuichi Nitori, a shy boy who can’t control his desire to wear cute girls’ clothes, meets Yoshino Takatsuki, a tall and cool girl at the elementary school he transferred to. She was also a girl with a hidden desire to be a boy. An adolescent school love story that gently and transparently depicts modern boys and girls who are worried about their fragile and fragile hearts!
きみのせかいに恋はない
“If I can fall in love with someone, will I be able to be like them?” Chika Hanai, a high school student. Kimijima, a classmate of hers who is on good terms with her, confessed to her and decided to go out with her. But I don’t know what “love feelings” are. Sometimes she feels like an alien who can’t understand what she’s thinking about Kimijima, who is cheerful and cheerful. “Is it absolutely necessary to have romantic feelings and sexual desires?” A story of a girl who sways between what everyone calls “normal”.
かけおちガール
Momo Makimura, a graduate student, has someone she cannot forget. She is Midori-chan, a girl with a mysterious charm whom she dated when she was a high school girl. Her secret letter and nail polish of the same color… I thought our relationship would last forever, but on the day of my high school graduation, Midori-chan said, “Let’s compete to see who can get a boyfriend first!” Ta. Makimura is trapped in her lost love, but one day, he happens to meet Midori-chan again at her workplace…! ?
作りたい女と食べたい女
■ Includes 7 pages of special short stories drawn by comics! ■
I live alone and don’t eat much, and I can’t eat what I make.
But I really want to make more!
Mr. Nomoto loves cooking.
I carelessly cook more rice than I can eat by myself.
At that time, I remembered Mr. Kasuga, who lives next door to her.
If you muster up the courage to invite him to dinner…?
欠けた月とドーナッツ
Dressing up, putting on makeup, and falling in love… OL, Hinako Uno, admires that “ordinary” woman. However, due to her lack of self-confidence, she was unable to take the first step toward a “normal” relationship with a man. Caught between her fear of stepping into her romance and her anxiety about being alone, Hinako desperately asks for help on the street at night. The person who reached out to her was Satou Asahi, an upstanding senior from the same company who happened to be passing by…