Tankōbon Tasting

written by @calaggie. My main anime blog is at Nigorimasen!

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Kyougaku Koukou no Genjitsu (The Reality of Co-educational High School) - story: Yuu Sanui, art: Sumihito Itami Serialized in: Monthly Big Comic Spirits (Shogakukan) Status: 4 volumes, ongoing

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Gurazeni vol. 1 - art by Keiji Adachi, story by Yuji Moiritaka  Serialized in: Morning (Kodansha) Status: ongoing, 11 volumes released Amazon.co.jp Morning manga page 

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Ikemen 9! by Chitose Yagami

Contains Ikemen 9! and short stories First Love Blood, Koi Suru Rippop, and Darenimo Watasanai.

Serialized in: Chao Deluxe (Shogakukan) Status: 1 volume released, completed

Amazon.co.jp Shogakukan page

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Sakuragawa Volley-boys vol. 1 by Souko Masaki

Serialized in: Dessert (Kodansha) Status: completed, 2 volumes released

Amazon.co.jp Kodansha page

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A Girl in White vol. 1 by Mika Hisaka

Serialized in: Business Jump, Grand Jump Premium (Shueisha) Status: ongoing, 3 volumes released

Amazon.co.jp Grand Jump page 

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Ninkyou Hime Leira vol. 1 by Kengo Kaji (story) & Satoshi Yonei (art)

A schoolgirl fights as a pro wrestler.

Serialized in: Weekly Shonen Champion (Akita Shoten) Status: completed, 4 volumes released

Amazon.co.jp Akita Shoten page Japanese Wikipedia

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Shimekirisama ni Oyurushi o (Forgiveness from Deadline-sama) vol. 1 by Kiku Ueda

Summary from MangaUpdates:

A mangaka summons a spirit that helps him meet deadlines at the cost of his health.

Serialized in: Monthly Dragon Age (Fujimi Shobo) Status: completed, 3 volumes released

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Bakuon!! vol. 1 by Mimana Orimoto Summary from MangaUpdates:

Sakura Hane has to ride her bicycle up several steep hills just to get to her new high school. As she is desperately pedaling, she sees and hears a motorcycle zoom past her and instantly falls in love with it. It turns out that bike was driven by her new classmate Amano Onsa, one badass girl who decided to attend this school because of one reason, there is no policy against motorcycles. Not only that, there is apparently a motorcycle club on campus. Hane and Onsa instantly become friends and she is able to convince Hane to start riding a bike. Now the only thing Hane has to do is get a license...

Serialized in: Young Champion Retsu (Akita Shoten) Status: 2 volumes released, ongoing  Amazon.co.jp  Japanese Wikipedia page 

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Double Heroine vol. 1 - story by Ouji Hiroi, art by Hiroyuki Tamakoshi Summary from MangaUpdates:

In the near future, a large meteor strikes Japan on what is now being called "Dark Sunday" and completely destroys the country. With the help of the US and China, Japan was able to construct New Tokyo, which has 50m walls built around it to protect the city from the contamination outside. With crime rates rocketing, the New Tokyo Police Squad was formed to bring peace to the new city. Rachael is the top field operative who has solved countless cases and captured or killed countless criminals. However, she refuses to take a partner after her old partner was murdered. But Rachael soon finds herself working with Mizutani Asuka, a young girl newly recruited by the police squad, and, to her surprise, Asuka is a better marksman and has superior combat skills to Rachael. That’s a given though, since her new partner is an android.

Serialized in: Shounen Rival (Kodansha) Status: completed, 5 volumes released 

Amazon.co.jp page Kodansha page

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Tokyo Kaido vol. 1 by Minetaro Mochizuki

Serialized in: Morning (Kodansha) Status: completed, 3 volumes released Amazon.co.jp Kodansha page 

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SatoShio vol. 1 by Seiko Erisawa

A comedy involving the staff of Yumita Design.

Serialized in: Kiss (Kodansha) Status: completed, 2 volumes released

Amazon.co.jp Kodansha page

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Shibuya Guardian Girls vol. 1 by Mari Koizumi

Serialized in: Monthly Sunday GX (Shogakukan) Status: completed, 3 volumes released

Amazon.co.jp

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Kanojo no Hitorigurashi by Benkyo Tamaoki

Serialized in: Comic Birz (Gentosha) Status: completed, 3 volumes released Amazon.co.jp Japanese Wikipedia 

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Pachinko Don Quijote: Road to Forty Million Yen by Hitoshi Tanimura

Published under Action Comics (Futabasha)

Amazon.co.jp Japanese Wikipedia page on Hitoshi Tanimura

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Retroge. vol. 1 by Usoichirou Shirakawa & Yuugi Kusanagi

A 4-koma manga about high school girls in a retro videogaming club.

Serialized in: Micro Magazine Status: 1 volume released Amazon.co.jp Micro Magazine page

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Bokura no Yoake vol. 1 by Tetsuya Imai

Synopsis from MangaHelpers:

In 2038, Sawatari Yuuma is an elementary school kid who loves everything about space and astronomy. He was initially excited when his parents bought a robot called Nanako, but he was disappointed when he learned that she was basically just a boring housekeeping robot. However, when he does finally try to talk to her about space, something strange happens. Her system crashes and is taken over by what claims to be a marooned alien ship! The alien ship wants Yuuma's help to get back to space!

Serialized in: Afternoon (Kodansha) Status: completed, 2 volumes released 

Amazon.co.jp Kodansha page 

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Soumatou Kabushikigaisha vol. 1 by Keita Sugawara

Summary from MangaHelpers:

Soumatou Kabushikigaisha is a company that offers a very peculiar service. Customers, after giving their name and birthdate, are led to a room with a single television. A woman then brings them a DVD that they may watch as they desire. This DVD is the record of their entire life, from birth to the present moment. These customers may gain new insight into the events of their lives, and discover truths about the people they encounter that they might never have guessed. The first customer is 43-year-old Sugiura Katsumi, whose daughter and wife have died relatively recently. In reviewing his life, all the happiness, sadness, and terrible mistakes come back to him, and the cause of the series of recent tragic events in his life will become painfully clear. 

This was recently turned into a J-drama. 

Serialized in: Manga Action (Futabasha) Current status: ongoing, six volumes released Amazon.co.jp Futabasha page