Back-to-school season means it’s the perfect time to dive into some manga set in school! From romance to comedy, and even suspense. Whether you want to get a taste of nostalgia or just enjoy the hijinks of someone just like you, there’s something for everyone.
Glasses with a Chance of Delinquent
Delinquent-hating Momose dreams of leading a peaceful high school life. So, what is she doing, falling in love with a former delinquent who masquerades as the perfect, straight-A student?! The former delinquent and the pushover girl go one-on-one in this teen romance!
The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity
This story takes place in a particular town with two infamous schools in constant dispute: Chidori High, a boys’ school predominantly attended by low-class students with damning grades, and its neighbor Kikyo Girls’ High, with most of its female students coming from wealthy and prestigious families. One day, high school second-year Rintaro Tsumugi, a fierce-looking but gentle-minded student at Chidori, is helping at his family’s patisserie when he encounters a female customer by the name of Kaoruko Waguri. Rintaro enjoys his time with Kaoruko, as she doesn’t judge him for his appearance, but this blissful peace is quickly disturbed when Rintaro makes the discovery that Kaoruko is actually a student at Kikyo. This revelation marks the beginning of the two’s strenuous tale, as they fight against the limitations placed upon them by their schools and surroundings in an attempt to find their own path!
WIND BREAKER
Haruka Sakura wants nothing to do with weaklings—he’s only interested in the strongest of the strong. He’s just started at Furin High School, a school of degenerates known only for their brawling strength—strength they use to protect their town from anyone who wishes it ill. But Haruka’s not interested in being a hero or being part of any sort of team—he just wants to fight his way to the top!
Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian
“И на меня тоже обрати внимание…” Alya, the incomparably beautiful silver-haired girl in the next seat over, occasionally mumbles to herself in Russian. She says she switches to it whenever she’s badmouthing me…but I know the truth! I know for a fact that she just said “Pay attention to me, too” to me! I, Masachika Kuze, actually have native-level skills when it comes to Russian comprehension, but Alya has no idea about that…and that’s why she keeps on hiding those sweet feelings about me in her native language! That’s the premise behind this high-school rom-com featuring one killer high-spec half-Russian heroine!
A School Frozen in Time
On a snowy school day like any other, classmates and childhood friends Hiroshi and Mizuki arrive at school to find the campus eerily empty. Before long, they find themselves trapped inside with six other friends, and even stranger, all the clocks have stopped at a very specific moment–the exact time when a former classmate jumped off the school roof to their death three months earlier. It turns out that this departed friend is their way out of their current predicament and may even be among their group…but no one can remember who it was that took their life on that sad day. The students must face themselves and their past memories to piece together the identity of this suicide victim or risk a similar fate–with their lives lost and forgotten inside these frigid school walls.
School Rumble
She … is a second-year high school student with a single all-consuming question: Will the boy she likes ever really notice her? He … is the school’s most notorious juvenile delinquent and he’s suddenly come to a shocking realization: He’s got a huge crush, and now he must tell her how he feels. Life-changing obsessions, colossal foul-ups, grand schemes, deep-seated anxieties, and raging hormones—School Rumble portrays high school as it really is: over-the-top comedy!
Even the Student Council Has Its Holes!
These student council members are all over the place! Each one of them is eccentric in their own way—one’s an airhead, one’s just plain frightening, one’s a closet pervert, but all in all, they’re really just weird! And yet it’s everyone’s oddities that makes them endearing and what allows them to create their new normal. Get ready for a slice-of-life manga that’s irresistibly charming, quirky, and a little bit naughty!
Love in Focus
From the creator of New York Times bestselling manga That Wolf-Boy Is Mine! comes a feel-good romance about a teenage girl whose passion for photography leads her to a new school, a new dorm, and a new love triangle!par par Mako’s always had a passion for photography. When she loses someone dear to her, she clings to her art as a relic of the close relationship she once had … Luckily, her childhood best friend Kei encourages her to come to his high school and join their prestigious photo club. With nothing to lose, Mako grabs her camera and moves into the dorm where Kei and his classmates live. Soon, a fresh take on life, along with a mysterious new muse, begin to come into focus!
