My Coworker Has a Secret isn't anything particularly new or exciting, and it does sometimes feel like creator Mushiro's just pulling tropes out of a rom-com grab bag.
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My Coworker is Annoying #03 — Window Dressing
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That's My Atypical Girl GN 1
That's My Atypical Girl makes us ask the question of what constitutes good representation.
My Maid, Miss Kishi GN 1
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My Love Mix-Up! GN 1
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My Clueless First Friend GN 1
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You're My Cutie!! GN 1-2
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I'm a Wolf, but My Boss is a Sheep! GN 1
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Kakushigoto: My Dad’s Secret Ambition, Vol. 1
By Kouji Kumeta. Released in Japan by Kodansha, serialized in the magazine Monthly Shonen Magazine. Released in North America digitally by Kodansha Comics. Translated by Kevin Gifford. Kouji…
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Mankind is extinct but womenkind is thriving. The premise of a world occupied only by lesbians might sound silly on the surface, but 'Yuri Except for Me' …
My Master Has No Tail – Episode 1
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A Nico-Colored Canvas GN 1
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Island in a Puddle GN 1
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This book is a story about finding acceptance and love for who you are, not what society says you are.
Daily Report About My Witch Senpai GN 1
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Semelparous GN 1
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FANGS GN 1
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Ayashimon GN 1
This volume is packed with everything from yakuza action to twisted backstories to humans against monsters. Does this manga from the creator of Hell’s Paradise manage to bring…
Tista GN 1
Before there was SPY x FAMILY there was Tista. Tatsuya Endō's first serialized work shares some themes with his latest – heroine Tista Lone is an orphan who
Life GN 1
Two decades after its initial release, Life presents a viciously recognizable picture of the social hellscape that middle and high school can be.
Helck GN 1
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MonsTABOO GN 1
Take a bit of social commentary on twisted, corrupt adults, add in schoolgirls who use monsters as transformed weapons to fight them, and then throw in a game…
MAO GN 1
Takahashi's latest seems to borrow elements from her previous popular works, but does it add anything new to her tried and true recipe?
SINoALICE GN 1
This manga adaptation of the popular mobile game gambles on a risky decision: to deliberately confuse its readers on what's real and what's just a dream.
Dandadan GN 1
A lot of manga have bawdy humor and fail, but Dandadan manages to make it work by displaying its heart alongside its horror and humor.
Higehiro GN 1
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Centaurs GN 1
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This is also a very nice acknowledgment that magic can't solve all of your problems. Sena will need to overcome her agoraphobia, second life or no.
A Serenade for Pretend Lovers GN 1
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Confessions of a Shy Baker GN 1
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I Fell for a Fujoshi GN 1
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A Reincarnated Witch Spells Doom GN 1
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I Fell for a Fujoshi GN 1
At some point we've probably all done something inspired by the fiction we've read that was, in hindsight, not a brilliant plan. Whether it was testing the
Be My Love, My Lord GN
A power imbalance between the male leads will either hit or miss with readers in this story about the wealthy but lonely Reiji and his beastman caretaker Tsubaki.
My Dress-Up Darling Has a Fantastic Moral
“It’s okay to like the things you like.”
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What if Blue Period was less enamored with art history and the nitty-gritty of making art and more about an artist beaten down by perceived failures, trying to…
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Dark Gathering GN 1
I mean it when I say I wasn't expecting to be terrified from reading Dark Gathering. This surprise isn't a downside. That this story was able to genuinely…
Sakamoto Days GN 1
A retired assassin finds domestic bliss and opens a convenience store, but the crime world isn't ready to let Sakamoto go.