4-koma
4-koma manga present four panels per comic strip that traditionally are the same size and stack on top of each other vertically. These titles are usually gag manga, with a single joke or self-contained story in each strip, and little to no continuity between the strips.
Acting
These manga feature the acting industry. Protagonists are amateur or famous actors in TV, film or other media.
Action
A work typically depicting fighting, violence, chaos, and fast paced motion.
Adapted to Anime
These manga were directly adapted to an anime.
Adult
Contains content that is suitable only for adults. Titles in this category may include prolonged scenes of intense violence and/or graphic sexual content and nudity.
Adventure
If a character in the story goes on a trip or along that line, your best bet is that it is an adventure manga. Otherwise, it's up to your personal prejudice on this case.
Age Transformation
Characters in these manga experience transformations that alter their age, be they through magical or other means.
Animal Characteristics
These manga feature human-like beings that possess animal characteristics, such as animal ears, tails, or other body parts not normally found on people. Catgirls are a common example.
Apocalypse
In these manga, an apocalypse has just occurred, threatening the world with extinction. Mankind might be under attack from Zombies, Insects, or Monsters. Or, the apocalypse may have been triggered by a Pandemic, a Natural Disaster, or another cause. Unlike Post-apocalyptic manga where society struggles to rebuild, characters in these manga focus on Survival, or on understanding and containing the disaster.
Comedy
A dramatic work that is light and often humorous or satirical in tone and that usually contains a happy resolution of the thematic conflict.
Cooking
Cooking is the focus of these food-themed manga, whether the characters within attend a Culinary School, work in a Restaurant or are simply passionate home cooks. These manga may offer step-by-step Recipes for various dishes or plating techniques.
Crossdressing
Unlike Gender Bender titles where a character undergoes a complete physical sex change, these manga showcase characters who crossdress for a secretive reason, whether it's to attend a single-sex school or to acquire a job targeted at a specific gender. The secretive, crossdressing element must be the focus of these manga to receive the tag.
Cultivation
Cultivation (修真) is a Taoist concept that describes extending one's lifespan through practicing martial and mystical arts, with the goal of cultivating Qi: the spiritual life force. Cultivation is a common theme in both Wuxia and Xianxia stories, with one key difference: Xianxia stories typically focus on cultivation for the purpose of achieving immortality.
Doujinshi
Fan based work inspired by official anime or manga.
Drama
A work meant to bring on an emotional response, such as instilling sadness or tension.
Ecchi
Possibly the line between hentai and non-hentai, ecchi usually refers to fanservice put in to attract a certain group of fans.
Fantasy
Anything that involves, but not limited to, magic, dream world, and fairy tales.
Gender Bender
Girls dressing up as guys, guys dressing up as girls.. Guys turning into girls, girls turning into guys.. I think you get the picture.
Harem
A series involving one male character and many female characters (usually attracted to the male character). A Reverse Harem is when the genders are reversed.
Hentai
Adult sexual content in an illustrated form where the FOCUS of the manga is placed on sexually graphic acts.
Historical
Having to do with old or ancient times.
Horror
A painful emotion of fear, dread, and abhorrence; a shuddering with terror and detestation; the feeling inspired by something frightful and shocking.
Isekai
Isekai is a fantasy genre where a person from Earth is transported to, reborn, or trapped in a parallel universe or fantasy world. For beings from other worlds visiting Earth.
Josei
Literally "Woman". Targets women 18-30. Female equivalent to seinen. Unlike shoujo the romance is more realistic and less idealized. The storytelling is more explicit and mature.
Lolicon
Representing a sexual attraction to young or under-age girls.
Martial Arts
As the name suggests, anything martial arts related. Any of several arts of combat or self-defense, such as aikido, karate, judo, or tae kwon do, kendo, fencing, and so on and so forth.
Mature
Contains subject matter which may be too extreme for people under the age of 17. Titles in this category may contain intense violence, blood and gore, sexual content and/or strong language.
Mecha
A work involving and usually concentrating on all types of large robotic machines.
Mystery
Usually an unexplained event occurs, and the main protagonist attempts to find out what caused it.
OEL
These titles have authors and artists that originate from an English-speaking country such as the USA or Canada, and/or were first published in those countries. English is the primary language of these comics.
One Shot
A One Shot is a single, standalone manga that tells a complete story in roughly 15-60 pages.
Psychological
Usually deals with the philosophy of a state of mind, in most cases detailing abnormal psychology.
Reverse Harem
A reverse harem includes three or more characters who potentially show romantic interest in a female protagonist. The sex, gender, or orientation of the harem members is irrelevant as long as they exclusively, or at least primarily, are vying for the affections of the same individual - who may or may not reciprocate towards one, several, or none of these romantic rivals.
Reverse Isekai
Unlike typical Isekai titles where a person from Earth is transported to, reborn, or trapped in a parallel universe or fantasy world, in these manga characters from another world find themselves on Earth through similar means.
Romance
A story where the primary focus is a romantic relationship between the main protagonist and another character.
School Life
Having a major setting of the story deal with some type of school.
Sci-fi
Short for science fiction, these works involve twists on technology and other science related phenomena which are contrary or stretches of the modern day scientific world.
Seinen
Seinen means "young Man." Manga and anime that specifically targets young adult males around the ages of 18 to 25 are seinen titles. The stories in seinen works appeal to university students and those in the working world. Typically the story lines deal with the issues of adulthood.
Shotacon
Representing a sexual attraction to young or under-age boys.
Shoujo
A work intended and primarily written for females. Usually involves a lot of romance and strong character development.
Shoujo Ai
Often synonymous with yuri, this can be thought of as somewhat less extreme. "Girl's Love", so to speak.
Shounen
A work intended and primarily written for males. These works usually involve fighting and/or violence.
Shounen Ai
Often synonymous with yaoi, this can be thought of as somewhat less extreme. "Boy's Love", so to speak.
Slice of Life
As the name suggests, this genre represents day-to-day tribulations of one/many character(s). These challenges/events could technically happen in real life and are often -if not all the time- set in the present timeline in a world that mirrors our own.
Smut
Deals with series that are considered profane or offensive, particularly with regards to sexual content.
Sports
As the name suggests, anything sports related. Baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer, golf, and racing just to name a few.
Supernatural
Usually entails amazing and unexplained powers or events which defy the laws of physics.
Tragedy
Contains events resulting in great loss and misfortune.
Yaoi
This work usually involves intimate relationships between men.
Yuri
This work usually involves intimate relationships between women.
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