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Manga Gems of the 90s

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Dec 09 2023, 11:09 AM | Updated Dec 9, 2023 11:58 AM
Manga, 1997Finished6 vol, 50 chp

Follow the adventures of a punk girl with a pink gun as she rampages across the land. The word is out on the streets: a reward of five million dollars to the opportunist that wastes the courier calling herself Bambi and returns the kid called Bambi she leads around on a leash. Can Bambi's huge ego and formidable gun skills hold off an army? Featuring awesome art by Kaneko Atsushi and a story that's hard-edged, fast paced and loaded with action, chaotic courier Bambi delivers the goods. (Source: Digital Manga Publishing)

SerializationComic Beam
DemographicSeinen
7.15
1.6K
Manga, 1997Finished1 vol, 6 chp

The story takes place in Osaka in 1988. Six friends get together regularly for a drink. They are different but have one common passion: their passion for America that is emerging as a dream, as an ideal, an El Dorado.

SerializationAmie Magazine
DemographicShoujo
N/A
258
Manga, 1991Finished3 vol, 40 chp

Shigeo is a high strung elementary school student living with his mother. His only concern is getting ahead in life by doing well in school. He despises his father Hanao(who is separated from them), who's an idealistic free spirit and kid at heart infatuated with the sport of baseball. Shigeo's mother forces Shigeo to take time to visit his father and so begins Shigeo's lessons that there's more to life than excelling academically (courtesy of his very childish father). From Mangascreener

SerializationBig Comic Spirits
DemographicSeinen
7.43
2.3K
Manga, 1997Finished1 vol, 15 chp

A story that wonderfully depicts the emotions of a overweight woman with low self-esteem surrounded within the harsh environment of slim and good-looking women. She then decides to lose weight after getting dumped by her lover. The consequences and side-effects are explored further after the "achievement." Is it what she really wished for? (Source: MU)

DemographicJosei
7.03
8.2K
Manga, 1990Finished20 vol, 260 chp

A SF/horror manga that takes place in 2200. At a chicken manufacturing company, a certain chicken transforms into a supermutant named Chicken George. And so, a nightmarish journey through a twisted version of the future unfolds. (Source: MU)

SerializationBig Comic Spirits
6.92
7.2K
Manga, 1994Finished2 vol, 31 chp

This manga simply describes how Gorou Inogashira, the main character, chooses and takes a meal. Unlike other gourmet manga, Gorou likes to eat at cheap restaurants and no trivia on cuisine is given. The authors are trying to depict the essentials of the act of "eating" by Gorou's monologue, which comprises most of the lines of this manga.

7.51
3.8K
Manga, 1997Finished14 vol, 72 chp

One day Fumiki meets a strange dog at the factory. A dog who can understand human speech and push blades out from its forehead. The mysterious number "23" is carved onto its ear. Although there are many unsolved mysteries about the beast, the two begin to communicate and build trust. "23" arrived at the town following the voice of a higher power which said, "Observe mankind." Meanwhile a giant organization is moving behind the scenes to capture "23." The leader Kiryu wants "23" so that he can control "Tokoyonokuni, the land across the ocean of the dead, ancestors and human spirits. A paradise of eternal life and decadence." (Source: ANN)

SerializationAfternoon
DemographicSeinen
7.35
3.4K
Manga, 1991Finished1 vol, 7 chp

Manga doesn't get much more noir than this. Benkei is just another expatriate Japanese arist living in the Big Apple. Or so it appears. As there "diabolical hard-boiled stories" show, surfaces aren't always what they seem. Flashbacks delve into sordid, secret past lives, and old scored, long festering, emerge without warning, asking to be settled. And Benkei's secret? Maybe it's just that he's the only artist in town who isn't having fantasies of being a hitman-for-hire. He is one. (Source: MU)

6.67
3.3K
Manga, 1997Finished4 vol, 49 chp

A story about two kids who go to Tokyo after their mother died and their father-in-law kicked them out of the house. In Tokyo they meet up with a fellow orphan named Shigeru Itou. Thus begins their cynical tale of laughter and depression. (Source: MU)

DemographicSeinen
7.37
2.8K
Manga, 1998Finished1 vol, 10 chp

Ten stories about the everyday life of Sei, an idealistic songwriter, and Miho, the young woman who struggles to support the both of them. Miho and Sei are living together. She works at a boutique while he tries to make it as a musician. Even though Miho still can’t forget about Hagio, her ex-lover, she is happy in her relationship with Sei. However, all is not well for the young couple. Struggling to make ends meet, Miho decides to take a second job as bar hostess. As she becomes increasingly desperate for money, Miho eventually gives in to one of her client’s sexual advances. When Sei finds out about this he begins to distance himself from her. Things are getting even more complicated for Miho when Hagio suddenly reappears in her life. (Source: Goodreads)

DemographicJosei
6.88
2.7K
Manga, 1994Finished2 vol, 22 chp

A resident of Room 301 in Building 67, K, had died and no one had seen or was able to find his corpse. Everyone, however, was still certain that he was dead and held a funeral for him. That was when a stranger named Mikaya suddenly showed up and announced that he was going to live in 301. Determined to solve the mystery of this far from ordinary death, Mikaya began to question the residents and as everything began to unravel, he realized that something was very, very wrong. (Source: ANN)

SerializationChorus
DemographicJosei
7.17
2.6K
Manga, 1996Finished12 vol, 72 chp

Arisue Sei is a youth who lives alone with his mother on an outlying island of Okinawa. Though his mother is quiet and fears being conspicuous, they were living happily. But on a certain day, that tranquility is suddenly destroyed. Sei's mother is killed by a group of mysterious men, and he is taken captive. What kind of secret does he have!?

SerializationBetsucomi
DemographicShoujo
7.56
2.6K
Manga, 1992Finished2 vol, 7 chp

Katsuhiko Tobe faces an odd dilemma. Losing control of his physical self, his body diffuses into nothingness as his disembodied consciousness flows throughout the world constantly contemplating both the world and his current situation. Meanwhile, his best friend Azami Seshimo waits in their native Japan for Katsuhiko's return. (Source: ANN)

SerializationAfternoon
DemographicSeinen
6.93
2.6K
Manga, 1991Finished13 vol, 76 chp

Arika Togawa doesn't understand why she has fallen in love with her classmate, Takamori Matsubue. She hardly knows him. Together they decide to find out how two strangers can fall in love. "Why do people fall in love?" Several wonderful but strange love stories based on this eternal mystery are told in this "Truly Mysterious Love Manga." (Source: Kodan Club)

SerializationAfternoon
DemographicSeinen
7.48
2.4K
Manga, 1996Finished4 vol, 28 chp

A small group of people, descended from a particular bloodline, have the ability to negate a sphere of reality and neatly remove it from existence. Continuous use of this power alters the user's appearance until they come to resemble a none-too-pretty alien. But what does this have to do with an out-of-the-way town in Japan, a group of university students from Tokyo, and a series of mysterious disappearances and deaths? (Source: MU)

SerializationBig Comic Spirits
DemographicSeinen
6.71
1.7K
Manga, 1998Finished11 vol, 58 chp

Terror has struck the sleepy little town of Shiraike. A serial killer stalks the streets murdering innocent girls. Twenty-nine grisly murders have been committed, with no clues to catch the killer. That is, until the town receives a strange visitor: a beautiful young woman who can raise the dead. She is Reiko the Zombie Shop, necromancer for hire. For a price, she'll wake your dead, if only to find a clue to their demise, but she's not responsible for what the dead will say or do once they awaken! (Source: Dark Horse)

SerializationHorror M
DemographicJosei
7.04
1.6K
Manga, 1990Finished4 vol, 19 chp

At the beginning of the XX century, the relationship between England and Japan was strained. England wanted to extend its influence over Japan, and Japan wasn't willing to let any other culture pass its borders. Koto, though, a Japanese girl, didn't care if the people she meets have almond shaped eyes or not, or if they wear a kimono or a western dress. Actually, she is fascinated by this foreign way of life that brings so many innovations into Japan. More than anything else, it's the clothing that seems to grab her attention, as she wants to become a tailor and create dresses for women of every culture. Unfortunately though, she's a woman, so she knows her dream will end as soon as she gets married. She will have to start acting like a noble and a respectable woman would. In fact, she is betrothed to Masaomi Kidoin, the second born of one of the most important and oldest families of Japan. The day she's told she will marry Masaomi, Koto attends a ball at the British Embassy and meets Sagitto, a half English and half Indian spy that captures her imagination and heart. But can their love story have a happy ending when the British and the Japanese are tracking down Sagitto because they want him dead, and Koto is forced to live a life that doesn't fit her? (Source: Storm in Heaven) Included one-shots: Volume 3: Ken to Mademoiselle Volume 4: Honeymoon Typhoon, Pandora no Hako (Pandora's Box)

SerializationFlowers (Monthly)
DemographicShoujo
7.20
1.6K
Manga, 1992Finished1 vol, 2 chp

Young Ko is about to learn a new hobby... Ko Higaonna, sharing a moment with his not-quite-girlfriend Satomi, is disturbed to discover a sallow-faced man watching with infrared goggles from the darkness. Ko's sense of privacy is offended, and soon blood is spilled, and the goggles pass into new hands. But the Voyeur remains, and now Ko is his pupil, about to discover what goes on beneath the smiles on people's faces... What goes on in private, in the dark...?

SerializationYoung Sunday (Weekly)
DemographicSeinen
6.28
1.5K
Manga, 1993Finished3 vol, 25 chp

Tending to his sister, who is paralyzed after a fall from a tree, Tatsuya Kitazaki wants revenge. Yet, just as he is about to cut down the tree, a strange and seemingly ageless girl, Sara Nishikujo, appears to stop him. What's more, the girl seems to have the ability to communicate with plants—and she tells Tatsuya the tree's version of his sister's accident. This marks a watershed in Tatsuya's life, as everything begins to change.

SerializationShounen Jump (Weekly)
DemographicShounen
7.10
1.1K
Manga, 1997Finished2 vol, 16 chp

Sakai and Shoji are two idiots. Their band, Moozmuz, is eccentric, flamboyant and silly. Gogh, their classmate, is a quiet but intense clothes designer. Watch the friendship between these three artists blossom and suffer, rendered in Shinkichi Kato's vibrant, lively art. (Source: Mangascreener) Included one-shots: Volume 1: Isamu Diary, My MHz Volume 2: L&P: Love and Parapara, Yogera

DemographicSeinen
7.21
1.1K
Manga, 1996Discontinued1 vol, 10 chp

Shoujo Nemu tells the moving story of Nemu, a young girl who dreams of becoming a manga artist. Even though people couldn’t tell because of her shyness, Nemu possesses extraordinary talent, but it’s not until her encounter with Goro, a veteran manga artist plagued with self-doubt, that she begins to realize the true nature of her passion. What follows is an unusual friendship that ends up changing both their lives. (Source: Kotonoha)

SerializationComic Beam
DemographicSeinen
7.03
956
Manga, 1995Finished1 vol, 6 chp

Between the Sheets features the unusual friendship from the nearly inseparable Saki and Minako. Minako carries a fervent torch for the other girl – a passion of which Saki is initially ignorant. But when Minako sleeps with Saki's boyfriend Ken (just to see what Saki sees in him), the true nature of Minako's obsession begins to reveal itself... provoking an understandably strong reaction from Saki. (Source: Tokyopop)

SerializationFeel Young
DemographicJosei
6.27
957
Manga, 1999Finished1 vol, 5 chp
-

Nakamura Sano feels great stress when his girlfriend asks him to meet her father. When he gets the courage to come visit, he discovers that her father is actually a first class DJ who doesn't want his daughter to date Sano. As a result, Sano throws himself into the DJ world and enters the DJ preliminary math to prove himself worthy for his daughter! (Source: Impossibility)

AuthorUnknown
6.72
907
Manga, 2003Finished2 vol, 32 chp

Lawyer Aoi Midorikawa is drawn from the torpor of his office by an old woman who wishes to got leave a tenant bad debtor. On the spot, it notes that lthe rented apartment is closed by a door padlocked from beginning to end and that the handle oozes a thick sticking liquid. Here begins an allucinating story full of mistery.

6.30
780
Manga, 1993Finished9 vol, 81 chp

The story in Ninku is about an odd-looking 12-year-old boy named Fuusuke, who is a powerful warrior from the Ninku school of martial arts, a style that mixes ninjutsu and karate. It is explained that before the present time in the story that those who could use Ninku were targeted by an evil empire and the Ninku corps were formed to combat the menace. When the war was over, the Ninku were defeated and almost all of them were killed since they were useless and were also dangerous for the rulers. At the beginning of the story, three years later, Fuusuke, the young former captain of the 1st Ninku corps and controller of the wind and Hiroyuki, his flatulent penguin, start searching for the other Ninku captains, each of whom can control various elements. However, a new group of Ninku users has arisen and are trying to take over the world. Fuusuke and his penguin must defeat the new Ninku empire with the help of his old comrades. (Source: Wikipedia)

6.94
737
Manga, 1990Finished5 vol, 27 chp

Rina is always busy studying and working to support herself. After the depressing news that she again lost first place in the school rankings to Julius, an expressionless guy who is her arch rival, Rina finds Milch, a little fairy girl. Later, she meets Sylvie, a Fairyland knight who has come to rescue Milch. (Source: Wingtip Cafe)

SerializationHana to Yume
DemographicShoujo
7.11
712
Manga, 1993Finished4 vol, 27 chp

This is a biography of the famous Buddhist monk Ikkyu from the late Hisashi Sakaguchi. Set in 14th century Japan, Ikkyu must learn to live and excel as a monk, despite the fact that his father is the emperor. His intelligence and purity help him succeed, but he continues to get the short end of the stick in life. Can Ikkyu perservere in his quest for spirituality in spite of everything that is set against him? (Source: Omanga)

SerializationAfternoon
DemographicSeinen
7.26
770
Manga, 1998Finished1 vol, 16 chp

Mitsu is the perfect woman. Looked upon by men as the ideal girl, the perfect lover. Kishi is a bookstore clerk. Mitsu is an art student and one of the store's regular customers. When Kishi falls head-over-heels in love with Mitsu, he soon discovers another side to this seemingly flawless woman. Mitsu's self-destructive tendencies are an emotional hazard that even Kishi's infatuation can't fix. Together, they lose themselves in a world of intense love, drama, and going to the occasional party. But when Mitsu's former lover gives Kishi a warning about her and the meaning of "Dolis," it may already be too late to save her. (Source: Tokyopop)

SerializationFeel Young
DemographicJosei
6.62
683

In a world where djinn rule and humans are enslaved, Toto and Loukir break the seals of the century-old prison of the "gentle genie," Rampou, in order to try and save their country... (Source: Deja-vu)

N/A
513
Manga, 1982Finished1 vol, 5 chp

Mandala is a daughter of the king of Hell. Because of the Hell being under Japan, there are lot's of earthquakes in there, so the inhabitants of Hell are somehow a distinctive species and so. And Mandala is the only one, who can save Hell and it's creatures by using the special eyes, but she accidentally lost one of them. (Source: DH Publishing)

6.53
486
Manga, 1997Finished2 vol, 84 chp

One day, a young woman named Kimiko meets a little lost bird named Pippira. Living with the little bird becomes a series of surprises and discoveries. Before long this little happiness becomes, to Kimiko, an irreplaceable treasure in her day to day life. (Source: Jmanga)

SerializationManga Town
ThemePets
6.77
465

A cute and touching story of a single mother, Sumireko, and her daughter, Nozomi. The manga starts off with Nozomi being sixteen years old in the first chapter, then hops back to before she was born. Finally with the third chapter starts the "real" story, when Non-Non (Nozomi) is three years old. (Source: Dragon Voice)

SerializationKiss
DemographicJosei
N/A
477
Manga, 1995Finished6 vol, 34 chp

A mountain spirit is strangely attracted to the club members of the Roman club in the high school near her shrine... and thus begins all their adventures into the unknown. (Source: MU)

SerializationShounen Gangan
DemographicShounen
N/A
395
Manga, 1994Finished1 vol, 6 chp

Nanako, an up and coming model, falls in love with another model named Etsushi...who, alas, turns out to be gay. Meanwhile, Nanako also discovers that another young actor is deeply in love with her and she is unable to choose between him and Etsushi. Her indecision leads her to a state of depression until the two men come together to encourage her and help her make decisions about her future. (Source: Tokyopop)

DemographicJosei
6.25
359
Manga, 1998Finished9 vol, 41 chp

An average girl from a relatively average university somehow makes it into the general affairs department of a company. The main reason she decided to join was because of the handsome manager, who she ends up working under. The story basically revolves around their relationship and other work-related issues. (Source: MU) Included one-shots: Volume 1: Water Volume 6: 4-gatsu no Bambina Volume 7: Silver Dust Volume 8: Morning Dynamites (2-part)

AuthorKaren
SerializationYoung You
DemographicJosei
6.95
351
Manga, 1991Finished9 vol, ? chp

Following the scandal involving his latest work, famous suspense novelist Kevin Fredward retires to the countryside to escape the media and the demands of city life. He posts a want ad for a new housekeeper, but who should come knocking at his door, but Rosemary--a talking duck!! As wise as she is competent, Rosemary soon becomes a permanent part of Kevin's life. Under Rosemary's guidance, Kevin takes the steps to stop running from his past in order to change himself and his future. Written in the style of a neo-romantic fairy tale, this is a dramatic series about a young man's attempt to find hope and moral redemption. (Source: Condensation)

SerializationAsuka
DemographicShoujo
N/A
338
Manga, 1997Finished1 vol, 6 chp

The main characters are Okamoto and Koizumi. Okamoto is an athlete, more preciously a basketball player. He just entered his high school just to be with his girlfriend, Tsugumi. They actually have a story between them. Tsugumi has a large ugly scar on her back. Okamoto accidentally dropped a boiling kettle on her back when they were elementary kids. Since then Tsugumi kind of threatened Okamoto to be responsible for what he had done: being Tsugumi's man. Even though it does not show clear, they even have sexual relationships regularly. All that was about to change when Koizumi joined basketball club. Koizumi is short, and skinny. That's general description of his appearance. He is actually very cute and feminine. When you see him wearing casual clothes (in near end), you won't be able to tell whether he is a male or a female. And amazingly enough, Koizumi also seems to wish that he was born as a female. (Source: JanimeS)

6.02
317
Manga, 1992Finished1 vol, 3 chp

(No synopsis yet.)

DemographicJosei
6.84
347
Manga, 1999Finished3 vol, 35 chp

This manga features Itokin from Boku to Issho. (Source: M-U)

DemographicSeinen
N/A
303
Manga, -Finished1 vol, 4 chp

Karin Mochizuki is an attractive woman lawyer. Because she is always calm and collected and never lets her feelings show, she's been nicknamed Stone Cold (a woman colder than a stone). This volume contains four stories about incidents involving Karin. From Baka-Updates Manga

DemographicJosei
6.59
282
Manga, 1992Finished7 vol, ? chp

There's a new student at St. George International School, and soon he becomes one of the most talked-about students. Even though it's an international school in Tokyo, Japan, the new student (Yonogi Dai) is a Japanese boy. Dai was raised in the US and recently came to Japan for the first time. Dai turns out to be a distant person, uncaring about other people and those who want to be his friends. He looks quite cute and gentle but he's actually unsocial and can be harsh. Jerry Morton who's very popular and well liked among the student just wants to ignore this cold Dai, but being the kind hearted (and nosy) boy that he is, he begins to approach Dai. Jerry and Marty and their other friends soon find out that indeed Dai is rather difficult to deal with, but it doesn't take long before Dai becomes their friend. However, sometimes when they feel that Dai is getting closer to them he would say or do something that shows that he doesn't really think them as his close friends. The story then begins to unfold itself. Dai's new friends start to discover the truth about the mysteries surrounding Dai. Why he's in Japan, about his family, about Ken in the States who seems to be the only one he's having personal contact with, and about his relation to a very famous game, "Sabbath Child". They discover the real Dai just like Dai discovers his true friends in life, and also himself along the way.

SerializationAsuka
DemographicShoujo
N/A
239
Manga, 1995Finished2 vol, 10 chp

Saho, in her opinion's, lived a pretty happy life up until now with her mangaka father and a grandmother she lovingly calls "Granny." Sure, they don't have the luxuries of more wealthy families, and she hates how her father has NO care for his fashion sense when he lounges around in sweats all day, but when it comes right down to it, she couldn't love her home more. However, their peaceful life's disrupted one day when they receive a phone call saying that Saho's mother, who had left her father years ago taking Saho's older brother with her, had passed away. This leads to Mugi, a brother she hadn't seen in ten years, coming to live with them. She has a hard time adjusting to life with the brother she'd only known from faded family photographs--and his selfish and egocentric nature's not helping matters! Will they ever learn to get along? (Source: Pink Rose Scans)

DemographicShoujo
N/A
211
Manga, 1991Finished20 vol, 175 chp

Kaji Ryusuke is a second son of a great politician. However, his father and Kaji's brother both pass away from a car accident. Now, those who supported Ryusuke's father want Ryusuke to carry on the family business as a politician. At first, Ryusuke tries to get out of the responsibility, but he eventually enters an election to become a politician. This manga will view Japanese politics from Kaji Ryusuke's viewpoint. (Source: MangaUpdates)

SerializationMr. Magazine
DemographicSeinen
N/A
182
Manga, 1992Finished3 vol, 39 chp

Watanabe, an alien student from 20,000 light-years away, comes to homestay with the Tokino family to gather material for his thesis on Earthling behaviour. He follows around the various family members asking mostly funny but sometimes profound questions about their work, their loves, their polluted air... When he's not being sent on errands or punched in the face, at least. (Source: MU)

SerializationBig Comic Spirits
DemographicSeinen
N/A
154
Manga, 1992Finished7 vol, 76 chp

(No synopsis yet.)

AuthorOze, Akira
SerializationMorning
DemographicSeinen
N/A
125
Manga, 1994Finished1 vol, ? chp

A detective hunts for clues on the impossible "alibi" of the mysterious girl, a suspect for the murder of her own parents, who testifies that she has the uncontrollable and spontaneous ability to transform into literally anything. This collection of short stories is filled with mysterious and fantastic plot, introducing you to the fantasy worlds of Kawaguchi Madoka! (Source: MangaHelpers)

N/A
125
Manga, 1996Finished3 vol, ? chp

Follows the story of Iwaki Shouzou who works as a mercenary in South America. Iwaki is informed of the death of his gang boss dad and discovers his former Yakuza henchman is involved in a double-cross. (Source: Wikipedia)

SerializationManga Sunday
DemographicSeinen
N/A
116
Manga, 1997Finished1 vol, 7 chp

Included one-shot: Ban Game Night (Board Game Night)

SerializationBig Comic Zoukan
DemographicSeinen
N/A
110
Manga, 1986Finished1 vol, 9 chp

1. Minami no Yuuwaku 2-3. Tenmaku no Machi 4. Mizumachi 5. Uruwashi no Machiko-chan 6-7. Kechou 8. Mizu to Tawamurete 9. Mizuho to Rinko

SerializationComic Baku

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