2023年のベストコメディマンガ

Hailing from a notable family, Arisu Yamabuki only accepts perfection. He constantly strives to maintain his flawless image, but there is more to him: Yamabuki used to tune in to the radio shows of a girl named Apollo and even confessed his love to her years ago. Ever since, he has been frantically searching for Apollo and her voice, but with little success. However, when Yamabuki's school merges with an all-girls school, things begin to change. As the Broadcasting Club makes an announcement during the very first day, he is shocked to hear Apollo's voice, but there is a problem—all four members of the club sound like her! While each of the girls, Rikka Inohana, Shinobu Uzuki, Nene Himekawa, and Iko Kirino want to pursue their own careers with their voices, Yamabuki joins the club in the hope of identifying Apollo. Alongside his close observation, Yamabuki vows to guide the girls to greater heights.

Sunao Akiyoshi thought he’d left heartbreak behind after swearing off love in junior high. His first love, Lemon Nishikawa, shattered his trust by admitting to cheating on him with multiple guys. Now in university, Sunao is finally ready to try again, thanks to his crush on the sweet and down-to-earth Natsumi Kogahara from his film club. But just as he’s about to take a chance on love, fate throws him a curveball: he runs into Lemon again, and one fateful night under a shooting star, he wakes up in her body! Now stuck in the ultimate awkward situation, Sunao has to navigate Lemon’s life—and his growing feelings for Natsumi—while figuring out how to switch back. To make matters worse, Lemon and Natsumi are roommates, leading to hilarious misunderstandings and shocking revelations. In this gender-bending, body-swap romcom, Sunao must face his past, survive his present, and somehow come out of it all with his heart intact.

Dweeby high schooler Yuuki Uehara has created the perfect romantic comedy heroine—she's bashful, airheaded, and completely chaste. When an editor at Uehara's dream publisher coldly dismisses his manga story as trite and lacking realism, it sends Uehara into a spiral of despair that pushes him into the path of his bubbly, gorgeous classmate, Niina Miyamoto—an aspiring manga artist herself! Having gotten similar feedback on her own manga, Miyamoto proposes she and Uehara engage in a fake relationship, since neither of them have any romantic experience. But Miyamoto is far from the perfect heroine Uehara's concocted, and he certainly isn't the cocky hero from her story either. Can their wacky relationship turn their manga dreams into reality, or will it lead to even more comic disasters?

Urumin is an idol, but she can't sing or dance well, and she's got a dishonest character. Kimiya is the only fan in the world who likes her. The relationship between the two of them is a little different from the usual relationships between idols and fans! This is a precious love comedy that depicts the daily life of a bad idol and the man who keeps on promoting her, and the way he loves her!

In search of a fourth member for the club, Mogari, Eugene, and new recruit Kaoru Kanzaki set their sights on Koutarou Tamon, a classmate who seems to be able to talk to ghosts. Unfortunately, Kotaro's got some major problems communicating with living humans! Will Kotaro be able to overcome his anxiety and join the Phantom Busters?

First-year class president, Otogi Katsura, assumes the role of a pristine and gracious girl with pride. Ever since she was a child, she knew what people expected of a beauty such as herself, and she upholds this virtuous image without fail. The only person to rival Katsura, both in appearance and charm, is her vice president, Toki Ninomae. On top of that, his impeccable manners make him the perfect match for her as the school's madonna—in her opinion at least. Though it appears impossible to prove, Katsura is confident that Ninomae wears a mask just like she does. Her suspicions are soon confirmed when she accidentally exposes her sharp-tongued side, and, encouraged by her boldness, Ninomae follows suit to reveal his brusque and cool nature. From then on, Katsura and Ninomae start to shed their false angel disguises and lower their guard around one another, without realizing how easy it is to fall in love.

Makoto Hitsujiya transfers to a new high school and meets a strange classmate named Takehiro Kokudou. Kokudou introduces him to Bugs, a variety of phenomena that produce certain outcomes only if specific sequential actions are performed. The phenomena can range from bird droppings appearing on a sidewalk after pressing a certain combination of vending machine buttons to being able to lift weights beyond one's normal physical limits. Gradually, Hisujiya and Kokudou's friendship grows as they take advantage of the handy—and sometimes outrageous—conditions to activate Bugs that transcend the laws of science and humanity. Following Kokudou's footsteps, Hitsujiya becomes addicted to triggering these anomalies. But when he discovers a bizarre set of conditions required for a ridiculous Bug that can change his future, his curiosity may have serious consequences.

*Sometimes, when life is hard, you just need a "friend."* Working at a game company, Rihito Otsuka (23), is a "normal" guy who is a steady presence on and off the job. Noa Saotome (27) is a "hard-core" woman who likes to go all out at everything she does. Two people who usually wouldn't get along become "friends" by chance...? The is the start of an workplace "friendship" comedy that's a little sweet but also a little heavy!

Koki Sakieda is an assistant for Akira Akanebe, a manga artist he admires, who always tries to praise him in some way. Sakieda is worried that he will end up falling in love with her if this situation continues. Then Akanebe unexpectedly asks him to go out with her....... The story depicts the daily life of Akanebe-sensei, who lavishes praise on Sakieda without embarrassment, and Sakieda, who tries to accept it all gracefully.

The cool, lone-wolf girl and her precious, unrequited crush!

The stage is the proud land of the north--Hokkaido. The year is 2010. Rou Shirakawa has just received the highest score in history at the All-Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships! But suddenly, he loses control and starts destroying the stage. He is quickly disqualified and banned from the skating world for life. Now nicknamed "the Rabid Prince," Rou ends up in Tamakomai, an ice hockey town in northern Japan. And on a hockey rink on a frozen lake, he meets the ruthless Genma brothers! Rou will soon learn of the famous Oino-kami high school and their quest to win an unprecedented 20th straight national hockey championship. And also the strong, yet beautiful battle sport--ice hockey! Change, grow, evolve! Turn defeat into victory in this red-hot redemption story!

In the massively multiplayer online role-playing game Illusion, players reap extra benefits and profit from special events if they are in an in-game relationship. So when Lee Yeo-woon, under the pseudonym "neutaaaa," has a terrible experience with a rude player named "Ji6Star," he decides to simply give up on joining his guild, Poseidon. However, the incident lands Ji6Star in hot water with the guild master, and to force Yeo-woon to accept his apology, Ji6Star ends up spending real-life money to propose to Yeo-woon! Feeling guilty because of the spent money, Yeo-woon accepts, though he refuses to suddenly be friendly with Ji6Star, who now follows him everywhere. But there is some charm to Ji6Star, and it is difficult to completely ignore him or his help with leveling up. Meanwhile, in the real world, Yeo-woon moves into a new apartment—and meets a skittish new neighbor, Yoon Ji-gu, who mistakes him for a stalker. With Ji-gu popping up everywhere and Ji6Star relentlessly asking for a meet-up, Yeo-woon must wonder if he will ever have peace—real or virtual.

Sumire Ichigaya’s got it tough. She’s drowning in debt, surrounded by noisy neighbors, fighting for discount supermarket meals, and working a dead-end job exterminating space vermin left over from a failed alien invasion. It seems like things just can’t get any worse—until she’s abducted by aliens and wakes up with a monstrous new arm and a voice in her head urging her to kill all of humanity!

"Appears Out of Nowhere", focusing on the protagonists' life after the two got married. Unlike the previous work, it's a very ordinary story of an utterly ordinary couple. Haru, a huge fan of his husband's sweat smell, and Aki, who loves his wife dearly, will now enjoy relaxed and intimate moments together they couldn't have before. In addition to the full-length manga and illustrations about the protagonists' college days that has been already published on Twitter(X), this book also includes an exclusive 3-page manga that has not yet been published on socials!

Kikuri Hiroi—genius bassist of Sick Hack, terror of concert venues, eternal deadbeat, and all-around poor role model—has long held that there's no problem you can't drink your way out of. Whether it's the failing economy, overdue rent bills, or just plain ol' social anxiety, a quick trip on the spiral of happiness will help everything work itself out in the end...right? Surely her personal life isn't a total disaster, right?!

Our protagonist, the RTA speedrunning king of the game "Another Verse", suddenly starts feeling sleepy in the middle of practice. When he wakes up, he hears the familiar opening of "Another Verse" playing right before his eyes!? In this god-mode environment where everybody is moving quicker than usual, you have to speedrun! Clear the game world faster than everyone else! Use every trick and abuse every bug to fight, in this "fastest" Isekai fantasy!!

"What if we became friends with benefits...?" Suuna, a gloomy high school student, leaves home to live in a dorm. But when she nervously enters her room, she finds her roommate, Ruka, feeling up another girl! She finds out Ruka needs a "friend with benefits," so Suuna takes charge and proposes they form a "(semi) friends with benefits" contract...? *Note: Originally a three-chapter limited run, it was picked up for full serialization starting 2023-05-09.*

Highschooler Amane Fujimiya just started living alone but already has a strange neighbor. Right next door to him lives the most beautiful girl at school, the "Angel" known as Mahiru Shiina. Their curious relationship blossomed when Amane lends Mahiru an umbrella on a fateful rainy day. Once complete strangers, now neighbors, these teens find themselves gradually drawn to each other. A collection of sweet, impatient moments of everyday life between a blunt boy and his cute neighbor.

An unknown skill turns into unlimited power with divine knowledge \[Internet\]! *"To manifest an SSS rank with the weakest skill is a disgrace!"* Rona is a girl who was expelled from her home due to her lack of money, food, and power. Lost and hopeless, she suddenly hears the words... *"Would you like some guidance?"* She discovers how to utilize her unique SSS rank skill: \[Internet\], which she alone possesses. The true nature of this skill is the ability to access this world's 'guide sites' - an extraordinary cheat skill! Endless production of valuable items! Acquiring ultra-rare equipment! Thanks to her skill, she can do as she pleases...!

On a Halloween night, a boy and a girl wearing high school uniforms meet, facing a similar predicament: they feel as if the magic of high school days has slipped through their fingers. Kayano Wakaba was preoccupied with studying, while Tachibana Fumito regrets devoting his teenage years solely to basketball. Having never experienced movie-like dates, they agree to indulge themselves for this one night. However, neither Wakaba nor Fumito are high school students—they are both 20-year-olds lamenting the lost time. They continue meeting, always in their uniforms, trying to live out for the youth that escaped them and realizing that a belated romance can be just as sweet.

J is a lone assassin feared as "untouchable" in the underworld. Megumi is a lonely girl who has no place at home or school. When the two meet, an unexpected story begins.

The highly popular one-shot is finally back!! A newly built 1LDK apartment with rent of 4,800 yen! The reason is the "earthbound spirit of a Shiba Inu"...!? A heartwarming comedy about a cool and sightly awkward high school girl, Kori, and a quirky Shiba Inu spirit, Mu-chan, begins! *Note: Originally published as a one-shot, serialization began on 2024-06-27 by re-publishing the one-shot as chapter 1 along with a new chapter 2.*

Kanisuke Akigai is just your average high school student, but when a demi-human girl named Yuuko Mizuda (nicknamed Mizudako-chan) transfers into his class, his life is turned upside down! She's cute, mysterious...and a little scary? The pressure is on as Kanisuke tries to understand his strange new classmate!

Uichiro, a junior high boy, has a secret that he cannot tell his childhood friend Tama-chan. He has been dressing up as a girl for her sake because of her phobia of men. A thrilling and agonizing romantic comedy about a coming-of-age boy who continues to cross-dress for the girl he loves!

On the last day before a guy who can't sense any spirits at all moves out from his supposedly haunted house, Kinako-sama, the self-proclaimed strongest earth-bound spirit, will try her best to scare the living hell out of the guy before he leaves for good. *Note: Originally a web manga released on the author's Twitter and pixiv accounts since November 30, 2019, it was picked up for commercial print publication by Kadokawa on January 26, 2023.*

“A love life? Give me a break.” A complete non-believer when it comes to romance, Eun-Ho is focused on climbing the ladder at work. Smart with excellent social skills to boot, both her bosses and clients love her. But when a new hire suddenly appears in front of her and an old first love start to shake things up again, she can’t help but waver.

From the hit game Blue Archive, a spinoff manga about the Millenium Science School’s Game Development Department! Follow the four members of the GDD—Momoi, Midori, Yuzu and Aris—as they navigate the springtime of their youth full of friendship, adventure and hilariously chaotic mishaps on the daily. Brought to you by the masterful comedy manga creator Asato Mizu, an adorable story that will make you laugh and cry! *Source: Manga UP! Global*

This humorous story follows the misadventures of an everyday salaryman who gets reincarnated as a kitten, only to have his boss take him in as a pet cat!

Yui Hasegawa, an unattractive high school student, has an older brother, Yu, who is both a literary and martial artist, cool, and called the most handsome guy in school. The two are so unlike each other that it is hard to believe they are brother and sister. There are even rumors that they don't get along, Yui, who has a "perfect brother," is troubled. It is...the fact that her brilliant and talented older brother is actually a severe siscon. A hilarious home comedy about siblings who are complete opposites!

Ako Yamada, once a member of the most fiendish organization of assassins "Orochi", is living as an ordinary girl working at the Piping Hot Bakery. As an assassin, she was evil, cold-blooded, cruel, scary. The epitome of a hitman! However, she was extremely clumsy when it came to normal life! She was struggling to live as a teen girl working at a bakery, for she had lived too many years in the underworld. When Nono Morino, a high school girl who loves urban legends, came to the bakery to check on the rumor that a hitman is living somewhere around here, Ako did her best not to look suspicious. But not only her but also the members of Orochi were after Ako. Can she live a peaceful life she had longed for many years?!

A humorous 4-koma series about the daily activities of the Seraph Squadron that helps us to know a bit more about their personalities and outlook on life.

The "meddlesome" high school boy Mamori Suzufumi helps a starving neighbor who had collapsed outside the door of her apartment one day. That person turned out to be the popular high school idol, Sasaki Yuzuki! Yuzuki had been on an excessive diet to maintain her ideal idol image. But when the worried Suzufumi offers her some homemade cooking, she eats it with gusto, while crying, "—Aaaaaah… I can’t take it anymore!" When she finished her meal, her face was full of happiness. Falling in love with her hearty appetite, Suzufumi decides to tempt Yuzuki with her favorite foods to make her fall for him through "food seduction." Pork on rice, ramen, okonomiyaki— "I'm not going to eat it!" That’s what Yuzuki always say, but once again, she finds herself craving Suzufumi’s cooking today—

All I wanted was to be a regular high schooler, and that wish is why I’m here right now. My name is Nagisa Natsunagi, and I’m just a high school girl, nothing more—not yet anyway. If there’s one thing that’s different about me, it’s that, up until recently, I was too sick to come to school. Miraculously, I received a new heart, and the surgery was successful. Now I’m finally living the life I always wanted! But I can’t help wondering about my donor… I hear there’s a boy in town who can solve any case. Maybe he can help me?

Ayu, a loner college student, meets the sweet and easygoing Riri in the campus cafeteria. When Riri invites her over, Ayu happily follows - only to be taught a relation between "usual friends" is more intimate than she's assumed.

One day, Bakuya Hanzaki, a second-year high school boy suffering from insomnia, meets a junior girl named Kimitori Kobirimaki, who is eating a delicious cup of yakisoba in the park late at night. She says she can help Bakuya get a good night's sleep, and suddenly proposes that he come to her house!? "Is it weird for senpai to be sniffing around a junior girl's room?" "Are you staring at my tits?" Kimitori-chan puts Bakuya to sleep by teasing him while whispering naughty words in his ear, as they spend the night in bed together...! *Note: Winner of the Gold Prize in the 35th Fantasia Taishou contest.*

Kaito is a high school boy trying to become an actor, no matter how small the role, in order to live up to a promise to his childhood friend Reina. A new student transfers to his class. It is Reina, who has grown up to become a beautiful girl and a popular actress of the highest caliber! When they are chosen to star together in a new drama, their feelings for each other, which had been a bit awkward, grows even stronger than before! They read the script during their breaks, and go on dates (as rehearsal), in order to prepare for their roles as best they can. But the climax of the show, the kiss scene, is anything but simple...

One day, high school girl Yukari finds the mysterious clock "Deus Ex Machina," which sends her to the Showa Era...?! A time travel story of a modern high school girl and retro Showa begins! Included one-shots: Volume 1: Déformation, Shichinin mo Keiji

"Gunjin Muko-san to Daikon Yome-san" is a story about the marriage of a large, silent military man, Tachibana Homare, and a small, simple farm girl, Tanaka Hana. Homare receives a letter with the date of the wedding ceremony and arrives at the Tanaka household, but he arrives too early, having mistaken the Gregorian calendar for the lunar calendar, and so the Tanaka household has not yet made any preparations. Hana had never even heard that she was getting married, but since he had come, there was no choice but to hold the wedding ceremony that very same day. Unable to keep up with the developments, Hana is stunned and says, "I was just pulling up radishes in the field, right...?" However, as she gets to know Homare as a person, she becomes attracted to him.