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Action
A work typically depicting fighting, violence, chaos, and fast paced motion.
Filtered by 511 person(s)
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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.
Filtered by 860 person(s)
Highlighted by 1131 person(s)

Search Authors for Adult (882 total)
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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.
Filtered by 441 person(s)
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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.
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Doujinshi
Fan based art inspired by official anime or manga.
Filtered by 1365 person(s)
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Drama
A work meant to bring on an emotional response, such as instilling sadness or tension.
Filtered by 398 person(s)
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Ecchi
Possibly the line between hentai and non-hentai, ecchi usually refers to fanservice put in to attract a certain group of fans.
Filtered by 913 person(s)
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Fantasy
Anything that involves, but not limited to, magic, dream world, and fairy tales.
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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.
Filtered by 660 person(s)
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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.
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Hentai
Adult sexual content in an illustrated form where the FOCUS of the manga is placed on sexually graphic acts.
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Historical
Having to do with old or ancient times.
Filtered by 430 person(s)
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Search Series for Historical (1110 total)
 
Horror
A painful emotion of fear, dread, and abhorrence; a shuddering with terror and detestation; the feeling inspired by something frightful and shocking.
Filtered by 697 person(s)
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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.
Filtered by 765 person(s)
Highlighted by 667 person(s)

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Search Series for Josei (1628 total)
 
Lolicon
Representing a sexual attraction to young or under-age girls.
Filtered by 1659 person(s)
Highlighted by 649 person(s)

Search Authors for Lolicon (93 total)
Search Series for Lolicon (534 total)
 
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.
Filtered by 476 person(s)
Highlighted by 382 person(s)

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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.
Filtered by 523 person(s)
Highlighted by 703 person(s)

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Mecha
A work involving and usually concentrating on all types of large robotic machines.
Filtered by 741 person(s)
Highlighted by 275 person(s)

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Search Series for Mecha (296 total)
 
Mystery
Usually an unexplained event occurs, and the main protagonist attempts to find out what caused it.
Filtered by 381 person(s)
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Psychological
Usually deals with the philosophy of a state of mind, in most cases detailing abnormal psychology.
Filtered by 407 person(s)
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Romance
Any love related story. We will define love as between man and woman in this case. Other than that, it is up to your own imagination of what love is.
Filtered by 542 person(s)
Highlighted by 1033 person(s)

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Search Series for Romance (6432 total)
 
School Life
Having a major setting of the story deal with some type of school.
Filtered by 451 person(s)
Highlighted by 494 person(s)

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Search Series for School Life (2925 total)
 
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.
Filtered by 426 person(s)
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Seinen
From Google:
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.
Filtered by 474 person(s)
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Shotacon
Representing a sexual attraction to young or under-age boys.
Filtered by 1706 person(s)
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Shoujo
A work intended and primarily written for females. Usually involves a lot of romance and strong character development.
Filtered by 1016 person(s)
Highlighted by 1254 person(s)

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Search Series for Shoujo (8849 total)
 
Shoujo Ai
Often synonymous with yuri, this can be thought of as somewhat less extreme. "Girl's Love", so to speak.
Filtered by 1628 person(s)
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Shounen
A work intended and primarily written for males. These works usually involve fighting and/or violence.
Filtered by 538 person(s)
Highlighted by 755 person(s)

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Search Series for Shounen (3260 total)
 
Shounen Ai
Often synonymous with yaoi, this can be thought of as somewhat less extreme. "Boy's Love", so to speak.
Filtered by 2548 person(s)
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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.
Filtered by 337 person(s)
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Smut
Deals with series that are considered profane or offensive, particularly with regards to sexual content
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Search Series for Smut (882 total)
 
Sports
As the name suggests, anything sports related. Baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer, golf, and racing just to name a few.
Filtered by 626 person(s)
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Supernatural
Usually entails amazing and unexplained powers or events which defy the laws of physics.
Filtered by 389 person(s)
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Search Series for Supernatural (1979 total)
 
Tragedy
Contains events resulting in great loss and misfortune.
Filtered by 550 person(s)
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Search Series for Tragedy (430 total)
 
Yaoi
This work usually involves intimate relationships between men.
Filtered by 3652 person(s)
Highlighted by 1790 person(s)

Search Authors for Yaoi (962 total)
Search Series for Yaoi (6292 total)
 
Yuri
This work usually involves intimate relationships between women.
Filtered by 1977 person(s)
Highlighted by 1026 person(s)

Search Authors for Yuri (79 total)
Search Series for Yuri (508 total)
 
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