Has this been done before? Checked and found nothing. O_O

I've been interested in reading mangas that deal with characters that have to face their phobias in order to move on or become socially accepted. Basically that phobia is what defines them (in terms of personality) and/or their actions.

So I'm looking for reads that deal with characters with phobias that resulted from a traumatic childhood experience, or well any scenario really. =)

-Any of these: (Mainly looking for these.)
Achluophobia- Fear of darkness.
Agoraphobia- Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded.
Aichmophobia- Fear of needles or pointed objects.
Amaxophobia- Fear of riding in a car.
Androphobia- Fear of men.
Gynophobia- Fear of women.
Anthropophobia- Fear of people or society.
Aphenphosmphobia- Fear of being touched.
Arsonphobia- Fear of fire.
Brontophobia- Fear of thunder and lightning.
Genophobia- Fear of sex.
Hamartophobia- Fear of sinning.
Hemophobia- Fear of blood. (Not looking for comedy here.)
Nosocomephobia- Fear of hospitals. (Same ^^)

-I'll probably get recommendations of characters with the following phobias: (Which is NOT what I'm looking for.)
Ailurophobia- Fear of cats. (Animals or insects in general.)
Algophobia- Fear of pain.
Acrophobia- Fear of heights.
Coulrophobia- Fear of clowns.
Claustrophobia- Fear of confined spaces. <--I'll accept it if it's dealt with properly. Meaning not just for one chapter...O_O;;

Note: No hentai, yuri/shojo-ai, harems, and if possible nothing too ecchi or smutty. Any other genre is okay. ~.^

Bah! Too long. @_@

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welcome to the n.h.k. is about a hikkikomori
i think this explains itself

Hahaha! *sums up lots of Hentai, because it's you*

Ehm, Naruto! Tsunade has a phobia for blood in the beginning, you should read her arc! It's in Part I. But she gets over it, eventually.

EDIT:

Also there are A LOT of Shoujo with girls having a male phobia.

Boy phobia:
Maria Holic
Meru Meru Mail
Ouji Romantica (fourth story)

Girl phobia:
Girls Bravo
Hanasaki Sentimental

Camera phobia:
Angel Lip

Bird phobia:
Maigo no Bambi ni Kiss wo 1 mm (first story)

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Koibana! Koiseyo Hanabi - Androphobia. Sort of.

Thank you! I was looking for that one,
but couldn't come up with the name. : )

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O_O So many~!
And I haven't read any of those...yay! xD
Thank you so much, Dokkun~!! :3

And thank you Rainy and honk_da_playa for the recommendations. =)


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Anthropophobia : Look Me in the Eyes When You Talk
Aphenphosmphobia : Thomas no Shinzou (only remember this now, one of the boys has this phobia)

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[mHappy hustle high[/m]- the main boy is afraid of girls...


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For Haruhi, I think it is a fear of thunderstorms overall, actually. However, you only see that for maybe 2 chapters, so the story doesn't really "deal" with the issue. It's just there for a bit.

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Ranma 1/2 - Ranma Saotome suffers from Ailurophobia (fear of cats). Thanks to his pops of course.

Girls Saurus - The main character is terrified of girls, following one incident.

Love Hina - Anyone know what the fear of turtles is known as? Motoko certainly has that.

Maison Ikkoku - Mitaka faints at the sight of any dog, Cynophobia.

Yumekui Kenbun has many characters deal with their fears in their nightmare, but many don't turn out okay (or alive)
Battle Royale has quite a few characters with phobias
Setsuna of Angel Sanctuary passes out when he sees blood for the first few chapters...does that count as hemophobic?

Me-Teru no Kimochi - it is by the author of Gantz, and its a story/emotion filled drama (with beautiful drawings). The main character is a hikkimori (phobia - the scary reality, and responsibility being in the outside world) . If you enjoyed reading Gantz for the emotion and storyline, then you'll probably enjoy this.

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Thank you all for all the great recommendations~!! ~(｡◕‿◕｡)~

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After School Nightmare is a really good manga and has Androphobia (Fear of men). It's got very few 'smut' scenes but you should definately try it out...

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Working. One of the female characters has a fear of men, it's quite annoying tho. But it's a huge part of the anime.