I don't know how else to describe it other than "a manga dealing with issues".

There are a bunch of genderbender examples like IS where it deals with being in between sexes. Also other genderbenders which deal with crossdressing.

Doesn't have to be a genderbender, thats just the only genre where I found a number which matched this particular theme. There was also the manga REAL which dealt with physical disability. Also "forbidden relationship" mangas like koi kaze seem to fit.

I thought about comparing it to the drama, but it doesn't really fit. Basically its the kind of manga in which the character has to cope with/deal with/go through a serious situation.

Its kind-of a broad thing though :s

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Have you read Bitter Virgin or Ai-Ren?

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click maybe

The Deep Love Series?
Deep Love - Ayu no Monogatari
Deep Love - Reina no Unmei
Deep Love - Host
Deep Love: Real

Hotman
Hachimitsu to Clover
Nikoniko Nikki

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No Bra
Bitter Virgin
Boku no Hatsukoi wo Kimi ni Sasagu
Full Moon wo Sagashite

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Lots and lots of blood!

After School Nightmare
...?maybe

Hotman works, I've read it. Any manga where one character has to take care of another fits I suppose, though it'd depend on the series. Like hotman and Aishiteruze Baby..

I'm not really looking for anything sad though.. just dramatic and serious.

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Basara - Genderbender w/ Forbidden Love
Mars - Kinda?
Full Moon wo Sagashite - Health issues

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i think this is definitely the one XD




And probably

Boku no Hatsukoi wo Kimi ni Sasagu

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"It's so warm that, Before the snow has a chance to stick, He melts it for me."

I've read pretty much every genderbender mentioned. Also, I'm not really looking for genderbenders. I think I summed it up as best I could in my previous posts.

I suppose another way to state what I'm looking for is a story where the characters overcome adversity. It can be ANY kind of situation.. Like a character's parent's both die and they have to live with relatives, a character has psychological problems/complexes/emotional problems that they have to overcome or deal with, or a character moves out of the house and has to figure out how to live on their own etc..

Kare kano kinda fits the bill, but its too light hearted and I didn't read all of it.
No Bra fits, since its a character dealing with his feelings towards a friend of the same sex.

Slice of life kind of stuff, nothing too actiony or adventurey.. I'm not looking for a manga where the characters go on a quest or anything like that.

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mmmhh Maybe
Totally captivated <<< i really dont like the description here, but it might work this option
Nana
Do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-si-do

when u mentioned kare kano i tho about You're so Cool , but im not sure, the guy here has a problem kinda similar as the one that the guy had in Kare kano...


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"It's so warm that, Before the snow has a chance to stick, He melts it for me."

Maybe Holyland, since that deals with isolation, escapism, and violent instincts.

Honestly, I could suggest a lot of horror, slightly less realistic series, or series that lack this sort of thing as a central focus (but still contain it), but I think that's not really what you're looking for.

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i read a manga a while back, it had alota stories...

Confidential confessions, i think was the name.