Manga Edutainment!

This work tells the story of an elementary student who is haunted by the ghost of a brilliant Go player and goes on to find success in the Go world. The protagonist starts out with no knowledge of Go, so readers have the opportunity to learn about Go alongside the protagonist as

This work focuses on a boy who wants to become a girl and a girl who wants to become a boy as it depicts their daily life with their families and friends. The themes tackled by the work include not only gender but also issues—“Who am I?” and “Am I different from other people?”—, and other issues many people struggle with during puberty. Wandering Son shows us that there are gradations among sexual minorities and that the concepts of individual identity and L (lesbian), G (gay), B (bisexual), T (transgender), and Q (queer) are inseparable. 

The setting of this work is a dairy farming course at an agricultural high school in Japan. As a whole, the work depicts student life at a technical school, and it seems especially useful as a reference for middle-school readers in the process of considering their future direction. In addition, knowledge of dairy farming—a central theme of this work—gives readers the opportunity to learn more about how the food they eat reaches their table. The chance to think about “eating life” is a useful study for not only students but adults as well. 

This manga depicts the experiences of the manga artist Kazuichi Hanawa—who was imprisoned for three years due to the illegal possession of firearms and swords as well as a violation of the Explosives Control Act. The work offers a rare and detailed look at what it is like to do time in Japan, including the floor plan of general prison cells, solitary confinement cells, and multi-person cells, the meal menu and manners, how to use the restroom, how to take baths, and how to fold clothing and bedding. 

This work depicts the youth of high school boys who are devoted to table tennis. In this manga, the childhood friends Peco and Smile encounter rivals and grow both as people and athletes. Smile leads an isolated existence, but his talent is recognized by those around him. In contrast, in spite of being a genius, Peco does not like trying hard and grows increasingly desperate. Smile—who realizes that Peco has talent he could never hope to match—longs for his friend to step up and become the hero he is meant to be. 
A wide variety of characters appear in the work—including a rival who despairs at his lack of ability and a friend whose only talent is the ability to try hard—and one theme of the work is coming to grips with one’s particular talents. 

This work depicts the heartwarming daily life of the five-year-old girl Yotsuba and her father, Daddy. In the work, Yotsuba repeatedly asks the question “why,” which causes the adults around her to remember forgotten scenes of their first encounters with different things and shows how much fun it can be to look at the world with a truly free perspective. 
In addition, this work is a story about how family-like people—including the neighbors and Daddy’s friends—help to raise Yotsuba. For their part, even as they watch Yotsuba grow, perhaps they also relearn some of the basics from her. This work also shows how a new family should be and how children should be raised. 

This is the story of how the folklorist Professor Munakata unravels the folklore of ancient Japan, and it stimulates curiosity regarding the traditions and customs that have been passed down in Japan. To ascertain the truth behind old stories, fairy tales, and other folklore well-known to Japanese readers, the protagonist engages in repeated field research, comes up with theories, and then proves them. In addition to giving readers a good look at the fun of folklore studies and fieldwork methodology, this manga offers the opportunity to savor the best part of unraveling ancient mysteries.