It's About What? Weird Premises in Manga
Manga
You know when you go to recommend a manga to a friend, but hesitate because you don't know how to explain it without sounding crazy? Or when you read a summary and can't help but ask, "Why would you write something like that?!" Yeah, this is about those manga.
Manga, 1 vol, 2003
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Author:5
A girl with a non-sexual (?) obsession with phalluses wants to see one badly enough that she joins the school's art club; the only other member is so desperate to keep her around that he agrees to model nude for her.
Manga, 1 vol, 2020
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Author:6
Taught to despise anything dirty, Mako's nose explodes in a gush of blood whenever she touches filth -- whether it be dirt, money, or another human being. Mako, however, wants only to be a normal young woman -- including getting laid.
Manga, 8 vol, 2011
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Author:9
A near-death experience motivates a mediocre politician to elevate his status and tackle the denuclearization of post-3/11 Japan with the aid of his guardian angel, but is opposed by a misanthropic psychic.
Manga, 2 vol, 2004
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Author:5
A girls love story about reincarnation isn't weird. A mecha battle to decide the fate of the world isn't weird. But what if it's a girls love reincarnation story about a mecha battle to decide the fate of the world? Add in a bisexual love triangle, two miko, a sexy nun, a mediocre idol singer, a grouchy manga artist, and a kawaiiko nurse catgirl -- for starters.
Manga, 5 vol, 1974
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Author:5
At a school so strict students are tortured for misbehaving, their savior is a masked -- and nude -- girl. Nobody knows her face, but everyone's seen her body.
Manga, 8 vol, 2002
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Author:7
Midori makes a wish to become closer to the boy she likes, only to wake up attached to his wrist in place of his hand.
Manga, 1 vol, 2008
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Author:5
Fumio deals with the shock of unrequited love by bringing a chainsaw to school. Then the aliens show up.
Manga, 3 vol, 2016
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Author:6
A little boy with an incredibly rare disease that prevents him from seeing faces or hearing names and that will kill him at age 12 plots to kill a slightly older little girl with the same illness so that he can be the first to die of the disease and have it named after him.
Manga, 5 vol, 2000
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Author:5
Thanks to a childhood incident, Asumi has an arrow through her head, but when Ryouji befriends her he begins to discover that may just be the most normal thing about her.
Manga, 1 vol, 2011
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Author:5
An unusually smooth-skinned schoolboy helps an uncommonly hairy schoolgirl shave to help her self-confidence and improve her swimming.
