Squid Girl OVA - Recommendations

• Vol: 17; Ch: 102
• 2008 - 2021

Hikari Kohinata is a cheerful 15 year-old girl who lives near the ocean and she spends much of her time diving as a result. On her first day of high school, she meets a teacher who also likes scuba diving. There's also a 16 year-old classmate, Futaba Ooki, who gets dragged along in Hikari's maelstrom as soon as they meet at school.

• Vol: 12; Ch: 60
• 2002 - 2008

Neo Venezia, the pride of planet Aqua, is a quaint city filled with canals and easy-going people. Many companies operate their gondolas on the canals, giving tours to tourists and locals alike, but the most famous of them is the Aria Company. Follow the adventures of Aria's young apprentice, Akari, as she learns the tricks of the trade from her beautiful senior, Alicia. Together with her friends Aika and Alice, apprentices of rival companies, and their seniors Akira and Athena, they train their skills as gondoliers, meeting new people and learning new things about the city each day.

• Vol: 2; Ch: 9
• 2001

One hundred and fifty years after its terraforming, the surface of the planet Aqua - formerly known as Mars - is almost completely submerged by water. The town of Neo Venezia, a replica of the old Earth city of Venice, is a city that lives in harmony with the water, and is a popular destination for tourists. Akari Mizunashi is a young girl who dreams of becoming a fully fledged Undine - a gondolier who ferries tourists around the beautiful city. With help from her friends she progresses with her training, discovering more of the many wonders of Aqua and Neo Venezia along the way.

• Vol: 8; Ch: 72
• 2014 - 2020

Sacchan, Yui and Kotoha are here to protect the city, solving mysteries and battling enemies with help from their friends. But their quest isn't an easy one as their arch-nemesis Saitou, the violent police officer of Ueno, meets them at every turn.

• Vol: 11+; Ch: 143+
• 2015 - ?

Three friends, all women aged 29, who get together and socialize regularly and indulge in their common passion: drinking. Michiko Takase, the office lady heroine, prefers beer; Misono Miyauchi, a short-haired, muscular book store worker, likes sake; and Yuki Shinonome, the feminine housewife, drinks everything. The manga follows them as they visit hot springs, beer gardens, bars and more to sample different drinks, pair them with delicious side dishes, and chat about work, their family, how to keep warm while wearing skirts, etc.

• Ch: 5
• 2011

After Yune returns to Japan, Alice can't seem to forget about her, so she decides to go visit Yune herself! Each chapter in this series features "quickies" that show the daily lives of Alice and Yune having fun being silly in Japan! Each page links to the next in a sequence of events that help build the story as it progresses!

• Vol: 15+; Ch: 112+
• 2003 - ?

Meet Yotsuba Koiwai, the strangest little girl around. With a mind so straight it's twisted, Yotsuba takes everything in life at face value and sees everything with the eyes of impenetrable innocence. With her laid-back father, Yotsuba moves into a new house and makes new friends - friends whose minds boggle at the wacky and somewhat wise way that Yotsuba lives her daily life!

• Vol: 1; Ch: 3
• 2009

Each new chapter covers one year of high school, with all new adventures for Sakaki, Yomi, Tomo, Chiyo, Osaka, and Kagura.

• Vol: 20; Ch: 196
• 2004 - 2008

It's about the coastal lifeguard, as Hyogo Kanbayashi tried to make his way through to enter Tokkyuu, the elite lifeguard team.

• Vol: 2; Ch: 12
• 2017 - 2018