Hop Step Sing! - Recommendations

• Vol: 1
• 2001

• Vol: 9; Ch: 80
• 2013 - 2016

Suuko, an idol-loving shut-in, has one ability: To make any idol popular through the power of blogging. She puts her sights on the Fukuoka idol Itrio and tries to make them sell more, but she is impeded by the charismatic otaku Ryu-san and the underground idol Mariko.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 7
• 2015

Green Leaves Entertainment is a tiny production company on the verge of going out of business in Sendai, the biggest city in Japan's northeastern Tohoku region. The agency once managed the careers of magicians, photo idols, fortune-tellers, and other entertainers, but its last remaining client finally quit. In danger of having zero talent (literally), the president Tange hatches an idea of producing an idol group. On the brash president's orders, the dissatisfied manager Matsuda heads out to scout raw talent. Matsuda makes a fateful encounter with a certain girl...

• Vol: 1; Ch: 5
• 2007

• Vol: 2; Ch: 13
• 2016 - 2017

• Vol: 1; Ch: 8
• 2016

• Vol: 1; Ch: 6
• 2014

Green Leaves Entertainment is a tiny production company on the verge of going out of business in Sendai, the biggest city in Japan's northeastern Tohoku region. The agency once managed the careers of magicians, photo idols, fortune-tellers, and other entertainers, but its last remaining client finally quit. In danger of having zero talent (literally), the president Tange hatches an idea of producing an idol group. On the brash president's orders, the dissatisfied manager Matsuda heads out to scout raw talent. Matsuda makes a fateful encounter with a certain girl...

• Vol: 2; Ch: 14
• 2020 - 2021

Mana Nagase is a high school girl from Hoshimi City who loves to sing. One live performance leads her to become a top idol and she starts to shine. 

• Vol: 2; Ch: 10
• 2020

• Vol: 3+; Ch: 14+
• 2021 - ?