Osen - Recommendations

• Vol: 2; Ch: 34
• 2004 - 2006

Sanpei’s wife, Otsuu, recently passed away and his son, Shirou, offers Sanpei to live at his place with his daughter-in-law, Reika, and granddaughter, Nona. Ever since Sanpei married Otsuu, she has taken care of him and Sanpei has never learned how to cook, clean and other household chores. After going through his late wife’s belongings, Sanpei finds a book that she was writing that records all the things she was doing for him. Things from recipes and how to do household chores to dealing with the family that he has never really connected with. Now with the help of the late Otsuu’s book, Sanpei learns how to do all the things she did for him and start making connections with the closest family members he has.

• Vol: 2; Ch: 12
• 2016 - 2018

A mysterious bespectacled beauty in kimono and with a passion for glasses picks the best pair capable of changing your life.

• Vol: 11; Ch: 44
• 2004 - 2010

Moyuru Hono enters a whole new world for him: His comic masterpiece is getting a screen adaptation! Hono accepts all this with feverent anticipation! In making this film, Hono antagonises over the film deviating too much from his original vision, even butting heads with the director due to their differing ideas. What will happen? Who will prevail? What is the fate of this film? This is the story of the ups and downs with the spirit of a hilarious burning comic!

• Vol: 3; Ch: 41
• 2010 - 2012

Rambunctious daughter Yoyoko spends her days with her otaku single father. With his annoying childhood friend-turned-cop Machi, they almost look like a real family. If only these happy days could last forever… But as the literal skeletons in the closet are revealed, will their bond be strong enough to overcome the odds? Or have they just been playing pretend... Taking inspiration from his own experience as a parent, Shouji Hiroyuki weaves a story that's simultaneously funny, thought-provoking, and tragic!

• Vol: 2; Ch: 15
• 2021 - 2022

The story centers on the growth and paths in the life of Nikuko and Kikuko, a mother and daughter who lives on a boat.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 12
• 2019 - 2021

Aiko is not good at housework, but she is very romantic and aspires to marry someday. Tomoko loves housework, but she is not sure whether she wants to get married or not. These women in their 30s do not share the same point of view regarding marriage and love, but they both share a house.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 10
• 2019 - 2021

Nukutou Yuuta, who lives as househusband. He’s spending fulfilling days with his wife and daughter, but for some reason he feels a little inferior outside… A story that depicts Nukutou-kun's daily life as a husband and various family shapes.

• Vol: 9+; Ch: 46+
• 2014 - ?

Kine Machiko is a thirty-something office worker, who loves nothing more than watching movies and writing her review blog. She hides her passion for movies from her co-workers due to unpleasant past experiences, but she still wants friends with whom she can share her love of movies. What will be the next movie she watches? What dark, geeky secret will haunt her next? Will she ever make any movie friends?

• Vol: 3; Ch: 40
• 1998

Shigeo is a high strung elementary school student living with his mother. His only concern is getting ahead in life by doing well in school. He despises his father Hanao (who is separated from them), who's an idealistic free spirit and a kid at heart, infatuated with the sport of baseball. Shigeo's mother forces Shigeo to take time to visit his father, and so begins Shigeo's lessons that there's more to life than excelling academically (courtesy of his very childish father).

• Vol: 2+; Ch: 19+
• 2021 - ?