Nawoki Karasawa is one of the longer-active and more prestigious names in the typically small time, lesser-known world of gag manga. In a genre where art skill is second to just about everything else, Karasawa's dialogue is hilariously sharp and witty.
A gag parody of Shinji Mizushima's immortal "Mangaka Zankoku Monogatari" (Karasawa's title only differs by adding "cho" [super] to "zankoku"), a manga about the dreams, ambitions and suffering of a group of bright young mangaka, Karasawa brilliantly takes the piss out of just about everything involved with being a mangaka. It's lewd, raunchy, endlessly cynical and laugh-out-loud funny.
Mangaka Chou Zankoku Monogatari has finished publishing and it has 24 Chapters. It is also Known as: 漫画家超残酷物語, Super Cruel and Terrible Tales of Mangaka
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2. Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
Nozomu Itoshiki is depressed. Very depressed. He’s certifiably suicidal, but he’s also the beloved schoolteacher of a class of unique students, each charming in her own way: The stalker. The shut-in. The obsessive-compulsive. The girl who comes to class every day with strange bruises. And Kafuka, the most optimistic girl in the world, who knows that every cloud has a silver lining. For all of them, it’s a special time, when the right teacher can have a lasting positive effect on their lives. But is that teacher Itoshiki, a.k.a. Zetsubou-sensei, who just wants to find the perfect place to die?
Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei has finished publishing and it has 301 Chapters. It is also Known as: さよなら絶望先生, Farewell Mr. Despair
1. Moeyo Pen
Hot blooded comic about... writing comics. There are actually a few series starting with Moeyo Pen (Burning Pen), then later on came the sequel series Hoero Pen (Shouting Pen).
Burning Pen has finished publishing and it has 12 Chapters. It is also Known as: 燃えよペン, Moeyo Pen
