Best drawing manga
147 manga about drawing, ranked by community score. Tags come from AniList voters; the percentage on each title page says how strongly the tag applies.
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3.6Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro
Manga · 2017 · 189 ch
Don't Toy With Me, Miss NagatoroIjiranaide, Nagatoro-sanManga · 2017 · 189 ch3.6Nagatoro is a freshman in high school who loves teasing and torturing her older male classmate! What’s her motivation and why does Senpai put up with her? Does Nagatoro just want to create misery for Senpai? Or maybe she secretly likes…
3.6Karina's Last Days
Manga · 2021
Karina's Last DaysSihanbu Ekseuteuraui SiganManga · 20213.6Though gifted with an ability to bring her drawings to life, Karina Leopold spent her years in the shadow of her famous siblings, forced to be the good daughter her parents wanted. But when she’s told that a deadly disease will kill her in…
3.6Masamune-kun’s Revenge: After School
Manga · 2018 · 7 ch
Masamune-kun’s Revenge: After SchoolMasamune-kun no Revenge after schoolManga · 2018 · 7 ch3.6What comes after revenge? Now that Aki and Masamune are together, everyone’s wondering what to do…including Aki and Masamune! As the new couple tries to figure out their relationship, their friends, exes, and former rivals get to be the…
3.6Monochrome Days
Manga · 2024 · 56 ch
Monochrome DaysMonochrome no FutariManga · 2024 · 56 ch3.6A reliable office worker, Hanaichi Fudo, undoubtedly had a gift for the arts but gave up on his dreams of becoming an artist to lead a normal life. One day, his senior at work, Saori Wakaba, asked Hanaichi for help in writing her manga…
3.62DK, G Pen, Mezamashi Tokei.
Manga · 2015 · 45 ch
2DK, G Pen, Mezamashi Tokei.Manga · 2015 · 45 ch3.6A mangaka and her salarywoman roommate come to realise that their feelings of friendship might actually be something quite different. Note: Includes 10 extra chapters.
3.6Red Colored Elegy
Manga · 1970 · 13 ch
Red Colored ElegySekishoku ElegyManga · 1970 · 13 ch3.6Seiichi Hayashi produced Red Colored Elegy between 1970 and 1971, in the aftermath of a politically turbulent and culturally vibrant decade that promised but failed to deliver new possibilities. With a combination of sparse line work and…
3.6Comic Girls
Manga · 2014 · 115 ch
Comic GirlsManga · 2014 · 115 ch3.6The story concerns the daily life of young up-and-coming mangaka living together in a dormitory.
3.6Akanabe-sensei wa Tereshirazu
Manga · 2023
Akanabe-sensei wa TereshirazuManga · 20233.6Koki Sakieda is an assistant for Akira Akanebe, a manga artist he admires, who always tries to praise him in some way. Sakieda is worried that he will end up falling in love with her if this situation continues. Then Akanebe unexpectedly…
Mature
3.6Heads
Manga · 2002 · 36 ch
HeadsManga · 2002 · 36 ch3.6This manga is a story based on a thriller by Keigo Higashino. The main protagonist, the shy Jun Naruse, is a rather average guy who works for an electronics company and loves to paint. He falls in love with Megumi whom he met at an art…
3.6Natsu no Zenjitsu
Manga · 2008 · 43 ch
Natsu no ZenjitsuManga · 2008 · 43 ch3.6The only thing in Tetsuo's mind is art. The beauty, the nature, and the quality of art. One woman watches him handle his art. Her name is Akira. She watches as he constantly tries to draw day after day, and she oversees the completion of…
3.6Otomen
Manga · 2006 · 74 ch
OtomenManga · 2006 · 74 ch3.6Asuka Masamune is a guy who loves girly things--sewing, knitting, making cute stuffed animals and reading shojo comics. But in a world where boys are expected to act manly, Asuka must hide his beloved hobbies and play the part of a…
3.6Ookumo-chan Flash Back
Manga · 2017 · 34 ch
Ookumo-chan Flash BackManga · 2017 · 34 ch3.6The manga centers on first-year high school student Minoru Suzuki, who sometimes sees visions of his own mother's past as a high school student.
3.6Genkaku Picasso
Manga · 2008 · 19 ch
Genkaku PicassoManga · 2008 · 19 ch3.6Hikari Hamura, nicknamed Picasso because of his natural artistic abilities, survived a horrible accident, but his friend Chiaki wasn't so lucky. Suddenly, Chiaki appears in front of him and tells him in order to keep living he must help…
3.6The Man Without Talent
Manga · 1985 · 6 ch
The Man Without TalentMunou no HitoManga · 1985 · 6 ch3.6The Man Without Talent is an unforgiving self-portrait of frustration. Swearing off cartooning as a profession, Tsuge takes on a series of unconventional jobs—used-camera salesman, ferryman, stone collector—hoping to find success among the…
3.6Salty Studio
Manga · 2013 · 66 ch
Salty StudioStudio JjabjjoromManga · 2013 · 66 ch3.6Togeun used to work for his father’s company without any passion, so he quits his job and moves out from his parents’ house in order to follow his dream in drawing. At the homecoming party (reunion party), Togeun begs Sonagi, a great…
3.5Downfall
Manga · 2017 · 8 ch
DownfallReirakuManga · 2017 · 8 ch3.5Selling copies is the only thing that matters. So what if your first series just ended and you have no idea how to start the next one, your marriage is breaking up, your pure love of manga has been destroyed by the cruel reality of the…
3.5Beat & Motion
Manga · 2023 · 49 ch
Beat & MotionBEAT&MOTIONManga · 2023 · 49 ch3.5Tatsuhiko is burned-out and grinding at a corporate job, having given up on his dreams of becoming an animator long ago. On a seemingly normal night out, he meets a wild, driven girl who bluntly inspires him to change his perspective. Will…
3.5Love Stage!!
Manga · 2010 · 43 ch
Love Stage!!LOVE STAGE!!Manga · 2010 · 43 ch3.5Though his family is packed with famous celebrities, Izumi Sena is just your average guy. Currently a college student, he's a huge otaku with aspirations of becoming a manga creator. But one day he gets roped into filming a TV commercial…
3.5Tadokoro-san
Manga · 2018 · 126 ch
Tadokoro-sanManga · 2018 · 126 ch3.5Shy and introverted, Tadokoro Kageko passes her free time in class drawing instead of hanging out with her classmates. But even when her classmates approach her, it’s only to make fun of her drawings and appearance. In stark contrast…
3.5Otome no Teikoku
Manga · 2010 · 415 ch
Otome no TeikokuManga · 2010 · 415 ch3.5An ensemble cast of high schoolers at an all girls school laugh their way through school life and the quirky relationships they develop with each other. Note: Includes 108 extras.
3.5Mangaka-san to Assistant-san to
Manga · 2008 · 160 ch
Mangaka-san to Assistant-san toManga · 2008 · 160 ch3.5A life description about the mangaka Aito Yuuki and his assistant Ashisu Sahoto. Aito doesn't understand the feelings of the characters on his stories. So he asks Ashisu to help him. Ashisu would do everything for the work. She would even…
3.5Tadokoro-san
Manga · 2019 · 118 ch
Tadokoro-sanManga · 2019 · 118 ch3.5Shy and introverted, Tadokoro Kageko passes her free time in class drawing instead of hanging out with her classmates. But even when her classmates approach her, it’s only to make fun of her drawings and appearance. In stark contrast…
Mature
3.5Livingstone
Manga · 2009 · 23 ch
LivingstoneManga · 2009 · 23 ch3.5Ninety percent of our lives are determined by our fate, and our fates are determined by our "souls." But every now and then, something goes wrong and the souls of those who have met an untimely fate also pollute their environs, drawing…
3.5Not Quite Love
Manga · 2025
Not Quite LoveKoi to Yobu ni wa Sasayaka desu gaManga · 20253.5In a twist of fate, high schooler Umi Sayama finds herself moving in with the Hiroi family next door. There’s just one problem—their son, Sho, is her childhood crush, eight years her senior, and it’s been years since she last saw him. Just…
3.5Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
Manga · 2016
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na!Manga · 20163.5Midori loves to design worlds. Tsubame loves to animate. Sayaka loves to make money! And at Shibahama High, they call them Eizouken--a three-girl club determined to produce their own spectacular science fiction anime! But with no budget…
3.5Kuchibiru ni Kimi no Iro
Manga · 2014 · 7 ch
Kuchibiru ni Kimi no IroManga · 2014 · 7 ch3.5In this colourful world, I lost all of my colours... Then the boy shining in gold arrives to change it?
3.5Crayon Days: Daikirai na Aitsu
Manga · 2011 · 27 ch
Crayon Days: Daikirai na AitsuManga · 2011 · 27 ch3.5Because she loved drawing and wanted to do something special, she went to a famous art school. And there she met... (Source: Chibi Manga)
Mature
3.5Shimekiri Mae ni wa Yuri ga Hakadoru
Manga · 2021 · 22 ch
Shimekiri Mae ni wa Yuri ga HakadoruManga · 2021 · 22 ch3.5Ayu Shirakawa left the countryside and set off for Tokyo. There, her cousin Miyako Shirakawa introduced her to the popular author, Hikari Kairou, and it was decided that she would work for her as both her caretaker, and as a warden. This…
3.5Just Listen to the Song
One-shot · 2022 · 1 ch
Just Listen to the SongFutsuu ni Kiite KureOne-shot · 2022 · 1 ch3.5A student presents his crush with a love song that he wrote, recorded himself performing, and uploaded to YouTube, and he tells her to watch it before giving him a reply. When he returns to school the next day, he finds that the girl has…
3.5Kumanishi Bijutsubu Rough Sketch-senpai
Manga · 2016 · 25 ch
Kumanishi Bijutsubu Rough Sketch-senpaiManga · 2016 · 25 ch3.5A libido-fueled art comedy featuring the secret art club activities of a delinquent girl and the boy who will make her his masterpiece. (Source: Batoto)
3.5Creepy Cat
Manga · 2019 · 432 ch
Creepy CatCreepyCat: Neko to Watashi no Kimyou na SeikatsuManga · 2019 · 432 ch3.5Flora has just moved into an old house with a gothic flare and a hint of mystery. She soon realizes that she’s not alone in this place: a weird cat already lives there, and it’s not leaving. It behaves like no cat she’s ever seen, phasing…
3.5Vitamin
Manga · 2001 · 3 ch
VitaminManga · 2001 · 3 ch3.5High school student Sawako is caught in a compromising situation. As a result, the other students in her school bully and ostracize her to the point she looks to suicide and drops out of school. She starts drawing manga and the hobby…
3.5Sora wo Matotte
Manga · 2023 · 78 ch
Sora wo MatotteManga · 2023 · 78 ch3.5Namiji Ogawa is a high school student who teaches himself oil painting every day in order to draw the ultimate nude. After an encounter with a certain "witch", the goal is to take the entrance exam to Tokyo University of the Arts...!?
3.5So Cute It Hurts!!
Manga · 2012 · 76 ch
So Cute It Hurts!!Kobayashi ga Kawai Sugite Tsurai!!Manga · 2012 · 76 ch3.5The Kobayashi twins, Megumu and Mitsuru, were named after historical figures, but only Megumu has grown up with a taste for history. So when Mitsuru is in danger of losing his weekends to extra history classes, he convinces his sister to…
3.5Sayonara Sorcier
Manga · 2012 · 12 ch
Sayonara SorcierManga · 2012 · 12 ch3.5Paris, the late 19th century. Theodorus van Gogh, renowned art dealer and branch manager of the prestigious Goupil & Cie, seeks to embrace new talent and techniques among up-and-coming painters. But this was a dark era for innovative…
3.5Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs
Manga · 2016 · 222 ch
Yuuna and the Haunted Hot SpringsYuragi-sou no Yuuna-sanManga · 2016 · 222 ch3.5Homeless and haunted by ghosts, high schooler Kogarashi thinks his luck has finally turned when he finds Yuragi-sou–a cheap boarding house that was formerly a hot springs inn, now full of super sexy, scantily clad female tenants. If…