Manga comes in all sorts of formats and sizes. Weekly publications, monthly publications, short chapters, long chapters – there are a lot of different ways that stories can be published and formatted. These differences show the diversity in the medium.
One format of manga is called the 4-koma style, in which the manga is organized into four panels vertically, resembling a comic strip that can be seen in magazines. While 4-koma is not the most common style of manga, some have managed to gain popularity, mostly due to how funny they are.
10 Is The Order A Rabbit?
While searching for the place she will be staying at while going to high school, Cocoa Hoto stumbles upon the Rabbit House cafe. Believing it to be a place where you can see rabbits, she finds out that it is actually her new home and that she will be working while going to school.
Is the Order a Rabbit? is a goofy slice-of-life series with a cast of quirky girls. Every character brings something different to the table and makes even the most average sitcom scenario all that much more bizarre.
9 Engaged To The Unidentified
At the age of sixteen, high schooler Kobeni Yonomori discovers that due to an old promise made by her grandfather, she is engaged to be married to a strange boy named Hakuya Mitsumine. He and her sister come to live with Kobeni's family, and she soon learns that there is more to them than meets the eye.
Engaged to the Unidentified is a romantic comedy series with a lot of fun characters. While the plot is naturally very light, there are still a lot of interesting story points, and the relationship between Kobeni and Hakuya is interesting to watch unfold.
8 Lucky Star
This manga follows the lives of four high school girls; the lazy, game-loving Konata Izumi, the studious Kagami Hiiragi, the gentle Tsukasa Hiiragi, and the well-mannered Miyuki Takara. The series is not plot-focused and is more about episodic comedy.
Lucky Star was extremely popular during the 2000s thanks to its anime adaptation, which propelled the series to fame. Its referential humor and laid-back atmosphere endeared itself to the anime fandom, and it is still beloved to this day.
7 B Gata H Kei
Despite being unusually perverted and overly lustful, Yamada has never even had a boyfriend. She aims to overcome this by getting her classmate Takashi Kosuda, a plain boy who has no experience with girls, to fall in love with her. However, Yamada is more innocent than she lets on, and she ends up falling for him instead.
B Gata H Kei is another romantic comedy series with a bunch of quirky characters full of charm. The series has a lot more fanservice than the other entries on this list, but it is a little sweeter than one might expect.
6 Tomo-chan Is a Girl!
Tomo Aizawa is in love with her best friend Junichiro Kubota. The only problem is that Tomo is so tomboyish that Junichiro doesn't seem to see her as a girl. In order to get her feelings over to him properly, Tomo decides to try to show a bit more of her feminine side.
Tomo-chan Is a Girl! is a fun, lighthearted romantic comedy with a rather interesting relationship dynamic. The main characters are fun to watch, and the romantic moments are quite heartwarming as well.
5 Seitokai Yakuindomo
Osai Academy has become a co-ed school after having been an all-girls school since its founding. Takatoshi Tsuda is one of the first male students to attend Osai, and he is immediately picked as vice-president by the student council president Amakusa Shino, who wants to get a male viewpoint in the student council.
Seitokai Yakuindomo is a slice-of-life manga that follows the everyday lives of Osai Academy's student council. There are often a lot of dirty jokes, and the humor tends to be lowbrow. Nevertheless, the series is fun and the characters are hilarious.
4 Working!!
Sota Takanashi loves small and cute things, which is how he gets roped into working at a family restaurant by Popura Taneshima. He soon encounters the various bizarre staff members working at the restaurant, and hijinks ensue.
Working!! is a slice-of-life series that follow the lives of the various staff members who work at the restaurant. It had a highly popular anime adaptation, and even a spin-off series called Web-ban Working!!, which focuses on a different restaurant in the same franchise with a similarly bizarre cast of characters.
3 Tsuredure Children
High school love comes in all forms, and this manga proves it by showcasing the love lives of various boys and girls, each one with their own unique set of circumstances that define their relationship. How their relationships develop and form is the focal point of each storyline.
Tsuredure Children takes an anthological approach to its stories, preferring to tell a bunch of stories rather than just focus on a few characters. This provides a lot of variety that any fan of romantic comedy will enjoy.
2 Azumanga Daioh
Here is another 4-koma manga that chronicles the life of high school girls. The series has an ensemble cast, featuring a number of characters like child prodigy Chiyo Mihama, the tall and athletic Sakaki, and the selfish and slovenly teacher Yukari Tanzaki.
Azumanga Daioh is legendary among anime and manga fans for its vibrant cast of characters and laugh-out-loud comedy. This series became popular during the 2000s thanks to its anime adaptation, and while the manga was very short, it is still considered to be the best of its kind.
1 Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
Chiyo Sakura has a huge crush on her classmate, the stoic Umetaro Nozaki. However, when she attempts to confess to him, he mistakes her for a fan and gives her an autograph. Chiyo soon learns that Nozaki is actually a well-known mangaka, and decides to become his assistant to be close to him.
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun is an incredibly hilarious manga filled with ridiculous hijinks and shenanigans. The cast is incredibly quirky, and each character has their own idiosyncrasies that make them a treat to watch.