What this genre is
The Silent Service, Give My Regards to Black Jack, A Minimum Standard of Healthy and Cultured Living. The lineage where manga takes on the work of reporting and long-form journalism.
Seinen — about this band: Manga for adults, born out of gekiga. Realism, society, work, science fiction.
Connections
Three kinds of line: direct evolution, influence, and born in reaction against.
↓ Flowed into this
Key works
A boy the genius surgeon Tenma saved becomes a serial killer. A weighty human drama and suspense set across Germany.
A book of prophecy made up in childhood turns out to connect to a real conspiracy. Nostalgia for boyhood and an enormous mystery kept readers gripped.
A strategy drama about getting into the University of Tokyo from a failing high school. The byword for the study-method manga.
Two brothers who want to be astronauts. Dreams and setbacks drawn with adult realism, and admired by people actually working in space.
Hokkaido in the late Meiji years, where an ex-soldier and an Ainu girl chase a hoard of gold. An adventure like no other, packed with Ainu culture, hunting, food and comedy.
A man reborn as an idol's child takes on the dark side of show business. Reincarnation plus entertainment plus suspense made it a phenomenon.
Seinen — walk the band
Genres in the same band, in order of year. You are at the highlighted one.
- 1957 Gekiga↓
- 1967 Seinen Magazines↓
- 1970 Historical Gekiga↓
- 1982 SF & Cyberpunk↓
- 1983 Gourmet Manga↓
- 1983 Business Manga↓
- 1990 Social Drama（you are here）↓
- 1991 Gambling & Outlaw
All genres
About this entry
Genre boundaries are drawn where the network of manga happens to concentrate, not by decree. Years are approximate. Where opinions differ, this page says so rather than picking a winner.