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Yonkoma

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 manga magazine published by Hōbunsha since December 1987. The magazine is released monthly on the 2nd. Manga Home is printed as B5

Paper size

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 size. The magazine is known for having inspirational and family-themed messages on the edges of the pages, and many of the manga focus on husbands and wives, families, and related topics.

During the last several years, while sister magazine Manga Time Kirara

Manga Time Kirara

is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Houbunsha which mainly serializes four-panel comic strips. The magazine is sold monthly on the ninth...

has become the most popular of the Manga Time magazine family, Manga Home (along with Manga Time

Manga Time

is a Japanese monthly yonkoma manga magazine published by Hōbunsha since June 1981. The magazine is released monthly on the seventh. Manga Home is printed as B5 size. The magazine is sometimes referred to as simply . It was created in 1981 by spinning off from Japan's first weekly manga magazine,...

) has retained a fairly conservative style and focus which has allowed it to remain popular.

From December 1988 through July 1997, the magazine ran a "New Female Yonkoma Manga Artist" series which introduced a number of new artists such as Megumi Nanzawa, Chinatsu Tomobiki, Nobara Nonaka, Niniko Nitta, Moeko Narita, Yukari Tominaga, Aoi Morimura, Maya Koikeda

Maya Koikeda

is the pen name of a Japanese manga artist. Her real name is , and her pen name was created by saying backward the syllables from her real name. Koikeda graduated with a degree in art from the Kyoto City University of Arts...

, and Ryōji Sekine.

Currently serialized works

Listed alphabetically.

• Akarui Fūfu Keikaku (Tomoko Inoue, since February 2002)
• An'yo (Yumiko Akiyoshi, since July 2007)
• Chima-sanchi no Kobako (Emi Fukasaka, since May 2008)
• Faminyu? (Shō Yumemakura, since December 2007)
• Fūfu na Seikatsu (Rui Ōhashi, since November 1999)
• Gomen Asobase (Megumi Tanzawa, since January 1994)
• Hanatama (Haruka Ogataya, since January 2007)
• Hiibaa Chachacha! (Junko Kubota, since May 2006)
• Instant Angel Tenko-sama ga Kuru! (Tomoko Andō)
• Mama wa Idol (Naokazu Yanagita, since September 2005)
• Marchen Tōsan (Mikiko Yoshida, since November 2006)
• Mononofu Kotohajime (Arashi Shindō, biomonthly)
• Ōedo Tote Shan (Akiko Morishima, since March 2007)
• Okiraku Mama (Tomoko Nitta, since October 1999)
• Raika Days (Munko, since September 2003)
• Ren'ai Lab (Ruri Miyahara, since December 2006)
• Sakuranbo. (Nozomi Yoshihara, September 2006 - October 2007, November 2008, January 2009 - current)
• Tentama. (Akihiro Toyoda, since February 2007)
• Tonari no Nanige-san (Shiu Tachibana, since July 2008)
• Yes Master! (Mikan Matsumoto, May - July 2008, September 2008 - current)
• Yomeken (Hohetomaru, since August 2006)

Previously serialized works

Listed in order of appearance.

• Bokunchi no Idol Hiromi-chan (Wakako Nariyuki, 1987-2002)
• Ōi Hachibe (Uko Ukai, 1987-2002)
• Suki da yon Tā-kun (Chinatsu Tomobiki, 1990-1995)
• Okaeri Mā-san (Maya Koikeda
  Maya Koikeda
  is the pen name of a Japanese manga artist. Her real name is , and her pen name was created by saying backward the syllables from her real name. Koikeda graduated with a degree in art from the Kyoto City University of Arts...
  
  , 1991-1998)
• Uchi no Hahaoya Matta Nashi (Yumiko Akiyoshi, 1995-2007)
• Shima Shima Hamster (Kaoru Yukawa, 1998-2000)
• Pretty Mama ga Rival! (Mikiko Yoshida, 1999-2006)
• Boku no Kanojo wa Waitress (Naoki Shigeno, 2000-2004)
• Aoki Iin e Ikō! (Takeshi Ōsawa, 2002-2004)
• Tanin Donburi (Komaki Jinsenji, 2002-2006)
• Onegai Asakura-san (Uina Kinomoto, 2002-?)
• Daijōbu Desu! Success-sha (Naokazu Yanagida, 2003-2005)
• Hidamari Kazoku (Hohetomaru, 2003-2006)
• Mio Nikki (Cherry Arai, 2004-2006)
• C Q Q (Naoki Mita, 2007-2008)
• Chima Cherry (Meme Sakanaya, 2007-2008)
• High Five (Yukari Yagi, 2007-2008)
• Kururin! (Mikan Matsumoto, 2007-2008)
• Aiken Ume no Hana (Minami Hiroko, ?-2008)
• Furusato no Shiki (Makoto Sano, ? - 2008)