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Yakuza House-Husband Manga Gokushufudo Wins Pixiv Comic Ranking 2018

The website Pixiv Comic is the host of tons of web manga series and a great place for readers to check out something new or follow-up on a popular title. The site's Pixiv Comic Ranking is meant to honor the series with the most popularity growth each year. The site breaks down the titles as an overall top 10 and in individual genres like fantasy, romance, animals, comedy, drama, slice-of-life, and boys-love.

This year's top manga in both the overall and comedy categories is Gokushufudo by Kōsuke Oono. The manga follows a retired yakuza member known as "Immortal Tatsu" who is living out his post-crime career as a house husband. He still manages to find his way into trouble from time to time, except it's in the grocery aisle instead of some back alley. Oono publishes the series on Kurage Bunch and it was previously acknowledged as a runner-up in this year's Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Awards' web manga category and came in at #9 in this year's Web Manga General Election. The Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook for 2019 ranked Gokushufudo as #8 for its top manga series for men.

The comedy duo Penguins appeared in a promotional video to accept the award as the manga's main yakuza pair.

The Pixiv Comic Ranking's top 10 series are:

1. Gokushufudo by Kōsuke Oono
2. Motokare ga Fudanshi ni Natteorimashite by Mugiimo
3. Kumicho Musume to Sewagakari by Tsukiya
4. Oji-sama to Neko by Umi Sakurai
5. Kowamote Kokosei to Jimiko-san by Yae Kokonoe
6. #Batsuichi Arasā Joshi to Danshikokōsei by Oreco Tachibana
7. 30-sai made Dōtei dato Mahōtsukai ni Narerurashii by Yū Toyota
8. Asami-kun wa Gachi Koi ja nai! by Haruhi Hitotose
9. Rental Onii-chan by Ichiro Hako
10. Hiruto yoru no Oishii Jikan by Susumu Morikawa

The top three manga in each genre category are:
Fantasy

1. Otoge ni Tripshita Ore by Ikusa Kano
2. The Villainous Lady Wants to Marry a Commoner!! by Riko Kyōtei (original creator), Nabiko (art), Hōhō (original character design)
3. Arima-kun wa Mahōtsukai by Renji Tsutako

Animal

1. Oji-sama to Neko by Umi Sakurai
2. Kuma to Tanuki by Ho
3. Uchi no Toypoo ga Idle Sugiru by Aoi Dōsetsu

Romance

1. Motokare ga Fudanshi ni Natteorimashite by Mugiimo
2. Kowamote Kokosei to Jimiko-san by Yae Kokonoe
3. #Batsuichi Arasā Joshi to Danshikokōsei by Oreco Tachibana

Comedy

1. Gokushufudo by Kōsuke Oono
2. Kumicho Musume to Sewagakari by Tsukiya
3. Papa wa Geibi Dan'yū by Akira Yuzuki and Maki Hayashi

Drama

1. Rental Onii-chan by Ichiro Hako
2. Stylish Cheat BBA to Binbō JK by Fumi Tsuyukushi
3. 14-Sai demo Shiawase ni Shimasu! by 310

Slice-of-Life

1. Hiruto yoru no Oishii Jikan by Susumu Morikawa
2. Danshi Kōkōsei o Yashinaitai Onee-san no Hanashi by Hideki
3. Oji-san wa Kawaiimono ga Osuki. by Tsutomu

Boys-Love

1. 30-sai made Dōtei dato Mahōtsukai ni Narerurashii by Yū Toyota
2. Asami-kun wa Gachi Koi ja nai! by Haruhi Hitotose
3. Sensei, Docchi Kaerande yo by Tsumumi

Source: Comic Natalie, Pixivision