What is Alternative Present manga?

Anime that fit in the alternative present category usually have technology and society that is very similar to ours, but with differences in both, history and culture, which sometimes are blatantly obvious, but sometimes harder to place; this one can at times be very subjective.

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Saki

(Saki)

7.76

Description:

Miyanaga Saki is a high-school freshman who doesn’t like mahjong. Ever since she was a child, she would lose her New Year’s gift money during her family mahjong game. If she won, her parents would be upset, and if she lost, well, she lost. As a result, she’s learned to play in such a way that her score always remains plus/minus zero: not good enough to win, but not bad enough to lose. When we meet her, she’s being dragged to her school’s mahjong club by an old friend. How will a girl who hates mahjong, yet has become adept at the game as a result of her upbringing, survive in this environment? (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2006-02-03

Freesia

7.63

Description:

Freesia is set in an alternative Japanese society that is at war, and has passed a law legalizing retaliatory killings. If somebody kills your loved one, you are legally sanctioned to kill, or hire someone to kill, the victimizer. The manga is set around a character who works for a firm that specializes in these retaliatory killings. (Source: OneManga)
Type

manga

Volumes

12

Chapters

84

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2001-09-29

Death Note: Tokubetsu Yomikiri

7.53

Description:

Several years after the Kira incident, Ryuk wants more apples and decides to give the Death Note to a new human. However, this human is not interested in killing anyone. He decides that the best course of action is to sell the Death Note, but who would want to buy a Death Note?
Type

oneshot

Chapters

1

Status

finished

Started

2020-02-04

Mosquito War

(Mosquito War)

7.49

Description:

After a genetic mutation, mosquitoes have become the strongest predator on the planet. Will mankind be able to fight back? (Source: MU) Note: chapter count includes 1 bonus chapter available in the printed version of the story.
Type

manhwa

Volumes

3

Chapters

49

Status

finished

Started

2017-12-30

Busou Shoujo Machiavellianism

(Armed Girl's Machiavellism)

7.14

Description:

The Private Aichi Symbiosis Academy was originally a high school for high-class girls, when it became co-ed, the girls, out of fear, asked to be permitted to bring weapons to school. When that was enforced, a five-member vigilante corps-like organization called the "Supreme Five Swords" was also formed. After many generations, the five swords eventually became a group which corrected problematic students and such the academy started proactively accepting such students in order to correct them. Nomura Fudou was sent to that school after being part of a huge brawl, what will he do when the only options he has after enrolling are being expelled from that school too or being corrected the way the rest of the male students there were...by being forced to dress and act like girls! (Source: Batoto)
Type

manga

Volumes

13

Chapters

86

Status

finished

Started

2014-03-25

Watashi Igai Jinrui Zenin Yuri

7.02

Description:

This world somehow changed and isn't normal anymore... There's no boys to be found, and all the girls have become... (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Volumes

2

Chapters

11

Status

finished

Started

2018-12-01

Rei no Sekai: Re: I― Another World Tour

(Ray's World)

0

Description:

Type

novel

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2020-04-10

The Prince wants to retire

(The Prince wants to retire)

0

Description:

Emperor who died young at the age of 31. The stigma of being the worst emperor in the history of the empire is the price of keeping the empire by rolling like a dog. I thought I was barely going to rest after all the hard work. This time, he was deceived by a fraudulent god and returned. Since I'm here, I'm planning to enjoy YOLO life in this life. Prince's retirement plan. Will I be able to succeed?
Type

novel

Rating

All Ages

Status

current

Started

2021-10-17

ShootAround

(ShootAround)

0

Description:

When a zombie apocalypse hits during the practice of a high school basketball team, it's a whole new life for the coach, Jeff. The world's turned upside down and the girls seem to be handling the changes way better than Jeff, who has troubles adjusting. A close-knit group of friends, the girls are eager to tackle this new world with its challenges! (Source: Webtoon)
Type

oel

Volumes

0

Chapters

136

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2015-03-06

Suginami-ku Isekai Dungeon Kouryaku-ka

(Suginami District Another World Dungeon Clearing Division)

0

Description:

Type

oneshot

Chapters

1

Status

finished

Started

2018-01-01

Live with Yourself!

(Live with Yourself!)

0

Description:

An explosive time-space accident leaves happy-go-lucky 20-something Todd living with himself, himself, and himself. You get to watch the struggle.
Type

oel

Chapters

542

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2017-01-01

Succubus ja nai mon!

(I am not a Succubus!)

0

Description:

Adjusting to a new school is always rough, and that goes double for Sakura, a shy girl attending a monster girl academy! Her new classmates include a kiss-curious harpy, a sarcastic lamia, a cyclops with an eye for Sakura, and a plain-spoken centaur. Eager to blend in, Sakura declares herself a succubus! But can she keep up the ruse while fending off the touchy hands, claws and scaled coils of her new friends? It's going to be a long, hot school year!
Type

manga

Rating

Partial Nudity

Status

current

Started

2016-02-14

Manga Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream

0

Description:

Shakespeare's enduring characters are set adrift in present-day Athens, but a present with a massive difference - an alternative history. Rigid class systems and `god given' monarchies of the past have not been lost. Modern technologies meet ancient tradition; and the citizens of Athens are frustrated by continuing restrictions and hierarchies. Only the forest, home to the fairies and fey spirits can offer the illicit lovers what they seek. (Source: Amazon)
Type

oel

Volumes

1

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2008-02-02

Tsukumo no Reimei

(Dawn of the Mapmaker)

0

Description:

In an age where mapmaking is a lost art, Unen hides her skill from the world at large. But when she accepts a local landlord’s request to survey the boundary between his land and that of a neighboring lord’s, her maps accidentally give away her existence to a master swordsman and a cunning mage—a duo who have been hunting down the man who taught her the forbidden knowledge of mapmaking. As one of the rare few capable of creating maps with bird’s eye precision, Unen’s fate hangs precariously in the balance as she endeavors to survive in a world of people who want to own her or see her dead. (Source: Cross Infinite World)
Type

novel

Volumes

4

Chapters

92

Status

finished

Started

2015-11-20

Wo Zhen Shi Da Ming Xing

(I’m Really a Superstar)

0

Description:

Zhang Ye was originally a mundane college graduate with aspiring dreams to become a star, but unfortunately has below average looks and height. However one day, he woke up and suddenly found himself in a parallel world! It’s like the same world, but wait a minute…many brands, celebrities and even famous works from his world changed and are gone in this new world! Armed with the profound literary knowledge of his previous world and a heaven-defying Game Ring that gives him magical items, stats and skills, Zhang Ye embarks on a journey to pursue his life-long dream of becoming famous! Follow Zhang Ye as he takes the new world by storm, one plagiarized piece at a time, to hilarious reactions! (Source: Novel Updates)
Type

novel

Rating

Status

current

Started

2014-01-01

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