What is Breaking The Fourth Wall manga?

Breaking the fourth wall is the action of addressing or otherwise acknowledging the audience of a work of fiction from within that work, as happens when e.g. the characters of a show speak directly to its viewers. The fourth wall in question is a reference to the imaginary "wall" at the front of the stage of a proscenium theatre, through which the action of the play is seen by the audience; the fourth wall is thus a metaphor for the boundary between what happens inside a fictional work and outside it. This situation is not to be confused with medium awareness, which is when a character shows their awareness of the fact they are a character of a fictional work by e.g. complaining to the writer that they appear in too few episodes.

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Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan

8.25

Description:

Saiki Kusuo has a wide array of superpowers at his command, including telepathy and telekinesis. This might sound awesome, but, in Kusuo's experience, superpowers are not all they're cracked up to be. He tries to live a normal life, despite his annoying abilities.
Type

manga

Volumes

25

Chapters

279

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2012-05-14

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei

(Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei)

7.97

Description:

Nozomu Itoshiki is depressed. Very depressed. He’s certifiably suicidal, but he’s also the beloved schoolteacher of a class of unique students, each charming in her own way: The stalker. The shut-in. The obsessive-compulsive. The girl who comes to class every day with strange bruises. And Kafuka, the most optimistic girl in the world, who knows that every cloud has a silver lining. For all of them, it’s a special time, when the right teacher can have a lasting positive effect on their lives. But is that teacher Itoshiki, a.k.a. Zetsubou-sensei, who just wants to find the perfect place to die? (Source: Del Ray)
Type

manga

Volumes

30

Chapters

301

Status

finished

Started

2005-04-27

Zettai BL ni Naru Sekai vs Zettai BL ni Naritakunai Otoko

(A World Where Everything Definitely Becomes BL vs. The Man Who Definitely Doesn't Want To Be In A BL)

7.88

Description:

One day, the protagonist realizes that he lives inside a "world of BL." As he likes girls, he fights back against any hot guys that might draw near, but this is a "world of BL"... he's still assailed with the sight of people in lovey-dovey situations one after another! (Source: Shodensha, translated)
Type

manga

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2018-11-07

Opus

(Satoshi Kon's Opus)

7.68

Description:

The ordinary life of a mangaka, until the real world is mixed with the world of his work.
Type

manga

Volumes

2

Chapters

19

Status

finished

Started

1995-10-01

Kimi no Koto ga Dai Dai Dai Dai Daisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo

(The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You)

7.61

Description:

Aijou Rentaro tried and tried again, but after asking a hundred girls out on a date, he was rejected every single time. In desperation, he prays for guidance…only to be told by a god that his rejections were due to some cosmic error! Now the god is going to set things right by making sure that Aijou gets one hundred dates. Except, as things often do with gods, the dates come with a catch: one hundred girls are destined to be Aijou’s soulmate, and unless he returns their feelings each and every time, they’ll die in horrible accidents! Sure enough, girls start confessing their love to Aijou left and right. But how is he supposed to choose?! He doesn’t want to kill anyone! When he looks at each potential soulmate, it feels like a bolt of lightning. Can someone really love a hundred other people? This hilarious romantic comedy takes the harem concept to a wild extreme! (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment) Note: Won second place of Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category
Type

manga

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2019-12-26

Q and A

7.31

Description:

The Ando family has just moved back into town after a six year absence. Atsushi finds he is now dealing of living in the specter of his big brother, being known in town as Big Brother's Little Brother. But he wakes up one morning to find quite literally being haunted by the ghost of his brother who died six years ago.
Type

manga

Volumes

6

Chapters

35

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2009-05-12

Isekai Kuimetsu no Same

(Killer Shark in Another World)

7.2

Description:

Summoned to try to defeat the Demon King, Shiromi diligently studies at a magic school, but through a confluence of mysterious factors, she ends up conjuring a super dangerous shark, Same. Her classmates and the Demon King's soldiers alike become a delicious dinner for Same. Apologizing as she goes, Shiromi trods a bloodstained world. (Source: Kill Time Communication, translated)
Type

manga

Rating

Violence

Status

current

Started

2020-10-13

Angel Onayami Soudanjo

7.08

Description:

The rumour has it, if you sit on a particular bench in the park and repeat 'Dear Angel, please help me...' three times, one will in fact descend to your help. All's good, except this angel's appearance will be that of a boorish middle-aged man and the only thing he'll do for you -- is listen to your worries and, in some rare cases, give you a little push. (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Volumes

1

Chapters

13

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2004-08-07

Moeyo Pen

(Burning Pen)

0

Description:

Hot blooded comic about... writing comics. There are actually a few series starting with Moeyo Pen (Burning Pen), then later on came the sequel series Hoero Pen (Shouting Pen).
Type

manga

Volumes

1

Chapters

12

Rating

Status

finished

Started

1991-01-01

Scott Pilgrim: Comics Festival 2005

0

Description:

The Scott Pilgrim short in this comic involves Wallace telling Scott that he is a character in a comic book and plugs the Comics Festival event. (Source: Scott Pilgrim Wiki)
Type

oel

Volumes

1

Chapters

1

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2005-05-01

Kitakubu Katsudou Kiroku

(Chronicles of the Going Home Club)

0

Description:

When a friend asks Natsuki what high school club she's going to join, she cheerfully responds "the go-home club" (meaning, she's not going to join any of them). However, she soon realizes that this club actually exists at her high school, and she's just expressed interest in joining it! Before she knows it, she ends up as one of the two new members of "the go-home club," which is a small group of eccentric school girls. One of the girls likes fighting bears, while another is ridiculously rich. But what exactly constitutes the activities of "the go-home club"? (Source: MangaHelpers)
Type

manga

Volumes

5

Chapters

65

Status

finished

Started

2011-08-18

Ugly Duckling

0

Description:

Have you ever felt as if you are a protagonist of a fictional story? Then Ori's life could be called a cruel drama: the death of her parents, uncaring guardians, bullying in school, nervousness around people... But as a matter of fact she is... an invented character in the truest sense of the word! And the author, who decides her future, is already writing a tragic finale! Only, ignorant Ori does not obey his will... (Source: MU)
Type

manhwa

Chapters

52

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2014-02-24

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

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2017-01-01

The Two With The Wall

(The Two With The Wall)

0

Description:

The "walls" that keep people apart are usually nothing but a figure of speech; an empty excuse, a hollow explanation for why a relationship wasn't meant be. But the "wall" between Yuu and Keita is anything but an empty excuse...
Type

doujin

Chapters

1

Status

finished

Started

2019-06-23

Tenshi Girl

(Angel Girl)

0

Description:

One day, Sayaka finds a banana on the street, which is summarily consumed by a loitering Yoshiko. Later that night, Sayaka is visited by the spirit of the banana, who transforms her into an angel and tasks her to go help souls in need. She eventually winds up at A-kun's house, where she now has to grant his true heart's desire... to marry Sayaka? Source: Irodori Comics
Type

oneshot

Chapters

1

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2018-12-31

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