What is Performance manga?

The song performance on stage or acting in a theatre is a central part of the character's life in this anime type.

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[Oshi no Ko]

(【OSHI NO KO】)

8.37

Description:

"In the world of showbiz, lies are weapons." Goro works as an OB-GYN in the countryside, a life far removed from the entertainment industry. Meanwhile, his favorite idol, Ai Hoshino, has begun her climb to stardom. The two meet in the "worst possible way," setting the gears of fate in motion! The amazing Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari team up to depict the world of showbiz from a completely new perspective in this shocking series! (Source: MangaPlus)
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2020-04-23

Pseudo Harem

(Pseudo Harem)

7.74

Description:

The story of Nanakura Rin of the Drama Club, who has indisputable talent as an actress, and her senpai in the same club, Kitahama Eiji. With the power of her acting, Rin teases Eiji with a variety of personas, giving him the harem he's always dreamed of! (Source: MangaDex) Note: Chapter count includes 27 extra chapters.
Type

manga

Volumes

6

Chapters

157

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2019-03-12

Kasane

(Kasane)

7.74

Description:

Beautiful people are loved and revered. They have everything they desire right at their fingertips... Even if that beauty is a complete illusion. Before Kasane's mother died, she was given a special tube of lipstick from her mother. She was told that if times ever got really really hard, she should wear the lipstick and kiss whatever she really desires. But is this keepsake a blessing? Or a curse?
Type

manga

Volumes

14

Chapters

126

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2013-04-23

Butai Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight - The LIVE - Show Must Go On

7.55

Description:

Similar to the TV Anime, HIkari and Karen watched "Starlight" when they were young and promised to stand on the same stage in the future... Karen, although a sleepyhead, continues to study the path of the Stage Girl everyday! However, due to her tardiness, the selected students were subjected to the 'Legendary Training' that would make them into 'Top Stars'...? And soon... they will all be singing, dancing and taking from one another by following the mysterious audition started by Souda-sensei and... a Giraffe!? (Source: Mangadex)
Type

manga

Volumes

2

Chapters

12

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2018-01-06

Kimi no Koibito Audition: Daihon ni Nai kedo Kiss shite?

0

Description:

A theatrical romantic comedy of love and lies at a performing arts school! (Source: MF Bunko, translated)
Type

novel

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2022-01-25

Denonbu

0

Description:

This is a story of girls living their youth to the fullest! When Reina transferred from Hokkaido to Tokyo, what she wanted to do... was to be play DJ in the school's electronic music club! She dreams of spending her days in the electronic music club with like-minded classmates, but it seems that the club is not so popular at her new school, Sotokanda Bungei High School......? In a near-future Tokyo, girls engage in DJ battles! A story spun by music begins now... (Source: Ichijin Plus, translated)
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2021-10-30

Adagio

0

Description:

Type

manga

Volumes

1

Chapters

4

Rating

Status

finished

Started

1985-01-01

Mou Hitori no Marionette

(Another Marionette)

0

Description:

Ballet is Nanami's life and passion, but what happens when her father passes away due to an illness and she has been entered into a famous theatrical troupe by a mysterious man who is deeply attracted by her potential in acting? Will she survive in the harsh surroundings in the theatre? The drama of Nanami's life as an actor and the circumstances of a small theatrical troupe are carefully woven into this manga.
Type

manga

Volumes

8

Chapters

47

Rating

Status

finished

Started

1990-01-01

Kaien no Beru de Oyasumi

(Curtain's Up, I'm Off)

0

Description:

Subaru Yoshii is an anxious and socially awkward boy. Upon transferring to a new school, he meets a fellow freshman, a boy known as “Prince”! Subaru doesn’t know it yet, but a new world is waiting for him behind the stage curtain in this thrilling high school theater story! (Source: Manga PLUS)
Type

manga

Volumes

3

Chapters

33

Status

finished

Started

2018-09-18

Butai Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight: The Live #2 - Transition

(Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight: The LIVE - #2 Transition)

0

Description:

Karen Aijou and Hikari Kagura, along with their seven classmates of Seishou Music Academy, have successfully completed their performance of their most treasured play, "Starlight." With their sights set on obtaining the lead roles for next year's rendition, the nine girls improve by the day as they train and evolve their skills on the stage. This vigorous routine is interrupted when the academy's cultural exchange program invites students from Seiran General Arts Institute, who aim to take "Starlight" for themselves. Faced with new foes, the girls of Seishou Academy take to the battleground once more, contending over the exclusive right to perform the theatrical piece. In clashing, the girls are forced to confront their personal problems and relive memories of their past. Will the stage girls be able to triumph on the stage, or will they lose sight of what they hold dear? [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Type

manga

Volumes

2

Chapters

11

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2019-01-08

Kimi no Tame no Curtain Call

(A Curtain Call for You)

0

Description:

Akutsu Sakura, a wallflower with no self-esteem to speak of, and Hiiragi Tsubame, a girl brimming with confidence and dignity. The meeting between these two polar opposites marks the start of their adolescence. A high school drama exploring façades and what lie beneath them, and the difference between imitations and the real thing.
Type

manga

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2023-01-25

Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight: The LIVE Ao Arashi -Blue Glitter-

0

Description:

Type

manga

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2021-04-08

Camellia no Curtain

0

Description:

All actors in Tsubaki Theatre are male, regardless of whether they play male or female roles on stage, but don't let that fool you—the enchanting beauty of their performances has earned Tsubaki renown as one of Japan's foremost theatre companies. Young actors gather at Tsubaki Senior High School to train, in the hopes of one day joining the company, and it is here where Hachinoda Youichi, a once-aspiring screenwriter who gave up on his dreams, meets Hayashi Shingo, a Tsubaki trainee with looks so stunning he could pass for a girl. Shingo's performances in female roles draw praise from his teachers and peers, but something weighs heavily on his mind...
Type

manga

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2022-04-29

Banbandoridori

(Bang Bang Dream Dream)

0

Description:

A "surreal expansion four-panel manga" following female high school student Kasumi as she searches for things that are sparkling and heart-throbbing. (Source: Anime News Network)
Type

manga

Rating

All Ages

Status

current

Started

2017-06-15

Dance Dance Danseur

0

Description:

Junpei is happily snoozing away during his sister's ballet recital when a male ballet dancer steps onto the stage. Moved by the strength and skills the dancer displays, the boy discovers his love for this art. But after a certain tragedy happens, he vows to leave his past behind and turn into the epitome of manliness! What will he do when his love for ballet reignites?! (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2015-09-14

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