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3	''The Unpopular Mangaka and the Helpful Onryo-san''[[note]]''Urenai Mangaka to Sewayaki no Onryō-san''[[/note]] is a SliceOfLife[=/=]HorrorComedy manga by Mito, also known for ''Manga/ManlyAppetitesMinegishiLovesOtsu''.
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5	Senai Yaro (pen name Kirara Kiraboshi) is a struggling Shoujo manga artist, who happens to live with a StringyHairedGhostGirl.
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7	Compare ''Manga/TheHelpfulFoxSenkoSan''.
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10	!!Contains examples of:
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12	* BadInfluencer: In Chapter 28, Senai almost signs a contract with a sleazy social media influencer, but Onryo-san saves him at the last minute.
13	* CantHoldHerLiquor: In her first few appearances, Hakuu is almost always seen drinking after being dumped by one boyfriend or another.
14	* ChainLetter: In Chapter 36, Onryo-san promotes Kirara's manga on Twitter by saying if people read it and don't show it to 10 people in 3 days, an onryo will visit their house. Judging by the number of retweets, it works.
15	* CherryBlossoms: In Chapter 46, Senai and Onryo-san go to see the cherry blossoms. The legend about them growing on top of buried corpses turns out to be true, as they find out when a ghost steals their food.
16	* CornerOfWoe: Senai hides under the covers in the corner after he gets a negative online review.
17	* CouldntFindAPen:
18	** In the first chapter, when he's ComplimentFishing to the ghost about his manga, the words "IT'S THE GREATEST" appear on the wall in blood next to a handprint. 17 chapters later, the writing is still there.
19	** When she helps with the beta for his manga, she uses a pen, but black blood from her eyes instead of ink.
20	* DearNegativeReader: InUniverse. Senai gets a negative review of his work online. Onryo-san rushes to the computer, and he's worried she'll send a cursed email, but it turns out to be a normal, calm response.
21	* DemonicPossession: Onryo-san possesses a man on a scooter to catch up to Senai and give him his apron that he forgot when leaving for work.
22	* DisposingOfABody: When they think they've accidentally killed Senai, Hakuu and Onryo-san panic and decide to bury the evidence. Fortunately, he wakes up before he can be BuriedAlive.
23	* FanConvention: Senai and Onryo-san go to Comiket, where they sell out to various ghosts (not a single human buys his book).
24	* FestivalEpisode: Chapter 19 is the ChristmasEpisode, and in Chapter 20, the two of them celebrate the new year.
25	* GagCensor: In Chapter 12, Senai's penis is covered by an emoji of his editor's head, complete with FunnyAfro.
26	* GagHaircut: In Chapter 49, Onryo-san offers to cut Senai's hair, but she's scared by a mouse (which is cutting another mouse's fur) and ends up giving him a terrible look.
27	* GhostsAbhorAVacuum: In Chapter 46, Onryo-san gets partially sucked into a cotton candy machine. Since she's InvisibleToNormals, Senai looks like he's just shocked by the cotton candy.
28	* GivingUpTheGhost: Onryo-san orders some fragrances and healing music online to help out Senai, but it turns out they all have an exorcism effect, and he has to grab onto her paper-thin soul before it floats away. When [[ShockinglyExpensiveBill he sees the bill]], ''his'' soul is the one that floats away.
29	* GrievousBottleyHarm: Onryo-san hits Senai over the head with a bottle to get him to take a break from drawing manga.
30	* HorrifyingTheHorror: Onryo-san herself is scared by a horror movie called ''The Haunted Washing Machine''. Another time, a possible SleepParalysisCreature affected both of them.
31	* ISeeDeadPeople: Only Senai can see the ghost, though his editor Kimura can feel her, especially when she starts bothering him for criticizing Kirara's work. A neighbor also sees a rug apparently beating itself. Later on, [[InvisibleToAdults it's implied kids can see her just fine]]. [[spoiler:Though those kids might have been ghosts too.]] His neighbor Hakuu Ranko can see her too, but doesn't realize she's a ghost at first because she's drunk.
32	* LimitedWardrobe: Onryo-san only ever wears the same white dress, and [[UndeadBarefooter never wears shoes]]. For a second, Senai thinks she might wear panties, but it turns out to be the [[https://hyakumonogatari.com/2011/09/22/what-is-the-triangle-headband-japanese-ghosts-wear/ triangular head-cloth worn by some ghosts in folklore]] (and she pulled them out of {{Hammerspace}}). In Chapter 37, she wears a tracksuit matching Senai's exercise clothes.
33	* MagicalGirlfriend: He doesn't seem to have romantic feelings for her, but otherwise she fits, helping him get back on his feet and enjoy life.
34	* MistakenForFlirting: When Onryo-san makes him a bento with heart-shaped food, Senai wonders if this will change anything about their relationship. The last panel reveals she made one for Hakuu as well, and it didn't mean anything.
35	* MistakenForMasturbating: Since Onryo-san is InvisibleToNormals, when she posed as an art model for Senai and he got vocally excited, his neighbor thought he was watching a lewd video.
36	* MoustacheDePlume: Since he's a {{Shoujo}} mangaka, Kirara pretends to be a woman on Twitter, but he has no idea how to act. Onryo-san takes over the account for him. His real name is Senai Yarou (shown on the bill in Chapter 15).
37	* NightmareFuelColoringBook: Inverted. After she starts helping him as an assistant, Senai asks Onryo-san to draw something. She draws a childish picture of the two of them in a sunny field of flowers.
38	* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Hakuu and Onryo-san try to use their sex appeal to get Senai to take a break from drawing, but he doesn't even look.
39	* NotSoImaginaryFriend: Senai's neighbor assumes he has a girlfriend from hearing him talking through the wall, but then sees him talk to empty space, and assumes his "girlfriend" is imaginary. Nope, just a ghost!
40	* PermaStubble: Senai's face has a perpetual day-old beard.
41	* RaceNameBasis: "Onryo-san" is just a type of ghost. Her true name is unknown.
42	* SickEpisode: In Chapter 25, Senai catches a cold. Despite being a ghost, Onryo-san wears a mask over her nose and mouth.
43	* TheSpeechless: It's unknown if Onryo-san can talk at all, but she hasn't so far.
44	* StillBelievesInSanta: Onryo-san believes in Santa and writes a letter asking for an autograph from Kiraboshi-sensei. She catches him putting it in her stocking, and to not hurt her feelings, ''pretends to be Santa's secret identity''.
45	* StringyHairedGhostGirl: Her hair is usually pretty normal, but she otherwise fits the description of an ''onryo''. The horror movie they watch has a more conventional one.
46	* UndeathlyPallor: Onryo-san has blue skin.
47	* UnluckyEverydude: Senai isn't very successful as a mangaka and has to work a part-time job to make ends meet. He doesn't seem to have many friends either.
48	* UnprovokedPervertPayback: In Chapter 23, Onryo-san wakes up to find Senai next to her (in ''his bed''), and punches him.
49	* VoodooDoll: Onryo-san gives Hakuu a straw doll for Christmas, which she promises to "make good use of", presumably on her ex-boyfriend.
50	* YouMustBeCold: Even though he knows she's a ghost, Senai still gives Onryo-san a coat when they go out to celebrate New Year's.
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