Manga like After the Tale

Usagi Drop

Also known as Bunny Drop.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

When 30-year-old Daikichi returns home for his grandfather's funeral he meets an unfamiliar child in the garden. His mother explains that Rin is his grandfather's illegitimate daughter by an unknown mother. The girl is an embarrassment to all his relatives and nobody wants to take her in because of the scandal. Annoyed by their attitude, Daikichi decides to take care of Rin himself, even though he is single and has no experience raising a child.

Tags: Family Life , Age Gap , Adoption , Heterosexual , Inseki , Time Skip , Josei , Coming of Age , Love Triangle , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Iyashikei , Parenthood , School , Work , Bullying

Kimi wa Haru ni Me wo Samasu

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Ito and Chiharu, though seven years apart, both share a very deep friendship in which Ito has an unrequited love for Chiharu. In a turn of events, Chiharu is inflicted with a terminal illness and is put into an induced comatose state in hopes that a cure will be developed while he is sleeping. After seven years, Chiharu wakes up, and finds that Ito is now the same age as him, and that his then-classmate has become his homeroom teacher.

Included one-shot: Daremo Kizukanaide, Ato no Ari Ka

Tags: Shoujo , Age Gap , Love Triangle , School , Time Skip , Kuudere , Heterosexual , Tragedy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Archery , Tsundere , Bullying

Subaru to Suu-san

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Supernatural

Mio and Subaru live together in a small apartment avoiding attention. While they masquerade as siblings with an age gap, Subaru holds a secret.

Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.

Tags: Age Regression , Seinen , Amnesia , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Cohabitation , Food , Horticulture , Baseball

Satou-kun ga Shinde kara

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Supernatural

That boy is… a walking corpse! Sato-kun, who met an early demise in a traffic accident, came back to school as a zombie. That popular guy who'd light up the room, is now silent and expressionless and barely manages to trace the habits of his old life. Hozumi, a girl in his class, is worried for him. Experience this mysterious and youthful romance between a reticent zombie and a shy girl!

Tags: Tragedy , Josei , Zombie , School , Orphan , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual

Watashi no Angela

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Supernatural

On her way home, a young woman discovers a human-looking angel, whom she decides to welcome into her home.

Tags: Angels , Yuri , Cohabitation , Female Protagonist , Body Horror , Tragedy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Adult Cast , Rehabilitation , Yandere

Yige Guanyu Tangguo De Gushi

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Supernatural

In the hospital convenience store, the blind Bai Xiaoxiao met a girl who smelled of sweets. Their story unfolds in the hospital filled with the scent of disinfectant, as they become dear and help to heal each other.



Tags: Disability , Female Protagonist , Ghost , Yuri , Medicine , Full Color , Rehabilitation , Tragedy , Suicide , Long Strip , Shapeshifting

49

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Supernatural

In this small town, within the 49 days after a person dies, you can see the dead's spirit. She once admired this small town where you can still spent time with the ones precious to you within these 49 days, but...

Notes:
Includes the one-shot "Soko ni Koi Ari (そこに恋あり)".
Includes the one-shot "Kimi wa Nanimo Hoshigarazu (君は何もほしがらず)".

Tags: Ghost , School , Shoujo , Tragedy , Female Protagonist

Kotonoha Hira

Status: Finished
Genres: Supernatural

A little girl runs away only to be helped by a magician who gives her a way to say what she could not to the one she loves.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Foreign , Time Skip , Magic , Shoujo

Kore wa Koi no Hanashi

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

The male protagonist is a well known published author who is suffering through severe boredom in the midst of his success. He has decided to move into a house in the countryside in an attempt to overcome his melancholy but it isn't working. Then one day a young girl stops by and asks him to allow her to raise a kitten at his home. This young girl causes an unexpected reaction from him and he agrees. What is in store for him? Why does he react this way to this young girl? Why did he agree to let her hang around his house with this kitten?

Tags: Shoujo , Age Gap , Male Protagonist , Writing , Love Triangle , Time Skip