Manga like Buna no Mori no Aria

Akagami no Shirayuki-hime

Also known as Snow White with the Red Hair.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Shirayuki is famous for her naturally bright-red hair, and the prince of Tanbarun wants her all to himself! But when she escapes into the woods of the neighboring kingdom, a young man named Zen and his two friends come to her aid. But who is Zen really…?



Included one-shots:
Volume 1: Hachigatsu no Shikisai (Four-season Color of August)
Volume 2: Bokura wo Tsunaide. (Bind Us.)
Volume 13: Shizuku no Saki ni (Beyond the Drops)
Volume 14: Natsuyasumi 00-Nichime (00 Day of Summer Holiday)

Tags: Heterosexual , Shoujo , Medicine , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Politics , Royal Affairs , Historical , Swordplay , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , Assassins , Bisexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Fairy Tale , Male Harem , Twins , Matriarchy

Tongari Boushi no Atelier

Also known as Witch Hat Atelier.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: she wants to be a witch. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with a gift for magic. Resigned to her un-magical life, Coco is about to give up on her dream to become a witch … until the day she meets Qifrey, a mysterious, traveling magician. After secretly seeing Qifrey perform magic in a way she’s never seen before, Coco soon learns what everybody “knows” might not be the truth, and discovers that her magical dream may not be as far away as it may seem...



Notes:
Nominated for the 11th Manga Taishou Award in 2018.
Won the Daruma d'Or at Japan Expo in 2019.
Won Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia at the Eisner Awards in 2020.
Won the Best Manga Award at the Harvey Awards in 2020.

Tags: Witch , Magic , Found Family , Memory Manipulation , Female Protagonist , Teacher , Drawing , Medieval , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , School , Primarily Female Cast , Revenge , Tragedy , Conspiracy , Primarily Child Cast , Politics , Disability , Seinen , Philosophy , Rehabilitation , Amnesia , Foreign , Travel , LGBTQ+ Themes , Spearplay , Body Horror , Iyashikei , Dragons , Twins

Mahoutsukai no Yome

Also known as The Ancient Magus' Bride.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Hatori Chise has lived most of her short 15-year life full of neglect and abuse, and devoid of love. With no familial warmth, she's had more than her share of troubles and pitfalls. Just when it seems like life can't get any worse, she's now being sold at a slave auction! When a cloaked man, with the head of a beast' skull and wielding strange powers, purchases her, Chise’s life will never be the same again.

The man is a a sorcerer of great power, a kindly magus who frees Chise and then makes a bold statement: Chise will become his apprentice–and his bride!



Note: Nominated for the 8th Manga Taisho Award.

Tags: Magic , Female Protagonist , Bullying , Foreign , Mythology , Rural , Age Gap , Monster Boy , Shounen , Heterosexual , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Adult Cast , School , Travel , Fairy , Werewolf , Shapeshifting , Dragons

Champignon no Majo

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Supernatural

The magic fantasy manga centers on Luna, a witch who lives in the black forest, and is feared by others. She is called the Champignon Witch because anywhere she walks, talks, and touches ends up growing poisonous mushrooms. The story follows the first love of this woman who has previously not known the warmth of another person.

Tags: Witch , Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Medicine , Magic , Rural , LGBTQ+ Themes , Boys' Love

Daidaiboshi

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy

Long, long ago four witches of great power were sealed away in a mysterious kingdom ruled by a mysterious king. To this day the legends say that the one who finds their graves will have their wish granted – however impossible that wish may be. Daidai, a girl who escaped from the king’s treasury, believes in those legends and starts her journey through the magic kingdom, accompanied by Matsuba, a small boy-robot who loves her. What really is their destination? And what wish shall the graves of the four witches grant the unlikely companions?



Tags: Josei , Witch

Majo to Neko no Hanashi

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

When witches turn thirteen, they summon a guardian "cat" who stays with them and supports them their entire life. This is a story of witches and cats, a story of four friends at magic school -- Suzu, Kei, Mary, and Nina -- who all learn something about life as they turn thirteen and meet their cats.

Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Animals , Magic , Witch , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , Iyashikei , Josei , Ensemble Cast , Episodic , School

Shiosai no Majo

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

Would you like to try 'eating' your worries?

From all times and places, many guests visit one at a time. A lone witch on a lone island cooks each customer's 'worries.'

Tags: Magic , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Food , Josei , Animals , Fairy Tale , Restaurant , Philosophy , Coastal , Primarily Adult Cast , Aviation , Reincarnation

Minato Machi Neko Machi

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life , Supernatural

In a small port town, there's an old legend that sometimes, a cat will take the form of a human boy and choose a lonely girl to live with. The cats call these girls "witches" because only they can see the cats in their human form. This is the story of those witches and the cats that live with them, as they share their warmth, lick each other's wounds and try to find the magic called "happiness", one step at a time.



Tags: Josei , Animals

Yousei no Okyaku-sama

Also known as The Dressmaker and the Fairy.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

A mysterious fairy suddenly appears before Kyouko Fujino, who runs a dressmaking business.

And so begins a heartwarming exchange between human and fairy as they explore a world of beautiful clothes.



Tags: Seinen , Fashion , Iyashikei , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Fairy , Work

Hoshifuru Mori no Little Majo

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

Welcome to the starry forest! In a strange building surrounded by trees, the magician master Lemorin, the dragon Shelatis, and Enid, a little witch who dreams of marrying a wealthy man, live. Her wish is to grow up, become beautiful, and fall in love with a prince. Enid asks her magician master Lemorin for her wish again today, but he doesn't listen. Today, various customers come to see the three of them, and strange things happen.



Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Magic