Manga like Azumanga Daiou

Yotsuba to!

Also known as Yotsuba&!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Hello! This is Koiwai Yotsuba, Yotsuba Koiwai...um, YOTSUBA! Yotsuba moved with Daddy to a new house from our old house waaaaaaay over there! And moving's fun 'cos people wave! (Ohhhh!!) And Yotsuba met these nice people next door and made friends to play with (one of 'em acted like one of those bad strangers Daddy told Yotsuba not to go with, but it was okay in the end). I hope we get to play a lot. And eat ice cream! And-and-and...oh yeah! You should come play with Yotsuba too!



Notes:
Includes an interlude.
Won the Excellence Award for Manga at the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2006 and the Grand Prize of the 20th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize in 2016.
Was nominated for the Manga Taishō award in 2008 and for the 12th and 20th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize in 2008 and 2016.
Was nominated for the Eisner Award in the "Best Publication for Kids" category.

Tags: Family Life , Iyashikei , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Parenthood , Slapstick , Shounen , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Rural , Adoption , Primarily Female Cast , Tomboy , Fishing

Nichijou

Also known as Nichijou.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Nichijou primarily focuses on the daily antics of a trio of childhood friends—high school girls Mio Naganohara, Yuuko Aioi and Mai Minakami—whose stories soon intertwine with the young genius Hakase Shinonome, her robot caretaker Nano, and their talking cat Sakamoto. With every passing day, the lives of these six, as well as of the many people around them, experience both the calms of normal life and the insanity of the absurd. Walking to school, being bitten by a talking crow, spending time with friends, and watching the principal suplex a deer: they are all in a day's work in the extraordinary everyday lives of those in Nichijou.



Tags: Slapstick , Surreal Comedy , Episodic , Ensemble Cast , School , Primarily Female Cast , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Parody , 4-koma , Robots , Teacher , Time Skip , Go , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Tanned Skin

Hitoribocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Hitori Bocchi suffers from extreme social anxiety, she’s not good at talking to people, takes pretty extreme actions, is surprisingly adept at avoiding people, her legs cramp when she overexerts herself, gets full of herself when alone, will vomit when exposed to extreme tension and often comes up with plans. Now she is entering middle school and her only friend, Yawara Kai, is attending a different school. This leaves Bocchi alone, surrounded by new classmates with whom she must make friends before Kai will talk to her again.

Note: Includes 1 extra chapter.

Tags: School , 4-koma , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Ensemble Cast , Hikikomori , Primarily Child Cast , Seinen , Slapstick , Primarily Teen Cast , Iyashikei , Coming of Age , Ninja , Episodic , Teacher , Ojou-sama

Hidamari Sketch

Also known as Sunshine Sketch.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Accepted to a high school specializing in the arts, Yuno moves into a nearby apartment complex to make her commute easier. Just a few days into her new routine, she quickly discovers that creativity doesn't end with the art school bell! Her neighbors - Sae, Hiro, and Miya -are all fellow students, and each has her own hilarious quirks. And eccentricity clearly rules this school; Yuno's homeroom teach is a cosplay otaku and the principal is just...weird. Will the quiet Yuno be able to handle this creatively kooky cast of characters?



Tags: 4-koma , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Drawing , Iyashikei , Primarily Female Cast , School , Seinen , Yuri

Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru

Also known as SoreMachi: And Yet the Town Moves.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mystery , Slice of Life

There is a small maid cafe that nearly nobody goes to – Maid Cafe Seaside, quiet enough for Sanada to do his homework in. His airheaded classmate Arashiyama works as the cafe’s only maid, even though she sure doesn’t act like one. What happens when her friends stop by for a visit?



Notes: Nominated to the 22nd Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Seinen , Episodic , Achronological Order , Coming of Age , Surreal Comedy , Maids , School , Detective , Afterlife , Cosmic Horror , Work , Ghost , Aliens , Mythology

K-On!

Also known as K-On!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Slice of Life

When their high school's pop-music club is about to be disbanded due to lack of interest, four girls step up to fill the membership quota. Unfortunately, lead guitarist Yui Hirasawa has never played an instrument in her life. Ever. And although she likes the idea of being in a band, standing in front of the mirror posing with her guitar is a lot easier than actually playing it. It's gonna be a while before this motley crew is rocking out, but with their spunk and determination cranked to 11, anything is possible!



Note: Chapter count includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , School Club , 4-koma , Primarily Female Cast , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Band , Food , Rock Music , Female Protagonist , Tsundere , Seinen , Chibi , Tomboy , Slapstick , Tanned Skin

Amemiya-san

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

From Arawi Keiichi, author of Nichijou and CITY, comes another bizarre slice of life! The protagonist's name is Amemiya-san. The everyday happenings of this girl are never within anyone's guess, and neither are her numerous likes.

Tags: Surreal Comedy , Post-Apocalyptic , Female Protagonist , Shounen

Komi-san wa, Komyushou desu.

Also known as Komi Can't Communicate.

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

Timid Tadano is a total wallflower, and that’s just the way he likes it. But all that changes when he finds himself alone in a classroom on the first day of high school with the legendary Komi. He quickly realizes she isn’t aloof—she’s just super awkward. Now he’s made it his mission to help her on her quest to make 100 friends!



Notes:
Winner of the 67th Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shounen Category in 2021.
Chapter count includes 37 extra chapters.

Tags: School , Coming of Age , Kuudere , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Disability , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Slapstick , Shounen , Meta , Yandere , 4-koma , Gyaru , Agender , Chuunibyou , Surreal Comedy , Crossdressing

Aiura

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The story centers around Amaya, Iwasawa, and Uehara — three "annoying, spirited high school girls with zero motivation" — and their classmates. Their daily life is "what happens when there is nothing happening."

Tags: 4-koma , School , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , Shounen , Iyashikei , Episodic

Pani Poni

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Rebecca Miyamoto is a child genius with a Ph.D. from Columbia University, and she is starting as a high school teacher. The students love to tease her from day one, and she doesn't behave much better. Now we follow this class as they strive to get better grades and cope with their new teacher.

Chapter count includes 22 bonus chapters

Tags: Parody , School , Teacher , Shounen