Manga like Aka-chan to Boku

Yuzuki-san Chi no Yon Kyoudai.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life

The Yuzuki family consists of four brothers: Hayato, Mikoto, Minato, and Gakuto. The eldest son, Hayato, happily lives every day to the fullest. There are tears, laughter and excitement at home, at school, and in the neighborhood!



Tags: Family Life , Male Protagonist , Iyashikei , Primarily Male Cast , Shoujo , Coming of Age , School , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Teacher , Tomboy

Gakuen Babysitters

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

After their parents are killed in a plane crash, Ryuuichi and his younger brother Kotarou are taken in by the chairman, who they never met before, of an elite academy. Ryuuichi becomes the school daycare's new babysitter.

Tags: Shoujo , School , Male Protagonist , School Club , Family Life , Iyashikei , Primarily Child Cast , Chibi , Tragedy , Adoption , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Parenthood , Ghost , Unrequited Love

Aishiteruze Baby★★

Also known as Aishiteruze Baby★★.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Kippei Katakura is a 17-year-old playboy who spends his time chasing girls, careless of their feelings. But when his 5-year-old cousin Yuzuyu comes to live with his family after her mother's sudden disappearance, Kippei is put in charge of taking care of her. As Kippei gets to know Yuzuyu and starts to understand how she feels, he also begins to realize that all girls were like Yuzuyu once...



Tags: Shoujo , Male Protagonist , Family Life , School , Adoption , Heterosexual , Bullying , Suicide , Parenthood , Love Triangle

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 , Parenthood , Female Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Slapstick , Shounen , Outdoor Activities , Rural , Adoption , Primarily Female Cast , Tomboy , Fishing

Daa! Daa! Daa!

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

Miyu is an 8th grade student. Her parents went working in NASA and they left Miyu. For a moment, Miyu was sent to stay with her Uncle. The first day when Miyu arrive to her Uncle house, her uncle decide to go to India and left Miyu with his son, Kanata. First time, Miyu thought she will stay in her uncle house only with Kanata. But this no longer happen. Soon, there is an UFO landed in Miyu's uncle house. Inside the UFO, there is an cute baby, name Ruu and with his babysister, Wannya...



Tags: Shoujo , Aliens , Female Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , Parenthood , Super Power , Space , School , Love Triangle , Family Life , Heterosexual , Yandere , Mermaid , Fairy Tale , Ghost

Tadaima, Okaeri

Also known as Welcome Home.

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

Masaki lives as a househusband in the Fujiyoshi household with his loving trophy husband and breadwinner Hiromu and their two-year old Hikari, who is too cute for his own damn good. Full of doubt, the support of his family in their day-to-day lives carries Masaki through to a place of accepting himself for who he is.

A feeling, family-oriented BL between a Mr Right and a male beauty who feels like he doesn't size up.

Embracing the good times and the bad, all to be a better today than they were yesterday.



Note: Includes an extra chapter.

Tags: Boys' Love , Omegaverse , Family Life , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Parenthood , Age Gap

Barakamon

Also known as Barakamon.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

For a certain reason, a handsome, young calligrapher by the name of Seishuu Handa uproots himself and moves to an island on the westernmost edge of Japan. "Sensei," as he comes to be known, is a city boy through and through, and has never experienced rural life until now. And by the looks of it, he has much to learn! Luckily(?), he has a willing teacher in Naru, the energetic expert islander, to help show him the ropes. But can Sensei keep up with the plucky first-grader, or will he get schooled?! Here unfolds a heartfelt island comedy about a gruff on the outside, soft on the inside urbanite teacher and his new, unfailingly kind island neighbors!



Notes: One extra and four side stories are included in volume 18+1. Original serialization was completed on 2018-12-12 with 18 volumes (139 chapters). A new limited-run serialization was started on 2023-04-12 and ended on 2023-09-12 in Monthly Shounen Gangan, in conjunction with the TV-drama adaptation. This new run adds 7 chapters and 1 volume to the total count.

Tags: Iyashikei , Calligraphy , Found Family , Rural , Family Life , Coastal , Rehabilitation , Work , Male Protagonist , Food , Teacher , Fishing , Tomboy , Cars , Shounen , Agriculture , Crossdressing , Cycling

Cool Doji Danshi

Also known as Play it Cool, Guys.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Enter: a bunch of cool guys who look like they got that unapproachable swag. But let's be real—that's not the true them. They're just a bunch of dorks who've got the act down pat. So sit back, grab some popcorn and enjoy watching a bunch of goofy guys try to look cool all day every day.



Tags: Slapstick , Episodic , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Male Protagonist , Full Color , Primarily Male Cast , Iyashikei , Josei

Hinatama

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Amano Hinata, a high-school boy, lives a quiet life in the country. One day, a light-haired transfer student, Kazama Ayato, arrives from Tokyo. In such a small town, it's not long before Hinata runs into the laid-back, absent-minded Ayato, along with with his lively younger siblings: Hayato, Ikuto, and Chiyoko. It's going to be quite a challenge for the Kazama family to assimilate into their new community out in the country!

Tags: Shoujo , Rural , Iyashikei , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Male Protagonist , School , Boys' Love , Family Life , Primarily Child Cast , Primarily Teen Cast

LOVE SO LIFE

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Shiharu is a high school student who loves kids, lives in an orphanage, and works at a daycare... Until the handsome uncle of two-year-old twins offers her a raise if she'll be their babysitter. Often relying on memories of her mother's actions for guidance, Shiharu quickly finds herself falling in love with her new makeshift family.

Tags: Family Life , Shoujo , Age Gap , Female Protagonist , Iyashikei , School , Love Triangle , Primarily Child Cast , Work , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Parenthood