Manga like Chibi Maruko-chan

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

Crayon Shin-chan

Also known as Crayon Shinchan.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi

Shinnosuke Nohara might look like an innocent little kid, but anyone whose dealt with kids know they're anything but innocent. Relentlessly sassing the adults around him, pulling perverted pranks, and driving people to tears with embarrassment, Crayon Shinchan's the "kindergartener from hell," a five-year-old boy whose bodily functions, offensive comments, and outrageous behavior consistently annoy everyone around him. A national phenomenon in Japan, this shocking and hilarious comic celebrates the terrible power of destruction and indecency wielded by toddlers everywhere!



Tags: Male Protagonist , Episodic , Family Life , School , Seinen , Slapstick

Sazae-San

Also known as The Wonderful World of Sazae-San.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Slice of Life manga about a woman named Sazae and her family.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Josei , 4-koma

Azuki-chan

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Azuki-chan is a manga series about a young schoolgirl named Azusa Noyama, nicknamed Azuki-chan because when she was younger she was accidentally called Azuki instead of Azusa.

She always hated the name until one day a new boy starts in the same class as her called Yūnosuke Ogasawara, the same day she is teased by a boy called Ken-chan about her nickname. Yūnosuke-kun passes by and happily memorizes the name becoming the first girl he notices. Azuki is over joyed, and instantly falls in love with him, loving both him and her nickname.

However Azuki gets jealous when she sees him chatting to other girls and cannot work out why he doesn't realize her love.



Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , School

Jarinko Chie

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The manga is about ten-year-old Chie, "the most unfortunate girl in Japan," who manages her family diner while her unemployed yakuza father and her mother are separated.

Note: Jarinko Chie won the 26th Shogakukan Manga Award for best general manga in 1981.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Seinen

Asari-chan

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Short stories about Asari, a naughty, boyish, voracious, but also a very innocent girl.

Note: Winner of the 1985 Shogakukan Manga Award in the Children's category.

Tags: Primarily Child Cast , Shoujo

Tokimeki Tonight

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

This is a long, epic manga that spans three generations of the Etou family. The first part is about Ranze, a relatively normal high school girl, except for the fact that her father is a vampire, her mother is a werewolf, and that she has magical powers of her own. Her family was banished from the Magic World to live among the humans, and they now guard the gate between the two realms. The story really begin when Ranze falls for a human boy, which her parents strictly forbid. Later story arcs focus on Ranze's brother and on Ranze's daughter.



Note: Includes 9 extra chapters.

Tags: Heterosexual , Family Life , Shapeshifting , Magic , Super Power , Twins , Body Swapping , Shoujo , Vampire , Werewolf , Female Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Urban Fantasy , Fairy Tale , Mythology , Reincarnation , Age Regression , Gods , Love Triangle , Tsundere , Boxing , Memory Manipulation , Necromancy , Slapstick , Tragedy , War , Yakuza , Time Manipulation , Acting , Henshin , Body Horror , Orphan , Yandere , Writing , Witch

Kocchi Muite! Miiko

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The continuation of Miiko Desu!
This time, Miiko is in the fifth grade, and the stories have become more exciting! (Doko Demo Doa Manga Scanlations)

This series received the 1996 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga.

Ano Hi Kara no Denwa:
Haruna’s father buys a new cell phone and gives his old one to her baby sister to play with. It’s old-fashioned and heavy, but Haruna discovers that this phone has a secret power… -cloudcake16-

Tags: Kids , Primarily Child Cast , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Coming of Age , School , Chibi

Atashinchi

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Outrageous misadventures of an almost normal family with a housewife, her husband, and their two kids Yuusuke and Mikan. Wacky humor about this weird family's daily life.

Tags: Chibi , Female Protagonist , Family Life

Animal Yokocho

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy

Ami moves into a new house and finds a mysterious trapdoor in her room. From that trapdoor, pops out 3 strange animals. Iyo (rabbit), Issa (panda), and Kenta (bear) are from Animal Yokocho, which is where the trapdoor leads. Don’t underestimate these cute little animals, because they can cause a whole lot of trouble.



Tags: Animals , Shoujo , Female Protagonist