Manga like Chi's Sweet Home

Fushigi Neko no Kyuu-chan

Also known as Wonder Cat Kyuu-chan.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

An adorable full-color manga series about a young man who rescues a very special cat.

There’s more to this kitty than meets the eye! Kyuu-chan loves snacks, cuddles, and bow ties, but above all, this mischievous wondercat loves Hinata, the young professional who adopted Kyuu-chan into his home. As the two adjust to life together, they discover that they have a lot to learn from each other. The ordinary and the extraordinary live side by side in this delightful slice-of-life comic for animal lovers and beyond!



Note: Each volume contains a set of bonus pages; each set is considered a chapter.

Tags: Iyashikei , Animals , 4-koma , Urban , Family Life , Short-Form Chapter , Full Color , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Found Family , Office , Work , Ghost , Reincarnation

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

Shirokuma Café

Also known as Polar Bear Café.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Comedy manga about the daliy life of a polar bear that runs a cafe with 3 regulars: a panda, a koala, and a penguin.

Note: Includes 5 bonus chapters (28.5, 54.5, 75.5 83.5 and 100.5)

Tags: Restaurant , Josei , Animals , Anthropomorphism , Food , Work , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Animal Cast , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things

Siam Neko Azuki-san wa Sekai no Chuushin

Status: Releasing
Genres: Slice of Life

Short anecdotes about artist Nobeko's cat Azuki.

Tags: Autobiographical , Animals

Ojisama to Neko

Also known as A Man and His Cat.

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

In this wholesome, heartwarming tale, a lonely older man takes home a pet-shop kitten that no one else wants. It doesn't take long for the pair to warm up to each other, and soon, they're inseparable. Told through the eyes of both the man and his cat, this sweet and hilarious story is a balm for the soul!



Tags: Animals , Iyashikei , Found Family , Primarily Adult Cast , School , Male Protagonist , Chibi , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Elderly Protagonist , Classical Music , Work , Shounen

Doukyonin wa Hiza, Tokidoki, Atama no Ue.

Also known as My Roommate is a Cat.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Subaru Mikazuki is a writer who lost both parents in an accident. He rarely goes outside and finds interacting with people an annoyance because they intrude on his imagination. However, his encounter with a stray cat gives him inspiration for a new novel. As Subaru and Haru grow closer, Subaru slowly finds his world expanding, as Haru helps him remember what having a family is like.



Tags: Animals , Iyashikei , Full Color , Primarily Adult Cast , Shoujo , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Orphan , Writing

Wata no Kuni Hoshi

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Psychological , Romance , Slice of Life

Chibi-Neko is a young kitten who has been abandoned. She doesn’t know she has been abandoned, and doesn’t know the difference between cats and humans. Indeed, she imagines herself as a human girl and believes she will become human someday. She is found and rescued by a boy named Tokio, who has just graduated from high school. However, he flunked the entrance exams and now is not sure of his future or what he will do. Chibi-Neko soon begins to love Tokio and wants to become a human and marry him someday. But then she sees Tokio with another girl in the park, and sees that he is in love with this girl. She also keeps getting visited by Raphael, a mysterious male cat who tries to tell her that cats cannot become human, they are always cats. What will Chibi-Neko do?

Notes: Chapter count includes the following one-shots
Volume 1 contains Natsu no Owari no To Tanchou (夏の終わりのト短調)
Volume 2 contains Tasogare wa Ouma no Jikan (たそがれは逢魔の時間)
Volume 3 contains Akasuika Kisuika (赤すいか黄すいか)
Volume 5 contains Uraniwa no Saku wo Koete (裏庭の柵をこえて)
Volume 6 contains Ama no Kaguya (あまのかぐやま)
Volume 7 contains Rankiri Ninjin (乱切りにんじん), Digitalis (ジギタリス), Summertime (サマタイム), and Savabian (サヴァビアン).

Tags: Shoujo , Nekomimi , Animals , Female Protagonist , Family Life , Philosophy

Nukoduke!

Also known as Nukozuke!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

A pocket-sized cat-human: have you met a Nuko?

In a world where these curious creatures evolved from ordinary cats, part-timer Yuya finds two abandoned nukos on the side of the road and brings them home out of the rain. Kei needs his ducks to be in a row, while Sasame charms everyone she meets. Yuya’s got the cooking and sewing skills to take care of these adorable new housemates, but when he’s the one falling asleep in any warm spot of sunlight, who’s really taking care of who?! Kick back and let this human, his nukos, and their ameowsing life warm your heart!

Included chapters: 24.5



Tags: Shoujo , Animals , Ghost , Nekomimi , Chibi , Iyashikei , Male Protagonist , Kemonomimi

Sue to Tai-chan

Also known as Sue & Tai-chan.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Sue is an aging housecat who's looking forward to living out her life in peace... but her plans change when the mischievous black tomcat Tai-chan enters the picture! Hey! Sue never signed up to be a catsitter!



Tags: Animals , Iyashikei , Josei

Yoru wa Neko to Issho

Also known as Nights With a Cat.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

When Fuuta comes home tired at night, all he wants to do is spend time with his sister’s cat, Kyuruga. So many of the mysterious habits and mannerisms of house cats—from the surprising array of shapes Kyuruga likes to twist into, to the bizarre challenge of getting a good photo of him, to his lightning-fast mood changes—are carefully reproduced in this relaxed and cute comedy about living with an adorable furball!



Tags: Family Life , Episodic , Iyashikei , 4-koma , Animals