Manga like Fumikiri Jikan

Kyou no Asuka Show

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

Asuka is a cute and clueless high school girl who habitually does things, in all innocence, that seem sexually suggestive to the men around her. Each chapter in "Today's Asuka Show" features a different awkward situation.



Tags: Episodic , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Slapstick

Tetsudo Shoujo Manga

Also known as Maiden Railways.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

All aboard! This book is your ticket to seven romances―from confessions in Iriuda to proposals in Enoshima and all points in between. Beloved josei and boys love mangaka Asumiko Nakamura returns to the English market with a unique collection of romance shorts each set around Kanagawa's railway system, the Odakyu. Combining moments of contemporary women, lesbian romances and coming-of-age tales, Maiden Railways is a ride to romance rarely seen in manga these days.



Rouman Hikou ni Nottotte (浪漫避行にのっとって, All Aboard for a Romantic Getaway); Melody 2008-10
Kare no Sumu Iryuuda (彼の住むイリューダ, He Lives in Iriuda); Melody 2009-04
Rittai Kousa no Eki (立体交差の駅, Overpass Crossing); Rakuen Le Paradis Vol.1 (2009/10)
Ao to Shiro no Ream (青と白のリーム, Blue and White Ream); Rakuen Web Zoukan 2009/12/17
Mokuyoubi no Savarin (木曜日のサバラン, Savarin Thursdays); Rakuen Le Paradis Vol.2
Yoru wo Kasaneru (夜を重ねる, Night After Night); Rakuen Le Paradis Vol.3 (2010/6)
Aru Kyuujitsu (ある休日, A Day Off)

Note: Nakamura later published a spin-off series, Kimi Youbi, which was subtitled "Tetsudo Shoujo Manga 2," etc. The series was based on the one-shot "Mokuyoubi no Savarin" (Savarin Thursdays) from this collection.

Tags: Trains , Josei , Yuri , Age Gap , LGBTQ+ Themes

Subarashii Sekai

Also known as What a Wonderful World!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

A dream recaptured. A life on a new track. The absurdity of death. Laughter in the face of reality.

With this series of intersecting vignettes, Inio Asano explores the ways in which modern life can be ridiculous and sublime, terrible and precious, wasted and celebrated.



Tags: Seinen , Episodic , Philosophy , Anthology , School , Youkai , Yakuza , Suicide

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 , Robots , 4-koma , Teacher , Time Skip , Go , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Tanned Skin

Bus Hashiru

Also known as The Bus Takes You and Runs.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Bus Hashiru is a collection of five short stories centered around bus stops. In all your encounters with strangers that take place there, isn't there a chance you might discover something you hadn't had before...? A new take on life, or a lost love—nothing is beyond you.

Karamagari Teiryuujo (空曲がり停留所, Sky-Winding Bus Stop); Comic Bunch no.193/no.2005/6/10
Sakurachou Teiryuujo (さくら町停留所, Sakura Street Bus Stop); Comic Bunch no.2006/4/5 Zoukan
Wasurenagaoka Teiryuujo (忘れ名ヶ岡停留所, Wasurena Hill Bus Stop); Comic Bunch no.2007/1/8 Zoukan
Tenki Yomi (天気読み, Weather Forecast); Comic Bunch no.285/no.2007/5/4
Dudleya no Michi (ダドレアの路, Dudleya Road); 手作り絵本展 2005
Megane Dorobou (ナナイロセカイ ~めがね泥棒~, The Glasses Thief); Melody 2006-01
Otona no Seifuku (ナナイロセカイ ~オトナの制服~, Adult-Uniform); Melody 2006-03

Note: Stories 6 and 7 were serialized in Monthly Melody as part of Nanairo Sekai.

Tags: Seinen , Episodic

Zense Coupling

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

Even if my age and position have changed, my feelings for you will never change! A romantic comedy featuring four couples who've been reincarnated.

Tags: Reincarnation , School , Ensemble Cast , 4-koma , Josei , Tsundere , Age Gap , Heterosexual , Teacher , Time Skip , Tragedy , War