Manga like Dungeon Sherpa: Meikyuu Michisakianainin

Dungeon Meshi

Also known as Delicious in Dungeon.

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

When young adventurer Laios and his company are attacked and soundly thrashed by a dragon deep in a dungeon, the party loses all its money and provisions...and a member! They're eager to go back and save her, but there is just one problem: If they set out with no food or coin to speak of, they're sure to starve on the way! But Laios comes up with a brilliant idea: "Let's eat the monsters!" Slimes, basilisks, and even dragons...none are safe from the appetites of these dungeon-crawling gourmands!



Notes:
Nominated in the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th Manga Taishou Award in 2016-2019.
Ranked first in the 2016 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (Male Readers Division).
Includes 14 extra chapters.

Tags: Dungeon , Food , Environmental , Magic , Ensemble Cast , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Lost Civilization , Anti-Hero , Philosophy , Elf , Cosmic Horror , Demons , Necromancy , Episodic , Dragons , Body Horror , Kemonomimi , Chimera , Monster Girl , LGBTQ+ Themes , Iyashikei , Alternate Universe , Succubus , Witch , Mermaid

Majo to Youhei

Also known as The Witch and the Mercenary.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

Zig—a tall, broad-shouldered mercenary—participates in a witch hunt. Following a fierce duel with the deadly witch, he becomes privy to her desire. “I want you to protect me,” she requests, tired of having her life trivialized. Seeking a place to survive, the witch and the mercenary set their sights on an unknown continent!



Tags: Witch

Overlord

Also known as Overlord.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Supernatural

What do you do when your favorite game shuts down? Momonga decided to stay logged in right up until the very end. But when the servers go dark, he finds himself transported into the game world--and he's been transformed into his skeletal avatar from the game, awesome magical powers included! But what if he's the villain of his own story?



Tags: Skeleton , Anti-Hero , Magic , Video Games , Male Protagonist , Elf , Vampire , Shounen , Slavery , Demons , Swordplay , Isekai , Succubus , Primarily Adult Cast , Dungeon , War , Virtual World , Twins , Female Harem , Conspiracy , Parody , Butler , Necromancy

Sousou no Frieren

Also known as Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living is all about.

Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. With the great struggle over, they all go their separate ways to live a quiet life. But as an elf, Frieren, nearly immortal, will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to terms with the mortality of her friends? How can she find fulfillment in her own life, and can she learn to understand what life means to the humans around her? Frieren begins a new journey to find the answer.



Notes:
Winner of the Grand Prize at the 14th Manga Taisho Awards.
Nominated for the 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
Placed 3rd at the 7th Annual Next Manga Award.

Tags: Magic , Elf , Travel , Philosophy , Female Protagonist , Time Skip , Episodic , Demons , Kuudere , Tragedy , Iyashikei , Shounen , Asexual , Fairy Tale , Dungeon , Time Manipulation

Made in Abyss

Also known as Made in Abyss.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Sci-Fi

In an age when the corners of the world have been scoured for their secrets, only one place remains unexplored–a massive cave system known as the Abyss. Those who traverse its endless pits and labyrinth-like tunnels are known as Cave Raiders. A young orphan named Riko dreams of following in her mother’s footsteps as a Cave Raider, and when she meets a strange robot when exploring the Abyss, she’s one step closer to achieving her goal!



Notes:
Includes the 4-chapter "How Are You? Somewhere" side story.
Nominated for the 11th Manga Taishou Awards (2018).

Tags: Survival , Tragedy , Primarily Child Cast , Lost Civilization , Travel , Body Horror , Female Protagonist , Chibi , Amnesia , Gore , Philosophy , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Robots , Food , Twins , Curses , Monster Girl , Nudity , Adoption

Dungeon no Naka no Hito

Also known as Dungeon People.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

Clay was trained by her father to be an expert member of the thieves’ guild. Since her father disappeared three years ago, she’s been using her skills to search for him in a dungeon filled with goblins, a Minotaur, and all manner of other dangerous creatures. When Clay reaches deeper than anyone ever has before, she meets the caretaker of the dungeon. To her surprise, Clay is invited to join the staff! And thus begins Clay’s new job–to learn the inner workings and behind-the-scenes secrets of the dungeon from the inside.



Tags: Dungeon , Female Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Seinen , Magic , Dragons

Kono Sekai wa Fukanzen Sugiru

Also known as Quality Assurance in Another World.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

A fantasy world with a dark secret can still hold cheery villagers! But what happens when things start to go wrong in a reality so fantastic?



Tags: Isekai , Video Games , Software Development , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Virtual World

Uketsukejou ni Kokuhaku Shitakute Guild ni Kayoitsumetara Eiyuu ni Natteta

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

Jade is an adventurer who has fallen in love with the guild's receptionist. "I wish I could talk to her...!" With that as his goal, Jade continues to visit the guild, and before long he is called the "Hero". The super-conscientious hero and the cool receptionist who are too shy to declare love!



Tags: Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Kuudere , Dragons

Kono Sekai no Kouryakuhon wo Hirotteshimaimashita

Also known as I Picked Up This World's Strategy Guide.

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

Sana is the hardworking daughter of a shop owner, and she often ventures out into the forest to gather the herbs needed for the restorative potions they sell. But on one trip, she happens to pick up a mysterious strategy guide for a game—and it's filled with detailed information about her town, those around her, and even what's yet to come! Except, the future may not be at all what she expects… With such a powerful—and dangerous—book in hand, what will Sana do?



Tags: Josei , Female Protagonist , Full Color , Alchemy , Medicine , Meta , Anachronism

Ryuu to Yuusha to Haitatsunin

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

"Hello fellow citizens. I am Yoshida the half-elf, working for the post office of the Imperial City of Idazig. My job is to deliver letters and documents to wherever you need them to be, whether it be a castle in the sky or the bottom of an abyss."

This is a comedy written by the biggest Medieval Ages geek, hitting the fantasy genre from an entirely new angle!

Tags: Magic , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Work , Seinen , Elf , Yuri