Manga like Gendai Majo Zukan

Majo to Neko no Hanashi

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

When witches turn thirteen, they summon a guardian "cat" who stays with them and supports them their entire life. This is a story of witches and cats, a story of four friends at magic school -- Suzu, Kei, Mary, and Nina -- who all learn something about life as they turn thirteen and meet their cats.

Tags: Witch , Female Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , Coming of Age , Magic , Primarily Female Cast , Animals , Iyashikei , Ensemble Cast , Episodic , Josei , School

Tongari Boushi no Atelier

Also known as Witch Hat Atelier.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: she wants to be a witch. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with a gift for magic. Resigned to her un-magical life, Coco is about to give up on her dream to become a witch … until the day she meets Qifrey, a mysterious, traveling magician. After secretly seeing Qifrey perform magic in a way she’s never seen before, Coco soon learns what everybody “knows” might not be the truth, and discovers that her magical dream may not be as far away as it may seem...



Notes:
Nominated for the 11th Manga Taishou Award in 2018.
Won the Daruma d'Or at Japan Expo in 2019.
Won Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia at the Eisner Awards in 2020.
Won the Best Manga Award at the Harvey Awards in 2020.

Tags: Witch , Magic , Memory Manipulation , Teacher , Female Protagonist , Drawing , Coming of Age , Revenge , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Female Cast , School , Primarily Child Cast , Conspiracy , Tragedy , Politics , Disability , Philosophy , Seinen , Spearplay , Rehabilitation , Foreign , Amnesia , Travel , LGBTQ+ Themes , Iyashikei , Boys' Love , Found Family

Little Witch Academia

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

In her admiration of Shiny Chariot, a famous witch renowned for her unorthodox yet enchanting spells, Kagari Akko, an ordinary girl, joined Witch Academia in the hope of someday becoming as spectacular as Shiny Chariot. She is determined to become a graduate of Witch Academy and make her dream come true despite not being from a lineage with witchcraft and wizardry. The story takes places when Akko, along with her two best friends, Lotte Yansson and Sucy Manbavaran, take their first lessons to become witches; however, Akko is furious when she finds out that Shiny Chariot is not as popular in the world of the witches as she had thought.

Tags: Seinen , Magic , School , Witch , Female Protagonist

Cotton no Mahou

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy

A down-on-her-luck witch comes home for tea.

Tags: Witch , Magic , School

Gendai Majo no Shuushoku Jijou

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Slice of Life

Tamashiro Neko is a young witch in training, sent off by her parents to finish her studies. In her search for a place to stay, she arrives in a quiet town in the countryside, but then her first trial begins.

Tags: Witch , Magic , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Rural , Shounen