Manga like Gunjou

My Broken Mariko

Also known as My Broken Mariko.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Tomoyo Shiino has stood by her friend Mariko through years of abuse, abandonment, and depression. However horrific her circumstances, their friendship has been the one reassuring constant in Mariko's life-and Tomoyo's too. That is, until Tomoyo is utterly blindsided by news of Mariko's death. In life, Tomoyo felt powerless to help her best friend out of the darkness that ultimately drove her over the edge. Now, Tomoyo is determined to liberate Mariko's ashes for one final journey together... to set free her dear, broken Mariko.



Notes:
Includes the one-shot "YISKA".
includes the extra "Home Sweet Home!".

Tags: Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Suicide , Coastal , Primarily Adult Cast , Josei , Coming of Age , Primarily Female Cast , Tomboy , Rehabilitation , Philosophy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , Denpa

Zankoku na Kami ga Shihai Suru

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Jeremy, a sensitive but outgoing 15 year old, is delighted to hear the news of his neurotic and excitable mother's remarriage to a wealthy British man. However, much to his horror, his sweet-talking new step-father Greg, soon begins to exhibit a disturbing trait...he is a sadistic pedophile and loses no time in making Jeremy his target. Zankoku na Kami ga Shihaisuru portrays the tale of two stepbrothers - Jeremy and Ian - as they each pursue their separate paths towards redemption.

Tags: Foreign , Family Life , Josei , Revenge , Tragedy , Suicide , Philosophy , Urban , Denpa , Body Horror , Torture , Inseki , Blackmail , Male Protagonist , Drugs , LGBTQ+ Themes , Nudity , Boys' Love , School , Detective , Marriage , Boarding School , Incest , Rehabilitation , Bisexual

Bakajo 26-ji

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance

Atsuko and Yuri were classmates from elementary school all the way through college, although they hardly ever spoke to each other during their school days. At their first reunion in 15 years, Atsuko discovers Yuri's secret, and she takes drastic action.... What will be the destiny of these two polar opposites, who have completely different interests and friends, and whose personalities often clash?

Tags: Female Protagonist , Fugitive , Primarily Adult Cast , Crime , Seinen , Yuri , Foreign

Love My Life

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

Ichiko Izumiya is a young student of English who would like to walk in the footsteps of her father as a translator of trendy American novels. She finally decides to confess to him that she is in love with Eriko, a law student. Ichiko will attempt to live out her homosexuality in peace and will be brought to wonder about the nature of her relationship: is she really homosexual or simply in love with a sensitive being who happens to be of the same sex?

Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , College , Coming of Age , Nudity , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Family Life , Josei , Boys' Love , Bisexual

Pietà

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

A story about two classmates who become friends, Sahoko and Rio. Rio is depressed and self-abusive and isn't loved by her "family" (which consists of her father, stepmother, and stepbrother), but Sahoko seems to be the bright spot in her life. Sahoko also seems to have a mysterious past and doesn't seem to have a good relationship with her parents; she lives with her aunt. It's also hinted at that Sahoko and Rio have met once before, when they were much younger...



Note: includes 1 extra chapter

Tags: Yuri , Suicide , Josei , Rehabilitation , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Female Cast , Family Life , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Estranged Family , Tomboy

Yume no Hashibashi

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

Kyoko is at the autumn of her life.

She can barely recognise her own family member. But one day, someone she remembers perfectly comes to visit. Her name is Mitsu, the woman Kiyoko had a love story with. Just after the war, when they were still teenagers, they nearly did the irredeemable out of passion.
Despite a few meetings from time to time, life ups and downs separated them, but the story draws us back in the time when they couldn't imagine life without each other.



Tags: Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tragedy , Achronological Order , Josei , Female Protagonist , Historical , Suicide , Elderly Protagonist , Rural , Primarily Adult Cast , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love

Kakeochi Girl

Also known as Run Away With Me, Girl.

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

Maki's first love was her high school classmate, a girl named Midori. But Midori broke up with Maki at graduation, saying they were now "too old to be fooling around dating girls." Ten years later, Maki still can’t get Midori off her mind, and when the two women reconnect after a chance encounter, Maki realizes that, while her feelings haven’t changed, Midori has long moved on—in fact, she's engaged. Yet the more Maki hears Midori talk about her soon-to-be-husband, the more red flags she notices. And Midori has another secret, one she hasn’t yet shared with Maki. Will it be the last blow to Maki's hopes that their romance might be rekindled? Or will it be the push that sets them on a new path—one they'll travel together?



Note: Includes three extra chapters.

Tags: Yuri , Josei , LGBTQ+ Themes , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Marriage , Primarily Adult Cast , Bisexual , Cheating , Time Skip , Pregnancy , Unrequited Love , Nudity

Double Mints

Also known as Double Mints.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Slice of Life

"I've killed a woman." The overbearing voice on the phone was that of a high school classmate named mitsuo ichikawa. Buried memories from the past resurface within the heart of a man who carries the same name, Mitsuo Ichikawa. Events drag him right back into the passions of the past. The two reunite as accomplices, yet their relationship as master and servant slowly changes into something different...



Tags: Boys' Love , Primarily Adult Cast , Crime , Gangs , Anal Sex , Fellatio , Male Protagonist

Yuujin no Sougi

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

Two elderly women ponder the future at the funeral of a friend...



Note: Published in Monthly Big Gangan July 2014 issue.

Tags: Seinen , Elderly Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Foreign , Primarily Adult Cast

Okaa-san Futari Itemo Ii kana!?

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Manga artist and illustrator Nakamura Kiyo (Nakamura Ching) takes an honest look at her life as the stepmom to her wife’s three children. A non-fiction look at a lesbian couple’s life in today’s Japan.



Tags: Autobiographical , LGBTQ+ Themes , Non-fiction , Yuri , Family Life