Manga like Guyabano Holiday

Kani ni Sasowarete

Also known as An Invitation from a Crab.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

Collecting a handful of self-published shorts along with a mix of serialized stories and essays, panpanya's English-language debut mixes art styles and narratives from a range of genres.

If you are ever fortunate enough to see a crab strolling through your neighborhood, please follow its lead. By slowing down to a crab's pace and looking around and about in this world, you too may discover life's many mysteries that are hidden in plain sight.



Tags: Denpa , Josei , Female Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Anthology , Iyashikei , Episodic

Ashizuri Suizokukan

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

panpanya’s debut one-volume work.

Ashizuri Suizokukan is a recompilation of panpanya’s Ashizuri Suizokukan and ASOVACE series, which were independently published in 2010 and 2011, respectively. It includes a collection of newly written travelogues and an abundance of color pages.
Ashizuri Suizokukan was published by Ichigatsu to Shichigatsu on August 30, 2013.



Note: Nominated for the 7th annual Manga Taishou Award.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Iyashikei , Episodic , Anthology , Surreal Comedy , Fishing , Denpa , Autobiographical , Josei , Travel , Artificial Intelligence , Animals

Shimeji Simulation

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

A girl who shut herself in a closet for the last 2 years of middle school realizes she has to go to high school. When she exits her closet for the first time in two years and looks at herself in the mirror, she notices that she grew shimeji mushrooms out of her head.

Tags: Meta , Surreal Comedy , Philosophy , Augmented Reality , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Denpa , LGBTQ+ Themes , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , 4-koma , Post-Apocalyptic , Hikikomori , Yuri , School , Episodic , Gods , Suicide , School Club , Tragedy , Religion , Trains

Hataraku Kappa

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

A fantastic story about a girl and a Kappa who are supposed to go to town for a job interview, but accidentally find themselves in charge of cooking on an octopus fishing submarine whose crew is made up of Kappa...





Tags: Female Protagonist , Youkai

Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou

Also known as Girls' Last Tour.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

Civilization is dead, but Chito and Yuuri are still alive. So they hop aboard their beloved Kettenkrad motorbike and aimlessly wander the ruins of the world they once knew. Day after hopeless day, they look for their next meal and fuel for their ride. But as long as the two are together, even an existence as bleak as theirs has a ray or two of sunshine in it, whether they're sucking down their fill of soup or hunting for machine parts to tinker with. For two girls in a world full of nothing, the experiences and feelings the two share give them something to live for…



Note: Winner of the Best Comic Award at the Seiun Awards in 2019.

Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Philosophy , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Lost Civilization , Iyashikei , Survival , Primarily Female Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Episodic , Seinen , Travel , Snowscape , War , Urban , Artificial Intelligence , Chibi , Cosmic Horror , Military , Denpa , Tanks