Manga like Haibaiyoushi Mizuiro

Houkago Karte

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Anorexia, narcolepsy, Bell’s palsy... Elementary schools are full of illnesses most people have never even heard of.
One day, a mysterious and troublesome doctor named Makino arrives at the school infirmary, the last line of defense protecting the children’s future.
Strange, unnamed illnesses quietly creep into the daily lives of the students.
Dr. Makino, with a big mouth and an even bigger attitude, may seem detached, but he still faces the subtle signs of these overlooked conditions head-on... or does he?



Note: Originally serialized across 16 volumes until May 15, 2018. Volume 17 includes two special chapters split into two parts, published in 2019 and 2024.

Tags: Josei , Male Protagonist , School , Medicine

Black Jack ni Yoroshiku

Also known as Give My Regards to Black Jack.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

"What is a doctor?"- a young intern faces the dark side of the medical world.
The reality awaiting intern Eijirou Saito at the ultra-prestigious Eiroku University hospital turns out to be brutally long hours of work for a paltry salary of less than $500 a month. 3 months after his graduation from the university, his patients-first idealism crashes head-on into a medical system that's a veritable tangle of contradictions and competing interests.



Note: Won Excellence Prize for Manga in Japan Media Arts Festival (2002) and Grand Award in Japan Cartoonist Association Award (2004).

Tags: Medicine , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Educational , Work , Disability , Episodic , Rehabilitation , Heterosexual , Nudity , Suicide , Tragedy , Rescue , Writing , Crime , Estranged Family

Dr. Koto Shinryoujo

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

After making a serious mistake in his work in Tokyo, talented surgeon Goto Kensuke is invited to take charge of the only clinic on the small island of Yonaguni, Okinawa. It is difficult to get competent doctors to serve on this remote island, and the islanders are now used to traveling for hours via boat for proper medical care. Despite seeming weak and unreliable (he gets very seasick, and does not have a driving license), he wins over the skeptical islanders with his skill and dedication. Some children of the island make a flag for his clinic, but get his name wrong. Thereafter he is known by all as Koto.

Tags: Medicine , Rural , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Heterosexual

Kounodori

Also known as Kounodori: Dr. Stork.

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

This drama, a smash-hit in Japan, looks at the lives of the men and women who work to deliver one million new lives into the world each year in Japan.



Note: Won the 40th Kodansha Manga Award for general manga in 2016.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Seinen , Educational , Primarily Adult Cast , Medicine , Work , Survival , Ensemble Cast

Hanechin to Bucky no Oko-sama Shinryouroku

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Heartwarming medical story about a single father meeting an eccentric pediatrician.

Tags: Seinen

Shrink: Seishinkai Yowai

Status: Releasing
Genres: Psychological , Slice of Life

Panic disorder, depression, development disorder, PTSD.. Japan, secret home to many carrying a diseases in their souls, unable to share their pain with anyone and suffering alone from their latent mental illnesses. When suicide rates are the worst among the developed nations, one cannot help but wonder what the reasons for this downfall were. Psychiatrist Konosuke Jowai takes on Japans mental health issues and tries to shine light into the dark corners of people's hearts.



Tags: Rehabilitation , Medicine , Disability , Educational , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Seinen