Manga like Hana Monogatari

Umi ga Hashiru End Roll

Also known as The Credits Roll into the Sea.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life

Umiko, a grandma, realizes that she has the same desire to make movies as university student Kai—and soon she enrolls in Kai's film school!

"It's not the movies you like…you like watching the people watching the movies."

Just what are you going to do with the rest of your life? It's the question you'll always have to answer, no matter your age. Umiko Chino is a 65-year-old retired woman in mourning for her late husband. Remembering how they used to watch films together, Umiko goes to the movie theater for the first time in years, where she meets Kai, an attractive, ambiguous young man who studies filmmaking at a nearby art school.

They would seem to have nothing in common, except for this—both of them sometimes like to look more at the way the audience reacts to a movie than the movie itself. Kai believes Umiko has the same deep desire he possesses to experience how people respond to something they made… and challenges her to stake the rest of her life discovering that thrill.

Soon Umiko surprises herself by enrolling in the same film school as Kai. But sailing into this new sea, she's suddenly inside the currents of her fellow students' lives, a much younger generation that she struggles to understand, driven by their own passions and their own relationships. Who's really experienced at life, and is it old age or observation that brings wisdom? And does what you're looking for change when you look with your eyes instead of through a camera lens…?



Tags: Female Protagonist , Filmmaking , Elderly Protagonist , Photography , College , Primarily Adult Cast , Shoujo , Iyashikei , LGBTQ+ Themes , Aromantic , Asexual

Hitori Mi Desu

Also known as The Single Life.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Slice of Life

A series of short stories that portray the mature single life of those who are members of sexual minorities. In the first chapter, we have Miyuki, who is single, female, and lesbian. She has no girlfriend, no life partner... and today is her 60th birthday.

Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Adult Cast , Elderly Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Yuri , Disability

Metamorphose no Engawa

Also known as BL Metamorphosis.

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Ichinoi, a 75-year-old woman living a peaceful life, unwittingly buys a Boy's Love manga one day…and is fascinated by what she finds inside. When she returns to the bookstore to buy the next volume, the high school girl working there–Urara, a seasoned BL fan–notices a budding fangirl when she sees one. When Urara offers to help Ichinoi explore this whole new world of fiction, the two dive into BL fandom together, and form an unlikely friendship along the way.



Notes:
Winner of the New Face Award from the 22nd Japan Media Arts Festival Awards in 2019.
Nominated for the 12th and 14th Manga Taisho Award in 2019 and 2021.

Tags: Otaku Culture , Female Protagonist , Josei , Primarily Female Cast , Boys' Love , Iyashikei , Coming of Age , Drawing , Elderly Protagonist , Urban , Heterosexual

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 , Historical , Female Protagonist , Josei , Suicide , Elderly Protagonist , Rural , Primarily Adult Cast

Hana Monogatari

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

"I have unforgettable memories with this flower..." Memories that will forever sparkle in my heart. Sweet, slightly painful, thorn-like youth. The timeless masterpiece of girls' novels, Flower Story, has been turned into a manga with soft, dainty brushstrokes.

Tags: Josei , Yuri , Classic Literature , Anthology , Historical , Boarding School , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , School , Unrequited Love , Tragedy , Suicide , Dancing , Drawing

Rouge no Kioku

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Note: Originally published in Comic Yuri-Hime September 2025 issue.

Tags: Yuri , Female Protagonist , Elderly Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Office Lady , Bisexual , Cheating

Sanju Mariko

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

The manga centers on veteran novelist Mariko Kouda, who lives with the families of both her son and her grandson in one house. Feeling like she no longer has any place in her home, she decides to leave the house and strike out on her own, beginning with living in a manga cafe in the city.



Notes:
Includes 1 extra chapter.
Nominated to the 22nd Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Tags: Elderly Protagonist , Estranged Family , Philosophy , Female Protagonist , Josei , Writing , Animals

Nemurubaka

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

A lightly paced manga about two girls who live together. A classic odd couple setup featuring a responsible character with a caring atmosphere and a more free spirited musician who has trouble both feeding herself and paying the rent.


Tags: Seinen , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Band , Primarily Adult Cast , Time Skip

Anata no Ruuju ni Akogarete.

Also known as Longing For Your Rouge.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

“Is this me...?” Tsukushi Ono thought to herself, still horny after happening across a romance drama on her commute to work. Though she longed for it, she felt romance just wasn't in the cards. It wasn't until a coworker brought up the subject of makeup that Tsukushi began comparing herself to the other women at the office. Her disappointment, however, didn't stop her from exploring the nearest department store, leading to a chance encounter with a beautiful cosmetics clerk... And before she knew it, Tsukushi was learning to apply her own makeup. Despite her lack of fashion sense, she gradually found herself falling for this woman... This is an innocent love story between a boring office lady and an attractive cosmetics clerk.



Tags: Yuri , Full Color , Primarily Adult Cast , Office Lady

Off Time

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Morishima Akiko's "Off Time" is about growing old with the one you love.

Tags: Yuri , Female Protagonist , Josei , Primarily Adult Cast , Age Gap