Manga like Hana Monogatari

Umi ga Hashiru End Roll

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

After turning 65 and bereaved of her husband, Umiko visits a cinema for the first time in decades. A shocking, life-changing event awaits her. When she meets Kai, an art student majoring in film, Umiko realises that she wants to make a film. She realises that she is on the side of "the people who want to make films"... Lured by the waves that stir her heart, the 65-year-old dives into the sea of film!

Tags: Female Protagonist , Filmmaking , Photography , Primarily Adult Cast , College , Shoujo , Elderly Protagonist , 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 , Female Protagonist , Elderly 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 , Boys' Love , Primarily Female Cast , 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 women 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 meeting 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: Tragedy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , Achronological Order , Historical , Josei , Female Protagonist , Suicide , Elderly Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Rural

Sanju Mariko

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

The manga centers on veteran novelist Mariko Kōda, 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 , Philosophy , Estranged Family , Female Protagonist , Josei , Writing , Animals

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: Yuri , Josei , LGBTQ+ Themes

Nabillera

Also known as Navillera: Like a Butterfly.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

After the funeral of an old friend, Deok-Chul Sim resolves to pursue something he had always wanted to try: ballet. Much to the surprise (and maybe~ horror) of his wife, children, and other acquaintances, this 70-year-old throws himself into following his heart and his passion. With the help of his young instructor Chae-Rok and others hoping for their own ambitions to take flight, Deok-Chul shows the importance and joy of pursuing one's dream… even in the face of hardships and our own mortality.



Tags: Dancing , Family Life , Iyashikei , Disability , Primarily Adult Cast , Amnesia , Full Color , Male Protagonist , Time Skip , Foreign , Elderly Protagonist

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 , Primarily Adult Cast , Band , Time Skip

Housekibako ni Ai wo Tsumeyou

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance

A love story about "being reborn". — Tsukimori Mone, a slightly cheekly high school girl, has someone she can't forget. what is Mone's past that only Anji-senpai knows?"

Tags: Heterosexual , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Tragedy , Band