Manga like Hanashippanashi

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.

Ashizuri Aquarium (足摺り水族館)
The Complete Shopping District (完全商店街)
Board Game (すごろく)
A New Universe (新しい世界)
Innocent World (イノセントワールド)
A Dream I Had on April 17th, 2012 (二〇一二年四月一七日の夢)
Ashizuri Aquarium (足摺り水族館)
The City of the Dead (冥途)
Sputnik (スプートニク)
Untitled (無題)
Creatures of the Machine Age (マシン時代の動物たち)
Ashizuri Aquarium (足摺り水族館)
A Fish For You (君の魚)
Ending Theme (エンディングテーマ)



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

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

Kotonoba Drive

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

The story centres on Suu-chan, a girl who works part-time at a pasta restaurant named "Lamp." She witnesses mysterious events while riding her moped in the night, such as the past of a person or place. She can only experience these visions five minutes at a time.

Tags: Iyashikei , Episodic , Work , Seinen , Outdoor Activities , Rural , Ghost , Female Protagonist , Motorcycles , Cars , Photography

Mushishi

Also known as Mushishi.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Some live in the deep darkness behind your eyelids. Some eat silence. Some thoughtlessly kill. Some simply drive men mad. They are known as mushi—creatures that came into being shortly after life emerged from the primordial ooze. They still exist parallel to our own lives and can only be seen by a select few. As a mushishi, Ginko is one of the few who are aware of their existense, and this young man with a sardonic smile roams from place to place with the knowledge and skill to aid those unwittingly affected by mushi.



Note: Won the Excellence Prize for Manga at the 7th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2003 and the Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga in 2006.

Tags: Travel , Episodic , Environmental , Youkai , Seinen , Rural , Mythology , Iyashikei , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Historical , Work , Demons

Nihon no Kyoudai

Status: Finished
Genres: Psychological , Slice of Life

Collection of miscellaneous oneshots by Matsumoto Taiyou.

Tags: Anthology , Seinen

Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou

Also known as Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou.

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

Set hundreds of years in the future after an environmental catastrophe, Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (also known as Yokohama Shopping Log) centers on the simple life of Alpha, an android who runs a small coffee shop in coastal Japan. Alpha stands witness to chronicle the end of humanity’s days with coffee, a slice of watermelon, and the sound of her moon guitar backed by distant seagulls. Quiet and bittersweet, this tale is about the melancholy beauty that can be found even as the end approaches.



Tags: Iyashikei , Coastal , Female Protagonist , Post-Apocalyptic , Coming of Age , Philosophy , Rural , Robots , Time Skip , Lost Civilization , Seinen , Artificial Intelligence , Episodic , Travel , Work , Mopeds , Yuri , Family Life , Restaurant , Motorcycles , LGBTQ+ Themes , Nudity

Niwa ni wa Ninin

Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Slice of Life , Supernatural

A collection of surreal oneshots with a garden theme.

1. Mansion Aquarium: A sick boy finds himself in an unusual situation.
2. Eureka Garden: A girl with a wild imagination is enchanted by a garden.
3. The Garden of Me: A young wife copes with a troubled marriage.
4. Two Guys in a Garden: A student gets way more than he bargained for when he visits his professor’s house.
5. A Gardener’s Day Off: A man has a peculiar encounter on his day off from work.

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Anthology

Haru no Hitoe

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

It's whimsical, it's supernatural. It has foxes. It's beautiful.

Haru no Hitoe (春の一重)
Natsu wo Sasu (夏を刺す)
Aki no Collection (秋のこれくしょん)
Fuyu no Tsudoi (冬の集い)
Kodama (こだま)
Hiyodori no Saiban (鵯の裁判)
Adabayashi Dai-san Kouen (あだばやし第三公園)
Kagami no Naka (鏡のなか)
Benri na Hito-tachi (ベンリな人たち)
Canaria Koujou Nite (カナリア工場にて)
Tomoshibisou (トモシビソウ)
Oyasuminasai no Mahou (おやすみなさいの魔法)
Hoshi to Minarai (星と見習い)
Hari wo Utsu (はりをうつ)

Tags: Anthropomorphism , Iyashikei , Animals

Sora Tobi Tamashii

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Supernatural

Ubusuna (産土, Birthgrounds)
The story of a mystical creature that makes pottery.

Sora Tobi Tamashii (そらトびタマシイ, Spirits Flying in the Sky)
It's about a girl who is cursed by an owl, and begins to fuse with a chicken spirit she killed by accident. But then she meets a girl just like herself, who helps her become normal again.

Kuma Koroshi Kami Nusumi Tarou no Namida (熊殺し神盗み太郎の涙, The Tears of Bear-Slayer and God-Stealer Tarou)
It's a story about a boy called the "Bear Killer", who meets a girl who has been chosen to become the guardian deity of her village.

Suna-kake (すなかけ, Covered in Sand)
The story of a young girl who meets a girl with a mysterious disease while on a trip to the ocean.

Le Pain et le Chat (The bread and the cat)
The story of a baker who decides to care for a girl whose parents have left her.

Imada Fuyu (未だ冬, Still Winter)
It's about a man who climbs a mountain that belongs to the gods, and is not made for man to climb.

Tags: Anthology , Mythology , Monster Girl , Magic , Seinen , Body Horror , Rural

Daddy Long Legs

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

A collection of short stories.

Story 1, Pegasus
After 12 years of living together, Gorou finally proposes to Motoki. But his excuse to propose is problematic, and Motoki can't help but doubt their marriage. And so she decides to go to Izumo for their honeymoon, to ask the gods for a favor.

Story 2, Cafe
A down-on-her-luck young woman moves back in with her parents and leans on a friend as she struggles to find her way.

Story 3, Singapore Moon
A new wife moves into her husband's mansion only to realize he has roommates and more than a little baggage.

Story 4, Daddy Long Legs.
Adaptation of the novel by Jean Webster about an orphan and her long-distance relationship with the man who sponsors her. Set during the Showa period, an orphan named Itsuki is offered some unexpected support. The only condition is to write a letter every month.

Tags: Josei , Historical , Anthology

Goze Hotaru

Also known as Goze Hotaru.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Music

After losing her mother early on, Hotaru, a girl surrounded by warmth and tranquility, finds her life taking a dramatic turn. An unexpected event draws her into the world of “Goze,” setting her on a path through unknown lands with music as her guide. Armed with her talent and a heart full of questions, she embarks on a quest, seeking her missing father and her true calling...!



Tags: Disability , Female Protagonist , Historical , Band , Shounen , Musical Theater , Hikikomori , Time Skip