Manga like Happy Family: Fukushuu no Rental Okaa-san

Haha to Iu Jubaku Musume to Iu Rougoku

Also known as A Mother's Love, a Daughter's Prison.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

The torso of a headless, limbless body is found half-buried by a riverbank. It belonged to middle-aged mother Yaeko Miyagawa, and after an investigation and trial, her daughter Hikari eventually confesses to her murder. For many years, Hikari had been subjected to physical and emotional abuse by her mother, revolving around her failure to make it into a top medical school and become a doctor. Even after nine years of futile applications and entrance exams, Yaeko refused to free her daughter from this virtual prison. What led to the fatal stabbing that ended Yaeko's life? This series, based on a true story, will explore Hikari Miyagawa's experiences up to her greatest tragedy—and what happened to her afterward.



Tags: Tragedy , Survival , Revenge , Crime , Biographical , Family Life , Estranged Family , School , Rehabilitation , College , Writing , Suicide , Coming of Age , Bullying , Blackmail , Time Skip , Female Protagonist , Shounen

Mother Parasite

Also known as Mother Parasite.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Thriller

Ryota Miki is a middle schooler who lives a happy life with his single mother. But his relationship with his mother is strange, as she is always afraid of causing the slightest trouble. Meanwhile, his classmate Kaoru Kasai is fed up with his overprotective mother, and feels that it's his mother's fault that he ended up bullied. But one day, Ryota starts talking to Kaoru for the first time after saving him from bullying... A psychological suspense thriller about a boy obsessed with finding the ultimate mother!



Tags: Adoption , Male Protagonist , Seinen , School , Nudity , Bullying , Nun