Manga like Heterogenia Linguistico: Ishuzoku Gengogaku Nyuumon

Dungeon Meshi

Also known as Delicious in Dungeon.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy

When young adventurer Laios and his company are attacked and soundly thrashed by a dragon deep in a dungeon, the party loses all its money and provisions...and a member! They're eager to go back and save her, but there is just one problem: If they set out with no food or coin to speak of, they're sure to starve on the way! But Laios comes up with a brilliant idea: "Let's eat the monsters!" Slimes, basilisks, and even dragons...none are safe from the appetites of these dungeon-crawling gourmands!



Notes:
Nominated in the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th Manga Taishou Award in 2016-2019.
Ranked first in the 2016 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (Male Readers Division).
Includes 14 extra chapters.

Tags: Dungeon , Food , Environmental , Magic , Ensemble Cast , Lost Civilization , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Anti-Hero , Philosophy , Elf , Dragons , Demons , Cosmic Horror , LGBTQ+ Themes , Body Horror , Kemonomimi , Necromancy , Episodic , Monster Girl , Chimera , Iyashikei , Alternate Universe , Succubus , Witch , Mermaid

Sousou no Frieren

Also known as Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living is all about.

Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. With the great struggle over, they all go their separate ways to live a quiet life. But as an elf, Frieren, nearly immortal, will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to terms with the mortality of her friends? How can she find fulfillment in her own life, and can she learn to understand what life means to the humans around her? Frieren begins a new journey to find the answer.



Notes:
Winner of the Grand Prize at the 14th Manga Taisho Awards.
Nominated for the 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
Placed 3rd at the 7th Annual Next Manga Award.

Tags: Magic , Elf , Travel , Philosophy , Female Protagonist , Time Skip , Episodic , Demons , Kuudere , Tragedy , Iyashikei , Shounen , Asexual , Fairy Tale , Dungeon , Time Manipulation

Somali to Mori no Kamisama

Also known as Somari and the Guardian of the Forest.

Status: Cancelled
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

In a world populated by diverse range of tribes, humans have been persecuted nearly to extinction. One day, a forest guardian known as a Golem crosses paths with an abandoned little human girl. This is the story of the bond between a member of the disappearing human species and a guardian of the forest.



Notes: After a long hiatus, the manga got cancelled on December 22nd, 2020 due to the author's worsening health.

Tags: Iyashikei , Magic , Seinen , Demons , Witch , Food , Rural , Episodic , Adoption , Anthropomorphism , Parenthood , Isekai

Tongari Boushi no Atelier

Also known as Witch Hat Atelier.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: she wants to be a witch. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with a gift for magic. Resigned to her un-magical life, Coco is about to give up on her dream to become a witch … until the day she meets Qifrey, a mysterious, traveling magician. After secretly seeing Qifrey perform magic in a way she’s never seen before, Coco soon learns what everybody “knows” might not be the truth, and discovers that her magical dream may not be as far away as it may seem...



Notes:
Nominated for the 11th Manga Taishou Award in 2018.
Won the Daruma d'Or at Japan Expo in 2019.
Won Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia at the Eisner Awards in 2020.
Won the Best Manga Award at the Harvey Awards in 2020.

Tags: Witch , Magic , Memory Manipulation , Female Protagonist , Teacher , Drawing , Revenge , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Female Cast , School , Found Family , Primarily Child Cast , Conspiracy , Tragedy , Politics , Seinen , Disability , Philosophy , Spearplay , Rehabilitation , Foreign , Travel , Amnesia , LGBTQ+ Themes , Iyashikei , Boys' Love

Soara to Mamono no Ie

Also known as Soara and the House of Monsters.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

Soara is a young orphan girl who was raised by knights and trained to battle the monsters that constantly attacked their kingdom. But by the time Soara is ready to join the fight herself, peace has been declared and her blade is no longer needed. Searching for a new home and a new purpose, Soara stumbles across Krik the dwarf, leader of the Monster Architects. Suddenly, instead of fighting monsters, Soara finds herself working with Krik to build comfortable homes for them! In the process, will she discover a new home and family for herself?



Tags: Female Protagonist , Work , Travel , Tomboy , Swordplay , Demons , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Dragons , Isekai , Primarily Male Cast , Homeless , Werewolf , Goblin , Mermaid , Anthropomorphism , Foreign

Saihate no Paladin

Also known as The Faraway Paladin.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

A man dies alone after living a stagnant and fruitless life—but that's not where his story ends, as a boy named William is born into a land of fantasy and magic. Raised in a city of the dead by his new family—a mummy, a skeleton, and a ghost—he can remember glimpses of his past life, enough to know his time on Earth was wasted, and he vows not to let that happen again. Schooled in magic and combat, Will sets out on a journey to see the world. Along the way, he'll meet beings of all shapes and sizes. Each of these people has a story to tell and a lesson to teach Will about how to live his life to the fullest.



Tags: Magic , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Gods , Mythology , Reincarnation , Isekai , Ghost , Skeleton , Demons , Elf , Nun , Afterlife

Fushigi no Kuni no Bird

Also known as Isabella Bird in Wonderland: Unbeaten Tracks in Japan.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Slice of Life

British adventuress Isabella Bird journeys to Japan in 1878 and becomes the first Westerner to travel to many remote locations, heading northward towards Hokkaido to study the aboriginal Ainu people.

A true story based on the book "Unbeaten Tracks in Japan".

Tags: Historical , Educational , Travel , Foreign , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Biographical , Nudity

Dragon, Ie wo Kau.

Also known as Dragon Goes House-Hunting.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy

Letty is not very good at being a dragon. Actually, he’s so terrible at it that his dad went and kicked him out of the house! What’s a skittish monster of myth to do in a world where everyone sees him as material for their next suit of armor? Why, find a safe place to call home, of course. With the help of a slightly evil elvish architect, Letty’s quest for the ultimate draconic domicile begins!

Note: Includes 8 extra chapters.



Tags: Dungeon , Dragons , Anthropomorphism , Male Protagonist , Elf , Shounen

Uchi no Tsukaima ga Sumimasen

Also known as Sorry for My Familiar.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

In this world, Makai, every Demon gets a Familiar summoned using their magic. Patty, a Demon Girl who's magic is so weak she can't even summon an animal is forced to get a famliar. So, reluctantly, she chooses an older human named Norman as her familiar. Norman has an incredible fascination with examining all types of lifeforms around Makai, claiming he loves learning about them. This weird combination of a weak demon girl and a goofy old man leads to a journey of adventures the two go through.

Tags: Demons , Primarily Adult Cast , Isekai , Slapstick , Seinen , Travel , Anthropomorphism , Kuudere , Shapeshifting

Mamoribito

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy

Tags: Seinen , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Elf , Monster Boy , Monster Girl , Reincarnation