Manga like Okaeri Suiheisen

Kemutai Hanashi

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

These two men are not friends, not lovers, not family. But they still want to be near each other. A chance encounter leads to two former classmates living together.

A very relaxed slice of life manga series, trying to break free from the urge to label relationships a certain way.



Note: Nominated for the 2022 Next Manga Award (Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Taishou) for Best Web Manga.

Tags: Iyashikei , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Teacher , Asexual , Aromantic , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things

Hirayasumi

Also known as Hirayasumi.

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

With a carefree outlook on life, Hiroto knows better than anyone that slowing down is sometimes the best way to move forward.

At 29 years old, carefree Hiroto Ikuta doesn’t have a girlfriend, a full-time job, or a plan for the future—and he couldn’t be happier. Hiroto’s breezy attitude isn’t easy for everyone to understand, though. In a world filled with anxiety, confusion, and grief, Hiroto and the people who surround him are all just doing their best to figure out this thing called life.

After developing an unlikely friendship with the grouchy old granny who lives in his neighborhood, Hiroto suddenly finds himself inheriting not just her house, but some rather difficult emotions as well. His 18-year-old cousin Natsumi moves in with him, but as a struggling art student, she has her own troubles to deal with and may just put Hiroto’s easygoing lifestyle to the test.



Tags: Seinen , Iyashikei , Family Life , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , College , Drawing , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Filmmaking , Love Triangle

Natsume Yuujinchou

Also known as Natsume's Book of Friends.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Supernatural

When Reiko was Takashi's age, she bound the names of demons and spirits in her Book of Friends, enslaving them to her capricious whim. Now Takashi is the owner of the book, and the creatures will do anything to get their names back.



Tags: Adoption , Youkai , Iyashikei , Male Protagonist , Rural , Episodic , Shoujo , Outdoor Activities , Primarily Teen Cast , Estranged Family , Rehabilitation , Primarily Male Cast , Found Family , Shapeshifting , Orphan , School , Exorcism , Gender Bending

Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou

Also known as The Daily Lives of High School Boys.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Follows the daily experiences of high school boys.

Note: Chapter count include 106 main chapters + 4 extras, and 26 chapters of the side story Joshikousei wa Ijou + 2 extras

Tags: Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , Slapstick , School , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Tomboy

KAMI KILL

Also known as KAMI KILL.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Mystery

In a run-down shopping street, brothers Fuji and Kiri run a small barbershop as they wait for their father’s return. In their effort to make ends meet, every day brings something new to their door.



Tags: Seinen , Work , Crime , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Urban , Tokusatsu

Shibatsuki Bukken

Also known as Shiba Inu Rooms.

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

The highly popular one-shot is finally back!! A newly built 1LDK apartment with rent of 4,800 yen! The reason is the "earthbound spirit of a Shiba Inu"...!? A heartwarming comedy about a cool and sightly awkward high school girl, Kori, and a quirky Shiba Inu spirit, Mu-chan, begins! Note: Originally published as a one-shot, serialization began on 2024-06-27 by re-publishing the one-shot as chapter 1 along with a new chapter 2.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Ghost , Animals , Shounen , Bullying , Primarily Animal Cast

Hachimitsu to Clover

Also known as Honey and Clover.

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

Takemoto lives in a run down student apartment, where his greatest worry is when he'll next be able to afford to eat meat and whether he'll get to class on time. Although he's away from home and living on his own, Takemoto is far from finished growing up. Along with his crazy cast of friends, Morita, Mayama, Yamada, and Hagumi, Takemoto sets out to discover life and his true self.



Notes:
Won the the 27th Kodansha Manga Award for shoujo in 2003.
Includes 11 extra chapters.

Tags: Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Josei , Love Triangle , Age Gap , Heterosexual , College , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Unrequited Love , Rehabilitation , Philosophy , Teacher , Drawing , Work , Cycling , School , Male Harem , Tragedy , Bar

Ginsei no Proust

Also known as Blue Proustian Moment.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Kazuki, the daughter of a wealthy businessman, and a straight-A student at a prestigious school for girls, meets Moka, a wild girl from a rowdy school. What becomes of Kazuki when witnessing a steamy moment between Moka and her boyfriend leaves her all shaken up...?! Find out in this seaside tale of two polar opposites and their fated encounter.



Tags: Class Struggle , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Delinquents , Bisexual , Estranged Family , LGBTQ+ Themes , Coastal , Yuri , Religion , Ojou-sama , Primarily Teen Cast , School

Setoutsumi

Also known as Seto Utsumi.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

This manga has been made into a movie and a TV drama in japan. "I wish we could just spend all our high school days sittin' and chattin' by this river." This seven chapter volume is a collection of the funky, off-the-wall, and sometimes cynical after-school conversations between Seto and Utsumi, two high-schoolers from the Kansai region of Japan.



Note: Includes 17 extra chapters.

Tags: Achronological Order , School , Surreal Comedy , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Shounen , Revenge , Animals , Disability

Kimi wa Houkago Insomnia

Also known as Insomniacs After School.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Nakami is a studious but cranky and antisocial high schooler who gets on his classmates' nerves. However, his bad attitude comes from the fact that he has a sleeping disorder, and frequently spends nights on end without a single minute of sleep. During the preparations for the school festival, he is begrudgingly sent to the school's astronomy observatory to gather cardboard boxes, a place which is said to be haunted by the dire happenings of the now defunct Astronomy Club. He finds the isolated place a haven ripe for him to sleep, but while rummaging around, he stumbles upon his classmate Magari Isaki sleeping inside a toppled-over locker.

Isaki, unlike him, is a personable and popular girl at class, but who also hides her own problems with insomnia. Looking for a middle ground, they find that there's comfort and ease in sleeping together, so they resort to make the observatory their own private cubby to sleep... Have they found the comfort they're looking for?

Note: Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category.

Tags: Coming of Age , Astronomy , Iyashikei , Heterosexual , School , School Club , Photography , Seinen , Disability , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Outdoor Activities , Camping , Time Skip , Tomboy