Manga like Akabane Honeko no Bodyguard

Youchien WARS

Also known as Kindergarten Wars.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Romance

Rita is Convict 999, a former legendary assassin who now works at a kindergarten for the children of world leaders. Her job is to protect the schoolchildren from the clutches of would-be assassins sent after them! But even with her overwhelming strength, Rita has a weakness—she’s head-over-heels for good-looking men! 



Note: Third place at the 9th Next Manga Award in the Web Manga Category in 2023.

Tags: Assassins , Female Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Teacher , Crime , Primarily Adult Cast , School , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Anti-Hero , Guns , Gore , Shounen , Parody , Episodic , Clone , Orphan , Love Triangle , Twins , Male Protagonist

Yozakura-san Chi no Daisakusen

Also known as Mission: Yozakura Family.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Romance

Taiyou Asano is a super shy high school student and the only person he can talk to is his childhood friend, Mutsumi Yozakura. It turns out that Mutsumi is the daughter of the ultimate spy family! Even worse, Mutsumi is being harassed by her overprotective, nightmare of a brother, Kyouichirou. What drastic steps will Taiyou have to take to save Mutsumi?! A spy family comedy - the mission begins!



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

Tags: Espionage , Shounen , Family Life , Conspiracy , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Surreal Comedy , Assassins , Marriage , Male Protagonist , Time Skip , Swordplay , Orphan , Twins , Tragedy , Guns , Episodic , Chibi , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Mixed Gender Harem , Kaiju

SAKAMOTO DAYS

Also known as Sakamoto Days.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy

Taro Sakamoto was the ultimate assassin, feared by villains and admired by hitmen. But one day...he fell in love! Retirement, marriage, fatherhood and then... Sakamoto gained weight! The chubby guy who runs the neighborhood store is actually a former legendary hitman! Can he protect his family from danger? Get ready to experience a new kind of action comedy series!



Tags: Assassins , Family Life , Crime , Found Family , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Konbini , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Gangs , Guns , Shounen , Espionage , Dissociative Identities , Conspiracy , Gore , Heterosexual , Triads , Mafia , Acting , Slapstick , Urban , Prison , Tragedy , Super Power , Survival , Motorcycles , Gambling , Crossdressing

Ansatsu Kyoushitsu

Also known as Assassination Classroom.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Meet the would-be assassins of class 3-E: Sugino, who let his grades slip and got kicked off the baseball team. Karma, who’s doing well in his classes but keeps getting suspended for fighting. And Okuda, who lacks both academic and social skills, yet excels at one subject: chemistry. Who has the best chance of winning that reward? Will the deed be accomplished through pity, brute force or poison...? And what chance does their teacher have of repairing his students’ tattered self-esteem?



Note: Includes seven extra chapters and the one-shot "Tokyo Department Store War Journal".

Tags: Teacher , Assassins , School , Primarily Child Cast , Shounen , Ensemble Cast , Satire , Tragedy , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Otaku Culture , Time Skip , Aliens

Shinobigoto

Also known as Shinobi Undercover.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy

Even in modern Japan, ninja still hide in the shadows. Young ninja Yodaka has received his mission--protect high school student Aoi at all cost. But can a ninja survive the wild world of high school while also fulfilling his mission?



Tags: Ninja , School , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Super Power , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban Fantasy , Politics , Espionage

Kumichou Musume to Sewagakari

Also known as The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Kirishima Tooru is the right-hand man of the Sakuragi crime family. For him, the job is a perfect excuse to let his violent instincts run wild, earning him the nickname “the Demon of Sakuragi”. It seems like nothing will stand in the way of his vicious nature. But then one day, he receives an assignment like never before from the boss—babysitting his daughter! This is the heartwarming (or is it bloodcurdling?) story of a little girl and her yakuza caretaker!



Tags: Josei , Yakuza , Family Life , Delinquents , Anti-Hero , Found Family , Mafia , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Criminal Organization , Tragedy , LGBTQ+ Themes

Kill Ao

Also known as Kill Blue .

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy

Juzo Ogami’s a legend. Even among hit men, his name sends shivers down spines. There’s never been a job he couldn’t handle—that is, until the day he wakes up as a teenager! But how has his body transformed? To find out, he’ll have to infiltrate the one place he thought he’d never find himself in again…school!



Tags: Age Regression , Guns , Shounen , Dissociative Identities , School Club , Age Gap , Assassins , School , Urban , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast

One Punch-Man

Also known as One-Punch Man.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

In this new action-comedy, everything about a young man named Saitama screams "AVERAGE,” from his lifeless expression, to his bald head, to his unimpressive physique. However, this average-looking fellow doesn't have your average problem... He's actually a superhero that's looking for tough opponents! The problem is, every time he finds a promising candidate he beats the snot out of them in one punch. Can Saitama finally find an evil villain strong enough to challenge him? Follow Saitama through his hilarious romps as he searches for new bad guys to challenge!



Tags: Superhero , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Parody , Surreal Comedy , Kaiju , Satire , Meta , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Slapstick , Gods , Cosmic Horror , Seinen , Philosophy , Urban , Martial Arts , Cyborg , Swordplay , Gore , Aliens , Time Manipulation , Nudity , Tragedy , Guns

Koroshiya S no Yuragi

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Romance

The cold-blooded assassin, codename "S", always gets his prey. But when he set his sights on the 17-year-old Kirito Furukawa, the only daughter of a Yakuza boss, he felt emotions stir in his heart that he had never felt before. Now he has gone from her killer to becoming her bodyguard.

Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category.

Tags: Assassins , Yakuza , Shounen , Heterosexual

Gintama

Also known as Gin Tama.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi

The samurai didn't stand a chance. First, the aliens invaded Japan. Next, they took all the jobs. And then they confiscated everyone's swords. So what does a hotheaded former samurai like Sakata "Gin" Gintoki do to make ends meet? Take any odd job that comes his way, even if it means losing his dignity.



Included Bonus Chapters:
Volume 1: Dandelion (One-shot).
Volume 2: Shirokuro (One-shot).
Volume 24: 13 (One-shot).
Volume 38: Bankara-san Ga Tooru (One-shot).
Volume 41: Special Lesson.

Tags: Found Family , Parody , Samurai , Meta , Swordplay , Male Protagonist , Aliens , Philosophy , Episodic , Shounen , Tragedy , Space , Historical , Anachronism , Ensemble Cast , Time Skip , Police , War , Conspiracy , Dystopian , Fugitive , Robots , Ninja , Assassins , Ghost , Homeless , Crossdressing , Idol , Reincarnation , Shrine Maiden , LGBTQ+ Themes , Body Swapping , Gender Bending , Dissociative Identities , Judo , Drawing , Gangs , Female Harem , Afterlife , Amnesia , Cult , Military , Nekomimi , Politics