Manga like Hoshigahara Aomanjuu no Mori

Hotarubi no Mori e

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

A collection of four one shots, one for each season.

Hanauta Nagaruru (Overhearing a Flower Song)
At Shima's school, there is an old, abandoned building, and for the past few days, she has been hearing guitar music coming from within. The source of the song is a student learning the guitar from Fujimura, a boy who constantly gets into fights but is kind at heart. Shima is entranced by the melody and soon begins taking lessons from Fujimura as well.

Hotarubi no Mori e (Into the Forest of Fireflies' Light)
When she was six years old, Hotaru Takegawa got lost in the woods. A strange masked man named Gin led her out of the forest, but he told her that if a human ever touched him, he would disappear. She vowed to visit Gin the next day and ended up spending the rest of her summer with him. Every summer since then, Hotaru has come to visit him, and while she ages, he stays the same. But as she grows, so do her feelings.

Kurukuru Ochiba (The Fallling of Autumn Leaves)
Tsubaki Kemumaki has been friends with Kaede Kirisato for the past 11 years. Kaede's wealthy parents were usually away, so he was often lonely, but Tsubaki kept him company during those times. Kaede was also nearly kidnapped as a child, and since then, Tsubaki has vowed to protect him. But soon, she realizes that her feelings for him are more than just a desire to protect her childhood friend.

Hibi, Fukaku (Deepening the Scar)
When they were children, Ritsu Jinnai and her brother Sou were inseparable. But due to their parents' constant fighting, Sou moved away with their father. Eight years later, they are reunited, and the siblings are overjoyed, but they don't feel the same connection they did before. And what's more, Ritsu begins to feels an ache in her heart when she looks at Sou...

Tags: Shoujo , Heterosexual , Anthology , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Youkai , Rural , Age Gap , School , Ghost , Time Skip , Unrequited Love , Urban Fantasy , Incest , Male Protagonist

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 , Primarily Teen Cast , Outdoor Activities , Estranged Family , Rehabilitation , Primarily Male Cast , Found Family , Shapeshifting , Orphan , School , Exorcism , Gender Bending

Chiisako no Niwa

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

A collection of stories that revolves around Chiisako and the humans around them.

Garden 1: A little girl's unexpected meeting in the secret garden of their new house.
Garden 2: A romance novelist and an editor's mountain trip together.
Garden 3: A withdrawn teenage boy saves a girl from a crow.
Garden 4: The tipping point of the relationship between a young wife and her older husband.
Garden 5: An author's precious memory involving a prince.



Tags: Josei , Fairy , Episodic , Iyashikei , Rural , Mountaineering , Historical , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Age Gap

Bernie no Enikki

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

An adorable allegory about peace and tolerance. According to the author ~ in the future our world has been wiped out more or less by our own stupidity and intolerance: in the world that follows, all the inhabitants are cats who live together peacefully in spite of nationality and race.



Tags: Josei , Animals , Iyashikei , Primarily Child Cast , Post-Apocalyptic , Anthropomorphism , Episodic

Shiawase no Machi

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

The cafe owner Mikumo and general store shopkeeper Yano have their shops directly above and below each other in the same building. The two seem so close, but aren't a couple -- and their oh-so-frustrating "romance" is being silently witnessed by the most unlikely of beings.

Tags: Iyashikei , Unrequited Love , Love Triangle , Ghost , Josei

Shiosai no Majo

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

Would you like to try 'eating' your worries?

From all times and places, many guests visit one at a time. A lone witch on a lone island cooks each customer's 'worries.'

Tags: Female Protagonist , Magic , Josei , Animals , Fairy Tale , Food , Restaurant

Tomonen

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy

This is collection of cute oneshots centered around little kids.

Tomonen (#1-7): Three kids lost in the woods meet a little witch.
Lisa and Gus (#8-9): Two kids try to resolve a quarrel over the phone.
On their way home with a hundred-yen coin (#10): A trio of kids wind up in a quandary over a very special hundred-yen coin.
Go Girl (#11-12): Two friends must part ways.
Leeza’s Left Hand (#13): A girl meets a traveling performer who helps her see her own faults.
Youko, a little girl (#14): A girl intent on remaining separate starts making connections.
A Plushy's Life (#15): Outro

Tags: Magic , Anthology , Josei