Manga like Hyouka

Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu

Also known as The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Kyon, your typical high school student, has long given up his belief in the supernatural. However, upon meeting Haruhi Suzumiya, he quickly finds out that it is the supernatural that she is interested in; aliens, time travelers and espers among other things. When Haruhi laments about the lack of intriguing clubs around school, Kyon inspires Haruhi to form her own club. As a result, the SOS Brigade is formed, a club which specializes in all that is the supernatural.

Much to his chagrin, Kyon, along with the silent bookworm, Yuki Nagato, the shy and timid Mikuru Asahina, and the perpetually smiling Itsuki Koizumi, are recruited as members. The story follows the crazy adventures that these four endure under their whimsical leader, Haruhi.

Note: Includes a prologue and epilogue.

Tags: Philosophy , School Club , School , Urban Fantasy , Tsundere , Aliens , Parody , Gods , Achronological Order , Time Manipulation , Kuudere , Primarily Teen Cast , Surreal Comedy , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Alternate Universe , Chuunibyou , Maids , Memory Manipulation , Conspiracy , Otaku Culture

Kubikiri Cycle: Aoiro Savant to Zaregotozukai

Also known as Decapitation: Kubikiri Cycle.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Psychological

A dropout from an elite Houston-based program for teens is on a visit to a private island. Its mistress, virtually marooned there, surrounds herself with geniuses, especially of the young and female kind—one of whom ends up headless one fine morning.



Tags: Philosophy , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Detective , Meta , Primarily Female Cast , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Crime , Hikikomori , Crossdressing , Maids , Gore

Bakemonogatari

Also known as Bakemonogatari: Monster Tale.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

The first part of the Monogatari Series.

There’s a girl at their school who is always ill. She routinely arrives late, leaves early, or doesn’t show up at all, and skips gym as a matter of course. She’s pretty, and the boys take to whispering that she’s a cloistered princess. As the self-described worst loser in her class soon finds out, they just don’t know what a monster she is. So begins a tale of mysterious maladies that are supernatural in origin yet deeply revealing of the human psyche, a set of case files as given to unexpected feeling as it is to irreverent humour.



Note: The English release and the JP ebook edition have Bakemonogatari split across three volumes, instead of the original two volumes.

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Vampire , Philosophy , Achronological Order , Meta , Gods , Primarily Teen Cast , Ghost , Coming of Age , Primarily Female Cast , Denpa , Heterosexual , Dissociative Identities , Ensemble Cast , Tomboy , School , Nekomimi , Shounen

Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e

Also known as Classroom of the Elite.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Slice of Life , Thriller

Students of the prestigious Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School are given remarkable freedom—if they can win, barter, or save enough points to work their way up the ranks! Ayanokoji Kiyotaka has landed at the bottom in the scorned Class D, where he meets Horikita Suzune, who’s determined to rise up the ladder to Class A. Can they beat the system in a school where cutthroat competition is the name of the game?



Includes Volumes: 4.5, 7.5, 11.5
Included Chapters: 14 Prologues, 13 Epilogues, 1 Extra

Tags: School , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Philosophy , Battle Royale , Ensemble Cast , Politics , Survival , Revenge , Conspiracy , Heterosexual , Fugitive , Denpa , Boarding School , Seinen , Coming of Age , Classic Literature , Bullying , Torture , School Club , Rehabilitation , Disability , Board Game , Delinquents , Tsundere , Yandere , Kuudere , Martial Arts , Athletics , Love Triangle , Suicide , Female Harem , Tragedy , Teacher

Tantei wa mou, Shindeiru.

Also known as The Detective is Already Dead.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

The story of Tantei wa mou, Shindeiru. follows Kimihiko Kimizuka, a young man who four years ago became the assistant of a mysterious detective known as "Siesta" on a hijacked airplane. Together, Kimihiko and Siesta went on mind-boggling, globe-trotting adventures while combatting a secret organization, but all of that came to an end when they were separated by Siesta's death. In the present day, Kimihiko tries to return to an ordinary, boring life as a high school student, but things are never that simple, even though the detective is already dead.



Tags: Super Power , Detective , Body Swapping , Aliens , Tragedy , Artificial Intelligence , Urban Fantasy , Achronological Order , Guns , Male Protagonist , Dissociative Identities , Love Triangle , Female Protagonist , Terrorism

Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru.

Also known as My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected.

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

Hikigaya Hachiman is a high school boy with twisted character. He prefers to go against the trend and refuses to make friends with anybody. In order to get Hachiman back the right track, his school teacher Hiratsuka Shizuka forces him to enter 'Public Service Club'. There he meets other problematic students.

Includes volumes 6.5, 7.5, 10.5, and 14.5.

Tags: School Club , School , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Satire , Love Triangle , Seinen , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Harem , Meta

Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e: 2-nensei-hen

Also known as Classroom of the Elite: Year 2.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Thriller

Students of the prestigious Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School are given remarkable freedom–if they can win, barter, or save enough points to work their way up the ranks! Ayanokouji Kiyotaka started at the bottom in the scorned Class D, where he met Horikita Suzune, who was determined to rise up the ladder to Class A. Who can beat the system in a school where cutthroat competition is the name of the game? The second year of this intense school drama begins now!



Tags: School , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Ensemble Cast , Boarding School , Philosophy , Conspiracy , Heterosexual , Coming of Age , Survival , Primarily Teen Cast , Battle Royale , Politics , Fugitive , Bullying , Revenge , Classic Literature , Delinquents , Card Battle , Orphan , Seinen , Torture , Martial Arts , Disability , Dissociative Identities , School Club , Athletics , Tsundere , Calligraphy , Love Triangle , Kuudere , Female Harem , Suicide , Yandere , Maids

Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Slice of Life

Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou is a mystery series where Shinokawa Shioriko, a young owner of a bookstore in Kamakura, unravel mysteries of ancient books that are taken there.

The story begins with a young man named Daisuke, who grew up practically without reading books due to a "phobia," brings the complete (and autographed) works of Natsume Soseki, Japanese writer of the Meiji era, inherited from his grandmother in the mysterious bookstore. Will the shy and introvert Shioriko solve the mystery of the books?

Tags: Male Protagonist , Classic Literature , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Episodic , Rehabilitation , Homeless

Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai

Also known as Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

Book 1 of the Seishun Buta Yarou series.

Out of sight, out of mind! Bunny girls do not live in libraries. This is simply common sense. And yet, that's exactly where Sakuta finds one in the wild. More bewildering is who the bunny girl is: Mai Sakurajima, a girl one year older than Sakuta, famous at their school for her acting career even though she's currently on break. To top it all off, it seems like no one else in the library can see Mai at all, no matter what she does or...wears. Wanting to find out more about this mystery and maybe get a little closer to this beautiful upperclassman in the process, Sakuta launches an investigation to discover why an unforgettable bunny girl keeps becoming totally invisible.



Tags: Coming of Age , Primarily Female Cast , Urban Fantasy , School , Time Manipulation , Amnesia , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Bullying , Hikikomori , Idol

Houkago Series

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mystery , Romance

Kenichi and Misako, who are childhood friends, have been in the same class since kindergarten. For some reason, they encounter various incidents.

Tags: Shoujo