Manga like Shima Rock

Futsuu no Keionbu

Also known as Girl meets Rock!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Music , Slice of Life

With a passion for richly textured Japanese rock, first-year high school student Chihiro Hatono steps into the world of the light music club, new guitar in tow. But what awaits her behind those doors...? A drama of unfiltered youth and musical ambition takes the stage!



Note:
Winner of the Tsugimanga 2024 Award in the Web Manga Category.

Tags: Band , Female Protagonist , School Club , Coming of Age , Rock Music , School , Shounen , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Teen Cast , Aromantic , Bisexual , Heterosexual

THE BAND

Status: Releasing
Genres: Music

Tags: Rock Music , Shounen , School Club , Band , Coming of Age , Heterosexual

Okaeri Suiheisen

Also known as Home at the Horizon.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama

Ryoma runs a public bathhouse with his grandfather in a seaside town. One day, during his usual routine of running the bathhouse after school, a boy named Reo appears, claiming to be his father's illegitimate son. A bittersweet yet heart-warming drama unfolds between half brothers in a public bathhouse!



Tags: Family Life , Iyashikei , Coastal , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Work , Shounen

Bocchi the Rock!

Also known as Bocchi the Rock!.

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

Hitori Gotoh just wants to be popular, but the thought of interacting with her classmates makes her fall to pieces. Her solution-become a rock legend so cool that people approach her instead! However, while spending all of middle school in her closet shredding on the guitar may have earned her anonymous internet fame, it did nothing for her social skills. Now a high schooler, Hitori’s feeling ready to shrivel up and die-when she gets a sudden request to fill in for a band! It’s like her wish came true-but does this most anxious of introverts have what it takes to perform in front of a live audience?!



Tags: Band , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Teen Cast , 4-koma , Surreal Comedy , Yuri , Slapstick , Rock Music , Hikikomori , LGBTQ+ Themes , Seinen , Tsundere , Urban

Rock A Rock

Status: Finished
Genres: Music , Slice of Life

There's a 15-year-old who really loves music, especially rock and roll. Not sure why, but he gets that feeling in his heart. Youth, friendship, hometown, glory, loneliness, encounters, farewells, joy, and the essence of life—all of it turns into music for him. This is the tale of a countryside high schooler who dives headfirst into music, risking everything to form the ultimate rock band.



Tags: Male Protagonist , Rock Music , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen

Boku to Umi Kanojo

Also known as Mikane and The Sea Woman.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

It's not like I don’t belong here… One year ago, a young boy named Mikane moved back to a small island in Kyushu. The locals are warm, his father is brusque yet kind, and he has a good friend who worries for him. Despite having so much, Mikane feels dissatisfied and lonely. Then, one day, he saves a mysterious, beautiful woman from the sea. His meeting with this “onee-san” will drastically change his destiny!!



Tags: Mermaid , Coastal , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual , Rural , Age Gap , Shounen , Reincarnation , Coming of Age

SHIORI EXPERIENCE: Jimi na Watashi to Hen na Ojisan

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Music

Shiori was once a guitarist in a light music club in high school, but her first live performance was dashed when her brother ran away from home with a lot of debt to become a musician in Tokyo.

A decade later, Shiori is now a high school teacher, leading a boring, uneventful life and paying off the debt... till she runs into the ghost of none other than a famous guitarist Jim-you-know-who.

A story of a 27-year-old woman on her way to a music legend begins here.

Tags: Band , Ghost , School Club , Coming of Age , Seinen , Teacher , Female Protagonist , Tomboy , Anachronism , Rock Music , Delinquents , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast

BECK

Also known as BECK.

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

For the first 14 years of his life, Yukio Tanaka has been one heck of a boring guy. He has no hobbies, a weak taste in music, and only a small vestige of a personality. He yearns for an exciting life, but his shy, and somewhat neurotic personality make him his own worst enemy. Little does he know that his life will be forever changed when he meets Ryusuke Minami, a wild and unpredictable 16 year-old fresh from America, who happens to be in a rock-and-roll band named after his Frankenstein-like patched dog—Beck.



Note: Includes a one-shot ""THE LAST DAY OF EDDIE LEE".

Tags: Band , Coming of Age , Rock Music , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , Foreign , Heterosexual , Work , Female Protagonist , Crime , Love Triangle , Bullying , Mafia , School , Guns , Swimming , Martial Arts , Language Barrier

Nishi Tokyo Metal Brothers

Also known as West Tokyo Metal Bros.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Music

Haruo is a high schooler from Biei, Hokkaido. When he was younger, expressing his emotions wasn't easy, but one day metal set him free. Since then, he's been honing his skills day in and day out, but now it's for him to decide on his next stage in life…?!



Tags: Coming of Age , Metal Music , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Rural