Manga like Kabocha no Bouken

Itou Junji no Neko Nikki: Yon & Mu

Also known as Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Hell-o-kitty!

Master of Japanese horror manga Junji Ito presents a series of hissterical tales chronicling his real-life trials and tribulations of becoming a cat owner. Junji Ito, as J-kun, has recently built a new house and has invited his financée, A-ko, to live with him. Little did he know … his blushing bride-to-be has some unexpected company in tow—Yon, a ghastly-looking family cat, and Mu, an adorable Norwegian forest cat. Despite being a dog person, J-kun finds himself purrsuaded by their odd cuteness and thus begins his comedic struggle to gain the affection of his new feline friends.



Tags: Animals , Autobiographical , Family Life , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Non-fiction

Chi's Sweet Home

Also known as Chi's Sweet Home.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Chi is a mischievous newborn kitten who, while on a leisurely stroll with her family, finds herself lost. Separated from the warmth and protection of her mother, she feels distraught. Overcome with loneliness, she breaks into tears in a large urban park meadow, when she is suddenly rescued by a young boy named Yohei and his mother. The kitty is then quickly and quietly whisked away into the warm and inviting Yamada family apartment …where pets are strictly not permitted.



Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.

Tags: Animals , Full Color , Iyashikei , Family Life , Seinen , Primarily Animal Cast , Found Family , Adoption

Shirokuma Café

Also known as Polar Bear Café.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Comedy manga about the daliy life of a polar bear that runs a cafe with 3 regulars: a panda, a koala, and a penguin.

Tags: Josei , Animals , Anthropomorphism , Food , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Animal Cast , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things

Yotsuba to!

Also known as Yotsuba&!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Hello! This is Koiwai Yotsuba, Yotsuba Koiwai...um, YOTSUBA! Yotsuba moved with Daddy to a new house from our old house waaaaaaay over there! And moving's fun 'cos people wave! (Ohhhh!!) And Yotsuba met these nice people next door and made friends to play with (one of 'em acted like one of those bad strangers Daddy told Yotsuba not to go with, but it was okay in the end). I hope we get to play a lot. And eat ice cream! And-and-and...oh yeah! You should come play with Yotsuba too!



Notes:
Includes an interlude.
Won the Excellence Award for Manga at the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2006 and the Grand Prize of the 20th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize in 2016.
Was nominated for the Manga Taishō award in 2008 and for the 12th and 20th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize in 2008 and 2016.
Was nominated for the Eisner Award in the "Best Publication for Kids" category.

Tags: Family Life , Iyashikei , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Slapstick , Shounen , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Parenthood , Rural , Adoption , Primarily Female Cast , Tomboy

Yoru wa Neko to Issho

Also known as Nights With a Cat.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

When Fuuta comes home tired at night, all he wants to do is spend time with his sister’s cat, Kyuruga. So many of the mysterious habits and mannerisms of house cats—from the surprising array of shapes Kyuruga likes to twist into, to the bizarre challenge of getting a good photo of him, to his lightning-fast mood changes—are carefully reproduced in this relaxed and cute comedy about living with an adorable furball!



Tags: Family Life , Episodic , Iyashikei , 4-koma , Animals

Inu wo Kau

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Short stories by Jiro Taniguchi. Five short stories. The first one tells the death of an old dog, hence the title. The last one is a bit similar to a later work of the author, Kamigami no Itadaki.

Tags: Animals , Seinen , Tragedy , Family Life , Mountaineering , Episodic , Primarily Adult Cast

Ken-chan to Neko. Tokidoki Ahiru

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Little stories about a boy named Ken and his daily life in 1976 with his stay-at-home mother, working father, cat Momo… and sometimes a duck.

Tags: Iyashikei , Male Protagonist , Family Life , Rural , Animals , Full Color , Historical , Photography

Nekorutsubo

Also known as Cat Melting Pot.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The Iwamichi house has a large, rambunctious family - mother and daughter, ten cats, and one dog. Can this little family keep up with the mess that is sure to follow these many pets with their distinct personalities?



Tags: Animals , Josei , Family Life

Jiji Neko Kurashi

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The modest yet adorable life of a cat and his owner.

Tags: Iyashikei , Animals , Full Color , Male Protagonist , Autobiographical , Episodic

Kounen no Mori

Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Slice of Life

After an earthquake, a mysterious forest appears in an area close to the 10-year-old protagonist's new home.

This is Jiro Taniguchi's last work before his death. It's unfinished, originally intended to be 3-5 volumes. The manga was made for a French audience, in full colour​, with a simultaneous release in French and Japanese.

Tags: Rural , Full Color , Outdoor , Primarily Child Cast , Seinen